A/N: Once again…I am very late. I'm terribly sorry. School has been such a bother lately. And…I've been kinda lazy to boot. Sorry!!!!!!! I'll shut up now. Oh…And to all my reviewers and fans, thanks for all the support!!! But here's the 12th chapter of Foresight!

(Disclaimer: Hey! This is Breezy's mind. She doesn't, nor her mind, own Naruto. If we own anything it will be stated above or at the bottom. Got that Memorized?)

Chapter 12: Preliminaries I

With a ragged gasp, the genin woke and he moaned lightly under his breath when his leg pulled painfully. He had healed fine after his "training" session with Hinata and Hanabi a few weeks ago but now, he just had to deal with more injuries. Dark chocolate eyes looked around and he sighed softly before pushing himself to his feet, using the wall to steady himself. Kiba looked carefully around before he limped his way out of the room.

Eyes opened and the other frowned, watching as the Inuzuka limped out. Quiet and making sure his footsteps didn't ring, Gaara gently shifted Ino off his shoulders and stood, making sure that the girl was comfortable before he followed the other genin.

"Kazekage-sama," Kiba murmured quietly when Gaara arrived next to him; he hadn't gotten very far on his leg after all, eventually settling for leaning against the wall just a few meters down the hall from the room they were all staying in. Gaara looked concerned, or rather, as concerned as he was allowed to and tilted his head. Kiba gave a faint smile and the two settled into a comfortable silence. "We could've had him today couldn't we?"

"I don't doubt it," Gaara responded, his voice low. Kiba grimaced and he slid down the wall, pulling his good leg up and leaving his wounded one spread out in front of him.

"I formally apologize for my teammates," Kiba said softly. Gaara looked at him and raised an eyebrow. "Perhaps had they not been there, we could've taken on Orochimaru,"

"What you mean to say," a new voice answered and Naruto emerged from the shadows. "Is that had they not been there, or any of the other genin not from our time, we would've won?" Kiba nodded, lowering his head slightly. Naruto snorted." Kiba-taichou, I shall disagree with you," and Kiba's head shot up. "Had they not been there, we wouldn't have gotten away as easy as we did. Perhaps they were hindering a little bit since we felt obliged to protect them from Orochimaru but they did help in the last few moments my friend,"

"After all, Hinata-san, Neji-san and Aburame-san saved you and Shikarmaru-kun," Naruto finished with a wry grin. "You got away with that cut on your leg,"

"Naruto-sama," Kiba murmured softly. He looked up and gave a half-grin, looking pale in the light. "Did you see what Orochimaru cut me with?"

"Kusa—" Naruto cut off abruptly and he looked sharply at Kiba. The other genin looked pale, frighteningly so and a light sheen of sweat dotted his forehead. His jacket on his leg was almost soaked through with blood and his hands were shaking at his side. "Gaara, go get Ino,"

Gaara was quick to obey and his voice rang through the room, jerking his siblings, Ino, Lee, and Shikamaru awake and Naruto glared slightly at Kiba. Kiba looked up and smiled sheepishly.

"You dumb mutt!" Ino shrilled quietly as she stormed from the room and Kiba couldn't help but laugh faintly. Behind her were Temari and Kankuro, while Shikarmau frowned, shaking his head.

"You should've told us earlier Kiba-taichou," Lee said with a shake of his head. Kiba just grinned and stifled a gasp as Temari and Ino gently removed his jacket from his leg. The skin was blotted purple and the cut almost looked black, the skin along the edges raised. A few of the other genin looked sick while Kakashi grimaced. He had new-found respect for the Inuzuka if he was able to suffer through that. "Do you know what it is?"

"If I didn't," Kiba muttered with gritted teeth. "I'd be dead before now, wouldn't I?"

"Good thing you're only suffering a fever," Ino said with a frown as she gently dabbed the sweat from his face. "Did you remove the poison earlier?"


By the time morning came, the genin were all back in the room, some sleeping, other awake and alert. Kiba was in the former category, his head dropped to his chest and his tattered jacket removed from his leg as he leaned against the wall, soft cotton bandages wrapped gently over his injured leg. The moment everyone else was awake, Gaara and Naruto had ordered that no one woke Kiba under pain of death and castration if they did. The fact that they had a scary pair of former missing nin standing behind them only made the agreement faster and with more vigorous nods. And even though they were given agreement by the other Rookie Nine and Cell Gai, Kiba had a very defensive guard near him at all times, Akamaru.

