"So Jiro. What do you think of this village so far?" Rin asked. She and Jiro had been traveling when they entered the Leaf Village. They were now sitting on the middle branch of a tree near a fence.

"How should I know? We've only been here for an hour," Jiro replied

"Just wondering," Rin said, kicking her legs back and forth in absolute boredom. She wanted to pick a fight so badly right now just to add a little excitement to the day. Shouts suddenly grabbed Rin and Jiro's attention and they went lower to see what was going on.

A guy in a black cat-like suit was holding a brown-haired boy with goggles and a large blue scarf. From the looks of thing, the bigger guy was pretty pissed at the smaller kid. A blond-haired girl was asking the guy with the black suit to knock it off. A blond haired boy was demanding the little kid be released. There was also a pink-haired girl and two smaller kids there, too.

"Wanna have some fun, Jiro?" Rin asked, a mischievous smile on her face.

"Let's do it," Jiro replied with an eager smile. Just as the boy in the black suit was about to punch the smaller kid, Jiro kicked the guy in the face while Rin rescued the little boy. She set the kid down and punched the guy three times in the stomach before kicking him into the fence.

"Kankuro!" the blond girl shouted.

"I'm okay, Temari," Kankuro groaned, getting up slowly. Then a black-haired boy wearing a blue shirt came out of nowhere and kicked Kankuro in the stomach.

"I'll kill you punks!" Kankuro snarled, starting to pull off the bandaged bundle off of his back.

"Enough, Kankuro," a voice ordered. Everyone turned their heads to see a red haired boy with a gourd on his back standing upside-down on the bottom tree branch.

"B-but Gaara!" Kankuro stammered. "These punks, they-"

"Shut up or I'll kill you," Gaara threatened. He vanished and reappeared a moment later next to Kankuro and Temari.

"Hold on!" The girl with the pink hair said. "You guys are from the Sand Village, right? Why are you here in the Leaf Village."

"We're here for the Chunin Exam," Temari replied, holding up a card.

"The Chunin Exam?" the girl echoed.

"Well, I've never heard of the Chunin Exam, believe it," the blond boy said.

"Oh, I believe it alright. That you're totally clueless," Temari smirked.

"Hey, boss," the boy that had been picked on said. "Those are the exams that every Genin has to take in order to become a full-on Chunin."

"Oh, well why didn't you say so? I am so there!" The blond exclaimed.

'From the looks of things, this Chunin Exam thing must involve fighting. Sounds like my kind of party!' Rin thought. She turned to Jiro. "Wanna do them?"

"Sure," Jiro replied. The three Sand ninja turned to leave when the black-haired boy stopped them.

"You!" the boy exclaimed. "Identify yourself!" Temari turned around.

"You mean me?" she said sweetly, gesturing to herself.

"No, him," the boy said, pointing to Gaara. "The one with the gourd on his back."

Temari and Kankuro turned to Gaara, who turned to face the black-haired boy.

"My name is Gaara of the Desert," Gaara replied. "I'm curious about you too. And about you two with the swords. Who are you?"

"I am Sasuke Uchiha," the black-haired boy replied.

"I'm Rin, of the Drake Clan," Rin said.

"I'm Jiro," Jiro added. After a moment of silence, the blond boy broke it.

"I bet you're dying to know my name, right? !" he exclaimed, pointing his thumb to himself.

"I couldn't care less," Gaara replied. Rin snorted in laughter. Gaara and the other two jumped away. The pink-haired girl walked over to Rin and Jiro.

"My name's Sakura," she said with a smile before glaring at the blond. "And the idiot over there is Naruto." Naruto had couched down next to the boy that was picked on.

"Hey, Konohamaru," Naruto said, "do I seem uncool or something?"

"Well, compared to Sasuke, yeah you're pretty lame," Konohamaru replied.

"Gah!" Naruto exclaimed. "You're not gonna show ME up, Sasuke!"

"Back off, loser," Sasuke replied.

"So who's in charge of this village?" Rin asked Sakura.

"That would be the Third Hokage," Sakura replied. "He's in that large red building over there."

"Thanks," Rin replied. "Let's go, Jiro." She and Jiro ran into the building that Sakura had pointed out to them. Two ninja stopped them.

"What do you two want?" one asked.

"We need to see the Third Hokage," Rin answered. The ninja nodded and led Rin and Jiro into a room. At the end of it was a desk. At the desk was and elderly man. The two ninja stood at either side of the door.

"Hello, Third Hokage," Rin greeted. "We would like to ask you if we could partake in the Chunin Exam."

"Why?" the Hokage asked. "You two aren't even ninja, much less a full three-man squad."

"We've fought countless battles before and saved the world, too," Rin answered.

"We're Shadow Wielders," Jiro added. A moment later, Worgen and Minotaur appeared.

"Hey, Rin," Worgen said. "Mind telling me why you're summoning me here?"

"That's right, Jiro," Minotaur added, his ears twitching, "Don't tell me that the reason you're summoning me is similar to when you used me as nothing but a glorified fishing pole when you and Zola were catching Montonta fish."

"What in the world. . ." was all the Hokage said as he stared in shock at the two Shadows. The Shadows vanished.

"Well?" Jiro asked.

"I hope you two are aware that you could lose your lives in this. And you two are at a greater disadvantage because you're one person short of a full squad," the Hokage said.

"We're aware and willing to take the risk," Rin replied. The Third Hokage nodded and pulled out two forehead protectors. Both had a leaf symbol on them. "These will make others recognize you two as Genin from this village. Put them on."

Rin tied hers around her neck while Jiro tied his over his belt.

"Go to the academy tomorrow at 3:00 p.m. in room 301 and get your application filled out," the Hokage explained. Rin and Jiro nodded and headed out the building.


Okay, this will be based off of the English dubbed version of the Chunin Exam arc in the Naruto series. Please review!