"Uzumaki Naruto," the blonde sat nervously. Age twelve, he sat in one of the multiple rows of chairs in class. Having passed the exam, he entered genin level and was now being sectioned off into three man teams - he now understood how cattle felt.

"Haruno Sakura," he jumped for joy at the mention of his crush's name. Looking over, he hoped he would be met with one of her gorgeous smiles, the same joy mirrored on her face; he was met with the opposite. Her head hung in shame, deflating his ego part way.

"Uchiha Sasuke." It was Naruto's turn to hand his head in shame. Sakura jumped up, cheering for her victory shortly before shoving a peace sign in Ino's face, her tongue poking out as if asking You Jealous? And why shouldn't she shove it in the other girls faces? She was paired with the cutest kid in her class. All the girls would be jealous of her.

It was about then that Naruto hopped up from his chair, pointing a finger to the brooding boy on the opposite end of the table from him. "Wait just a minute!" he snapped, earning Iruka's attention. "Why does a great ninja like me have to be with...him?" his voice cracked on the last word.

Iruka threw his hands on his hips, leaning forward. "Sasuke is the best in the class, the top student!" Naruto only arched a brow. "You had the worst grades in the class." Iruka continued explaining the point of the three-man team, but Naruto ignored him and tuned into Ino and Shikamaru's bantor behind him.

"Of course I wouldn't get it, I'm not a girl." he muttered to her. Ino commented about how he was jealous and about how terrible a quality like that was horrible.

"I'd hate to be on a team with you!" she finished finally. That was when team ten was listed with her being paired with not only Shikamaru, but Chouji as well. Naruto and Sakura snickered under their breath when Ino began screaming about being with "food boy". Shikamaru took the time to comment on how she had just finished telling him she would hate being his teammate. He was lucky she didn't slap him for that comment.

The teams were then dispersed to meet their sensei's outside. Team seven's Jounin companion, as fate would have it, was late, causing Naruto to pull a prank - Kakashi's first few words were "I hate you guys."
Training, of course, began tomorrow for all - though Sakura was more focused on how she had almost shared a kiss with Sasuke and he didn't remember any of it...perhaps she had been daydreaming after all?

Team seven sat on a staircase a few blocks away from the academy. Kakashi Hatake, their sensei, asked each of them to introduce themselves and to share a goal or dream they had for their future. Naruto suggested he introduce himself first; all the information they got was his name...and that he had no future plans...and many many hobbies - though they were never listed.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! I'm going to be Hokage! Believe it!" it was something everyone had to know by this point in his life. He rambled on about ramen and random things that detailed making ramen and comparing the various types. Long story short, Naruto. Liked. Ramen. Simple as that.

"I'm Haruno Sakura!" she looked timid and frightened, but she was loud and obnoxious at times. "What I like is...well, who I like is..." she blushed and snook a glance at Sasuke...who continued to sit in the same position he had in the classroom...brooding. She rambled on about nothing, not really telling them anything else about herself aside from her name and her crush. When asked about her dislikes, "Naruto..." the blonde made a face, whining slightly. Figures, his crush disliked him.

When the dark headed boy only sat there, his fingers intertwined together and in front of his mouth in silent thought. "I am Uchiha Sasuke..." he started, "I have many dislikes and no likes in particular." Sakura's face hardened slightly, all signs of her previous blush gone. "I have ambitions to restore my clan and...to kill a certain man..."

Awkward silence ensued that day. Kakashi cleared his throat before explaining their first excersize. He laughed when Naruto dumbfoundedly asked what kind of excersize they would be facing, he then proceeded to explain that only three squads would be chosen to remain at the genin level.

Naruto was doomed.

The trio met up in the early morning, long before the sun had risen past the montains. Hours passed before he finally showed his masked face; after being yelled at by two of his new students for being late, he gave a lame excuse shortly before chuckling. "You see, there was this black cat..."

They didn't buy it.

From his pocket he produced two bells. "Today's excersize..." he shook the strings, clanging the two musical objects together. "Will be to steal one of these bells from me." Sakura gave a funny look.

"Why are there only two..."

Kakashi pointed to the three logs. "If all of you fail, you will be tied to the logs. If two succeed, the one who fails will be tied to the log. So it can either be all of you...or one of you." he explained simply.

Everyone's stomach growled. So that was the real reason he had us skip breakfast, Sasuke and Sakura thought simultaneously.

