(NOTE: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO IN ANY WAY)

Chapter 2 'Rules are Rules'

On the day of the Competition Naruto woke at 9.00 o'clock. Usually Sasuke and Sakura woke him when he was late but today they had forgotten.

"Holy Hokage!! I'm late!" He quickly got dressed and ran to the Main Hall. There, every one was standing next to each other. They were doing a roll call. He discovered Sakura and squeezed himself into a gap between her and Rock Lee.

"Good morning Naruto. You're late", Lee whispered."Yeah..Morning, Lee. Don't tell Saku…"

"NARUTO!!"

"Too late"

Sakura was flaming. "How dare you show up this late?!"

"Shhh…Sakura or else the Sensei will hear you…."

"Don't bother. I already heard."

A tall man with brown hair and blue eyes was standing in front of them.

"I am Sensei Yukohiro. I come from Suna-Gakure. And your late, Uzumaki."

"Umm…I'm sorry Sir…I overslept…."

"Yes, well, I ought to have you disqualified for it " Sensei looked sternly at Naruto. "But I'm in a fine mood today so I'll let you participate. "

"Thank you Sir"

"Let's get on with the roll call then"

"Miss Haruno!"

"Here!"

"Mr. Uchiha!'"

"Here"

"Mr. Uzumaki!"

"Here!"

"Miss Yamanaka!"

"Here!"

"Okay , that was the last one. Now I will tell you the rules" He looked every one in the eye. "Nr 1! There will be no Kekkei Genkai used!"

"WHAT?!" the crowd was in an uproar.

" We're not aloud to use…That's unfair!" Neji Hyuuga shouted.

"If you are supposed to sense your opponent with your mind it is not very helpful if you use your Byakugan, now, is it, Mr. Hyuuga?"

Sensei Yukihiro walked on "Nr2! You fight until your opponent faints! Or worse.

Nr3! There will be no giving up!"

"What? Oh no…" the group was very nervous.

"Yes! A real challenge!!" Naruto was standing with his fist held in front of him.

"Narutoooooo!!" everyone moaned.

"What?" Naruto looked puzzled.

" Now we will begin! If you could follow me please" the weird sensei walked throw a nearby door. They all followed him. They found their selves in a dark room with only one light. "I will give everybody a piece of paper with a number on it. There are number pairs like 1 and 1 or 2 and another 2. The people who have 1 and 1 will automatically be transported into the pitch black arena. " he started giving out the pieces of paper. " and then he disappeared . "What? Where'd he go?" Sakura looked around 'Naruto, where'd you think he we…Naruto?" Naruto, who Sakura thought was standing beside her was gone. "Sasuke, Naruto is gone!" Sasuke smiled slightly "Well I guess that means he's up first."

"Hinata? Hinata where are you?" They heard Kiba and Shino shout and turned around. "Oh no" Sakura and Sasuke looked at each other alarmed. "You don't think that…"

"Oh…yes…I do"

The two of them dreaded what would happen next.