"Rock Lee vs. Sai. Begin!" The first match was on its way. As the match start Sai noticed that both Sakura and Naruto were cheering him on. 'I have friends.' He thought. Rock Lee immediately took out his nunchaku and Sai drew his sword. Lee was fast but Sai's skill with a sword was incredible. He was able to hold off all of Lee's attacks. Sai was tiring fast through and Lee had just start. Sai decided it would be better to end it fast. 'I can't lose, not like this, not while my friends are watching.' Lee swung his nunchaku and Sai ducked, 'Now's my chance.' Sai thrust his sword up and into Lee's shoulder, being careful to avoid any major arteries.

Lee screamed in pain. The injury wasn't serious but it was just enough Sai needed. He forced Lee to the ground and pinned him there with his sword. Sai opened his scrolls and drew two tigers that paced Lee growling. As Lee went to move one of the tigers bit his arm. Lee screamed again and realized he was defeated. These beasts would only catch any move he attempted to make. "I submit." The referee called the matched and Sai took out his sword and applied some medicine to Lee's wounds.

"It will numb the pain until you can be healed." Sai explained. Sai then helped Lee up. They looked and smiled at each other.

"Good match." Lee said holding up his thumb. Sai was confused not knowing what to do so he put up his thumb. Naruto and Sakura came running over.

"That was amazing Sai." Naruto said congratulating him. Naruto and Sakura walked Lee and Sai back to were the competitors waited. Since Lee's wounds were not serious so the medical ninja were able to treat him in the waiting area.

"Zandaka Yoso vs. Shino Aburame. Begin." The referee called and Zandaka wasted no time starting. He had won his first match using purely taijutsu, this time he wasn't joking around. Zandaka preformed four hands signs in the time that most people do one. The crowd marveled at this hand speed.

"Earth Release: Stone Snake Jutsu." Zandaka said putting his hands to the ground. The ground shook wildly but nothing happened.

"Seemed your jutsu failed." Shino said.

"Not quite." Zandaka said from behind Shino. Shino looked back to see the clone in the middle of the arena disperse. "I used that to distract you while I got behind. Too be honest I was hoping to get a weaker opponent so that I could keep my jutsu secret."

Zandaka held a kunai to Shino's back and wrapped the other arm around Shino's necks. Shino put one foot between Zandaka's legs. He then twisted his body causing his shoulder to line up with Zandaka's chest. Shino then shifted his weight to bring Zandaka over himself and into the ground. Zandaka got up and moved back. "You've lost." Shino said.

"How?" Zandaka asked.

"When you grabbed me I released by bugs onto you. Furthermore I didn't release my usual bugs. I figured you'd be powerful being the Raikage's son so I used a special type. These bugs don't just simply eat your chakra; they release acids that turn the chakra in your cells into poison. Forfeit the match or die." Shino explained.

"Try it." Zandaka said with a smile. Shino made a hand sign and was surprised when Zandaka didn't fall to the ground. "Surprised? Shino Aburame, rank Chunin. Graduated the academy at age twelve, high test scores but low scores in practicing ninjutsu and genjutsu. Part of Team Eight along with Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga. Jonin in charge of the team Kurenai Yuhi."

Shino was shocked that someone would have so much information on him. "How do you know this?" Shino asked.

Zandaka smiled and simply replied, "Research. If you're wondering where your bugs are they're dead." Shino was surprised. The bugs he sent had been extremely powerful and would not be killed so easily. "Your bugs feed on chakra but when they are infused with chakra it's a different story. I knew you would plant a special kind of bug on me. When your bugs were planted I pushed chakra through the pores in my skin. Much like Neji does when he uses Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation. By releasing chakra into your bugs they converted it to poison successfully killing themselves."

"How do you know so much about my bugs?" Shino asked.

"I thought I already answered that, research." Zandaka replied.

"So if you were just going to destroy my bugs why would you give away your plan?" Shino asked.

"Simple, to distract you." Zandaka said.

"From what?"

"From this." Zandaka said. A giant stone snake erupted from the ground and held Shino in its mouth. Shino felt a rib or two crack and he knew he was trapped. "Stone Snake is a powerful jutsu but it's downfall is that when it moves fast it makes it fairly easy to tell where it will emerge. By distracting you my snake was able to move slowly enough without giving away it's position."

