Wow, it has been a while. I'm sorry for the incredibly long wait on this chapter but It took forever to find myself a new job and once I did I was so busy with it that I had no time to write. But I have a little time off so I decided that Dokushu needed an update, badly. Therefore, without further adieu, I present to you, my awesome fans, Dokushu, The Poison Master chapter nine. Enjoy.

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Chapter 9 - I'm A Father? Chuunin Exams Begin!

Naruto arrived at his and Anko's normal training grounds at seven am to the sight of Anko smiling at him with pride, joy, and love in her eyes while holding a piece of paper in her hand.

"Good morning, Anko-sensei. What has you in such a good mood this morning?" Naruto asked as he eyed the paper in his sensei/lover's hand.

"Morning, Naruto-kun. I'm happy because I've gotten you approved for the Chuunin Exams that are being held in Konoha on the seventeenth. Once you pass them and gain your promotion to Chuunin rank, you'll be granted clan head status as soon as a medic-nin confirms my pregnancy." Anko stated with a smile as she lightly rubbed her stomach.

"I'll do whatever it takes to get promoted, Anko-hime. Our baby will be the heir to our clan. I'll make sure of it." Naruto stated with a determined smile as he pulled Anko into his arms and held her lovingly.

"I know you will, Naru-koi. So let's go through a few warm ups before we start some light combat training. We'll get your Taijutsu as close to perfect as possible in the week we have before the exams." Anko replied with a smile as she hugged Naruto tight.

"Sounds good, Anko-sensei. Let's get started." Naruto said with a grin as the two moved to the center clearing of the training grounds.

~ Time Skip - Day before the Exams, Thursday the Sixteenth ~

Naruto was currently walking back towards his apartment after having lunch with Anko at Ichiraku's. Anko had given him the day off from training so that he could rest and be at his best for the exams tomorrow. As he was walking he couldn't help but notice that he was being followed by a perfectly square 'rock'.

"Konohamaru, how many times do I have to tell you, rocks aren't perfect squares?" Naruto asked the 'rock' with a sigh.

"Not bad, boss! That's just what I'd expect from my rival!" A young boy's voice shouted from inside the 'rock' before the poorly disguised camouflage exploded in a large cloud of smoke.

"Too many…smoke bombs." came the same voice through a fit of coughing. After the smoke had cleared three children could be seen coughing on the ground. One child was a boy with bowl haircut and a perpetually running nose; wearing a blue shirt and khaki ninja pants. The only girl of the three person group had her orange hair tied up in two large pigtails and was wearing a red shirt with khaki shinobi pants. The final member was a boy wearing a blue scarf that was too long, a yellow shirt with a red Konoha leaf symbol on the front and grey shinobi pants. All three quickly stood up before saluting Naruto and shouting.

"The Konohamaru Corps, ready for duty!" the three kids shouted while still saluting Naruto. Naruto sighed in resignation while grinning at the three children.

"So, why are you three following me today? Are you already out of school?" Naruto asked the trio of children with a grin.

"Yeah boss, an we were wondering if you'd play ninja with us?" Konohamaru said with a grin as Udon and Moegi both looked up at him with their hands clasped together in the 'begging pose'. Naruto has seen this plenty of times before, he'd known the Sandaime's grandson since he was a little boy himself and he'd met Moegi and Udon during his last year at the Academy when they'd become friends with Konohamaru. So with another sigh Naruto gave them his answer.

"Alright, but I'm only giving you a five second head start this time." Naruto told them with a grin as he held up his hand with all of his fingers extended.

"Why would a ninja, play 'ninja' with a bunch of kids?" a voice behind Naruto asked as the group of four looked towards the speaker to see Sakura standing there with a confused look on her face.

"Why not? It's good for the kids to practice what they learn in the Academy." Naruto stated with a shrug as the Konohamaru Corps all nodded happily.

"Hey, boss, is she your girlfriend?" Konohamaru asked causing Sakura's face to redden in anger while Naruto quickly shook his head.