"Start when I say go." Naruto didn't listen. Hastily, he grabbed his kunai from his pocket and ran at his quickest pace toward his sensei. In the blink of an eye, Kakashi had Naruto's hand - still holding the kunai - tugged behind his head, his other hand gripped tightly in Naruto's obnoxiously yellow hair. "I didn't say go yet..."

Everyone situated themselves in ready position...away from their sensei, hiding their presences in multiple mediums - Sasuke in a tree, Sakura under a bush. Naruto stood out in the open, ready to attack.

Each attack failed, up to the point where Kakashi unleashed the "Thousand Years of Death" on him, forcing the symbol of the Tiger to a place no man wanted any intrusion, throwing him into the river.

Sasuke's hand itched closer to the pouch fastened to his leg. Two shuriken flew from the river, surprising everyone. Kakashi caught them without lifting his eye from the Makeout Paradise book in his hand.

Naruto complained over his growling stomach before sending his shadow clones over to fight him - which ended with Naruto punching himself (hypothetically) in the face before all his clones fought one another anddisappeared.

It wasn't long before Naruto was caught in a booby trap - pay back for the eraser to the head, surely.

He needs more training. That was when Sasuke's weaponry flew from the tree, hitting multiple vitals. Kakashi hit the ground hard, disappearing into a cloud of smoke. Substitution Jutsu. He should have known better. Now he would have to take him head on - so be it.

Sakura, too, switched her position. Kakashi put her in a trance, causing her to pass out - just as most of his female students had in the past.

Sasuke's ears twitched, listening to both Sakura's scream in the distance and to the jingling of the bells tied to his sensei's belt. This was the moment he was waiting for - a battle using taijutsu and a few traps.

First kick almost landed, being caught in Kakashi's hand. Next came his punch, caught in Kakashi's free hand. He only has two hands, time to strike! He kicked again with his free foot, only to be blocked by his forearm. Now!

He touched it! He touched it! Kakashi flew back, dropping Sasuke quickly. "Horse! Tiger! Fire style: fireball jutsu!"

It wasn't long before Sasuke was pulled underground; sakura then found him and thought him to be beheaded. She fainted again. Sasuke's eye twitched. "What the hell...?"

Shortly before noon, Sakura's vision focused on Sasuke hovering over her. He cared enough for his teammate that he had made sure she hadn't hurt herself when she fell to the ground. She hugged him happily.

The alarm went off, signaling the end of the excersize. They had failed the main point of the test - or so they thought.

Naruto was tied to one of the poles. "You three have proven you don't need to go back to the academy." two cheered outwardly. Sasuke sat quietly. "You need to quit being ninja." all joy left their faces.

Sasuke attacked, facing the same outcome as before, being pinned beneath Kakashi-sensei in a matter of seconds. They were then explained the idea behind the word "teamwork". Sakura did have a point about internal discord - two bells for a three man team would only cause chaos, so why try? Though it was the entire point of the excersize; she had to give Kakashi some credit there. Their sensei than pointed out each of their flaws, causing them to flinch.

"Teamwork is important..." he muttered loudly. "without it, it can cause issues and perhaps even lead to death." Kakashi held a kunai to the Uchiha's throat, demanding Naruto's death or watch the other teammate die as an example.

Kakashi walked over to the stone, explaining about the many names of ninja being engraved on it. "I want mine on there too!" Naruto exclaimed.

"They're all names of ninja who were K.I.A." Kakashi sighed sadly to himself.

"That sounds so cool!" Naruto smiled widely to the point where his face could crack at any second.

"Naruto..." Sakura murmured. "K.I.A. means killed in action..." Many of her relatives were probably written there as well as Sasuke's, maybe even Naruto's family perhaps. There were thousands of names carved around it's hexagonal prism. Naruto's face fell.

"This is a memorial... Many of my friends' names are here..." He said it so simply, like it didn't bring up any memories of their horrid deaths or of the misery it caused him. Turning, he eyed each of them. "Sasuke and Sakura, you both are free to eat. Naruto is to starve. Neither or you are to feed him."

They ate quietly, only to be interrupted by Naruto's growling stomach. Sasuke grit his teeth, Kakashi's words replaying in his head. He had to feed him otherwise he would just get in the way - a team was only as strong as its weakest link.

"Here." he held up his bento.

