Chouji VS. Haku

"Aww man, this is NOT what I wanted!", Chouji cried as he looked at the board. "All I wanted was a nice normal ninja to fight. Why did it have to be this?", he added, shaking his head in worry as he still couldn't believe who he was having to face out of anyone there.

Chouji VS. Haku

The air around the Mist girl seemed to freeze as she walked down the steps, making most of the remaining Genin she passed on the way down back away out of fear of provoking the Kiri kunoichi to attack them. "Not that I want his place fighting Haku I just feel bad for him.". Ino shook her head in understanding as she looked how her old friend was reacting to the news of who he was fighting.

"Chouji, it's your turn.", Asuma said, looking at his student who didn't dare to remove his arms from the railing.

"Asuma. I don't think I can do this.", Chouji said worriedly as he looked from his teacher to the very scary Kunoichi who was waiting for him to come to the floor. Haku was impatiently tapping her foot with an annoyed look on her face.

Asuma sighed as he took another puff of smoke from his cigarrette before grinning "Alright Chouji, i'll make you a deal", Asuma said, getting his attention, "If you go down there and fight and give it your all, I'll take you out for barbecue.". Chouji looked at his sensei in awe. Food was the one thing that would get the Genin to actually fight, and barbecue was one of his favorites.

"You serious, sensei?", Chouji asked as Asuma nodded.

"Yep, you don't even have to win. All you have to do is try your best, and I'll step in if she gets too carried away.", Asuma grinned

Chouji's attitude did a one-eighty as he lept to his feet and yelled "Yeah! Barbecue!" before running off to the stairs to meet his opponent.

John couldn't help but snicker at the exasperated look Ino was making as she rubbed her head. "He thinks with his gut so much!", Ino growled as he rubbed her shoulder, trying to get her to relax a bit.

Haku slowly pulled out her needles from her sleeves. The Jounin in the room rose their eyes a bit at her choice of weapon. "Well now, that's interesting.", Kakashi said getting the Genin to look at him.

"What's interesting, Kakashi-? Her weapons?", Kiba asked. The cycloptic Jounin nodded his head.

"Those are senbon needles. They're mainly used by medical ninja for healing.".

"Wait, a medical tool?", Shikamaru asked curiously, "Why would she have those instead of kunai or shuriken?". Kakashi never left his eye from the kunoichi on the floor.

"Because they can be even more dangerous.", Kakashi replied, making the Genin stare at him in shock. "You see, those needles can't do a lot of damage by themselves. Their points are too small to inflict a lot of damage over a body, but if you hit certain points on the human body, they can make limbs numb, shut down vital organs, even so much as be fatal if those using them know where to hit.".

Ino stared at Choji in shock. "So she could kill him?!", Ino screeched

Kurenai smiled. "Don't be worried, Ino. We are here to make sure nothing happens that could be fatal for you. Besides, it's against the rules to kill on purpose in this part of the exam.", Kurenai reassured as the proctor looked between the two ninja.

"Ok, both fighters ready?", he asked as the two nodded. "Begin!".

Chouji was about to make the first move when Haku disappeared in a flash of speed. "Where did she...?", Chouji sais

Shikamaru shouted, "Chouji! Behind you!". Turning around, Haku was already about to toss her first set of needles at him. Only the quick thinking of him falling to his back saved him from them as they impacted the floor just an inch from the hairs on his head.

"You're not the one I want, just give up!", Haku said as she pulled more needles out and threatened the leaf ninja before her, "If you don't, I won't be so nice."

Chouji however grinned as he replied. "Time to show you what big boned people can do!", he yelled as he made a hand sign and like a turtle, pulled his head and limps into his body, becoming one big ball.

John silently wondered how doing this was going to help him, before Chouji started to spin his body like a runaway boulder and charge Haku as she stood her ground. "Go Chouji!", Kiba yelled as he cheered his friend on, thinking he might just win this match if he kept at it like this.

Haku however was unimpressed as she merely sidestepped the large Genins attacks, slowly working him further and further into her trap, "She's up to something!", Ino commented as she watched Haku like a hawk. Her moves weren't those of trying to avoid something, it was more of her leading Chouji closer and closer to the walls of the room.

For minutes it seemed, Chouji tried to hit Haku with his clans technique. But it seemed Haku almost danced around him even as he picked up speed and came close several times, but his inertia making it harder and harder to keep up with the Mist Kunoichi.

John also was thinking that Haku was doing something as she worked her way into the corner of the room. "You're mine now!", Chouji yelled as he charged, The rest of the Genin stared in shock as Chouji impacted the wall, he created a hole in the wall. as choji shrunk back to normal size Haku was stuck in the hole in the wall

The proctor, after inspecting Haku, nodded and announced "Due to her inability to continue the fight due to knockout, Choji of Konohagakure is the winner.".

""The next match will be", he called as the remaining names spinned on the board.