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Come on!

hey my god

WHOA!

Glad you came, Sakura.

For your sake and the others.

Huh?

Now, you can all formally register for the tuning exam.

Why? What do you mean?

You see, only groups of three are allowed to apply for and take the exam.

That's the way it's always been.

But Sensei, you said the decision to take the exam was up to the individual.

That's right. I did.

Was that a lie?

Sort of.

It is an individual decision, but it affects all of you.

I didn't tell you before because I didn't want the other guys pressuring

At the same time, I didn't want you feeling obliged to participate because

any feelings you might have for Sasuke or Naruto.

I wanted you to come to a decision of your own free will.

Wait a minute.

Do you mean if the others had shown up but I decided not to come with them? It

would have been the end of the line. If you hadn't come along, I couldn't have

let the others in.

But it's a moot point.

You're all here and for the right reasons.

Sakura.

Naruto.

And Sasuke.

I'm proud of you.

I couldn't ask for a better team.

Good luck.

We won't let you down, Sensei. Believe it.

Gee, I guess we're not alone.

Man, I had no idea there'd be so much competition.

It's being scary looking is one of the tests they've got me beat.

Boy, you have no idea how much I was hoping you'd show up here. I've missed

those brooding good looks of yours.

Hey, you porker, back off. He's mine. Missed forehead.

They let you in. Still got those big frown lines on your billboard brow, I

Leave my forehead out of it.

Now it's you guys.

I knew this was going to be a drag, but I didn't know it was going to be this

lame. So all three stooges are here.

Hey, you know what, Pipsqueak?

Ah, forget it. You're a waste of time.

The Kamaru Nara.

Always complaining, never does anything about it. The laziest kid in the

academy.

Toji Akinichi.

Akimachi's more like it. I think he'd eat his own head if he could.

Sorry, but Sasuke's all mine.

Hino Yamanaka. Now, he's annoying.

And not just because she's got the same stupid thing for Sasuke that Sakura's

got. Well, well, what do you know?

It looks like the whole gang's back together again.

Oh, hi, Garuda.

Hinata Hyuga.

She's okay, but I don't know why she gets all shy and embarrassed every time

even, like, look at her. It's kind of weird.

Hiba Inuzuka and his dog, Akamaru.

Forget what I said about Eno. This guy's the most annoying of all. Think he's so

cool?

Then there's Shino Aburame.

Well, he's just weird. Kind of a mystery. But that doesn't mean he isn't

annoying, too.

You guys, too, huh?

Man, everyone's here for this stupid thing.

Yep, here we all are. The nine rookies.

This is gonna be fun.

At least, for those of us good enough to make the cut.

Right, Sasuke?

Kiba, careful you don't get overconfident.

Just wait. We're gonna blow you guys away.

We've been training like crazy.

What do you think we've been doing?

Sitting around picking daisies? You don't know what training means!

Don't mind Kiba.

I'm sure he didn't really mean anything by it.

Huh?

Akamaru's looking plumper.

Juicier.

What do you want?

What's wrong?

Thought maybe you hadn't seen it.

Huh?

Didn't want you stepping on it.

Why? You saving it for lunch?

Hey, you guys.

You might want to try keeping it down a little.

I mean, no offense, but you're the nine rookies, right? Fresh out of the

academy?

I wouldn't go making a spectacle of yourself.

Just cool it.

This isn't a class field trip.

Well, who asked you? Who are you?

I'm Kabuto Yakushi.

But really, look around you.

You've made quite an impression.

See those guys?

They're from the Rain Village. Very touchy. They all are.

This exam makes everyone tense.

And you don't want to rub them the wrong way right now.

Uh -uh.

You can't help it. I mean, how could you know how things work? You're just

rookies.

You remind me of myself a while back.

Kabuto. Is that your name?

Yeah. This isn't the first time you've taken the exam?

No, it's... my seventh.

Huh?

Well, they're held twice a year, so this will be my fourth year.

Wow, a veteran!

You must really be an expert by now.

Yeah, sort of. Cool! You can give us all the inside tips!

Yeah, some expert. He's never passed.

Well, seventh time's the charm. That's what they say, huh?

So I guess all of those rumors about the exam being tough are true.

Oh man, I knew this was going to be a drag.

Hang on.

Don't give up hope yet.

Maybe I can help you kids out a little.

With my ninja info card.

What the heck are those?

It's hard to explain, but these cards have been chakra encoded with everything

I've learned over the past four years.

I've got more than 200 of them. So you see... I haven't been completely wasting

my time.

They may not look like much to the naked eye. In fact, they appear blank.

Don't want just anyone seeing this stuff.

What are you doing?

You see, I'm using my chakra to reveal their secrets.

Like this, for example.

Awesome! A map!

Of what?

It shows the geographical distribution of all the candidates who have come to

take the tuning exam, what villages they come from, and how many from each

village.

Why do you guys think they all come here to take the exam together at the same

time?

It's the foster friendship between nations, of course.

International Brotherhood and all that. And it's true enough as far as it goes.

But there's another reason.

Yeah. You see, the important thing is that this way they can carefully

the total number of shinobi that end up in each village, thereby maintaining the

balance of power.

Oh, yeah.

Balance of power.

Balance of power, big deal. It's all a drag.

If the balance isn't maintained, one nation could wind up with many more

than its neighbors, and it might be tempted to attack them. So they try to

maintain the status quo.

Makes sense, I suppose.

Hmm. Do those cards of yours have any info on the other candidates?

Individually? They might.

You have someone special in mind?

I might.

Well, I can't promise my information is complete or perfect, but I've got

something on just about everyone.

