Hey everybody, my sincerest apologies for not updating in such a long time, but I have my reasons. Now hopefully their won't be many grammatical errors, but for those of you who are Language Arts freaks, please go easy as I don't study that in depth here at college. Also, Naruto will start to show a bit of his darker side in this chapter, along with Ino and Kiba.

Hyrulian Hero Akai- I hope you enjoy this chapter, and let me know it i misspelled anything again.

Fox of the Blood Moon- Hope this chapter is a little more active for you, if not let me know.

R-Rated- Thank you, and after I went back and re-read that chapter it was a little clichee but it works.

Sang28- I felt it could have been more energetic, but I couldn't figure out a good way to it, so I just put what you saw in the last chapter. You'll have to wait just a little longer to see the project in action and see Sasuke's reaction. Hope I'm not torturing you with the anticipation for them.

crystal Coronello- I'm still trying to figure out how I want the invasion to go, but I'll keep that in mind.

LimaSCP- No Kushina is not alive, and won't be appearing in this story. My apologies to everyone who was hoping she would be in this, but I just couldn't think of way to stick her in. However I'm open to suggestions on how to incorporate her into the story. Just send me your idea via a review.

BattleCharger- I am not doing a harem for this story, I'm still new to fanfiction and I don't think I'm ready to try that out yet. However if this story goes for as long as I hope it will, I'll consider changing my mind. And if you want to know who's in the harem, I'll put a list of candidates on my profile that you all can choose from, however it will be a small one if do decide to do one. Two or Three at the MAX!

Chapter 7- The Fun Begins

"ALRIGHT YOU BASTARDS SHUT UP AND PAY ATTENTION. My name is Ibiki Morino and I will be your proctor for the first part of the Chuunin Exams!"

Out the dust cloud that had formed when the doors at the front were blown open stepped a tall man that had was followed by at least thirty chuunin.

The man in the front wore a similar outfit to the chuunin behind him, a grey cargo top with lots of pockets and grey pants that were wrapped in bandages at the ankles. They only difference between his outfit and the many chuunin was his large high-collared black trench coat and the position of his headband, which was tied on like a bandana around his presumably bald head.

Ibiki stepped forward and let his gaze sweep over the assembled genin. He gave himself a mental pat on the back when he noticed that almost all of them flinched in fear. Though there were exceptions. He noticed a Sand team didn't even look bothered when he looked at them, and that a Leaf team looked bored out of their minds. Taking a closer look at said team, Ibiki had to hold back a laugh when he recognized the descriptions that Kakashi had given him. 'So that's the famed team 7 I've been hearing about. Based on their appearance, it's safe to assume that Kakashi is letting them go all out in the exams. Which reminds me I'll have to talk to them about that supposed new torture method the Hokage told me about; well let's see how they do under pressure.' Thought Ibiki before he returned to his attention to the reason he was here.

"Now as I said before, my name is Ibiki Morino and I will be proctoring the first exam. Now before we begin each of you will come forward and receive a number. This number will determine where you will be sitting throughout the duration of the written exam." Many of the genin present paled at this, and started running though whatever information they remembered from their academy days. 'A written exam, are you kidding me?' thought team 7 as they looked straight at Ibiki as if to say 'seriously?' Noticing the stares from team 7, Ibiki just nodded slightly with an evil smirk on his face, which served to scare the other genin while just annoying team 7 at the same time.

It took about thirty minutes, but after everyone had received their number and moved to their respective seats. Ibiki stepped in front of the blackboard with his back to the assembled genin and started writing some things on it before turning to them with his patented death glare.

"The first exam consists of a ten question written exam that you will have one hour to complete. Now before we begin there are a few rules that you need to know about; first is that there will be absolutely no fighting without my permission and if you are aloud than there will be no killing at all. The second rule is that everyone will start out with a full ten points and for every incorrect answer you will lose a point. Third is that whether you pass or fail is based on your combined scores with your team mates, and if one of the members of your team gets a zero, your whole team will fail!" This caused many of the already shaky genin to want to drop out now. "The fourth and last rule is that anyone caught cheating by the sentinels will lose two points for every time there caught, which means if your caught five times you and your team will be failed immediately. Also the tenth question will not be given until there are fifteen minutes left in the exam."

