Precious Person

Chapter 6: The First Exam: Bloodline Unveiled!

Naruto woke up inside an inn. As he lay on the bed, his thoughts wandered to their last battle. 'I feel no regrets for yesterday's actions… figures, since I gave it up to Kyuubi…' Sighing, he slowly stood up and exited the room. Walking to the receptionist, he asked if she had seen a silver haired man with a mask anywhere. Her eyes lit up with recognition. "Oh yes! He told me to relay a message to you once you woke up. He said that you and your team had the day off."

Exiting the inn, he decided to visit some sword smiths to look for a replacement for his katana. 'Kiri is supposed to have the best weapons manufacturers in the entire continent… Let's see if the rumors are true.' He entered an indescript shop, and began browsing through some of the blades. 'These truly are high quality blades, except that none of them catch my eye…' A voice behind him boomed, "Oi, paying customers only." Naruto turned to see the shopkeeper. "I AM a paying customer, but do you have any other blades? Quality matching my zanbatou..." The smith thought for a moment and gestured for Naruto to follow him.

Leading him to the back of the shop, he brought Naruto to a wall covered with blades. "These…" he said while waving his hand at the swords, "are chakra fangs. You activate it with some of your chakra and it will flare up and cover the sword. The chakra will sharpen and harden the sword, making it indestructible as well as being able to cut through anything."

Naruto was quite intrigued at this bit of information. Looking through the inventory, two blades caught his eye. The first, a midnight black katana with a black handle and gold trimmings. The second blade was a heavenly white katana with a black handle and red trimmings. Pointing at the two blades, he asked for a price estimate. The smith stared at the blades long and hard. "Well… the price per blade is 300.000 ryu, but since you happened to get a set, I'll sell both to you for 500.000 ryu." Naruto cocked his head. "A set?" The smith nodded. "These two katanas, Mizuki and Hikaru, were forged together for the purpose of being used together.

Naruto nodded and pulled out his precious frog purse. Finally counting out 500.000 ryu, he paid the smith. "Thank you for your patronage!" called out the smith. Sheathing his new blades, he strapped them to the back of his waist, one handle pointing left, one pointing right, to make dual wielding easier. He then went to a clothing store. Sifting through some clothes, he saw a dark orange hooded sweater that he liked. Taking it, he walked over to a tailor. "Sir, can you make the right sleeve black and have it delivered to Konoha in 2 days?"

The tailor looked kindly at the boy. "Of course I can. I'll send it over by mail-nin once I'm done." Naruto smiled, and went back to browsing the racks. Buying a new orange t-shirt, white long sleeved shirt, and baggy dark blue cargo pants; he walked up to the cashier to pay for his new clothing. He then went into a changing stall to put on the new cargo pants, put on his white shirt, then his orange shirt over it. Pleased at the new style he was wearing, put on his katanas and zanbatou and exited the store to look for a weaponry shop.

Seeing one, he entered. Coincidentally, Sasuke was at the same shop, sifting through the Fuuma Windmill Shuriken. Looking up he saw Naruto. "Oh, you're awake… and you bought some new stuff." Naruto silently nodded as he sifted through the kunai rack. Picking out the most aerodynamic ones, he paid for them and left the store with Sasuke. After several minutes of fruitless searching, they finally met up with Sakura and Kimi.

Naruto noticed that Kimi sported a chakra fang of her own, while Sakura stared at Naruto. "How can you afford all that? When Kimi was buying her blade I heard the pricing, but you bought two!" Naruto grimaced. "It's easy to have a lot of money when you can't spend anything in Konoha because the shopkeepers refuse to do business with you…" Following Naruto, they stopped outside a bookstore and spotted someone familiar inside.

"Kakashi-sensei! Buying more of those orange books?" Sakura asked. "Mmm… yes. Are you here because you're done with everything and want to leave?" Team 7 nodded. "Alright then, let's go." Team 7 exited Kiri and took a faster boat back to Fire Country.

It was soon night, and Team 7 decided to rest and continue on in the morning. Unable to sleep, he wandered through the forest until he entered a clearing basking in moonlight. He was surprised to see a lone girl standing at the 5 meters to his right. Sensing his presence, the girl rushed forward, pulling out a kodachi from her back and swinging. Instinct firing up, Naruto quickly unsheathed Hikaru and blocked the kodachi.

