After a round of flashbacks, Sakura and Ino finally faced up to their relationship.
"Ino, I won't lose to you again this time. Let's fight fair and square!"
Seeing Sakura's tone and the look in her eyes, the usually carefree Ino smiled. "That's exactly what I wanted!"
With a roar, the two charged at each other again, trading punches and kicks with far greater speed and power than before.
Three minutes had now passed since their match began.
But their flashbacks alone had taken up two minutes. Gekko Hayate had wanted to interrupt several times to tell the red side to take the initiative instead of fighting passively, but every time he was about to speak, the two started grappling again.
Holding it in was killing him.
"Hopefully the next fight will be quicker. If everyone drags things out like this, my asthma's going to act up."
Yet what happened next only made Gekko Hayate's expression darken further.
Since the two were almost evenly matched in Taijutsu, their close-range brawl, which resembled a turn-based game, went on for a full ten minutes!
"Fuck, watching this fight is like an old woman's foot bindings-long, foul, and utterly unbearable..."
If Shikamaru hadn't been talking to him every so often, Naruto would have fallen asleep.
"What foot bindings?" Shikamaru asked when he heard Naruto muttering.
"Ugh... forget it. It's like watching the national soccer team." Naruto yawned. "Big Sis Little Deer, remember to wake me when they're done."
But the moment Naruto finished speaking, furious roars erupted below.
"No need. Neither won, but neither can get up either," Shikamaru said speechlessly, looking at the two lying on the ground.
"Huh? That fast?" Naruto turned to look. Sure enough, it had ended in a draw.
"Cough, cough... cough..." Gekko Hayate finally walked into