The Hokage left the arena and so did several of the Chunins and Jonins, walking up the two upper floors on both side of the room. Most of the Leaf ninjas were on the right side of the room while the Sand and Sound Ninjas were on the left.
"Yuri! Remember what I always told you! Don't take shit from no one!" Yuri's father shouted as Iruka dragged him up the stairs. Yuri blushed, completely embarrassed, feeling a couple of eyes staring at her.
"Um, now, we will be starting the first match." Hayate said. "Will everyone but the two participants move up to the upper level?" Everyone began to walk up the stairs to the upper floor, while Sasuke and Yoroi stayed. Yuri smiled when she saw Kakashi walking over to join them up the stairs.
"Hey! Kakashi sensei!" Naruto smiled, greeted him.
"Sasuke. Don't use the Sharingan." Kakashi whispered to Sasuke as he walked past him. Sasuke's eye widen in surprise and turned to him.
"So you know?" He asked.
"If that curse mark on your neck becomes active, you might lose your life." Kakashi told Sasuke.
"Probably." Sasuke smirked.
"Well, if that happens, I'll jump in and stop that match, got it?" Kakashi spoke. Sasuke nodded.
"Now, you may begin." Hayate said, staring the match.
"Are you ready?" Yoroi asked.
"Yeah." Sasuke nodded.
Yoroi quickly threw some shurikens at Sasuke. Sasuke pulled out his kunai and blocked them off. But he yelped in pain, grabbing his neck. Sasuke fell to the floor and Yoroi dodged his shurikens that were flown back at him. Sasuke quickly rolled out of the way when Yoroi slammed his fist in to the floor. Saskue quickly grabbed Yoroi's wrist, toppling the shinobi over and slammed him to the floor. Then Saskue held onto Yoroi's arm and pinned him down with his leg over Yoroi's neck.
"Yes!" Naruto shouted.
But, Yoroi suddenly grabbed Sasuke by his shirt and Sasuke slowly began to lose his strength, barely able to keep Yoroi pinned down any longer. Yoroi punched Sasuke in the face, knocking him down.
"Sasuke!" Sakura cried out.
Yuri frowned when she saw that Sasuke was struggling to get back up. He was moving much slower now. Then Yoroi quickly lunged out and grabbed Sasuke by his face and slammed him back down on the ground, sitting on top of Sasuke. Sasuke screamed out in pain as he tried to push Yoroi off of him but was struggling.
"It looks like Sasuke's losing his strength somehow..." Yuri frowned, noticing, how slow Sasuke was moving. "I think that guy is draining Sasuke's chakra." Naruto and Sakura's eyes widen in shock.
"What?!" Naruto exclaimed. "What kind of person has that kind of power!?"
"So, you finally noticed." Yoroi smirked as he looked down at Sasuke as he screamed out in pain.
"Ugh. Damn...You!" Sasuke kicked Yoroi off of him, knocking the shinobi back a little. Yoroi laughed, getting back up again.
"Heh heh. You guinea pig. You still have some power left?"
"Sasuke Uchiha, is that it?" Gaara murmured under his breath.
"SASUKE! ARE YOU REALLY SASUKE UCHIHA!? IS THAT THAT BEST YOU CAN DO!?" Naruto shouted.
"You don't have for sightseeing!" Yoroi charged at Sasuke trying to grab him again. Sasuke quickly moved and kicked Yoroi into the air.
"From here on, I'm going original." Sasuke quickly got behind Yoroi. "Take this!-" He was about to perform Lee's move when his curse mark started to activate and slowly creep across his face. But to everyone's surprise, Saskue had managed to fight against the mark and it retreated back. "Here, it comes." Sasuke threw a kick at Yoroi.
Yoroi laughed as he blocked Sasuke's kick with his arms. "Is that all you got?"
Then Sasuke swung his other leg and quickly got underneath the shinobi, slamming his leg down on him again, hard. Yoroi plummeted to the ground and Sasuke quickly appeared below him.
"There's more!" Sasuke slammed his leg down again into the shinobi stomach, slamming him into the ground. "Lions Barrage!"
