A Brother's Return
Ch.6
Speaking: normal.
Thoughts, flashbacks, and notes: italicized
Jutsus, summons, witch language, demons, etc…: bold
Summons's and demon's thoughts: bold italicized
Disclaimer: I do not Naruto. If I did, Itachi would've killed Orochimaru at the first chance.
Kakashi was currently training his gennin team for the exams, when Cairo appeared out of nowhere. He then looked at the jonin and said, "I take it you're training them for the exams."
Kakashi just nodded and said, "While your brother's soaking up my lessons like a sponge, the other two are terrible. Sasuke has an attitude problem like no other and Sakura is nothing more than a blinded little fangirl. If they survive the exams, I'll give up reading Icha Icha for a month."
Cairo just shook his head and said, "You won't have to worry too much about them. I'll be sending in a team from home to keep watch over Naruto and the morons."
Testing day…
As Team 7 approached the second stairway, they were stopped by an ensuing fight. A girl with buns in her hair said, "Please let our teammate go. We just want to enter the testing room."
The boy holding the leg of the one wearing spandex said, "You should consider this an act of mercy, girl. I've seen stronger people than you die in these exams."
Sasuke decided to make himself known by saying, "Drop the genjutsu on the door and let us through."
A female's voice said, "You really are an idiot, boy. That genjutsu was to weed out the weaker competition. Now we'll be dealing with twice the opponents."
Team 7 turned around to see a girl with black hair, purple eyes, and orange skin. She then looked at Naruto and said, "It's a pleasure to finally meet you, Naruto-sama. My name is Karina Anders, but everyone calls me Blackfire. These are my teammates; my sister Kori, who we call Starfire, and our friend Garfield Logan, who we call Beast Boy."
Garfield sneered and said, "The name is Mark. You know I don't like being called by my first name."
Naruto just looked confused and said, "How do you know me, and why did you call me Naruto-sama?"
Karina just chuckled and said, "While I can't tell you about that, I can tell you that you'll find out in due time. Your brother has a surprise that's going to rock Konoha to the core."
With that being said, their team tried to walk away from the group, but was stopped be the Uchiha. "Who are you three and what village do you come from?"
Kori just pointed her thumb to the headband hanging from her neck. It had a picture of a full moon enshrouded by clouds. She then said, "All you need to know is that we have no intention of leaving Konoha as a genin team."
Testing area…
After a brief conversation with Kakashi, Team 7 made their way into the room. Upon entering, Sasuke was immediately glomped by Ino Yamanaka. Sakura then said, "Get off of Sasuke-kun, Ino-pig."
Ino just stuck her tongue out at Sakura and said, "What's the matter, billboard brow. Are you afraid that Sasuke-kun might like a real kunoichi more than you?"
Shikamaru yawned and said, "To be honest Ino, both you and Sakura are talentless as ninja. How you two have made it this far is amazing."
The two fangirls were about to reply when someone said, "You should keep it down, guys. You're attracting a lot of attention to yourselves."
The gennin turned around to see a boy with round glasses and white hair. The boy then introduced himself as Kabuto and said, "Since we're from the same village, maybe I can help you guys out."
He then pulled out a stack of cards and said, "These are my Ninja Info Cards. They tell me everything I need to know on almost any ninja."
Naruto looked down at the cards and said, "I want information on the redhead from Suna and Neji Hyūga from Konoha." Sasuke then cut in, "I want info on that team with the strange headbands and Naruto Uzumaki of Konoha."
Naruto just gave him a dark look as Kabuto pushed chakra into the first card. He didn't want Sasuke knowing anything about him.
Name: Sabaku no Gaara
Affiliation: Sunagakure no Sato
Teammates: Temari and Kankuro
Sensei: Baki
Rank: Gennin
Ninjutsu: 13/20
Genjutsu: 0/20
Taijutsu: 10/20
Notes: Always leaves battlefield unscathed.
Kabuto whistled and said, "That's pretty interesting. Now, let's look at the next one."
Name: Neji Hyūga
Affiliation: Konohagakure no Sato
Teammates: Rock Lee and Tenten Higurashi
Sensei: Maito Gai
Rank: Gennin
Ninjutsu: 8/20
Genjutsu: 7/20
Taijutsu: 14/20
Notes: Wields the bloodline Byakugan. Shows proficient usage of Gentle Fist style.
Kabuto then nodded his head and said, "While I don't have any info on that new team, I should be able to pull up Naruto-kun's card."
He then pushed chakra into another card. However, Naruto was quick to snatch the card away before Sasuke could look at it.
Name: Naruto Uzumaki
Affiliation: Konohagakure no Sato
Teammates: Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno
Sensei: Kakashi Hatake
Rank: Gennin
Ninjutsu: 17/20
Genjutsu: 12/20
Taijutsu: 16/20
Notes: Naruto is of the Uzumaki Clan. Known for their bloodline, the Rinnegan, and their mastery of sealing, the Uzumaki Clan makes for a dangerous foe when fully trained. Also noted that Naruto is the son of the Yondaime Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
Kabuto just smirked as Naruto gave him the card back. He knew that Naruto's info card had been placed there by Cairo.
As he wondered what the long-haired blond was planning, the sound of a barking dog threw his thoughts off. Turning around, he saw that it was the dog from Team 8 that had caused the disturbance.
Kiba Inuzuka, the one with the dog, shouted out, "It looks like the Rookie 9 is all here. I don't know about you guys, but I don't have any intentions of losing."
Ino looked at him and said, "Not all of us are here, Kiba. Haven't you noticed that Naruto-san didn't show up? He won't be able to test if he's not here."
