Hey everyone, Junior the Wolf here with an important announcement. I've been having some problems for the past several months that have kept me from writing. If you haven't checked my profile recently, go do so and look at the latest news. See, last week, I updated my profile with some important news. About a month after Christmas, the motherboard on my little brother's computer died on us. We had to move our stuff on the hard drive(at least what could not be replaced) to my younger brother's computer(different brother, by the way). He gave us a spare computer he had to replace ours. But about several weeks ago, I learned that his hard drive was having problems and needs to be restored... which he won't do for several more months.

Unfortunately for me, and fortunately for my readers, I'm not a very patient person. So I searched my external hard drive(which I had forgotten about during this whole mess) and was able to recover the back up I have made before my Christmas post. Only downside is that they're a bit out of date, since I've made much progress within the month between the update and the incident. And to make it worse, I was going to back up all my stories the day the motherboard quit on us!

Well, enough moping. Now, while all my stories were affected by this, this one was affected the most. Because I'm currently working on the Chūnin Exam Preliminaries, I have lost an entire match that was finished before the incident. The match even had an important flashback in it! So now I've got to rewrite them both... and it wasn't easy the first time. I've also lost some information for the story, mostly regarding the next arc. While I can recover most of it, some of it will be difficult to recreate. That aside, I've done what I can over the past week while I was checking my active stories. I've fixed several things and have even added a few things here and there, so I have to repost all my chapters.

For all my stories, I have been writing one of the words wrong. The words 'blond' and 'finacé' all share the same thing: when used for a female, an 'e' is added at the end, getting 'blonde' and 'finacée'. While I've did this for the latter, I didn't for the former. This past week gave me plenty of time to fix that.

For this story, I only fixed a few errors I've found. This also includes 'The Secret Files' side story, but I won't be reposting that chapter just yet. Once I have the second event finished, I'll do so then. Speaking of which, I do need some ideas for that story. Give it a read and post a review, especially regarding the request... which will be fixed once the second event is posted.

Now, because of the long wait... and the fact that I haven't finished the next chapter yet, I'm going to give you guys and gals a special treat. Since I'm doing preliminary matches, I've put an entire match in here as a teaser for you all to enjoy. It will be featured in the next chapter, so I hope it will be enough until I can finish it. Oh, and one more thing. Please don't post any reviews for this notice. Once the next chapter is finished, I'll be taking it down and all the reviews will go with it.

And without further ado, here's your teaser.

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"Talking"
'Thoughts'
Inner/Demon/Deity/Dire Beast
Flashback/Mind Link

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Temari of the Desert versus Chouji Akimichi

As soon as she saw her name, Temari shrugged before walking down to the arena floor. The whole way, she was glancing at Naruto, who idly noticed. 'What is up with her?' he thought as he observed the sand kunoichi. 'Is she interested in me?'

Naruto's girlfriends, along with Ino, Tenten, Kouen, Tsuki and Yuki, have also noticed Temari's sudden interest in their blond fox-boy. Sakura, Ino, Ginko, Hinata and Neko didn't like it too much. 'Away from our fox-boy!' was the collective thought.

Chouji and Shikamaru have also noticed Temari's glancing and came to the same conclusion as the girls. Shikamaru even saw the slight jealous look in the eyes of Hinata, Sakura, Ino and Ginko, the latter being barely. The cloud watcher figured out long ago that the Hyuuga princess and the silver fox-girl are dating their blond whiskered friend. How long, he doesn't know for sure. However, he was quite surprised with Ino and Sakura's reaction and wondered if he's dating them too. Of course, he wouldn't ask him or the girls as that would be too much of a drag. He also wouldn't mention his observations to anybody. After all, if it wasn't known by the village as a whole, there was a reason for its secrecy.

"Ah man, do I have to?" came the whine of his best friend, shaking Shikamaru from his thoughts.

"Come on, Chouji, it's not that bad." Ino told the heavyset gennin. "Just go down there, do your best and you'll be just fine."

"You make it sound so easy." Chouji complained. Ino sighed. She knew that it was more than him being lazy... something both her teammates share. Though if push comes to shove, she can get them modivated... she's just not in the mood to do so. But it was more than that. Shikamaru and Chouji were both taught by their fathers to never hurt a female, no matter what happens. Subdue or disable if possible, but never harm. But if they're trying to kill you, all bets are off. That is the only exception to the rule. Naruto told her that Shizune taught him the same thing, despite how intense he is during spars. Hurting a female simply goes against their nature as chivalrous men... which is something of a rarity in the world these days.

"Chouji." The members of squad ten turned to their sensei. "Tell you what. Do this match, and we'll go out for barbecue... all you can eat." he said. He quickly learned that to modivate Chouji, one must offer him food. Only Shikamaru and Ino can get him to do something without using food... similar to how Yoshino and Ino can get Shikamaru to do something most of the time.

Chouji's eyes lit up at the thought of all you can eat barbecue. "Alright, all you can eat!" he exclaimed before vaulting over the railing.

As soon as he landed, Temari stared at the portly boy in wonder. 'At first, he didn't want to fight... but mention food to him and now he's psyched?' she thought to herself. 'Let's see... Judging from his stature, I'd say he's a close-range fighter.' She knew that unless he could quickly close the gap between them before she could attack, he wouldn't stand a chance. And considering his size, she doubted that he is faster than her.

