Alright, so here's my new baby, I've been working on it for about four months. If you enjoy long fics then this is for you because, this is going to be quite the long one.

Note there will be spoilers spanning the entire Naruto manga (so up to like, 352).

I own nothing except for the following OCs: Hashemi Anari, Hata Var, and Saicho Libra.

Chapter I- The Chuunin Exams Part 1

Naruto threw open the door and announced his entrance. "Helloo losers! I'm gonna beat every last one of ya!" He lost a bit of his edge when he was the fifty or so others sitting, snarling back at him. He gulped but pretended it didn't bother him.

"Hey, are you going to move away from the door, dobe?"

"Who you callin a dobe! You…TEME!"

"Guys, that's enough!" Sakura squealed punching Naruto in the head.

"Hey," he complained rubbing his head, "how come I'm the only one that gets hit?"

"Ah Billboard Brow you having trouble with your teammates?"

Just as Sakura was about to retaliate she bumped into another girl who fell backwards.

"Hey, you should apologize." Sakura went to but was stopped by another boy.

"Nah nah, Anari-chan, you have to be bold! Show her who's boss!"

"It's alright Var, I'm fine." The brunette stared up at him.

"Who are you guys?" Naruto scratched his head. "Your head bands say you're from the leaf but…I don't remember you."

"That's because you always slept in class," The blue eyed brown haired boy replied. "I'm Var, the leader of cell 11."

"Very funny Var but you forget, nah nah, I am the leader of cell 11." His large green eyes were speckled with blue and his short spikey blood red hair clashed terribly with it.

Sakura smiled at the brunette she'd bumped into, no recognition on her. "So who are you?"

"Hashemi Anari of team 11, it's nice to meet all of you, I'm sure we'll do well, dattebayo."

"Hey that's my line…" Sakura laughed. "Oh! Now I remember!" Naruto chortled, smacking his head, "how ya doing Christmas tree-top?" Sakura sweat dropped, "oh, and friends?"

"Alright, that's enough talking! You, rookies, take your seats." Morino Ibiki called standing before a sturdy oak desk. They didn't need a second telling as all filed into their appropriate seats. "Hello, and let me welcome you to the first test of the Chuunin exam. Congrats on having the moxy to make it this far."

He walked about his desk, his boots hitting against the floor with angry measured stomps. "So, let's start the first part of the test." He leaned on the desk, it creaked, its sturdiness evaporating. "Test time." In his hand he held a large stack of papers.

"Whaaaat?" A few grumbled, Naruto and Var among them.

"A test? This is so troublesome." Shikamaru scoffed from the back row.

He didn't need to ask for silence. "Good, now, I'll explain the rules. You will have one hour to complete this test, now, each of you starts with ten points, and so, each one is worth 1 point." He paused, leafing through the papers, "The test is considered a team event, meaning that passing or failing is determined by the combination of the three scores. The third rule is that for each time you are caught cheating, you will lose two points." He slapped the papers down into his palm, "If you lose all your points through cheating or you fail to answer any of the questions right fail, along with your whole team." There was a collective shudder that rang through all. "You can drop out now, without penalty."

A few teams did. "Alright, here's the test."

A few of the girls chortled, it was a hard test but not the most difficult thing to some of them. Sakura could hear Naruto panicked cries of "oh no, tests? Tests?! No one told me nuthin about TESTS!"

Thirty seven minutes in, twelve teams had been eliminated, Ibiki stopped them. "Alright, that decreases our number some what, let's increase the pressure." Naruto gulped loudly enough to be heard in the front row. Shikamaru yawned, Choji's stomach growled and Ino was trying desperately to catch Sasuke's eye. "There will be a tenth question, I know some of you have been wondering about that one, which I will give out in about, eight minutes. It will be the final determining factor for this portion of the test."

"Whaa? Really?" A few cried out, shocked and surprised that the whole miserable test would be knocked out by a single question. "What's the catch?"

"I'm glad you asked," Ibiki's eyes glinted, "if you get the question correct, you pass the first test, if you get it wrong you fail and, are never allowed to take the chuunin exam again." There was shocked silence.

"Buuut I don't wanna be a genin forever!"

"You don't have to take the question, there is no penalty if you give up now."

Hands rose to the air shakily, team after team dropped out. Then, "No!" A hand slapped down on the desk, "I ain't gonna quit! I'm Uzumaki Naruto, the next Hokage! Dattebayo!!"