Noticing the leaf hitai-ate around her neck, he retreated and sheathed his katana. The girl too, had seen his hitai-ate and retreated. "What are you doing out here at this time of the night?" she asked. Naruto stayed emotionless. "I could ask you the same…" The unknown girl frowned. "I'm here training, what's your excuse?" Naruto stared tiredly at her. "I'm returning from a mission from Kiri."

She stepped into the moonlight, giving Naruto the lighting he needed to get a better look at her. A girl around his age with long, dark-brown hair tied into a ponytail. Her eyes were also dark-brown, filled with life, and she wore a tank top with one strap on her left shoulder. On the right shoulder, instead of a strap she wore shoulder mail, and a long sleeve connected to the armor. She had on black jeans and strapped to her back were two kodachis.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked. The girl hesitated, and then steeled herself. "My name is… Minari Kumiko. Leaf genin, 13 years old. How about you?" Naruto nodded. "Uzumaki Naruto, Leaf genin, 13 years old."

Kumiko looked Naruto over. He had spiky blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and strange whisker marks on either cheek. He wore dark blue cargo pants, and an orange shirt over a white long sleeved shirt. Strapped to the back of his waist were two katanas. 'He looks pretty cute… but I have to train for the Chuunin Exams and I can't waste it talking to him…' Turning slightly, she grinned. "I'll hope to see you again," she said before leaving the clearing. 'Hmm… what a weird girl… she was pretty cute, but still weird.' Walking back to camp, and slipping into his camping bag, his thoughts wandered back to the encounter. 'See me… again…?' was his last thought before he drifted asleep.

It was morning and Team 7 was packing up and clearing camp. Naruto decided to keep yesterday's encounter a secret. Once they were done, they head off and reached Konoha by sunset. The chuunin guards spotted them and called out "State your purpose!" Kakashi smiled up at them. "Team 7, reporting back from a mission!"

Once they walked past the gates and into Konoha, Kakashi turned to his team. "Alright guys, I'll go write up our report and turn it in. You guys get the day off tomorrow, but meet the day after tomorrow at 6:00am," Kakashi said before poofing away. Naruto sighed and slumped over. "I'm still exhausted… I'll just... rest here a bit…" His eyes slowly closed as he fell asleep.

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Sudden shaking woke up Naruto. Looking up drowsily, he noticed that the person shaking him had dark-brown eyes. Eyes widening when he realized who it was, he staggered to his feet.

'Huh… it's night already… WAIT A MINUTE! Why do I keep seeing her at night time?'

"You shouldn't be sleeping out here during the night…" muttered Kumiko.

Naruto stared at her. "Why is it you always train at night?"

She dismissed the question with a wave of her hand. "That question's irrelevant. This caused Naruto's eyebrows to scrunch. "Are you stalking me?"

Because it was so dark, Naruto did not notice the girl's face flushing. "Are you insane? Why would anyone want to stalk you! This was mere coincidence."

Naruto scoffed. "Two times in two days, both at night? Tell me why you only train during the evening and I'll drop all charges of stalking."

Kumiko grit her teeth. 'This guy's smarter than he looks.' "Alright, I'll tell you. I always train at night because my sense of sight is impaired. I use the darkness to hone my other senses. I bet you'd walk into the trees in this darkness though."

Scowling, he replied, "I have improved senses. I would never walk into a tree like a dumb girl."

Kumiko clenched her fist. "Care to repeat that?"

"Of course I will." Naruto taunted. "I said, I would never run into a tree like some dumb, idiotic, GIRL!"

He was surprised when she jumped him but quickly regained control and threw her off. "Geez, you don't have to be so violent about it."

Kumiko huffed. "Whatever…" Receiving only silence, she left to continue her training. Sighing, Naruto went back to sleep.

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A large group of jounin and chuunin stood in front of the Hokage.

"You all know why we're here today," he announced.

"Can't believe it's already that time of the year…" Kakashi said airily.

The Hokage nodded. "Yes… the Chuunin Selection Exam will be starting in a week."

A jounin near the back was mildly surprised. "Wow, so soon?"

The Hokage nodded. "First up, the jounin teachers of the new genin… Kakashi, Asuma, Kurenai… What are your decisions? Are there any genin that you want to recommend for the Chuunin Exam?"

