Chapter no.66

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Team 8 wasn't doing much better.

"U-um Kurenai-sensei...why did S-Satsuki-san try to kill that other genin?" Hinata asked worriedly.

The rest of the team also looked at Kurenai, they were all curious as to what the answer was.

Kurenai didn't know how to respond. She had mothered her genin far too much and had not even introduced them to what the life of a shinobi is really like. She could tell that Team 11 was the only team who had taken a life before. Kurenai's eyes drifted over to said team and a small blush crossed her face as she caught a glimpse of Naruto's muscular figure. She saw the look in their eyes and knew they wouldn't bat an eye at killing any of the foreign shinobi here. She just hoped they wouldn't feel the same way about Konoha shinobi.

All of the eyes of the genin drifted away from their senseis as the heard the distinct sound of two more shinobi being chosen for the next match. They looked up at the electronic board and saw the two names, "Sabaku no Temari vs. Aburame Shino."

Sabaku no Temari vs. Aburame Shino

Naruto watched this match from his spot on the observation deck with a apathetic look on his face. Naruto was rather uninterested in this match as it was made obvious who would win from the start. Naruto had never found the Aburame clan techniques very effective or interesting. Their style of ninjutsu focused on letting a certain species of bug live inside their body and use insects as their ninjutsu. These bugs were good at sucking chakra out of their targets, but were pretty much useless when they couldn't get close enough, which was the case during this match.

Temari was a Futon user who specialized in long range attacks, that much was made obvious by the fan that she wielded. She took control of the match almost immediately and whenever a wave of insects got close, she would blow them all away. The Aburame had always been calm, analytical, and logical. So Shino quickly forfeited after he realized that his bugs wouldn't be effective.

Haruno Sakura vs. Yamanaka Ino

This was the match that made every Konoha genin in the arena look down in embarrassment. Not even the Hokage or their senseis could be proud of their genin the way they were acting. The match started with them arguing about true love and then went on into excruciating detail about how Sakura was bullied as a child and Ino was her first friend, but they later grew apart because of love. It was nothing but nonsense. They were kunoichi of Konohagakure no Sato, any yet, in a respectable promotional exam they were treating it as a therapy session.

Then there was the cat fight. Neither of them knew any real taijutsu or did any real training, Sakura had been learning a little medical jutsu under Tsunade but she didn't take that very seriously nor would it help her here. It was the most pathetic excuse for a kunoichi fight that anyone in the room had ever seen. Minato was thinking about raising the standards of the academy all throughout the match. All of the respectable kunoichi in the room could only cringe as the fight drew on. Finally it ended with a double knock out.

Both of the girls had no real talent as kunoichi. They were barely above the level of civilians if that. It was made painfully clear that either their senseis had not bothered to train them into real kunoichi or that the girls themselves had not bothered to do the training. This was nothing but a fight between schoolgirls fighting over their crush. Kushina would have leapt over the railing to finish the girls off herself, had she not been held back by Kakashi. At least now most of the genin realized why there were preliminary exams. If Konoha had allowed kunoichi like that to compete then they would certainly lose business.

Chojuro vs. Sabaku no Kankuro

"Will Chojuro of Kiri and Sabaku no Kankuro please make your way down to the area floor." Genma said after the two girls from the previous match had been hauled off by the medics.

Naruto did not have much knowledge on either of the two genin fighting so it would be hard for him to guess who would come out on top. However those thoughts were quickly banished from his mind as both of the shinobi took off what was wrapped in bandages off of their back and flared their chakra to unravel them. Kankuro turned out to be a puppeteer with an odd looking puppet. Chojuro had turned out to be one of the seven swordsmen of the mist. The sword he wielded was Hiramekarei, its special ability was to form the chakra that surrounded it into the shape of weapons. The boy's sensei was Momochi Zabuza, one of the more famous of the seven swordsman, so of course Chojuro would be a skilled swordsman and know how to handle his blade masterfully.

The fight didn't last very long. Both of the genin were skilled but Kankuro wass not far enough along in puppetry to combat someone who excelled in short range combat like a swordsman. Kankuro started off by sending Karasu off to fight Chojuro in bladed combat with the hidden knives on its wrist. This was a mistake on Kankuro's part as Chojuro was an exceptional swordsman. Chojuro quickly fought off the puppet and then blocked the poisonous senbon that it fired from its mouth with his sword. Chojuro then proceeded to smash the puppet into pieces after Hiramekarei took the form of a hammed, after which Kankuro was sent into the wall along with the puppet remains and forced to surrender.

It was an interesting match and that Chojuro boy was quite strong. Naruto would have enjoyed fighting him but it was too late for that. It was rare to see someone so young wield one of the seven swords of the mist, he would certainly be a tough opponent for most of the genin here.

"Winner, Chojuro of Kiri." Genma stated after checking on Kankuro.