Walking deeper into the castle, the genin were met by a sickly, pale jonin in a Konoha flak jacket with his headband tied into a bandana. "Okay everybody, I am Hayate Gekko and I will be proctoring the preliminary round of the third chuunin exam." he said with a cough. A genin from Suna raised their hand. "Wait, preliminary?" he asked. The pale man nodded. "We weren't expecting so many teams to pass the second exam, so we need to cut the number of participants in half before the finals." he said.
"Look at the digital board. When your name is displayed, please return to the arena floor." with that, everyone jumped to the viewing deck above the floor.
As the green board flashed, it displayed two names. "Will Karui and Sakura Haruno please come down for their match?" the jonin asked with a cough. Karui smirked. "Too easy." she said, shrugging off her sword. As the two hit the arena floor, the bubblegum-haired kunoichi scowled. "Am I not worth your time or something? Let me show you why Konoha is the strongest of the five villages!" she shouted.
Karui laughed. Sakura's scowl deepened. "Konoha is considered the strongest of the five. Some, like Kumo, are too secretive for anyone to judge." she said. That was it. Sakura rushed forward and threw a sloppy punch. Karui simply smiled, grabbed her arm, and tripped the banshee.
Up on the balcony, Naruto grinned. "What's so funny, dobe?" the blonde whipped around only to find the raven-haired boy from the first test. "I'm assuming you're an Uchiha?" Naruto asked. "Yes. I am far above a loser like you who didn't come from a clan and probably the son of a pair of drunken chuunin-CRACK!" the boy was cut off by the angry Kumo genin throwing a punch directly into his nose.
Suddenly, a silver-haired jonin dropped in front of them. "Back off, now." he said to the blonde. The blonde looked up into the jonin's masked face. "Inu?" he said, catching the man off guard. Suddenly, the jonin realized just whom he was talking to. "Minato-sensei's son" he thought. "Care to tell me why you just snapped my student's nose?" the silver-haired cyclops said. "Simple. He insulted my parents." Naruto said. "I hope you understand… Kakashi-niisan." the man seemed taken aback, but he quickly recovered. "I do. I hope to see you soon… otouto (little brother)." he said, before taking the unconscious Uchiha and disappearing in a leaf shunshin.
Down on the floor, Karui was still toying with the Konoha kunoichi. Keeping just out of reach, she continued to dance around Sakura, making her think she was close to hitting the dark-skinned girl.
Eventually though, Karui grew tired of her game and decided to finish the match.
Closing the distance in a single leap, Karui leaped into the air, and locked eyes with Sakura. Karui released concentrated killing intent towards the kunoichi, the shock of it instantly knocking her out.
Everyone in the stands sweat dropped. This Kumo girl had just knocked out a fellow kunoichi with nothing but a glare! Meanwhile, Naruto was wrapping his arms in orange medical tape, trying to hide the bloodstains of the Uchiha on his hands. Looking over, he saw everyone staring at Karui. "I guess her new jutsu worked then." he said. Everyone looked at him. This was a jutsu?
The screen flashed again, and displayed two more names. "Will Temari of the Desert and Naruto Uzumaki please come down to the floor?" Hayate called. Naruto frowned. "Aw man, me already? That's no fun." he said. Moving to check his equipment, he noticed something was missing. "Crap, my spear! I must've left it in the other room. Oh well." he thought before using his fire shunshin to travel to the floor.
After Hayate started the match, Temari immediately pulled her fan off her back, and Naruto examined his opponent. She appeared several years older than him, but her teammates were younger. Her blonde hair was tied into four ponytails, and she wore her headband like a necklace. She also wore a light purple mesh outfit, but he had no time to examine anymore as Temari sent a powerful gust of wind from her fan, and the blonde boy had to backflip away.
Putting his feet against the edge of the viewing deck, Naruto shot back towards the Sand kunoichi. As he wove signs, he tapped into his time in the wilderness, and sunk into his taijutsu stance. "Gravity Seals: Release!" he shouted, and his wrists and ankles glowed slightly, and he shot off at incredible speed.
Temari put up her fan to guard, but Naruto was prepared. Pulling out four kunai, he channeled fire chakra into the knives, and threw them towards the girl. The kunai, as expected, tore through the paper fan, and the fire chakra burned the rest of the fan away.
"I'll kill you for that!" Temari yelled. Naruto grinned. "I doubt that." he said. He jumped up, and spin kicked Temari into a wall. She got up, and he reactivated his gravity seals. Weaving hand signs, Naruto brought his hands above his head, and swung them down. "Fire Style: Twin Fist Slash of the Sun!"
Two waves of fire shot towards Temari, and she jumped into the air to dodge. "Bad move." a voice said from behind her. She turned, and saw Naruto. Said Kumo genin swung his leg up, showing incredible flexibility. Then, activating his Lightning Style Armor, he hit Temari with his own personal attack. "Axe Kick!" he yelled, and smashed his heel into Temari's stomach, sending her crashing to the ground.
Naruto stood up and thumbed his nose, laughing. Everyone anime fell.
Sorry for the long wait guys, I had some other things to do.
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