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Where are you trying to go?

The Kazekage's quarters are beyond here.

[glass shatter] Hold it!

Who the hell are you!?

One who seeks to reform the Land of Wind!

I won't let you escape!

There's nowhere to run to now...

[grimace]

The Divine...?!

Punishment!

(Temari) Take cover!

[explosion]

So, you're back?

Damnit...!

You gotta be more careful!

(Gaara) You wanted to talk to me?

Please, Gaara... forget about supervising the Chunin Exams.

The people targeting you are stepping up their efforts.

You'll just be playing into their hands if you continue this.

I already know...

But if I quit because of that...

...it would be like declaring that I will cave under pressure.

Yeah, maybe so, but still...!

...It's just the Chunin Exams!

(Gaara) The Chunin Exams is where everything began for me.

Thanks to him, I've made it to this day.

So I'm going to make sure these Chunin Exams are a success.

(Shibire) We've finally reached Hidden Sand territory.

And now on to the second round's site!

[hard breathing]

Sarutobi Sensei! Yuhi Sensei!

I'm sorry to say you will go no further.

Those who arrived late are disqualified.

If you're from the Hidden Leaf, return to the village.

The rest of you can disperse from here.

But we all had to run nonstop for three whole days to get here!

Complaining? Then perhaps it's for the best that you're being eliminated at this stage.

[gasp]

'Cause beyond this point is hell And who knows if you'd even be able to get out of there alive.

(Lee) Sakura! Everyone! We made it!

(Sakura) I gotta admit, Guy Sensei's team sure has a lot of stamina!

Team Asuma, Team Kurenai...

It looks like the main players from the last time made it through this time, too.

Yep! You guys have given this your all!

The fortitude you showed me running three days and three nights without sleep

has made me so proud that I can hardly stand it!

Why, it takes me back to the time when I took the Chunin Exams...

Sensei... If this is a long story...

Please, just let us rest already. Plus, I'm starving!

Seems so...

We have never been to the Hidden Sand before&

It really is nothing but desert.

Although, to be accurate, this isn't the Hidden Sand Village.

In fact, we're actually quite far away from it.

Are you saying you have been to the Hidden Sand Village before?

Once on an errand for the Hyuga.

This is called the Demon Desert checkpoint.

Really? No kidding? So this is what they're gonna use.

You know, taking the Exams in a different village is a bit stressful.

I wonder what the Second Round is going to be like.

It'll probably be just like the last Chunin Exams.

So we compete against the other teams?

There's a good chance of that.

Then we are going to have to be cautious of some teams.

We went at full-speed, and yet we were not the first to arrive here.

Yeah, the Hidden Waterfall was the first.

And not only that, but they also arrived here long before we did.

So just what kind of opponents are they...?

(Fuu) {grunt] Hey! What's going on? This door won't open for some reason!

I'm sorry, Fuu.

You'll just have to stay in there until tomorrow morning.

(Fuu) What?! How come?!

'Cause we never know what you're gonna do next!

Please, just give us a break and let us rest up for the next round, all right?

(Fuu) What?! But that means I can't go and have fun with the others!

That's just the kind of thing that worries us!

Ugh!

(Loudspeaker) Dinner is now ready. Entrants, please assemble in the cafeteria.

(Sakura) So that's the Hidden Sand...

(Kiba) Yeah, just look at them over there...

... giving everyone the stink eye!

Those guys sure do look mean...

Yeah, but&You look pretty mean, too, Kiba!

And over there is the Hidden Rain...

...I guess the other side is the Hidden Grass.

(Choji) That guy is amazing...!

I would say so, too...!

Compared to him, even our slightly chubby Choji looks normal!

(ino) But the way he's sweating& Seriously, that's gross.

(Tenten) Hey... I'm getting a bad feeling here.

Hm? Bad feeling?

It's just all that sweat! If he gets too close to the food on the tables...

[horrified gasps]

All right! It looks like it's just about time to eat dinner!

[grunt]

[nervous gasps]

Left foot... Right foot... Left foot...