"No way, Konohamaru. This is my girlfriend." Naruto stated as he pulled out a picture of himself and Anko eating dango together with Anko sitting in his lap while both were smiling at the camera.

"Wow, she's hot boss!" Konohamaru said loudly while looking at the picture.

"She's so pretty!" Moegi said with a sigh as she thought about looking beautiful like Anko did someday.

"She's a very attractive lady." Udon said with a nod as he looked at the picture as well.

"I know, she's as beautiful as any woman could ever be." Naruto replied with a grin while putting the picture away.

"You did a lot better than the big forehead over there then, boss!" Konohamaru said while pointing at Sakura.

"What did you just say?" Sakura yelled before chasing the three Academy students around the corner.

"Oh boy, Konohamaru's mouth gets him in trouble again. I guess I should make sure Sakura doesn't kill him." Naruto said with a sigh before dashing off after the group of four. He was just about to round the next corner when he heard the sound of to bodies colliding and the sound of an older boy saying something to someone else.

"That hurt you brat. You should watch where your going." said a teenage boy in a black outfit with a hood and a strange object wrapped up hanging off his back.

"Kankuro, stop. What'll you do if 'he' finds out?" said the girl next to the teenage boy. She had blonde hair in four ponytails and was wearing a light purple battle dress. She had what appeared to be a giant closed fan strapped to her back.

"Hush, Temari, I'm just gonna teach the kid some manners about running into people." the now identified Kankuro stated as he cocked his fist back ready to slug the young boy.

"That wouldn't be wise, Suna Shinobi-san. That's the Sandaime Hokage's grandson you're about to assault." said a voice from directly behind Kankuro. Kankuro quickly released Konohamaru and spun around to see who had snuck up on both him and his sister. To the two Suna-nin's shock, a boy a few years younger than them was standing behind them with a steel gaze focused on both of them.

"Who the hell are you?" Kankuro questioned as he stared at the younger boy. 'This kid is good. Neither Kankuro or I sensed him approaching at all. He was close enough to kill us without us even knowing!' Temari thought with amazement as she studied the boy in front of her.

"Uzumaki Naruto, Genin of Konohagakure no Sato, at your service." Naruto said while continuing to stare down the two foreign shinobi.

"So, what do you want?" Kankuro asked with a bit of a growl.

"Just for you to stop harassing the citizens of this village and return to your hotel until you've been given further instructions from your Jounin-sensei." Naruto stated with a no nonsense tone.

"What if we don't?" Kankuro asked as he put his hand on the wrapped object on his back.

"Kankuro, are you actually going to use Karasu?" Temari questioned her brother in a whisper.

"Then I'm afraid the Chuunin Exams will be impossible for you to take." Naruto answered as he slid into his Taijutsu stance.

"Really now? I'd like to see you try Leaf boy!" Kankuro shouted while starting to pull the wrapped object off his back. Before he could even remove the object from his back, Kankuro found a fist a few centimeters from his face. Kankuro couldn't even get over his shock before Naruto spoke again.

"Now stand down, before I really have to subdue you." Naruto stated with a steely tone as he stared directly into Kankuro's shocked eyes. 'He's so fast! I couldn't even keep up!' Temari thought as she watched her brother lower his hands. "Sasuke, you and sandbox up in the tree get down here. I don't have the patience to deal with anymore international incidents." Naruto spoke as he pulled his fist back from Kankuro's face. Everyone looked up into the nearest tree to see Sasuke and a red headed Suna-nin sitting, or in the Suna-nin's case standing upside down, in the tree. Sasuke quickly looked over and saw the Suna-nin standing upside down no more than four feet from his current position. 'How did the dobe know that guy was there when I didn't even when I'm this close?' Sasuke thought to himself in shock as the Suna-nin disappeared in a swirl of sand and reappeared beside Temari and Kankuro.

"Kankuro, you're a disgrace to our village." the red haired Suna-nin stated in a monotone voice.

