Hi everyone ... thanks so much for the reviews last chapter ... i think i have around 90 reviews now ... cough ... cough ... thanks again ... so now ... on with the story ... this chapter is the first stage ... cough ... round ... of the Jounin Exams ... courna ...cougment...cough ... i have such a sore throat .. anyways ... lets just start the story all ready ... o yeah ... we will also be reminded of Naruto's idiotic pointless jutsu that have a "point" ... The first Round
blah - sakura, naruto and sasuke
The First Round
Bright and early the next morning, Naruto woke up to a bright cloudless day in Konoha. Stretching his arms, Naruto yawned extremely loudly, and lazily walked up to the mirror. His eyes still droopy, he tried to smile.
He formed a seal, and mumbled, "Teeth Jutsu..." With a puff of smoke, his teeth were now sparkling white compared to they slight grey they were before.
Rubbing his eyes, he walked over to his refrigerator and saw the note: "JOUNIN EXAMS! TODAY! 8:30!" Lazily, Naruto looked at his watch.
Sakura, who was walking over to Naruto's with Sasuke and Claire could hear it:
"8:20! BUT THE EXAM STARTS IN TEEEENN MINUTES!"
Sasuke just smiled and mumbled, "Dobe."
Not surprising to say, the Sasuke and Sakura had relatively routine mornings. Woke up around 7:30. Brushed their teeth. Ate breakfast, took a shower. They had packed up everything the night before, and they were completely ready for the exams.
Sai's morning was different. He opened his eyes. He hadn't been sleeping. He had been meditating all night. Today was a day for him. Nothing big. But there was something he felt a drive to do. Getting up from the floor he took out a sketchbook.
He made a painting. Gathering some ink, a brush, and another notebook, he set off towards the exam site. "My mission may have failed last time. Orochimaru-sama is dead. I will destroy the one who took away my revenge..." Sai continued walking.
Naruto, being the legendary get ready person he is, jumped into his training jacket and sandals, and he set off to find Sakura and Sasuke waiting for him in front of the house.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asked. "Do you guys know how late we're going to be?"
Sakura's mouth slowly curved into a smile. "Naruto..."
"What?"
"The exams start at 9:00, dobe," Sasuke said. "We just said 8:30 to get you in a rush and out here at least a half-hour before we had to be there."
"So even against each other-" Sakura began.
"... In something that WILL change our lives-" Sasuke continued.
Naruto smiled. "We're still TEAM 7! HIGH FIVE TO THAT!" And Team 7 jumped up in a high five. Even if they had to face each other to become Jounin, they knew that the other was expecting their best. No going easy. They all smiled. I'm glad on their team.
Ten minutes later, they arrived at the building where the man had told them about the exams. As they arrived, a man in the Jounin Vest stepped up to the podium. He cleared his throat and everyone grew silent.
"The Jounin Exams have officially started!" A loud outbreak of cheers extended from one person (guess who) Naruto. He yelled, "YEAH!" Looking around, he grew silent.
The examiner smiled. "My name is Morino Ibiki, and I'm sure that most of you know me from the Chuunin Exams." 'Naruto's here as well... this'll be fun ... especially after I've heard from about him since last time...'
"Everyone follow me," Ibiki said, and soon enough, everyone began to head into the building. As Team 7 entered the building, they noticed three specific chakra sources that were way higher then everyone else. Two ninja who were standing together talking to each other, and ... Sai!
"What are you doing, no-dick?" Sai asked, emotionlessly.
Naruto burst out yelling, "WHAT THE FU-- IS WRONG WITH YOU!"
An hour later, Naruto found himself separated from the rest of the Rookie 9, and on his own in a crowd of potential Jounins. Not something he felt really safe with. But before he could do anything, Ibiki stepped back up.
"Now..." Everyone grew quiet. "The Jounin Exam is nothing more then a tournament to determine how skilled you are." He looked at the audience. "ONLY the top four will become Jounin. And the number one will be considered for ANBU or whatever elite ninja squad is in your village."
"Now let's start. This'll be completely random." He pointed his hand to Kiba. "You and...you.." he pointed to someone else. "You two will fight." They just stood there. 'NOW!" They hurriedly got up to the stadium, and began to fight.
Naruto and the gang quickly breezed through the first round. Sai's fight had been over in a matter of seconds. Now...since the exams was running out of time for the first day, they decided to have a two on two match for teamwork. The two shadows vs. Rock Lee & Chouji.
"We will wipe the floor with you two," Rock Lee proudly stated. The bell rung.
Immediately, the first shadow zoomed behind Lee and knocked him down to the ground, and he held a kunai to his neck. "How's that?" the cold voice sent chills up Lee's neck as the Kawarimi appeared and Lee stood five yards away.
"Not bad," Rock Lee's voice quivered with... fear. "Bu...but you still shouldn't get caught by something so small as that."
Naruto was shocked. Lee was afraid. He hurriedly whispered to Sakura. "WHAT THE HECK DID THAT GUY DO?" He quieted down. "How come Lee's afraid?"
Sakura was as confused as he was. " I don't know. But it might be some kind of genjutsu...'
"Maybe..."
"Is that so?" the shadow murmered and appeared next to Chouji. "My name's Zatek, and I think this fight'll be over real soon..."
Rock Lee burst forward towards Zatek. Zatek grinned. "This could be fun..." He disappeared, and so did Lee. They began to trade blows at such a high speed, only Sasuke and Naruto could keep up with it.
Lee began to throw on his range of kicks, but even then... the shadow was always one step ahead of him. The shadow was just too poweful.
Lee broke out of the exchange gasping. He began to think: 'How is this guy so strong? I've never seen ANYONE keep up with me at this speed.' He frowned. 'This is bad. I need to use the Chakra Gates.' He braced himself as he yelled, "SECOND CHAKRA GATE OPEN!!" Immediately, his body began to glow green, as his body zoomed soared with high levels of chakra.
Chouji wasn't just standing there either. He quietly mumbled, "This is as good a time as any to use my new Jutsu."
Flipping through a minute's worth of seals in ten seconds, he yelled, "CONVERSION JUTSU!!" His body began to change. All of the fat suddenly disappeared and his body became extremely toned out and ... well ... BUFF!
With their two newly powered up bodies, Lee and Chouji gathered together shoulder to shoulder to face their opponents. Then they realized that only one of them was fighting. What if the other one joined him? Well, Chouji had just joined in, so they could still win.
As if to dispel their gathering hope, the second shadow spoke up, "You don't have a chance. My apprentice is far stronger then you." He nodded to Zatek.
Zatek, slowly extending his arms, and yelled, "FIRST CHAKRA GATE OPENING!"
Lee stepped back in horror. Another Chakra gate user. Zatek raised his hand and yelled to the crowd, "THIRTY SECONDS!" He jumped towards Lee...
And the fight was over in thirty seconds... less... Lee was sent to the medics and Chouji realized that he didn't have a chance and quietly forfeited. Poor Lee didn't even get that chance. Rock Lee's body was limp but alive, on the stretcher, and Naruto gazed, in unbelief, at Lee's beat up body.
How could anyone do this to him? I've never even seen him knocked out like that since his fight with Gaara... I don't know kid... but those two are obviously very powerful... I'm betting that the one who did nothing is FAR stronger then the one who fought... DAMN IT! What could he do!
I'm really sorry that the chapter was really short... .I just ran out of time... once again thanks for all the reviews... yeah ... thanks... next chapter ... some REAL fighting