"First off, Congratulations on passing the second exam." Anko said in the background. "We will now have an explanation of the third exam from the Hokage. Everyone listen well. Hokage please do the honors.
"Yes." The Hokage step forward just a little bit. "The third exam will begin. But before the explanation, there's one I want to make clear to all of you. It's the true purpose of this exam. Why we do joint exam with the allied nations. To maintain good relations with the allied nations, and heighten the level of ninja. Do not let those reasons deceive you. This "exam", so do speak, is. The epitome of a between allied nations."
"What do you mean?" The girl with hair tided up like Mickey Mouse questioned."
"If we go back through history, the allied nations right now were neighboring countries that have fought each other over and over and over again. To avoid wasting military power, those countries decided to chose a place to fight. That was the beginning of the Chuunin Selection Exams.
"Why do we have to do that?" The stupid blonde brat asked. "We're not doing this to select Chuunin?"
"Yes, this Exam does examine those who are worthy of the Chuunin title. Bu, on the other hand, it's also a place where ninja fight and carry their country's dignity. In this Third Exam, feudal lords and famous people from various countries who may be potential clients are invited here as guests. And feudal lords from countries with hidden villages and ninja leaders will see your battles. If there's a significant different in power, the strong country will be flooded with jobs. If a country is seen as weak, their jobs decrease. And at the same time, countries are able to show how their village has grown and possess excellent military power to the adjacent countries. In other words, they can put foreign pressure on them."
"So why do we have to fight with the risk of losing our lives." Asked the guy with a dog in his jacket."
"A country's power is the village's power. A village's power is the ninja's power. And a ninja's true power is only born in life-or-death battle. This Exam is also a place to show off the ninja power of one's country. Since this is an exam where you fight with your life on the line, it has a meaning. And your predecessors have fought and dreamed of being in the Chuunin Exam because of it.
"But why do you say it is to promote good relations?" The Mickey Mouse girls questioned.
"I told you at the beginning to not get it confused with that. The custom of shoving one's life and fighting to maintain balance… That is the good relation in the world of a ninja. This is a life-or-death battle for your dream and village's dignity.
"I understand now."
"I don't care. Tell us the details of this life-or-death exam." The gourd carrier said.
"Hmm. Then I will now begin the explanation of the Third Exam, but-." Poof.
"Excuse me, Hokage… I Gekkou Hayate, the judge, will explain."
"Please do."
"Everyone, it's nice to meet you. Everyone, before the Third Exam…cough, cough. There's something I want you to do… cough, cough. Fight in some preliminary matches to see gets to advance to the Third Exam's main battle.
"Preliminary matches?" The Pinked hair rookie asked.
"Preliminary matches? What do you mean?" This other rookie with is hair tided up in a ponytail asked.
"Sensei, I don't understand what you mean by preliminary matches. Why can't we just start the Third Exam with the remaining examines?"
"In this case, it must been because the First and Second Exam were too easy, I don't know… But there are too many examinees left. According to Chuunin regulations, we must decrease the number of participants for the Third Exam.
"Oh, no!"
"As previously mentioned by Hokage, there are many guests for the Third Exam, so… We cannot just have a lot of matches. We are limited on time, as well. So, those who aren't feeling well… Excuse me. If anyone wants to quit after hearing the explanation… Please let me know. The preliminary matches will begin immediately."
"Well, immediately after the second exam. Well at lest we got done after one day so we were at full straight but I was hungry, but I didn't care I just could what until the main matches and me becoming a Chuunin.
"I forgot to mention this, but you will have one-on-one matches from here on out. So withdraw if you wish."
"I'm not going to give up so easily. Not if I came this far." I thought to myself.
"I'll quit." I heard from the front row. I think the blond haired brat called him Kabuto
"You are Konoha's Yakushi Kabuto? You may leave, then. May I assume there are no more people who wish to retire? Then, let's begin the preliminary matches. It will be a one-on-one match. In other words, it will be like real combat. Now that we have exactly 20 people, we will have 10 matches… And the winners will be able to advance to the Third Exam. There are no rules. You will fight until the other person dies, knocked out… Or admits defeat. If you do not want to die, please give up immediately. However, if I judge that the match is over… cough. I may stop you to prevent any unnecessary deaths. The thing that will hold your destiny…" The examiner looked back at Anko
"Open it." Anko said into the microphone that is attached to her ear. The top left purple panel started to open.
"Will be this. This electric bulletin board, will randomly display the names of the fighters for each match. Without further ado, I will now display the names for the first match." We all stared at the screen while it was randomizing the names. It picked Sasuke Uchiha and Yoroi Akadou.
"Those whose names were displayed, step up. The first match's fighters are Yoroi and Sasuke Uchiha. Are, there any objections?"
"No." Sasuke and Yoroi said at the same time.
"We will know begin the first match. Cough. Everyone other that the two fighters, please move up there." We all went to the back of the room and walked up the stairs. I just leaned ageist the wall waiting for my fight.
