My biological clock is ticking

Everyone's team leader came all except Squad fours. He was late.

"Oh come on where the hell is he?" Ryuzaki asked. Chichima and Itachi didn't say anything. Suddenly, someone walked in the door.

"Hey everyone. Well sorry I am late. I had some stuff to finish off." He stood in front of them for a moment.

"Well it is about time! I was starting to grow a beard." Ryuzaki held out his fist and looked at the guy at the door.

"Well it doesn't look like you did... so looks like I am not late. Well let's go team." He walked out of the door and the rest followed. Itachi and Chichima were last to leave the room.

"I guess we will be together for a while." Itachi told Chichima as they were walking.

"I guess." That is all she could say.

They reached a walkway a little ways off from the academy and sat on the stairs there.

"So, tell me about yourselves." They looked at him for a moment.

"Like what? Why don't you go first?" Ryuzaki asked.

"Ok, My name is Light Yagami. Let's see.... I like writing. Some of my hobbies would include, collecting minerals. My dreams would be... that I do a good job in teaching to become great ninja. Why don't you go Ryuzaki. Just tell us your name, things you like and things you don't like, Hobbies, dreams for the future."

"Um... Well my name is Ryuzaki Hakuri. I like solving mysteries. I really don't like shallow people that never say anything." He slightly stared at Itachi. "Um... Some of my hobbies would be... um...I am not sure. My dream is to become a member of the ANBU black ops."

"Very good. How about you Itachi." Itachi sat there then spoke.

"My name is Itachi Uchiha. I like training and don't personally like preppy people. That is all I fell like saying."

"Ok, Chichima." Chichima looked up at him.

"My name is Chichima Hatake. Things I like and don't like? Well... I don't feel like telling you that. Hobbies. I have lots of hobbies. Dreams for the future? Well I don't feel like telling you that either." Light looked at her for a moment. 'Wow she is just like her brother.' He thought.

"Ok, well now that we know a little about each other. Let's continue."

"But they didn't even say anything except for their names." Ryuzaki yelled out. Light just started to walk off and headed for the training field. Every one followed.

They approached the training field.

"Ok, everyone. Tomorrow we start our first real training. Don't eat anything tomorrow, or else you will throw up during training." He stated as he smiled at them. They did not smile back. Light walked off and left them standing there.

"Ok! Let's go team!" Ryuzaki yelled out. Itachi and Chichima walked off, leaving him standing there.

(Next Day)

Ryuzaki, Chichima and Itachi gathered in the training field waiting for their sensei to come. They waited for a good half hour.

"Man I'm hungry." Complained Ryuzaki. Just then Light popped in.

"Hey guys. I am glad you came. Ok, let us get started." He reached in his pocket and pulled out two bells.

"WHAT HAPPENED WE HAVE BEEN WAITING HERE FOR HOURS STARVING!!" Ryuzaki complained. Chichima slapped him on the head then crossed her hand over her chest. Ryuzaki grabbed his head in pain. "OWWW!! What was that for?" Chichima just sighed as Light continued.

"This is called the bell training. The object is to grab the bells, obviously. So... once you get the bells, if you do, the ones who retrieve them will get lunch." He pointed over to three lunches sitting on a stone. 'So it isn't because we would throw up, it is so we do our best.' Itachi and Chichima both thought.

"Alright let's do this!!" Ryuzaki took a fighting stance and was ready to charge.

"Ok, let us be-" Ryuzaki charging at him cutting him off. Ryuzaki tried to throw a punch, but as he was about to land it, Light was at his back with a kunai at his throat.

"I didn't even say start yet. No need to be hasty." Chichima and Itachi watched and were amazed by his speed.

Light released Ryuzaki. "Now you may begin." He told them. Chichima and Itachi didn't move. Ryuzaki on the other hand jumped in the air and threw a kunai. When he looked to see if the kunai landed, Light was at his back again in the air about to hit him. Chichima quickly grabbed some water from the near by lake with her newly found abilities, grabbed Ryuzaki from Light's attack. Light stared at her, but she had no emotion on her face.

