I just realized that this story is inaccurate due to Shikamaru being a Gennin, but I guess that's the glory of having an alternate timeline as an excuse for a place to put your story.

"Now, the next fight will be between Kiba and Tenten." Iruka stated. The two quickly made it into the arena. This would definitely be an interesting fight, considering the two didn't know each other personally. They were the kind of pairing that was made from being the only two left. "Kiba isn't allowed to use his dog." said Tenten. Kiba sighed as he put Akamaru outside the arena. "Stay here boy." he said to it, then he turned to Tenten, "You're not allowed to move." Everyone began to mutter that that was too cruel a handicap.

Tenten smiled. "Alright," she said, drawing a circle in the dirt in the center of the arena, "if you can move me from this circle without getting hit by one of my weapons, you win." Everyone looked in shock at her. Kiba was probably the most skilled at dodging moves. "I accept." Kiba answered with a smile, not remembering her attack specialty at the Chunnin exams and the first day of Gennin school. Iruka looked at the both of them. "BEGIN!" he said. Kiba jumped at Tenten. She instantly threw a handful of kunai at him.

He dodged easily, and then she threw more at him while he was in the air. He swore, not being able to move out of the way. He was barely able to move out of the way. When he landed, he ran at Tenten. She pulled out one of her attack scrolls. She then pulled out every kind of weapon and threw it at Kiba. He looked at all the weapons, then swore loudly as they all came at him. He narrowly avoided a huge variety of knifes, maces, flails, and shuriken.

The attacks stopped as the blank scroll fell in the dirt. Kiba laughed and ran at Tenten at full speed. She did nothing to stop the punch from hitting her face, knocking her backwards out of the circle. "Yeah!" Kiba yelled, "I did it! I won!" Tenten smiled at him, then he saw her looking at his hand. There was a small cut in his finger that had been made by a knife. He then looked back and saw a small puddle of blood where he'd been standing while he was dodging. He looked down in disappointment. "Way to go Tenten!" Lee yelled.

Kiba swore as he walked out of the arena and picked up Akamaru. All these battles were making Sasaku eager to go against Neji. Naruto walked up to Kiba. "Go going." he said. Kiba looked at Naruto in confusion. "What?" he said, "That's it? No stupid comment about how lame my defeat was?" Naruto appeared to be straining. People were almost beginning to miss the cocky and annoying Naruto, and it had only been a few hours. Naruto finally cracked. "THAT WAS PATHETIC!!!" he said laughing like crazy, "YOU LOST BECAUSE YOU GOT ONE LITTLE CUT IN YOUR FINGER!!!" Kiba shot him a look, but in all honesty, that was something everyone wanted to hear from him.

"Now," Iruka stated, "the next match will be with Hinata and Karei." Sasakus eyes widened. This would probably be a battle of the most graceful attacks to ever be seen. Hinatas Gentle Fist style was the Hyugas definition of beautiful, yet Karei was able to take out all of those boars with such skillful movements that everyone would be in awe. All the boys shifted their feet and watched at Karei went into the arena. She pulled her hair back into a ponytail. Sasaku gulped. Now he thought she even looked out of his league. He looked to see Naruto panting with his tongue out.

Karei looked at Hinata. "You're a Hyuga, right?" she said, getting a nod from Hinata, "You can't use from the Byakugan." That would be hard for Hinata, considering that the entire Gentle Fist style was based off that Doujutsu. "O-okay." Hinata replied, "Um, then y-you can't use weapons." Karei nodded. She then said, "First that is unable to fight loses." Hinata nodded. Iruka looked at them both. All the guys hearts skipped a beat as he said, "BEGIN!"

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Sasuke and Suzaku were at the next camp. It was just a small band of about six or seven rouges. "You can handle this one on your own." Suzaku said. Sasuke looked at him, his eye twitching. "What?" he asked. Suzaku picked up a long straight stick and a kunai and began sharpening it. "It's part of your training." Suzaku said, "If you're done before I am," he held up the stick "I'll get the last one." Sasuke growled, then jumped at the camp.

He snuck up behind one of the rouges. Before the man knew it, Sasuke had slit his throat. He then jumped back into the shadows as two men saw and ran over. They turned over the still bleeding man and saw a paper bomb on his stomach. It blew up the three men, alerting the other four. Sasuke smiled and jumped into the air. "Look! There!" one of the men shouted, pointing at Sasuke. Sasuke weaved hand signs. "Fire Style:" he yelled, "Grand Fireball Jutsu!" Flames shot from his mouth and burned the four men and the camp.

Screams of pain rang out and Sasuke jumped back to Suzaku. He in the middle of making another cut. "Done." Sasuke said. Suzaku looked up at him with a glare as he finished the final cut. The spear was completely smooth; a solid white in color, and the tip was as sharp as a metal spear. "Let's go then." Suzaku said, standing up. Sasuke nodded, and they took off again. The next camp was about eighteen kilometers up.

To be continued...

The following note is a conversation that my assistant writer and I had during P.E. when we were discussing the Raiga mission. I will be using the names of the characters that I modeled after us in the story (I'm Sasaku and he's Suzaku).

Sasaku: I've got it! The training mission could be that one with Raiga!

Suzaku: Wasn't that one already done?

Sasaku: *shakes head* Alternate timeline remember?

Suzaku: Oh yeah. Tell me though, was that even a mission, or just everyone going to a curry shop with Lee.

Sasaku: *thinks for a second* Naw, it was a mission. Why else would Naruto be with Lee's group?

Suzaku: Lol! Good point.

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Sasaku: In fact, why would Lee's group be with Lee?!?

Suzaku: *laughing hysterically* Dude! That's horrible and demeaning! I like it!

*both laugh hysterically*

Yes, I said that! Get over it! Just a little note, the characters do slightly represent me and him, except Sasaku looks different and I couldn't get a girl to save my life (for those who were wondering, I am single! XD) Suzaku represents my friend in every way possible, as you will see later in the series. WAY later. I'm talking like "plot twist time" later.

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