Here come the next chapter of the Taiyoukagure ninjas adventure

and this time around the Preliminaries begins.

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CHAPTER SEVEN

The preliminaries begins

Three days later, everyone was assembled into the main hall of the tower. Everyone was bruised as hell after the five days in the forest and it was amazing that eight of the teams had passed, out of 21.

They were a lot of peoples standing in front of the Genins. They recognized Anko standing beside a man in robes that Jack recognized as Hokage robes. Claire sensei was standing beside a bearded man who was smoking as cigarette, with a small frown on his face as he observed the team. Beside her was a silver-haired man with his headband covering his left eye and he was slightly aloof in character. They was a woman with long ebony dark hair and ruby-red eyes dressed in what look likes wrapping all around her body and one of her sleeve was long and red. The Hokage was smoking a pipe as he smiled at them all, a knowing look on his face and behind them a two large hand were in ram seal.

"So this is your team eh Claire," Asuma said, "They don't look too shabby."

"They are more than meet the eye Asuma-san," Claire said, "A lot more."

Jack was looking around the teams and recognize most of them where from Konoha. He was standing by a team which one of the guys was starring with a bored look on his face.

"All the Konoha rookies are here," Sava said as she starred around, "things seem to be finally interesting as the real players are left."

"Too true," Jack said as he glanced at Payne who had that hurry-it-up-already look on her face and she seemed to be avoiding him and Sava the past three days they had spend resting I the tower.

"Payne you okay?"

She starred at him and nodded curtly.

"All right listen up," Anko yelled, "Hokage-sama is about to gave an overview of the Third part of the Exam so listen up. Hokage-sama they are all yours."

The Hokage nodded and said, "Firstly, before I state the Third test, there is something that you must know about the real reason of the exam, and why you came from your countries to become chunin."

"When we said that we are going to 'strengthen the alliances of the Hidden Villages' we meant we are going to start those so-called exams, to test the strength of our allies."

"I've got a bad feeling about this," Sasuke said as he gripped his shoulder.

"It means a war-in-miniature between the villages so that the balance of power doesn't destabilize our already weakened alliances with the other villages. Each year, we keep the power of our countries in check about their strength. Many countries prefer to stay excluded from other ninjas but, we established the International Chunin Exam so everyone can participate in honor of their country. Now about the Third Exam…"

Suddenly a man appeared in front of him in kneeling position. He was wearing a Konoha flak jacket.

"Hokage-sama, please allow me to speak."

"very well."

"Before you advance them unto the Third part of the exam it seemed that we have too many applicants and in our standard, I will do what is necessary to assure of the proper numbers. Allow me."

The Hokage nodded at him.

"Hello everyone, cough, cough, I'm Gendo Hayate and I will want you to do a little something for me."

He turned toward them and everyone could see that the guy looked very sickly pale and had shadow under his eyes.

"Is he okay?" Sava asked.

"I think so."

"We are going to start a preliminary round," Hayate said as he continued to cough, "to decide which ones of you are going to participate in the Third Exam."

"Hey what do you mean preliminaries?" asked a girl with blond hair, "we just went through that goddamn forest and we hardly had any time…"

"You can drop out if you wish," Hayate said as he put his hand over his mouth coughing, "from now one, it is your responsibility and your skills that defy your team. The only reason we are doing this is because we have too many applicants moving into the Third Exam. If any of you don't feel up to be fighting a battle to the death raise your hands and when you are confirmed you may go."

A silence went through the hall as all the genins were talking between themselves when suddenly a hand went up, "That's it, I'm out."

"Kabuto," Naruto said.

"You're name is Kabuto Yakushi of Konoha," Hayate said as he checked his list, "All right you can go anyone else?"

"What's up Kabuto-san my man? What's up with the quitting?" asked Naruto.

"Listen Naruto-san, I'm just not up to it, and ever since that encounter in the forest I've been not feeling exactly 100 percent, so now a fight to the death. Man, I know when something is too much for me."

Jack's eyes narrowed slightly at Kabuto, feeling that something wasn't exactly right with that guy. He can feel the guy's chakra were high almost jonin level and yet, he was quitting.

"I think I'm going to pull the white flag too," a voice said behind him.

He turned to see Payne, her hand raised.

"What the hell?" Sava said grabbing the girl by the shirt, "You're a good ninja, and hell you can even decimate most of the guys here and you're quitting."

"I'm sorry Sava but I've got one hell of an headache that just won't go away, and it's messing with my chakra, so fighting his out of the question for me."

"But…"

"Sava quit it," Jack said, "it's her decision only."

Jack and his team weren't the only ones having a conversation. The Jonins were also talking among themselves.

"Why is she quitting," Anko said, her eyes full of surprises, "her and her team arrived second to finish the second exams."

"Nothing we can do about it now," Claire said sighing, "and she was quite skilled."

And if I didn't know better, I would have believed your little lie too, Payne, she though as she watched the young SOLDIER walk out of the arena.

"Is there any more, then if they aren't any more let's move straight down to the business."

They were a rumbling sound as a screen popped out from behind a wooden plate.

"This is what is going to…cough, cough, sorry…," Hayate said as he put his hand on his mouth, "As I was saying, this is going to choose the combatants for the preliminaries…"

Names flashed through the names until coming to a stop on two names.