The Hokage looked at the 3 jounin. "Kakashi, you start."

Kakashi nodded. "Hai, Hokage-sama. I hereby nominate my genins, Team 7, Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Hanari Kimi, and Uchiha Sasuke for the Chuunin Selection Exams.

'What?' thought a surprised Iruka.

Kurenai spoke up next. "I hereby nominate my genins, Team 8, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino for the Chuunin Selection Exams."

Asuma spoke last. "I hereby nominate my group of genins, Team 10, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Akimichi Chouji for the Chuunin Selection Exams."

The Hokage was surprised. "Hmm… All of the rookie genins… how rare…"

Iruka coughed. "Ah, if I may put in my words, Hokage-sama…" The Hokage nodded. "I may be speaking out of line, but these 10 were my students in the Academy. They are all talented, I admit, but I think it is much too early for them to be taking the exams… they need more experience."

Kakashi spoke up at this. "I became Chuunin when I was 6 years younger than Naruto."

"You were different from Naruto! Are you trying to crush them?" Iruka asked.

Kakashi sighed. "I can understand your feelings Iruka-sensei, but… Stay out of this. They are no longer your students… Now, they are my soldiers."

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"Oi! Naruto nii-san!" A familiar voice caught Naruto's attention. "Ah! Konohamaru! How've you been?"

Konohamaru smiled. "We've been great, but remember you promised to play ninja with us today?" Sakura, who was behind Naruto, sweatdropped, as did Kimi. "What kind of ninja 'plays ninja'?" they asked.

Konohamaru looked at Sakura. "Hey nii-san, who's that woman over there?" A light bulb went off. "Ohoho nii-san!" he held out a pinky finger. "Is she your…?"

Naruto laughed. "Oh no, her forehead is much too large for… her to be…" Naruto suddenly had a very scared look. A very angry Sakura punched Naruto across the street. Konohamaru was shocked. "You ugly whore! How dare you attack Naruto nii-san?"

Sakura had a very scary look on her face as she cracked her knuckles. Soon, Konohamaru was lying next to Naruto. "Ugh…" he muttered as he helped Naruto up. "Is that huge-forehead really a girl?"

Naruto looked behind them to see a ballistic Sakura. Eyes bugging out, he grabbed Konohamaru and threw him forward. "RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!" he shouted. Kimi could only watch as Naruto and Sakura continued to act like fools…

Konohamaru quickly turned into a corner and bumped into someone. "Ouch!"

"That… hurt…" said the person he had bumped into. Naruto turned the corner to see a guy with face paint towering over Konohamaru. "Konohamaru!"

The guy with face paint lifted up Konohamaru by the shirt. "That hurt you little piece of shit!" The female next to him glared. "Stop that, Kankuro. We'll get yelled at later…"

Naruto was pissed. "Let him go, you FATASS!"

Kankuro noticed Naruto's hitai-ate. 'Leaf ninja…' He smirked. "Let's play a bit before he comes."

Naruto flicked his hand upward, causing the ground underneath Kankuro to shatter. "GAH!" he yelled before he fell into the pit Naruto had created. "You son of a-!"

Naruto chuckled out loud. "That'll show you who the boss around here." Kankuro slowly climbed out of the whole. "You little piece of-!" He took the large bandaged thing on his back.

The blonde girl stared at him. "You're using Karasu?"

Suddenly a cold voice from a tree interrupted them. "Kankuro, stop it… You're an embarrassment to our village."

Kankuro began stuttering. "G-G-Gaara! When did you get here?"

"Losing yourself in a fight… how pathetic. Don't you even remember why we came here?" Gaara said.

"T-They started it and-"

Gaara interrupted. "Shut up… or I'll KILL YOU…"

Kankuro froze. "Ok, I'm sorry…"

Gaara turned to Naruto. "Sorry to you guys…"

Gaara Suna Shunshin'd to the ground next to Kankurou. "Let's go…" A voice stopped him. "WAIT!"

Gaara turned. Naruto stared at him. "What's your name?"

"Sabaku no Gaara… What is yours?"