'To be honest, I'd rather fight the cute blond up there.' Ever since she first layed eyes on him, she knew that there was something special about him. She could feel it from his very presence, which oddly reminded her of Gaara. And judging from his match with that Lee kid, he was a wind user. No way could he pull off that finishing kick without aid from the wind. She even felt wind chakra swirling around him, so she was certain of it. 'Oh well, maybe next time.' she thought, a bit disappointed that the blond boy, Naruto she recalled, wasn't her opponent.

Shaking her head of these thoughts, she focused on the here and now. She can ponder more about Naruto later.

Judging that Chouji and Temari were ready to start, Hayate said, "Now, for the sixth match. Temari of the Desert versus Choji Akimichi. Begin!"

Deciding to poke some fun at her opponent, which she figured will get him riled up enough to where he can't focus, Temari smiled and said, "So, you're the one I must face? This'll be too easy."

"And why do you say that?" Chouji asked her. Up on the balcony, Naruto and Shikamaru suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Well, you don't look too fast or even strong for that matter." she bluntly stated. "What exactly can someone as fat as you do to me?"

'Uh-oh.' thought Asuma, Shikamaru, Ino and Naruto, knowing what's going to happen next.

A vein bulged on Chouji's forehead, his rage kicking in. "You shouldn't have done that." he muttered loud enough for her to hear him while his eyes were shadowed.

Temari saw him shaking fiercely and felt the murderous intent rolling off of him. "Oh, and why's that?" she asked out of curiosity.

"Because calling Chouji fat is a dangerous taboo." Naruto answered. "I suggest you run... now."

Getting worried, Temari looked at Chouji and saw the rage growing in his eyes. Drawing her giant folding fan, she prepares for the worst, which is what she's going to get from an enraged Chouji Akimichi.

"EXPANSION JUTSU!" Chouji boomed before his body expanded into a large, round ball. His head and limbs then retracted into himself and he started rolling towards Temari. "HUMAN BOULDER!" he shouted as he charged the sand gennin.

Temari quickly unfolds her fan and leaped into the air, dodging Chouji's attack. When she landed, she saw that the rolling gennin was about to slam into the wall, but was then shocked when she suddenly turned and started rolling towards her again. Temari continued to dodge Chouji's attack before she leaped onto the statue's hands. She then folded her fan up to where it only showed one of the three red circles on it. With one swing, she summons a strong gust of wind that barely stopped the rolling Akimichi in his tracks.

After he canceled his jutsu, he looked up at her in confusion. 'How did she summon such a strong and concentrated wind?' he and Shikamaru wondered. Naruto, Kouen, Ginko and Yuki, on the other hand, have already figured it out. Since wind is one of their natural elements, they had to train with a battle fan at some point. Yuki can even create them out of ice. For Naruto, using a fan is the first step in learning the Pressure Cannon. While he still has his fan, he doesn't use it anymore because it doesn't suit his style at all.

Sensing the portly boy's confusion, Temari stated, "This is my warfan, the Three Moons. There's two more moons yet to be seen." And with that, she swung her fan again, creating another blast of wind towards Chouji while calling, "Ninja Art: Wind Scythe Jutsu!" The leaf gennin dodged the attack, but was cut by the sharpness of the wind. He's at a strategic disadvantage... Temari knew that. He can't attack her from where she is, even with throwing weapons. There's nothing he can do.

... or so she thought. She was about to launch another attack when Chouji formed a hand sign and cried, "Earth Style: Mud Wall!" Spitting out a glob of mud, Temari watched as the mud quickly formed a solid eight-foot tall, three-foot wide wall.

"You think that wall will stop me?" Temari questioned him before swinging her warfan again. "Wind Scythe Jutsu!" However, to her surprise, the mud wall did not go down... however, it was pushed back several inches and she spotted several cracks all over it. 'Well, I didn't destroy it, but I did damage it.' she thought before using her Wind Scythe Jutsu again, which pushed the wall back further and tripling the number of cracks.

She used it one more time, but just after she launched it, she heard Chouji call out, "Earth Style: Great Mud River!" When Temari's attack collided with the wall, she saw it collapse... but behind it was Chouji standing in front of a large puddle of mud.

"I may not be able to reach you, but my jutsu can!" Chouji said before flashing through the hand signs uma, ushi, mi, tatsu and tora. "Eat this! Mud Barrage Jutsu!" From the puddle, several melon-size balls shot towards Temari.

Judging that her jutsu couldn't strike them all, as well as the fact that more are coming, Temari opted to leave her perch instead of trying to stop the assault. At this time, she somewhat regretted not learning a defensive jutsu to go along with her wind-based fighting style. If she had, she could've used it here to deflect those mud balls.

'I have to end this.' she thought to herself before opening her fan, revealing the second moon. "Wind Style: Devastation!" she cried before summoning a powerful funnel of wind, which blew not only the mud away, but Chouji as well. Everyone saw Chouji crash into the wall, and some even winced at the impact.

After a moment of him not moving, Hayate went and checked on the gennin. "Chouji is unable to battle. Temari is the winner." he announced before motioning for the medics to remove Chouji from the wall.

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A/N: And there you have it. Once again, please don't post any reviews for this notice. Once the next chapter is finished, I'll be taking it down and all the reviews will go with it.

Later!