TRAINING FOR THE FINALS!

karoshi: me...ikiru: vs him? (the two look at eachother and grin slightly) sasuke: well this is some supprise. two of a team pit against eachother. naruto: indeed. this is a chunin exam first. there you all have it. the finals. you will have 4 weeks to train to battle your opponent. be ready. for now you may all go and rest. the victors shall decide how there training will go. we will meet next in the chunin exams arena. in one month. good luck to all of you. ikiru: so your my opponent? karoshi: yup. couldent have asked for a better mach up. ikiru: i couldent agree more. pulverizing you will feel soooo good. karoshi: and where do you get the idea that you will beat me? ikiru: heh heh. for the next month we will have no contact. karoshi: see you then ikiru. ikiru: *smiles* (sticks out hand) karoshi: (hand shakes him) may you surive till the fight. ikiru: and may you put everything into it. ikiru and karoshi: untill the end. (both walk in separate directions. meanwhile naruto and sasuke sit on a nearby building) naruto: almost reminds you of us. sasuke: just without the constant fighting. naruto: im sure theres plently of fighting between them. sasuke: knowing them...yup. *laughs*

(it is now the next day and karoshi has shown up in the hokages manor) naruto: could you say that one more time? (karoshi is bowing) karoshi: please lord hokage...train me! naruto: its not that easy. i have alot of work to do. karoshi: ive seen how much "work" you do around here. naruto: ill give ya that one. well...do you think you can endure riggerous raining? non stop, hard work? karoshi: ill do whatever it takes. naruto: you think you can go without giving up? karoshi: the moment ikiru was my opponent, there was no other option. naruto: good answer. well begin tomarow morning. (meanwhile sasuke is eating at ichiraku) sasuke: one more bowl old man! teuchi: comin right up! your starting to eat like naruto ya know that? sasuke: i know. i just know im gonna need the energy. its only a matter of minutes before one the boys comes asking for training. teuchi: for the chunin exams eh? i heard of the match. the entier village is clamering to see what karoshi is capable of. the village seems to rooting for ikiru however. sasuke: im not supprised. village dosent think to highly of him. teuchi: i dont know what there so scared of. hes a nice kid when no one messes with him. sasuke: there scared because when he is pissed, that kid is a fucking demon. although that is a good trait. he can protect his comrades easyer that way. teuchi: from what ive heard, even his teamates are scared of it. there was an inceident in the forest of death.

sasuke: oh? teuchi: do you remember sazuki imuru? sasuke: yeah. he was in the 4th great ninja war. he suffered from severe post tramatic stress dissorder. he lost his mind and became insane. started become obbsessed with carnage. why? teuchi: aperently karoshis team ran into him during the exams. sasuke: WHAT!? hes alive!? and karoshi met him!? teuchi: the fight...wasent going well. but then...it emerged. sasuke: what do you mean? teuchi: karoshi was possesed by the ten tails. sasuke: probobly. but if i recall the same sitution happaned in the cloud. teuchi: not...exactly. sasuke: explain. teuchi: in the cloud karoshi was bent on killing the two ememies infront of him. but during this there were 3 differences. first he attacked everything. friend or foe. second karoshi...spoke. the ten tails had full controll. it used karoshi to speak. and third possessed karoshi let out a two toned roar/scream. it was...demonic. sasuke: i dont get it. the ten tails is strong yeah, but how is it able to squeeze so much power through the seal? teuchi: im not sure. all i know is, the possessions take on the form of a demonic possession. and karoshi attacks anything thats unlucky enough to get through. i think that the ten tails activated karoshis geneticly altered curse mark. sasuke: what do you mean geneticly alterd? teuchi: after orochimaru died they recoverd research on the cursemark from one of his compounds. this is where they found out that the curse mark can be geneticly transmited. but also the chromosomes change the mark slightly. in other words karoshis curse mark is almost exactly like yours. the marks and 2nd state form will look very simaler to yours did with few differences. sasuke: so his mark was alterd how? teuchi: the eating effect was destroyed. sasuke: what!? teuchi: as it seems when the curse mark attaches to a chromosome, it must alter its cell to correctly attach. the discarded part of the cell is what causes the eating effect. if karoshi can master it, he can use it as offten for as long as he wished.

sasuke: how do you know all of this? teuchi: im friends with a black opps member. got him to disclose some info so i could tell you. sasuke: thank you. if i can help karoshi controll it, it may disengage the side effect. teuchi: i was never able to find out any sort of side effect. what are you talking about. sasuke: it was never written down because no one could figure it out. i was able to after sometime. the curse mark, always causes corruption to one who weilds it. the mark taps into your brain so it can activate on command. in doing so, it screws with your brain. it latches onto a certain gland that makes you think. and distorts your veiws. when the mark is lifted, it will heal and youll be your self again. im hoping that this genetic curse mark, will disengage that effect. teuchi: i hope so. if karoshi were to become the enemy of the leaf, then there may exist a possibility for the end of the leaf. sasuke: god i hope your wrong. (meanwhile ikiru walks into the ramen shop) ikiru: 1 bowl of ramen old man! teuchi: of course. youre usual ikiru? ikiru: but of course. hi sasuke sensei! sasuke: let me geuss, you want me to train you for the next month? ikiru: damn your good. but not for a month. two weeks. karoshi and i worked out that we would spend two weeks with you and the with lord hokage! sasuke: why not ask ujinomaru? ikiru: we decided that the power houses of the leaf would make for perfect training. karoshis already training with lord hokage. sasuke: considering you probobly wont take no for an answer i geuss i have no choice. ikiru: YEAH! teuchi: im sure theres alot of work to be done. good luck you two.

(the next month goes swiftly with hard training. each boy trained with both naruto and sasuke, working extremely hard to master new jutsus. finnaly it is time for the exams to resume. the arena is packed full with people from across the land. even the tsuchikage from the stone is in attandance. since oniki passed sometime ago, a new tsuchikage was apointed. he is a young person, around 35 years old. he has short spiked hair colored black. he wears black pants tucked into red boots, hi sleaves are green, long and baggy. over all that is an ankle long sleevless robe that zipps up from his lower stomach to his upper chest. the rest is left hanging open. its colored brown and has the stone emblem on it at the chest. he sits next to lord hokage. the crowed sits and waits for the begining of the fights. the crowed seems eager. there were many bets placed. naruto gets up to a microphone) naruto: hello people from near and far. we are here now...to witness the chunin exams finals! we have 7 brave genin compeating for the title of chunin. 3 matches. one 3 way. we will see who is able to pass. the first round fight will be a three way kunoichi fight. syama ikoro vs hanako dengen vs hinata uzumaki! all three girls, step into the arena!(the girls get into a triangle formation, prepared to fight) naruto: ready...fight!