I DON'T OWN NARUTO

"Welcome all to the final part of the Chunin Exams. We welcome visitors to the Village hidden in the Leaves. The first match is Yuri Uzumaki of Konoha versus Mayemo Niwatazi of the Village hidden among the Stones." The announcer said.

Yuri walked into the arena. She saw her father out of the corner of her eye. She had been training for today; she had to do her best. Her opponent was also a kunoichi. She was a foot taller than her with a bulkier appearance. She looked like the other Hidden Stone ninja in that she had brown hair and specialized in Earth Style Jutsus.

"Let the battle begin!" The announcer shouted.

Yuri activated her Byakugan and ran toward her opponent. Her opponent meanwhile used Earth Style: Earth Wave Crusher. An enormous wave of earth and rocks rose up toward her.

"Lightning Palm!" Yuri shouted, slicing the earth wave in two.

Her foe flinched. Yuri used this time to get close. Using Wind Palm, Yuri tried to knock her opponent over. Mayemo was pushed back; she had blocked her face. As she put her arms down, she saw Yuri springing in the air to attack. Yuri began Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms. She caught the first two strikes, but Mayemo had used Rock Clone. Yuri turned around to see her foe with a Rock Spear in her hand, trying to jab it into her chest. Yuri spun in a quick rotation to block it. Mayemo came crashing down on top of her. Yuri backed up as quickly as she could. Her opponent quickly used Earth Style: Earth Wave Crusher. Yuri sliced it with Lightning Palm again. Mayemo was getting ticked. She dropped into the center of the arena.

"Earth Style: Moving Earth Core!" She yelled. The ground began to shake as Mayemo made the ground around her into a giant funnel. Yuri began to slide toward Mayemo at a rapid rate. Mayemo readied another spear. Yuri saw what was going to happen. She leaped into the air and used Wind Palm downwards, crushing the spear. More ticked off than ever, Mayemo went to her last resort.

"Earth Style: Rising Stone Spears!" She yelled.

Hundred of spikes protruded out of the ground around the funnel while Yuri was still in the air. Yuri, worried, tried to find a place to land. Yuri suddenly got a brilliant idea. As she was about to land, she used Wind Palm to keep her in the air. Yuri began to try to formulate a battle strategy based on her moves and Mayemo's previous attacks. Mayemo, clearly outraged by her moves, began another jutsu.

"Earth Style: Rock Pillars Rising!" Mayemo yelled.

The spikes began to climb higher and higher towards Yuri. Yuri slashed through them with Lightning Palm until she reached Mayemo. Mayemo tried to punch her, but Yuri dodged and used Eight Trigrams: Sixty Four Palms again. This time Yuri was able to hit all sixty four times. Mayemo fell over in defeat. The arena was restored to regular shape.

"The winner is Yuri Uzumaki." The announcer said into the microphone.

The other matches were similar to the first, each with its own climax and action. Yuri, Shiki, Ryuu, and Rokiba all made it to the Final Four. Shiki and Yuri were up first.

"Ladies and gentlemen, all we have left to watch is four Konoha ninjas. Now then up next is Shiki Nara versus Yuri Uzumaki. What a great combination. The Hokage's daughter versus the son of the greatest strategist ever."

Somewhere in the audience, Shiki could hear his father say, "What a drag". Shiki stepped up to the arena. He'd already been through a tough fight, now for another one. The match began with Yuri at the other end of the arena. Shiki had already begun his strategy. Yuri activated her Byakugan. Yuri also had to come up with a strategy. She knew she would have to come up with an excellent strategy to win. Yuri began the fighting by using Tornado Strike. The Tornado created rushed towards Shiki, zooming him up into the air. Shiki looked below him to see where he was going to land. As the tornado stopped, he began to drop towards Yuri. Shiki threw a kunai at Yuri. Yuri dodged but looked at the kunai closely. She saw a string attached. She jumped away from the string, but not in time. Shiki had landed and used Shadow Possession Jutsu on her. Shiki looked at her. He then picked up an imaginary kunai, but for Yuri it was the real kunai he'd thrown. Shiki stabbed himself with the imaginary kunai in his other arm. Yuri screamed in pain. Shiki then had to release the Shadow Possession Jutsu. Yuri used Summoning Jutsu. Gamakichi appeared. By now, Gamakichi filled a quarter of the stadium.

"What do you need, friend? Oh, you're in a battle huh? What can I do?" Gamakichi asked Yuri.

"I need you to do a collaboration jutsu with me. How about we do Toad Flame Bomb?" Yuri replied.

"Great, I'll go back, summon me back in one minute." Gamakichi said just before he disappeared.

Yuri turned back to Shiki. Surprisingly, Shiki was just standing there, and then she noticed his shadow. He had cast Shadow Possession Jutsu again. Yuri tried her hardest to get out. She was strong enough to let some of her blood drop onto the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu!" She yelled.

Gamakichi actually appeared this time. Looking down at Yuri, he saw the connecting shadows. He picked Yuri up from the Jutsu and put her on her back.

"Ready?" She asked

Nodding his head, they began the Jutsu.