"Match 5 Systemdude and Sakura Haruno Please step down for your fight."
"This is going to fun. I get a practice round before the main matches."
"I'm not that easy you know." Sakura told me.
"Slanky, chances of winning."
"High but I since a lot of chakra control from her so be careful, Systemdude."
"Ok." Sakura and I jump of the side and walk in the middle.
"Let the 5th match against Systemdude and Sakura Haruno begin." Sakura jump back and put a Kanai in her hand.
"That's a waste. You couldn't be able to hit me let alone cut me with that Kanai."
"Shut up." Sakura screamed at me while running at me. She swung her hand across the air but I ducked in time. Then she tried to kick me, but I did a back flip.
"Told you so."
"Shut up. I'm not weak."
"I never said that."
"But you implied it."
"So." She ran at me again but this time she made four clones.
"That won't help you. Lightninggun." My eyes turned this light blue color and a lightning bolt had formed right in the middle of my eye.
"What the heck is that?"
"My Kekkai Genkai, or my bloodline trait." I ran behind her so fast she didn't see me, and did some hand signs
"Boar, Horse, Ram, Bird, Tiger. Darkness sphere jutsu." A big black shadow sphere began to fill the arena. "Are you afraid of the dark?"
"No just try it I won't give up."
"Has you wish Sakura." The black shadow covered Sakura and me then turned into a giant sphere. "You can't escape. You can't even see, but I can do both." A few minutes later I cancelled the jutsu and Sakura was knock out on the floor. She was bleeding on both of her arms and blood from her mouth.
"The match is over. The winner is Systemdude." I jumped back on the ledges and stood right by Jin and Slanky.
"Do you think I went a little to hard on the girl?"
"No. You did what you had to."
"Yep so it was her fault she didn't give up at the beginning." I walked over where Sakura was laying on the ground. I waited for about 2 matches before she woke up.
"Sorry I went hard on you in our match. I should have went a little easier on you since I have a Kekkai Genkai and you don't."
"It's ok. Don't worry about it."
"Ok." It took about a couple of hour before the matches were over but at least my and my squad made it to the main matches.
"That concludes the Third Exam's preliminary matches. To those who have made it to the main matches of the Chuunin Exam's Third Exam… All but one is here, so congratulations." There are six Konoha ninja, three of the sand ninja, one sound ninja, and three mist ninja.
"I will now begin the explanation for the main matches." The Hokage started to say. "Your main match fights will be shown in front of everyone. We wish for all of you to show off your abilities as your country's representative power. Therefore, the main matches will begin in one mouth.
"We're not going to do it right here, right now?" Asked the blond brat that just got lucky of passing.
"The one mouth is a time to conduct appropriate preparation. In other word, we are going to announce to the feudal lords and head ninja of the individual countries that the preliminary matches have ended. And time is needed to gather those people for the main matches. This is also preparation time for you candidates. This time is used so you can know your enemy and yourself better. It is a time to analyze the information you have gathered during the preliminary matches. The battles we had been just like the real combat situations. It has been done where both parties knew nothing of each other. But the main matches will not be like that. There are those who have revealed everything to their rivals. To make things fair, work hard and improve yourselves on your own in the next month. So, I want to let you guys go, but… There is something important we must do before the main matches."
"What is it? I have to hurry and train!"
"Don't get to hasty Naruto. Take a piece from the box that Anko is holding.
"I'll walk, so take it in turns. Take just one." I was the third one to take one, but I got a high number.
"Okay, everyone got one?" The person from the First Exam asked. "Now, tell me what number you got, starting from the left." When it got to me I said 13, but Jin got 14 so I was version my own team member.
"We will now tell you the match ups for the tournament."
"WHAT!" Naruto answered.
"That's what we drew for?" The ponytail boy said.
"Ibiki, show the match ups." Ibiki turned the clipboard that he was holding around. A tournament bracket was drawn with all our name written on it in order of what the number we drew was.
"I have a question."
"Yeah."
"If it's a tournament, that means there's only one winner, right?"
"No, that's not how it works. These main matches will have judges, including me, Kazekage, as well as the feudal lords and… Head ninja from the other countries, who will be potential clients. These judges will grade you by watching you in the tournament. And those who are qualified to be Chuunin, even if they lose in the first round, will become a Chuunin.
"So there's a possibility that everyone here can become a Chuunin?" Asked the female sand ninja.
"Yes, but that also means that it's possible for no one to become a Chuunin. Winning the matches in the tournaments means that you are able to show off your skills more. Understand, Shikamaru? That is all. We are adjourned until next mouth." We walk out of the tower and the forest, and back into the town.
"Finely it's over that took for ever. I thought I would never see day light again."
"You ever acierate Systemdude."
"Your just mad that you know that I'm going to beat your butt in the main matches. Oh, and Slanky oh do you have in the main matches.
"I have the winner of Naruto and this guy named Neji's fight."
"Cool." We were walking toward our hotel when all of a sudden Slanky froze.