'Hmmm, not bad Ibiki, you live up to your reputation as the Mind Sadist. With the rules he's set up almost everyone present for a mental break down; giving them hope by started them out with a full score and then adding pressure to keep it with the point reduction. Add on more pressure with the combined score of our teams determining whether we pass or fail and most of the genin here are ready to quit and resort to anything to pass. Then you add the two point reduction for cheating and you have almost everybody mentally breaking down before the exam even begins. And knowing his reputation, the questions on this exam are probably so hard only the banshee, Shikamaru and I will be able to answer anything on our own.' Thought Naruto as he looked around for where the other rookies were sitting. Ino was towards the middle near the edge with the sentinels, Kiba was towards the back with Akamaru on his shoulder still. The emo was on the opposite side of Ino's row near the other set of sentinels, the banshee was a few rows in front of Ino, and Shino was a few rows behind Sasuke. Hinata was sitting next to him with Shikamaru and Choji towards the very center.

"You have one hour to complete the test, BEGIN!" said Ibiki who was smirking at how the genin scrambled to turn over their test and get it over with. Like Naruto predicted, the questions were well beyond any genin. 'Something still doesn't feel right, even if he wants us to sweat and panic he can't give an impossible test that no one can pass. What am I missing?' thought Naruto while he ran through everything Ibiki had said before realization dawned on him, 'He wants us to cheat, this isn't about the written test at all he's testing how well we can gather information in a hostile and pressuring environment.'

Naruto smirked slightly before activating his Byakugan and scanning the room for anyone who had the answers he needed. After a few minutes he found a Leaf 'genin' who was answering the questions like it was nothing. He started copying his answers while letting a smirk cross his face when he saw how the others were doing. Ino was using one of her family's more advanced jutsu's that actually connected the users mind to the victims and allowed the user to use their victim's knowledge as their own.

Akamaru was looking around and telling Kiba the answers from the people around him. Sasuke, Hinata and Neji had activated their kekkei genkai's judging from the chakra in their eyes. Shikamaru was using his own natural intellect to answer the questions while using his clans Shadow jutsu to make Choji mimic his movements while he answered the questions. He notice Gaara was using his Sand abilities to create an eye that was linked to his optic nerves to get answers while Temari was doing what Shikamaru was doing and answering on her own. Kankuro had left with a sentinel a few minutes ago that didn't have a chakra signature; it was safe to assume the sentinel was his puppet in disguise.

Forty five minutes into the allotted hour time frame, over half of the genin who had entered the exams had been eliminated; roughly just over a hundred genin were left. Clearing his throat to get the remaining genin's attention, Ibiki let his dangerous smirk cross his face before he played his final card to reduce the number of genin that might pass.

"Listen up bastards, it's time for the tenth question, so listen up!" by now every genin was watching him carefully and a large number of them in fear. "Now before we begin there are a few more rules that are unique to the tenth question. First, you can choose whether or not to take the question, and should you choose to accept the question and get it wrong then…YOU WIlL BE BARRED FROM TAKING THE CHUUNIN EXAMS EVER AGAIN!" The room seemed to freeze with this revelation; you could probably hear a pin drop from a mile away the room was so quite. "Now those of you who wish to stop now and take the exams next year just raise your hands, your number will be recorded and you and your team will be allowed to leave." Nobody moved for a few minutes before someone finally cracked and dropped out; this seemed to release the flood gates, as one by one the participants dropped out. After about five minutes of people dropping out, no one was raising their hands and the remaining genin all had stony determination on their faces, 'Looks like no one else is dropping out, 51 left about what I expected but still surprising.' "To those of you remaining there is only one thing left to do…and that is to tell you that you all have successfully passed the first part of the Chuunin Exams." Ibiki smiled a true smile that seemed out of place on his scarred face and made many of the genin shiver at the creepy sight.

