Hey. Wow... in around a month, this story has 112 followers and 98 favs... not bad... for me at least.

Thank you, NinjaFang1331. I try my best.

flo463, well, I was actually hoping to use more cannon stuff here and mix in the SAO elements, like how I did with my Cross Ange/Gundam fic. Plus, yes, they are stronger compared to cannon, but Orochimaru caught them by surprise and Orochimaru still is a Sannin. And no, Kirito will not learn normal ninjutsu or genjutsu. I will have him learn something else... I have a hint here in this chapter. And Orochimaru didn't know about Kirito's powers, I mean Kabuto didn't know since he's Orochimaru's spy.

So... without further ado, let's go.

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Hikari stood in front of Kiba and Akamaru. The Inuzuka was scared, if he was honest. He knew how strong the girl was and especially if she was pissed. And Kiba knew when women were pissed, since his father left, Tsume and Hana took care of him, and the boy knew when women were angry for experience.

Unfortunately for Kiba, Hikari was pissed. Not at him, but at the Hokage for hiding her heritage for stupid reasons and slightly at Kirito for not telling her about him being a proctor.

Kirito spoke, "So, are you two ready?"

Hikari nodded as Kiba put on a brave face and said determinedly, "Yeah!"

Kirito nodded and swung his arm down before leaping away, "Then, BEGIN!"

Kiba immediately charged forward with Akamaru. Hikari just stood there, unmoving. Then, right before Kiba and Akamaru entered striking range, the two partners jumped up and away to avoid a wave of chains from the ground.

Hikari smiled slightly, "Oh, you dodged it."

Kiba stared at the girl as the chains danced dangerously around her, "What are those chains?"

An innocent smile that could have fooled anyone appeared on Hikari's face, "Its just my bloodline."

The chains shot forward at Kiba and Akamaru who dodged the chains, jumping around as the chains moved like snakes.

To the others on the stands, Kiba and Hikari were both doing well. For a taijutsu expert, Kiba was dodging the long ranged attacks quite well. As for Hikari, she was an all-rounder and chose the correct way to fight.

The girl willed the chains to shoot towards Kiba and Akamaru once again, this time willing them to move wildy. Kiba was caught by surprise and he was flung away onto the ground.

Akamaru landed in front of Kiba and growled at the chains as his master slowly got up. Hikari sighed, she really felt bad doing this.

Kiba grinned, "You're really strong, Hikari."

The girl stared at the pair of partners as Kiba took out a pouch, "That's why I am going all out now, Akamaru!"

He threw a pill at the dog who caught it in his mouth and bit into it, turning red. Kiba also ate one of the pills as he received a boost of chakra.

Everyone stared at them, intrigued by the change. Some of them knew that Kiba ate a regular chakra pill but decided to stay silent.

Kiba made a handseal, "Let's go, Akamaru. Juujin Bunshin!"

Akamaru was then clouded by a cloud of smoke, the smoke slowly clearing off to reveal a clone of Kiba. The less feral looking Kiba then bent down, "Shikyaku no Jutsu!"

The Inuzuka turned feral and became identical to Akamaru. Hikari hmm'd, 'So Akamaru is the clone, to make it hard to know who is who, Kiba also turned into a similar form. Not bad.'

The two charged as Kiba yelled, "Let's go, GATSUGA!"

The two leaped up and started to spin, forming two tornadoes of destruction. Hikari raised an eyebrow at the attack that was closing in on her.

As soon as the two cyclones reached her, Hikari jumped up and avoided being shredded to pieces. The girl had thought maybe Kiba and Akamaru would drill into the ground. But that was just wishful thinking.

The two cyclones bounced off the ground and continued to move towards the Uzumaki. Hikari decided to end it quickly as she landed, 'Sorry, Kiba, Akamaru.'

The girl sent her chains underground and shot them out directly below Kiba and Akamaru, using their momentum to quickly wrap the chains around them before she swung them onto the ground.

Soon, Kiba was revealed to be unconscious on the ground with the chains around him. Akamaru had returned to normal and was also unconscious as well.

