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I should be getting back into the routine of 1 chapter a week. Thank you guys for being patient and I will try to post more often. This chapter will be about the first exam and some training. Longest chapter yet!
Chapter 6: The First Exam
'Ugh! Kyubbi! I can't find any shops that will accept me!'Naruto internally groaned as he had just been thrown out of the third shop in the same day.
'I know. How do you think I feel?' The Kyubbi responded to his host. 'Let's go onto the next one.'
After a few minutes of walking around the village he came upon a ninja shop called 'Dan's Ninja Tools and Supplies'. On the outside it said 'All are welcome'. 'We'll see about that' Naruto thought to himself as he pushed open the door and slowly walked in. The shop wasn't crowded, maybe two or three costumers and a man behind the counter twiddling with a kunai.
As soon as Naruto saw he was in the shop without trouble, he began to look around the clothes section. Unfortunately, he was noticed by some of the costumers.
"Cough, demon brat, cough." One of the costumers said.
"Dan, you have to kick that child out. He isn't even a real ninja, just a demon." The other costumer said.
"I'm a ninja! I just want to shop in peace." Naruto said as he continued to look back through the clothes. Unfortunately, the two costumers that talked came over and started staring holes in his back.
"Do we have to teach you a lesson brat?" One of the costumers asked. Dan, who Naruto deduced was the owner, just sat twiddling a kunai in his hand. No expression changing on his face.
"I don't want any trouble." Naruto warned.
"Neither do we. We'll just throw you out of this sh-" The costumer was interrupted as a kunai whizzed past him and into the wall behind him.
"There is no fighting in my shop. Everyone is welcome." Dan said as he sat behind the counter.
"But this child, he's the-" The other costumer was cut short as an axe flew past his head and into the wall.
"Let's get out of here!" The first costumer said as the other two bolted out, with their merchandise unpaid for.
"I'm sorry sir. I'll leave now." Naruto said as he start walking towards the exit but was stopped as a kunai embedded in the door. "Wow! You're really good with those!"
"Thanks kid. By the way, I'm Dan. Sorry they went into you with it. Everyone is treated as an equal here. What would you like to buy? We have an assortment of things and it is half off for the trouble." Dan said as he went around the shop picking up his kunai.
"Thanks. So, you aren't going to throw me out?"
"Nope."
'See kit. I told you someone would accept you.'
'Yeah yeah you stupid fox. I need some stuff so you need to help tell me what Zabuza and Mizuki used. We have a balance of 5,000 ryo (A/N: Not sure how ryo is used so you know, hopefully I'm close).
'Ok kit I will tell you what they used you just tell this man what you need.'
"Ummm... I need some windmill shurikens, some seals, some element paper, a sheath for my sword, and some training weights."
"Alright kid. I just need to know what type of sword you have and what size you want the training weights to be." Dan told Naruto. He was thinking of a sheath for a katana or maybe a smaller sword. He was not prepared for Naruto's response.
"The training weights, I want a pair I can increase and decrease not just at a set limit. For the sword, I'm not for sure on it's size. I got it from one of the Seven Swordsmen named Zabuza. I can bring it-" Naruto as cut short as Dan dropped his kunai he had in his hand onto the floor.
"You mean Zabuza Momochi! Wielder of the Kubikirbocho?!" Dan yelled in surprise.
"Yeah. I can bring in the sword if you want." Naruto said as Dan was trying to recompose himself.
"No that is fine. I know the measurements of one of the greatest swords ever made. Since it is so legendary, I will make it for free. It will take about two months though."
"That's fine. I also wanted to ask if you could make custom clothes."
"We do in fact. But they are expensive and take around two months to finish." Dan replied as he was getting rich off this kid even with the half price discount.
"Okay. Here on this paper are my designs for the clothes." Naruto said as he handed over the piece of paper to Dan who pocketed it for later use.
"Sure kid I can do this. Let me go get your other stuff and you can continue looking around if you want." Dan said as he left to go into the back to get Naruto's equipment.
When he came back, he found Naruto looking at a tanto (type of sword). The sword had a black sheath and the kanji for 'Silent' written on the handle in red.
"Interested in that sword kid? You can have it for free since you can't use your other one properly since you don't have the sheath yet." Dan told him. 'It's interesting, only one other person has used that tanto and he is a missing ninja.'
"Alright thanks!" Naruto yelled with joy.
"Okay here is your equipment: 3 windmill shurikens, element paper, seals, a sheathe, personal designed clothes, and training weights for each major limb. The total is 4,000 ryo." The fifty percent discount had helped with the payment and so did the free sword sheathe. Naruto decided to just give him the money and started to walk when Dan called him back.