"Naruto… Uzumaki Naruto…

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It was morning, and Team 7 was impatiently waiting for Kakashi. Kimi checked her watch. '7:30…'

"Yo!" Kakashi landed on the bridge's rail. "You're late!" yelled Sakura. "Sorry, I got lost on the road of life…"

"You already used that one…" Kimi hissed. Kakashi looked amused. "Oh I did? Never mind about that, I signed you four up for the Chuunin Exams. Dead silence greeted his ears, until… "WHAAAAAAT?" Their voices echoed throughout Konoha. Kakashi rolled his eyes. "Yes, I signed you up for the Exam. Here are your applications. All who want to take it meet at the Academy. Sign up at Room 301 by tomorrow at 4:00pm. Take the rest of the day off and think about it." He then Shunshin'd away.

Team 7 was strangely silent as they thought about the Chuunin Exam.

'I admit it surprised me at first, but it'll be a piece of cake…' thought Naruto.

Sasuke thought along the same lines. 'Naruto and I will demolish anyone who gets in our way.'

Sakura was doubtful. 'Would we really be able to pass? I don't feel we're ready, but if Kakashi-sensei thinks so…'

'Heh, considering how we did in our last mission, I'm surprised he hasn't signed us up for the JOUNIN exam…' thought Kimi amusedly.

"I'm all for taking the Exam," declared Naruto.

"Me too. With our team, we're certain to do well," Sasuke agreed.

"If they're going, then I won't be left out," Sakura said.

Kimi eyed them all. "Ok, so that's settled. We're all going, but before we go we should think up some combat strategies and formations."

Team 7 agreed, and spent the morning and part of the afternoon creating and testing new strategies. Their work done, they went home.

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It was morning the next day, and Team 7 met up before arriving at the Academy. They had not walked that far when they heard sounds of scuffling in the hall. They turned the corner in time to see a guy with a green spandex outfit being punched into the crowd.

One of the two shinobi guarding the door into 301 laughed. "You expect to pass the Chuunin Exam like that? You should quit now."

"Please… let us through," pleaded a girl with a pink Chinese shirt.

She was merely knocked in the face and sent into the crowd.

The two shinobi stared at the crowd. "Listen, we're doing you guys a favor. The Chuunin Exam isn't easy. We've failed 3 times already… shinobi that quit after entering, shinobi that die… We've seen it all. Chuunins are team captains, the failure of a mission, and a death of a comrade… They are all a captain's responsibility. Do you think you kids can pass like this?"

Naruto scoffed. "Che, how weak." He turned to his team. "Look at them trying to get into a door when they're not even on the third floor." Sasuke nodded. "If they can't even see through a simple genjutsu, they are not ready to take the Exams."

The two shinobi spotted Team 7 walking past them. "Yo!" the shinobi wearing a cap called out, causing them to turn. "So you've found out have you?" he said as the genjutsu around the room number cancelled, revealing the number 201.

"Not bad…" said the spiky haired ninja with bandages on his nose. "You may have seen through that, but see through THIS!" he yelled as he rushed forward with a kick.

Naruto gave a bored look to Sasuke, who nodded. Naruto flicked his hand up and the earth underneath the ninja shot up and hit him on the chin. "Urk!" he managed to spit out before he was sent barreling back.

The green clothed boy could only stare in amazement at the display of power. 'He is a rookie, yet he took out that guy with a flick of his hand… He and that boy next to him… They emit a strong aura. I think I may have found myself some new rivals.' He then spotted Sakura.

With a huge grin on his face, he walked over to Sakura. She looked confused until he began speaking. "Hello! Let's go out together! I'll protect you until I die!" he said, his teeth sparkling.

"No. You're lame. Your eyebrows are thick, your eyelashes funny, and you're wearing too much green." Sakura replied. The green clothed boy hung his head in sadness.

"Hey you." Naruto turned to see a boy with pale eyes without pupils. "What's your name?"

"Why does it concern you?" Naruto said airily. "Just remember me as the one that'll give your ass a royal kicking."

The girl with the two buns looked Naruto over. He was wearing his cargo pants, his orange and white shirt, and over it he wore his customized orange hooded sweatshirt. 'He looks cute…' she thought.

