As soon as the signal was given, Keiko and her teammates took off into the forest. After about a half an hour, Keiko and her teammates rested and thought up a plan. They gave the scroll and took off again.

After about two and a half days of traveling, Keiko and her teammates got attacked. A group of Grass Ninjas were trying to steal Keiko and her teammates scroll. Within five minutes, Keiko and her teammates scared off the grass ninjas, and stole their scroll. Then they quickly got to the center of the forest.

After they turned in their scrolls, they were shown to a big arena. They were to battle each other, eliminating the field of competitors down to half. Soon, a ninja appeared and told everyone the rules.

Then Keiko and her teammates went up onto a balcony and waited till their turn to fight. Keiko was the first one to fight out of her team. Keiko went down to the arena and faced her opponent. Keiko's battle was over in ten minutes.

Then Hiroshi and Botan went and fought their fights. Botan won his fight, but Hiroshi lost. When all the battles were done, the ninja told them when and where the next and final round of the exams were going to take place. As soon as he was done speaking and dismissed them, Keiko took off to go find Lee.