Shikamaru just sighed and said, "This is so troublesome. The blond standing next to Kabuto-san is Naruto, you troublesome woman."
Ino looked at Naruto's new look and said, "Are you wearing a wig or something? Your hair was never that long."
Naruto just chuckled and said, "I can assure you that this is my real hair, Ino."
He then turned to Hinata and said, "How are you doing, Hinata-chan?"
Hinata just blushed at him before saying, "I've been well, Naruto-kun. I'm glad to see that you're alright as well."
Meanwhile she was thinking, 'I always thought he was hot, but notthishot. I'd better control myself before I do something reckless.'
Kabuto then spoke up, "I should warn you about the two new teams. While the team from Oto doesn't look like much, I've heard the team from Kagegakure no Sato was handpicked for this exam."
The Oto-nin with the strange gauntlet sneered at the comment and lunged at Kabuto. Before he could attack however, Blackfire palmed his face and threw him into a wall.
She then grabbed his throat and said, "He said that we were personally chosen to represent our village. What he didn't say is that our leader is the one who personally picked us by name."
The moment she let him go, a smoke screen erupted in the front of the room. A man stepped forward and shouted, "Alright, that's enough. I want all of you to sit down and shut the hell up. My name is Ibiki Morino, and for the next hour you can all call me your worst nightmare."
Jonin lounge…
Most of the jonin senseis were relaxing in the lounge when Kurenai asked, "How do you think the gennin teams are doing?"
Kakashi just chuckled and said, "I'm betting that we'll be seeing some of them sooner than you think."
Asuma looked up from his magazine and said, "I heard that they got put with Ibiki this year."
Before Kurenai could respond, a voice said, "They put that sadist in as a proctor! I feel bad for your gennin teams. I'm not worried about mine, though. They've seen and dealt with worse than him."
Kurenai looked to the voice and said, "Who are you and how do you know Ibiki-san?"
The figure just replied, "I'm the Yamikage from Kagegakure. I know Ibiki because he's a professional interrogator."
Kakashi just chuckled and said, "I'm glad to see that you've stepped out of the shadows, Yamikage-dono."
Cairo just glared at him and said, "You know that I'm not one for formalities. Still, I appreciate you keeping my true name to yourself. It's not time for people to know who I am just yet."
Kurenai looked at him and said, "How can you be a Kage? You don't sound like you're that old."
Cairo shook his head and said, "I'm honestly not. In truth, I'm only thirteen years old. However, that doesn't mean that I didn't earn my way to Kage. I became the Yamikage because I built the village from the ground up. With my special talents, no one will ever be able to invade Kagegakure."
Asuma put out his cigarette and asked, "What makes you think that people can't invade your village?"
Kakashi put his infamous book down and said, "That's easy, Asuma. You can't invade a place that you can't find. Sadly, I'm not in a position to explain myself."
Exam room…
Ibiki watched as the gennin all took their seats. He then said, "This test will have ten questions. You will answer the first nine questions on the paper, and I will give you the final question after fifty minutes. If we catch you cheating, we will dock two points from your test for each time you get caught."
He then looked at the gennin and said, "Does anyone have a question before we begin?"
At this moment, there was a slur of questions which were incoherent and, for the most part, stupid. Ibiki then said, "Shut the hell up! Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. Is there a question from anyone who isn't a complete dumbass?"
After seeing that no one would speak up, Ibiki announced the start of the test. The exam was tougher than it seemed. Some of the participants were either too stupid to understand the true meaning of the test, or had tried to cheat and got caught.
However, there were a few gennin who managed to cheat without getting caught. Ibiki then stood up and said, "We've now reached the final portion of the test. Before I give the question, I'm compelled to ask if anyone wants to drop out now."
Naruto looked up from his position and said, "After coming this far, why would we drop out now?"
Ibiki laughed and said, "If you get the final question wrong, you'll be banned from these exams forever."
Sakura stood up and said, "That's not fair."
Ibiki glared at her and said, "Tough crap. Maybe next time you'll take the exams when I'm not a proctor. If there is a next time for you, that is. Now, does anyone want to drop out?"
Naruto watched as many teams quit on the spot. Sakura was about to raise her hand, but Naruto turned to Shikamaru. Understanding what his blond friend was asking, he used his Kagemane no jutsu to restrain the pink haired harpy.
After seeing that no one else would drop out, Ibiki shouted, "Congratulations to all of those who stayed. You have officially passed the first part of the Chūnin Exams."
A multitude of shouts erupted from the gennin. Ibiki then said, "Shut the hell up, you little bastards. The test was meant to gauge your info gathering knowledge. The final question, however, was a 'do or die' question."
He would've kept going, but a giant ball suddenly crashed through a window. The ball then opened up to reveal a woman in fishnet and an orange miniskirt.
The woman then said, "Listen up, you little maggots. My name is Anko Mitarashi, and I'm the second proctor of these exams. Everyone is to report to Training Ground 44 in exactly one hour."
Ibiki then tapped her on the shoulder and said, "You're early again, Anko."
As Anko looked around the room, she noticed Naruto trying to sneak out. She then ran up to him and said, "I can't believe that you'd try to sneak out without saying hi to me, Naruto-kun. That makes me feel sad."
Naruto just sighed and said, "Hi, Anko nee-chan. How have you been?"
Anko let out a fake pout and said, "I'd be better if my favorite plushy would visit me more often."
She then said, "I hope your team is ready for the next part of the exam."
One hour later…
After everyone arrived at the next test site, Anko jumped out of a tree and said, "Welcome to the second stage of the Chūnin Selection Exams. This part will be a team effort. For the next five days, you will be trying to reach the tower in the middle of Training Ground 44, also known as the Forest of Death."