Then she looked over at Sasuke (Who had also gotten new clothes at Kiri.) He was wearing dark blue baggy jeans, a white shirt with the Uchiha fan on the front, and a dark blue hooded jacket over it. 'He's cute too…'

Naruto looked over at his teammates. "C'mon, let's go before we're late." As they set off, green clothed boy stared at their backs. "Hey!" he yelled. Naruto turned. "The name's Lee. Want to fight me?"

Naruto shook his head. "Save your energy for the Chuunin Exams. We're all going to need it…"

Lee nodded. 'He is wise…' He then turned to his teammates. "Let's go, Neji. Tenten." They nodded and followed after Naruto and his team.

Team 7 reached room 301 to see Kakashi standing in front of it. "I see. So you all came? Good, otherwise I wouldn't have let you in."

"What do you mean?" asked Sakura. "You mean we all had to come?"

Kakashi nodded. "Yes. It is the duty of a teammate to sacrifice their goals for the rest of the team. If one of you passed on this, you were thinking of yourself more than your team. You're all here, so that is irrelevant." He gestured to the door. "In you go. I hope to see you all as Chuunin."

Naruto turned to his teammates. "Good luck Kimi-chan. Sasuke. Sakura."

They entered the room to see lots and lots of shinobi from every village. "Wow…" breathed Kimi.

A sudden yell broke the silence in the room. "Sasuke-kun! You're late!" Ino cried out as she jumped Sasuke and hung on his neck.

"I haven't seen you in so long, so I've been waiting here anxiously for you!"

"Ino-pig! Get away from Sasuke-kun!" yelled Sakura.

"Why, if it isn't Sakura… Forehead still ugly as always."

"What did you say?"

Shikamaru walked up. "You guys are talking the test too? Talk about troublesome…"

Kimi turned to see Shikamaru and Chouji. "Hey it's the three stooges!"

"Shut up, we're not stupid." Shikamaru's eyebrows twitched.

"Yahoo! I found you!" yelled out a voice behind them.

"Geez, you guys too…" Shikamaru muttered.

"Heh, so all of this years' 10 rookie genins are taking the exams." Kiba said. "We did a lot of training, prepare to lose!"

Naruto and Sasuke stared at him impassively while Kimi scowled.

Naruto yawned. "Don't act so high and mighty dog boy, or we'll…"

"…Knock you down the last few levels…" Sasuke continued.

"…Till you reach Loser-ville…" Kimi finished.

"Ah… s-sorry Naruto. Kiba d-didn't mean it l-like that…" said the shy Hyuuga heiress, Hyuuga Hinata, while Kiba tried to kill the three of them.

"Hey you guys, you should be more quiet!" said a guy with glasses and silver hair in a ponytail. "You guys are rookies just out of the academy right? Geez, screaming like schoolgirls. The Exams aren't a picnic you know…"

Ino looked slightly put out. "Who do you think you are?"

The guy straightened his glasses. "The name's Kabuto. Yakushi Kabuto. And don't talk so loud in here, everyone is nervous about the exam and they just might go psycho on you."

"Ah… Kabuto-san? This is your second time right?" Sakura asked.

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

"Wow, so you must know a lot of the exams." Sakura commented.

"Yes, that's right. That's why I'll share some info with you cute rookies… With these nin-info cards." Kabuto drawled. "They are cards that have information burned onto them. They are blank right now, but if I use some chakra, the information pops up. I have 4 years of information… over 200 cards."

Kiba asked a question. "Got any info on individual ninja?"

"Well, the info isn't perfect, but I can share them with you. Just say their name and I'll find them for you." Kabuto smiled.

"Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke" Kiba said almost immediately.

Kabuto quickly drew 2 cards from the stack. Inserting chakra he read off the information.

"Uzumaki Naruto… Mission History: 25 D-Ranks, and an A-Rank. Impressive… Let's see, skills… His taijutsu is above average, genjutsu below average, and his ninjutsu… Wow, it's unknown!" Kabuto was shocked, but continued on.

"Uchiha Sasuke… Same mission history as Naruto. Taijutsu is above average, genjutsu is average, and his ninjutsu is his best aspect." Kabuto smiled. "He won't be easy to beat, as well as Naruto here."

"Impressive…" said a voice behind Naruto. He slowly turned around, and his eyes bugged out. "Y-YOU!" he stuttered. It was the dark eyed girl that he had seen during the night. "What are you doing here!" he hissed.

