A/N: In this chapter, the prelimanaries are on!! The Demon Three fight their opponents and see if they can go onto the final round. We get to see a couple (well one) other person from the Konoha 12 and what they are doing now. Oh and I forgot to mention before, most people's names mean something. Look a few of them up! I try to put their personalities into their names.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto

Chapter 4

"I'm Shino Aburame. I shall conduct your third exam. First off we shall have a Preliminary round to narrow the candidates a little bit. If I find that some one is in danger of losing their lives I will step in and stop the fight. You are not permitted to use any Jutsus that will be fatal. The first match will be Nadeshiko Nara vs. Haku Kikai." Shino said.

I flipped over the barrier and did an impressive aerial stunt. If I was going to go to the top I might as well impress and intimidate along the way. Haku just leapt down. I looked at his outfit to see it was the most disgusting thing I've ever seen. It was green spandex with yellow leg-warmers and a bowl cut. Not to mention eyebrows that were bushier then I thought was possible.

"I will beat you for the pride of Lee-sensei." said Haku. I looked up into the stands to see a man dressed exactly like Haku and screaming words of encouragement down at him. Then I looked over to see the Hokage, Kazekage, and Otokage all laughing at him.

"You Take after Gai a lot don't you Lee?" Sneered Gaara-sama.

"Yes I do because Gai-Sensei is the best man in the whole world!!" Lee said as he began to walk over to them Kage's. I supposed it was another childhood friend. Let's just get this fight over with. I waited for Haku to make his first move. He pulled out a Kunai and went running at me. I easily blocked it. I picked him up by his ankle and held him there.

"I really don't want to hurt you but get this done quickly. So I'll just knock ya out quick." I said in a bored voice.

"WAHHHHHH!!!" He screamed as his head hit the wall. He would be out for a good 20 minutes.

"The winner is Nadeshiko." Said Shino.

I hopped back to were Shuhan and Bitto were standing.

"Didn't want to show off?" Whispered Bitto.

"Exactly." I mumbled.

A few more fights commenced and then Bitto was called up.

"Bitto Buraindo and Kasuka Hantaisha please come to the arena." Shino uttered.

"YAY!" Bitto said. She hopped down and didn't do anything showy. Kasuka walked down the steps.

"Start." Said Shino.

Bitto sat down. It sure bewildered her opponent because she had this look on her face like she was about to kill someone. Then Bitto began chanting to her demon. That's how she tells it what's going on and what exactly it needs to do.

"If you're going to sit here and play mind games then I'm just going to take you down." She said smugly.

Bitto just sat there then stopped and looked at her with her demon eyes.

"I see right through you. Your weak as you name suggests. Your Jutsus are mainly Gen-Jutsus so you bewilder you opponent and then strike them. It's a pretty helpless technique that you need to refine. Well I got a lot of information from just looking at you so now let's take you down." Bitto said totally relaxed and calm.

"You know nothing. Who do you think you are to tell me everything you think you know about me??" Kasuka stuttered.

"Raven's have an acute 6th sense. They can sense your past. Since my demon is a Raven I get that ability. I haven't known you for a day but I know you better then you know yourself." Bitto said with that same calm expression. If someone walked in they wouldn't have known there was a fight going on.

"Mayonaka, will you please come out?" Bitto said with her face as placid smooth as a sheet of glass. Then her demon took over and beautiful indigo feathers popped out of her skin. The last I saw of her face before she sprouted a beak and grew feathers on it was of a playful smile. I giggled. She flew as high as she could with her wing tips touching the ceiling. She dove down and picked her up with her long talons. She landed on the ground and transformed back into Bitto. Bitto was holding a kunai at Kasuka's throat.

"I can't kill you but I will just take away your hands." Bitto said with a look of pure menace on her face. Then she hit the back of Kasuka's head with her knee. Kasuka collapsed into dead weight but Bitto easily picked her up.

"Bitto wins," said Shino. He apparently had seen enough battles to last him a lifetime. "Next is Shuhan Urufu against Neko Ubuge."

"Finally," said Shuhan, "My time to shine." She walked down the stairs and faced her opponent. Shuhan grabbed her twin chain scythe and brandished it with such air and certainty you could've thought she already won the fight. Well technically she did because no one escapes from Shuhan.

"Call of the Wolves!" Shuhan exclaimed as the 30 something wolves grabbed and surrounded Neko. Shuhan whipped her twin chain scythe around and sliced her arms and legs with deep wounds but not enough to rip them off.

"I have to call of this match because Neko has lost too much blood to continue to fight. Therefore Shuhan will proceed to the next round." Shino said slightly impressed that Shuhan would go that far, unprovoked by what her opponent said just to win. I knew Shuhan though and her wolf instincts loved the blood and the rush of the hunt. Shuhan came back up to us. If the smile on her face was any indication she was ecstatic.

The rest of the battles went on and then Shino had the winners come up to where the Kages were.

"The finals will be in 1 month's time so all of you have time to build up your Chakra and come up with a battle plan. I have the line up here so you can see who you're up against." Shino said. I looked at the lineup to see I was paired against an Uchiha. Not just any Uchiha, Arata Uchiha.

"Well let's see if a Jinchuuriki can actually beat a new Uchiha." said the Otokage.

"I wouldn't be so sure of your self. Nadeshiko has more powers then I do which will make her stronger then me in time. This will finally be settled in a month then. It should be fun just like when we took the exam. Let's just hope the "star" doesn't keep the bystanders waiting." Gaara-sama said. Right then he didn't just feel like the leader of my village or my personal mentor, but, truly, one of my family.

A/N: So Nadeshiko is paired up against Arata Uchiha. What is the power of the New Sharingan that Sasuke boasts about? Well you will have to wait a little while to find out. I'll update tomorrow or tonight if I get a chance. Please tell me how I'm doing!