[squeamish groan]

[grunts]

[grossed out groan]

[sweat dripping]

At this rate...

Our whole dinner's gonna be...

[shouts]

Ahhhh!

Whoa!

(Kiba) Damnit!

[screaming]

Eight Trigrams Palm Rotation!

Thank goodness! We're saved!

Uh&No, I do not think that we are!

Huh?

What did you guys do to our dinner?

Yeah, what were you thinking?

Why are you guys disrespecting our friend?

(Rock Lee) Please, do not misunderstand!

(Rock Lee) We only wanted to protect our food!

So you were just gonna save your food and forget all about the food for the rest of us?

What're you talking about?!

We'd never stoop to something as low as that!

Your suspicion just shows that Gaara hasn't trained you right!

Did I hear you right? Did you just criticize Lord Gaara?

That is absolutely unforgivable!

[fighting grunts]

Please stop this! Everyone, please stop now!

[fighting grunts]

Ow!!!

Hey, come on! Knock it off!

Neji! Aren't you going to stop them?!

Sorry, but I'm busy right now.

Burami!

Hey, don't go eating food off the floor! Muyami! You help too!

I'll pass&I'm way too shy to do that...

Calm down, every- - Argh!

We must not fight- - ARGH!

Why, you...!

[groan]

Will you stop and listen to me!?

[gasp]

This room is too small for a flashy move like that.

I was not using my full strength, but still, to stop me with one hand&!

What's that sound?

Fuu!

Yaa!

Taa-daa! Well, well! Looks like the party's already started, huh, guys?!

...Am I about to make a hundred friends?

Who are you?

I'm Fuu from the Hidden Waterfall Village!

Uhh...

She's...

I came to the Chunin Exams to make a hundred friends!

and there's no better time than right now!

So tell me, guys, what's the plan for after dinner?

Cards? Backgammon? Musical chairs? You name it; I am up for it!

Or, how about all of us just take a bath together?

What the hell...?

[exasperated sighs]

Oh well, I guess that's it for dinner, then& I'm going back.

Huh? Hey, wait! Come back! Hey, hold up!

Come on, don't go! You guys, stick around and play with me!

Well, it took an idiot like that to stop all that ruckus& Hm. Sort of reminds me of someone.

Yeah... Naruto. Don't you think so too, Lee?

Huh? Hey, Lee?

(Lee) Excuse me, please wait!

I realized when we made contact, that you are quite different than all the others.

You were able to stop my attack so easily back there.

It may sound arrogant to say this, but

it takes someone extraordinary to do something like that!

That is how I can tell. that you have had to overcome great odds like me.

What are you saying?

Well, that you and I are alike.

I know about you, too.

You're Rock Lee of the Hidden Leaf.

I'm Shira of the Hidden Sand.

Shira... Huh?

I don't know what you sensed back there, but...

...dwelling on the misfortunes of birth is meaningless.

For all the flaws and suffering, we have just one life, this one.

And to my mind, there is only one truth to be found in life.

There is only one truth in life?

Determination never betrays you.

Shira, you&

(Kakashi) Lady Tsunade? I've returned.

I'm glad you're back. How did it go?

As I reported, I wasn't able to see Hanzo in person.

...I tried to sneak back in and investigate...but...

The infiltrator must be around here! Find him!

[Thinking] What? They've discovered my presence already?

They were on to me right from the start.

It was almost as though... a ghost was watching me.

Well...

I expected just the usual Chunin Exams. But now that they're

underway, we're discovering some some interesting things about each village.

Interesting...?

[stomach growling]

[groan]... Hungry...

(Ino) Choji...?

What are you doing?

Hey, Ino&What's that building out there?

Huh?

Oh! That's the Sensei's quarters.

The Sensei?!

Uh- Hey, Choji!

(Choji) I'll bet they'll give us some food if we go over there!

But we're not supposed to wander around at night!

e's so hungry that he's not even able to think straight anymore!

I'm going after him!

[crazed laughter]

Hey, Choji! Where are you?!