"Collaboration Jutsu: Toad Flame Bomb." Yuri yelled as she put her hand on Gamakichi's head. Gamakichi spewed out the oil and Yuri lit it with electricity, enough to make it spark. The fire engulfed the arena. The heat could be felt in the stadium seats. After the jutsu was finished, they could see Shiki at the top of the wall. He was hardly scorched, but he had had enough. He raised his hand.

"I quit." He said loudly.

One could almost hear him mutter, "Why did I have to go against a girl?"

Yuri jumped up and down while Gamakichi went back to Mount Myoboku. Medics then came out and tended to her wounds. Because she was an Uzumaki, she would heal a little faster than usual.

"Yuri Uzumaki won this match. Next up Ryuu Uchiha versus Rokiba Hatake. These two have been friends forever and they're on the same team. Who will win? You will have to see. Their match begins in an hour. The final match will be tomorrow. Yuri versus the winner of these two." The announcer said into his microphone.

Rokiba finished getting ready for the match. He grabbed his scrolls, misshaped kunai, and explosive tags. He had prepared a strategy for defeating Ryuu. He knew he would be changing his strategy, but he knew his strategy would be good for now. After the hour past, the match began.

"Are you ready for an awesome battle? These two ninjas are the best of the genin which means the outcome is unknown. It is, though, to be a battle of epic proportions. Ryuu and Rokiba will you step forward? Ready, begin!" The announcer yelled.

Ryuu stepped into the arena at the same time Rokiba did. Immediately, Rokiba began to run towards him, running on the side of the wall throwing kunai at him. Ryuu deflected the kunai. Ryuu noticed the shapes of the kunai were irregular. They were the space time kunai. Rokiba could teleport here at any time. Ryuu leaped away from there, just in time to be punched by Rokiba. Ryuu activated his Sharigan to three tomoe. Rokiba used Shadow Possession on Ryuu. Ryuu tried to escape but couldn't. Rokiba ran towards Ryuu. Ryuu then had to run towards him too. Rokiba used his sealing jutsu on Ryuu. Ryuu got wide eyes. He had been marked. Nowhere was safe now. All he could do was avoid his hits. Rokiba released the jutsu and teleported far away from him. Ryuu began his Lightning Blade Jutsu, taught to him by Kakashi. Rokiba sat down and pulled out some kunai with explosive tags. He began concentrating on his different locations. He had to launch them all simultaneously or else it might not work. Ryuu began rushing towards Rokiba with incredible speed. Rokiba looked up at him.

"Flying Thunder God Jutsu!" He said aloud.

15 kunai with explosive tags disappeared in front of him. Ryuu knew what would happen, but he kept rushing. After a split second, the entire stadium seemed to explode. After the dust cleared, with everyone in high suspense, they saw Ryuu lying on the ground. Rokiba was on the opposite side of the stadium, also lying on the ground. After a few seconds, Rokiba got up. The announcer's microphone turned out, but all people could here were some whispers.

"Just a second folks. After looking over the rules, it seems Rokiba Hatake is the…" The announcer said, as he saw Ryuu get up. "Never mind."

Ryuu and Rokiba, both weakened, looked at each other. Acknowledging each other's abilities both fell on the ground, this time they were there to stay.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this match is a tie. No match will be done tomorrow. Yuri is the overall winner. The chunin vests will be awarded tomorrow by the Kages. Thank you for coming." The announcer spoke.

Ryuu and Rokiba were taken to the hospital for immediate care. Hinata came in to do some initial healing. Then another nurse took over the main healing. Ryuu looked over at Rokiba, who was awake.

"Nice fight, wasn't it?" Ryuu asked.

"It sure was. I'm just glad I didn't get hit by your Lightning Blade, else I would've been toast." Rokiba replied.

"Yeah, you're Space Time Technique is amazing, launching kunai from several places simultaneously, that was awesome." Ryuu praised.

"Let's hope we both become chunin, okay?" Rokiba said.

"If we don't, I will have gotten hurt for nothing." Ryuu replied.

"My sentiments exactly." Rokiba said as he rested again.

Ryuu went back to sleep. The next morning, they got up early to get to the awards ceremony at 10.

"Stinks how we have to use crutches huh?" Rokiba said.

"Yeah, it is super annoying. Why can't we just have help?" Ryuu asked.

The nurse helping them with the crutches said, "It was either crutches or a wheelchair."

"Never mind, I'm happy." Rokiba said as they walked to the awards ceremony.

"Ladies, gentlemen, and shinobi, welcome to the Chunin awards ceremony, where genin become chunin and are given their vests by their Kages. First up is the Sand Village."

The Kazekage, Gaara, got up to the microphone.

"Will these genin please come up to the platform? Sabaku, Saboten, and Yama." The shinobi went to the stand and were awarded their vests and became shinobi.

"Next up is the Hidden Cloud Village."

Genin became chunin this way until it was Konoha's turn.

Naruto got up to the microphone.

"I want Shiki, Ryuu, Rokiba, Yuri, and Chokun to come up to the platform."

Shiki went up first. Naruto gave him his vest. Ryuu was up next. Naruto handed him the vest and said a couple words to him. Naruto repeated this with Rokiba, Yuri, and Chokun. The announcer came on and said this was the end of the Chunin exams for the next six months.