And the tournamit for Chuunin exam participation begins! This chapter sucks just to warn you, long and sucks. I wish I could have made it better but I just didn't really know what else to add that wouldn't make it suck more... oh well. Hope you still enjoy it.

Chapter 13: Team Aneko vs. Team Yukio

The day of the tournament had come. The entire village was over at the main academy in the village's heart. The academy had a large courtyard, perfect for the tournament to be held in. The villages filled into the entrances, eager to see who would be going to the leaf village for the exam.

Maemi stood on a tree branch, smiling eagerly. He watched the people hurry inside, talking non stop about how they hope the fight will be. Only four teams were entered to our tournament. Team Aneko would be fighting against Team Yukio and Team Ayami would be fighting against Team Kana. Maemi leapt out of the tree and headed into the team entrance.

Michiko, Jiro, and Aneko were waiting in the assigned classroom when Maemi walked in. They were all a bit antsy, even Jiro was a bit on the nervous side.

"Everyone won't shut up about us. They all are talking about how great of a fight they know we'll put up," Maemi said.

"They mean a fight you'll put up. We're all shit compared to you," Jiro said.

"If I'm not mistaken you've mastered all the techniques Aneko Sensei threw at us. Some of those were pretty advanced. And what about that powerful clan jutsu you were talking about?" Maemi asked, trying to raise Jiro's self-esteem.

Jiro smiled in his creepy way. "Yeah… Let me get a bit of fighting done first ok Maemi. I wana show it off." He said.

"Alright. Just don't hog up all the fun."

Aneko sighed in relief. Maemi's plan to raise Jiro's self-esteem was working. Jiro wasn't doubting himself anymore.

"What about me? I don't have any supper powerful clan techniques. My clan techniques are mainly manipulating the time around me allowing me to move faster. They haven't taught me how to manipulate time around others yet," Michiko said softly.

"Michiko, your smart. You can plan out strategies incredibly quickly when you need too. You've also mastered all the jutsus Aneko Sensei gave us. That's a great accomplishment for a Genin. I'm proud of my accomplishments, and you should too. We should go there proud of ourselves, and whether we go to leaf or not we should leave proud as well," Maemi said.

Jiro laughed slightly. "You had it going till that corny closing line," Jiro said.

"Corny or not he's right. You all have done so much in such a short time. In my eyes you three are already Chuunin," Aneko Sensei said.

The door suddenly opened. A man was standing their. "Team Aneko, you have five minutes to get ready while we clean up the ring from the last fight. Good luck." The man said.

"Might I ask who won?" Aneko said, remembering her sister was also in this tournament.

"Team Kana," He said as he closed the door. Aneko slumped into her seat. Her sister was in team Kana. Sure Aneko was happy that her sister's in the finals, but if her team won, then Aneko's team would be fighting against her sister's. Hell would be released for sure.

----------

Maemi stood beside Michiko and Jiro stood in front of the two of them. On the other side were older Team Yukio; Kuma-Chan, Miyo-Chan, and Kaemon-Kun. The three of them were older then Maemi's team. From what he knew this was their third time trying to get to the Chuunin exams.

The head elder stood up in the stands. "This is an endurance battle. The six of you will be fighting until one team has fallen. There will absolutely be no killing. Good luck to you six." As the elder sat down the man who they saw early walked into the center of the field holding a flag in each hand.

"You know the rules. Any rule breaking will be cause a automatic disqualification." He said and looked at the two teams briefly. He raised the flags high above his head. "BEGIN!" He yelled as he quickly brought his hands down and leapt out of the ring.

Jiro smiled. As he stabbed the center of his palm. He slammed his palm into the ground. "SUMMINING NO JUTSU!" he yelled.

"No way…" Maemi muttered. "His family has a summon creature…"

The ground beneath Jiro began to crack. Jiro was laughing as a huge, black lizard crawled out of the ground. "Behold the might of Kuro Tokage!" He said and laughed. Jiro sat comfortably on Kuro Tokage's back.

It was obvious to Maemi, Jiro was exhausted. Once Kuro Tokage left, he would be a sitting duck. Maemi began performing the seals for a jutsu.

"YOROI NO JUTSU JIRO AND KURO TOKAGE!" He yelled. Armor started to form around Jiro and Kuro Tokage. Jiro looked back at Maemi and smiled in a not so creepy way.

"He's going to fail." Michiko said.

"What makes you say that? That Kuro Tokage looks pretty tough." Maemi said.

"Kuro Tokage is a reptile, reptiles die in cold. I believe its Kuma-Chan clan that specializes in manipulating ice. By you putting the armor on them you only increasing the drop in temperature." Michiko explained.

"Well that's just great," Maemi said. "JIRO! TAKE OUT KUMA-CHAN FIRST! SHE'S CAN USE ICE JUTSUS!"

"And that lessens our time to come up with a plan." Michiko said.

"Sorry… I was only trying-"

"To help. I know. Well know that they know that he knows they'll take him down faster. Use the Steel Dragon jutsu when you have the chance. It has the strength to take at least one of them down and give a warning to Team Kana that if we win, they're in for trouble."

"Alright." Maemi charged into the battle performing the hand seals for the Steel Dragon Jutsu.

"THIS IS MY TURN! DON'T INTERFERE!" Jiro yelled.

"I'm helping you. HAGANE RYU!" Maemi yelled. Maemi then clapped his hand, a loud boom was heard. When he separated his hands a liquid metal sphere was there. Maemi jumped back as the sphere began to grow. It began to take the shape of a dragon. Standing on all fours with a huge set of wings the metal became semi solid, hard yet flexible.

Maemi smiled at the dragon as he breaths quickened. The jutsu used up a lot of charka, but he could hold his own better then Jiro could. "Steel Dragon! Attack Kuma-chan!" He yelled.

As the dragon moved to attack Kuma, Miyo and Kaemon quickly went to guard her. That's when Jiro attacked them, taking their aim away from the dragon.

It didn't take long for the judge to rule Kuma out. The two on one battle against Kuro Tokage seemed to be too much for the lizard and retreated in a puff of smoke. Luckily for Jiro Miyo and Kaemon were getting tired which gave Jiro a chance to take another one of them down.

"AIRON KURO-N NO JUTSU!" Jiro yelled. He created three clones, four Jiros in total. They began to take on Miyo and Kaemon, two on one. With a swift kick by Miyo, the jutsu canceled out and Jiro laid on the floor in pain. She had just kicked him in his crotch.

"That's low!" Maemi yelled.

"Really? Oh well." Miyo said.

"TETSU KOBUSHI NO JUTSU!" Maemi and Michiko yelled as they did the jutsu in unison. Iron surrounded their fists as formed a dangerous weapon. They both charged into battle with Miyo and Kaemon. Michiko's pace quickened suddenly, not giving Miyo or Kaemon any time to react. Giving a swift punch to the gut to Miyo and a kick to the head for Kaemon, they both hit the ground and were out.

"TEAM ANEKO WINS!" the judge yelled. The first round was over. Tomorrow the finals began.