This is based just before the chunnin exams, all of team 7 (Kakashi's) are 12 years old and Sasuke is still in the village. Kakashi has just come out of the meeting about the chunnin exams and has just arrived at the meeting place for his awaiting team, two hours late.

Naruto's POV

"You're late!" I winced as Sakura yelled at our teacher, normally I would be yelling for my masks cover but I have a splitting head ache, ok, the truth is, last night one of my spying shadow clones got drunk, very drunk and dispelled leaving me with the hangover and over there a very annoyed girl who's soon to be fuck disappeared.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at my silence but just shrugged it off, it's not as if he actually cares about me, no, this is just his job, to look after the stupid nine tailed jinchuuriki.

"Sorry I'm late I was just in a meeting…" he put his arm behind his head and grinned cheesily.

Sakura obviously didn't believe him but I did, over time I'd discovered how to tell when he's lying and telling the truth, 'so it's the chunnin exams again huh? I can't believe he entered us.'

"You see, the chunnin exams are coming up soon so I thought I'd enter us, "Of cause it's an individual choice whether you go or not, so don't worry, if you're not ready just don't go." He mainly looked at Sakura while saying this, 'oh, so he's trying to make sure she's emotionally ready and isn't pressured by us two as we both know you need to be a team of three to enter.'

"Tomorrow at three is when you need to go to the training arena 4 to sign up, you have until then to make your decision, bye." With that he shot off, 'so, how do I convince Sakura to take the exam?'

I grinned, perfect, "I hope you come tomorrow Sakura-Chan, otherwise it would be ages with just me and Sasuke for ages, without you, you would barely see us?" I fake pouted and used my sickly sweet voice I hate; I knew she would accept as she would want to be around Sasuke for as long as possible.

Sasuke "hn" ed and started walking away, Sakura closely behind asking him to go out with him and asking him to train with her, with them gone Naruto let slip of part of his mast and clutched his head, damned alcohol.

I heard kakashi yell out, "Naruto!" to me before I passed out.

I still had some of my senses, enough to feel that kakashi had caught me and had picked me up, I still couldn't open my eyes or talk but I could feel.

He started jumping from roof to roof back to my apartment, he jumped in through the open window and placed me on my bed, I opened my eyes slowly, adjusting to the light. Kakashi was bent over me with a concerned look on his face, "Naruto, are you alright, what happened?"

"Nothing, I'm just a bit tired is all." I laughed it off smiling my fake grin which reassured him as I couldn't exactly say it was a hangover, could I?

"Ok, get a good night's sleep then."

"I will, thanks kakai-sensei."

With that he nodded and left, shutting my window behind him.

I sighed, even kakashi didn't notice that anything was odd about me; I walked into my bathroom and undid my genjutsu. Ah it felt nice to be in this form, what I really look like without my genjutsu is really different, I have; long, straight blond hair; a more angular, feminine face; my whiskers were longer and thinner; my eyes held tints of purple in; my nose was smaller; my frame was thin and muscular but not too much so; my skin was pale and fair, even compared to my blonde hair; altogether I looked a lot more like a girl, and a lot more dangerous and odd, living like this would attract too much unwanted attention.

I took of my clothes and stepped into the shower, it really did feel nice to be out of my genjutsu, I heard a noise but I guess it was just the water pipes. I washed my hair which took around five minutes because my hair is so long, sometimes I'm a bit girly when it comes to hair, not that anyone's here to care…

"So what do I count for kit?"

"Do you really have to spy on me while I'm in the shower?"

"Sorry kit but I'm stuck here."

I sighed and got out of the shower, I wrapped a towel around my waist, should I put my genjutsu on, nah, no ones here to say anything.

I walked out of the bathroom, "Ah Naruto there you are…" I stared at Shikamaru who was stood right in front of me, how did he… the noise! "N-Naruto..?" oh no, what should I do?! I looked at him and sighed.

"Yes, it's me. This is what I look like without my genjutsu." Would he hate me now… would he be scared?

All he did was stare at me for a minute before whispering "wow…"

"Hehehe, I do look a bit different now, don't I?" I smiled hoping that he would just leave it, but I knew he wouldn't, he's too smart for that.

"You… you're not as dumb and weak as you make out to be, are you?"

"What..?" he can't have figured me out, could he?

"I know your lying; you look really smart like that."

