Chapter Ten- The Challengers! (Chapter 39 in the real Naruto)
We entered the room, and as soon as Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke saw what was in store for then they froze and looked shocked. The room was full of ninja from multiple villages most of them were way older than us, especially older than me. Their sheer numbers overwhelmed us, then a person jumped on Sasuke's back and said "Sasuke! Where've you been, cutie?" the person was a girl I remembered from the kunoichi classes, Ino, Sasuke looked annoyed but Ino looked like a pig in mud, Sakura then said "Ino, you pig! Get your hooves off Sasuke!" Ino then said "Hello to you, too Sakura. Still hoping the big mutant forehead look is going to come into fashion, huh? How sweet.3" Sakura then yelled "What did you say?!". Then a boy whose name was Shikamaru came up and said "Why don't you three save yourselves the embarrassment of flunking this test? Go die, okay?" Naruto then said "well if it isn't the three stooges!" Shikamaru then said "Stop calling us that!". Then another boy walked over and said "Hey! There you are!" this boy was Kiba (he always carries his dog with him) he then continued and said "Looks like the gang's all here." Shikamaru then said "Including you... unfortunately!" Kiba the continued "So... I guess all three of this years newbie trios decided to apply, huh? I wonder how far we'll all get. What do you think... Sasuke?" Sasuke then said "trying to psych us by acting cool, Kiba?" then Kiba said "Who's acting? The way we've trained, no way can you beat us. Hee Hee Hee!" then Naruto said "Oh, Shut Up! You guys won't beat even beat me, much less Sasuke!".
Then another person walked over he said "Would you guys... do us all a favor and just shut up? You three gangs of would-be hotshots are all genin right? Barely out of the local ninja academy? All wet-behind-the-ears and runny-nosed! This isn't a school field trip, you know." then Ino asked "Who the heck do you think you are?" then the person replied "Names Kabuto. So what? You kids need to open you eyes." Sakura then asked "Why?" then everybody looked behind them at the already annoyed looking amagakure shinobi. Kabuto continued "Watch out for the group behind you. They're amagakure - those-who-hide-in-the-rain- and they've got very short fuses. Everyone's on edge, waiting to take the exam. I wanted to give you a heads up before someone snaps and beats the (c-word) out of you. But it's probably unavoidable. Like all rookies, you think you already know everything. I remember what it was like." Sakura then said "Kabuto?" Kabuto said "Yeah?" Sakura then continued "Are you saying this is the second time you've applied?" Kabuto then said "Not second... seventh. Twice a year for... hm, going on four years now." Sakura then said "Wow- Then you've got a lot of experience with what we can expect!" Kabuto then said "I guess so." Naruto then said "All right! Kabuto, buddy... you are the man!3".
Kabuto then said "Cute. Okay... the least I can do is give you sweet little babies some vital intelligence on what your in for... with these shinobi skill cards." Sakura then asked what shinobi skill cards were and Kabuto answered "To put it simply, they contain information about the skills we use, transformed into symbols and burned into the cards using chakras. It took me four years to collect all the intelligence needed for this exam. In all, there are almost 200 cards. They look blank, don't they? The only way you can read the data on the cards... is by using my own personal chakra. Each set is linked to its possessor. For example, cards like this one... it shows how many applicants each shinobi nation is sending to this session of the chunin journeyman ninja exams.". Sasuke then asked "Do you also have dossier cards? Cards for each individual applicant?" Kabuto then said "Ha ha... why? Someone here you have a particular interest in? I'll admit these are far from complete, but i've burned a set of dossier cards for the current set of applicants... including your team. If you share any data you have on this person who interests you, i'll be happy to look him up and let you know what I have so far.".
Sasuke then said "Gaara, from sunagakure- hide-in-sand- and Rock lee, from Konoha." Kabuto then said "You know their names? No sweat, then!" after a few minutes Sasuke said "Let me see them." Kabuto then showed him the cards and said "First up is Rock Lee. He's a year older than you. Missions to date: 20 D-ranked, 11 C-ranked. His team's mentor is Might Guy... and his taijutsu physical skills have grown exponentially this past year. He has no other talents worth mentioning. He was considered a standout among last year's genin... but he didn't apply for the chunin exam. He's a first timer like you. His teammates are named Hyuga Neji and Tenten. Next is Gaara of the sand... desert country... eight C-ranked... One B. WOW! Not many rookie shinobi get B-ranked assignments! Since he's from way out in the desert, I have less on him... but it's interesting. He's come back from every mission completely unscathed. Without a scratch... Konoha, Suna, Ame, Kusa, Taki, Oto... this year, every hidden village has sent outstanding junior-level genin here to compete. I don't know much about Oto, the village hidden in sound. It's part of new, small nation, so intelligence on it is lacking. Every other competing village is well respected, home to some formidably powerful shinobi..." then Sakura said "What you're trying to tell us is... everyone here..." then Kabuto said "Oh, yeah. They're all like Lee and Gaara... elite, hand-picked shinobi, the best young ninja in the world. They have to be pitiless!". Naruto was trembling as soon as Sakura said "It's all right Naruto. Nothing to worry about." Naruto shouted "My Name is Uzumaki Naruto! And None of you are going to beat me! You got that right?" Ino then said "What's his problem?!" Sakura didn't anwser, Naruto then said "Yeah! That felt Great!" Sasuke said "Oh, please!" everyone else in the roon looked as though they to kill whoever had said that.
End Chapter Ten