Yukihana: Welcome to chapter three of Konoha no Gogyou Tokage! I hope you like it.

Hisako: Remember, if the guy you want isn't on here, vote for him anyways. All SasuNaru votes will be purposely forgotten.

Yukihana: Also, a note~! I have now decided that there will be a MAIN CHARACTER DEATH during the Suna-Oto invasion. Besides the Sandaime of course. Also, this is not turning out to be a Team 7 bashing fic. I apologize to those who wanted that.

Shikamaru: 1

Shino: 1

Itachi: 2

Neji: 2

Kyuubi: 4

Yamato: 1

Lee: 1

Note: I have also made a new, better, summary;

Rising like a phoenix from the ashes of a dark childhood, Uzumaki Suzume will become the legend known as Konoha's Five-Element Lizard. This is the tale of one Kunoichi's rise to fame following a path of sweat, blood, tears, cussing, and chakra.

The First Test

Konoha no Gogyou Tokage

Just like she had vowed two months ago, a certain blonde beauty had gone shopping and bought a whole new set of clothing. And a few more…decorations.

Suzume now wore a white belly top and a skirt split at the sides in the same color. Underneath this she wore a short-sleeved fishnet bodysuit that went down to her knees. Her steel shin and arm guards were on, and she also wore fingerless leather gloves that helped her grip her sword. Over all of this she wore a black robe with the kanji for "fight" written on it in white. The blonde's hitai-ate was tilted over her Byakugan to conceal it, while part of the scar that had destroyed her original eye was still visible. Last week, the jinchuuriki had gotten a tattoo of a lizard that looked like Azami wrapped around her forearm. "Just for kicks" she had said when Anko asked her why.

The blonde walked behind Sasuke, next to Sakura, in the Delta formation that had been drilled into the trio's head.

The Uzumaki's eyes flicked to the sign reading '301' before narrowing momentarily. 'Genjutsu.' She realized a minute later. Looking to her companions, she saw Sakura's eyes spark with understanding and Sasuke's eyes glare at the poorly concealed illusion.

Returning her gaze to the door, Suzume saw two genin-age shinobi blocking the front door. Standing in front of them were Neji, Lee, and TenTen. Watching as one of them punched Lee she thought 'They must be concealing their true abilities. There is no way Lee would allow somebody to hit him like that if he was serious.'

Following her male teammate, the blonde pushed her way towards the front of the crowd.

"I agree." Sasuke said, responding to the things about the chuunin exams the genin pair had said. "But you should let us through and drop the genjutsu on our surroundings. We're going to the third floor."

The one on the left smirked. "So you noticed it, eh?"

The Uchiha nodded. "Of course. Sakura, you must have noticed it first, right? Your genjutsu know-how is the most advanced on our team."

The Haruno gasped. 'Sasuke-kun....' she thought. 'Thank you…' Sakura nodded and let out a small chuckle. "Of course I noticed a while ago. Because this is the second floor."

Suzume nodded, walking up to stand with her teammates. "Even I saw it. And I'm the worst a genjutsu in my year."

The sign melted, showing its true number, 201.

The genin with spiky hair smirked. "Hmm…Not bad…But all you did was see through it!" he said as he rushed forward, kicking Sasuke, while the raven responded in kind. Suzume was about to interfere when a certain Rock Lee jumped in between the two shinobi and caught both of their kicks.

Sakura choked in surprise. 'He's fast…he was able to see both kicks and then slide himself in between…amazing. He's a completely different person then the one who was getting knocked over earlier.

Sasuke eyed the genin warily. 'What's this...?' he wondered. 'Is that chakra in his arms?'

"Hey." Neji interrupted. "What happened to the plan? You were the one who suggested we hide our true abilities.

Lee's eyebrows twitched. "You did not sense the flames of Suzume's youth? Shame on you!"

Neji blinked, and turned to give the team another look. Eyeing the blond kunoichi, she gained another point for her ability to blend in.

Noticing that she was under scrutiny, Suzume raised one hand in a lazy wave similar to that of her original jounin-sensei. "Yo."

Neji nodded in greeting. "Hello Suzume. I didn't know you were participating this time."

The blonde shrugged in response.

Turning to her Uchiha teammate, Neji said hello as impolitely as possible. "Uchiha Sasuke. I've heard tales. None of them good."

Sasuke glared.

TenTen waved to Suzume before her team left for the first exams.

'Heh. That team…they're pretty strong…' Sasuke thought.

"Suzume! Sasuke-kun! Let's go!" Sakura said, pulling along her whining teammates.