Hikari looked at Kirito who spoke, "Winner, Uzumaki Hikari. Medics!"

The Uzumaki walked up to the stands where everyone congratulated her on her victory. Gaara stared at the blonde and felt weird. The Shukaku, or his 'mother', was screaming at him to kill her, but he didn't want to.

Temari saw the look in his eyes, 'The way Gaara's lookin at her, you don't think... nah, he only wants to prove his existence through killing, as much as I hate it.'

The next set of names then came up. (Shino vs Zaku, Kankuro vs Misumi, Sakura vs Ino, Shikamaru vs Kin are the same.) Asada Sinon vs Dosu.

The brunette jumped down with her bow as Dosu leaped from his stand. Dosu glared at the girl, "I'll enjoy butchering that face of yours."

Sinon didn't reply as she just glared at him. Kirito sighed, "Are you two ready?"

The two nodded as they readied their weapons. Kirito swung his hand down, "Then, BEGIN!"

Immediately Sinon jumped back and notched an arrow, quickly releasing it at Dosu. The mummy look alike raised his gauntlet to block the arrows before his eyes widened as he saw a volley of arrows raining down upon him.

Sinon grinned, "Arrow Kage Bunshin."

The mummy tried to dodge all of the arrows but it was impossible. His shoulder and legs were pierced with the arrows and it was a miracle he didn't lose his head.

Dosu cursed, some of the arrows hand pierced his gauntlet and damaged it bad enough that he couldn't use it properly as he intended. He could probably still let out sound, but it won't have the effects he needed.

Sinon saw the frustrated look in his eyes and decided to end it. The girl notched another arrow and took aim. Dosu cursed when he saw it and tried to stop her with kunai and forcefully using his melody arm.

The arm didn't function and the kunai that were thrown did not hit his target as Sinon shot his knee. The teen fell to one knee and winced in pain.

Sinon spoke, "Yield, you can't stand, nor can you use your weapons."

Dosu tch'd. He had made the wrong decision. While he specialised in fighting at mid range, disorienting his enemies with the melody arm, Sinon placed distance between them and shot him till he dropped.

He would have chosen to give up, but the teen was prideful, "Fuck you and your arrows."

The girl narrowed her eyes and pulled back her right leg, then she swung it hard at where the sun didn't shine. Dosu let out a silent scream of pain as his eyes rolled to the back and he fell to the ground unconscious.

Sinon then turned to walk away as Kirito announced nervously, "Umm, winner, Asada Sinon."

The men all subconsciously covered their crotch as they looked at Dosu who was carried away by the medics. Then, before Kirito could continue, Hiruzen appeared via Shunshin beside him and spoke, "Kirito, I forgot to mention this, but since Kabuto forfeited, we have an odd number, we'll have to let someone pass."

Kirito blinked, "Eh, really?"

The Hokage nodded, "Yeah, please tell them that."

Kirito blinked and did a head count and found that they really did have an odd number of participants. He facepalmed and spoke, "Before we get to the next match, we missed something. Since someone left, we have an odd number. So, one of you will pass, including the ones who lost just now."

The gennin all started mummering among themselves, mostly about the unfairness of it before Kirito grew a tick mark and yelled, "You're shinobi and adults, nothing is fair! So shut up!"

Kirito sighed, taking out a remote and set the screen to randomly roll a name, "I'll roll the name now."

The screen started to go through names until it landed on one name, Kirigaya Suguha.

The girl grumbled as she sulked, "Why me? I wanna fight..."

Asuna giggled, "Well, at least you can fight in the third part. And you don't need to go through all the trouble here."

Hikari and Sinon both nodded in agreement. But then they didn't have any right, seeing they won their matches quite easily.

The others however, weren't like her. Kankuro tch'd, "Lucky bitch..."

Temari sighed and slapped the cat-man's head, "Shut it, its not her fault she got a pass."

Kankuro sighed while Gaara just ignored his brother. Kirito chuckled a bit seeing their reactions, "So, the next set of names."

He let the screen roll through the names until it stopped at, Hyuga Hinata vs Hyuga Neji.