"Hey kid. Why did you give me 5,000 ryo?" Dan asked suspiciously.
"It was payment for you being nice to me and for the stuff the other people stole earlier. Sorry about that by the way." Naruto said as he finished walking out of the store and started heading back home.
'That's an interesting kid...' Dan thought to himself as he went to go start on his two big projects.
'You are too nice kit. Makes me sick.' Kyubbi told him as they started to head back home.
'I know but he's the first shop keeper that didn't kick me out or charge me outrageous prices. Anyway, tomorrow Kakashi said we start back up training at 8 every morning. Knowing him, he will be 2 hours late so I can work with Zabuza's and Mizuki's abilities and master them. Also, I need to work more on my seals. If there is anything you can do to help master the abilities from the two I would appreciate it.'
'Sure kit. Can't have my vessel being a weakling. But you better not take this as acts of kindness from me.' The Kyubbi warned as Naruto set his equipment down in his room and plopped on his bed.
'Sure sure. Whatever you say Kyubbi. Goodnight.' Naruto said as he drifted into a peaceful slumber.
Next Morning
'I was running. I had just attempted one of the most stupid and daring things in my life and had failed. I just have to escape to the border. Most of my friends will probably hate me for trying but I have to just keep going. Shit! They are gaining on me.'
"Freeze!" One of the hunter ninjas said.
"Sure I will! Hidden Mist Jutsu!" I yelled. I just needed to escape quickly before I was caught. I started running fast while they dealt with the mist in the air...
Naruto awoke with a jolt. He was sweating everywhere and the blankets of his bed were thrown across the floor.
"What the hell was that?" Naruto asked himself as he looked around suspiciously. He had never experienced a dream like that before.
'Kit! I've been trying to wake you up for the past five minutes. I believe you were having a dream from one of your souls. It was most likely Zabuza's.' The Kyubbi said as Naruto got out of bed and picked up everything that fell off.
'Hmm... I wonder what he did to have hunter ninja chase after him. ' Naruto thought to himself as he got changed and grabbed his equipment and Zabuza's sword. He wasn't able to seal Zabuza's sword yet because he didn't have the training to pull it off.
'Alright kit. Eat your food and get to a new training ground. We are going to learn how to wield that giant sword and use some water techniques.' Kyubbi told Naruto as he began to eat his breakfast.
'Ok. But isn't your affinity fire?' Naruto asked.
'It is but I can still do all the other affinities just not as well.' Kyubbi answered him.
'Wow. So this is the power of the Kyubbi? I wonder what else he can do.' Naruto thought to himself as he finished breakfast and gathered his equipment for the day. He then headed out onto the street and towards a training ground that wasn't used as much.
Generally, Naruto would have the villagers glaring at him and calling him 'demon' under their breath. But that was later in the day. In the morning, there weren't that many people on the streets as usual. Plus it also might be that Naruto was carrying a giant sword in one arm and other various ninja equipment with him.
'Hey Kyubbi. How come I have to train for Zabuza's jutsus and styles but I have Mizuki's already.'
'I'm not an expert on the jutsu, but I believe it is because Zabuza has had many more jutsus, styles, and memories then Mizuki did and Mizuki only had a few jutsus.'
'Okay.' Naruto then kept walking in silence till they arrived at the Training Ground.
'Alright we are here. What's the first jutsu I am learning?'
2 Hours Later
"Hey guys! I am here!" Naruto announced as he walked into Training Ground 7 and greeted Sasuke and Sakura.
"Hey dobe. You're late." Sasuke said eying the sword Naruto was carrying.
"Yeah. Why are you always late?" Sakura asked.
"I was just warming up my muscles and getting used to my sword before the real training begins." Naruto said. In fact, it was more then what he said. The Kyubbi was a really hard teacher when it came to everything. He even was hard when Naruto was reading a scroll he found on the hidden mist jutsus. Still, Naruto was learning how to use Zabuza's sword and jutsus pretty fast.
"Sure you were." Sasuke scoffed.
"Sasuke, we need to put 'this' aside and work together. It's the only way we will pass this exam. After that we can go to hating each other. What do you say?" Naruto asked.
"I guess if you are willing to then I won't be outdone by you. We should work together for each other's goals." Sasuke said. 'Plus, he is a good motivator for me to get stronger.'
"Okay. Are you with us Sakura?"
