Hidden Mist Village

Orochimaru sat in his chair, once again bored stiff. The only truly interesting thing that happened during this exam was the fight between the two Jinchuuriki. And it was stopped unfortunately. It didn't really matter that it was stopped, because the Kumo Jinchuuriki was the winner. The one from Mist was still young and clearly didn't have enough of control over her demon.

She had lost total control by going into her one-tailed form. The other one maintained full control at one-tail. He thought that the match would prolong after the Kiri girl switched to her two-tailed form but it didn't make a difference. There was too much of a gap between the two of them.

The Kiri girl had used more of her demon's power, but had no control and couldn't use it to her full potential. He made a mental note to kill one of those two Jinchuuriki sometime in the near future before Akatsuki got a hold of them. He wasn't in any rush, he only needed to kill one and Akatsuki's main plan would be completely ruined.

Now he was stuck watching the third Kumo Genin beat another Iwa ninja to death. It was boring watching such one-sided fights. Finally the match was called and the Iwa ninja was taken off the arena battlefield.

Orochimaru had grown impatient of theses matches. He wanted to see Kyou fight his Genin. He wanted to see how he matched up against a ninja from Oto.

It was as if the Mizukage heard his thoughts because the next match was called for Kyou Matsuri against Yuudachi Ugatsu. Orochimaru smiled and licked his lips. Kyou was matched against Ugatsu. This made him happy. She was the strongest Genin in Oto. If he defeated her than he'd have a nice new recruit.

"Today is a good day Kabuto. Today is a very god day."

"Yes, Orochimaru-sama."


Matsuri walked onto the arena battlefield. It was his time to fight, and he had every intention of winning. He could feel his predicament. He had a water affinity, and there was no water to use. From the second exam he knew this girl used sound type Ninjutsu and it proved to be very effective. But he would find a way to defeat her.

She walked onto the field. Matsuri examined her. She had short brown hair that was bowl-cut to her jaw line. Her headband was tied around her neck. She had thigh length tights and had a large purple rope tied in a bow at her waste. Her shirt was also skin tight and sleeveless. It ended just under her breasts, showing of her toned stomach. She had bright green eyes and was smirking at him.

Matsuri slid into a fighting stance and prepared for the fight against Yuudachi Ugatsu.

"Begin!" The Mizukage yelled!

Matsuri had burst from his position before the Mizukage finished the word. He sprinted toward the Ugatsu who stood waiting in her fighting stance. Once he got into position he forced chakra into his feet and leaped high into the air. He flipped and threw two kunai down at her when he flipped over her head.

She caught both blades and turned to attack Matsuri as he landed. But as soon as his feet touched the ground he used a Shunshin and positioned himself to her right. Crouched and under her defenses.

He brought up a fist to hit her chin but she lifted her head back and he missed. She stabbed out with one of the kunai and swiped with the other.

Matsuri caught her wrist with the kunai she went to stab him with and twisted to avoid the swipe. He then allowed himself to fall backwards and spun toward the ground, twisting her wrist violently.

Ugatsu moved with the twist and jumped into the air, turning with Matsuri. As gravity pulled her back to the ground she thrust out with her kunai. Matsuri touched his back to the ground and curled so the kunai embedded into the ground.

He messed up and allowed his opponent to literally be on top of him. He inwardly cursed himself for making such a foolish mistake.

Ugatsu didn't attempt to pull the kunai out of the ground. Instead she brought her knee hard into his stomach. She reached into her rope sash and pulled out a kunai. Before she could stab him, Matsuri gave her two quick, hard jabs to her ribs she grunted and he smashed his palm into her face, breaking her nose. She jumped off of him to prevent him from beating her further.

Her nose bleed from the strike but she ignored it. She tossed her kunai into the air and unleashed a torrent of shuriken. Matsuri proceded to counter them by catching, throwing dodging and deflecting the bladed stars. Ugatsu caught the kunai as it fell back down and charged.

Matsuri jumped backwards and ran from her. He continued to make large leaps backwards to avoid engaging her in taijutsu again. Not that he was afraid of her taijutsu, he merely had a plan.

