Naruto was walking home grumbling to himself. 'Geez, Sasuke is such a bastard. When will he realize that he needs to work with us?' He thought to himself.

When he arrived home, he opened the door and entered inside. It was quiet and eerily silent. Too quiet...

"I'm home!" He said.

"Naruto... " That voice... Oh no!

The feeling of fear and terror soon found it's way in Naruto's chest as he turned to face his mother. He gulped. There was a reason why she was called the 'red hot habanero'.

"Mom!! I'm home!!" He nervously stutterd out.

"Do you have any idea how late it is!?" She said her voice filled with anger and concern. Kushina was so worried! Where was her son?! Was he okay!? Was he hurt!? So many questions, She was just about to head over to Minato's office and demand an Anbu search party for their son until he finally showed up.

In this moment Naruto knew he was totally screwed.

"...Uh.." Was his smart reply. Too bad for him it was the wrong answer.

"Naruto!!" Said boy has never felt so much fear in his entire life before. He might have even wet himself at the killing intent his mother oozed out.

After being scolded and hit on the head. Naruto and Kushina soon began making dinner. "Hey Mom? Is Dad going to be home soon?"

Kushina sighs before smiling sadly, "I'm sorry Naruto, but you're father's really busy right now. The Chunin exams are coming up soon and he's really busy organizing the event."

"Chunin Exams? What's that?" The blonde boy ask in confusion.

"Didn't you pay attention at the academy!?" Kushina said before rubbing her forehead. Patience. She thought.

"The chunin exams are a way for a ninja to raise their rank and get higher paying missions. You must do many difficult challenges to pass the exams" She explains.

"Really!? I can't wait too be a chunin, Dattebayo!" Naruto said excitedly.

"But first, help me with dinner." Kushina smiled.

lll

Sakura was heading home with a bag of newly bought shuriken and kunai. She couldn't wait to use them for tommorow. While walking she accidentally crashed into something, though more accurately someone. The pinkette landed on the ground with her bag of weapons on the floor, the contents slipping out of the bag and onto the ground.

"Oh! I'm so sorry about that," A deep voice said.

Looking up, she saw a man with messy black hair and cobalt colored eyes. The man wore the standard jonin uniform and the Konoha headband was tied around his forhead. He had an apologetic smile on his face and a hand extended to her. She sat on the pavement and waved his appology off.

"It's alright mister." She says as she began picking up her weapons.

"Here let me help you," The mystery man said before helping her pick them up.

"Thanks, mister... ?" Noticing she was asking for his name he introduced himself.

"It's Obito. Obito Uchiha. And I'm guessing you're Sakura Haruno, right? Kakashi told me about his students" He said with a small smile.

"You know Kakashi-sensei?" She asked in surprise. She didn't think her teacher had any friends, beside's Gai-sensei.

"Yup, we were on the same genin team, plus you're my little cousins teamate." Obito answered before looking at his watch. He sighs before giving her a small smile.

"Well, I have a mission to do. It was nice meeting you Sakura-san. Take care of Kakashi and Sasuke for me, okay?" He asked before walking away.

"Sure thing, Obito-san!" The two bid their goodbyes and soon parted ways.

'She sure reminds me of a certain someone.' Obito thought remembering a certain brown haired girl.

lll

When Sakura arrived at the apartment, she was surprised to see her parents were home. "Welcome home, honey. How was your day?" He mother asked from the kitchen, she was cooking her favorite. Her father was sitting in the living room reading a newspaper on the couch..

It appears her parents arrived home after travelling for a few weeks. She never got to see them much, but she didn't mind.

"It was alright. I got to train with Gai-sensei and his team for today. Kurenai-san even taught me a new genjutsu!" She said.

Mebuki smiled at her daughter. She along with her husband knew she was training with Kurenai and supported her. They never understood the shinobi lifestyle but they still supported her regardless.

"That's great honey, could you help me in making dinner?" Her mother asked.

"Sure thing!"

Time passed and the Haruno family began eating. Sakura never felt so happy. She really loved her parents and she didn't know what she'd do if she lost them.

lll

A week has passed and nothing eventful happened. Sakura was still training with Kurenai and Gai and team seven completed a few low-ranking missions. Kakashi has told him that genins could only do D-ranks and B-ranks until they reack Chunin where they could get higher paying missions.

It wasn't until wednesday that Kakashi dropped huge bombshell on them.

"I've nominated you three to participate in the chunin exams." Kakashi said. He waited for each of their responses but nothing came.

Silence.

"What."

Author's Note:

I'm so sorry for not updating frequently, I had a pretty busy and hectic week.

But we get to see the Chunin Exams soon in future chapters and even had obito make a special guest appearance in this chapter.

edited on 5/7/19

edited on 5/14