Including you guys, of course.

So, which one is it? Tell me anything you know about them. A description,

they're from, whatever.

Anything at all.

He's Gaara of the desert.

And there's Rock Lee of the Leaf Village while you're at it.

Man, that's no fun. You even know their names. That makes it easy.

Here they are.

Show them to me.

Here they are.

Show them to me.

what's going on here, but I'll act like I do.

Okay, first up is Rock Lee.

Looks like he's about a year older than you guys.

Mission experience 11 C ranks and 20 D ranks.

His squad leader is Guy. In the last 12 months, his taijutsu has radically

improved, but his other skills are pretty shaky.

Last year, he got a lot of attention as a genin, but for some reason, he chose

not to participate in the tuning exam.

This will be his first time as a candidate, same as you guys.

His teammates are Tenpen and Meiji Hyuga.

Huh?

Hyuga?

Okay, now for Gaara of the Desert.

Mission experience, eight C -Ranks, and yet this. One B -Rank is a Genin.

There's not a lot more information on this guy. He was a rookie from another

land originally.

But there is this.

He survived every mission without getting a scratch on him.

The dude's done a B -Rank as a Genin and has never even been injured?

What's the deal with this guy?

Loose, sand, rain, grass, waterfall, sound.

From the looks of it, they've all sent exceptionally skilled candidates to the

exam this time around.

Of course, the Hidden Sound Village is small.

It sprang up recently. No one knows anything about it. Those guys are a

Well, you get the point. The competition's going to be intense this

So it would seem.

It's almost enough to make you lose your confidence. It's a fine time to start

talking like that.

Do you really think it's going to be tougher this time?

Oh, yeah.

In the four years I've been coming, I've never seen a crop of candidates with as

much potential as this bunch.

Yep,

we've got our work cut out for us.

I can't go along with this.

They may be under your care now, Kakashi, but I know these kids. They

students. I trained them. I don't know what you're trying to prove with this,

but... You know, he may be right, Kakashi.

You're putting a lot of pressure on them.

Why so impatient?

I held my team back for a year so they could hone their skills and mature.

Let them enjoy their youth a little longer.

Your concern is touching.

You sure it's not just because you know your guys don't stand a chance against

mine?

All right, all right, that's enough.

The matter of the rookie's participation is closed.

Now, as for the other genin, I'm ready to consider your recommendations.

I know what I'm doing.

You'll see.

I wish I was as sure as I found it.

I wonder how they're doing.

Even the cockiest of them must be a little scared.

Okay, so we're just rookies, and most of these guys are older and more

experienced than we are.

No big deal.

It's okay to be a little scared.

I can handle it.

But it'd be a whole lot easier if I didn't have to watch Naruto falling

right in front of me. I mean, nothing usually gets to him.

Poor guy.

Maybe I can try to cheer him up.

Hey, don't worry, Naruto. We'll be fine.

My name is Naruto

Uzumaki, and I'm going to beat every one of you.

Believe it.

Hey, what's that idiot trying to do? Get us killed?

I should have known. He's not smart.

That's the same kid as before, isn't it?

He yips just like a little dog.

What a jerk.

Well, he sure hasn't lost any of his spunk.

He has passion.

I guess you didn't intimidate him as much as you thought, huh, Lee?

You heard what he said about the Hidden Sound Village?

He called us little. A mystery.

I heard.

I say, we teach this guy some manners.

Yeah. Time to clear up some of the mystery for him.

Update his information.

Let him know that...

If you insult the sound Shinobi, you better be ready for the consequences.

Uh, can you say that again a little louder? Didn't quite catch it. You

Are you trying to get everybody in the place to hate our guts or what?

mind him and sometimes he says these fancy things he doesn't really mean them

they just kind of come out he's got this condition you know kind of a

psychological thing he really should be on medication now see what you've done

naruto you've hurt everybody's feelings they think you don't respect them but

that isn't true is it naruto you ready let's do it

Would you just for once in your life think about what you're doing? Think

the rest of us.

Fine.

They're from the village hidden in the sound.

Man,

he's fast.

He's almost as quick as me.

Oh, I get it.

So it was that kind of attack.

Hang on, I saw it all. He dodged the attack.

How did that happen?

It must have come closer than it looked.

Look at him acting like it was nothing.

Real tough guy.

Kabuto, what's wrong?

What is it?

Hey, Kabuto, are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Are you sure?

Not such a tough guy after all, I guess.

Maybe that's why he's on his seventh... Try.

Write this on your little card, punk.

The Ganyan from the Sound Village will be tuning when this is over.

Guaranteed.

I don't get it.

He saw their attack in time to evade it.

What made him fall apart?

Hey, Lee. What was going on with that attack?

There was more to it than just speed.

Some kind of prick.

You baby -faced degenerates, pipe down and listen up!

It's time to begin.

I'm E .B .T. Marino, your proctor.

And from this moment, your worst enemy.

My knee is too shaken, like I was 12, sneaking out the classroom, by the

back door, a moral of me twice told, but I didn't care, quitting it, wasting,

for people like me, don't cry.

Don't cry, cause you're so right.

Don't try with fake love, cause you will hate yourself in the end.

Don't cry, cause you're so right. Don't cry, cause you're so right.

Finally, no more talking the talk. Now it's time to walk the walk. Man, not to

sound conceited or anything.

really why bother guys it's over hope you brought a toothbrush because you're

gonna be picking my dust out of your teeth i mean not to brag or anything but

who we tuning here i come next time start your engines the tuning exam

i'll be here locked and loaded believe it