A/N: I am so sorry it had been WAAAY too long... Anyway I hope you enjoy this chapter.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

The genin gathered in a large room that had a balcony on two opposite walls. The genin lined up all gathered to see numerous jounin in the front of the room including all of their sensei, and the proctors. In the middle of them was the hokage with his signature grin plastered on his face. The blond surveyed the room noting that, for the first time since he was a genin, all of the rookie nine made it out of the forest of death.

"Congratulations on passing the chunin exams." Kurenai said with a somewhat monotonous voice. "The hokage will now speak."

Naruto stepped forward, "The second exam will start soon, but I've been told there is something I must explain." He spoke thinking of the elders that he assumed, almost hoped, would be gone by the time he became hokage. "That is that the real reason for this test is a replacement for war among the allied countries. As it was explained to me as a genin was that the nations that were once enemies now hold this together so that we can show our power."

"Wait, I don't get it." Kameko spoke up. "Didn't all the countries once team up?"

"Well yes." Naruto agreed, "But that was to defeat a common enemy. Since that ended the countries compete for resources and jobs. That is why the third test will have an open audience. The actual test will…"

He was interrupted by another person who was now kneeling in front of him, "Sir, as the proctor for the next exam I would like to take over."

"Aw come on Izumo you interrupted my awesome speech!" Naruto complained losing any trace dignity he might have had.

Izumo resisted rolling his eyes at the same complaint the hokage made every time they hosted the chunin exams. He turned back to face the genin that were now looking wide-eyed at the hokage's immaturity. "The third exam will consist of no rules all out battles. The actual third exam will be held in one month, but there will need to be a round of preliminaries first. These preliminaries will be one-on-one battles that will be held immediately… If anyone doesn't think they are up to the task raise your hand now." Izumo waited about a minute before speaking again, "If everyone is staying we will now begin the preliminary round." He looked toward a screen that opened up behind a panel in the wall. "This will decide all of the matches." He explained then waited for the first two names to be drawn.

Akira

Vs.

Hotaru Denshi

Izumo looked back to the genin, "Will those whose names have appeared please step forward." Hotaru walked forward looking extremely unconfident. Even more so after seeing the carefree grin on Akira's face. "Those who are not fighting can watch from the balcony." He looked directly at the two boys in front of him, "This will be sudden death with no rules. It will continue until one of you dies, admits defeat, or is unable to battle any longer. Are you ready."

Hotaru looked warily at his opponent, "S-sure."

Akira kept his lazy smile, "Anytime."

"Then you may begin."

Hotaru jumped backwards and put his defenses up expecting Akira to make the first move. He squished his face in confusion when Akira simply stood there without any defensive stance. He only stared with his ever-present smile. Hotaru quickly became annoyed and rushed forward to attack the sand-village ninja. Akira side-stepped Hotaru's punch and brought his own fist down on Hotaru's back making him lose his balance and fall. Hotaru broke the fall using his hand and used did a leg sweep hoping to trip Akira.

Akira jumped into the air to avoid a similar fall and flipped backwards before standing still to wait for Hotaru to make the next move. Hotaru glared at his opponent after realizing that rushing in without a plan was useless. This time he quickly morphed his hands into signs that he had been practicing for the last few weeks, Water Style: Water Bullet. He grinned in satisfaction until he saw Akira's jutsu. Barrier Style: Deflective Defense. A reflective orange square appeared in front of Akira. As soon as Hotaru's water bullet hit the barrier it bounced back toward him causing him to have to jump away from his own attack. Akira's smile grew larger as he stood waiting for Hotaru's next move.

In his anger Hotaru didn't think and rushed forward. Akira used Hotaru's own momentum to flip him and send him flying into a wall. Hotaru had to drag himself away from the wall and was obviously weakened by his impact with the wall. Angrier than before he ran toward Akira with a punch ready. Akira grabbed the boy's hand and used it to twist the his arm behind his back. "You might want to give up." He whispered into Hotaru's ear.

Hotaru's arm was in pain but he still glared at his opponent and said, "Never!" He kicked away from his opponent's grasp and rushed forward again. The battle continued on in this fashion with Hotaru blinded by rage and not able to get a single strike in. Meanwhile, Akira barely moved at all, but managed to completely tire out the other boy. Eventually Hotaru was tired to the point of collapsing and Akira was declared winner.

Hotaru was in well enough condition so they allowed him to sleep in the stands while the next names were revealed.

Bunta

Vs.

Ryo Rock

Ryo grinned, "Looks like I'm up." She jumped down the railings to meet her opponent. Ryo noted that he seemed confident but not as confident as she was. The match was actually a relatively short tai-jutsu bout. With Ryo's expertise in tai-jutsu and the opponent not seeming to know any nin-jutsu or gen-jutsu the match was quick and not particularly thrilling. By the time Ryo had finished Hotaru hadn't even woken up.

Kiyoko

Vs.

Kameko Sitogame

Kiyoko grinned as she met Kameko in the center. "So it's midget ninja again. You did quite a number on my shoulder last time." Kameko couldn't say anything in response. She was actually really sensitive about her height but never dared to speak out against people she didn't know. When the match began Kameko jumped backwards and pulled a kunai out. Kiyoko looked at her menacingly before lurching forward with her own kunai. The metal clashed together. Kameko reached into her bag again to pull out a smoke bomb. She jumped back as she threw it down and left Kiyoko in a cloud of purple smoke. Then she jumped onto the statue at and hid on the side facing away from Kiyoko.

Kiyoko rushed out of the smoke to look for her small opponent but she couldn't see the girl anywhere. While she was looking for the girl a kunai came flying toward her from the statue. She lurched backwards to dodge the kunai but realized too late that it had an explosion tag on it. She was trapped in tan smoke this time so she quickly tried to get out once again but was met with a kunai into her already injured shoulder. She cried out and tried to attack the small ninja, but Kameko was nimble and was easily able to slip out of her opponent's range.

Kameko knew that she had almost won, but she had to finish it off before Kiyoko got past her rage and thought up a plan. She did a quick run through in her head what she had left in her pouch before making a quick decision. She put her hands behind her back in a way that made her look like the cute innocent girl most believed her to be. "Are you alright?" She asked sweetly, "I'm sorry about your shoulder." While she spoke she pulled out a kunai and wrapped another explosion tag around the handle. "If you're not feeling up to it you could just give up."

Her words obviously angered Kiyoko who rushed forward to attack. Kameko smiled and threw her kunai down to the ground. As soon as she saw the explosive tag Kiyoko lurched to the side to avoid it, but Kameko followed her and deliver a kick that sent her flying to the wall.

Kiyoko peeled herself from the now destroyed wall with her arm hanging limply at her side. Her breath was coming in ragged and shallow. She had a jutsu that she was pretty sure would finish the small girl off, but there wasn't any way she could perform the handseals with only one hand. After running her head through every scenario she could think and coming up with no solution she raised her hand. "Proctor, I give up." Kameko was obviously surprised, but the medics came in to treat her arm and she went to the hospital peacefully only saying, "Next time shorty."

A/N: I hope you guys liked this chapter and I will try to be faster at updating, but it's hard creating a completely original plotlines... and characters... and jutsus... Hopefully Akira doesn't seem to Mary-sue, or whatever the male equivalent is, with his jutsu... It is a kekkei genkai and it does have its own drawbacks that you will see later soo.. Please review they really do inspire me and I will try to update faster.