When the two of them reached the edge of the arena, Matsuri proceded to scale the wall. Having enough, Ugatsu scaled the wall with him, she threw the kunai and sealed for a Jutsu.

"Whistling Bird no Jutsu." She unleashed her Jutsu as quick as possible.

"Shit." Matsuri said, she occupied one of his hands to catch the kunai she threw, and he could only cover one ear. The Jutsu hit him and pain rang through his ears. It was different than when she used the Jutsu during the second exam. She had rushed it this time and didn't get one-hundred percent of its power.

Matsuri reached the top of the wall and was now running along the top. They were now fighting just at the edge of the audience. Ugatsu increased her speed and was now matching Matsuri. They exchanged quick strikes with each other every time she caught up with him. She got close with a blade and he used a substitution with an audience member's hat.

He avoided her strike but she used a Shunshin to catch up with him. She grabbed a hold of his shirt and he simply pulled his arms out of it, allowing it to slip off his shoulders. He stepped on an audience members head and jumped further back.

He finally saw what he was looking for and began sealing. Ugatsu threw his shirt away and charged him.

"Suiton: Water Orb Rotation no Jutsu!" He pulled the water from the various cups and water basins closet to him in the audience. He managed to form three globes that now circled his body.

He turned his direction and met her charge. He threw a hard punch that Ugatsu ducked under. She hit him in his side and swept his legs out from under him. He grabbed the headband around her neck as he fell and pulled her down with him. She substituted to prevent herself from falling on the kunai he pulled out.

Matsuri got back to his feet and sealed for another Jutsu. Ugatsu sealed as well and both launched their jutsu's at each other.

"Suiton: Shark Fang Bullet no Jutsu!"

"Sound Wave Interruption no Jutsu!"

One of Matsuri's water globes separated into five small streams of water that blasted forward with incredible speed. Just as the were about to his Ugatsu opened her mouth and yelped.

Matsuri could literally see the sound waves with his own eyes. They emanated outward and collided with his shark fang bullets. The streams of water wavered and fell apart. They harmlessly splashed against her face. Ugatsu smiled and ran at him again.

He met her charge once again and fought her. In the middle of their Taijutsu fight, he brought around another orb and blasted it into the side of her head. He then grabbed her arm and threw her out of the stands. As she was in mid air he jumped and fly-kicked her, sending her flying back into the arena. The two of them fell rapidly toward the ground from the long drop.

As they descended Ugatsu sealed and whistled another Jutsu. She fell backwards and used a substitution with a shuriken on the ground and appeared on the ground, completely unhurt by the fall. Matsuri did the same thing and stood in front of her.

He took a step toward her and she brought her hand up in a seal. Matsuri's step faltered.

"How do you like my Genjutsu? I hit you with it when I whistled earlier. You must be experiencing some weird situations now aren't you? How do you like the sound of my voice, coming form everywhere? Everywhere and nowhere at the same time."

Matsuri looked at her with mild confusion and cleared the distance between them quickly. "Sorry, I didn't hear what you said. When you used your Jutsu earlier I pumped chakra into my ears and blocked my hearing. I'm completely deaf right now. It doesn't matter though, because this match is over."

Ugatsu looked at him in fear as he sealed quickly and when he was done he grabbed her throat tightly.

"Suiton: Water Prison no Jutsu!" Matsuri's final water globe wrapped itself around her head. Normally the technique was used to entrap a person's entire body, but he only had enough water to engulf her head. He squeezed her throat and focused his chakra to force the water to try and force itself down into her lungs.

She tried to free herself from his grasp but he held tightly. She probably knew if she could get free from his hand then the technique would end. It needed contact.

She punched and kicked at him harshly but he took the beating and waited it out. It wasn't until she reached back and pulled out a kunai in each hand. He caught one hand as she attempted to stab him. As her other blade came close he was forced to catch her other wrist.

The technique ended and the water prison released her head, Ugatsu took multiple deep breaths. She looked her bright green eyes with Matsuri's with pure hate. He looked at her angered face, with her fierce eye and blood flowing from her nose.

"That worked out perfectly." Matsuri said with a large smile on his face. Ugatsu's eyes widened.