"But, Gaara…" Kankuro tried to defend himself before he was cut off by the newly identified Gaara.

"Shut up, before I kill you." Gaara said in his cold tone. Kankuro instantly stopped talking.

"Are you participating in the exams, Uzumaki Naruto?" Gaara questioned while staring at Naruto.

"Yes, I am. I take it this is your team Gaara-san?" Naruto asked while staring at each member in turn.

"Yes, these two are my teammates Temari and Kankuro. I look forward to seeing you in the exams, Uzumaki." Gaara stated as he turned and started walking away, his siblings were quick to follow him.

"This exam just got a whole lot more difficult for me." Naruto mused out loud before telling the Konohamaru Corps to return to their homes and resuming his walk back to his apartment.

The next morning Naruto woke bright and early to prepare himself for the events of the exam. After donning his gear, sealing some extra supplies in the sealing scroll Anko had given him for missions, and eating breakfast Naruto made his way towards the Academy to take the first test of the Chuunin Exams. After a short walk, Naruto arrived at the Academy and started to head up to the third floor. Unfortunately he had to stop on the second floor due to the large crowd of Genin trying to get into a room labeled three hundred one. 'Are they serious?' Naruto thought to himself as he instantly recognized the out of place room sign. 'That's a low level Genjutsu that effects sight in a limited area. It probably only extends to the end of the hall. How can so many people fall for such a simple trick?' Naruto wondered to himself as Anko had thoroughly beaten the aspects of Genjutsu detection and dispersal into his head. Naruto was content to simply walk past the crowd quietly and let them fail for being late when he heard an arrogant voice ruin the whole thing.

"Remove the Genjutsu, we're going to the third floor." Sasuke ordered the two disguised Chuunin preventing the rest of the crowd from entering the room.

"Not bad, but just seeing through it isn't enough." said the disguised Chuunin on the left as he lashed out with a kick which Sasuke met with one of his own. Suddenly a green blur appeared between the two and caught both of their kicks before they could meet. 'Not to bad. He's fast and he has the strength to stop kicks like that barehanded. Obviously a Taijutsu specialist.' Naruto thought before turning around and walking up the stairs to the third floor. As he reached the door to the real room three hundred one he was met by Anko.

"Hey, Naruto-koi, are you ready for the exams?" she asked with a grin.

"Of course, Anko-hime, I have a reason to pass this entire exam." Naruto replied with a grin of his own.

"Well let me give you one more reason, Naru-koi." Anko said with a grin and she pulled him close and hugged him before whispering in his ear. "You're going to be a daddy, Naruto-koi." Naruto quickly pulled back from Anko's hug enough to look her in the eyes. Anko's big smile and loving eyes told the whole story.

"Are you sure, Anko-hime? When did you find out? Is it a boy or a girl? How long until the baby is born? What do we do when it's time?" Naruto asked question after question before Anko pulled him into a kiss to calm him down.

"Better?" Anko asked as she pulled away from their lip lock. Naruto simply nodded dazed. "Good. Now to answer your questions in order. Yes I'm sure, I had a medic-nin check me out this morning and she confirmed it. We won't know if it's a boy or a girl for a while. The baby still has almost a full nine months before it'll be born. An we'll do what parents do when it's time for the baby to be born." Anko answered his questions before Naruto happily hugged her and spun her around in joy.

"I can't wait Anko-chan. We'll have to have the whole clan thing set up before our baby is born. So I'll storm through this test and defeat anyone in my way." Naruto said as he stopped spinning Anko and set her back down.

"I'm looking forward to it, Naruto-koi. Me and the baby will be waiting for you after you get finished." Anko said with a smile before she kissed him again and then vanished in a Shunshin no jutsu (Body Flicker Technique). Naruto, with renewed determination pushed open the doors to the exam room and stepped inside. Once the doors closed behind him Naruto was met with the stares and killing intent of all the assembled Genin. Naruto grinned, having felt more killing intent than this from both Anko and Zabuza.

