Naruto was walking along the road the very next day when he came across Konohamaru and his friend. "Hey Naruto!" called Konohamaru, "Come and play ninja with us please."

"Sure," Naruto smiled kindly at them, "I don't have any missions or training today some I'm sure it'll be fine."

The three little ones cheered in excitement, but they did not see the figure appear behind Moegi. The figure grabbed Moegi while laughing evilly and jumped up to the high archway that stood above them.

"AAh!" screamed Moegi, "Naruto, Konohamaru, Help!"

"What are you doing with Moegi you big slug," yelled Konohamaru.

The figure laughed and ran off quickly with Naruto, Konohamaru, and Udon following.

After only a few minutes Naruto had lost Konohamaru and Udon, but he didn't care since he knew that they would catch up to him later as they did the last time this happened.

The figure stopped at a big tree and began tying up Moegi.

"No!" she screamed, "You let me go!" but before she could say anymore the person gagged her.

The figure laughed, "I thought the hidden leaf village had powerful ninja, but now I see you're nothing. Just a bunch of weaklings." Naruto landed on the ground from the trees at that very moment. "Well that was quick," said the figure as he turned around. What he saw surprised even him. Naruto's eyes weren't full of determination to save Moegi, but they were filled with disappointment.

Naruto shook his head. "I can't believe you," he said quietly, "You would think that my own sensei might trust me enough to believe that I could participate in the chunin exams."

"What are you talking about?" asked the figure.

"Iruka-sensei. I can't believe you don't trust me. I think of you as a father figure and you don't even trust that I can handle myself. You think that I'm weak. You disappoint me."

"You think of me as a father?" gasped the figure.

"Yes," Naruto nodded, "Now let Moegi go. She has nothing to do with your disbelief in me. I thought you were supposed to be cheering me on Iruka-sensei. Not trying to hold me back."

"Naruto it's not like that," said Iruka as he stepped forward and turned into his real self, but Naruto just stepped back.

"Let Moegi go," he said.

Iruka did and Moegi ran straight to Naruto. "Why would you kidnap me?" asked Moegi.

Naruto leaned down and said, "Moegi, you're much too young to understand why things happen in this world," then he reached up and tapped her forehead making her fall unconscious.

"I'm disappointed Iruka-sensei," said Naruto.

"But Naruto-" Iruka tried.

"I'll see you later Iruka-sensei," Naruto cut him off and then he left with Moegi in his arms leaving a shocked Iruka to stand in the clearing and wonder how Naruto had figured out that it was him who used that jutsu since Naruto had always been so weak in his eyes.

Sakura was sitting just outside her window thinking about the chunin exams. She wondered if it would be the same this time, but she had the feeling that something was going to be different.

"Hey!" came Sasuke's voice.

"Sasuke," Sakura gasped dreamily, "Uh, what's up?"

"Let's take a walk," he said, "Just you and me."

"No way," Sakura blushed, "You mean it?"

"Yea," Sasuke answered.

"Ok, hold on a second," Sakura said happily.

She hurried down to go see him and they walked quietly until they reached a clearing filled with mist. "So Sasuke, why do you want to go on a walk with me all of a sudden," she asked.

"Because I need to tell you to give up on the chunin exams," said Sasuke, "There's no way you can pass them Sakura."

"I was afraid of that," Sakura looked at the ground with a depressed looked, "You're right Sasuke."

"These ninja are very advanced and they have no mercy. If you try to fight them you could lose your life."

"But Sasuke," she said regaining her happiness, "You're telling me this because you care about me."

"I-uh-guess that's true," Sasuke said with a smile.

In answer to this Sakura laughed. Not a fangirl giggle because her crush said he cared about her, but a full on laugh. "Are you stupid?" she asked.

Sasuke gave her a quizzical look, "what do you mean?"

"You just assumed that since I was a girl and every girl in leaf village has a crush on Sasuke that I did too," she laughed, "You didn't even bother to look into the fact that Sasuke and I have been friends for a long time. Not to mention we both like someone else now."

"Wh-what?" gasped the Sasuke-look-alike.

"I know you're just an illusion, but you would think that Iruka-sensei would have thought of a better one seeing as I've never even swooned over Sasuke like his fangirls do. I just hang out with him because he's my friend."

"You too!" said the Sasuke-look-alike.

"What do you mean me too?" she asked.

"I can understand you knowing that it was me seeing as you were one of the smartest ninjas in my class," he sighed, "but even Naruto knew that it was me."

"Are you implying that Naruto is stupid Iruka-sensei," said Sakura as her eyes grew cold.

"Of course he is," said Iruka, "He always gets the worst marks in the class."

"I can't believe you," said Sakura, "He thinks of you as a father figure and you say he's stupid. If you were here right now I would punch you so hard, but since you aren't I'll just have to leave and go console Naruto since right now he's probably being depressed that his own father figure can't think highly of him." And with that she left leaving Iruka hiding in the bushes feeling guilt wash over him for what he had said.

Sasuke was walking in the forest when he felt a presence behind him. "Don't even bother Iruka-sensei," he said, "You know I'll beat you anyway."

"How did you know it was me?" asked Iruka-sensei as he came out of the bushes not even bothering to put on the disguise.

"I was taught by the best," answered Sasuke.

"I never taught you how to read and know someone's chakra signature. That's not part of the curriculum."

"I never said you were the one I learned from," answered Sasuke.

"Your family taught you that at such a young age?" Iruka gasped.

"No."

"Then who did you learn from?"

"None of your business," answered Sasuke as he walked away.

Iruka found Kakashi watching the moon on top of a roof.

"So how did it go?" asked Kakashi.

"They all made it," he answered, "but your team…"

This made Kakashi turn to look at him. "What about my team?" he asked suspiciously.

"Your whole team knew who I was somehow," answered Iruka making Kakashi's eyes widen, "They were the best. Did you teach them how to read and know chakra signatures?"

"No," answered Kakashi, "I didn't even know they could do that."

Iruka sighed, "You were right Kakashi. They're good. They've all developed very impressive skills."

"But the chunin exams can break anyone," mumbled Kakashi, "We'll see if they can tough it out."

"Kakashi?" asked Iruka.

"Mm?" answered Kakashi.

"Your whole team knew who I was and they all seemed disappointed in me," sighed Iruka sadly, "Even Naruto knew who I was."

"Yes," said Kakashi, "If Naruto, the weakest of the three knew who you were don't you think that the other two would too."

"But what if he's not the weakest?" asked Iruka.

Kakashi laughed, "If you ever saw them actually fight than you would take that back. Naruto is the weakest."

Iruka just shook his head and said, "You're not even trying to use your most used teachings. Look underneath the underneath."

"Sakura and Sasuke are always the ones fighting," answered Kakashi, "Until Naruto proves his strength he will always be weak."

"Kakashi," said Iruka, "You can't make them into your old team. Just because they remind you of your old team does not mean that they are exactly alike." And with this Iruka left thinking about why he had said that. He knew about Kakashi's old team, but even he thought that Naruto was the weakest link so why was he standing up for him like that?

sorry this is such a short chapter.