Ibiki looked like he was about to say something else but before he could a black ball smashed through the window and unfurled revealing a banner saying 'The Super Sexy Proctor of the Second Exam Anko Mitarashi.' From the same window jumped a purple haired kunoichi who was wearing a very revealing outfit, a mesh shirt with a short orange skirt with a tan trench coat barely leaving anything to the imagination.

"Alright you maggots, don't think that just because you passed one measly little test means you're in the clear. You have twenty minutes to get to training ground 44 before the second exam starts. If you don't make it you fail then and there. MOVE!" screamed the now known Anko. Not willing to risk failing, or pissing off the scary kunoichi the room emptied the second she finished talking. "Well, I'll see you later Ibiki. Right now I've got some genin to mess with." With that she shunshin'd away with a sadistic smile on her face.

Twenty minutes later- Training Ground 44

Anko stood just outside of training ground 44, a.k.a the Forest of Death. She was showing a smirk that put Ibiki's to shame, but combined with the aura she was giving off all of the assembled genin were scared out of their minds, well almost all.

"So this is the famed Forest of Death; looks like fun," said Naruto so only his team could hear him. Ino, who was leaning into her boyfriend's chest, shook her head at his statement. Only her Naruto would say a giant forest obviously filled with deadly plants, animals and who knows what else would say it looked like fun. Kiba, who was chuckling next to his team mates with Akamaru by his side, couldn't help but comment on that.

"If it looks so fun, why don't you take Ino out on a date here after this is over?" he expected Naruto to laugh, or at the very least chuckle, instead he actually looked like he was seriously considering the option!

"Not a bad idea Kiba, I'll have to keep that in mind," said our favorite blonde, only to receive an elbow in the ribs from the blonde in his arms.

"Naruto Uzumaki if you even think of bringing me here for a date there will be no kissing between us for a month." Naruto got a panicked expression on his face when he heard this and immediately said he wouldn't bring her here. Anko decided at that moment to start the second exam, letting her smirk get a little more menacing she turned to face the assembled genin.

"Alright you maggots let's get started; behind me is training ground 44 also known as the Forest of Death." Sakura, who was standing towards the front of the group of genin, started shivering and mumbled something under her breath that only those near her and Naruto heard.

"It seems forehead is already shaken just from standing here, she won't last long in there," whispered Naruto to his team who chuckled slightly but nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, the scary 'Forest of Death,' please it looks more like a playground to me," said Kiba, his voice dripping with sarcasm. Ino would have doubled over laughing if it weren't for Naruto's arms around her. Said blonde was chuckling in a very evil and demonic manner that was scaring the hell out of everyone nearby.

Anko heard the comment and the reaction of team 7 and needless to say she was not happy. The killing intent she was letting off was causing many of the genin near her to lose control of their boules, or pass out from it, or both. She launched three kunai at the still laughing team 7 and shunshin'd behind them to have a little fun. What she wasn't counting on though was team 7 to turn her little plan against her.

Ino moved behind her and wrapped her right leg around Anko's right while holding a kunai to her spine. Kiba was beside her with his right arm around her left leg holding a kunai to her stomach with Akamaru on his back ready to attack. Naruto had unsealed Shinigami who had his right hand separate from his boy and tie up her torso and arms so they were behind her, he also his tanto pressed against her throat. Naruto was standing in front in the now trapped special jounin with the three kunai she threw at them in between his fingers with the tips dangerously close to her eyes.

"That wasn't a very wise decision proctor; had my team and I wanted to, you would be dead right now. We'll allow this one mishap to go by, but should you try a stunt like that again…it will not end well for you." As he finished Shinigami disappeared in a cloud of smoke while Ino and Kiba jumped away from the now twitching proctor. Anko shunshin'd back to the front of the assembled genin to continue with the explanation of the exam. What she didn't notice though was both Ino and Kiba slipping a white and brown scroll respectively, into their tool pouches.

