The Taki Games 2 [Hayabusa]

“Begin the sabotage session… NOW!” the time keeper yelled. The other twenty nine contestants ran to do dirty deeds in other contestants’ path. Hayabusa, on the other hand, sat there, patiently, waiting out the ten minutes that they had left. AS he sat there on the ground, with his leg’s crossed, in meditation, he could hear the people talking about him, whispering… laughing.
“Keep it up…” he said to himself. “I’m used to it.” Not only was he an Uchiha… but he was from Konoha. To these people… he was an outsider. A mockery. He was here for them to laugh at.
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“Um… excuse me…” the time keeper said after three minutes. Hayabusa looked up at him.
“Yea?” Hayabusa asked. “Is there something wrong?”
“You know… you’re supposed to sabotage other people’s path, right? Give yourself a higher chance at winning…” he said.
“Yea but… I am going to win… regardless of what other people will do to my path.” Hayabusa said.
“Heh… ok… suit yourself…” he said. In his mind, Hayabusa was sure he was saying ‘you cocky, arrogant bitch…’, but the fact was, the man was a monk. Cursing was something they didn’t do often, if they do it at all.
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Hayabusa sat patiently as he could see a few shinobi go into his path and spend a valuable amount of time into it, possibly trying to see what it was he did to lead him to the end… what was it he had so much confidence in? Hayabusa just smirked and shook his head. People would probably spot his tag but deem it unusable since it marks the end… and why would somebody need that? They would see the end without the tag.
‘The art of intentions…’ Hayabusa thought to himself. He smirked as he waited, and the time keeper threw a kunai in the air.
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“So everybody prepare yourselves. On your mark…” he said. People bent over as if they were in a track race, Hayabusa sat there.
“Get set…” he began. Hayabusa still sat there. People began looking at him and shaking their heads, laughing at the stupid Konoha ninja sitting on the ground. He kept his face heading forward. ‘Keep staring… if you blink you’ll miss it…’ he thought to himself. He smirked. This was going to make everyone gasp… and he planned to make it dramatic. The time keeper looked at him as if he was waiting to see if Hayabusa would give up his stubbornness.
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“… Um go!” he yelled. Twenty eight of the men jumped to the punch, beginning to run as fast they could to get through their certain paths. ‘Twenty eight?’ thought to himself. Hayabusa looked to his side and there was a man standing there.
“Um… the man said go…” Hayabusa said to him. The man walked up to him.
“Yea… I know… but I have some type of confidence in you… something tells me your not doing this for no reason… you are way too confident in yourself… so I want to be here when you get back to make it to the next game.
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“Hmmm…” Hayabusa began. He smirked at the man as he pushed up. “You know… you are a very smart man. Dependent… but smart. You know… I was going to wait a while to get the goblet… but… I think I will get it now…” Hayabusa said as he began walking casually to the path.
“I suggest you go ahead and wait by the game taker…” Hayabusa said as he looked forward. Ten feet into the path he took a kunai out and stuck it on the ground. It had his Sand Uchiha symbol on it. He was going to make quick work of this.
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The kunai had an explosive tag hooked to it. So when it made it into the air, it blew up, summoning the rest of the people that it was over. When everyone made it back to the path, the man looked around, confirming that everyone was there.
“Ok guys.. You know the deal. After the first person makes it to the goblet and brings it back, you have fifteen minutes to make it back before the next game is briefed and began.” he said. Hayabusa just looked up at him. ‘Another fifteen minutes? When do I get a damn break?’ he asked himself.
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Hayabusa walked forward while perform a quick hand seal. He instantly teleported to the tag at the end of the path. He looked down at it and it burned to ashes.
“I guess they didn’t notice the tag…” Hayabusa said as he looked up. They was the goblet. Hayabusa walked up to it and took a hold of it . He smirked as he looked at the pure sparkling water in the goblet. He picked it up and walked back out into his path.
“That wasn’t so hard…” Hayabusa said to himself before lifting his hand not holding the goblet.
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He instantly disappeared as he reappeared at the beginning of the path where he had laid his kunai. He slightly bent down to pick it up and put it back into his pouch. He casually walked out to what, to spectators, was twenty seconds later. He heard all of the gasps and whispers.
“Yea… soak in it…” Hayabusa said lowly to himself. He looked at the only man that really believed in him. Hayabusa walked up to the main monk and handed him the goblet.
“I’m going to save it… until the end…” Hayabusa said. The monk just looked at him at first.
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“What?” Hayabusa asked as the monk looked at him simply. “Your assumptions were totally too much…” Hayabusa said as he looked at him. “Let me know when the next game starts…” Hayabusa said as he looked at the only man whom had faith in him. Hayabusa nodded towards him.
“Told you were a smart man…” Hayabusa said as he smirked towards him before turning away. The man nodded.