"What are trying to do, make me laugh?" Naruto asked the room before unleashing about half of his own killing intent upon the occupants of the room. All of the Genin, except Gaara in the back of the room, flinched at the level of killing intent Naruto was projecting at them before he quickly stopped. "That's how you use killing intent." Naruto stated nonchalantly as he went and leaned against the wall near a window.

"Sasuke-kun!" a familiar girl cried out a short while later. Naruto turned to see Sasuke annoyed by Ino jumping on his back. Sasuke's eye was twitching at the Yamanaka heiresses' actions. Sakura was quick to start screeching at Ino.

"Ino-pig! Get off of Sasuke-kun!" Sakura screeched at her so called 'rival in love'. Ino, annoyed at being interrupted, looked to see Sakura death glaring at her.

"Well, well, well if it isn't forehead girl! Still can't get over the fact that Sasuke-kun likes me better?" Ino questioned as she pulled down her eyelid and stuck her tongue out.

"Don't you get tired of living in your little fantasy world, Ino-pig?" Sakura asked with a dismissive wave in Ino's direction. Ino simply repeated her earlier action. Sakura turned to see team eight and team ten heading towards team seven's location. Soon the lazy genius and 'big-boned' boy of their graduating class came up to the group. The lazy genius, Nara Shikamaru, spoke first.

"So, you're all taking this troublesome exam too?" Shikamaru asked with a yawn at the end. Chouji stood beside him munching on a few chips from a bag he was holding.

'That has to be the most mismatched team in Konoha, personality wise anyway.' Naruto thought to himself from his place against the wall.

"Yahoo! So the rookies are together again!" A loud, familiar, voice spoke out as Kiba, Hinata, and Shino walked towards the group of rookies. Hinata blushed as she discreetly tried to find Naruto in the large crowd. "It looks like our little group is all here!" Kiba exclaimed loudly with a smirk on his face.

"Including your noisy self...troublesome." Shikamaru stated with another yawn as Chouji chuckled at Shikamaru's comment. Kiba grinned at successfully annoying Shikamaru before speaking again.

"So, I guess all of the rookie teams got nominated for the exams this year. I wonder how far we'll get, right Sasuke?" Kiba smirked at the Uchiha who had finally gotten Ino off his back.

"Trying to act cool, Kiba?" Sasuke asked in his arrogant tone.

"With the way we've trained you have no chance against us." Kiba stated with a confident smirk.

"Oh shut up, Kiba! You won't even beat me, much less Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shrieked at the Inuzuka boy.

"I'm sorry, Sakura-san, Kiba didn't mean it like that." Hinata apologized with a slight stutter as she tried to keep the peace between the teams. Akamaru barked as his head popped out of Kiba's jacket.

"You guys would do us all well if you'd stop shouting like this is an Academy field trip and quiet down." An older male voice said from behind the group. Naruto started paying more attention when he heard this new voice enter the rookies conversation. The three rookie teams turned to see an older boy with silver hair in a ponytail, glasses, and wearing a purple outfit. "You guys are the new Genin teams, right? This is a serious exam you know."

"Who are you?" Ino asked as she and the rest of the rookies looked the guy over.

"I'm Yakushi Kabuto, and you all should be quieter." Kabuto said while pointing behind them. They all turned to see a group of Genin from Amegakure glaring at them intently. "Those guys are from Amegakure and are known to have short tempers." Kabuto told them while pushing his glasses up. Sakura and Ino showed visible fear at the Ame Genin.

'They think those guys are scary? After seeing what Zabuza can do Sakura shouldn't be afraid of some Genin.' Naruto scoffed.

"But it's unavoidable, I guess. I remember what it was like taking my first exam."

"You've taken the exam before, Kabuto?" Sakura asked the older Genin.

"Yes, in fact this is my seventh try." Kabuto said while rubbing the back of his head sheepishly.

"So that means you know what to expect in this exam, right?" Sakura asked curiously.