After some thinking Sakura offered the rest of hers to the blonde boy - she only had a few bites, but who cared? She was technically on a diet any how, and she could always eat when she returned home later in the afternoon.

What she didn't expect was having to feed him, which infuriated her. But she did so any how.

Naruto only took one bite before a rather large explosion projected itself in front of the trio, Kakashi shoving his face into all of there's, yelling about how they broke the one rule he had given them. "You all know what's coming..." the team prepared for the worst. Backing away slightly, Kakashi said "you passed" nonchalantly, easing the storm he randomly created after a few handsigns and some banter about their previous lesson.

"WHAT?" it was written all over each of their faces. Kakashi smiled beneath his mask - though they couldn't see it.

Team seven was ready for it's first mission together.

Their first mission had been both great and terrible. The rivalry between Naruto and Sasuke had been set into motion at the bridge builders house - somehow Sakura didn't find it odd that it started with an eating contest. Each wanted to best the other, even off the battlefield.
Sakura couldn't blame them tonight, however. They were facing a rather rowdy bunch of ninjas - the ranking of their mission had been faulty, full details hadn't been exploited when they should have been. So instead of an escort mission it was thrice as dangerous as it was predicted to be. By morning they would all set out: bridge builder, Kakashi sensei, and team seven. Purely for the sake of making sure the assassin didn't take out the bridge builder before they finished the entire monstrosity.

Zabuza was a large threat, the menace swordsman and his right hand man, Haku, was an even larger one. Naruto still sniggered randomly when he remembered the Haku was a man who looked like a girl.

Sakura was worried - inwardly, of course, because Sasuke would think her weak if showed outwardly. She had no taijutsu skills, and her ninjutsu was borderline terrible. The only thing she had going for her was her genjutsu, and even that wouldn't get her very far.

The sounds of choking brought her thoughts back to what was happening in front of her. Sasuke and Naruto both wretched on the floor; everyone laughed. Sakura lost what was left of her appetite. Strength be damned, she would do what she could, even if on an empty stomach.

Inari had taken off after dinner, as he usually had. Kakashi sighed, feeling the need to wander after him and talk to him.

"You know, Naruto doesn't have a family..." those words had chanaged his entire view on life - Naruto was just like him. No father, no father figure. And somehow, he was still able to remain happy, optomistic and friendly, rather than the obnoxious little brat he had become after Kaiza's death.

Haku was stronger than they had thought. He had chakra to burn and the mindset to use it. His Demonic Ice Mirrors was the icing on the cake. Sasuke was trapped inside, trying to fight his way out, but everytime he got within inches of a space between mirrors, a wave of senbon would rain down upon him, sending him back to the center.

"If you both could work together," Kakashi began to mention to Naruto. Sakura smiled and nodded. It was the perfect plan.

"Yeah! If Naruto hits from the outside and Sasuke from the inside..." her words trailed off. Naruto was gone. Looking around, she found him.

"Psst! Sasuke!" Sasuke made a face at the blonde. "I snuck in here to save you!"

There was yelling, accusations that questioned Naruto and the existance of his brain. It was all stopped when Haku sent down more senbon needles, piercing multiple vitals, earning a few grunts and screams of pain from the pair of boys.

It wasn't long before Sasuke passed out from the pain. His last few whispered words making Naruto's anger toward the masked nin sky rocket. The Kyuubi unleashed its flaming red chakra into the boys body, once circular pupils gliding mercilessly into slits, teeth elongating into fangs. He let out a scream before running at the mirror to his right, his fist shattering the glass of ice, knocking Haku to the ground.

Kakashi took the chance to attack Zabuza with his pack of ninja dogs, the Chidori's lightning reaching a ridiculous power level. Sakura ran to Sasuke, attempting to wake him up and to protect his body if any harm came its way.

Naruto removed the mask from Haku's face, recognizing him instantly, memories of their meeting in the woods flooding his head. He relaxed slightly. "I'm sorry," he stated simply, pushing the kunai in Naruto's hand away. "I'm not ready to die yet." with that said, he disappeared, reappearing in front of Zabuza seconds before the Chidori impacted.

Blood spilled from his lips, his body shuddering before falling to the ground, dead. Zabuza then changed. The boy he had found on the streets, raised and taken care of, had never asked anything more than to stay by his side, had sacrificed himself. He lost a friend. A brother.