"Taking the Chuunin Exam, what else. I was listening in on your nin-info card and it was quite intriguing. I hope to meet you in battle during the exams," she said while smiling. Naruto huffed.

"You better watch your back, because when I find you I'm going to crush you."

The threat issued, the two stared each other down. "Oi, Kumiko! Who's the kid?" said her teammates. "Neh, Heikaru, Hari. He's someone that I'd like to face in the Exams. Did you hear his information? His ninjutsu skill is unknown!"

The boy named Heikaru chuckled. Naruto looked at him critically. He had light brown hair and green eyes. He was wearing black ninja pants and a plain white t-shirt, with a zanbatou strapped to his back. "Seems you have a zanbatou as well…"

Naruto looked to the last of the three-man team, the girl by the name of Hari. She had flowing green hair and onyx eyes. Also wearing a hitai-ate around her neck, she also wore a non-standard flak jacket over her red t-shirt. She also wore blue jeans.

Heikaru looked at him and grinned. "It seems I do. Where'd you get yours?" Naruto grinned. "Former blade of Momochi Zabuza, missing-nin of the Mist and former member of the Seven Swordsman."

Heikaru whistled. "Nice. So did you take it after your sensei killed him?" Naruto and Sasuke looked at each other. "What the hell are you talking about? Sasuke and I killed him." Heikaru merely laughed. "You expect me to believe that?" Kumiko tried to intervene. "Heikaru stop." Naruto grinned and flicked his hand upward. The earth under Heikaru shot up. He shot back, barely dodging the pillar.

"Wow… no hand seals…" Naruto merely turned his palm skyward and clenched his fist and punched as he did in the battle with Haku. The pillar compressed into a small stone the size of a fist, and shot forward at high velocity to Heikaru, hitting him straight in the gut. "Oomph!" he fell to his knees while clutching his gut. "Don't underestimate me." Naruto said in a dangerously icy voice.

Teams 8,9, and 10 stared in awe. One thought ran through their minds. 'Wow… he's strong.'

Suddenly, Naruto saw movement in the corner of his eye. 3 Sound nin rushed at Naruto, who easily jumped back to the other side of the room, avoiding the sound nin's fist. His eyes narrowed as he saw the contraption on the nin's arm vibrating. 'Sound… amplified? Now I get it…'

Waiting till the last moment, he jumped to his right as soon as he felt vibrations around his ear. Smirking, he stared at the shocked Sound nin. 'Amazing, he dodged my sound as well… Who is this kid?"

"QUIET DOWN YOU WORTHLESS BASTARDS!" boomed a loud voice from the front of the room. A cloud of smoke appeared and when it cleared, everyone saw the instructor and the chuunins next to him.

"Thanks for waiting… I'm Morino Ibiki, your proctor for the first stage of the Chuunin Selection Exams." Everyone flinched, as his tone of voice was that of something dangerous. He raised a finger. "You there, Sound guys. Don't attack others before the exam unless you want to fail already."

The apparent leader bowed slightly. "I apologize, it's our first time here and we got carried away…"

"Che. I'll say it here; there will be NO fighting without the permission of the instructor. Even if we do grant permission, you are not allowed to kill. Those pigs that disobey will be failed immediately. Do I make myself clear?"

"We will now start the first stage of the Exams. Instead of sitting in your current spots, you will pick from these tabs." He gestured to a large amount of tabs. "You will then sit in the seat assigned to you by the tab. We will then hand out the exams."

Naruto sat in his assigned seat, and silently looked to his right to see some stranger. He looked to his left… "GUH! It's you again!" It was Kumiko… "Che, the gods are against me or something…" Kumiko merely stared at Naruto.

"Ahem!" Ibiki cleared his throat. "I will now state the rules, as well as write it up on the chalk board. Questions are not allowed. All team members will start with 10 points… The test has 10 questions, each worth a point… and every time you miss a question you will lose a point."

Ibiki continued. "The second rule is that it is a team test. You will combine scores with your team after the end of the exam to see whether you pass or fail."

"The third rule is that during the exam, if you are caught cheating, you will be deducted 2 points for every offense. All the chuunins here…" he gestured around the room. "… Will be here to check for cheating and other offenses." Ibiki finished.