"I see." Itachi said. 'So this is a test of our team work is it?' Itachi thought as he looked at Chichima.

"There are three types of Jutsu, I will now demonstrate the first." He jumped in front of the three of them and started using some Taijutsu. Chichima and Itachi were able to block them, but Ryuzaki was not. He landed by a tree.

"Taijutsu. Impressive, but let me show you some ninjutsu." Chichima started making really fast hand signs as a large wave came. Itachi jumped in the air to avoid the wave. Light stood there for a moment, then did the same.

"Hmph, is that all?" Light looked at her with pity. She laughed as she raised her hands above her head as she sprang in the air.

"You're underestimating me." She moved her hands in a circular motion as the water sprang at Light. His eyes widened as he saw the water approach him. As the water headed for him he tried to block it, but she moved her arms out to her sides and the rest of the water came and enveloped around them. Itachi stared in amazement.

"Impressive. You-" He was cut off by the water slamming him to the ground. He got up as the water went away. Chichima stood there for a moment with a smile on her face as she saw her wet sensei standing there.

"I think this is as good as done." She held out her hands and made fist with them. All around the water froze. Even the water that drenched Light. He started squirming to get out of it, but he could not budge with the ice enveloping him. He stood up against the tree frozen.

"Hmph. If that is all you have, why are you here?" She looked as he smiled.

"The next jutsu..." She jumped back as his body disappeared.

"Genjutsu." Itachi said as he stood next to Chichima and Ryuzaki. A smile tugged on Itachi's lips. He new genjutsu very well. He closed his eyes for a moment then opened them. His eyes were red. Chichima stared at him as he ran toward Light. Light went to take a swing at Itachi, but missed.

"What?" Light looked up and saw Itachi over him about to hit him. Light jumped out of the way only to get hit in the face with Itachi's clone. Light flew back to the trees. 'Damn. These kids are good. I shouldn't have expected less from an Uchiha.' Light thought as he made a hand sign and fire shot at Chichima. Itachi tried to run over to here, but wasn't able to get there quick enough. As the fire shot at Chichima she raised her hand to make the water a defensive shield, but when she went to, the fire started to come faster and it circled around her body making it look like a large fireball. was enveloping her body.

"Chichima!" Itachi screamed as he saw the fireball that enveloped her. Then Chichima's eyes began to glow. The fire became fiercer as it shot off toward Light. Light jumped out of the way, but the fire still came at him, like it was controlled and it was. As the fire cleared from around Chichima, she jumped in the air with Itachi and the fire followed Chichima and her glowing eyes. Itachi saw them and looked confused. 'What type of eyes are those?' He asked himself.

Itachi and Chichima both retrieved a bell and landed on the ground. Light landed on the ground with a thud and looked at them in amazement. 'How? How could they have beaten me? I don't understand. They're genin.' He tried to stand, but fell back. When Chichima hit him, it makes a huge impact. When Light finally stood up he walked over to Chichima, Itachi and Ryuzaki who was looking bummed that he did not get a bell. Chichima's eyes went back to normal as she fell to the ground.

"Chichima!" Itachi caught her.

"What happened?" Light and Ryuzaki asked at the same time.

"Ok, I will take her to the infirmary you tw-" Itachi cut him off.

"No, I will take her." He picked her up and ran to the infirmary.

"So what does this mean?" Ryuzaki asked his sensei.

"I guess we will continue training later. You are dismissed. They both left the training field.

Itachi ran in the infirmary. The nurses ran up to him and took Chichima to a room. They laid her down on the bed and began looking her over. Itachi stood in the doorway not saying anything. They started to change her clothes.

"Um... you are going to have to wait out there." The nurse asked him.

"Oh... I don't mind waiting here." He looked at Chichima, then turned away noticing why they told him to step out. He walked in the hallway and sat down on a bench.

"You are all set to come in." The nurse told Itachi. He jumped up and walked in the door. He sat in the chair next to Chichima. Her eyes started to flutter open as she saw Itachi sitting next to her. She smiled. He stood up and walked over to her bed. He sat on the edge of it and looked in her eyes.

