Yuki whipped her head back at the sudden voice, her amber eyes widening in realization, ''I apologize greatly for my actions. I will willingly do any punishment you will bestow upon me.'' She apologized, bowing her head slightly.

The jonin sighed in response, ''You're forgiven.'' He replied tiredly.

''Sorry.'' The ninja that attacked that Yuki whistled, ''Just got caught in the moment, it's the first time I've been to a chuunin exams. I won't do it again.'' He looked at Yuki, his eyes portraying a different thought.

Yuki smirked at him, her amber eyes staring at him, in a challenging way. 'We'll finish this later.' She mouthed to up him, smiling triumphantly.

She walked back to her teammates, with a smug smile on her face.

''Close call, huh?'' Akira asked, a slight hint of playfulness in his voice.

''I guess.'' She replied, leaning her back against the wall. She scanned the room her eyes going over who seemed to be the weaklings and who didn't.

Her amber eyes widened a fraction when she saw a familiar redheaded girl walk up to hem, Yuki narrowed her eyes.

''Look what the cat dragged in.'' Yuki said, venom laced into her voice.

The redheaded girl sneered at Yuki, ''Looks like everyone from our batch is here, huh?'' She chuckled, ''Even the weak ones!''

Miki Takashi was a girl with short, red hair and looked exactly

like Akira, for she was his twin. Fraternal twin that is. She had a spitfire personality and often bluntly spoke her mind thinking no harm of the consequences.

Yuki looked at her, her presence seeming only inferior to hers in Yuki's mind.

The Arakaki flipped her hair, then smirked at her, ''Weak ones, meaning you?'' She replied, silently congratulating herself at the comeback.

''You must be mistaken, meaning you.'' Miki's teammate Kyota noted, then adjusted his round glasses on his nose.

''Nobody gives a fuck about what you think.'' Shot Akira at the glasses-wearer.

Kyota stuck his tongue at him, ''And what about you? You idiotic girl-obsessed gorilla!''

Akira pouted, then crossed his arms, ''At least girls actually dig me.''

Miki rolled her eyes, then walked to Neji, ''Hey, Neji-kun.'' She sang happily, ''I've missed those ruggish looks of yours.''

Tenten glared at her, then tugged at Neji, ''When will you get the message that,'' She paused, ''THAT NEJI WILL NEVER LIKE YOU!''

Rock Lee smiled, ''Now, now. Fighting is not very youthful!'' He shouted, shooting a pose.

Tan giggled beside Yuki, in a very feminine manner, mind you.

The proctor announced the beginnings of the first exam.

''You got that right.'' Yuki mumbled as she walked to the room, her teammates in tow.

Yuki banged her head quietly on the desk, these questions were way too difficult.

She closed her eyes, the veins in her hands glowing a bright amber, and two tattoos glowing on each of her shoulder, however not shown to others because of her kimono.

From under the desk, she manipulated the blood cells and blood in her eyes, letting her eyes zoom into a paper in front of her.

Quickly she jotted down the answers not dare peeking elsewhere.

She grinned triumphantly as she finished the last stroke. Then leaned back into the chair, as time ticked by, the sound of pencils moving against the paper decreased.

A Chunin keeping an eye on people in Yuki's row looked at Yuki quizzically, he was confused at her technique, since he didn't know her ways of cheating, he added a check mark next to her number.

Once everyone was done, the proctor then explained the last question, ''You have a choice to answer the question or not. Get it wrong, you'll never be allowed to participate in the Chunin exams again. It's your last chance to back out. Now or never. Backing out also makes your whole team disqualified.''

Yuki glanced at her teammates, their eyes were fixated on the proctor.

As more and more people left, a boy banged his fist on the desk. He gave a speech about following his dreams, encouraging other ninja to stay.

The Arakaki recognized him as the Kyuubi jinchuuriki.

After the speech made by Naruto Uzumaki, no one else made an effort to leave.

''Congratulations. You all passed the first exam.'' Ibiki Morino said. A slight aura of confusion hung in the room.

''What do you mean?'' A blonde girl asked angrily, ''Were all those questions for nothing?''

Ibiki shook his head, ''those were to test your information gathering skills.''

He then explained the meaning of the last question, however Yuki zoned out.

A crash echoed through the room, the sound of breaking glass and fragments of glass were on the floor.

A purple haired woman nodded, ''Why are there still so much?'' She questioned, looking at Ibiki pointedly, ''becoming a softie?''

Ibiki huffed, ''This is just a pretty good batch.''

The woman turned to the Genin, ''I'm your next proctor! Anko Mitarashi!'' She smiled evilly, ''Next stop, forest of death!''

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