All because that damn boy of a man, Gato, hired them to take out the bridge builder. Shaking the dogs off his paralyzed shoulders, Zabuza clamped a knife between his sharpened teeth, running straight for the man who had caused the turn of events.

Only when the knife was deeply embedded in the short mans chest would he allow himself to fall to his knees and die with dignity - beside his beloved Haku.

The snow began to fall. "Is that you, Haku?" he whispered lovingly, reaching over to stroke the now cold skin of his partner. "Are you crying?"

Sasuke awoke shortly after Zabuza's final breath slid past his lips. Sakura cried and hugged him - just as she had during their training excersize days before.

She had returned the favor, watching over him to ensure that he would be all right. Someone cared for the avenger.

When they departed, Inari and Tazuna waved goodbye, Tsunami and the others standing behind them in a group, the bridge finally finished. "What will we call it, Grandpa?" Tazuna didn't hesitate with his answer.

"The Great Naruto bridge."

Sakura awoke with a start - something downstairs broke. Sighing heavily, she realized her mother had probably dropped a dish on the floor while preparing her a bento box for the day. Good ol' mom, she thought with a smile.

She quickly headed downstairs only to find her mother had already taken off for work. Her parents didn't have the chakra control - her grandparents figured it skipped a generation every so often - that she had been graced with, thus, they didn't get the chance to serve their country the way that she got to.

Team seven had started only a few days ago, their first mission - which should have been a bust - went over so well that they got the chance to take on more serious mission, even at the genin level. It was very rare, but given that kind of respectability felt good.

Today, Sakura wandered to the typical meeting place, expecting to receive a series of missions. Fate had a different plan for her, entirely.

Naruto woke in his usual position - a competely different one than that he had fallen asleep in - his feet hanging off both edges of the bed, one hand by his head, the other resting on his stomach. He snorted slightly before finally forcing himself out of bed.

The house was a mess, but then again, so was the blonde boys life. Why should he clean? Nobody ever visited him anyhow. It just defeated the purpose - he liked it this way anyhow.

I need to pack a lunch before heading out today. He mentally reminded himself of not only that, but to check the milk before taking a drink - last time didn't turn out so well for him in the end. The memory still haunted him when he walked past a bathroom. The smell seemed to loom anywhere there was a toilet.

Though in an empty house...it didn't really matter, did it?

Slowly, he packed his lunch for the day, yawning as he did so. Seemed he never got enough sleep nowadays - he had never been a morning person. At times, he wondered if either of his parents were morning birds or not - it hurt him to think of such things, but sometimes his mind just...wandered.

He stared at cup of ramen sitting in front of him; it made him smile. Ramen: something that was not only tasty, but uplifting. For him at least. Maybe Sakura likes ramen? His face automatically flushed with the thought of his crush accepting his invite to eat ramen with him - he snickered. That would be simply amazing.

The clock chimed, alerting the next hour had approached. He had to leave now, otherwise, he would be late.

Sasuke blinked a few times, the morning light hurting his eyes. His vision cleared, revealing the white ceiling - the one he woke up to every morning after passing out for the night; sometimes he trained too hard.

The house was quiet, as it had been for the past four years. Amazingly enough, he hadn't lost his mind...yet.

Stretching his sore muscles, he wandered to the kitchen to fix his lunch for the day. Kakashi would surely have some extravagent excersize for them to do together as practice. On top of his personal training routine before and after practices, things for him were tiring.

He grunted in pain as his knee locked up mid-stride. Yeah, kicking the tree last night wasn't too great of a plan, but if it made him stronger, then the price was never too high. So long as he didn't draw too much blood, that is.

The cracked wall crumbled apart a little more as he passed by. He would have to fix it...eventually. Right now, he had better things to worry about - so what if his house collapsed in on itself? It wasn't like it served any purpose nowadays. There were plenty of other houses on the Uchiha estate for him to live in. He didn't care.

His only care was to kill that man.

Team seven stood on the bridge, awaiting the appearance of their sensei. He was late. Again.

"Figures..." Sakura muttered under her breath. Naruto had resorted to sitting on the bridge's floor, his feet dangling over the edge as he overlooked the koi fish swimming in the small pond beneath them. How nice it must be to be a fish, no care in the world. Similar thoughts had lingered in his mind before - both when he was bored and when he was caught between a rock and a hard place.