"Not the specifics, but other than that I guess so." Kabuto answered with a smile. 'Something seems off with this Kabuto guy. Anko-hime said that it was rare for a Genin to not advance after their third try. I'll keep my eye out for him.' Naruto thought to himself as he listened in on the groups conversation.

"Okay, the least I can do is give you rookies some vital information on what you're in for during this exam. With my shinobi info cards." Kabuto said with a small smile as he pulled out a deck of cards.

"Shinobi info cards?" Sakura asked curiously as she stared at the stack of cards.

"To put it simply, they contain information I've collected over the years that I've been taking this exam. The information is represented by symbols that appear when I put my chakra through them. It took me four years to collect all the information on these cards and there are about two hundred cards in all." Kabuto explained as he drew one of the cards and flipped it over revealing that the card was blank. "It appears blank, right? The only way to read the information on the cards is with my chakra." Kabuto said as he touched the card with his index finger. Kabuto placed his hand in the rat seal and soon a map of the elemental countries appeared on the card. "This card shows how many applicants each shinobi nation sent to the exam this time around." Kabuto explained as the rookies stared at the card and the information on it.

"Do you have cards for each individual applicant?" Sasuke asked as he eyed the cards in Kabuto's hand.

"You have an interest in someone in particular?" Kabuto asked as he deactivated the first card and put it back in the stack.

"Sabaku no Gaara from Sunagakure, Rock Lee from Konohagakure, and Uzumaki Naruto from Konohagakure." Sasuke told him hoping he'd get some weaknesses on them. Naruto glared at Sasuke knowing the Uchiha was trying to find ways to beat him without working for it.

"You know their names, that makes it easy." Kabuto replied as he drew three cards and sent chakra through them.

"Let me see them." Sasuke demanded as Kabuto laid down the first card.

"First up is Rock Lee. He's a year older than your teammates. He's completed twenty D Rank and eleven C Rank missions. His Jounin instructor is Maito Gai. His Taijutsu is very advanced but his other stats aren't impressive. His teammates are Tenten and Hyuuga Neji. Like you guys this is his first time in the exam." Kabuto changed to the next card to show Gaara's stats. "Now for Sabaku no Gaara he has completed eight C Rank and, whoa, 1 B Rank! Not many Genin get assigned B Rank missions. Here's the really odd thing, he has come back from each mission without a single injury." Naruto narrowed his eyes at the red haired Suna shinobi. 'Alright, now I know something isn't right with that guy. How the hell does a Genin come back from a B Rank mission uninjured? I'll have to watch his team carefully.' Naruto thought as he went back to listening in to the rookie's conversation with Kabuto. Kabuto switched to the final card to show Naruto's stats. "Finally we come to Uzumaki Naruto. He's completed twelve D Rank missions, one C Rank, one B Rank, and, whoa, one A Rank! That's insane for a Genin. His skills in Taijutsu are advanced, his Genjutsu is above average, and his Ninjutsu is off the charts. He also has a Kekkei Genkai called Dokushu that gives him a lot of poison techniques." Kabuto finished with an amazed tone.

"Doesn't he have any kind of weakness?" Sasuke questioned Kabuto causing Naruto to narrow his eyes at the arrogant Uchiha. 'I knew he was just trying to find weaknesses against people he couldn't defeat.' Naruto thought while glaring at Sasuke.

"I don't know, I've never had a chance to actually observe him. So I don't know what kind of weaknesses he may have." Kabuto answered before he continued explaining the exam. "Konoha, Suna, Ame, Kusa, Taki, and Oto; each village has sent their best Genin ninja to this exam. I don't know much about Otogakure, though. It's a recently created village so information on it and its' shinobi is lacking. But, every other village has very formidable shinobi competing this year." Kabuto finished up his explanation.

"Is anyone else feeling a little discouraged now?" Hinata asked with a stutter.

"So, what you're trying to say is that everyone else here..." Sakura trailed off with a worried look on her face.

