So I maybe a little slow

Kuwabara: a little?

Ok so maybe a lot

Kuwabara: maybe?

Will you shut up! Your supposed to support me, am I right!

Kuwabara: what do you want me to say?

I don't know that I a doing a good job

Kuwabara: you're doing a good job

Shut up already here's chapter 10

Kuwabara: jeez why are you so pissed? Is it that time of the month for you?

I'm a guy! So shut up you loser! I am gonna kill you!

Kuwabara: umm enjoy but now I have to run buh-bye!

No Guts No Glory

Chapter 10

Kakashi ran into the Hokage's office. "Lady Hokage it's over!" Kakashi blurted out

"What are you talking about Kakashi?" Tsunade asked puzzled

"The first test it's over we have our final sixteen!"

"That's impossible! It's only been one day!" Tsunade said shocked

"I know it has to be a record. One of the kids wiped out more than three fourths of the competition!" Kakashi gasped

"Jeez they better tell Rock Lee to calm down" Tsunade said beginning to calm down

"It wasn't Rock Lee" Kakashi said softly

"Sasuke?" Tsunade asked and Kakashi shook his head. "Neji, Naruto, Shikamaru or was it Shino?" Kakashi shook his head to each name. "Then who the hell was it?"

"A fourteen year old kid" Kakashi said softly "He is even younger than when I took the Jounin exam"

"Fourteen! What the hell is his name? Is he apart of the leaf? Is he a genuis?" Tsunade asked as quickly as possible.

"His name is Yingchi Ryu (if you have read the students of Naruto you know who this guy is). He is a member of the leaf. And no he is not a genuis."

"I don't get it. It just seems so unreal. Only fourteen. Kakashi this one could make you look like an average ninja at that age"

"I realize that" Kakashi responded "that's what scares me. He is progressing beyond a normal rate"

"Alright I want to have all the files on all of the remaining competitors on my desk in one hour" Tsunade said "And if I don't have them by then I will be extremely pissed do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal" Kakashi replied in a quiet voice

"Good now go!" Tsunade barked before turning towards the training grounds 'well things just got a whole lot more interesting' Tsunade thought 'I wonder how many of the remaining sixteen will make it to the final eight'.

Meanwhile

Naruto was still wide awake sitting in front of the fire with Hinata still sound asleep. "Have you been on the lookout all night?" a voice asked. Naruto turned around to see Sasuke, Shikamaru, and Ino. "You haven't seen Sakura yet have you?"

"No but I don't think that it will matter much longer" Naruto responded "Or haven't you noticed"

"Noticed what?" Ino asked the three boys

"The remaining chakra signals" Shikamaru responded "There are only sixteen left now"

"So the test ended in a single day?" Ino asked puzzled

"That's what it looks like. Someone moved fast way to fast for anyone to stop him" Sasuke responded "the problem is I have never felt his chakra presence before so I have no clue who it is"

"Yeah I've noticed it as well" Naruto responded "I am looking foreword to the next test"

"Hey guys how's it going" a voice said from behind. Everyone turned to see Lee, Tenten, and Sakura. Sasuke ran over and hugged Sakura tightly.

"Don't you ever leave my sight again alright" Sasuke whispered in her ear "I was so worried that something had happened to you"

"You shouldn't worry as long as I am around Sasuke!" Lee said then doing his "Nice Guy" pose he said "I already promised that I would protect Sakura until I die!"

Tenten smacked Lee in the head "why don't you ever say romantic things to me?"

"I do really I do. Every so often" Lee protested "well not that often but I mean come on cut me some slack"

"Well, well, well look who it is" yet another unidentified voice said (Yeah I know way too many twists and turns I this chapter). They all looked up in a tree to see two ninjas. One they knew as Temari of the sand and they didn't recognize the other. The other ninja who was probably a girl as well had her face was hidden in a fell ancient ninja mask. "I haven't seen any of you since we had to drag his (points to Sasuke) sorry ass back to the leaf"

"Ah Temari always a pleasure" Sasuke said sarcastically

"Hey watch it smooth talker or I'll kick your ass where you stand" Temari said glaring at him and Sasuke, being the wimp that he can be from time to time, backed down. "Gaara is going to owe me big for this one"

"Speaking of which" Naruto began softly laying Hinata down on the ground "Why you are here your brother is the Kazekage wouldn't that mean you don't need to take this test?"

