Chunin Exams Finals Arc Part 2: The build up to the Final Stage.

"Hello there everyone! It is me! The commentator!" The commentator roared holding a microphone in his hand. He wore as glittering suit as the camera focused on him sitting on a couch. "The Chunin Exams are coming back in a day,so we are going to analysing all the teams left in the Chunin Exams! My first guest for today is the two invigilators of the early stages of the Exams, Zuzu and Toshio!."

Zuzu entered the studio as the audience cheered. "Thanks for having us!" Zuzu replied smiling.

"Alright let's talk about Group A!" The commentator spoke.

"Man, the Chunin Exams are closer than I thought!" Van spoke as she along with May, Lee, Marie, Plane and Shirostune stood in front of a TV.

"Lee, May, Marie...prepare to depart for the Hidden Daisy village. Vehicle 4 continue your infiltration. We need to bring Arata home!" Shirostune demanded as he spoke into the Chakra Transmission device.

"Understood!" Van replied over the device on her side.

"Shiro? What about me?" Plane enquired.

"You will stay here and protect the village." Shirostune told him. "It's best you don't overexert yourself as you haven't recovered.

"I understand…" Plane looked down, seemingly demoralized.

Shinjitsu Headquarters

"So what did he say?" Truck spoke.

"The same as last time." Van replied placing the Chakra Transmission Device down. "He wants more info before we try and recover Arata."

"Hmmm...this place is become tedious." Truck complained.

"Well I am sure after the Chunin Exams we will make our move!" Car shouted in an excited manner.

"That would make sense...to ensure the Kanker sisters can be involved." Scooter replied.

6.32 pm - Hidden Daisy Village - 1 hour and 28 minutes until the Chunin Exams Opening Ceremony.

"Boy, it feels like yesterday that we were here!" Eddy said with a nostalgic tone to his voice. The entire village was busy with hustle and bustle with numerous tourist swarming in. The sun was sinking resulting in the sky being purple. Banners hung from the streets lights with a contestant of the Chunin Exams. Team Ed and Kanon were walking down the busy streets.

"Eddy, it was actually six months ago…" Ed spoke

"I know that you idiot!" Eddy exclaimed.

"Hey look! It's Kevin!" Ed shouted pointing at one of the banners which had portrait of Kevin on it and in bold text 'KEVIN!"

"Ed, you idiot! I actually thought you meant Shovel Chin!" Eddy exclaimed. Edd started to giggle as the Eddy scolded Ed.

"What so funny, Sockhead?" Eddy questioned.

" I just missed this banterous moments!" Edd reminisced about the past.

"Okay, guys let's focus! We need to get the stadium before 7 pm!" Kanon told his pupils.

"So how do we do that?" Eddy wondered looking around.

"Oo! Oo! I know! I will summon Evil Tim to do an aerial survey!" Ed declared as he started biting his thumb.

"Um, excuse me, I could not help eavesdrop." The trio turned around and saw a guy with a high visibility jacket. On the back of the jacket it said 'Volunteer.' "I am one of the volunteers to assist tourists and visitors. Here is a map of the centre of the village." The volunteer handed the folded up map to Kanon.

"Thanks." Kanon smiled handing the map to Edd to interpret.

"Alright...According to my calculations we are here! So the stadium is around 15 minutes from here so long that we do not digress." Edd calculated.

" Lead the way sockhead!" Eddy declared as the group slowly weaved their way through the streets which became more and more packed and dense as they got closer to the stadium.

"Hey guys! Look the hunk on that banner!" Eddy grinned admiring his own banner.

"Eddy focus!" Kanon smashed Eddy head.

"Did he say Eddy?" One of the people in the crowd spoke.

"Eddy Genkin?! From the Hidden Peach!" Another person spoke.

"EDDY! CAN WE HAVE OUR AUTOGRAPH!" Suddenly a swarm of people gathered around Team Ed.

"It's Edd and Ed as well!" A third person yelled.

6.53 pm - Hidden Daisy Village (The Daisy Arena) - 1 hour and 7 minutes until the Chunin Exams Opening .

The stadium was becoming more and more filled, the stadium had a capacity of 45'000 and was half way filled. Meanwhile in the back room of the village…

"Aoi...all the VIPs are here!" Aoi's assistant told the Deijīkage.

"Good.. make sure they are Anbu Black Ops guarding the VIP room." Aoi declared.

"Understand!" Her assistant noted down on his clipboard.

"Deijīkage-sama all the teams have arrived except Team Kankers from the Hidden Trailer and Team Ed from the Hidden Peach. Although they are reports that Team Ed are nearby." Another assistant approached her.

"Damn it! Send a police ninja escort to bring team here immediately." Aoi ordered. Meanwhile in another part of the stadium the contestants were lounging in a lounge speaking to each other.

"Where is that flathead." Kevin muttered. He now wore a black leather jacket over his green top. He had toothpick in his mouth.