The two Hyuga looked at each other, one of hate and one of determination. Due to Hikari's influence, and her other friends, Hinata was far from the shy girl she once was. (I mean come on, in cannon, yeah, but here, she had a lot of friends to help her overcome that.)

The Hyuga heiress decided it was time to confront her cousin. Everyone from her class and Kirito knew of Hinata's relationship with Neji and they knew it was going to be hectic.

As the two cousins stood in front of each other, Hinata spoke, "Neji-niisan."

Neji just stared at her coldly, "Hinata-sama, I never thought I would be as lucky to face you."

Hinata just stared at the teen as he continued, "I will say this once, forfeit this match."

The Hyuga heiress shook her head, "No, I won't forfeit, I still have my own reasons to fight."

Neji narrowed his eyes, "Then so be it."

Kirito sighed as he thought, 'I feel some drama shit coming up.'

The man in black spoke, "Enough chat, are you ready?"

The two Hyuga nodded, slidding into their stances of the Juuken. Kirito then swung his arms down, "Begin!".

The branch Hyuga immediately charged forward and sent a Juuken strike at Hinata. The heiress easily parried it away with her forearm and sent her own strike at Neji.

The male Hyuga tch'd and leaned to a side to dodge the attack before he threw another strike at her. Hinata pushed the palm away and countered with her own.

Soon, the two cousins exchanged strike for strike. To others, it looked like they were in a deadly dance, with one mistake being fatal for either of them.

However, most of the Jounin, the Hokage and Kirito noticed something. While Hinata aimed to render Neji unable to fight, Neji was going for fatal strikes that could kill Hinata.

As Neji parried another strike from Hinata, this time, he didn't send a palm strike for her body. Instead, he struck her arm.

Hinata's eyes widened in surprise as she quickly leaped away, her left arm falling limp from Neji's attack. Neji spoke coldly, "Hinata-sama, you should forfeit the match. You were weak enough, now, you can't use your left arm, my victory is more than assured."

Hinata glared slightly at the teen, "What are talking about? I can still fight."

She raised her right arm and slid into a stance, regardless of her left arm that was hanging limp. Neji frowned, "I was holding back, but if that is what you want, I won't hold back!"

The male Hyuga shot forward. For a moment, Hinata seemed to hold her own against him. But with only one arm, she could only do so much.

Neji pushed her arm away before he slammed his palm onto her chest, causing her to spat out blood as she was blown away by the attack. Neji sighed, "Give up, Hinata-sama. You can't win. You will never win."

Hinata struggled to stand up as she stared at her cousin. The other stared on passively. The Jounin were indifferent, whereas Kurenai was a bit pissed. Most of the gennin were a bit put off by how Neji was acting.

Hikari, however, was really pissed. From the start, Neji had been looking down on her. She knew how Neji hated Hinata, but to her, it was going too far.

Hiruzen just stared on passively. He knew the Jounin wouldn't stand idle if Neji went over the line, which he was closing now. In the exams, while killing wasn't forbidden, but not encouraged, bringing personal problems here was certainly a problem. The Hokage knew Gai wouldn't allow it, nor would Kirito.

The heiress finally stood up as Neji sighed, "Just give up, you can't find win. Why do you insist on fighting, even when I give you the chance to walk away?"

Hinata glared at him slightly, "My friends, taught me to never give up. I also have my own dreams, I want to protect my family, that includes you."

Neji narrowed his eyes at her, "Protect your family? Someone like you, someone as weak as you..."

He charged forward and roared, "Can never protect anyone!"

Neji pulled his palm back and sent a Juuken strike aimed at Hinata's heart, ignoring the fact that Gai was yelling at him to stop, ignoring the fact that Hinata didn't flinch or back away and stared at him determinedly.

Before any of the Jounin could leap over the rails to stop Neji, his palm struck... but it didn't strike Hinata. Neji's eyes widened as his palm struck the cold surface of the flat side of a black blade.

Kirito sighed, "That's enough of drama for today. Its your win, Neji."