"Yo." Finally, the gray haired man in question appeared in one of the trees above them. Naruto and Sakura both pointed at him, yelling about how he was late, as they always did. He gave some excuse about a bird getting caught in his hair - and didn't finish it, just like always.

"So..." Naruto drawled, "What are we going to do today?" Kakashi only stared at him.

"What do you know about the Chunin exams?" he asked simply. Naruto tilted his head; of course, Sakura knew - she knew everything it seemed. As she explained, Naruto looked at her like she was the most interesting thing in the world. Wow, Sakura-chan is really smart. "I signed you guys up this morning. The exams are in five days."

Five days? No sweat. Team seven was determined to excell.

"Hey Naruto!" Konohamaru, the hokage's grandson, called from one of the gates. "Come and play ninja with us!" Naruto smiled - sure his friends were at, what, half his age? But he had nothing better to do so he accepted the inviation.

The moment the affirmative left his lips, a ninja appeared behind Moegi, grabbing her and taking her hostage.

"Hey! What are you doing with Moegi, you big thug?!" The ninja was silent, allowing the girl to struggle against his grasp. He only laughed before running away with her, taking her deep into the forest.

Both ninja moved quickly thorugh the tree branches, not slowing their pace. The ninja was pleased - up until the blonde and orange blob called him a creep. That was rather pushing it.

When Naruto finally caught up, he had more words to spill from his brain down to his mouth. "Fat old guy" was one creative sentence to be spewed, more word vomit slipping before the mist ninja spoke up.

"What am I doing?" he snorted with laughter, "That's your question? Do you really want to know?" he laughed again, holding a freshly sharpened kunai to the poor girls throat. "If you move, the brats finished! The hokage's sealing scroll, bring it to me."

Naruto blew a raspberry, "and what if I say no?!" he snapped loudly.

"Then I guess you don't care what happens to this girl!"

"What girl?" Naruto said proudly, "All I see are two dummies. You and the one next to you." The ninja turned, gasping loudly. The substitution jutsu. Go figure, one of Naruto's favorite's.

Naruto and the trio took off before the ninja could follow. Moegi hugged her savior before telling her friends how scared she was.

Naruto was ready.

Five days...and I will begin to work toward the next level of ninja-hood. Sakura sat in a lookout bench in the center of town, pondering how to train over the next seven days to help prepare her for the exams.

"Hey." Arching a brow, she turned to look of her shoulder.

"Sasuke?" He smiled at her, she blushed. Why he was talking to her - and smiling, nonetheless - was beyond her, but while she had his attention... "What's up?"

"Let's take a walk." A dream come true, she was sure. And one she didn't want to wake up from. Inner Sakura cheered inside her head, pleased with today's outcome. One good thing after another!

They walked for what seemed miles before they finally arrived to the training grounds where they trained together as a team with their sensei. Mist covered the land mysteriously. Something was wrong - she caught it in an instant. Thankfully, her genjutsu had excelled past the beginner's level, borderlining expert for her age range.

"Sakura..." Sasuke muttered, walking further away from her, his back the only thing in her line of sight. Taking her usual stance - hands behind her back, hip cocked adorably, a smile gracing her lips - she replied with a questioning noise. "I want you to quit the Chunin exams." her features went from happy to shocked instantly. Before she could question his action, he turned to face her and spoke again. "...and you could lost your life..." he was cut off by dark laughter from behind him.

"You're telling me this because you care about me!" It wasn't a question, it was a statement. Just keep playing along... She continued to whisper inwardly. Sasuke blushed.

"I guess...you could say that..."

"Well, isn't that touching?!" A mist ninja appeared in his normal assassin garb, poised in battle stance atop the center cedar log.

Sasuke and the ninja shared small conversation before the Uchiha finally snapped. "Don't make me angry!" He took off at a dead sprint for the ninja, kunai in hand. The ninja in pursuit jumped high into the air, tossing an umbrella at him. Sasuke's kunai flew, hitting it dead center, sending a spray of kunai knives down upon him.

When the dust cleared, Sasuke lay in the grass in a pool of his own blood. Kunai's were scattered around him, some embedded in his body, some in the ground, others lay useless nearby. Sakura trembled, holding her hand over her mouth as his name fell from her lips in a whisper various times.

She ran to him, falling over his body, crying. The ninja smirked - she wasn't ready.