“I would like to believe so…” the man said to Hayabusa. “I suppose… it may be me and you in the next games…” he said.
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“Heh… would you believe me if I said there will be no true contest?” Hayabusa asked him.
“Hmmm… well… since I can’t say you don’t have confidence… then… yea I would believe you. Do you believe that yourself?” he asked him.
“Heh… of course not. I do not know what the next games are, nor do I know what you are capable of. I’m not like the other 399 people of this village. I judge a book by the readings inside… not the cover.” Hayabusa said before he took a seat. The man sat next to him.
“I… respect that.” he said, smiling at how Hayabusa had acted towards him.
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Hayabusa awaited for the next game to be announced by the time keeper. But, of course, Hayabusa had to await the fifteen minute that other contestants had to make it back in time. Of course, the fifteen minutes had elapsed and there was nobody there but Hayabusa and the other man.
“Well… I guess we have no choice other than to begin the next game…” the time keeper monk had said. “it’s the two of you… and one of you lucked out…” he said looking at the other man there.
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“All due respect, sir…” Hayabusa began. “This man here… was the only one of the whole village who had not seen me as a laughing stock… the only one who did not judge the book by the cover… something the rest of you fools… no offense… had failed to do. That, sir, is not luck. That is intelligence… and this is where his intelligence paid off. He should be an icon to the rest of your villagers…” Hayabusa said as he stood up and looked at the man.
“So… what is the next game… maybe by the third game… if the other contestants return… I will be taken more seriously, hmm?”
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“Right… well the second was meant to be tournament. All one on one battles based of your skills in hand to hand combat. You have chosen wisely to save drinking the water until this game started… for it requires you to have a decent amount of strength and not really chakra. But… since it is only the two of you, I suppose we have already met the finalists.” he said, looking at Hayabusa, then to the guy who awaited Hayabusa’s victory.
“So… its simple… it’s a fight. However, it is health and stamina based… there can be no Ninjutsu, nor Elemental Jutsu… is that understood you two?”
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“Crystal clear…” Hayabusa said.
“Understood… lead the way, great monk…” the other man said. He turned and headed to what seemed to be a small compacted arena with multiple viewing seats around it. It was half the size of the Chuunin Exam stadiums, but the arena was no more than a 20 by 20 feet. This room was meant for hand to hand.
“I wish you would’ve drank the water…” the man said. Hayabusa looked at him.
“Heh… you’re not the only smart one.” Hayabusa said. They walked into the arena that was already filling up before they got in.
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“Weapons are allowed… and good luck. You may begin when you are ready…” the monk said as he sat in the overseeing chair. Hayabusa smirked as the man before him gripped on his katana. Hayabusa bowed in respect at his opponent. The man showed the same respect in return. As soon as the two of them got up, the man began to onslaught with his attack with a katana.
Hayabusa moved to the side at the first sight of an aggressive man. Hayabusa smiled even more. He would make easy work of this mistake and benefit himself in the progress.
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‘He said nothing about Doujutsu…” Hayabusa thought to himself. His second level Sharingan activated almost instantly. His reaction caught sight of all movements that the opposing man made, all with high energy and might behind it. The man really thought he was going to hit Hayabusa, but he continued to dip left, right, up, down, under, and over.
The man even tried to outsmart Hayabusa by backing him into the corner. Hayabusa smirked for the man’s high attempts, he was beginning to tire himself out by attempting to hit Hayabusa with simply his katana. Hayabusa frowned upon this man’s act.
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When the man backed Hayabusa in the corner, he slashed horizontally and Hayabusa ducked, watching it go over him.
‘Now!’ he yelled in his head. Still crouched low, Hayabusa planted one hand on the ground and place his feet on one wall of the corner. He ran diagonally upward, rotating in place and gradually rising. When he moved from the first wall to the perpendicular wall, he pushed off of the second wall, planting his feet right into the face of the man. This man have been the end of the man, and the game already, judging my just the kick.
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What finished him off wasn’t the kick, though. When Hayabusa kicked the man’s head to the side, and he landed back on his own feet, the man’s body was headed straight to the wall that he tried to corner Hayabusa into, smashing even a crack into it. That automatically was the end of that battle. The man had fell to the ground, basically knocked out. Hayabusa looked down on him.
“Sorry, my friend…” he said. He slightly frowned, before smirking. He really made an impact on these people. And maybe… hopefully… the impact was for the better… not the worst.
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The monk had finally got up and observed the man on the ground. He looked at Hayabusa, still in disbelief.
“You… are one of the few whom have made it as far as getting two out of three waters…” he said. He had performed an hand seal and slammed his hand on the ground. Another goblet appeared with the same attractive looking water. He picked it up and presented it to Hayabusa. Hayabusa glared into the moon reflecting water. What should he do? Take his chances and drink it… or wait it out in hopes the next game is based off health as well…
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