Neji glared at the swordsman, "What are you doing, Kirito?"

The young man in black pulled his sword away, "I'm still the proctor. Hinata is unable to fight now, that's why I'm ending the match, in your favor."

Neji glared at him, "So even you are going to protect those from the main family."

Kirito shook his head, "Don't misunderstand me. I am merely doing my job as the proctor of the exam. Killing, while not forbidden, is not encouraged, especially not between participants from the same village."

Neji glared, "She is too weak, she should just die or drop out as a ninja."

Kirito was about to reply before Hikari yelled, "Who are you to decide?!"

Neji looked at the blonde girl, "Its not my decision, I am merely suggesting it. Besides, nothing she can do will help her get stronger."

Hikari glared at him, "From the start you just berated Hinata, you didn't let her show how strong she had become. Now you're saying that she can never become strong?!"

Neji nodded, "Exactly, no matter what, everything she does is for naught. She cannot escape fate."

Hinata struggled as she spoke, "But, the one who can't escape fate, is you, Neji-niisan."

Neji narrowed his eyes at her, ignoring the fact that Kirito was in front of him, "What?"

Hinata struggled, "We always tried to change our fates, not just me. But, when have you done that? You've always complained about it, but you never tried to change it, you never tried to remove the cage."

Neji snapped and roared, charging forward, "What would you know?!"

Before he could move however, Kirito grabbed his shoulder with Kakashi grabbing Neji's arm, Gai holding Neji's head while Kurenai restrained Neji's legs.

Gai spoke sternly, "Neji, that's enough. You promised not to bring in personal vendettas."

Neji tch'd, "Fine."

Kirito sighed as the Jounin all let go, "As I said earlier, due to Hinata unable to fight, Neji wins."

Then before he could continue, Hinata started coughing blood as she fell to the ground. Kurenai and Hikari quickly went to check on her. Neji just hmph'd as he started walking back to the stands.

Hikari glared at him, "Hey! Your name was Neji, right?"

The Hyuga turned to look at the Uzumaki, "What of it?"

Hikari glared at him, "I'll defeat you, in the next round."

Neji smirked, "I'd like to see you try."

The Hyuga turned and walked up to the stands as the medics took Hinata away. Hikari and the Jounin then walked up to the stands.

Asuna asked, "Hikari-chan, was that necessary?"

The blonde nodded, "Of course, he just said everything Hinata did was meaningless. It pissed me off."

Suguha and Sinon nodded. They understood how Hikari felt, the three of them didn't like it, but it wasn't their place to do anything. Then, the next set of names came up, Gaara vs Rock Lee.

Lee jumped down and stared at Gaara who Shunshin'd down. Kirito had a bad feeling about the aura Gaara exerted but Lee didn't seem to be affected by it... or Lee just didn't feel it.

The proctor spoke, "Are you two read?"

Lee nodded enthusiastically, "Yes!"

Gaara just nodded as he uncorked his gourd. Kirito swung his hand down, "Begin!"

The man in black jumped away as Lee disappeared, a bit of sand bursting out of Gaara as Lee reappeared some distance behind Gaara. To anyone else, they couldn't see what Lee was doing, but Jounin like Kakashi, Gai, Asuma and the Hokage could see it.

Lee was merely moving at really high speeds to hit Gaara before he could use his sand. Lee ran after Gaara again and tried to punch him, but a wall of sand rose and blocked it this time.

Lee tried a few more times, with the sand blocking his every strike. He was also careful, as he knew the sand could restrain him if he was not careful. The taijutsu specialist charged forward and punched through another sand wall before he stopped at the end of the arena.

Lee looked up at Gai, "Gai-sensei! Permission to drop them!"

Gai looked at Gaara for a while and nodded, "Very well. Lee! I give you permission to unleash your FLAMES OF YOUTH!"

Lee grinned, "YES SIR!"

The green spandex teen reached to his socks and pulled out two sets of weights. He stared at Gaara, "Gaara-san, with this, I can move without holding back."

