Hey guys, sorry about the delay on the finished chapter, I can only hope that the teaser I put out was enough to tide you over until I finished the full thing. A couple of unexpected things came up, nothing major but enough to delay the prgoress of the story a bit. If things go according to pan I might be able to give you guys a small chapter on tuesday before school starts up the next day, most likely no more than two thousand words or so but hopefully enough to hold you guys off till the weekend when I really can update. If I don't have too much homework that is... Sighs sadly and shakes head

Alright everybody, due to a strong response from all of you about my choice on a Naru/Hina pairing, along with a very convincing argument from Kael Hyun, I have decided that I will try my hand at a Naru/Harem fic. It's my first so I'm not quite sure how I'll do, but if you offer me tips I will definitely take them into consideration. Kael was right about something else as well; hinata needs a huge personality makeover before she can be in the harem. This is something I've seen done in plenty of different ways so I'll jjust see where mine goes. Personally, I'm heading towards she spends more time with him and starts to feel more confident around him. Alright everyone, here's the chapter you've been waiting for, and at the time you wanted it, chapter six, the start of the Exams!

Sakura beatdown in this chapter!

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Team Seven awaited Kakashi's arrival at the bridge as they did everyday, arriving at eight o clock and waiting till at least ten thirty before the man finally arrived. The team went about their business as usual. Sasuke leaned against the bridge's railing, arms crossed over his chest as he brooded over more ways to gain the power to kill Itachi. Sakura stood to Sasuke's right, brushing the knots from her long pink hair, fist ready to pound Naruto should he attempt to insult the avenger. Which brings us to the blond himself.

Normally Naruto would take every opportunity that arose to insult Sasuke, but today he was busy. He stood at the bank of the river that the bridge crossed, he spear stabbed into the loose sand next to him. He carefully began concentrating chakra to the soles of his feet, taking a hesitant step onto the water, before groaning in disappointment when his foot only sunk into it. Toshin's voice echoed in his head.

"That's not how you do it! You wan't to get stronger for the exams, don't you?" He didn't wait for an answer, instead simply continuing the lecture."Water walking is different than tree climbing, you can't simply concentrate a set amount, you have to constantly balance the chakra you're emitting, using it to keep you buoyant on the surface. Water's molecules are always moving, flowing. A tree's are set in one spot so it's easier to walk upon. Now try again."

Naruto sighed, channeling the chakra and taking another try at water walking. He managed to take a shaky step onto the water, and this time his foot didn't sink. He took another step, but trying to keep chakra on the soles of both his feet was too much and he sank in up to his ankles with a loud splash. Sasuke glared down at the blond boy, not having been paying attention to what he had been doing, dismissing it as unimportant.

"What are you doing dobe? Trying to go for a swim before Kakashi-sensei gets here?" Naruto shot a glare right back.

"You remember how Zabuza was able to walk on water? Well that's what I'm trying to learn how to do!"

"Hn." Was Sasuke's only response before he turned away, going back to his brooding. Sakura walked over to the railing, she too glared down at the boy as he trudged out of the water.

"Naruto, quit being an idiot! There's no way that you could ever have the chakra control for water walking, only Sasuke-kun could ever be that great! Now shut up, you're disturbing him!" (I hate Sakura, can you tell?) Naruto didn't care about what she said, deciding that it was she who was disturbing Sasuke more. He took two steps out onto the water, this time managing to balance both feet on the water for a moment before sinking. Sakura was furious, why did that idiot always have to act up and disturb her Sasuke-kun? (Delusional isn't she?) She decided she would put a stop to it.

She stomped off the bridge, moving behind Naruto. Her fist was raised as she was about to punch him in the back of the head and send him crashing into the water. Naruto heard the air whistle behind his head and moved entirely on instinct, the instincts having been honed into him by his shadow clones. If you didn't react, you were dead, that was what he had learned. He moved quickly, his body not even realizing it was Sakura.

He tilted his head to the side, allowing her punch to sail past his head. The girl blinked, barely registering that her attack had missed. Sasuke watched too now, wondering what would happen as the boy always let her punch him. Perhaps he was finally done with allowing her to push him around. That rose Sasuke respect for the boy a few notches. In the instant all this happened, Naruto's hands shot up, grabbing her by the arm before she could pull back her fist.