"She is not here for herself" the other girl said "she is here for me"

"And who may I ask are you?" Naruto asked

The girl removed her mask to reveal herself. She was a very beautiful girl with long black hair and sapphire blue eyes. The ninja outfit she was wearing covered almost all of the curves of her body so you couldn't tell if she was a man or a woman. "My name is Aki. And Temari is protecting me because Gaara wanted me safe"

"Gaara? Why would he want you safe? Is he your friend or something?" Sakura blurted out "Last I saw of the guy he was killing everyone with his sand"

"Gaara killing? He's nothing but a big teddy bear to me." Aki said and everyone else sweat dropped "He's my fianc

"FIANCÉ!!!" everyone else except Temari shouted "Gaara engaged? Is it an arranged marriage?" Sasuke asked

"No of course not" Aki said "he proposed to me just two weeks ago"

"This is just scary. Can you imagine little Gaaras running all over the place?" Shikamaru said with a shudder "it gives me the willies"

"How can you love a guy like that?" Tenten asked "I mean he could kill you without even flinching"

"I think what you all have failed to realize is the fact that Gaara has changed" Temari said leaning against a tree "He's no longer the monster you once knew"

"Which reminds me" Aki said thoughtfully "Which of you are Naruto and Lee?"

Naruto raised his hand "That would be me" Naruto responded "That's lee over there" Naruto continued pointing at the ninja leaning against the tree "Why?"

"Could you both come here for a second" Aki requested and both of them walked over to Aki. Aki stood on her tiptoes and kissed both Naruto and Lee on the cheek. "Thank you both for helping Gaara". Hinata and Tenten were fuming in anger. Both Lee and Naruto blushed and sweat dropped. They stumbled backwards only to have their girlfriends smack them in the heads for acting like idiots.

Meanwhile

Tsunade began to brief through the files until she reached Yingchi Ryu's. She began reading the text in the file. 'Yingchi Ryu is a very adaptable nin-jutsu fighter. His genjutsu is above average. His Taijutsu is next to perfection. He is beginning to develop his own advanced style which he calls the "Steel Bear" style. He has begun to from new and advanced Taijutsu techniques.' The fifth Hokage stopped reading the file and laid it on the table.

Tsunade reached over and picked up another file with the name "Tykiei Ken" on it. 'Tykiei Ken is an advanced fighter who has proven himself time and again on missions. He shows leadership qualities that are indeed rare and loyalty like no other. He will never leave a man behind nor will he suggest the idea of risking someone's life other than his own. He's the first to step on the battlefield and the last to leave. He is a true leader that is rarely found in this world. He also has created his own seal now known as the "Wolf" seal. It is usually combined with the tiger and/or monkey along with several other seals. He has developed several techniques using this new seal among them he has created his own Bloodline Limit. The Tykiei ichimon keppan: jigai urufu Tsume (Tykiei Blood Limit: Suicide Wolf Claw. Used in the students of Naruto by another Tykiei family member). This blood limit is unlike anything the leaf has ever seen'. Tsunade stopped reading Ken's file and took another file.

This file had the name "Aki of the Sand" on it. Tsunade opened this file and began to read. 'Aki is and exceptional manipulator of sand and her Ninjutsu is above exceptional. Her Genjutsu is incredible and is usually used to for interrogation. Her specialty technique she created herself is called the "Ten horrors of the abyss" they show your worst fears depending on what number she calls from 1-10. One being the easiest to face and ten being your worst fear in life. There hasn't been a single person who has refused to talk under Aki's interrogation"

Tsunade set Aki's file down and looked over the remaining files. Lee, Sasuke, Sakura, Neji, Tenten, Shino, Kiba, Temari, Shikamaru, Chouji, Ino, Hinata, and Naruto. She already knew about their files having reviewed them so much. "Alright Kakashi and Gai I want you to have all the remaining examiners to report to the main entrance"

"Yes of course Lady Hokage" Kakashi said

"It shall be done!" Gai said doing his "Nice guy" Pose. Gai and Kakashi returned back to the office thirty seconds later.

"I thought I just gave you an order" Tsunade said annoyed "GO do your job!"

"umm there seems little use of that Lady Hokage" Kakashi said

"And why is that?" Tsunade asked

"They're already here" Gai responded

"Hey Tsunade! When can we start the next test. Or are you just so old you need to get your walker" an voice said so obnoxious it could only belong to Naruto.

"I'll show him a walker" Tsunade mumbled before heading outside.

-End of chapter 10

I know it's short but I needed to get this new chapter out there for you guys because I just got back from camp and I felt that you guys deserved to read something new after that long wait so here it is

Kuwabara: so am I still your teacher

Of course Kuwabara no one could replace you!