"Your objective during this exam is to make it to the tower in the center of the forest within a five day time limit. However you will only be allowed to enter the tower once you have both a heaven scroll and an earth scroll." Anko reached into her pockets where the scrolls were only to discover them missing, sending a quick glare at team 7, she took both scrolls from one of the chuunin standing behind her and held them up for everyone to see. "Each team with be given either an earth scroll or a heaven scroll before the exam begins. Now before I forget, each of you will have to sign these waver forms stating that the Leaf village and more importantly me, are not responsible should you get injured or die while you're taking this exam." Once the forms were passed out, everyone seemed to realize just what they were getting into since most seemed too hesitate in signing the forms.

Team 7 signed their forms and went to get their scroll from the booth off to the side, followed shortly by the Sand Siblings. They got another earth scroll, while Naruto discreetly put a genjutsu on everyone present to make it seem like team 7 had walked away to find a gate to start at. The Sand Siblings exited the booth and noticed the real team 7 standing there waiting for them. Motioning for them to follow, Naruto lead the small group away from the rest of the genin, releasing the genjutsu once they were out of sight.

"What scroll did you guys get?" asked Naruto once they had reached two gates that were the farthest away from the still assembled crowd of genin.

"We got a heaven scroll, which one did you guys get?" asked Temari as she pulled out the scroll they were given. Naruto didn't answer, instead he took out the second earth scroll his team got and handed it to Gaara. Once he handed the scroll to his sister, Gaara turned to face his first friend with a look of understanding.

"Let me guess, you all took the scrolls from the proctor when you had her trapped didn't you?" he asked with a small smirk. Returning the smirk, Ino and Kiba pulled the scrolls they had taken from Anko earlier out of their pouches. "Very impressive, I look forward to seeing how much you've improve my friend." He put his hand out in front of him which Naruto took in his own and the two friends made a silent agreement to show the other what they were really capable of. Ten minutes later, Anko's voice was heard over the intercom.

"Alright you maggots the second part of the Chuunin Exams begins NOW!" No one hesitated, once the gates were open they all dived head first into the forest, determined to win.

With Team 7

Team 7 stood on a branch high above the ground planning their next move. They had split up from the Sand Siblings not long after they had entered the forest. Gaara said they would head for the tower, but not without having a little fun first.

"So Naruto, what's the plan? Are we going to the tower or are we going after the other teams?" asked Kiba who was petting Akamaru while keeping his enhanced senses alert for any possible threats.

"Neither, remember the lesson that Ibiki's test taught us. Knowledge is power and those that can acquire it the best will succeed in the end. We'll create some shadow clones and send them off to spy on some of the other teams while we spy on teams 8 and 10. Between mine and Kiba's senses and my Byakugan we should be able to find anyone we want," said Naruto getting nods of agreement from his team. Before he could say anything else though, he was interrupted by his blonde girlfriend.

"Naruto-kun, you told us you have the Byakugan and Sharingan but you never really told us how you got them. Since Kakashi-sensei's given us permission to go all out, it's safe to assume that you will be using them a lot more. Since we have a few minutes, could you please tell us exactly how you got them?" Kiba seemed to agree since he was looking at the leader of team 7 in Kakashi's absence. Sighing, Naruto knew his team mates wouldn't drop the subject until he answered them, so he prepared himself to tell them everything.

"Alright Ino-chan, your right; this could take a while so get comfy, but stay alert. I'll start with my Byakugan and Sharingan; before we started the academy I snuck into the Hokage's office and figured out who all was in our class. After I did, I sent Shadow Clones out to observe everyone, even you two, for a day. When they dispelled I learned a lot about everyone, but the last clone to dispel had a warning with it. That clone had followed Hinata and was spotted by her Hyuuga guard, who told a passing by Uchiha and they agreed to come and attack me. I managed to kill them, and with the help of Kurama I was able to transplant the specific strand of DNA that contained their kekkei genkai's into me." At this point he unsealed his Uchiha and Hyuuga puppets so his team mates could see them. "That's how I got my two dojutsu, but I have two more kekkei genkai's that are mine by birth. The first one was the famed Wood Style of the First Hokage and the second was the Water Style abilities of the Second. The First was my great-great-great grandfather while the Second was my great-great-great granduncle. I have almost mastered the Wood Style and have completely mastered the water control of my granduncle. Without these abilities I am about jounin level, but with them I am even stronger than old-man Hokage right now."

