Everyone cleared the area as the girl remained behind. She was on the team from Tanigakure. Her teammates had quit. I study her closely.

She looks lithe, fast and flexible, though her strength probably isn't that impressive. She has dark gray, short hair, with a couple of strands framing her face. Her amber-brown eyes hold sadness and anger. So much anger and hate.

All directed towards me.

"Begin!" The proctor proclaimed.

The girl chuckles softly. "So, you're name is Keira now, eh?" She asked with a smirk.

"It always has, and always will be Keira," I respond calmly.

"Hm, but that's not always the name you give, is it... Mi-chan?" I stiffen slightly. "Oh, yes," she taunts, only loud enough for me to hear, "Do you remember me yet, Aimi-chan?"

I stare. "Nope," I say lightly. She grows an irk mark on her head. 

"Then I'll make you remember!" She shouts, running towards me. She's fast, very fast. She's in front of me in a split second, her orangey brown eyes staring into mine.

She has three kunai in her hand like claws, and goes to punch my face. I easily duck under, and then spin my leg around to sweep her legs under her.

She jumps over my kick with amazing ability, lashing out with her foot towards my face. I grab her foot and twist her around, attempting to throw her to the ground.

But she manages to go with my force, not against it. I’m forced to let go  as she aims the heel of her other foot towards my face.

I lean back, escaping her reach and letting go of her leg. The moment her feet touch the floor she lunging again, and this time the very tip of her three kunai scratch my cheek. She back flips away, crouched and ready for attack. I'm cupping my cheek as she slowly stands. 

"Hm, you're not as powerful as I thought you to be," She said slowly.

 She's a tenacious fighter, never letting me get a moment to think as she attacks. I have to rely on my instincts and reactions.

 "When we got news that you killed five of our men, I thought you were powerful. But I suppose I was wrong," She sighs.

I stand slowly, taking my hand away from my cheek so she can see it already healing over. "Let your guard down for even a second and you're going to be sorry," I warn. 

Outrage flashed in her eyes. "I cannot lose! I will win no matter what the cost! I will avenge my father!" She shouts, making several hand signs. I tense, ready for anything. "Water Release: Violent Water Wave!" She shouted.

I did my hand signs quickly. This may not work, but I have to try. "Wind Release! Wall of Wind!"

"Baka!" She yells hysterically, "Water is strengthened with wind!" Our jutsu's collide, creating a huge amount of steam as the friction between the jutsus heats the water. I use this steam as a cover, running behind Takara quickly. "Impossible! Your wind style was powerful enough to disperse my water style?"

The steam dissipates, and her eyes widen in shock as she realizes I'm no longer in front of her. I stand still, in the darkest corner, knowing that I was invisible to everyone. She slowly backs into my corner, scanning the area for me frantically.

She's finally only about a foot away. "WHERE ARE YOU!?!" She shouts as I close the distance. 

I put my kunai against her neck. "Here," I breathe, making her shout in shock. Then she turns into water. A clone.

I spin to the side, blocking her three kunai's with my twin daggers. “Why do you hate me?" I hiss, pushing against her kunai.

"You murdered my father, freak!" She growled, pushing back with more force. "And after my father died my mother committed suicide because of it! You really killed both my parents!" She accused. "Murderer." 

My eyes widened as I recognized her.

My first friend, Taka-chan.

We had been good friends, until I made the mistake of showing her my wings. She renounced me, dubbing me a freak, got her friends together to bully me. She and the other children lied to their parents about me so they would kick me out! Her father was one of the five men who drove me out of the village.

He was one of the five men I killed.

"He was going to beat me to a pulp and leave me for dead!" I exclaimed.

"And you would have deserved it!" She replied, obviously believing her words. "And if I can't win this fight, I'll make sure to at least ruin your life here! I'll tell everyone your secrets, your dark past, the people you've killed... do you think they'd still accept you?"

No. I don't think they would. She jumps away, and this time I'm on the attack. I didn't give her time to make hand signs, I just attacked, only taijutsu. I could tell, I was wearing her down.

I jumped away, leaving her panting and kneeling. She had a cut across her forehead, just below her headband, several cuts up and down her arm, a bruise blossoming across her cheek bone, and a fractured wrist.

I had an already healing scratch on my right hand, and a bruise throbbing on my shin.

She was playing with that girl the entire time!

She was never being beaten!

Always in control!

She let her opponent feel as though she was getting ahead!

But she never once let Takara control the fight!

"What are you?" She whispered in fear.

"A freak," I replied coldly. I do several hand signs, as she does some to. "Wind Release: Blade of Wind!" I shout.

What? How is it possible?

That's a high level jutsu!

The kid can't have the chakra for that!

Hn. So she's been hiding her strength.

That's an interesting kid I have on my team.

"Earth release..." Takara whispers shakily, "Earth wall," A wall of earth appears to protect her.

"You think that will protect you!" I shout, throwing my justu at it. It easily destroys the wall of earth, and cuts up Takara as well.

The dust settles, revealing her mutilated body. Cuts line up and down her entire body, though I had made sure not to hit any vital points. The proctor steps forward."The match goes to--"

"Wait!" Takara shouts, standing and holding up a hand. The proctor steps back, unsure. I have a feeling about what’s going to happen. She did warn me of what she would do if she couldn’t win.

I take off my weights setting them carefully on the ground. The ground cracks and buckles, trying to hold up against the extra pressure. There was only one kid I knew, Rock Lee, who may be faster then me.

I take an offensive stance as everybody stares at me in shock. They couldn’t believe I fought so well with so much weight holding me back. But they weren’t admiring me. No, they were scared of me.

I gathered a huge amount of chakra at my feet, prepared to stop Takara. I would have to be fast, very fast. 

“This girl," Takara points at me, "I want you all to know something about--" The ground below me collapses in a crater from the force of me pushing off it towards Takara at such a high speed. I straighten, no longer in my offensive stance, and move to pick up my weights. I had stopped her. I couldn’t let her tell everybody about me.

I hear two thumps, one for Takara's head, and one for her body.

Shocked silence rang through the room. 

But... she didn't even move!

The girls head just fell off!

I think I'm going to be sick...

There's no way that Keira girl cut her head off. No one saw her move!

The ground collapsed beneath her from the force of her speed!

I stood, weights back on. The proctor's eyes were wide; shocked that such a blood bath occurred in a split second. "Uh... The winner... is K-Keira Boukyaku." He proclaimed. No one shouted or cheered for me as I stood there, all alone in the middle of the floor.

"G-Good job Keira-chan!" Naruto congratulated with a yell. I looked up with a smile, and then suddenly collapsed. What was going on? What was wrong with me? I had plenty of chakra left; I didn't exert myself that much! The speed I used put strain on my body, but it wouldn't cause this! Heat flashed up and down my body as I began shivering and sweating.

"What's going on?" My teammates all yelled in concern. Medics came to pick me up. My eyes were wide open, teeth gritted. I couldn't move, but I was aware. Pain hit me like a tidal wave and a cry is wrenched out of me, though I tried hard to suppress it.

The outside world dims as all my attention is focused on my pain.

So it has begun, A slithery voice thought, Who knows how long she'll stay like this? I wonder, will you survive all your powers, or will your own gifts kill you? The change has begun.

 And that's the last I remember from the outside world.

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Chapter Thirty Four! Two in one day, whoop!

Oooh! The change had begun! Is she gonna die?*Cough* I think you all know the answer to that *cough* :P

How'd you like it? Did you like how I wrote the fight? Were you expecting this at all?

She killed Takara! Her childhood friend! Her childhood friend who betrayed and tried to kill her, but...

Nough said (-.-)>

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