"Ye-ah I guess." Sakura said. Deep down she was thinking of ways to get stronger. 'I need to get stronger to keep up with them in these exams. Maybe I should take up that Kurenai's offer.'
"Well it looks like my little cute genins are here." Kakashi stated as he walked into the clearing with his book in hand.
"You're late!" Sakura yelled.
"Well you see, there was this old lady who needed help with her bags and getting home so I decided to help her." Kakashi simply stated while his three students deadpanned at his lack of a creative story.
"Well never mind that. For these next two months, we are going to be working on teamwork and our reaction time."
"Why do we need to work on that Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked.
"Well in Wave, only Naruto and I were able to dodge the incoming sword without warning. If we get past that we will work on other things plus this will increase your endurance. I have also gotten help for this part of the training."
Before they could respond, a huge banner with snakes carrying it came into the field. It said, "The Sexy and Single..."
"Hello boys and girl! I am going to be your co-sensei for the next two months! The name is Anko Mitarashi and welcome to hell!" Someone said from the trees. Just then, the woman jumped down from the trees. She wore very little clothing and had purple hair. She also wore a fishnet and a trenchcoat to top it all off.
The three genin were just stunned at this new woman that entered the area.
"Eh Anko, I think you scared them." Kakashi told her.
"Maybe just a little. Wow! That kid's sword is fucking huge!" Anko yelled as she saw Naruto's sword in his hand.
"So why is she here?" Naruto asked.
"Well Naruto, she is he-" Kakashi was cut off as Anko threw kunai at Naruto who quickly dodged out of the way.
"I am here to help with your dodging skills and endurance. So, what you all need to do is DODGE!" She yelled as she threw more kunai at the students and even summoned some snakes to chase after them.
"Thanks for this Anko. They get to train while I get to read." Kakashi said as he pulled out his book and began to read but not before a kunai went across tearing the page.
"Ah-hem. I said 'all'. That means you too!" Anko smiled evilly as she began throwing more kunai at Kakashi while he dodge and cried over his torn book.
This was how the rest of the two months went. Naruto would get up and train two hours before Kakashi/Anko's training started and that lasted till lunchtime. After, lunch they began again until it was 6 at night. Some days they would do some team building exercises that would generally involve dodging something thrown at them. Team 7 started getting attached to each other and learned something new about each other daily. Each one advanced in their own way. Naruto in Zabuza's skills, Sasuke in his taijutsu and family's ninjutsu, and Sakura started getting private lessons from Kurenai on genjutsu and started reading medical ninjutsu books.
2 Months Later...
It had been two months since the start of Team 7's training. Naruto had finished learning Zabuza's jutsus and practicing on his sword. His new clothing hadn't come in yet but his sheath came in a week before the exam time. The sheath was all orange except for the black lining on the straight part which was black. On the curved edge, there were three red stripes and in the middle of it there was in red, the kanji for "Fox". He changed the handle of the sword to a red and black colored handle. (A/N: I suck at descriptions. I will have an image on my profile later when he gets the outfit which will be before the finals.)
The others on Team 7 also grew in their own way. Each one improved in endurance and speed thanks to Anko's training. Sasuke practiced more with his sharingan and on taijutsu and ninjutsu. Sakura practised on genjutsu and read on more medical skills to use on the field. She could do basic healing and do low to mid level genjutsus (A/N: I hate Sakura in canon part 1. She is so weak so I gave her more skills to work with. Hope you like.)
Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke had just finished eating at Ichiraku's ramen when Konohomaru came and interrupted their meal. He was with two of his other friends, Moegi and Udon, and introduced themselves as the "Konohomaru Corps". Konohomaru made a comment about Sakura being Naruto's girlfriend and she began to chase him around the village.
"Get back here you twerp!" Sakura yelled as she continued to chase him around the village. Suddenly, Konohomura and his friends rounded a corner and ran into a boy and girl. The boy looked like he was dressed up like a doll while the girl had sandy hair and what appeared to be a giant fan on her back.
"Hey baka. You ran into me. Maybe I should teach you Konoha ninjas a lesson." The one that was dressed up as a doll replied.
"Kankuro, we don't need to cause problems here. Put the gaki down." The sandy haired Suna nina said.
"Oh come on Temari. Let me just give him a lesson." The boy identified as Kankuro said.
"You better let me down!" Konohomura yelled.
"I would suggest putting him down." Naruto said as he rounded the corner, hand already on his sword.
"Oh, and why is that?"
"Because he is the grandson of the Hokage, it's best not to beat up on him, Suna ninjas." Sakura said as she and Sasuke rounded the corner prepared to back up Naruto.