Without waiting for a response, Lee threw the weights at Gaara hard. As the weights sailed through the air, Temari huffed, "What can two set of weights do?"

Her expectations were blown away as the weights ripped through Gaara's sand wall and struck the sand user at the shoulder, sending him sprawling to the ground.

The team of Suna ninja all stared at the fallen figure of the Ichibi Jinchurikii in shock. Kankuro spoke, "Gaara was hit..."

Temari and Baki nodded as they prayed for the Jinchurikii to not lose control. Gaara stood up slowly and glared at Lee, "You... hit me?"

Lee readied his stance as Gaara spoke again, "YOU... WILL PROVE ME EXIS-"

He was cut off by a kick to the face from Lee as he reappeared behind Gaara. Lee spoke, "I'm sorry, but I would like to get this started. Otherwise, our FLAMES OF YOUTH WON'T BURN!"

Gai cried manly tears, "Lee!"

The green clad gennin dodged a stream of sand as he proceeded to kick and punch Gaara all over, to the shock of Baki, Temari and Kankuro. The Suna Jounin said, bewildered, "He's moving so fast for Gaara's sand to even react."

Temari nodded, "But, none of his attacks are effective."

They saw it. Although Lee was pushing on, Gaara wasn't too hurt. The sand armor had softened the blows a lot and that helped. Lee knew that.

The boy looked at his master, "Gai-sensei!"

Gai nodded, "Go for it, LEE!"

Lee nodded and roared, "Hachimon! Kaimon! Kai!"

Lee shot forward in a burst of speed and kicked Gaara up. The attack was so fast that Gaara couldn't see or have his sand react fast enough. Then, Lee appeared behind Gaara and roared, "Omote RENGE!"

Lee threw Gaara into the ground as he landed some meters away from him. Lee panted as he regained his balance.

At the stands, Kakashi snapped his head at Gai, "The Omote Renge, you taught him the gates?! Are you crazy?!"

Gai shook his head, "Lee... he was like me. He wanted to become a ninja regardless of not being able to use ninjutsu. I wanted to help."

Kakashi stared sternly at him, "We're not supposed to bring in our personal feelings into this."

Gai nodded, "Indeed. But, look at Kirito. He couldn't use chakra, but he is strong. Lee is the same. The two of them couldn't use chakra, but they had something to prove. That's why I taught Lee."

Kakashi sighed, "Well, since you know the risks better than I do, I guess you do know what you're doing."

As the fight went on, Sakura who had woken up asked, "Kakashi-sensei, what are these gates?"

The Hatake sighed, "The Eight gates. You can say they are the limiters placed on humans. When one opens a gate, they remove the limiters on them. There are a total of eight, with each gate released, the more damage the body sustains, but the more power a person gains. If a Gennin were to open the eighth gate, they can be as strong as a Kage level ninja."

Sakura nodded in awe, "Wow, but then why aren't we taught that?"

Kakashi sighed, "Not everyone can use them. Besides, its too risky. If someone used the Eighth gates, they will die. If you want to be specific, there are probably only nine people who can open all eight gates and live."

Sakura blinked, "Really? Are they strong?"

Kakashi shook his head, "Not necessarily. They just need to fulfill a certain criteria. You already know one of them."

Sasuke asked, "What is this criteria? Who is this person?"

Kakashi sighed, "I can't tell you, but it sets you apart by a huge margin. The criteria is more of a burden than anything."

The cyclops knew Hikari heard him and knew he was talking about the Jinchurikii, but the girl kept silent as Asuna, Sinon and Suguha glanced at her.

With team 9, Neji was shocked. To see Lee who was weak in his eyes to possess that power, it was simply impossible. It defied fate. Tenten was also surprised, but not so much since Lee took after Gai so much.

Kirito was staring at the fight passively. He wasn't surprised by Lee's usage of the gates, after all the first gate was required for the Omote Renge. As they fought, Kirito thought, 'Maybe I should learn the Eight Gates too... Maybe Kakashi or Gai can teach me...'