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As soon as Team 7 entered the examination room, Sasuke was immeadiatly tackled by Yamanaka Ino, a blonde kunoichi wearing a purple shirt and skirt. Following were the rest of the second Ino-Shika-Chou team, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji. As Sakura and Ino started their usual bickering over Sasuke, Suzume rolled her eyes and covered her ears until they stopped.

"Yahoo! found you!" Inuzaka Kiba, another male wearing a parka and carrying his ninken partner on his head, called. Hinata, the shy Hyuuga heir, stuttered out a small hello, while her teammate Aburame Shino did not speak.

"Well well, looks like everyone is assembled." The Inuzaka said.

"Geez..." Shikamaru muttered. "You guys too?"

Kiba's feral eyes narrowed. "Ah, I see. All of the 9 rookies are taking the exam this year. I wonder how far we will all get…eh, Sasuke-kun?"

"You seem confident Kiba…" the Uchiha replied nonchalantly.

"Pfft. We did a lot of training. We won't lose to you!"

Suzume glared. She hated being underestimated. "Shut up! I can't speak for the rest of my team, but I won't lose to the likes of you!"

Hinata flinched at the loud noise. "Sorry Suzume. Kiba-kun didn't mean it like that…"

The blonde was about to respond when someone else spoke up. "Hey, you guys really should be quieter."

The speaker was another genin with white hair and round glasses. "You guys are rookies just out of the academy, right? Screaming like schoolgirls, geez…This isn't a picnic. Who do you guys think you are? But instead of that, look behind you."

"Behind?" Sakura muttered before doing as the older shinobi suggested.

Everybody but Suzume turned around, the blonde having already felt the killing intent the ame-nin had been emitting.

"Those guys behind you are from Amegakure. They have short tempers. Everybody is nervous about the exam, quiet down before you cause a scene. But then again, you're just clueless rookies, so I can't blame you."

There was silence for a few minutes before Sakura spoke up. "Kabuto-san, right?"

"Yeah."

"So this is your second time taking the exams?"

"Nope. My seventh. The chuunin exams come around twice a year, so this is my fourth year."

"So you know a lot about this exam, then?"

"Yeah."

"Impressive…" Suzume murmured.

Kabuto chuckled as he pulled out a deck of cards. "Well then I'll share some info with you cute little rookies. With these nin-info cards…They are basically cards with information burned onto them with chakra. I have four years worth of information on here…at least two hundred cards. Normally they look blank, but when I force my chakra into them, they will reveal their secrets." The white-haired boy said as he demonstrated the process.

"For example, here we have and easy-to-read graph that gives the basic breakdown of each village's participants." Kabuto said, flipping over a card that displayed a map.

"Do you have any cards on the participants?" Sasuke queried.

"…So there are some guys you're worried about. Of course. The info on here isn't perfect, but I have it. Even of you guys. Just give me the names."

"Sunagakure no Gaara and Konohagakure no Rock Lee."

"Oh. You know their names…this should be easy then…" Kabuto said as he shuffled through his cards.

"Show me." Sasuke said.

"Right. First is Rock Lee. He's a year older then you. Mission History: 20 D-ranks, 14 C-ranks…and wow, 2 B-ranks…That's impressive. His sensei is Maito Gai. His taijutsu has improved rapidly, but nothing else is really impressive. Last year he gained attention as a talented new genin. This is his first time in the exams, like you guys. Teammates are Hyuuga Neji and Ryuusei TenTen."

"Next is Gaara of the Desert. Mission History: 6 C-ranks and 1 B rank. Since he's from another country, I don't have any of his stats…but I do know that he came back from all of his missions without a scratch. Teammates are his sensei, Baki, and his siblings, Temari and Kankurou."

"Konoha, Suna, Ame, Kusa, Taki, Oto…there's a lot of talented youngsters out there. Otogakure is relatively new and small so you probably don't have to worry about them, but as for the rest…"

"So basically…Everyone's here…" Sakura said.

"Yeah." Kabuto agreed. "And like Gaara, they are all the elite genin of their village."

Suzume's eyebrow twitched as she thought of something. 'I'm about to do something really stupid aren't I…' she thought. 'Bah, whatever! Screw the consequences!'

"My name is Uzumaki Suzume, proud kunoichi of Konohagakure! I won't lose to you bastards!" she shouted to the whole room. "And if anybody's got a problem with that, the line starts right here!"

Sakura blinked. "Either she's really stupid or really brave…"

"Both" her inner persona said.

