Naruto woke up early the next day; it was the thrill of competition that got him out of bed. He burst out into the corridor and caught a glimpse of Sakura heading down the corridor away from him. He shot into a run behind her.
"Hey Sakura!" he yelled, she turned slightly shocked and then smiled "Oh hey Naruto" she said as he reached her side "you looking forward to today?"
He nodded with a huge grin on his face "Yeah" he said excitedly "I can't wait to see what kinda ninja are here, it's gonna be so cool!" He laughed and rubbed the back of his head.
"I thought you'd respond that way." Sakura laughed "Well come on everyone else is waiting for us down stairs we'd better hurry up."
They made their way back down to the vast lobby they first entered, except there was a slight change this time. Now when they made their way in they found it a sea of people, it took them at least five minutes to find their group.
"What took you guys so long?" Said Kiba "You guys didn't sneak off to kiss did you?" he said winking. Sakura's face flared up with anger.
"What did you just say you little punk!" She shouted whilst being restrained by Naruto and Kakasi.
"Easy Sakura, calm down." Said Kakashi "Now first thing's first, we must observe our competition. Kiba have you picked up any familiar scents?"
Kiba scratched his head "Well actually I haven't tried yet, I'll give it a go." He sniffed the air and then a wide smile grew on his face. "I smell some old friends from the sand."
Naruto's jaw dropped "You mean Gaara is here! Where?" Kiba nodded and then pointed to the far corner of the room. "Over there, there's no doubt." Said Kiba, at this Naruto burst into a run, pushing his way through the crowed, the rest of the group in tow. They reached the corner where they indeed found Gaara, the one-tails Jinchuuriki host and Kazekage of the Village Hidden in the Sand, Sunagakure. With him they found his brother Kankurō and sister Temari, along with a full team of Sand Ninja they didn't recognise.
"Hey guys!" Shouted a welcoming Naruto, as the Ninja's from the Sand village raised their heads to the group of Leaf Ninja. "Oh hey you guys, I should've guessed you'd be here, damn I stand less chance of winning now." Smirked Kankurō.
"You'll do fine" said Naruto laughing "so Gaara are you competing too, I would've thought you'd be back home watching over the Sand village." Gaara looked at him with his cold eyes "No I'm not competing however I thought I'd come along just to see the kind of fighters other villages had, size them up." Gaara was about to continue when Temari interrupted him.
"Speaking of which have you seen the guys from this village, from Enerugīkure, they look pretty tough, almost intimidating, and I haven't even fought them yet, ugh, it makes me shiver." Temari gave her head a quick shake. "They're over there." she said point to the area where the desk was. "Give them a look, it might help you guys a bit."
"Got it" said Kakashi "thanks for the help guys, let's hope we all do well. Good luck." Kakashi turned and left and the rest of the group gave quick farewells and then proceeded towards the desk. They eventually spotted the one sign which told them they were looking at Enerugīkure Ninja; they saw Goku standing in amongst a crowd of people. There was him, a large bald man with a tail and armour with shoulder pads which seemed rather similar to that of the short man to the right of him. The short man had long hair which spiked up and was jet black in colour, his armour was blue and like the other mans except it lacked the shoulders and he wore a skin tight under suit which was a royal blue in colour. Next to him was a tall man who looked increasingly similar but wore a cape and had a goatee, he stood with a somewhat royal stance about him, towering above the rest without even being taller than the group he stood among. Then to the left of Goku was a man with long wavy black hair who wore the same outfit as him and had a face with a pointed chin and a crafty look about him. Left of him was a small bald man, small being an understatement, he too wore the same outfit as Goku and the other man, obviously being students under the same sensei, the Turtle Hermit Goku previously spoke of. Behind him was a man who looked a lot like Goku and wore similar armour to that of the men to the right of Goku and wore a bright red head band and next to him was a tall muscular man who wore a black head band round his forehead and was well built, he didn't wear a shirt and donned bright green pants. They all looked tough to Naruto, except the small bald one, he seemed slightly average to Naruto. "Don't underestimate the enemy Naruto, no matter how small they seem." Said Kakashi, Naruto was shocked but had grown to expect this from Kakashi.
"Gather round people gather round!" came the voice of the lady who sat at the desk, Bulma. Once everyone was around Bulma, she began talking again.
"Okay listen up people! There is something you must know. There will be a qualification round before the tournament. In this there will be two categories; there will be strength and chakra in which people will be separated into group and then in those categories there will be, for the most part, a small competition. To separate the useless chaff from the wheat, then the tournament will begin. Our leader will say a few words before the strength and chakra round will begin." She stepped aside and the tall man Naruto saw before who wore the cape stepped in front of everyone, in a deep booming voice he began to speak to the ninja who stood in front of him.
"I am King Vegeta, I lead Enerugīkure and I will give a few rules before we start. Number 1, killing is strictly prohibited, by no means must you use lethal force." Naruto listened intently however his concentration was broken by Hinata. "Uhh Naruto" her shy voice whispered into his ear. He look at her and whispered back. "Hinata what's up?" She looked somewhat disturbed. "I took a look with my Byakugan into the crowed and I saw two chakras I recognised who we haven't talked to yet." Naruto looked at her confused "So who was it?" he said. She looked at him with the same worried look. "One chakra belonged to... Kabuto Yakushi and the other to Sasuke Uchicha." Naruto stared at her, astounded. "Are you serious?" he said in a shocked whisper "Is he really here?" Hinata nodded. "He's far on the other side of the room, we can't go now, I mean there king is talking it would be rude, however I'd definitely keep an eye out for him."
Naruto was shocked beyond understanding; he couldn't believe what he was hearing. For years he attempted to find Sasuke. He had hunted and searched beyond most people's limits and after countless failed attempts here he was, in the same room as a powerful squad, consisting of 3 Jōnin, 1 Genin and 6 Chunin. He was finally within his reach; all they needed to do was take it.
"Okay I'm done. Let the qualification rounds begin!" Roared the voice of King Vegeta across the entire room.
Well guys two chapters in one week, I've out done myself this time :D so yeah our mystery people were Sasuke and Kabuto, cliché much? I thought so. So I've introduced most of the people you're gonna see, don't expect much more of new characters. I hope you managed to work out which dbz character was which. If not you're a total failure and you should brush up on your dbz. Also before you ask I don't hate Krillin I've just been listening to TeamFourStar while I write. Hope you enjoyed this chapter and I shall try to get another one up before the end of the month. - Nick