Previously on NARUTO TCG…

"Looks like the Uchihas aren't exactly strong as everyone thinks they are." Naruto claims.

Sakura annoyingly stares at him. "Grrr...Naruto!"

"Don't be stupid." Sasuke said. "Next time, I'll beat him."

"Really? Did you just watched yourself dueled back there? You got your butt handed to ya! And did you see the bruises on his hand? That bushy-brow must've trained hard everyday, way more than you."

"Hmph. That's all it is." Then Sasuke lessens his fists. "Ya know, this 'Chunin Battle Tournament' is getting more and more interesting." Sasuke prepares to go and face new perils and new challenger, siding with the rest of squad 7.

"Naruto, Sakura, are you ready to do this?"

"Yeah!!!"

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NARUTO TCG: CHUNIN BATTLE TOURNAMENT DUELS-

COILS OF THE SNAKE

Chapter 5:

Assemble

As Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura walk toward room 301 for the exam, they spot Kakashi Hatake, who is standing at the door. Kakashi explains that the Chunin exam can only be taken in teams of three. Sakura is shocked that Kakashi lied to them about their free will to choose whether or not they wanted to participate. Kakashi explains that if he didn't say that, Naruto and Sasuke would have forced her to participate. He, however, is very proud that each member of his team agreed to participate.

Inside, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura find themselves among many Chunin exam participants. They are surprised that there are so many. 'What numbers!', Sakura thought 'Are they all here to enter the tournament? They all look so powerful.'

"Sasuke! Where have you been?" A pretty girl arrives at the scene. She has blonde hair tied back into a ponytail, with a long bang covering the right side of her face. What's more arousing are her clear blue eyes. She wears a purple shirt with flaps that covers most of her bandaged thighs. Seeing the rookie Genins, Ino runs up to Sasuke and throws herself at him. "Boy, you have no idea how much I was hoping you'd show up here. I've missed those brooding good looks of yours."

"Hey," Sakura yells "Get your hands from around Sasuke!"

"Tell your boyfriend to shut his big fat trap!" Ino snapped.

"Whose boyfriend?!"

"Oh, I forgot! You can't get one!"

"What'd You say?!"

"Are you guys participating in the tournament, too." Two boys walk in to their little catfight. One limping and one eating a bag of chips.

'I have no idea there will be many colorful people here, Naruto.' Naruto's duelist alter-ego said in his conscience mind.

"That's right, Kyuubi," Naruto said to him. "I know these guys since my days at the academy."

'Well, if you could, can you tell me about them? How about the one with the spiky ponytail?'

"That's Shikamaru Nara. He's sort of lazy and always complains."

Shikamaru: "Man, this is such a drag."

'And how about that husky one?'

"That's Chouji Akimichi. Aki-munchi's more like it! I bet he'd eat his own head if he could!"

Choji gobbles up barbeque potato chips as if they were actual barbeque.

'How about the blonde?'

"That's Ino Yamanaka. She's really annoying because she is always fighting with Sakura over Sasuke."

Ino pulls down her lower right eyelid and sticks out her tongue. That really made Sakura mad.

"Finnaly, I found you!" Another trio has arrived. They look a whole lot more colorful than the last.

"Geez, you guys, too?" Shikamaru said.

"Hmph. You seem real confident, Kiba."

Kiba flashed a foxy smile. "Me and my squad did a lot of training." He said. "There's no way we can lose to the likes of you."

Naruto steps in and points his finger at him. "Shut up! Sasuke might, but I won't lose to the likes of you!"

'Naruto, is that how you always communicate with your friends?' Kyuubi questioned.

One among the trio is a girl. She wears a tan winter coat which covers most of her upper body. Her hair is short with two long bangs side by side.

"Sorry Naruto," She said in a squeaky voice "Kiba didn't mean it that way."

'That girl seems kind of nice. Do you know her, too?'

"Of course. That's Hinata Hyuga. She's alright. But I don't understand why she gets all shy and embarrassed every time I, like, look at her."

'Well maybe that's because she likes you, Naruto.'

"Hmm… Now that you put it that way… …nah, it couldn't be."

'Okay, well what about the guy with the dog on his head?'

"That's Kiba Inuzuka and his dog Akamaru. He's an annoying show-off and always acts like the boss. They're louder than even me!"

'How about the person in the trench coat?'

"Oh, that's Shino Aburame. I don't know much about him. He's not exactly my type of guy anyway."uu