The doors weren't open yet. Mar had gotten up early to ensure she didn't pull a Naruto, and the flipping doors weren't even open yet. Groaning in exasperation, Mar bashed her back against the wall and slid down into a sitting position. Ignoring common sense, which was insisting that she was suicidal, Mar closed her eyes and drifted off into a light sleep.

A hand violently shaking her snapped her awake. The fact that her head was hitting the wall as she was being shaken helped. "Wha?" Pink hair was practically bristling in outrage. "Are you asking to be abducted?!" Sakura yelled, bopping Mar on the head for good measure. Mar rubbed her aching skull, hissing under her breath, before glaring up at Sakura with a single eye. "No, but if it means getting away from your oh-so-considerate wake up calls I might reconsider." Sakura hissed, she was so angry.

Before any more violence could mar this beautiful morning a hand appeared and tapped Sakura on the shoulder. "Were you going to introduce us?" Ino asked, wearing an impish smile. Sakura pulled a one-eighty, anger forgotten as she spun around to introduce her two friends to each other. "Of course I was! I just got a little... distracted. Ino this is Mar. Mar, Ino." Ino stuck a hand out and when Mar grabbed it Ino pulled her up.

"A pleasure, I'm sure." Mar said, tugging her clothing straight. "So I take it the doors are open now?" Sakura gestured to the open door directly to Mar's left. Mar stuffed her hands in her pockets as she strolled into the building. Quickly leaving Sakura and Ino in her dust, Mar made her way down to the front. 'Must have front row seat for the awesomeness!' A flash of gale force winds ripping up the arena entered her mind. 'Well, maybe third row. Or fourth. Maybe even fifth.'

She had finally found the perfect spot, with virtually no blind spots, when she was rejoined by the other girls. "Finally found you!" Sakura gasped, collapsing into the seat next to Mar. "You make it sound like I was M.I.A for weeks or something. Were you running?"

Ino rolled her eyes from Sakura's other side. "She thought you ran away or something. People thought you were a missing toddler." Mar could just picture a lost child announcement coming over the P.A system. "I don't understand the mass hysteria whenever I try to venture forth on my own." Ino raised an eyebrow. "When was there mass hysteria?"

"I left the village for a day, just looking around, and when I got back I got jumped by four very irate ninja."

"We thought you got kidnapped! You didn't even leave a note!" Sakura defended herself, face turning crimson. Mar laughed as Sakura's face began to clash with her hair. "Who would kidnap me? Really." Sakura just grumbled in her chair, watching the arena. "Look, there's Sasuke-kun!" Mar nearly fell out of her seat. "He's on time?!"

"Why wouldn't he be?" Ino asked, staring as Mar pulled herself back into the seat. "He was supposed to be training with Kakashi! Kakashi is never on time!" Mar seriously thought she was going to start hyperventilating. It was one of the fandom signs of the apocalypse. Burning rocks were going to start falling from the sky at any moment. "I don't see Kakashi..." Sakura said slowly, eyes darting around the arena.

"We're saved!" Several eyes all turned to her, some clearly wondering if she was sane. "Did I say that out loud?" Mar felt her face get hot, and just knew she'd turned an interesting color. "They're starting!" Ino squealed. Mar sat up and leaned forward, excited to be seeing this in person. She idly wondered if the hospital tent was a better lurking option, seeing as she could meet the defeated as they came out.

"If it wasn't for the fact that Sasuke doesn't laugh, I would swear that I can hear him laughing at Naruto from here." She remarked, watching Naruto get knocked down over and over. "He has staying power, I'll give him that." Ino remarked as Naruto got back to his feet again. "More like freakish stamina." Mar replied, turning to stare at the crowd.

'So bloodthirsty.' The spectators had started up a chant, insisting that Neji finish off Naruto. "Hurry this up Naruto! At this rate you're gonna be one huge bruise." Mar shouted down, cupping her hands around her mouth. 'Where's a bullhorn when you need one?' Naruto glanced in her direction, rolling his eyes as he sprung his trap on Neji. Mar sat back in her seat, satisfied that Naruto had knocked some sense into Neji. It was about time, too.

'Wait. If Sasuke is on time, then his match doesn't need to be postponed... The invasion isn't starting now, is it?!' Mar started hyperventilating. Not only was there a very good chance that the invasion was about to skip ahead a few hours, but Shikamaru wasn't going to be able to fight. Mar could only hope this wouldn't effect his future Chunin promotion.

Leaning forward so far she almost fell into the seat in front of her, Mar paid careful attention to the ninja fighting below. Thus far, everything had gone according to the timeline with the sand defense and such. Sasuke had thrown in some taijutsu he really shouldn't have known at this point, but who would really notice that? Besides Mar, since she was watching for it and doesn't really count.

At the point where Sasuke was clinging to the wall, Spider-Man style, something dawned on Mar. Naruto and Shikamru hadn't come running over to warn Kakashi... Wait, Kakashi hadn't appeared yet either. Lee wasn't due to make his appearance yet either, was he? What the hell was going on around here? The Chidori was flashing strongly, and Sasuke sprinted down the wall towards an unsuspecting Gaara. 'I can't watch.' Mar closed her eyes, breath held, until she heard the shriek that signified that Sasuke had hit his mark. 'My poor Gaara.'

One moment Sakura was debating Sasuke's coolness with Ino, completely missing Mar's discomfort, and the next the stadium had gone quiet. Not hushed, as though everyone were waiting for the next move, but silent. Then someone snored and Mar opened her eyes to see mostly everyone around her sleeping. Ino was leaning on Sakura's shoulder, until she was pushed to the other side, and Sakura was looking around wide-eyed. "What the hell did I just miss?"

"It's started girls. Sakura, you go find Naruto and Shikamaru and follow after Sasuke. He should be waiting for you." Kakashi had appeared behind Mar, who had jumped the moment he started speaking. Kakashi eye smiled down at her, holding a hand up in a peace sign. "Hello, miss me?" Mar hung her head in her hands and groaned. What the hell?!

A/N- Oops, it would seem that Sasuke broke time. And Mar's brain, but that can be fixed later. Right?