He hurled her over his shoulder, sending her crashing into the water. Sakura let out a loud whoosh as the air was evacuated from her lungs. Naruto's body was moving purely on reflex now, there was no way to stop it. He let go of the girl's arm, kicking out with a foot and freeing his spear from the sand. He grabbed it as it spun in midair, pointing the dragon's horns downwards towards her throat. Naruto blinked, suddenly regaining control over his body.

"Sorry Sakura-chan, you startled me." He lowered the spear, stabbing it back into the riverbank. Sakura got up, forecing air back into hr lungs. "Naruto you freak!" She screamed, stomping off back towards her house to change clothes, they had another hour before Kakashi arrived. Naruto clutched his heart as she walked away. That had actually hurt. She had shot him down many times before but then he was only playing around to get her attention. But never had it hurt like this.

He sighed and went back to water walking, trying to block out all thoughts of the pink haired girl. Sasuke smiled as Sakura left, or at least smiled as much as someone like Sasuke can. "Naruto." Naruto immediately looked up from where he was beginning to try and walk on the water again. Sasuke had never called him by his name before.

"Yeah Sasuke?" Naruto asked. Sasuke had called him by his real name, he figured that the dark haired boy deserved the same.

"Why are you training so much? Is it the Exams that're coming up?" Naruto nodded and Sasuke smirked. "Like any amount of training could ever possibly help someone as hopeless as you." He said. Sasuke's respect for the blond had risen a couple notches but that didn't mean his thoughts of him had completely changed.

"Why you!" Naruto shouted, leaping up from the water and onto the bridge. He threw a punch at the avenger but Sasuke caught it easily, leaping backwards. He smirked again in that oh so annoying way of his.

"Well what do you know, the dobe has some skill." Naruto growled, ready to throw another punchand now regretting that he had left his spear down on the riverbank. Sasuke held up his hands, the smirked fading from his face. "Easy, Easy I was just kidding." Naruto blinked owlishly, staring in amazement.

"Are you serious, the great Uchiha Sasuke just deamed me worthy to mess with?" Sasuke only stared back, not saying at word. It was after a moment of silence that he spoke again.

"Do you think we'll be admitted to the exams?" He asked. Naruto laughed slightly in disbelief.

"Are you kidding me, it's a sure thing. I mean, didn't we just complete an A Rank and possibly S Rank mission? There's no way that Kakashi-sensei wouldn't recommend us!"

Sasuke nodded. "But how do you think we'll actually do?" Naruto thought for a moment before sighing and running a hand through his hair.

"To be honest, I have no idea. If the chunin exams are team exercises like most everything else we do, I'm sure we'll be fine, but Sakura, I'm just not sure. She has virtually no taijutsu, or genjutsu, and the only ninjutsu she knows are the bunshin, henge, and kawarimi, all of those only academy level techniques." He shook his head. "She won't be able to take care of the weakest enemy there unless she trains like crazy before the exams actually start. She's a fangirl through and through."

Sasuke nodded, knowing everything that Naruto had said was true. "And what do you think we should do about it? There's only a couple days until the exam starts."

"There's nothing we can do right now, we don't have the time to train her to even become a slightly competent kunoichi. With Sakura the way she is now, there's no way she can pass." Naruto's eyes suddenly brightened as he got an idea. "After the exams, or in a few days if we don't get to take them," He saw Sasuke glared at those words and shot an even look back. "It's always a possiblity Sasuke, But if we have time, we can take her to Tenten."

"Who's Tenten?" The sharingan weilder asked.

"She's a girl I met a few days ago when I was shopping for new clothes." He tugged at the shirt and pants. "Her and her family owns their own weapons shop, though they sell shinobi gear too. She's amazing with weapons and really knows what it takes to be a true kunoichi, she knows the risks it involves, and takes it seriously." He laughed a bit. "Not like your fangirls at all huh?" Sasuke raised his eyes to the sky, as if praising kami for this gift.