"He's been sleeping all day," Hinata murmured softly as noon rolled around. Her lavender eyes looked backwards and at her teammate snoring lightly against the wall. Shino nodded a quiet affirmative and across from them Lee looked towards the genin.

"Ino-chan?" He called out, leaning his chair backwards and the blonde girl looked up from talking with Shikamaru. "His fever broke right?"

"Around five this morning," the girl answered. Hinata frowned and Shino's brows furrowed. Fever?

"Wow, looks like you all made it," the voice made Lee inwardly frowned as he glanced at Kabuto and his entering team. "Not bad for a bunch of wet-behind the ears brats."

"Gotta problem?" the voice was short and annoyed and heads swiveled to see Kiba slowly getting to his feet. Naruto and Gaara paused in the conversation and they looked at the Inuzuka. He ran a hand through his hair, messing it up even more and lightly tapped his leg. He frowned but said nothing, limping towards the older genin. "Well too bad, cause we're all here Yakushi," He nodded to Naruto before settling in a seat next to Ino and Shikamaru.

"Glad to see you up," Shikamaru said quietly.

"Where've you gotten to in discussing tactics?" was Kiba's response and the other two smiled faintly.


Three days came and went and soon, the genin were all facing their instructors and the Hokage as they stood in well evened rows. There were a total of 6 teams passing; Cell 7, Cell 8, Cell 10, Cell Gai, the Sand Team, and Kaubto Yakushi's team. More or less, all the genin were healed as they stood waiting orders. Kiba still limped slightly but that didn't bother him. It seemed as if they were all waiting for someone and there was a burst of smoke in the center of the room. When it cleared, a familiar senbon chewing jonin stood there, expression bored.

"Before we start the third round of the chuunin exam, we need to have a preliminary round," Genma said flatly and without preamble. Behind him, the other instructors looked slightly amused and confused . Wasn't it supposed to be Gekko Hayate who was the proctor for the exam? The Hokage looked undisturbed and didn't bother interrupting the younger man as he spoke. "Because, frankly, there are too many of you and we weren't expecting so many people to pass."

"That board up there will determine who will battle who as the preliminaries go on," he continued, waving a lazy hand up at the screen as it came down. "These matches are completely random so if you get paired with a teammate, fight well. If anyone feels that they're unable to fight please bow out now," His eyes flickered around and he waited. No hand rose nor did anyone say anything. "Very well, then," He waved a hand again at the board and two names appeared. Yakushi Kabuto vs. Rock Lee. "Everyone else please head up and the two of you please stay."

"Good luck," Tenten murmured to her teammate and Lee merely nodded, eyes looking at the genin. He didn't seem too worried.

"Begin!"

And Lee charged. His form blazed out of sight and the next thing people knew, Kabuto was flying through the air to land at the base of the stone statue in the room. He managed to flip over and right himself when a vicious kick to his ribs sent the man careening down in to the stone floor, indenting into the floor. In seconds, Lee stood over his downed opponent, his foot crushing the man's windpipe.

"Do you yield?" His voice was cold and people shuddered. Kabuto glared up at him defiantly and Lee pressed down harder. He gagged and nodded. Lee sneered and he leaned down, removing his foot. "This isn't the end traitor," and Lee turned, marching away as Genma declared him the winner.

"That…was really quick," Sakura squeaked. Lee looked at her and smirked slightly before nodding to Naruto and returning to his team. Naruto hummed softly and watched as Kabuto was taken away. While the genin saw blurs, the jonin saw Lee's brutality. He struck without mercy and even though it was only basic taijutsu, each blow was quick and vicious. The Sandaime wouldn't be surprised if Kabuto had broken bones.


A/N: And I'm gonna end it right there. Sorry that this chapter isn't very long. I ran out of ideas -halfway through. But besides that, the match-ups for the next battles are open. Remember that the remainng people who haven't fought are: Naruto, Gaara, Ino, Kiba, Shikarmaru, Kankuro, Temari, TenTen. Chouji, Neji, Sasuke (Sasugay!!XD), Sakura, Hinata, Shino and Kabuto's creepy teammates.