"Yes, they're like Lee, Gaara, and Naruto. Specially selected Genin, the best in their villages. They have to be, this test is unforgiving." Kabuto explained to the group of rookie Genin.

"According to his little card, our village is an unknown village in a backwater country." A spiky, dark haired shinobi said to his two teammates. All three of them wore headbands with a musical note on them.

"I know, insulting isn't it?" replied his teammate, whose head was covered in bandages.

"So, want to have some fun with them?" the only female of the trio asked her teammates.

"Sounds good, that fool is treating us like some after thought. Let's give him some information for his cards. He'll learn how deadly the shinobi of sound are." The bandaged nin said before the three began to move towards the Konoha group.

"What are those three doing?" Naruto mumbled to himself as he watched the Sound-nin move through the crowd. The sound ninja suddenly made their move. Kabuto saw them coming and quickly looked up to see a Genin from Otogakure in the air above him. The spiky haired Sound-nin drew some kunai and threw them at Kabuto. Kabuto quickly jumped back, dodging the projectiles. But then the bandaged Sound-nin appeared in front of him with a strange device on his arm. Kabuto dodged the Sound-nin's punch before he suddenly fell to his knees and vomited on the floor.

"Didn't he dodge that punch?" Shikamaru questioned as the group looked on.

"It must have grazed him, that's what you get for being cocky." Kiba stated as Kabuto slowly made his way back to his feet.

"Put this in your cards, the Genin from Otogakure will definitely become Chuunin.

But then a poof of smoke appeared and a loud masculine voice shouted from the cloud of smoke. "All right you little bastards listen up!" The smoke vanished to reveal a large man baring several scars along with several other ninja.

"I'm Morino Ibiki, your proctor for the first exam and from this moment your greatest enemy!" Ibiki announced with a dark smirk on his face. Ibiki pointed to the Oto Genin. "You, Sound-nin! Do you want to be disqualified before the test even starts?" Ibiki questioned them.

"Sorry, it's our first exam. We just got a little excited." the bandaged Sound-nin answered as he and his teammate retreated back to their original location. After the commotion had died down Ibiki explained the rules of the exam while holding up a paper with a number on it. 'So the first test is a written exam. Why do I get the feeling that there's more to it than that?' Naruto thought to himself while heading for his assigned seat.

After everyone was seated, Ibiki goes on to explain the rules of the written test to them.

After he informed them all that they have an hour to finish the nine questions and the tenth question wouldn't come until forty-five minutes into the exam, Ibiki told them to turn over their exam papers and begin the test.

"I know something is going on with this test. No Genin can answer questions like these normally. But what's the trick?" Naruto mumbled to himself as he subtlety glanced around the room to see what the other examinees were doing. Kiba was using Akamaru to gather the answers for him. Shino had his beetles flying around gathering the answers for him. A girl with her hair in two buns was using mirrors and wires to steal the answers. It looked like Ino had taken over Sakura with her mind jutsu and memorized the answers. Sasuke had activated his Sharingan, while Hinata, who was sitting beside Naruto, used her Byakugan to find the answers. The Oto Genin had their eyes closed and seemed to be focusing on the sound the pencils around them were making. Gaara was doing something with a small ball of sand in his hand. Naruto decided that the only way to get the answers he needed was to cheat. So with a little chakra applied to his lungs, Naruto breathed out a colorless, odorless toxin at the person sitting in front of him. Within a few seconds the person in front of him leaned over, exposing his answers while he coughed violently for several moments. Naruto quickly copied as many answers as he could before the person in front of him straightened back up. 'An that takes care of my test.' Naruto thought with a small hidden grin. Throughout the exam the proctors caught a few teams and disqualified them.

Kankuro claimed to have to use the restroom. When he returned, Ibiki revealed that he knew the proctor was in fact Kankuro's puppet. Thirteen teams had been disqualified by the time the tenth question was to be given out. Ibiki revealed one more rule to the shocked Genin examinees.

"For the tenth question there is one final rule. Whether you choose to take it or not." Ibiki announced causing Temari to stand up.

