Chapter 31: CH 31
Tenten immediately brandished kunai and began tossing them out at Naruto. In the blink of an eye Naruto drew his blade and blocked the projectiles before rushing in to attack. Upon seeing him draw his blade Tenten pulled out a scroll and summoned her own sword to engage Naruto with up close.
As Naruto and Tenten clashed swords he had to chuckle, "A katana... You just wanted that spar you asked me for didn't you?"
Tenten smirked, "I have to see if you're any good at swinging that thing around."
Naruto returned the smirk as he began pressing her back. Tenten planted her feet but ended up being pushed through the dirt, 'Gah, this strength... It's ridiculous! He might be stronger than Lee!'
Tenten lashed out with a kick as she chose to break off their contact that Naruto slapped aside with the flat of his blade, "That's your leg Tenten. Don't be so quick to attack, it pays to be somewhat patient."
Tenten growled and ran back in to trade steel with Naruto again. Every stroke of her blade was blocked or parried and Naruto refused to take advantage of the openings that followed. Tenten disengaged and stomped on the ground in frustration, "Why are you so good at this? You just got that thing last month!"
Naruto stood straight up and looked at her, "I told you I was an old hand at this. You use a lot of weapons, but have you mastered any? I'm no master, but I was pretty good at this, plus I'm faster and stronger than you, so I can do stuff like-."
Naruto vanished and slipped behind her quickly to knock her out with the handle of his blade, "-This." He caught her before she hit the ground and set her down gently, "You should have stuck with the long-range stuff. You would have lost anyway, but up close is almost tantamount to suicide against a guy like me, unless your name is Rock Lee or Neji, they're the only ones that can hang with me up close." Anko pointed to Naruto, "Shousa, Naruto Uzumaki! ...Man I am getting sick of saying that..."
Naruto smirked at Anko, "Well then convince the other five genin to quit."