Ibiki smiled. "If a shinobi gets caught cheating, they are basically destroying themselves. Be the proud ninja that you are…"

"The final rule… Those that lose all their points during the test and those that incorrectly answer all the questions will be failed along with their 2 teammates! Also, if your teammate or mates are unable to continue, you will be failed."

Ibiki put on a serious look. "The Exam will last one hour… Ok, BEGIN!"

It was 5 minutes into the exam, and Naruto suddenly felt searing pain flash through his eyes, then it was gone.

'Kit, I know what that was…'

'Oh really? Then what was it?'

'It seems you have a bloodline limit…'

'WHAT?'

'See for yourself, kit…'

Naruto quickly untied his hitai-ate and used the metal reflection to look at his eyes and gasped. 'My eyes… they're dark blue and there's a golden dot just outside my pupil…'

'Hmm… I know for a fact that the Kazama Clan did not have any blood limits…'

'I would know… When I found out the Yondaime was my father 3 years ago, I couldn't believe it. When I looked through scrolls to see if I had some sort of special bloodline limit… well, there were none recorded.'

'We'll just have to make up a name for it then. Find out what it does before we name it. Oh and, you're supposed to cheat in this exam. It'll be helpful in passing the exam.'

Naruto did as the Kyuubi suggested and focused chakra into his eyes, and suddenly his vision zoomed in like a camera. Turning his vision onto someone who was writing very quickly, he found that his vision went straight through the man and onto the answers. Grinning, he quickly wrote down the answers to the 9 questions, but did not relax just yet.

'Time to find the limits of this here eye…'

Zooming it to maximum distance, he could see a shivering boy in the front row as if he was standing right behind him.

'Kit, try to shoot chakra out of your eyes… You keep experimenting while I try to find out what else this baby can do.'

'Alright Kyuubi, I'll leave the research to you…'

Naruto began concentrating as hard as he could and willed chakra to shoot the boy in the head. He felt the chakra jump out his eye and hit the boy straight on. What he didn't expect was for the boy to collapse. Eyes widened, he stared at the boy.

'Kukuku! That looks fun. Let's see… I made up a random name for the bloodline until we discover it's true name. I've called it Takemikatzuchi. How is it?'

Naruto smirked. 'Sounds good, Kyuubi.'

Ibiki was surprised to see someone collapse within 10 minutes. He walked over to the fallen boy and did a mental scan with chakra. 'That's funny… He was nervous, but not nearly close to breaking… Someone disrupted one of the chakra paths into his brain for a split second to knock him out… Is that even possible?'

"Numbers 5, 14, and 101, fail!" he barked. The fallen boy's teammates took him up and dragged him out of the room. Soon, the Chuunin began failing people as well.

"Numbers 18, 56, and 120, fail!"

"Numbers 11, 32, and 71, fail!"

And the cycle continued. With Naruto constantly looking for some sap to knock out, it wasn't long before there were only 26 teams left. With 18 minutes to go, Naruto calmly sat back to wait for the tenth question.

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Kumiko had looked down at the test when the exam started, but was unable to answer any. 'Che, I'll have to cheat without being seen…' she thought when Naruto suddenly clutched his eyes in pain. Concerned, she saw Naruto take his hitai-ate off. Looking at the reflection at an angle, she could see the change in eye color. 'A bloodline limit! It seems he just discovered it too, how lucky he must be…' She noticed him concentrating on one of the students and was surprised to see him suddenly scribbling answers at top speed.

Biting her lip and turning her had to make sure none of the Chuunin was looking at her, she eyed Naruto again to see him concentrating on someone. He smirked and a second later a boy had collapsed. 'What just happened? It couldn't have been him… could it? It's possible…' She watched as he switched concentration on to someone else and in a short while that person had collapsed as well. 'All right, so he's knocking them all out with a doujutsu… Impressive.' She turned to her own completed test. "Piece of cake…" she muttered.

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Ibiki looked around. Only 18 teams left. It was the last 15 minutes, and it was time to announce the last question.

"Alright you maggots, listen up! Here's the tenth question. But before you take the question, we'll go over some added rules. For the tenth question, you must decide whether or not you will take the question."

"What happens if we don't choose?" asked one of the remaining ninja.

"If you don't choose, your points will automatically be reduced to… ZERO. You would fail, a long with your two teammates!" he said with a very frightening look in his eye.