"Hey, how are you feeling?" He asked her.

"I... I am ok. What was that?" She asked him.

"I was actually going to ask you the same thing." She tried to sit up, but Itachi pushed her down.

"You should take it easy. What ever that was, you used all of your energy, but not any chakra. I don't really understand it." She stared at him for a moment then looked out of the window. The nurse walked in and checked her out.

"I am not sure what happened, but it seems like you are fine now."

"Does that mean I can leave?" Chichima asked her.

"How are you feeling?" The nurse asked.

"I feel fine."

"I don't see why not then." Chichima started to get up and Itachi grabbed her.

"I got it. Thank you though." He let go of her and stood up. She sat up and started to put her clothes on. Itachi turned his head to give her privacy. When she was done they walked out of the infirmary.

"I thought we weren't friends anymore." She asked him. He looked at her and said, "You're my teammate." She looked down. "Oh." Is all she managed to say.

"So... when are we resuming training?" She asked him.

"I am not sure. Probably tomorrow. Why don't you go home and rest?" He looked at her and she stared back.

"I am ok, really. Do you want to do something?" She looked into his eyes while she asked.

"Um... you really should get some rest." She didn't want to fight with him over something so stupid so she started to walk to her house. He followed her to the door and walked in with her.

"I think I got it from here if you want to go home." She laughed a little.

"Oh. Ok." He walked off.

Chichima walked over to her room and sat on her bad. 'Maybe Kakashi knows what that was. I need to know. I can't sleep like this and I certainly can't lock it in a box.' She thought to herself before she got up and walked to the door.

She stepped out and walked towards the Hokage's mansion. It was getting dark out again and she kept thinking about that noise and if it had to do with what happened earlier. Before she reached the Hokage's mansion, she decided to stop by the training field. She wanted to see if there was anything around that caused that. She searched aimlessly not knowing what to look for. She didn't find anything so she left.

As she approached the Hokage's mansion she saw some one looking down at here from the top of the building. 'I wonder who that is.' She continued to walk toward the Hokage's office. *Knock, knock*

"Come in." A voice said quietly. Chichima stepped in and saw someone jump out of the window.

"Chichima? What are you doing here this late?" The Hokage asked questioningly. Chichima stepped in further.

"I was wondering if you knew when Kakashi would get back today."

"Oh, he should be back right now. Why don't you go home and wait for him there." He nodded his head and continued with his paper work.

"Hai." She said softly.

She approached her house and saw that the lights were on. 'Hmmm... He must be home.' She stepped in.

"Kakashi?" No answer. "Hello?" She searched all over the house, but didn't find him. 'I don't remember leaving the lights on.' She went to her room and closed the door behind her. She sat on her bed and meditated for a moment to clear her confused head. She often did this when she was confused, or frustrated. Just then she heard a noise coming from the kitchen. She got up and walked towards the kitchen. Again no one was there. 'Strange.' She left the door open and continued meditating. Eventually she fell asleep.

When she woke up in the morning she walked in the kitchen to find Kakashi shoving his face with food.

"Brother?" She squinted her eyes.

"Good morning Chichima." He greeted her with pleasure. "How are you?"

"Um... I will let you know." She replied sleepily.

"Oh, the Hokage said you need to see me. Is something wrong?" He asked knowing she might not be in the mood to talk.

"Oh, yeah. Maybe later. I have to go to the training field. Busy day you know."

"mmhum." He stood up and walked over to her. He put his hand on her shoulder. "I am proud of you, you know."

"Thanks Kakashi." She turned around, ran in her room to get changed and walked to the training field.

"Hey Chichima." Ryuzaki yelled out.

'Please tell me he is not talking to me.' She thought as she fake smiled. She saw Itachi standing there not saying anything. And of course, no sensei.

"Let me guess, he is late again?" She noted.

"Yup." That was the first thing Itachi said and the only thing for a while. They all stood there for a moment until out of no where Light sensei popped in.