"Which is what you wanted me to say." she muttered, standing, all tears dried. Her face held determination and confidence in not only herself but in her ability to see past the illusion. "This is all an illusion. You, yourself, aren't even here right now."

"We'll see just how fake I am!" the ninja jumped back a few feet, tossing another one of his kunai umbrella's at her. Confidence glinting in her eyes, she walked directly through the weapon, smiling as it phased through her like a ghost.

"See?" the ninja chuckled before disappearing. Haruno Sakura was definitely ready.

Sasuke wandered the forest, working his way back to the inner half of the village to head home for the night. He had finished his training - he practiced longer than usual to help prepare for the chunin exams, so it was getting pretty late. The sun had already began to set for the day.

A twig snapped a few feet away, signaling the someone was following him. And whoever it was, they were in for a rude awakening - no one tracked Uchiha Sasuke.

The mist ninja appeared, laughing evilly. He was met with a bold punch and several weapons being embedded in his skin. Sasuke continued to punch and kick the attacker, not caring to stop and ask questions. The ANBU could do that in the hospital if it really came down to it.

With one final kick to the face, the mist ninja was down. "Stay out of our village." The mist ninja only groaned in pain.

He should have known better; Uchiha Sasuke was more than ready.

Hinata sat by the waters edge, admiring a certain yellow and orange koi fish from affair. "Oh...Naruto..." she sighed, a small blush plastering to her face. The Hyuuga was nervous about the exams being in a few days - she wasn't weak, but she wasn't strong either. How could she possibly stand a chance at surviving the Chunin Exams?

A strong hand patted her shoulder. Her senses told her it wasn't either of her teammates. She tensed. Someone had been watching her the entire time - she should have figured it out sooner; she probably would have...if it weren't for the oddly colored fish resembling the colors of her crush.

"How silly." she turned her head slightly, catching a glimpse of the ninja assassin behind her. "A puny girl like you wishing to take on the Chunin Exams!" he let out a bitter laugh as he pushed her aside. "You don't deserve the title of ninja!" She swallowed the sourness in the back of her throat, her heart rate quickening beyond her control.

Focusing, she took her battle stance. She was ready for whatever he had to offer on the battlefield - as a Hyuuga, she would not back down.

Kunai and senbon flew through the air, clanging together before falling to the ground, useless as some impaled the dirt floor. Hinata reathed heavily, struggling to keep an eye on the man in front of her. Taking a deep breath, she raised her hands, making the multiple handsigns to activate her Byakugan.

The ninja was quickly defeated, hitting the ground, unable to move. Hyuuga Hinata had proven herself worthy of moving on. Just like her teammates and squad ten had.

The moon shone freely in the clear sky. A perfect night for training, but Kakashi had other plans as he sat atop one of the various green rooftops of Konohagakure's houses. He didn't flinch when the mist assassin appeared behind him. "So, how did it go?" Iruka cut his transformation and took his true form.

"You were right." he mumbled hesitantly. "Everyone is ready for the exams; they have grown and have excelled phenomenally." He hated to admit it but he had to be honest. Kakashi was one of his friends - it didn't matter that he was one of the strictest sensei's in Konoha. "They're ready."

The hallways were crowded outside the doorway. A kid dressed in a green jumpsuit and orange leg warmers was knocked off his feet and into his teammates arms. The two ninja blocking the doorway smirked. "Hey! Let us through!" one of the genin snapped, causing their smirks to widen.

"If you can't even get through us, how do you expect to make it past teh chunin exams?" one of them laughed. The one boys teammate stood and made her way over to them only to be punched in the face. She stumbled back.

"That was harsh..." another genin muttered.

"HARSH?" the ninja laughed again. "You think that was harsh? The exam itself will be ten times worse than this!"

It was about then when team seven entered the hallway. Sasuke took a look around, asking the obvious question: "What's going on?" The girl in pink looked up from the floor.

"These goons won't let us in." Sasuke smirked.

"This isn't even the right floor. Sakura, I bet you noticed before all of us. Your genjutsu is the best of all of ours on the team." The girl in question was quite shocked from his praise, but quickly brushed it off and smiled confidently.

"Of course I noticed. I mean, this is the second floor after all." with that being said, all the other genin looked around, babbling in confusion. The genjutsu shattered, revealing the room to be 201 instead of 301, just as she had said. The ninja gaurding the door smirked. Team seven was as good as they heard.

Perhaps even better.