"Fine, you got me. I'm smarter than I act," I could see the blush on his cheeks as my voice went calmer and at least two octaves lower, I lent closer to his face and said, "do you like this side of me?" I saw him gulp, it looked so cute.

I lent in closer and closed the gap between us, I was kissing him…

"Ugh" I opened my eyes groggily.

"Your awake, nice dream?" I could practically sense his smirking as he could always see what I was dreaming about.

"So it was a dream, huh?" I was really disappointed; I thought that we could finally be together, I guess not…

*Sigh* "Kit… if you like him so much just tell him, everything."

"You know I can't do that."

I could tell that Kyuu was sad as he always wants to make me happy but, it just can't happen.

I turned off the now cold shower, put on my genjutsu, a towel and walked out of my bathroom, no one's here; I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up.

I got changed into my PJ's and was about to go to bed so I could train in my mindscape when I heard a knock at my door.

Who could that be?

I walked to the door and opened it to reveal Shikamaru, "Hey Shika what's up?" my overly cheery voice sickening me though it's a good thing my hang over was mostly gone now.

"Hey, our team is entering the chunnin exams, is yours?"

"Yes."

"I'm surprised that kakashi entered you, do you think that you and Sakura will be ok?" why do they always underestimate me and put me with Sakura.

"Kit…"

"If I don't pass the exams I won't become hokage, besides, the exams can't be too hard." The last part was true at least; they were going to be easy.

"I guess you're right." He was smiling but I could tell he was lying, "I'd better get home." He smiled and walked off.

I shut the door and collapsed with my back against it, I started crying, he thought I was like Sakura, Sakura, I thought of all people he would get it.

"Kit. Are you going to be ok?"

I shook my head, "Why? Why does it have to be like this? I-I thought that he would know, I thought he wouldn't judge me, I thought, I thought."

Kyuu turned into his human form and comforted me, "You know; I could help you forget him." He was murmuring into my ear so I barely heard him.

I turned a bit to face him, "What do you…?" he suddenly kissed me. I pushed him off me and put my hand over my mouth, "WTF!" (What the fuck!)

I quickly exited my mindscape, "If you want to live then don't talk to me or come near me for a while… just… leave me alone."

At least Kyuu knows when to drop things and leave things alone, I just don't know why he did that? Why..?

I broke down crying again, it was going to be a long night, if only I could sleep without going into my mindscape and meeting Kyuu.

Six o'clock in the morning

I ended up crying for most of the night but I pulled myself together at three but I was so upset that at eleven last night my genjutsu broke.

I'd better get ready; I had a shower to freshen up before putting on my genjutsu making sure that you couldn't see my exhaustion and red eyes from crying. "Naruto, I know you're mad but you deserve to know, the reason I kissed you is because I hated seeing you o upset and, and I love! I know you might not forgive me but, I hope you can."

*Sigh* "J-just give me, a day, I'll listen to you tomorrow, for now, could you just give me space?" I asked him hopefully and he begrudgingly said yes. I was happy and glad he'd said that but I just nodded and paid attention to what was going on around me.

I looked at the clock, seven am, I'd better set of to wait for them, I don't think I'll have breakfast today, I'm not feeling great.

I could tell Kyuu wanted to say something, "Just say it."

"Please eat something, you know what happened before."

"Tsk, one time, it's not that big a deal."

"Do you know how hard it was to heal you, you went anorexic! Wait. Does this mean you forgive me?!"

"I guess."

Oh, I'm here, "Hey Sasuke, Sakura-Chan!"

"Dope."

"Ugh, why did YOU come, you won't make it through five minutes!"

I pouted (yeah right) "Your so mean Sakura-Chan! Come on lets go."

"Hn." Is that seriously all he does?

We all walked to the building and walked up the stairs, when we were on the second floor, two chunnin disguised as genin were standing in front of a door and holding a genjutsu over the second floor, the room they were stood in front of was disguised as the room we needed to go in, I almost didn't stop as it was so obvious but my mask wouldn't know this.

I didn't even have to look twice to tell it was a genjutsu and apparently Sasuke had figured it out and by the way he was looking at Sakura he thought that she had figured it out as well but I could tell she hadn't, she really is useless, does she really think she has a chance with Sasuke?

So how should I react? What should I do? "Any idea Kyuu?" He just shrugged; I hope Sasuke does something soon so I don't have to decide myself.

