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Team Gai were the first to reach the tower.

"Hah, we are the first ones here!" Lee said proudly.

"CHA! WE KICK BUTT!" said Inner Sakura.

They entered through their assigned doors. Lee unraveled the Heaven and Earth scrolls. Might Gai appeared before them.

"Haha, I knew you guys would make it first! I cant wait to brag to Kakashi." Gai said.

Lee stood attentive. "Yes Gai-sensei! We did it through perseverance and teamwork." Lee said.

Gai gave Lee a thumbs up. "Great to hear Lee. I of course wish you 3 the best of luck." Gai said.

Later….

Many teams were standing in the Chunin exam preliminary arena. Naruto was looking around when he saw that one of the people standing in front of him was the short ninja from the Fire team.

"Hey, how'd you get here? We took your scroll!" Naruto said pointing.

The short ninja turned to him.

" Yeah you did which we're gonna kill you for by the way. Anyway, we got our scrolls from another team, killing them was a cinch." Said the short ninja.

Naruto stood there a bit shocked to hear that they killed another team. Hinata put her hands to her mouth as reaction to such news.

"What?" Said the short ninja. "You know the score, in the Forest of Death, it's kill or be killed. As a ninja you gotta be ready to take lives to get the job done. If you haven't figured that out, maybe you're in the wrong line of work."

Naruto locked eyes with the Fire nin. They each had a cold stare. Finally Naruto broke the silence.

"You're fifteen right? Jeez, you're kind'a short for your age huh?" Naruto said

Suddenly Naruto found the Fire nin's hands on his throat.

"WHO'RE YOU CALLIN' SHORT! I'M NOT SHORT! I'M JUST A LATE BLOOMER! I HAVENT HIT MY GROWTH SPURT YET YOU STUPID BLONDE!"

Needless to say, the Fire nin did not like having his height mocked. Naruto ripped his hands off his neck.

"Jeez, Chill Out!" Naruto said.

"You two! Save your energy , you're gonna need it!" Said Ibiki. Who was standing beside the other Jonin and the Hokage.

The Jonin surveyed the remaining participants. As it turned out there were even more survivors than last year's exam. Some of the teams included Team Gai, Ino-Nara-Cho, the team of Naruto, Hinata, and Kiba, The mysterious new team from the Sound Village, The Team from the Land of Fire and the Sand Trio. Along with a few other teams from various villages. They all knew what had to come next.

" Before we can move on to the next stage, we will have to set up a set of preliminary rounds." Sarutobi explained as he pointed up to the electronic board. "Two names will be chosen at random, then those two will have a match, the winner of that match will move on to the next stage. Anyone who does not feel they can physically perform do this, is free to leave now, is that understood?"

All the students nodded. However, none of them left.

"Very well, then let the first names be chosen."

As the names speed through at random. Neji looked over his side to see Naruto. He and Naruto locked eyes, just praying that the first match would be between them. However when they looked up at the board they saw two different names.

Jirobo

Vs.

Rock Lee

Next Time

Lee: Hah! I am first, I cannot wait to show what I can do!

Naruto: Careful Lee, this Jirobo guy looks like bad news.

Naruto: Next time, Lee vs. Jirobo, The Tai-jutsu specialist vs. The one-man army.

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A short chapter I know, please bear with me, some great fights are on the way.