How I wanted the Chuunin Exams to go down. Enjoy. I don't own Naruto. This would've happened if I did.


Chapter 1: Sasuke vs Shikamaru

Naruto, Sasuke, Kankurou, Lee, Gaara, Hinata, Shikamaru and Neji were standing in line, in the Chuunin Stadium. The crowd was cheering loudly in front of them, the examiner in front of that. He said, "My name's Enma. I'll be the Examiner. Now, the first match..." He pulled out a sheet of paper with the match line-up on it. "... Sasuke Uchiha and Shikamaru Nara. Everyone except those two, go to the holding area over there."

He pointed to a door-shaped hole in the stadium wall. Everyone slowly walked over to the holding area as Sasuke and Shikamaru eyeballed each other. Enma shouted, "And... begin!"

Shikamaru quickly jumped back and made the Rat handsign. "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" He shouted.

His shadow stretched out and started chasing Sasuke. Sasuke jumped back to avoid it. Sasuke quickly leapt to the side and pulled out a explosion tag. He put it on the ground and ignited it. He blew a fireball on it to make it burn faster. He leapt back as far as he could. BOOM! The tag exploded and left a hole in the ground. Shikamaru's shadow went right into the hole. Quickly, Sasuke reached into his weapons bag and pulled out an Earth scroll. He marked a line on it with some dirt from the ground. He held the scroll over the hole, while Shikamaru's shadow was still in there, and shouted, "Earth Style! Earth Shower Jutsu!"

A heap of earth piled out from the scroll and quickly filled up the hole. Shikamaru's shadow was trapped in! Shika tried retracting the shadow, but it didn't come out! "Damn!" Shikamaru shouted.

He ran after Sasuke, but even before he could get near him, the shadow pulled him back, keeping him on a leash. Sasuke smirked and said, "Well, you're stuck, aren't you?"

Shika just frowned.

"Well," Sasuke continued, "you're a sitting duck for my new jutsu."

Sasuke ran back and up the wall. He sat, and made handsigns. He then gathered Chakra in his hand. A mix of Chakra and lightning formed in the Uchiha's hand. He moved it behind him, then ran at Shika, screaming, "Chidori! Thousand Chirping Birds!"

He thrusted his palm foward right into Shikamaru's gut. He was sent flying back, only to have his shadow pull him back to Sasuke, who kicked him up. As Shika flew back down, Sasuke cut the shadow using a Chakra-covered fist. Sasuke walked away. "The winner," Enma announced, "Sasuke Uchiha!"

The crowd went wild. From up in the holding area, Naruto could make out small black marks on Sasuke's face as he walked back to the holding area. What IS that?! Ninja AIDs?! I better save everyone! He rushed over to Hinata and shielded her by hugging her, shouting, "Don't worry, Hinata, I'll protect you from the AIDs!"

Hinata fainted in his arms. "Uhh, Hinata? You 'kay? Hinata?" Naruto shook Hinata.

"Hey, Hinata! Your match is next! The guy's announcing it!"

"...Hinata Hyuga and Gaara of the Desert."

Hinata immediately woke up. "G-G-Gaara of the D-Desert..?"

Gaara looked at Hinata with a death stare. "Hmmph. What an insult. I have to fight the weak one."

Naruto was furious. "Weak one?! You ever looked in the mirror, buddy?! You'll see the weak one right there! You're, 'Oh look at me I carry a peanut on my back and I live to kill and I have a sand fetish and love myself and I got a monster and stuff!' You're not that tough yourself! Hinata is going to beat you! Believe it!"

Hinata blushed. Naruto's standing up for me... I can't give up! "I will fight you." Hinata clearly said as she walked down the steps to the arena.

At the arena, Hinata felt like fainting under the death stare of Gaara. I feel so... strange... I... I can do this! I WILL do this! For Naruto! "And... begin!"


Yeah. I'm not gonna use Japanese terms anymore. Since my English teacher read my Naruto v Sasuke and didn't understand the Jap parts, I felt I needed to use the English terms. So yeah.