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Lee was having a great time. He had hopped down onto the bare concrete-like floor of the arena and listened to the roar of the crowd. It was just like the Chuunin Exams he had watched two years ago and he could barely contain his excitement. As he looked around, he saw his youthful opponent across the expanse of the arena. He was a little surprised to see a large human-like biped with coarse, brown fur covering its body. His opponent raised his shaggy head and let out a roar at Lee.

Lee immediately went into his fighting stance and yelled at the top of his lungs. "MY YOUTHFUL OPPONENT. LET US SHOW OUR FLAMES OF YOUTH TO THE CROWD!!!" With that said he charged, leaping into the air for a flying kick. His opponent was too stunned by the unexpected outburst to act in time and was hit in the head with a massive blow. Lee watched his opponent stagger, then straighten before it swung a massive paw aimed at his head. Lee quickly ducked, then performed a textbook ax kick on his opponent. The hit sent the large, brown fur humanoid down for the count.

Naruto could only groan at the spectacle. Lee had destroyed his opponent, which was fine. However, all that yelling made him look like an idiot, which by extension made the Mandalorians look like idiots. He sighed as he looked over the group and saw that Jiraiya was missing. Frowning and shaking his head, Naruto walked over to Kakashi. "Hey, did you see Jiraiya anywhere?"

Kakashi's helmeted face looked down at him before responding in a bored tone. "He said he was going to do research for his books and to see if he could sell some of them here."

Naruto's lips thinned in anger. He had told Jiraiya not to sell his books here, but did Jiraiya listen to him? No! Now he had to go find him and bring him back safely.

On the other side of town, Jiraiya had set up a stand and was selling his books. Just as on his own planet, they were emensely popular and several very hot ladies were hanging around from which to get inspiration. He was having the time of his life! He had just sold enough to buy a ship and he had only set up one stand. He really loved this place! He knew that he would undoubtedly get scolded by Naruto, but right now he could care less.

Kakashi stared after Naruto as he stormed off to find Jiraiya. Then he shrugged and looked back to where Lee was dominating the competition. "If only," he thought "Lee would quit with all the yelling about youth." Then he sighed. At least no one was going to bother him, he thought while he opened his book to read, tuning out the yelling.

Hinata, in the meantime, was in a corner alone so not to get caught up by the crowd. She was still nervous about being on a strange, new planet. She just could not get comfortable on it. She was also thinking about Naruto for some reason. She liked him a lot. She would have to tell him at some point, but she was afraid to. She held her head down, pitying her own shyness.

Striding angrily through an open market, Naruto spotted Jiraiya surrounded by a large crowd of people. Shoving his way through the crowd, Naruto made his way to Jiraiya's table. As he neared, he called out. "Jiraiya! What have I told you about selling your books?"

Jiraiya's head snapped up at the sound of his voice. Meekly he replied in a low tone. "Not to."

Naruto nodded his head and watched critically as Jiraiya gathered his few remaining books and pocketed his credits. "Go back to the ship, Jiraiya" Naruto said angrily. "We are leavling as soon as Lee finishes his tournament." With that, Naruto turned around and began to head back towards the arena.

Lee was having fun! He had knocked out his last opponent and he hoped the next tournament he entered would last longer as he watched the announcer stride down the ramp to the arena floor. He ran up to the man. " I, Rock Lee the Green Beast of Konoha, have won. What may I ask, is my youthful prize?" Lee spoke with as much enthusiasm as he could get.

The announcer stiffened, his face losing all expression and going a pale shade of green. The man in front of him had just beat thirty different opponents without breaking a sweat. "W-well, we have a ship if you want it." he stuttered while pointing to a boxy ship that was painted an eye-searing neon-green. It was something that most people would turn down.

Lee looked at the ship before enveloping the man in a bear hug, lifting him off his feet. "THANK YOU! THIS IS A MOST YOUTHFUL PRIZE THAT SHOWS YOUR FLAMES OF YOUTH BURN BRIGHTLY!" As Lee put the man down, he ran over to his group and grabbed his rival Naruto. "My most youthful rival, please teach me how to fly my most youthful ship." as he dragged Naruto off to get instruction.

Well there you go. Chapter 12. Please review and tell me what you think of Boba's group and the location of the set up bases.