Naruto tapped his foot impatiently as the entire audience waited for Sasuke to show up. Kankurou had dropped out after Shikamaru and Temari reached a stalemate, and Shikamaru forfeited. The red-head Sasuke was supposed to fight was standing in the middle of the field, twitching now and then. Another minute passed with no Sasuke showing up. Naruto growled under his breath. After a few more seconds, Naruto shouted angrily and raised his hands in the air.

"What the hell you stupid stuck-up bastard! Where the hell ARE YOU!"

"Naruto, shut up. He'll be here in fifteen seconds." Madara said, cuffing the blond on the back of his head. Madara was the one who had voted to stay behind in the competitors box. Hashirama and Tobirama were standing next to the Hokage, talking to one another about something.

"But Madara-oji! He's so late!" Madara sighed, and glared at the sky for a few seconds, before a smirk crossed his face. He looked back down at the red-head in the arena.

"You're right Naruto. He stood up his pretty date. But," Just as he said that, a large plume of smoke erupted in front of the proctor. "better late than never, right?" Naruto blinked in confusion, until the smoke dissipated.

"SASUKE! You're LATE!"

This was not working. That was the only thought on Sasuke's mind as he failed to hit his opponent, Gaara. He leaped up to the wall as Gaara threw another wave of sand at him. Sasuke let his Sharingan swirl into his eyes ashe contemplated what to do. He could use the new move Kakashi had taught him. He made three hand seals, and lowered his hand to the ground. Kakashi had told him that the technique worked better the closer he was to the ground. Something about fastest path of electrons. Sasuke had honestly not bothered listening to his science-y mumbo-jumbo. He felt his hand heat up as chakra started coursing through it. Eventually, his chakra changed into lightning, and Sasuke stood, keeping his hand low. He dashed towards the sand-covered Gaara with a shout of,

"CHIDORI!"

Naruto watched with wide eyes as Sasuke started his newest technique. It was so cool! Madara, who was now standing next to Naruto and leaning on the railing, scoffed at the stars in the brat's eyes. Madara had briefly let his Sharingan activate to copy the technique, because one would never know when a loud assassination technique would come in handy.

"Ne, Madara-oji, d;you think Kaka-sensei could-" Madara cut the blond off before he could continue.

"No." Naruto pouted.

"But you don't even know what I was going to ask!"

"Yes, I do, and Hatake wouldn't be able to teach you the technique. Your element is not Lightning." Naruto's pout turned into a frown.

"Element?"

"Yes, you see-" Madara was cut off from his soon-to-be lecture by a horrible scream coming from Gaara.

"BLOOD?! MY BLOOD!" And then feathers started to fall, as Gaara's teammates/siblings grabbed him and dashed from the arena, Sasuke on their heels. Madara raised a brow, the Genjutsu passing over him harmlessly. He turned to Naruto will all intents to continue his lecture. Only to find that he was out cold from the Genjutsu.

"...really, Naruto? Really?"