"Hey kids!" He yelled with enthusiasm. Itachi didn't look at him, but closed his eyes. Chichima gave Light the evil eye. "Hey, hey now." He stared at Chichima then looked away from her death glare.

"Today we have been assigned a mission in the land of rivers. We will leave momentarily, so make sure to pack accordingly." Everyone looked at him with blank stares.

"I thought we were training today?" Ryuzaki pointed out.

"Yes, this is training. I need to get you ready for the chuunin exams. We have only been on a few missions."

"Yeah some rin-ki-dink missions." Ryuzaki stated very softly so no one could hear. "Well let's go team!!" Ryuzaki yelled out.

The team headed to the Gate and were ready to head out.

"So... what is our task?" Chichima asked.

"This is a C rank mission. We are to capture This man." Light showed them a picture of a man with a beard and a sword in his hand. "He is said to be dangerous, so this might turn into a B rank mission. So keep your guard up."

They headed for the land of rivers. Once they were about to reach the boarder they were attacked. Three kunai shot at Light and he dodged them. Itachi fired up his sharingan as he plunged at the enemy. Wounding all of them at incredible speed. Chichima stood there in awe. Itachi continued to walk to the boarder and everyone followed.

'The Uchihas are better than I thought.' Light thought to himself.

They walked in to the nearby village and found a guy that matched the description on the photo. they walked up to him and he stared at them blankly.

"Can I help you?" He asked them.

"Yes, as a matter of fact, you can." Just as Light said that, the man started to run. Chichima jumped in the air and saw a water bucket sitting on the side of the walk way. She moved her hands and the water spilt all over the walk way. She stood by it just as the man was running towards the water mess. She blew on the water and is froze. The man ran through it and fell unconscious.

"You didn't think you would get away that easy, did you?" Chichima picked him up and walked back to the rest of the team.

"Good job. Our mission is complete now." They headed back to the village and handed the man into the authorities.

"Meet me at the village gate tomorrow for our next mission. Dismissed!" Light vanished.

They continued to do some C rank missions and an occasional B rank.

"Wow that is a lot of missions we have been on." Ryuzaki complained.

The stood by the training field and waited for Light to come. Of course his tardiness hasn't changed in a year.

Just then he popped in.

"Well I have some good news for you all." He stated.

Everyone stared at him in confusion. 'Since when did he have good news to tell us, or want to tell us is more like it.' They all thought. Itachi closed his eyes and just stood there waiting for him to continue. Ryuzaki was waiting impatiently and Chichima could really care less.

"I just signed you all up for the chuunin exams."

"WHAT?!?!?" Ryuzaki screamed at the top of his lungs. Itachi opened his eyes and stared at Chichima who was watching Light scold Ryuzaki for breaking his ear drum.

"I have found you guys have made some great progress and I think you are ready to take on the exams. Now You don't have to do it if you don't want to. I just recommended it. Here are the forms that you need filled out by your parents, or guardians." He handed them the forms. "Bring them back when you take the exams. That is all for today. Remember it is your choice." And with that, he left.

"Are you going to chicken out Itachi?" Ryuzaki asked.

"Hmph." Itachi vanished.

"So... Chichima, are you doing it?" He raised his eyebrows as he looked at her. She rolled her eyes and vanished.

"What did I say?" He vanished as well.

(In Chichima's house)

Chichima walked to the fridge while putting the form on the dinning room table. She opened the fridge and grabbed something to eat.

"So, Chuunin exams already?" Kakashi walked in and picked up the form on the table. "You seem a bit young for them. Let's see how old are you again?"

"Ha ha. I am almost 10. Give me a break." She made them both a sandwich as they sat down at the table.

"Itachi, how old is he?" Kakashi asked.

"He is 10 as well I think. He doesn't really talk to me that much anymore. I am not really sure why."

"I see. Well are you doing them?"

"Of course. I can take them on." She got up and put her plate in the dishwasher. "Not to sound cocky, but I did graduate within one year and at second in my class." She nerrowed her eyes at the orange juice she was holding. 'I can't believe Itachi beat me. *sigh*'

"I see. So... what do you want to do for your birthday?" Kakashi asked as he got up.