Just then a swirl of sand appeared behind Temari and Kankuro. It disappeared to reveal a short boy with red hair and a gourd on his back. His eyes looked like racoon's and he had the appearance of an insomniac.
"Kankuro, stop being a fool and put him down or I will kill you." The newcomer said in a cold voice.
"Y-es Gaara." Kankuro said as he immediately dropped Konohomaru down. Konohomaru then ran to Naruto's side.
"You two." Gaara said pointing at Naruto and Sasuke. "What are your names?"
"My name is Sasuke."
"My name is Naruto, what is yours?" Naruto asked.
"I am Sabaku no Gaara. I am wanting to fight you both later. Especially you." He said as he pointed at Naruto. 'Mother screams when she sees him.'
"Kankuro, Temari let's go. We have to go for the first exam." Gaara said as the three Sand siblings walked off and towards the first exam.
"We should be heading there as well." Sasuke said as he started walking towards the first exam area. Kakashi already had given them their forms and told them where to be earlier that morning.
"Okay we better be going. Konohomaru, don't get into trouble while I'm gone!" Naruto said to Konohomaru as he left to get caught up with his team.
"So guys, what's the plan?" Naruto asked his fellow teammates.
"We watch each other's backs and get through this exam in one piece." Sasuke replied cooly as he kept walking. "We need to work as a team to get through this just like Kakashi-sensei said."
"Wow teme. I never thought you would resort to letting others help you." Naruto said jokingly while Sakura hit him in the back of the head for the comment while muttering 'baka'.
Once they reached the building, they went inside and Sakura easily noticed a genjutsu on the door and whispered it to her two teammates. They proceeded up to the correct floor where they met a weird looking guy.
"Hello Uchiha-san. I wish to fight you to show my spirit of youth." The new person said as he came from behind them. He was wearing green spandex and had a bowl haircut. What was the weirdest part of his get-up was the bushy brows that he sported on his face. 'They look like caterpillars.' Team 7 thought.
"My name is Rock Lee. I wish to be your opponent Sasuke."
"We don't want a fight yet." Sakura said as she stared at the green clad figure.
The figure then began to stare at her. He stared. Then stared, and stared some more... He stared at her for about a minute before yelling, "BEAUTIFUL CHERRY BLOSSOM! WILL YOU GO ON A DATE WITH ME?"
"..."
"NO!" Sakura yelled in surprise to the question. No guy except for Naruto ever asked her out on a date.
"I see. Then I will have to prove myself to you!" He said as he began shooting hearts from his guys going towards Sakura. Luckily, she had Anko's training and was able to dodge the, all easily.
'What is this guy?' They all thought.
"So Sasuke are you ready to begin?" He asked.
"You're on." Sasuke said as he instantly activated his sharingan not underestimating the opponent.
"The famed sharingan. I can't wait to battle it." Lee said as he ran towards Sasuke one hand raised in front of him. He then initiated a taijutsu battle with Sasuke and the two began trading blows. Thanks to the sharingan, anticipating Lee's moves was not hard but it was hard to dodge them due to their speed. Then Lee kicked Sasuke into the wall. As soon as he got up though, Lee kicked him up and jumped after him. He started undoing his bandage coverings on his arms when everyone in the room heard a loud, booming voice, "LEE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
Just then, Lee stopped his assault and went back to the ground. There, on the ground next to Lee, was a tortoise. As soon as Lee faced it however, there was a puff of white smoke and a punch went to Lee's face.
"YOU FOOL!" Yelled the new mysterious figure. Once the smoke cleared, everyone could see what the man looked like. He looked exactly like Rock Lee did except for his eyebrows were bigger and bushier.
"Guy-sensei! I AM SO SORRY!" Yelled Lee.
"LEE!"
"GUY-SENSEI!"
"LEE!"
"GUY-SENSEI!"
Just then, a rainbow appeared behind the two who started hugging each other and crying. Everyone attempted to break this horrific genjutsu but to no avail.
"Ah. I forgot." The taller person said. "I am sorry for my student's actions. He was just trying to express his springtime of youth! I am Maito (A/N: Probably will just refer to him as Guy from now on anyway.) Guy and you are Kakashi's students, aren't you?"
"Yes." Sakura said in hesitation.
"I see... SO THESE ARE MY YOUTHFUL RIVAL'S STUDENTS! NICE TO MEET YOU!"
"How do you know Kakashi?" Naruto asked.
"He is my eternal rival. I have beaten him many times. In fact, our current score is 50-49." Replied the spandex wearing jounin.