Back with Lee and Gaara, the sand user was astonished. He was actually getting hit, not enough to draw blood, but it did hurt. He had been on so many B-ranked missions, and in none of them had he been hit. Gaara could hear his 'mother' screaming at the back of his head to kill him.

Gaara gritted his teeth and roared, willing the sand to shoot towards the tired Lee. The taijutsu specialist barely had time to dodge the attack as he rolled off to a side.

Lee cursed, the Omote Renge had done less damage than he expected. Gaara didn't even seem winded from all his attacks. Then everyone noticed something.

As the dust around Gaara cleared, sand started to drop from his body. Temari's eyes widened, "The sand armor broke..."

Kankuro nodded, "This is the first time it happened..."

Gaara growled at Lee, "Not enough... NOT ENOUGH!"

Sand started to swarm over Lee as he struggled to keep up with them. The bowl head kicked, punched and slashed at the sand with kunai in hopes to disperse them long enough for him to escape.

But it was futile as his legs were grabbed by the sand and started to flung him all over the place before throwing him into a wall.

Lee coughed as he stood up. The teen looked at Gaara, 'At this rate, I can't do anything. I will need to use the other gates.'

Lee stood straight as he focused and yelled, "KYUMON, SEIMON, SHOMON, TOMON! KAI!"

After opening the fifth gate, Lee started to turn red as his veins bulged. A huge force pushed against the ground and Gaara's sand as Lee roared.

Kakashi's eyes widened, "Gai, how many gates can he open?"

The man grinned, "Five. He may not be a prodigy, but his hard work is paying off."

Kakashi wanted to retort but seeing it happen was ridiculous, "Hard work my ass. To open five gates at that age is simply ridiculous, he's a prodigy at taijutsu."

The others all looked on as Lee took a stance. The teen spoke, "Here I come, GAARA!"

Lee vanished in a burst of speed and appeared beneath Gaara, completely pass the sand defense. Gaara didn't even had time to voice out the 'w' in 'what' as Lee slammed his foot in Gaara's chin.

The kick sent Gaara into the air as Lee jumped up, kicking him several times into the air. Then, the combo started. Everywhere Gaara went, Lee was there to either kick or punch him away.

To anyone whose eyes weren't used to looking at high speed objects, it would seem like Gaara was flying around like a pinball.

Then, as Gaara's back faced the ground, Lee appeared in front of him and punched him in the gut, sending him towards the ground. But bushy brows wasn't done.

As Gaara flew, a single piece of bandage hung off of Gaara's shirt. His eyes widened as Lee pulled hard, pulling the both of them towards each other.

Lee roared as he kicked and sent a palm strike at Gaara, "URA RENGE!"

The blast was so hard it sent Gaara straight into the floor, creating a huge crater. Then, Lee landed panting as his gates deactivated.

Lee panted, "Did I do it?"

He gasped as his eyes widened as Gaara struggled to stand up, the sand armor collapsing. Gaara growled, "YOU... WILL PROVE MY EXISTENCE!"

Sand swirled to reform Gaara's sand armor and the redhead raised his palm at the tired Lee. Lee tried to run and avoid it. But it was all for naught.

The sand easily caught Lee who couldn't run, then Gaara slowly closed his palm, "Sabaku Kyuu!"

The sand tightened as Lee yelled in pain, his arm and legs breaking and he fell to the ground. Then, Gaara reopened his fist as the sand started to engulf Lee.

He closed his fist, "SABAKU SOSO!"

The sand exploded. But no blood came out. Instead of a dead Lee, standing in front of Gaara was Maito Gai.

Gaara growled, "You... saved him? Why?"

Gai replied, "I have no reason... to watch my student die like that."

He turned to see Lee struggle as he stood up. Gai said sadly, "Lee, its over."

Then everyone saw it. Rock Lee took a stance, but his eyes were empty. He had lost consciousness, but was still taking his stance.

Gai's eyes widened as he remembered everything since he met Lee. The boy's determination to become a ninja who only used taijutsu and prove that he could be a ninja without other jutsu. The man teared up as he embraced the teen, "Lee, you've worked hard."