Ino and Kiba were silent, they always knew their team mate was powerful but never had they imagined that he was that powerful! His relation to the First and Second Hokage was a big enough shock, but learning that he could use the famed and feared Wood Style of the First and had the water control of the Second made both their brains shut down and reboot. Ino was the first to get out of her funk before she spoke to her boyfriend.

"Naruto-kun, I can understand why you didn't tell us before. But I am seriously glad you did before you were forced to use those abilities in front of us; if that had happened I would have thought I was under a genjutsu!" Kiba was still having trouble getting his jaw back in place, but he nodded in agreement with Ino's statement.

"Alright, enough about my past let's get moving." This seemed to pull them both the rest of the way out of their stupor and they nodded before they each made ten shadow clones and sent them to track the other teams. "We'll start with team 8, let's go."

Naruto was correct; between his and Kiba's sense of smell combined with Naruto's Byakugan they were able to find team 8 without much trouble and also managed to avoid being detected by Hinata's own Byakugan. They were currently crouching in the shadows of a tree branch near a clearing were team 8 was currently engaged with another Leaf team. From what they could tell, Shikamaru was the obvious brains behind the team, with his intellect it was hard not to. Choji was muscle of the team, his clan's expansion jutsu helped in that regard. Hinata was the obvious support, and if she could get over her shyness, the assassin of the team; hanging back telling Shikamaru what was going on around them and moving in close to finish the enemy if needed.

Naruto had his Sharingan activated and was committing everything about them and their fighting styles to memory. Shikamaru liked to hang back and outsmart his opponents with his strategies. Choji was a direct fighter, using strategy only when needed but relying mostly on his strength and clan jutsu in a fight. Hinata it seemed was to gentle for her own good, she preferred to try and disarm or neutralize an opponent instead of outright killing them. 'I don't even want to think of what would happen if she was ever truly in a life and death situation. Her thing for mercy will get her killed,' thought Naruto before he signaled to his team that they were heading out to find their last target, team 10.

They found said team in much the same fashion they had team 8, the only difference being they weren't nearly as effective as a team together and they were facing the lone team from Sound. Sakura was hanging back throwing a kunai every now and then when an opening presented itself. Sasuke was fighting against a kid with black spiky hair that apparently had holes in his arms, while Shino was facing the other male who looked like a mummy.

With Team 10 and Sound team

"These guys are pathetic Dosu, why don't we just kill them and go after that other Leaf team? That blonde brat looked like he might actually pose a challenge," said Zaku as he dodged another punch from Sasuke.

'Looks like we might have a fight on our hands,' was the shared thought of team 7 as they observed the fight from a tree.

"For once Zaku's right, we should just end this and go after that other team," said Kin as she blocked another of the kunai Sakura threw at her.

"Your right, let's kill these three and find that blonde and his team," said Dosu while he pulled his right sleeve up and revealed his Melody Arm. He swung a punch at Shino who just barely got out of the way; his attempts were all in vain however as he dropped to the ground unconscious with his ears bleeding. "Finish them off and let's go." Zaku smirked before he blasted Sasuke into a tree and threw kunai intent on finishing the stuck up emo. Kin followed her team mate's example and let loose a hail of senbon towards Sakura, while the poor girl just stood there frozen out of fear.

The Sound team all turned to leave when they saw their attacks hit their marks, only to whirl around when they heard the small poof that signaled a substitution. Sasuke was no longer pined to a tree with multiple kunai in his body; in his place was a log that fell to the ground. Sakura was also replaced with a log that looked like it had been turned into a pincushion. There was no log or other object in the place Shino had fallen, his body had just disappeared seemly without a trace.

"What…" Zaku didn't get a chance to finish as he suddenly stopped moving with a glazed look in his eyes. Dosu looked at his team mate in confusion that quickly turned to fear when he saw Zaku draw two kunai and stab himself in both of his shoulders. He made no outward sign that he felt the pain of the injuries until his eyes seemed to clear and he dropped to the ground screaming in agony with a quickly growing pool of blood surrounding him. Dosu's attention was torn from the sight of his team mate writhing on the ground by the sounding of his other team mate's blood curdling scream. He turned just in time to get sprayed with a shower of blood and guts that had once belonged to Kin before she was literally shredded to pieces by what looked like two tornados.