Sasuke Uchiha Vs Yoroi Akadou

"The two names up here stayed while the others are to go on the catwalk," Hayate said.

The teams walked off, and Jack with Sava joined Claire-sensei who was standing by the bearded ninja.

"Hey Claire-sensei, you know what's up with Payne because she just gave up, and I know that Payne don't just gave up?" Sava asked.

"It's not my place to talk of that Sava," Claire said her eyes on the two genins who were facing off, 'now all I have to do is hope that Jack don't go against that pink-haired girl' she added in her mind.

"Hey the match's starting," Sava said, "Now let's see if he lives up to his name."

"Yeah," Jack said.

Below, Sasuke was standing there with a kunai as Yoroi suddenly threw shuriken at him and with one swing with his kunai, and for some reason he grimaced in pain.

"Hey what gives?" Sava said, "He hasn't activated his Sharingan"

"I'm wondering about that too," Jack said, "Ouch Yoroi got him pinned on the ground."

As he said the said ninja had Sasuke by his forehead with his chakra enhanced hand and after a few seconds, Sasuke kicked him off.

"That's pathetic," Sava said, "Is that the best he can do?"

The blond girl beside her yelled, "Don't underestimate Sasuke-kun, he is the best in our year."

"He sure doesn't act like it," Jack sniffled.

"HEY Sasuke," Naruto yelled, "How can you call yourself the best if you lose in such a way, you suck ass right now you get it."

Sasuke glared up at him and something seemed to flash in his eyes.

"Well, time to end this Sasuke," Yoroi said charging at him with his hand chakra charged.

Without warning, a upward kick by Sasuke send him sky-high, and Sasuke quickly followed him, placing himself behind the Yoroi like a shadow. Before he could do anything, some marks were growing from the side of his shoulder, the one he had being holding in pain a few second before the match had started.

"What the hell…?" Sava said, "Is that an Uchiha technique?"

"I don't think so," Jack said.

Claire was starring at the scene with wide eyes at the marking spreading across Sasuke's body. She knew those marks, or rather who created them, but is it really him?

They are the same as that Sound guy I fought some months ago, she though, But how come Konoha had them. Is it a bloodline of some kind.

As quickly as they had come, the marks were fading, receding back into the shoulder, and after that Sasuke commenced his attack by attacking with a kick but Yoroi blocked it. Seems it was a ruse to leave the other side wide open as Sasuke punched the face with his left hand and continued with the other ending it with an ax kick in the chest.

"Barrage of Lions" he yelled as he ended it.

Yoroi spat out blood and Sasuke rolled on the other side of the arena. Hayate checked Yoroi as Sasuke seated up.

"Winner Uchiha Sasuke," he said.

After that Sasuke accompanied the silver-haired ninja out of the field.

"That was an average battle," Jack said, "but I gotta wonder what were those markings on his neck for that few seconds?"

"I wonder that too," Claire said, "it was like some kind of seal or another…"

"Last time I checked," Sava said, "seals don't grow like a fungus."

Jack smacked her on the head, "Baka."

The screen flashed through the names again coming to stop at another pair of names.

Aburame Shino Vs Zaku

"An Aburame," Claire said, "that brings back memories."

"Oh, you were fighting against Shino's dad in your Chunin exam eh Claire," the bearded man said.

"Yeah," Claire said, "I got scarred for life."

"Why?"

"Oh, you'll see."

Both fighters stood facing each other and Hayate gave the go and after a few seconds Zaku attacked with his good arm since both were in slang.

"How can he fight?" Sava asked, "his arm broken."

A loud explosion occurred in the area as Shino went bouncing off, rolling on the ground like a rag doll.

"His arm just blew the guy away," Sava said, "That was cool."

Shino stood up and the entire side of his face was covered in bugs and behind Zaku some of them were creeping behind him.

"Eww," Sava said, "that's just plain weird, and how come he summoned all those bugs without hand signs."

"He didn't," Claire said simply.

Zaku then used his other arm pointing it at the bugs that were threatening him from behind, and Jack noticed a hole in the middle of his palm.

Blow holes

A sudden explosion occurred blowing both of the guy arms off, and Shino took advantage of that giving him an uppercut and Hayate had announced him as the winner.

"Definitely didn't see that coming," Sava said, "the whole arms blowing off thing."

"That Shino guy is from the clan of beetle masters, and the only way he summon those bugs is because they are inside of him," Claire said, "the last Arubame I fought was kinda weaker than him but it was an hard battle with all those bugs creeping around feeding on chakra."

"I feel sorry for whatever girl who fell in love with that guy," Sava said.

"Heh, he used the beetles to clog up the holes in Zaku's arm," Jack said, "that's a good back-up plan."

"Ehe," Sava said, "suck for him to get stuck like that."

The screen, once again, went through a list of name and stopped at

Kankuro Vs Tsurugu Misumi

This fight was rather short and Kankuro had get the win by breaking every bones in the other guy's body after tricking him into attacking the puppet he was carrying on his back.

"Well, hate to be that guy," Sava grinned.

"I won't be laughing if I were you Sava," Claire said.

"Why?"

Claire only pointed at the screen which was now bearing two more names

Yamanaka Ino Vs Sava Ookami

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