Sasori, gimmeh the notepad.

Sasori: here.

*scribbles away at the notepad* and you do not know why you are featured in the disclaimer? And don't even wonder?

Sasori: I don't like to be kept waiting. Explain.

The reason is, I'm promoting you to my 2nd favourite Akatsuki member.

Sasori: …

You were the 4th, then you rised to the 2nd. Last time it was Itachi, Deidara, Tobi, you, Zetsu. Then I watched some cosplay thingy and kinda liked you.

Sasori: ok…

*shoves the earlier notepad* please do the disclaimerz!

Sasori: *sigh* Kiba and Akamaru does not own Naruto or its characters.

Lady Tsunade was giving a speech to all the other genins who passed. "and this year, we will have the preliminaries round, as a lot of you passed the second exam."

"What?" Carol said.

"Why can't we just move on?" Vrin asked.

"Because many Kages will be present at the third exams, and they want the best of the best."

"Oo-kay," Vrin and Carol said simultaneously.

"Genma, explain." Tsunade turned to a guy about 25. "Alright, this is what it's about: the preliminaries can be done at any time to eliminate contestants. It's a one-on-one battle. The name selector there-" he pointed towards a screen at the wall "-will select any name at random, so no one knows who they will fight. Understood?"

Everyone in the room nodded. "Alright, let's see who's up in the first round." The name selector lit up and names flashed along the screen. After a while, it stopped.

KAITLYN SPRING

VS

AMI

"Oh great, not her," I said.

"Let's finish what we started, shall we?" she smiled evilly.

"For those whose names were not selected, please make your way to the balcony.

You want to know why I don't like her? You see, last time, when I was in the academy (fine, I'll cut it), Ami was really nice to me. Talk about sarcasm. Anyways, she thought I was a weakling, and it was true. Emphasis on was. She beat me easily with ninjutsu. Why did we fight in the first place? She thought I was some random person who didn't deserve to be a ninja, since I was chosen on random by the Nekozuka person to be the heiress. Yeah, a lot of people know about that. Now, if I pull it off, I might just be able to defeat her. You might say, but you defeated Itachi! You're bound to win. Well, excuse me, Itachi was going easy! He actually wanted us to win.

"If you're ready, you can begin," Genma said.

I took a deep breath. I knew exactly what Ami was gonna do, and I would fake falling for it. I made a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" I made three clones. Ami just rolled her eyes. "What a lame technique. But you can't do better, can you?" she smirked. "I'm gonna wipe that smirk right off your face, you want that? Cause apparently, you do." My clones charged at her. She kicked the first, slashed the second, and the third practically blew up in her face. She got thrown back but she managed to land on her feet.

She charged, brought out her kunai and slashed. I parried the slash. "I'm not the weakling like the last time. In fact, now I'm gonna do my ninjutsu." Again, that was my clone. It exploded in Ami's face yet again, and this time, when she got thrown back, she landed on her back. "Ow," she said. "Fine then, since you're asking for it! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Ami fired a fireball at me. "Water Style: Water Shotgun Jutsu!" one shark put out the fireball while the other two closed in on Ami. She managed to dodge one and evaporated another. "Your strategy is weak," I said.

"Oh yeah?" she shot back. "How'd you know that?"

I decided to spill the beans. "You think you're so smart? I can read minds, you know. And I know why you are keen on using Fire Style. It's for Sasuke, isn't it? Why can't you just get over it? He doesn't like you."

"You better take that back!" she charged at me and slashed. Like I said, her strategy is weak. I can't believe that I lost to her while I was in the Academy. Then I knew why: she never really trained. She thought that if she ever came across me again, she would easily defeat me. But no. I trained a lot. I wasn't really focusing on defeating her; I just wanted to be able to call myself a proper ninja. Kind of. Oh nevermind.

I parried her slash and slashed her back. She jumped back, dodging the slash. I threw the kunai at her. She didn't have time to dodge it. It hit her in the shoulder. "Ow!" she pulled out the kunai. "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" three fireballs came at me. "Water Style: Water Shotgun Jutsu!" the fireballs were put out. "This time, I'm gonna use my own techniques, and you're not going to like it!" I said to Ami.

"Let's see what you got, loser." I did a few hand signs. Sometimes I wonder how she manages to keep that tough attitude. I mean, she didn't even hit me and it seems like she's bragging? I hate people like that. "Wind Style: Wind Scythe Jutsu!" Ami tried running away, but she got caught in the jutsu. Then she poofed. Oh great, it's a clone, I said to myself. Seems like I underestimated her. Should stop doing that now. She appeared behind me, about to land her fist in my face. I blocked it. "Taijutsu, eh? Why don't you let me do it?" I said from behind her. The clone she was gonna hit poofed. "Not an explosive one again?" she asked.

"Nope, I want to do this instead." I teleported and landed my foot in her chin, and she went up… up and away, are you expecting me to say that? Nevermind. I was doing the Shadow of the Dancing Leaf again. Nah, just kidding. We stayed in the air for a while, and when we started falling, I struck Ami to the ground. When I got up, I saw that she was unconscious. "Alright, the winner is Kaitlyn Spring!" Genma announced.

I made my way up to the balcony. "You didn't even fight with half your strength." I jumped so high I almost hit the ceiling. "WHO THE HELL BROUGHT YOU HERE?" I pointed to a certain Uchiha. "I had to help with the chunin exams, that's why."

"What are you, a jonin?" I asked back.

"Yeah." I was surprised at Itachi's answer.

"WHAT? IF MY CALCULATIONS ARE CORRECT, YOU WERE A JONIN SINCE YOU WERE 13?" Carol said.

"Hn."

I decided to keep my distance after that. "Carol, look at the screen!" I said.

She did. The screen was froze at the names:

CAROL HOUKA

VS

INO YAMANAKA

"Oh great, her." Ino glared at Carol.

"Got a problem with that?" Carol shot back. They both walked down to the arena. "If you're ready, you can begin." They both took a fighting stance. Ino made the first move. She threw a few shuriken at Carol. Carol threw her own to counter it. that made the shuriken fly toward Genma, who easily dodged it. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Carol fired a huge fireball toward Ino. Ino easily dodged it. Carol disappeared and re-appeared behind Ino. Carol threw her fist out but Ino jumped out of the way just in time.

"Wrong person," Carol said as she charged at Ino from behind her. When she punched Ino, she poofed. "Darn it, a shadow clone," Carol said as she jumped into the air, dodging some flowers which I assumed it was poisonous. "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Carol created three shadow clones as she landed. All four of them charged. They criss-crossed, making it impossible to tell them apart (was that bad grammar? '-_-). Ino dispelled all of the clones, including the one we thought was Carol. A fireball came towards Ino and she didn't have time to dodge it. She got thrown back and hit her head, thus rendering her unconscious. "The winner is Carol Houka." Genma said, as if on cue. The medics put Ino on a stretcher.

"Gratz!" I said to Carol. "You too, you passed!" Carol replied.

"Wonder who'll be next, though?" I said, as I looked at the screen. Moments later, it froze.

CARLIE MIZU

VS

TENTEN

The two made their way to the arena.

yep, it's here! pls dont forget to reviews, mah loyal readers. :D lazy to capitalise, not in word anymore now. :)