In a panic, Dosu tried to make a run for it only end up face first into the ground with multiple senbon in his legs. He twisted his head to try and find his attackers only to come face to face with the very team they were ordered to eliminate. None looked even the slightest bit winded yet they had managed to quickly kill both of his team mates, if Zaku sudden silence was any indication, and effectively cripple him for life.

"I believe you and your team mates were looking for us, well here we are. What exactly is it you wanted with us?" asked Naruto who was twirling a kunai around looking bored. Dosu was about to refute until he thought back to his current predicament, bowing his head in shame he started talking.

"My team and I were sent to this village under the pretense of partaking in these exams. However our true purpose here was to eliminate any potentially strong Leaf genin, and to test the last Uchiha. We thought we were going to have it easy with this mission until you three showed up and killed my team mates." He spat the last part with as much hatred as he could directed at the blonde before him. Naruto had a look of concentration on his face, he could tell by the tone in his prisoner's voice and his body language that he wasn't lying. However he was missing one crucial piece of information, who had given them this mission?

"Ino-chan, he's withholding information, would you be kind of enough to rip it from his mind?" asked Naruto as he turned to look at his girlfriend, a twisted smirk on his face. Not the least bit fazed by the smirk her boyfriend had, and allowing a similar one to grace her lips, Ino walked over to their prisoner and while performing a few hand signs.

"It would be my pleasure sweetie, Mind Assimilation Jutsu," said Ino once she finished her hand signs. Her right hand erupted with blue chakra before she placed her hand on Dosu's head, and let it sink into his brain. Naruto noticed that while Ino was doing this, Dosu's eye rolled into the back of his head and his body well limp with his death; no one can survive having their mind exposed to an outside chakra source. Ino had told him the Yamanaka clan possessed jutsu that allowed them to retrieve any and all information from a victims mind, even if the target was already dead. Ino kept her hand inside the Sound genin's head for a few more seconds before pulling it out and watching as the body fell to the ground lifeless.

"What did you find Ino?" asked Kiba from his spot kneeling next to Naruto while petting Akamaru.

"You were right Naruto-kun, he was withholding quite a bit of information. It seems that the traitorous snake Orochimaru has created his own village, the Sound Village, somewhere in Rice country. It seems he is also planning an invasion of the village during the finals of the Chuunin Exams; he has two main goals with the invasion. The first and main goal is to destroy the Leaf village and kill anyone who opposes his will; his second goal is to kill his former sensei, the Third Hokage." When she finished, she turned to Naruto with a look of concern when she felt his spike in killing intent. Her boyfriend didn't have many people that truly cared for him, but those that did he treated like family. The Third was the first to acknowledge him and therefore the one he was closest to; anyone threatening the Third would soon realize it was suicide as they would first have to deal with a very angry Naruto.

"If that bastard tries to anything, I'll make sure I have his head on a platter. We're heading for the tower now; we need to inform the old man of this turn of events. But first how about we humiliate team 10 a little bit, Ino-chan would you be able to put some fake memories into their heads?" Ino's twisted smirk in his direction answered his question clearly.

"What would you like them to see?" asked Ino as she approached the still downed team 10 forming more hand signs. Her boyfriend's response of 'Be creative,' had her smirk becoming even more twisted, and had Kiba chuckling darkly while Akamaru barked his agreement. "How about us rescuing their sorry asses and killing the Sound team and leaving the scroll sitting in front of them just to spite them?" her idea was answered by the combined dark laughter of her team mates who couldn't wait for their next meeting with team 10. "Shifting Memory Jutsu." Once again Ino's hands erupted with blue chakra as she placed her hands on top of team 10's members one at a time. It took her a few minutes to finish but once she was, team 7 left the area after placing the Sound teams scroll in front of team 10 before leaving towards the tower.

Well there you go everybody, let me know how I did. Again my apologies for not having this up sooner.

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