The snake bit harder and Shino felt another rib crack. "I forfeit." Shino said, knowing he was defeated. Zandaka released the jutsu and Shino fell out of the snake's mouth. The referee caught him before he hit the ground. The snake retreated back into the ground. The referee declared Zandaka the winner and he went back to the other competitors.

"Kiba Inuzuka vs. Koi Chikara." Both competitors walked to the center and the referee started the match.

"I'm not fighting your dog." Koi said.

"What afraid of his size?" Kiba asked, despite the fact that the giant was clearly taller then Akamaru.

"I won't hit an animal." Koi said.

Kiba attacked with Akamaru and Koi dodged the attack. One attack after another with Koi refusing to attack the dog. Koi tried a few times to land a blow on Kiba but found it was almost impossible to do without hitting Akamaru.

"Why isn't he fighting?" Shikamaru asked.

"Kiba is the worst opponent for him. Koi won't attack an animal." Zandaka explained.

"Why?" Naruto asked.

"It all started years again when Koi was a kid." Zandaka said. Zandaka told the story as he himself played it through in his head.

A young Koi was running through the rain holding a little puppy in his hand. Koi was being chased by two boys who were clearly a lot older then him. Koi made a left turn and found it to be a dead end. He looked back to see that the two boys had cornered him.

"Give me back my dog." One said.

"No! You're just going to hurt him again. You don't deserve a dog!" Koi said. One of the boys grabbed him and he released the puppy. "Run!" Koi screamed to the dog. The dog ran back to the street. One of the boys threw a kunai at it but missed.

"Well go get my dog." The older boy screamed. His friend ran off after the dog. "Now I'm going to teach you a lesson." The boy began to furiously beat Koi. Taking punch after punch Koi never screamed, never let out a single tear. This just proved to provoke the boy to get Koi to show some sign of pain.

"I got him." Said the other boy coming back, holding the dog by the scruff of its neck.

"Give him to me." The other boy said giving Koi a kick to the ribs. "You want the dog so bad you can have him." The boy said. He threw the dog against the wall. The dog squealed in pain and Koi crawled over to the dog. He held the dog in his arms full well knowing it was going to die.

"I failed you." Koi said. The dog let out one final squeal and passed on. Koi had been beaten, had a rib broken, and one eye was swallow shut and he didn't cry. Then the dog die and Koi let it out. Pain was nothing for him he was used to being beaten, but to think that he wasn't able to save the dog, that the dog died on this night because he had tried to save him. That made him cry. The two boys just laughed and ran off.

"That's terrible." Sakura said when the story was over.

"Koi has always loved animals, but that day changed him. That day he vowed never to abuse an animal. So now you see why he won't fight Akamaru." Zandaka said.

Back in the arena Koi still dodging Kiba's when he found an opening. Koi kicked Kiba off of Akamaru's back without touching the dog. 'Now's my chance.' Koi thought. Koi jumped high into the air, his strong legs allowing him to get amazing height. Koi then put his bow and an arrow in his mouth while he made hand signs. When he was done he clapped his hands around his arrow. "Earth Release: Pitfall Jutsu." Koi said. The arrow began to glow slightly and Koi shot the arrow. The arrow landed right between Akamaru's feet and the ground underneath him collapsed.

"Akamaru!" Kiba called. Kiba had just missed falling into the pit. Akamaru didn't fall far but the pit was small and it was difficult to get out.

'I have to make this fast.' Koi thought landing. He ran towards Kiba and threw a punch. Koi's punch just missed Kiba. Kiba smiled and went to say something before Koi flicked him with his finger. Kiba went flying into the arena wall and the crowd marveled at Koi's amazing strength. Tsunade smiled wondering if this kid was stronger then her. Kiba's arm was broken and he knew he couldn't perform any more jutsu. The pain from the break became too much and Kiba passed out. The referee went over to check him and called the match. Koi was the winning.

As the medical ninja rushed to help Kiba they were surprised to see Koi knelt down beside. "It's a massive break right arm. He is going to need that fixed right away. Afterwards his shoulder has been dislocated." Koi told them.

"Thank you." A medical ninja said. "But why are you telling us this?"

"I love animals." Koi explained. "I respect anyone who loves animals."