"What do you mean if we choose to take it or not? Why wouldn't we take it?" Temari questioned with a confused expression.

"Because, if you choose to take it and answer it incorrectly, you'll be barred from ever taking the Chuunin Exams ever again." Ibiki responded with a sadistic grin.

"What! That's complete crap! There are other people in here that have taken this exam before!" Kiba yelled out as he stood up from his chair.

"Well it just so happens that they didn't have me as their proctor." Ibiki stated with his gruff voice. "Now, hurry up and make your choice. I'm tired of hearing your whining." Ibiki finished with his face completely neutral. One by one, team after team gave up and left the room. After several minutes none of the other teams were leaving so Ibiki spoke up. "For those of you who decided to take the question, congratulations, you've passed the first exam." Ibiki announced causing half the room to gape in shock. Once Ibiki finished explaining the reason they all passed; he told them all to head down to Training Ground forty four to meet their next proctor so they could continue the exam.

"Well, doesn't this place look as inviting as always?" Naruto muttered with a smirk as he stared at Anko's favorite training ground. The proctor for this exam was Yamashiro Aoba, a crow summoning Special Jounin that often used the forest to train with his summons.

"Welcome to training ground forty four, also known as 'The Forest of Death'. I'm the proctor for the second exam, Yamashiro Aoba. For this exam you'll be spending one hundred twenty hours inside this forest. Your objective is to collect two scrolls. One Heaven and one Earth. You'll be given one scroll and you'll have to battle other teams to find its' counterpart. If by the end of the one hundred twenty hours you have not made it to the center tower, you and your team will be disqualified. If you lose one of your teammates due to injury or death, you and your team will be disqualified. Finally, if you look inside the scrolls at any point in time during the exam, you and your team will be disqualified." Aoba finished while holding a stack of papers. "Please have your whole team sign these waivers if you still wish to participate." Aoba finished as he passed the papers around to the Genin. Naruto instantly signed his waiver and headed for the tent to receive his scroll. Naruto received a Heaven Scroll for his waiver before going to wait by his assigned gate. It was only thirty minutes later when Aoba officially started the second exam.

"I'll have to get this test over with as soon as possible. Anko-chan and the baby are waiting." Naruto mumbled to himself before his gate was opened and he launched himself into the somewhat familiar forest. Naruto had only been traveling for about twenty minutes when he had to leap to his left to dodge multiple kunai that were thrown at him. Naruto quickly blocked the kick aimed at his head from a Taki-nin. Naruto threw the Taki-nin back into his third teammate and made some distance between himself and the Taki team.

"Hand over your scroll and we'll let you leave." said the lead Taki-nin as he and his teammates withdrew kunai.

"How about you three sleep for a while instead?" Naruto suggested as the Taki-nin on the left collapsed unconscious.

"What happened?" the lead Taki-nin questioned his teammate as they watched their teammate laying on the ground.

"I don't know, he just passed out!" his teammate shouted as they both refocused on Naruto.

"You'll pay for that!" the Taki-nin leader stated before both he and his teammate rushed Naruto and quickly had a kunai on either side of Naruto's body. "Now give us your scroll or we'll kill you." the Taki leader demanded.

"Sorry guys, I can't die yet. I'm going to be a father." Naruto stated with a smile before he placed a hand in front of each Taki-nin's face and blasted them both with a Dokukemuri no jutsu. "Just sleep for a while. I'll just help myself to your scroll." Naruto said with a grin as he searched the Taki-nin for their scroll. "Damn, another Heaven scroll. Oh well, one team down only twenty five to go. I should be able to find an Earth Scroll before then." Naruto stated before he leap back into the trees and resumed searching for an Earth Scroll.

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So was it good or bad? Let me know in your reviews. If you're wondering why the first Taki-nin fell unconscious, it was because he made physical contact with Naruto's skin when Naruto blocked his kick. Hopefully I'll have an update for Iron Shinobi before the end of the month. Anyway, until I get your reviews, later.