"Huff, huff, huff…" Sakura groaned. She had been training with Ino and Choji all morning. Ino smiled. "Good work! Formation InoChoSaku looks good. Just don't screw it up, Flathead." Sakura grinned. "I'm more worried about you, porker." Choji opened a bag of chips and started eating from it. "Anyway," Ino interrupted, "with this, we're invincible!" Asuma looked at Ino. "Don't feel so confident. These exams won't be as easy as you think." "That's right, Asuma, and also why I'm here." A familiar voice interrupted. Sakura turned towards him. "Kakashi-Sensei!" Kakashi kept talking. "I see Asuma hasn't told you. I will foresee your training for the remaining week until the exams. I am here to ensure you do well. Oh, and don't think it's exclusive to you three. I spent the last week with Kurenai's team, so they are just as prepared as you are. I was going to go to Guy's team, but he refused. Oh, well… I guess his team won't get to have chakra control as excellent as yours, will he?" Sakura interrupted. "But, don't I already have perfect chakra control?" Kakashi looked towards her. "Perfect? Not quite. Now to begin…"
When their training for the day was finished, Sakura went for a walk. I wonder how the rest have changed. Sakura unintentionally bumped into someone "Sorry." "It's ok." Sakura remembered the faint voice she just heard. "Hinata? How have you been?" "Ok, I guess… Neji's been leaving me alone, but I'm still avoiding him." Sakura grinned. "How are Kiba and Shino?" Hinata giggled. "Why don't you ask them? They're right behind me." Sakura felt embarrassed. She was so caught up talking to Hinata, she didn't even notice the two boys. "Well, how are you guys?" Kiba spoke first. "We're great! Our team has even developed a new attack, so watch out during the exams!" Sakura smiled. "Ok, then, Bye!" and Sakura hurried off. She still needed to find someone before she went home. There he is! "Hey, Lee!" Rock Lee immediately turned around. "Sakura? Have you come at last to ask me out on a date?" Sakura drop-kicked Lee in the face. "No way in hell, Bushy Brow!" "Aww…" Lee groaned. Sakura continued. "Anyway, how have you guys been?' I've been getting stronger every day!" Lee stated with pride. Just then, Mighty Guy stepped forward. "All three of these ninja: Rock Lee, Tenten, and Neji Hyuuga have exuberated great youth and gained much strength while you were gone." "That's great! But I have to go now." As Sakura was leaving, Rock Lee shouted a goodbye.
The following 6 days, team 10's training went smoothly. After that, it was finally time for the team to leave for Sunakagure to enter the chunin selection exams!
When the 9 leaf ninja, Haruno Sakura, Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji, Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee, Tenten, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, and Hyuuga Hinata arrived in The Village Hidden in the Sand, It was time for the exams to begin. Sakura looked around. She saw the three sand siblings, Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro, along with about 10 other sand ninja teams. There were also 3 entrant ninja from mist, 6 from rain, and 12 from stone. There's only 63 ninja? This will be a snap! But when she turned around, she saw over 50 more genin, all from different villages, ready to try to become chunin. WHY did I have to jinx it?
Sakura looked toward the front to the sand siblings. I wonder how they'll do? She turned toward Hinata's team. Good luck you guys. Then Sakura heard a voice. "Attention everyone, please face forward. For those of you too dumb to REALIZE that, cough YOU THREE RAIN NINJA cough," The three ninja immediately faced forward, embarrassed. "It's where I'm standing. Now listen closely. I am your first proctor, Soshetiro Mohiko. From this point on, all of you are under my command, and the Sunakagure chunin exams are commencing!" Sakura heard Ino loudly gulp. "Here is how the first test will work. See this red line behind me? There is another one 10km from here. You ninja will race there. But it's not that simple. Each team will start out with a special shuriken badge. When you pass the finish line, you must have 3 badges. This means that on your journey, you will have to fight other teams and take their badges. Because of this, no more than a third of you can pass. As for the rules, to pass, you must have three badges and three team members cross the finish line. Other than that, anything goes. Ready…Begin!"