Chapter 52
"First up Rock Lee" said Kabuto. He places the card down and embeds his chakra in it revealing the stats on Rock Lee. "Looks like he's about a year older than you guys. Mission experience 11 C-Rank and 20 D-Rank. His squad leader is Guy. In the last 12 months his taijutsu as radically improved but his other skills are pretty shaky. Last year he got a lot of attention as a Genin but for some reason, chose not to participate in the Chunin Exams. This will be his first time as a candidate same as you guys. His teammates are Tenten, and Neji Hyuuga." Menma and Kiba grunted.
"Hyuuga" said Naruto.
"Next up Gaara" Kabuto puts another card down and puts Chakra into it. It reveals stats on Gaara. "Mission experience 8 C-Rank and get this one B-Rank as a Genin. There's not a lot of information on this guy. He was a rookie from another land initially. But there is this, he survived every mission without getting a scratch on him."
"The dude's done a B-Rank as a Genin" said Shikamaru. "And has never been injured?"
"What's the deal with this guy?" said Naruto.
Kabuto places another card down. "Next, Ojin" He puts chakra into the card and reveals his entire team stats. "He's from the rain village. Mission experience 22 D-Rank, 15 C-Rank, and most surprising, 3 B-Rank missions."
"This guy did B-Rank missions as a Genin also!?" said Shikamaru
"And I thought Gaara was impressive" said Sasuke. He looks over and Menma. "Where did you find this guy?"
"Let's just say he caught my attention" said Menma
"His teammates are Raku and Saneru" said Kabuto. "Both of these candidates have skills just as good as his. Aside from that I don't have much on them. But there is this, the data I gathered from them was only recently available. With a record like this you would think that people would have heard of them but they haven't."
"That's kind of suspicious" said Sairana.
"Very Suspicious." Kabuto slowly puts down the last card. "Now for the female sound ninja" He puts chakra into the card and reveals their stats. "There is the red headed Igmorta, the blond Harenata, and the blue haired Glamori. They are known as the Prima Mortis Trio. From what I gathered, they're exceptionally strong but that's all the info I got on them. They hail from the sound village. Not much is known about that village. Its small springing up recently. Specific details about them are a mystery." Kabuto's statement caught the attention of the six sound ninja. He puts his cards away. "Well you get the point. The competition is going to be intense this year."
"So it would seem" said Hinata. "It's almost enough to make you lose your confidence."
"It's a fine time to start talking like that" said Ino.
"Do…you think it's going to be tougher this time?" asked Sakura
"Oh yeah" said Kabuto. "In the four years I've been, I've never seen a crop of candidates with as much potential as this lot."
Menma and Aylana glance over at Naruto who appears to be shaking a little.
"You think he's alright" said Aylana
Menma smirks. "I know Naruto" said Menma. "This is his way of coping."
Sakura walks up to Naruto. "Hey don't worry Naruto we'll be fine" said Sakura.
Suddenly Naruto screams and turns to the many candidates pointing at them. "My name is Naruto Uzumaki" said Naruto. "And I'm going to beat every one of you"
"Hey what's that idiot trying to do? Get us killed?" said Ino. "Tell your boyfriend to keep his big trap shut"
"Who's boyfriend!?" yelled Sakura
"Oh I forgot you can't get one"
"What'd you say?!"
"Yeah I feel a lot better now" said Naruto.
Meanwhile the six sound ninja watch on.
"You heard what he said about the sound village" said the one with spiky hair
"I heard Zaku" said the man bandaged up.
"What do you think Dosu?" said the girl with black hair. "I say we teach this guy some manners"
"Right Kin" said Dosu. "Time to clear up some of the mystery for him update his information."
"You sure you want to do that?" said Igmorta "We have our mission, if you go through with this petty conflict—"
"Don't worry, it won't be like that" said Dosu. "Besides, he deserves this for insulting us."
"Make sure you give him double for us" said Glamori
"Of course" said Zaku
Sakura suddenly grabs Naruto. "Naruto you idiot" she said. "Why the hell would you say something like that you obnoxious little—"
Sairana places her hand on Sakura's shoulder. "Sakura, you might want to stop you're making a scene" she said. Sakura looks at the other candidates glaring at her. She immediately lets go of Naruto and proceeds to yell at him.
"This is how Naruto deals with stress" said Menma. "He declares that he will be the best as a way of hyping himself up."
"Well now he's painted a big target on us" said Aylana.
"We can handle it"
Suddenly Dosu, Zaku, and Kin all start to rush towards the group. Menma and Kabuto notice this. Menma reaches for his kunai but Sairana grabs his hand shaking her head at him. Zaku jumps in the air and throws kunai at Kabuto. Kabuto jumps back and Dosu gets up in his face. He goes to punch Kabuto but Kabuto manages to dodge it. He smirks then his glasses suddenly break.
"Oh I get it" said Kabuto. "It was that kind of attack." Kabuto slowly takes off his glasses. Then he suddenly drops to his knees and pukes on the floor.
"Wait what just happened?" said Sairana
"He must have got him somehow did you see anything with your sharingan?" asked Menma
"I didn't even have it active."
Naruto and Sakura rush to his side. "Hey Kabuto, you alright?" said the two of them.
"Yeah I'm fine" said Kabuto.
"Not such a tough guy after all" said Dosu. "Maybe that's why he's on his seventh try."
"Write this on your little card. The Genin from the sound village will be Chunin when this is over."
Menma starts laughing loudly. The sound ninja turn to him. "How idiotic of you" said Menma. "Revealing your jutsu just cause he insulted you. If that's all it takes, I guarantee you, I will be able to crush all three of you no problem."
"You want to be next?" said Zaku.
"Fight me and you'll be going through the exam crippled." Menma cracks his knuckles.
"Menma are you crazy" said Sairana. "You can't fight them especially now"
The sound ninja and Menma get ready to clash. Suddenly smoke appears near the front of the room. A large booming voice echoes throughout the room.
"All right you baby faced degenerates pipe down and listen up." The smoke clears and a large man with a bandana appears along with a few men dressed in grey outfits. "It's time to begin" said the large man. "I'm Ibiki Murino your proctor and from this moment, your worst enemy."
