"Lord Jiraiya, please forgive me! I warned the women's bath before you did! I'm sorry!"
"Ah!"
"Pervert!"
"Beat him to death!"
"What's going on?! Who's a pervert? How could I possibly be a pervert?! ...Ah!"
Walking down the street, Sasuke suddenly saw Naruto being chased by Sakura, with three children beside them. Just as he thought how boring it was, one of the children ran into two Sand Ninja he had seen at the exam venue. Though the Sand Ninja remained expressionless, they looked like vicious criminals, frightening the child who had fallen to the ground until he was nearly in tears.
Naruto ran straight at them to argue, but Sasuke looked toward a large tree nearby. There was an extremely strange chakra there. The next instant, a stream of wind and sand shot down from the tree, stabbing toward Naruto. To Sasuke's astonishment, Naruto unleashed a ninjutsu, gathering a whirlwind around his fist and smashing the sand apart. As the tree shook, Sasuke knew he could not keep watching. Naruto might be someone he hated, but the three children were innocent. Activating his Sharingan and using the Body Flicker Technique, he silently flashed up into the tree.
"Fighting privately here will get you disqualified from the Chūnin Exams. Why don't we settle this outside Konoha?"
Resting one hand on the shoulder of the youth carrying a gourd, Sasuke curled his lips into a confident smile and provocatively challenged him. The yellow sand swirled, wanting to wrap around Sasuke, yet it hesitated for a moment.
"There will be a chance, Second Pillar! Remember my name! I am Gaara!"
After saying that, Gaara turned into wind and sand and vanished. The two ninjas on the ground seemed to breathe a sigh of relief upon seeing him disappear. No longer interested in