"Lee that was pretty uber cruel." Everyone in the arena that was from Konoha was still in shock from the way that Rock Lee had beaten Kiba.

"The medical-nin said that he will probably live so I am okay with what I had to do." Apparently Lee's conscious disagreed with him because he was shaking all over his whole body. "I just wish the matches would continue." What went left unsaid that day was that Lee wished the matches would continue so that he could take his mind off of what he had done. He had nearly crippled a fellow ninja as had nearly been done to him by Gaara of the Dessert. Was he the same kind of monster deep down?

"The next match will begin in 10 minutes. Please take this time to relax." The instructor took a deep sigh as if to say, "As if anyone could relax after that beating."

"Lee."

"Naruto you surprised me. What is it?"

"I was just wondering what you're opinion was on those Volcano ninjas."

"Well if that one, Asano, is to be taken as an excellent judge of their talents then I'd say that we are in for quite a show when the other two fight given that Asano is the youngest."

"What about their teacher. I get an ominous feeling from him. Like I've encountered him before and it wasn't a pleasant time."

"I understand the ominous feeling but the Volcano Village is relatively new. Around the time the Sound Village was formed so I don't see where you could have seen him before."

"I know but that doesn't stop the feeling." Naruto looked off into the distance in the general direction of the giant screen on the wall that depicted the pairings of the preliminary matches. As if as an after thought to change the topic of conversation he noted," Hey the next match is starting."

True to his word Naruto was right the next match was being announced.

The official stepped up to the middle of the arena," The next match will be between Aburame Shino of Konoha and Aguuyh Barota of the Volcano Village."

"Now we should get a good idea of just how strong these guys are. No offense to Tenten but Shino is one of the stronger Gennin in Konoha."

"Yeah I guess that's true. After all he made it to the main matches of the last exam and I guess that it would make sense for all these guys to be at about the same level."

"True, but I get an odd feeling from that young one that faced Tenten."

"Neji I didn't realize that you were listening." As Naruto looked up to recognize Neji he saw the anguish in his face.

"Earlier after that ninja came up to talk I scanned him with my Byakugan and I found something interesting. While most chakra systems flow with a blue color to the eyes that can see them his was a different color. This alone would not have astonished me much because lots of things can influence chakra to be a different color. Even Naruto's chakra changes to be red when he uses the power of the 9 Tailed Fox, but his was black."

"As in like black black."

"As in jet black. In my studies with my sensei I found that different colors of chakra indicate different things, but in all my studies I had never heard of black chakra. This intrigued me so much that I scanned his entire team. The one with the large arms had purple, which indicates he has undergone chakra modification."

"Like the people of the Star Village."

"Yes. The other student had blue so I am uncertain of his status but one peculiar thing I did notice was that his chakra flowed in an irregular pattern making it hard for me to pick out his chakra points. The weirdest thing is that I could not see the chakra of the teacher. It was as if he had devised a way to hide it from me."

Authors note: Sorry for the short chapter I am just using it to build suspense for the much longer next one.

Who knows what will happen? Will someone die for sure next time?

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Will Rock Lee continue to question his inner Good Gai?

(Fans begin to throw sharp objects)

Will my author's notes continue to get longer and cheesier?

(Fans stop throwing things and start to leave)

Well if you're going to be that way then maybe I'll just stick to writing the story!

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