"You should just drop the genjutsu, you aren't fooling us." Thank you Sasuke.

They released the jutsu on the building but not on themselves; "So you figured it out then?"

"Yep, and you can release the genjutsu on your selves as well." I was smiling and saying this so casually that everyone who 'knew' me was shocked.

"You idiot, that genjutsu was a higher level, only a middle level chunnin should be able to see through it and with such ease…"

"Woops."

Shikamaru's pov

How could he tell, even I couldn't, that was a really high level jutsu, he just walked off with his team, I followed swiftly my team running after me.

"Well done, I'm glad you all came, if you hadn't you wouldn't have been able to enter because you had to be in a team, I didn't tell you so that none of you would be pressured. Good luck." What?! Kakashi hadn't told them that they needed to enter as a team! But last night Naruto knew?

Don't tell me he figured it out himself? But there's no way he's that smart, but he must be, how? There's no mistaking it, Naruto is a lot smarter than he acts.

'Do you think that you and Sakura will be ok?' crap, I said that? He's way better than Sakura, than all of us!

Shit, I bet he hates me now, but why would he act like this, I have to ask him.

We walked in just after them and I immediately went up to Naruto, "Naruto, would you come over here please; I need to talk to you."

Naruto's pov

"Sure." Why does he want to talk to me, is he worried that I'll hold him back?

"Why?

Huh, "Why what?

"Why do you pretend to be dumb when you're so smart?" how?

"How do you know?"

"It's pretty obvious Naruto, I don't know how smart you are but I know you're smarter than this."

"I guess, maybe, come on, and let's go back."

So now he's figured it out, maybe he likes me back?

We walked in just before Ibiki did, not many people knew who he was but I did as last year I disguised myself with a genjutsu and got an internship there for a month working with him, he's not actually that scary.

"…If they see you cheating you'll lose points…" if they SEE you, that means you can cheat as long as they don't catch you, clever, so this test is on how well you get information and from who, a good test, clever, I wonder if Shika's figured it out yet?

They handed out the tests; I noticed that five of us were chunnins with the answers, the sources to get the answers from.

When I looked at the test I practically yawned, it was so easy.

When he said we could start I got the first question within five seconds, I finished the whole thing within ten minutes, "Kit, don't you think that this is blowing your cover, besides, this test doesn't really matter."

"I know, but I'm tired of everyone underestimating me, I'll drop my mask, just a little."

"Good for you kit, why don't you use this time to catch up on your sleep?"

"Good idea."

Ibiki's pov

It's fifteen minutes into the test, apparently the jinchuuriki brat entered this year, I wonder how he's doing; I looked up at the brat.

HE'S ASLEEP!

I walked up to him and looked at how much he'd done; apparently he's stupid so he may have given up.

I looked at it, it was all complete, all of it in fifteen minutes and it was all original, and he hadn't cheated.

This was no idiot, if anything he was a genius, no; he was a genius, but how? Everyone always says he's stupid, but this boy can't be the same as the one they described.

I was so wrapped up in my thoughts that I didn't notice that it had been an hour so one of the instructors had to come up to me to tell me.

"That's the end of your test brats, now for the last question…"

Naruto's pov

I woke up, "So if any of you want to leave, now is your chance." People started raising their hands and leaving.

"Kit, your little crush is about to put their hand up, you have to do something, activate your Nara blood line."

"But if Shikamaru sees me use his bloodline even though I'm not a Nara he'll get suspicious."

"So, he won't know, and if he does just tell him the truth that you've got lots of random bloodlines including the Nara one."

"Fine." I used shadow possession to stop Sakura from putting her hand up, I might as well help everyone else, and I stopped everyone who was wavering using the same method.

I Ibiki looked shocked that no one else put their hand up but said, "Well done you all pass." I smiled and released everyone.

Then Anko walked (jumped) in and told us about the next stage, "Ok all of you may go, you too Anko, except Naruto Uzamaki."

"What do you want to talk about?"

"How are you not intimidated by me? How did you do so well? How did you stop people from leaving?"

"I don't know what you're talking about." With that I left a shocked and confused Ibiki.

Next chapter I'm going to write about what happens in the forest of death, do you like it so far, and are you ok with the pairings narushika and one sided kyuunaru? Please review.