Matsuri brought his right knee up and pulled both of her wrists downward with as much force as he could muster. His knee connected with her chin and knocked her out cold. She dropped to her knees and he released her wrists. She fell to the ground unconscious and Matsuri started toward the waiting area.

"Kyou Matsuri wins!" The Kage announced.

"Yes Kyou Matsuri does win. He wins indeed." Orochimaru muttered to himself. He smiled and widened his eyes in excitement.


Hidden Leaf Village

Tsunade sat at the top of a long desk. Accompanying her was Shizune, Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai, Gai, Konoha's council and the leader of the ANBU squad that accompanied Kakashi and the others.

They had many things to discuss. The mission, information gained, the second ANBU squads mission, their upcoming plans, and how an enemy ninja managed to sneak into Konoha and deliver the packages.

"The decision for this mission was rash Tsunade. You should have exercised better judgment. Now we have four dead ANBU members and the Gekkou clan has been completely wiped out." Danzou said.

"There was a risk for casualties, and unfortunately there were. However, the mission was completed with a much higher survival rate that we were expecting. My decision was the best possible move to make. We knew that Rock was mobilizing and we have slowed them down considerably. We started this war on our terms and not theirs."

"Now seems like a good time to give my report." Kakashi said. He stood up and cleared his throat. "While we were crossing through Grass Country, we ran into resistance from two Kusa ninja."

"They're our allies, why did they stop you?" One of the councilmen asked.

"I'll get to that. While we were speaking, Uzamaki Naruto lost control of the Kyuubi and began to leak the demons chakra. We don't know why he suddenly did it but Asuma here knocked him unconscious to prevent exposing him as a Jinchuuriki."

"The damage was most likely done at this point."

Kakashi ignored the councilmen and continued. "It was then that the younger of the two ninja attacked me. He was in his teenage years and he eventually forced me to use my Sharingan. The older of the two engaged Maito Gai in battle and overwhelmed him." A grunt came from Gai as Kakashi said this.

"The skirmish ended quickly and we continued on to Iwa. It was then that I realized that the ninja I was fighting had slipped me a message regarding the war."

"How did they know? Did you leak information about the mission?" Danzou asked.

"They had no idea of our mission. After we completed the mission we stopped in Kusa to recuperate. I confronted their head-jounin about the message."

"What did it say?"

"It said that the Earth Country had formed allegiance with Lighting, Water and Rice field Country. Meaning they had the villages of Cloud, Mist and Sound on their side. The message also stated that they had forced Grass to switch sides, and that they were going to do the same for Waterfall and Rain."

Some of the council members gasped at the sudden change in sides. "How the hell are we supposed to win this war if every significant ninja village is with the other side? Is it not enough that we are against three major villages? Now the minor Villages belong to them as well. Our significant ally is Sand! Tsunade, if we lose this war than it is on you! You're to blame and I will do everything in my power to have you replaced!" Yelled the head Councilman.

Tsunade slammed her fist into the table, effectively breaking a large portion of it; she stood from her seat and responded. "Hatake Kakashi has not finished his report. You will sit and wait for him to finish, and I would advise you not to speak out against your Hokage in such a disrespectful manor."

"You were the council who came to me after the Third's death begging me to take his position. Do not attempt to use me as a scapegoat. You will follow under my rule as Hokage and you will be respectful!" Tsunade scanned the council members, daring them to speak out once more. When she was sure she had everything under control she say and motioned for Kakashi to continue.

"After I confronted the head-jounin of Kusa about the message, he explained to me that they were planning to assassinate their own Daimyo and put in a proper ruler. They stated that they were sided with Konoha for this war. That was when we told them about the mission we had just completed."

A councilwoman attempted to speak out at Kakashi's choice to reveal information about a mission to another village, but Tsunade silenced her before she could.

"At that point, together, I, Shizune, and the ANBU squad leader sat down with the head-jounin and his two ANBU and devised a plan for this war that works out greatly in our favor. I will leave the captain to brief you on our suggested course of action."

Kakashi sat down and gave the room to the ANBU captain.

"Now this plan is well thought out and it will take a great deal of coordination with Kusa. But if it works out, we will have this war in the palm of our hands. Listen carefully."