"Relax Kev! They will be here soon." Nazz replied. She no longer had a white vest over her black top and wore a pink denim jacket.

"What's that Plank?" Jonny raised the wooden plank to his ear. Plank now had a scar over his left eye. Jonny wore an earthy green and brown top instead of his white one. "Plank says that that they are close by."

"Seriously Jonny...you gotta stop listening to that piece of wood." Kevin told his comrade. Abruptly the three Eds entered the lounge with one of the volunteers showing in there.

"Please wait in here!" The volunteer told them.

"Sorry we are late everybody!" Ed apologized innocently.

"What was that Kevin?" Jonny said a bit smug.

"Lucky guess…" Kevin shrugged it off.

"Eddward. It's unlike you to be late." Rosalina told Edd.

"We digress by a small amount!" Edd explained himself.

"I hope this time we can fight each other later in the tournament." Rosalina said calmly.

"I look forward to it!" Edd nodded his head.

"Hey guys! Long time no see!" Kin approached the Eds with Platina and Tino behind.

"Salutations to you too Kin!" Edd responded formally.

"I see you are still as short as ever!" Eddy mocked.

"Like you are one to talk!" Kin snapped back. Eddy growled back at him.

"EDDY!" Bucky and Kazuma shouted simultaneously, rushing towards the Genin. "Huh! Who the hell are you?!" Bucky and Kazuma faced each other questioning the other. Suddenly the door to the lounge swung open and Aoi the Deijīkage entered.

"Alright! Settle down everyone." Aoi spoke. "We are still missing a team but they can catch up! The Chunin Exams is a chance for you to represent your nation and your village. People from all over the world have come here to see this and even more people at home are watching this. Even if you do not win the competition, give it your best and talent will be recognised. Now take your flags." Aoi snapped her fingers and 15 volunteers entered holding flags.

"Here you go!" One of the volunteers gave Ed a flag. The flag had a peach emblazoned onto it. Each team received a flag representing their village.

"Hey I wanna hold the flag!" Eddy exclaimed lunging at Ed who used his spare hand to grab Eddy's head holding him down.

"You snooze you lose Eddy!" Ed grinned.

"The ceremony is going to start soon! So good luck guys!" Aoi smiled.

8:00 pm - The Daisy Arena - The Opening Ceremony begins.

The opening ceremony was a feast for the senses. Numerous dancers using ninjutsu to create the sparkling lights. Eventually the ceremony finished and it was time for the teams to enter the arena with their senseis.

"Ladies and Gentlemen! Please welcome the 16 finalist!" The commentator scream into the microphone as 15 teams proceeded out of the tunnel into the field. They all stood in a line parallel to the stage where the Deijīkage stood along with some of the match officials behind her.

"I thought they are supposed to be 16 teams. Where the last one?" People in the stadium were perplexed. Literally out of nowhere a giant snake erected from the ground. The Anbu Black Ops jumped quickly onto the field to try and isolate the threat. The snake opened its mouth revealing Shirostune and the Kanker sisters.

"Sorry we are late." Shirostune spoke calmly before jumping out of the snake's mouth onto the ground. The Kanker's sisters followed.

"What an entrance by the Hidden Trailer shinobi. If you are going to be late might as well be fashionable!" The commentator screamed. The Kanker sister and the Eds were last to arrive during the Second stage as well...perhaps they are a dark horse in this exams? Aoi thought to herself.

"Listen up everyone!" Aoi spoke into the microphone resulting in the crowds in the arena to silence. "Tomorrow the Chunin Exams start! Each day we will have 4 matches. In case you are not familiar with the rules I shall explain. The teams will compete head to head for a maximum of 10 points. Last team standing gets 10 pts while the loser get 0! If it is a tie the teams will share the 5 pts each! The two top teams will go through to the Knockout Rounds." Aoi explained.

"Well those are the rules in a nutshell!" The commentator declared. "Tomorrow's matches are:"

GROUP A:

SARAH, JIMMY AND SAKU from the Hidden Peach

VERSUS

ITZAL, ARTAXERXES AND ZAKABI from the Hidden Daisy.

BUCKY, WENDY AND NICKY from the Hidden Peach

VERSUS

LEE, MAY AND MARIE from the Hidden Trailer.

GROUP B:

KEVIN, ROLF AND NAZZ from the Hidden Peach

VERSUS

TARAKIN, TINO AND PLATINA from the Hidden Fudge.

ANEKI AND AKIOSUKE from the Hidden Snow

VERSUS

KALAKU, GIN AND BLÁHNANT from the Hidden Rose.

"They are going to be intense! And do not forget to buy official merchandise!" The commentator declared as the crowds started roaring.

"Alright lads! Let's go win this tournament!" Eddy grinned telling his fellow comrades.

"Aye-aye sir!" Ed grinned.

A/N: Oh my gosh guys I am sorry this took so long! I have a load of exams...not Chunin Exams but life deciding exams. Anyway I promise I will update alot more frequently!