Chapter Thirty-four: Endurance, hope.

Lilia (She's watching the battles):

Fuu has just won her first match, beating a member of the Hyuga clan, who possess the Kekkei Genkai Byakugan, of the hidden leaf village, next up is Dankos second, and last, fight. He is going up against the boy who was in the first fight, and forfeited before even making a move. The boy, Kane, had claimed it was because he had worked out that he had no way to beat the force-manipulator from the village hidden in the clouds, I, on the other hand, think it was just because he was to chicken to try, nothing like my brave, strong, handsome Danko.

The green-haired leaf ninja stepped forwards closing the distance between himself and Danko slowly, whilst Danko just stands his ground, unmoving.

I lean closer to make out the words the green-haired boy is saying, "Aren't you supposedto dodge your enemy? Not wait for them to idly make there way over to you and cause you harm?" straight as he finishes he grabbed Dankos arm, twisting it behind his back, kneeing him in the process.

I feel my body go rigid with tension, chocking back a small disbelieving gasp. His beautiful face scrunching up in pain.

Recovering from the shock of the pain Danko spins round smashing his leg into Kanes stomach, the boy just blinks before jumping back a step.

The fight continues non-stop from there on, each shinobi injuring the other as much as possible. Each time Danko is hit, i feel my body stiffen and have to stifle the tears building up behind my eyelids, and each time Danko makes a hit i have to bite down on my lip to stop myself from screaming maniclly. As a cause of this my lip is now bleeding ferociously, for Danko has made a lot more hits than his opponent has, yet, they seem just as tired as each other. Maybe Danko has worn himself out already?

They are both now standing completely still, nothing happening, until Kane falls to his knees, sahkily trying to pull himself back up, Dankos, who was smiling, face drops to a frown at the rising body of the ninja opposite him.

Kane dives forward with his spear, cutting and stabbing Danko, who is to tired to dodge in time. Both fall to the floor, panting, exhausted. Neither get back up, so the match is called a draw and their bodies are dragged away for medical treatment.

How did my Danko lose? I will never understand.

Gaara:

The Konoha boy has failed to get many hits, and is pretty badly beaten, however he only seems as tired, if not less than Danko from my own village. Danko hasn't used much Chakra, and has no major injuries, so it can't be that he's tired. So this must be Kanes strong point, endurance, the ability to carry on past most peoples limits. Both their bodies are lying on stretchers, as the medics carry them off to check them over for injuries. We must now wait until we are told about their conditions to carry on with the next fight. The final fight. Fuus fight against the assassin girl. Looking round I see that A has a bright smile on his face, his eyes glowing in confidence, so it seems the Raikage believes his assassin will win her battle. If Fuu is killed by her, I will blame the man, and it will lead to a war were I will not stop until Fuus murderer is killed, so for his sake, and the sake of his village he better hope his candidate isn't craving blood for dinner tonight.

"Gaara?" The mizukage is clicking her fingers in front of my face, "Gaara, snap out of it. Whats wrong?"

"Nothing." I divert my eyes to A, "If the girl kills her, we will start a war. So you better hope your assassin isn't in the mood to kill today." I let the threat run deep through my voice,

"But that is the point of these battles. To show your strength, some will win, some will loose. Some will live to make it to Kage, while others won't live to see another sunrise. You must have known that when you entered her."He is raising an eyebrow, with mock-shock at my childish arrogance.

"Gaara, relax, Iruka will stop the fight before anyone is killed." Tsunade slurs, rolling her eyes.

She's right, I don't see what I'm worried about, Iruka is there to stop the fights before they get out of hand, besides, Fuu wouldn't lose to that girl, and even if she did, she's bright enough to quit before she is killed, I hope.

Sakura appears in front of us, stating that both the examinees from the last fight are fine, and are now back with the other Gennin to watch the last fight. Signaling for the battles to continue, Fuu and the purple girl walk to the center.

So it starts.

A/N: Right sorry about the fact that this chapter is sooo short, but I only wrote it so I didn't have to miss a battle because the next one is the one i really want to right. In fact the only reason i wrote about the chunnin exams was so I could make whats going to happen next happen. So yeah, I'm sorry about the shortness... If anyone actually cares, but if anyone does I'll be making the next one really long to make up for it. xxx