"I see...Well we have to go get ready for the first exam so, bye!" Naruto said as Team 7 ran off to go find the room where the first exam would be held. They were thinking of how their sensei could be beaten by...that. When they arrived, they instantly went to where the other rookies were. Ino assaulted Sasuke and kept hugging him while Naruto went to talk with Kiba and sometimes Shino would say something. Then, another Konoha genin came by. He wore glasses and had a stack of cards.
"Hello. You guys should be more quiet. Especially you with the giant sword. Some mist shinobi are looking at you with killing intent." The genin said as he entered their circle. "My name is Kabuto Yakushi. I have some information on the other competitors if you want it."
"Sure, Sabaku no Gaara, Naruto Uzumaki, and Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke asked. He was curious to see how he and Naruto compared to some of the others.
"I see what you are doing. Well Gaara has a perfect record on missions. It says he has never been injured. A-1 B-15 C-11 D-5 is his number of missions. Naruto is a genin from Konoha, says he picked up one of the Seven Swords of the Hidden Mist. A-1 B-0 C-6 D-142 are his mission numbers. Sasuke Uchiha is a genin from Konoha, has the sharingan. A-1 B-0 C-6 D-39 is your mission numbers." Kabuto replied giving them all the information he knew.
"How about that girl over there, the one with the red hair and cap on." Naruto asked as he noticed a team with a large man with orange hair, a girl with red hair and a cap, and another boy that appeared to have a hump on his back.
"I don't know much about them. They are from the Village Hidden in the Sound, a new ninja village that is growing."
Just then, smoke filled the room and then appeared a man with scars on his face, a bandana, and a black trench coat surrounded by other chunin.
"ALRIGHT LISTEN UP MAGGOTS! I AM THE PROCTOR FOR THE FIRST EXAM, IBIKI MORINO, AND I WON'T DEAL WITH SHIT! NOW FOLLOW ME TO THE NEXT ROOM!" The scary looking proctor yelled as he began walking away towards the room down the hall. Inside the room there were desks and chairs seperated far apart. Each was given a number and they were to go to that chair and take a seat.
Naruto was sat down next to Hinata, a girl from his graduation class that seemed to get red whenever he was by. In front of them was a pencil and a sheet of paper and on it were complicated problems.
"Alright. The first exam is a written one where there is a point system. Lose to many points and you are out. There are ten questions on the test but the last one is during the lest 10 minutes. Cheating is NOT allowed. If you are caught cheating more then 5 times you are out. Everyone understand? Good, now GO!" Ibiki said as he began the timer for the first exam and everyone got to work.
Many of the genin began to realize that this was no ordinary exam and was meant for higher level ninjas. So many began to cheat, either off teammates who knew it or from others. Sakura knew all the answers so she blew through the test, Sasuke used his sharingan to copy off the person in front of him, and Naruto had his memories of the souls he collected and the help of the Kyubbi to get him through it. The other teams used their various kekkai genkais and abilities to get their answers. However, many of the teams were caught cheating and thus disqualified. Just as it was ten minutes, the proctor announced the final question.
"Okay maggots. I am going to give you the final question but before I do you must make a choice. If you choose to take the question and get it wrong, you will never be able to take the chunin exam again. If you don't take it, you can leave the exam right now. It's your choice." Ibiki said to them. Many of the teams began to groan and complain but that was silenced by a wave of killer intent. "Ninja life isn't fair to anyone."
Many of the teams began to leave. When it was down to only 14 teams left, Ibiki decided to give them the 'final question'.
"Alright listen up. The final question is... YOU PASS!" Ibiki yelled at the remaining teams.
"WHAT?!" Everyone in the room yelled. Many started shouting questions to the proctor and complaints when he hit them with another wave of killing intent.
"The final question was to see if you had the will to take the risk for information." He then removed his bandana revealing many scars he had gained over the years. "Information is key for a ninja, even if you have to sacrifice something to gain it. The point is-" He was cut short as something went through the window and into the opposite wall. They were kunai and with it attached was a giant poster saying 'The Sexy and Single: Anko Mitarshi!' The smoke in the room started making everyone cough.
"You are early Anko." Ibiki hissed as he recovered from his coughing fit.
"Oh be quiet Ibiki. Wow, you must be losing your touch if you have this many left. No matter, I will just cut the numbers down in half! Now follow me kiddos!" Anko yelled as she started running to her favorite and most dangerous place, The Forest of Death.
A/N: Okay thanks for reading the chapter and remember to review and give me new ideas for the story! Until next time!