(Choji) What the-- Ahhhhh!

-Choji! -Choji?

[sigh] So much for making friends.

[screaming in the distance] Huh?

Byakugan!

What is that shadow?

Who was that?! No way... Did somebody go outside?!

What? Oh! Cards? Backgammon?!

Giant scorpions come out at night to hunt during this time of year!

You were told not to go outside&!

Really?! You have things like that here?!

Hey! Don't go out there!

[screaming] Somebody help!

Choji! We're here to help you!

Ahhhh! What is this thing?!

Hidden Waterfall Hurricane!

[screaming]

Wooo-hoo! [laughter] This is fun!

What's happening!? (Choji) No! Stop!!!

Hey stop fooling around and take this huge thing down, would you!?

Aww, I gotta stop already?

(Sakura) It's dangerous!

Aww, guess I have no choice...

(Lee) Sakura! Talk to me! Are you alright?

Yeah...

(Lee) But, you are bleeding!

I'm okay...

(Ameno) Just hold still.

[Thinking] This girl... She's a Medical Ninja like me&

That should do it.

Thanks for that.

[Thinking] And she's skilled, too...

Oh yeah! Awww Yeah! Woo, woo, woo!

Oh, come on... She's a lunatic!

[Thinking] That girl again& How'd she show up so fast?

And she brought down that enormous monster in no time at all!

(Guy Sensei) W-What's going on?!

Just what exactly happened here?! Huh?!

Going outside at night is prohibited!

The Second Exam begins before dawn!

Hurry up and return to your quarters!

I'm sorry...

Guy Sensei! Oh, please! We are starving, here!

What...? Seriously, you're starving?!

Just go back. Clear your mind of mundane thoughts and even that fire will go out!

[happy sobs]

Missing a single meal won't kill anyone.

Think of this as part of training!

Ugh...

(Fuu) Huh...? What?!

Seriously, you're all just gonna leave?

Oh, I'm so sad&

You're a very good person to help your rivals from other villages.

If you'd ignored them, you'd have fewer opponents.

I don't care about that stuff! Not about rivals or allies!

I wonder if I'll still be able to make a hundred friends! Woo-hoo!

Hey, wait, maybe all of us can be friends!

Wanna play cards or backgammon?

Or we could take a bath together!

Whoa!

(Yourou) Hey! That's Lord Kazekage and the jonin supervisors!

(Yourou) You have to be more careful about what you say to them!

You guys!! But I want a hundred friends!

(Gaara) She doesn't care about rivals or allies, huh?

Sounds just like somebody else I know.

(Temari) Gaara...

Sorry... Just thinking...

Now I have more to look forward to in the Chunin Exams,

thanks to a few interesting characters taking part in it.

All right, now I'll explain... the second round of the Chunin Exams!

The Second Exam will be a competition for scrolls and will be held in the Demon Desert.

It's the ultimate survival battle!

There are two scrolls,... Heaven... and Earth.

Half the teams will be given Heaven scrolls.And the other half will get Earth scrolls.

The objective of this exam is to obtain both the Heaven and Earth scrolls

and bring them back to the base located in the center of the Demon Desert.

You have seventy-two hours. And you must find food on your own!

There will be fatalities from here on. So each participating team member will sign a consent form!

When you turn in the team consent forms, you will be given a scroll!

Furthermore, to avoid any confusion, each team will start from a different location.

So all of you...get to your starting points quickly!

(Rock Lee) It is finally starting! The 2nd round of the Chunin Exams!

(Neji) We don't know what lies ahead. So make sure that you stay on your toes.

(Tenten) (Lee) Right! Okay!

(Neji) Our priority is to acquire the other scroll quickly.

(Tenten) To do that, we'll have to battle another team.

(Neji) Yesterday's brawl in the cafeteria was a fortunate turn of events.

In my opinion,...the teams to watch are the one with Shira, who stopped Lee's kick. And...

(Neji) Next time on Naruto Shippuden: "Demon Desert Survival."

(Neji) ...the team from the Hidden Waterfall!