The was a large poof of smoke before them, effectively cutting off all conversation the might have been said. Kakashi crouched on the bridge's railing, porn held in one hand, the other waved at them. His visible eye was closed in what looked like a smile. "Yo." There was silence for a moment and Kakashi opened the eye, not hearing Sakura's usual banshee scream. "Where's Sakura?" He asked, confused, Sakura was always the first one there." At that moment Sakura came running up, panting for breath. She now wore a red dress that looked exactly like the one she had been wearing, but dry.

"Sorry I'm late Kakashi-sensei, someone," Here she shot a pointed glare in Naruto direction. The blond whistled innocently and looked away. "Threw me into the river and I had to go change because I was all wet." If Kakashi cared enough her would have rolled his eyes about Sakura's amount of care for her looks.

"Anyway," Kakashi continued, completely disregarding Sakura's comment. "I've come to tell you all that I've decided to recommend Team Seven for the chunin exams." If Naruto's grin at the news had been any wider it most likely would have split his face in two.

"Alright!" He screamed excitedly. Sasuke only smirked proudly, as if he'd been sure of their recommendation the entire time, though the tinges of a true smile threatened to push through. Sakura for the most part, simply looked like she was going to be sick. Kakashi pulled three slips of white paper from his jonin vest and handed one to each of the genin.

"Now, I want you guys to show up at the academy tommorow at 2:00 pm, that's where the first part of the exams will be held. Those of you that don't want to go don't have to, you can simply wait six months for the next Chunin Exams." Naruto's eyes narrowed slightly, from what he'd heard this was a team test, what Kakashi-sensei was saying now contradicted almost everything he'd heard about them. Kakashi continued on, oblivious to Naruto's thoughts. "I'll meet whoever comes at the double doors to the academy at 1:45."

He gave them all another glance. "I hope I'll see you all there, good luck, and train hard." Kakashi was oddly serious as he spoke these words, as serious as he had been when he had fought Zabuza. Team seven all unconciously stood straighter and Kakashi gave a slight, imperceptible nod. His team would do fine. With that he vanished in a leaf shunshin, leaving them all to ponder the information he had given them. Naruto turned to Sasuke, his grin only having lessened slightly.

"So Sasuke, you gonna back out?" Sasuke only turned away, looking back at the blond over his shoulder as he headed towards the Uchiha Compoud for some last minute training to sharpen skills dulled by D-Rank mission.

"Not on your life, dobe." Naruto's grin only got wider.

"Good, because you're one of the ones I want to fight the most." Sasuke only gave a small 'hn' and turned away. When he was sure he had walked a good distance away he broke into a small ghost of a smile, it passed so quick that many would think it had been a trick of the light, but it had been there.

"You've become very intersting dobe, I think I want to fight you too." Sakura only trailed after Sasuke like a lost puppy, once again asking him to go on a date with her. Naruto sighed as he watched Sakura chase after Sasuke again, not a clue in the world what it meant to be a real kunoichi, he had hoped that their experiences with Zabuza might have shown her that being a ninja wasn't just fun and games, but it seemed that he had been wrong. Without a backwards glance he hopped off the bridge, landed directly on the water, and walked to shore. He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn't realize he had done wate walking perfectly, even if only for a few steps.

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And that's the end guys, I know a lot of you were expecting a longer chapter an I'm sorry but right now it's 1:30 A M, the only time I could find to myself to right and I just got through with a days worth of grappling moves training, along with swimming for over two hours, so right now, I'm tired and I want to go to bed. But I love you all so much I decided to finish this chapter before I went to bed. Also if I kept going any longer this chapter would have escalated about another 2000 words and I really want to go to bed so, Hopefully I'll see you guys tuesday, if not earlier, but you know the drill, read and review.

As of right now this story had over ten thousand views, and 121 alerts, that 9 more than demon emergence, it's also rapidly catching up in reviews, which, going by real story chapters not the notices and stuff that I told people not to review, only has 67. So congragulations to all of you that have read and review, sometimes the only thing that keeps me going with my stories are the facts that those numbers increase each and every day. So thanks to all of you!

Sorry about any spelling mistakes I'm tired...