"My Birthday?"

"Yeah, your birthday is in a week. What do you want to do for it. The big double digits." He smiled.

"Right. Nothing special. It is the day before the exams right?" She asked him.

"Let me check." He walked in the other room then came back. "Actually, it is the day of the exams. We could celebrate it earlier if you want to.

"No that's ok. I don't really need a birthday." He raised one eyebrow at her.

"What make you say that?" He asked questioningly.

"I just don't want one."

"Ok, well that is your decision. But if you change your mind..." He walked out the door.

She sighed as she walked to her room. She sat on her bed and stared out the window. 'What is up with brother. He seems like he is hiding something from me, but what?' She fell asleep.

One week had passed and she jumped up from the dinning room table with her form in hand and ran to the meeting place. The Chuunin exams were being held in Konaha this year. She met up with her team and saw that Light was actually there this time.

"I am so glad you guys all decided to come. You need all three of you to enter the exams. Good luck to all." With that he vanished.

"Another trick..." Chichima pointed out speaking lightly.

The three of them walked into the exams and saw a group of people waiting at the door.

"What the?" Ryuzaki stared at the group and saw two people blocking the door. Itachi sighed as he stepped forward.

"You do realize this isn't the floor of the exams. They are trying to fool you. Genjutsu actually." Itachi walked off and Chichima and Ryuzaki followed. The group stared at them and followed as well.

"Hmph. They saw right through our genjutsu. That must be the Uchiha." The two jonin told each other as the vanished.

'I can't believe I am being shown up by an Uchiha. Calm down Chichima. Face the facts. You knew that was genjutsu, but Itachi specializes in that. Just leave it.' Chichima thought to herself.

They enter the exam room and took their seats.

"Welcome to the first part of the Chuunin Exams. This is the written exam you must complete. There are nine question and in the last ten minutes I will give you a tenth question." He handed out the exams to everyone.

'What kind of questions are these?' Ryuzaki thought to himself as he stared at the piece of paper in front of him.

"Anyone who gets caught cheating three times, the whole team will be dismissed from the room." He slightly pointed to the people who were surrounding the outskirts of the room with clipboards in hand. "You may BEGIN!"

Everyone began to write on their paper. Chichima looked around the room secretly then looked down at the complicated questions on the paper. 'There is no way anyone could answer these. There has to be a catch.' She thought to herself. 'I got it! Thats the key. It isn't about knowing the answers, but about cheating and the ability to not be caught. I see. I just hope everyone else figures it out. Especially Ryuzaki.'

'I see. So this is about not getting caught cheating. Hmph. Sharingan!' Itachi fired up his sharingan and watched the pencil movements of the people around him as he wrote down the answers.

Chichima sat there for a moment and thought about how not to get caught cheating. She watched the peoples movements of their pencils and began to figure out slightly what they were writing. But how. She looked down at her paper and one of her eyes turned red. 'I don't understand. How?' She was developing a sharingan in her left eye.

She concentrated on the person in front of her and found out a couple answers. 'I sure hope ryuzaki gets it. I know Itachi will.'

"Ok, put your pencils down." The teams that were left dropped their pencils. "It is time for question Ten. You have a choice not to answer it. The catch is if you answer it and get it wrong, you go back to the academy and stay a genin forever. If you back out, you can still have a chance. What is it going to be."

Many teams backed out, but Itachi, Chichima and Ryuzaki decided to stick it out.

"I see." He looked down at the ground for a moment. "Congratulations! You pass the first part of the test." Every one had a confused look on their faces.

"The question is whether you have the guts to stick it out and not back down. This is a ninja exam people. Do you really think anyone can answer those questions. Heck I don't think I could." He laugh at his own remark. Three people started standing up as he spoke again. "These three people are not actually in the exams, but they were given all of the answers. You have to have someone to cheat off of." He laughed again.

Just then a woman comes crashing into the room, smashing the windows in as if they weren't there.