Yoroi coughed up some blood as he screamed in pain. Sasuke fell back and landed on the ground a few inches away. Neither one of the opponents moved. Hayate slowly walked over to Yoroi checking his pulse to see if he was still breathing. Sasuke had knocked him out cold. Sasuke panted as he slowly got back up.
"I'm stopping the fight here! The winner of the first match is Sasuke Uchiha!" Hayate shouted.
"YES!" Naruto cheered and so did Sakura.
"Well, good job." Kakashi spoke and jumped down from the upper floor and landed beside Sasuke.
"Sasuke! What a lame way to win!" Naruto shouted. "You're all beat up, you idiot!"
"What a moron." Sasuke murmured. A couple of medical team ninjas came out, taking Yoroi out on a stretcher. One of them walked over to Sasuke.
"Sasuke Uchiha, let the medical team treat your injuries now."
"That won't be necessary. I'll take care of him." Kakashi spoke then he bent down and whispered to Sasuke. "I'm going to take you to the back and seal up that curse." Sasuke's eyes widen in shock.
"Now, we can start the next match." Hayate spoke.
"Can't we wait after the preliminary? I want to watch the other matches." Sasuke told Kakashi.
"No! Don't get so mad. If we don't take care of it now, it will be too late." Kakashi said. "I won't listen to your selfishness anymore."
Kakashi took Sasuke out, taking him to another room and started to set up some candles and a drew a seal on the floor then had Sasuke sit in the middle. Then Kakashi walked over and stood behind Sasuke and placed his hand on Sasuke's neck to seal the curse mark, to keep it from activating. Sasuke passed out from the pain of the sealing jutsu. Just as Kakashi was about to pick Sasuke up to take him to the hospital, Kakashi's eye widen when he heard a voice laughing.
"So, you can even use the sealing jutsu now. You've grown Kakashi."
Kakashi quickly turned, standing in front of Sasuke, protecting him. It was Orochimaru.
"So, it's you. Orochimaru."
Orochimaru smirked and began to walk slowly, inching closer towards Kakashi. "I'm sorry. But I'm not here to see you. I'm here for the boy behind you."
"Why are you after Sasuke!?" Kakashi demanding, glaring at Orochimaru.
"You're lucky. You've already gotten your hands on it." Orochimaru chuckled. "That Sharingan in your left eye." Kakashi tensed up, but still kept his eye on Orochimaru. "What I want is the Uchiha blood."
"What are your goals?" Kakashi questioned.
"The newly created Hidden Sound Village. That's my village." Orochimaru spoke. "You should understand from that foolish ambition."
"Well, yeah." Kakashi replied.
"And for that purpose, I need lots of pieces." Orochimaru smirked. "I also want the girl with the unique sight as well."
Kakashi's eyes widen a little more and his hand started to spark as he used his chakra to make lightening. "You're not going anywhere near MY team!" He roared, furiously. "If you get anywhere near Sasuke, even though you are one of THOSE 3 ninjas. Right now, I can at least fight against you."
Then suddenly Orochimaru laughed. Kakashi frowned.
"What's so funny?"
"What you do, what you say, it's all off." Orochimaru spoke.
"What?"
"That seal you did is meaningless. You understand to achieve a goal. The heart that will accept even the most evil power. That is the type he is. He is an avenger. He will eventually seek me out to seek power." Orochimaru told Kakashi. "Also, weren't' you going to kill me? Why don't you try? If you can that is..."
Kakashi's eyes widen, but still didn't move from his spot. Orochimaru smirked and walked away and disappeared.
The next match started. It was Shino vs. Zaku, one of the sound ninjas. Shino managed to beat Zaku by plugging up the sound ninja's hands with his bugs. When he tried to do a sound wave, Zaku's one of arms was blown off, while the other was severely damaged!
Several medics came and took Zaku out of the room.
"Winner, Shino Abarame!" Hayate spoke. "We will start the next match."
Then Kakashi suddenly poofed as he returned back, standing next to Naruto and Yuri. "I'm back!"
The score board began to flip for a while until it finally stopped on the next two names.
"Yuri vs. Yukina Ayakashi."