Ibiki looked around and gave a short chuckle. "Well, I think that's that then." He turned seriously to them, "Well then I guess I can give you the tenth question now, congratulations, you all passed the first test of the Chuunin exams."

"…Whhhaat?"

"Hm. 78, 26 teams…a lot more than I expected."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

"You all answered the tenth question correctly."

"What about the other nine questions then?" Temari yelled, sweat on her face.

"They served their purpose. They tested your individual abilities to gather information. I know when you looked at the questions, you realized you couldn't answer them. Therefore your only remaining option was to cheat."

"Hm, I thought so." Naruto said in complete agreement. Hinata, next to him, giggled.

"Because you had to succeed as a group, there was added pressure." He pulled on his leaf head band that he wore like a bandana. "There are times when information is more important than your own personal safety and failure to acquire information undetected can result in …"

Many gulped, some shivered, Ibiki didn't need to finish his statement as the genin looked over his scarred and burned head.

"Th-that still doesn't explain the point of question ten." Temari insisted.

"Question ten was the clincher for this, it showed your courage."

"What?"

"Alright, take this example, your kage tells you that you and your team are to be sent on a dangerous mission. You could die, you could be tortured or worse. Will you decline from this mission? No. And those too cowardly to take it on don't deserve to be chuunin."

Ibiki smiled at them, then frowned and looked to the window. A black table cloth shot through the window and pinned itself against the walls.

"Mitarashi Anko here! I'm the examiner for the second test of the Chuunin Exams. Now let's GO!"

"You're early." Anko sweat dropped.

She scanned the room, "Geez Ibiki you were too easy on them, there's some many here."

"We have some excellent candidates this year." He answered, thinking of Naruto's brash statement before the tenth question had been released.

"Well, in my test I'll cut the number of teams in half." A few gulped, they had found Ibiki's test terrifying, what could be in store for them now?

"Alright! This is training area 44, aka the Forest of Death."

"Is that supposed to scare me?" Before Naurto could finish saying me, blood was running off his cheek onto Anko's tongue.

"Mmm, I do love the taste of blood before the chuunin exam."

"You dropped your knife." A tongue curled next to Anko. A tongue which belonged to a dark cloaked figure. Anko thanked him then told him to stand down, and away from her.

"Alright, next, I need to explain the test and then have you sign these."

"What are those?"

"Agreement forms. There will be deaths in this part of the test, no doubt about it. So, sign these so I won't have to deal with your mess."

This Anko…is CRAZY! Var thought looking around at the other teams. How he, Libra and Anari had managed to pass the first portion was beyond them. Anari had been able to answer one of the questions, something on the integral form of an arc as it descends in a hyperbolic shape or something. He and Libra had stared across the room at each other, guessing numbers at random though Libra had eventually thought to cheat. The boy in front of him had been caught, so as he leaned backwards to avoid the kunai thrown his way, Libra copied his answers. Var, sitting next to him was able to copy one as well.

"Alright so, let me explain. Your task for the second test is to survive. Area 44 is 6.2 miles or 10 km. You scared yet? No?" She rummaged in her pocket. "Your mission is simple, you will begin with either the heaven or the earth scroll and must find the scroll you are missing. Scrolls in hand you must make it to the central tower."

Sakura looked at her fingers, counting to herself, "So that's what you meant when you said the teams would be cut in half!"

"Good. There are 26 teams, you must eliminate at least one team to ensure your own success."

"What a drag." Shikamaru mumbled, looking over the agreement and back at Anko.

"Now, the rules for disqualification!" No one looked excited. "1. You don't show up before the timelimit with the two scrolls, 2. you lose a teammate or a teammate is killed, and as a rule I suppose, you can't quit in the middle of this. I'm telling you right now, you're going to be in there for five days. Oh and something else, don't open the scrolls." She smiled sideways her canines showing, "you'll get a, surprise."

Naruto shuddered. Hinata looked at him, a blush over her face.

"Alright! Let's start this! If you want to quit, go ahead, if not, hand in your agreement slips and get your scroll. You will be released into the forest in exactly ten minutes. Oh, and some advice for you, don't die."

The 78 genin looked from one to another. Choji's stomach growled. "Five whole days?" He wailed.

Ino yelled, Shikamaru complained, Hinata blushed, and before Anari could whisper she, Var and Libra were neck-deep in the Forest of Death listening to symphonies of screams.

So thus ends chapter 1. I know it sucked. The beginning does, but it will improve. I promise. Please, begs the writer, please read and review.

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