"Of course we will take the question then!" yelled out another ninja.

"Shut up and listen to the final added rule. If you choose to take it, but answer incorrectly, that person will lose the right to ever take the Chuunin Exams again."

Kiba yelled out angrily, "What kind of rule is that? There are plenty of people that took the test before!"

Ibiki chuckled evilly.

"You guys were unlucky. This year, you play by MY rules. BUT, I am giving you a way out… If you choose not to take it, you can try again next year. Let us now commence with the tenth question. Those that do not wish to take it, raise your hand!"

Naruto sat calmly as he conversed with Kyuubi.

'Che, there is no way they can ban you from this exam. It is your home country's decision whether or not you become Chuunin, and the Leaf can't interfere in other countries' Chuunin Exams business. Pass the message.'

Nodding, Naruto pulled out his pencil and began tapping in special code to his teammates. 'Do NOT raise your hand.'

Sasuke, Sakura, and Kimi nodded their heads at the message.

Ibiki looked around. "This is your last chance to quit." His eyes locked onto Uzumaki Naruto. 'That kid… he sits there as if… he KNOWS the outcome.' Ibiki smirked. "To all those who are left… I congratulate you on passing the first test!"

"W-What about the tenth question?" asked Heikaru.

"There never was one to begin with!" Ibiki said with a smile across his face. "You could say those last two choices were the tenth question."

"Then what were the other nine questions for!" blurted out Kumiko. "Were they pointless?"

Ibiki shook his head. "No… Not pointless. They achieved their purpose. To test your information gathering skills. I will explain what I mean. As the rules explained, success relied on your entire team to be successful. Because of this, teammates were pressured to not screw it up for the rest of the team. Of course, these questions were too difficult for mere genin. As you must have assumed, you had to cheat to answer the first nine questions! We spread out three chuunin around the room to be targets for cheating."

Ibiki began untying his bandana. "Those that cheated poorly, failed… Because in times, information is more valuable than your own life… and on the battlefield, people will risk everything to attain it." Ibiki removed his headband to show horrible signs of torture on his head.

"I still don't understand the final question…" Kumiko asked.

Ibiki grinned. "I'll explain. You were given two choices. Take it or don't take it. Obviously, these were painfully hard choices, fail and miss becoming a Chuunin or never be able to take the test again… Take this for example. You are a Chuunin gathering enemy information. You have no idea about the size of their forces, the number of traps, or whether or not they know you are coming.

Because you don't want to die… because you don't want to harm your team… Can you avoid the mission? OF COURSE NOT! No matter the danger, there are missions that you can't avoid. To be courageous and survive hardship… these are the qualities of a Chuunin captain. I wish you who completed the first exam the best of luck in the next exam."

Suddenly a cloaked ball crashed through the window.

'What the!' thought most of the people in the room.

Unfurling the cloak and sending the two top corners into the ceiling with kunai, a dark haired woman appeared. "This isn't the time to be celebrating! I'm Mitarashi Anko, the proctor for the second part of the exam!"

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This is the longest chapter by 100+ words. Next Chapter will be the Second Exam.

I feel that I may have focused on Naruto a lot here… but then again it revolves around Naruto  Tell me if you want me to focus on the minor characters as well. As for the bloodline name, it's something I made up on the spot. I doubt it means anything. Can someone give me a good name for it?

I may put minor edits in this chapter.

Litoaznboi93- Thank you for the review. These annoying 6000 word chapters take several hours for me to type up.

LordofVermillion- It's not a problem. I happen to like Yugao. Also, I don't know if there is another plot out there, but I came up with this on my own.

Angel0fdestiny- Thank you for the review. And yes, Itachi's been spying. Combat writing is done instantly in my head lol.

Nexuseragon- As you can see you were right. The next chappie was the beginning of the Chuunin Exam Arc.

Animeflunky- He wouldn't use it on Orochimaru because it would waste all his chakra and make him defenseless if Orochimaru dodges.

AznAltron- I plan to power up the rest of the team later.

Mizuki – Means 'Beautiful Moon'.

Hikaru – Means 'Light/Shining'.

Kumiko – Means 'Eternal beautiful child'.

Nii-san – Brother

Sabaku no Gaara – Gaara of the Sand