The teen seemed to feel Gai's presence and went limp, falling into his master's embrace. Gaara tch'd and looked at Kirito who nodded.

The proctor sighed, "Damn all these dramas... Due to outer interference, Rock Lee is disqualified and thus the winner is Sabaku no Gaara."

Gaara just walked up to the stands as the medics took Lee away. As Gai went up to the stands, Yugao spoke, "That kid, he's more than a student to you, right?"

Gai didn't reply as he just looked at the arena. The others decided to stay silent after that match as Kirito rolled the final set of names. Yuuki Asuna vs Akamichi Chouji.

The two Gennin went to the arena and stood in front of each other. Chouji was a bit nervous since it was Asuna he was facing.

Kirito spoke, "You two ready?"

They nodded and he swung his arm down, "Begin!"

Asuna charged and drew her Lambant Light as Chouji charged, drawing his fist back. The girl dodged the punch and spun, kicking him away.

Asuma, on the stands, sighed, "Chouji doesn't want to fight, you can see it in his stance. Ah fuck this."

The son of the third Hokage yelled, to the confusion of the others on the stands, "Chouji! If you win this, I will treat you to an all-you-can-eat buffet!"

The Akamichi's eyes lit up as he roared, "AYE SIR!"

The other sweatdropped and deadpanned at the Akimichi and his Jounin sensei.

Chouji flashed through handseals as Asuna charged at him. The Akmichi yelled, "BAIKA NO JUTSU!"

Instantly, he expanded until he was the size of a huge boulder. Asuna stopped before she could reach him, surprised by the size of it. Then she remembered what came next, "Oh shit."

Chouji roared, "NIKUDAN SENSHA!"

Asuna started to run as the human boulder chased her all around the arena. The girl yelled, "THIS IS SO UNFAIR!"

The others just shook their heads at the scene. Asuna cursed as she saw that there was some distance between Chouji and her. The girl leaped up and ran on the wall until she reached the top of the wall.

The auburn haired girl studied Chouji for a while before she jumped down, charging her rapier with chakra. Her sword pierced through Chouji and she landed on the ground before she quickly leaped away to avoid Chouji from flattening her.

Then, chakra started to leak from Chouji as the boulder shrunk, revealing an exhausted Akmichi who laid there. Asuna blinked as Chouji raised his arm as he panted, "I give up! I can't go on!"

Everyone blinked as Kirito announced, "Winner, Yuuki Asuna."

Asuna blinked as she asked the Akmichi, "Chouji, are you okay?"

The teen grinned tiredly, "Yeah, everytime I use that I get really tired, I just need more food."

Asuna nodded slowly as Chouji slowly got up and went back to the stands. Asuma sighed, "So the only one who got through is Shikamaru. Oh my god."

Kakashi chuckled, "Hey, its their first try, besides, they passed the hard parts."

Asuma facepalmed, "That's the point!"

Before they could continue though, Kirito announced, "Okay, can all the winners come down? We'll be deciding who will be fighting who in the third part."

The winners, and Suguha, all went down to the arena where Kirito and the Hokage stood. Hiruzen spoke, "Nice job, all of you. Now, you will draw numbers to determine who your opponent is for the next round in a month."

Temari asked, "A month?"

Kirito nodded, "Yeah. In a month, all of you will particpate in the final part, which similar to this one. Instead of rolling random names though, you will have a predetermined opponent."

Shikamaru asked, "Since its a tournament style, does that mean only one of us will be a Chunnin?"

Hiruzen chuckled, "Ah perish that thought. There will be judges, depending on your performance, whether you win or lose, you can be promoted to Chunnin."

Shikamaru nodded as Kirito brought out a small box. The proctor spoke, "So, get your numbers and we'll see who faces who."

Everyone took their numbers and the matches were revealed.

1)Hikari vs Neji

2)Sinon vs Shikamaru

3)Asuna vs Temari

4)Suguha vs Kankuro

5)Sasuke vs Gaara

6) Winner of match 1 vs Shino

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Done. So I mixed up the matches. So the next chapter... Jiraiya debuts and so on. Review please.