Shikamaru's eyebrow twitched. "I'm not sure whether that was a smart thing to do or suicide…"

There was a slight click on the floor as three shinobi rushed from their spots towards the back of the room.

The oto-nin with spiky black hair leaped up and threw two oddly-shaped kunai at Kabuto. Suzume's eyes narrowed and the blonde caught the projectiles on her finger by the holes in the center of the blade. Behind her, the bandaged one punched Kabuto, but luckily he dodged.

'He's fast…' Suzume thought.

Suddenly, the glass on his right lense began to crack before it fell out of its frame.

'Kabuto-san dodged the punch! How did his glasses crack?' the blonde wondered.

About three seconds later, some sort of aftershock hit Kabuto, and he threw up. After everybody was done being surprised, they eyed the Oto-nin warily.

Then, there was a burst of smoke. "Quiet down you worthless bastards!" Ibiki said.

Suzume's eyebrows rose. 'Who was crazy enough to appoint him as a proctor? This will be interesting…'

"Right. I'm Morino Ibiki, head examiner of the first test."

After seats were given, tests handed out, and rules outlined, Ibiki gave them the go-ahead signal.

Suzume flipped over her paper and looked at the first question. 'A cryptogram…good, I can do these codes…In fact, Ibiki and Anko taught me most of Konoha's codes…'

Fifteen minutes later, the cryptogram was finished. Looking over the other questions, Suzume swore. 'Son of bitch! I can't answer any of the other questions. Just what are you trying to pull, scar face?' the blonde wondered. 'The way of a shinobi is to use any possible advantage. Being honorable is for samurai out in open battle. With this many proctors watching….they expect us to cheat. So why not oblige them? While it is easier to use it uncovered, I can still use my Byakugan like this…'

Activating her transplanted dojutsu, Suzume looked around and started scribbling.

Sensing the displaced air signifying movement, the blonde moved her head out of the way just in time to avoid getting hit by a kunai hitting the paper of the person behind her. 'Sucka…' she thought.

'Only three people have remained completely calm through this…Suzume, that Gaara kid, and the Aburame…I guess I should have expected that. It's about time to start the question…' Ibiki observed.

"All right then…we will now begin the tenth question. But before that I must explain the added rules. These are the rules of desperation, created for those of you who have waited for this last question to salvage yourself. For this question, you must choose whether to take it or not."

After an outburst from the suna kunoichi, Ibiki spoke again. "If you choose not to, your points will be reduced to zero, and you will fail along with your teammates. However…If you choose to take it and answer the question incorrectly…you will lose the right to ever take the chuunin exams again! You guys had bad luck. This year, it's my rules. But if you are not confident you can answer the question, you can always quit and come again next year."

Sakura gasped. 'What a horrible decision! It's practically impossible to answer!"

"If you want to leave, just raise your hand."

Sakura thought carefully about her next decision. 'Suzume…When I first met her, I thought she was an annoying idiot…but she has changed…she was always yelling about that impossible dream of hers…Hokage…Suzume…for a change you should think of yourself and not others. What will you pick?'

Suzume rested her face on her palm lazily. 'Really, Ibiki? This was all you could come up with? That's just sad."

Five teams left before the jinchuuriki voiced her thoughts.

"You know, there is this wonderful thing called a field promotion, scar face." She drawled.

Ibiki's eyebrow twitched. "Brat…" he muttered.

Most of the proctors choked. Anybody that referred to Ibiki as scar face was as good as dead.

The statement had let out a fit of giggles from the chuunin prospects.

Surveying the room Ibiki thought about his next step. 'That Suzume…there's no point in drawing it out any longer'

"Okay then…To those that remain…You pass!" the ANBU said, grinning.

"WHAT?"

"The tenth question was those two options I just gave you. As a chuunin, you will have to make difficult and dangerous choices, but there are some that you cannot always take the easiest path. If you are not capable of taking that leap of faith, you are not fit to be chuunin!"

A millisecond later, one of the windows broke. A ball of cloth unraveled to show Anko.

Suzume blinked. 'Are they purposely putting the most sadistic tokubetsu jounin as head proctors?'

The Mitiraishi looked around. "78 teams? You've lost your touch, Ibiki."

The Morino shook his head. "Nah. You owe the number of teams to a certain blonde-haired, blue-eyed kunoichi."

Anko rose an eyebrow and looked for her jinchuuriki student. "I didn't know Suzume was participating in the exam." She said as her eyes landed on the blonde.

"Neither did I."

The Snake Mistress shrugged. "Whatever. I'll cut them in at least half with this next test. Anyway, follow me to the second exam squirts!~"