A/N: Three chapters in a row! Nice! ;D

These are getting more and more fun to write- thanks to reviewers and readers :)

OK. On with the story then~!

Warning: Language, OOC, the usual...

"Could you stop bouncing around for one minute?"

"I could un. But then I wouldn't be able to annoy you so much."

"Dei-da-ra..."

"Yes Ita-kun~?"

"Shut up!"

Shisui glanced in between his two temporary teammates, both who he viewed as children that must be watched over- Kami forbid he let them out of his sight for one moment. The afternoon they passed the first exam, the two had immediately started arguing over who did better. And then after that, whether they should visit Naruto and Sasuke or not. It all gave him one big migraine.

Sort of like now.

"The Forest of Death hmm? Sounds fun!" Deidara bounced ahead of the two, having woken up earlier than either of the Uchihas once again this morning. He was now hyperactively prancing about, not knowing why he was so hyper or what caused him to be so Hokage-darned happy.

Itachi gave the blonde a dark glare as they walked down Konoha's dirt roads of the village, and towards the more forested parts of the area. He didn't particularly like being woken every morning with a shuriken thrown at his head. "I bet you think dying is fun too," he muttered.

Deidara snorted, eye narrowed. "My death is going to be a massive explosion un! Kamikaze style!"

"I should have known," Itachi dryly commented. "What- is my foolish little brother going to be the one to drive you to your ultimate demise?"

"No! As if that would ever happen," Deidara snapped back.

"Sure."

"So the second part of the Exam will be harder than the first," Shisui interrupted, changing the subject quickly.

Deidara glanced at him, short attention span as always. "What do we have to do un?"

"Well over the last few years, all we've had to do was spend about a week in the Forest by ourselves," Shisui explained as they approached the massive gates that opened to the Forest. All the other shinobi who had passed and Anko were there already, gathered in a semi-circle. "Oh yeah, and we usually have a pair of scrolls we have to steal from another team," he added a moment later.

"Sweet hmm! This is going to be a blast!" Deidara exclaimed as they halted before Anko.

"It's not going to be a blast," Itachi said in exasperation.

"What's going to be a blast?"

Itachi and Deidara simultaneously shuddered, glancing over their shoulder in slight fear. "Kakashi…" they uttered in unison.

Shisui, once again, seemed to miss the giant cloud of tension hanging overhead. "Oh hey Kakashi-san!" he greeted the masked nin and his teammates.

Kakashi grinned. "Yo."

Obito gave a peace sign. "Homie."

Rin shyly pumped a fist. "Dog."

Kakashi leaped back, his teammates following. "And together we form- The Kakashi Gets Revenge Ninja Squad!" A bright light shone behind them, followed by streamers and a balloon.

Itachi reached up and popped the balloon with a needle. "You know, for some reason that just doesn't suit you guys."

"Yeah," Deidara said with a slight grimace. "Just leave it to Konohamaru and his gang."

He got a bunch of blank looks.

"Who's that?" Itachi asked.

"The Third Hokage's Grandson," Deidara replied as if the answer should have been obvious.

"The Hokage doesn't have a grandson," Itachi sighed.

Deidara stared. "Not yet un."

Itachi turned away with a weird expression. "O-K~ please keep your psychic abilities under control."

Deidara rolled his eye, whispering to Shisui, "He's just jealous hmm."

Shisui nodded. "He's always been," he whispered back.

Except their whispering was actually really obnoxious talking behind half-raised hands.

Itachi turned on them with a throbbing vein. "I can HEAR you!"

"Silence maggot!" Anko bopped him over the head with her clipboard. "Now pay attention all you little fruit cups!" she shouted to the rest of the gathered shinobi. "I'm going to explain the rules of the next test!"

Itachi cast her a very sore look.

"NOW!" Anko loudly screamed, effectively bursting all their eardrums. "You will all begin the second test shortly maggots! On my clipboard I have a bunch of papers that you need to sign in case you die, become disabled for life, or- well- die!" She handed the clipboard to Shisui. "Take one and pass it around worm."

Shisui bobbed his head with a cheery smile.

Itachi stared at him. Did he like being called names? He took a paper and absently handed the clipboard to whoever was on his other side.

"Why thank you Itachi-kun~"

"Hn." He turned to ask Deidara why he was using such a disgusting tone of voice and violently twitched. "Orochimaru!"

The long-haired man smiled. "Hello."

Itachi quickly faced Anko who was reading off the paper for those too lazy to read. "Orochimaru's here!" he shouted in alarm.

Anko waved a hand at him. "Put a sock in it maggot, I'm reading. OK- we are not responsible for any deaths during this part of the Exam, blah, blah, blah-"

"But-"

"Silence!" she gave him a scorching glare.

Looking around, Itachi saw that no one actually really cared that there was a missing Nuke-nin standing right in their presence. Apparently the paper was much more interesting.

"And that about wraps it up," Anko finished, looking up. Her eyes suddenly widened and she pointed a finger. "Hey look! It's Orochimaru!"

All the shinobi, including Deidara and Shisui, jumped back in a large circle. "Orochimaru!" they all screamed.

Itachi smacked his head, inwardly seething.

Orochimaru chuckled and then started to vanish in a swirl of leaves. "Hahahahaha! You can never catch me foolish children! I am the wind! I am your mom! I am your pillow at night! I WILL JOIN ALL THE GENIN TEAMS NO MATTER WHAT I MUST DO!"

-Insert dramatic gasping-

…Except for Itachi who was currently aiming a kunai for the babbling man.

Orochimaru laughed some more and then left.

And Itachi was left pointing a kunai at Anko instead.

Shisui quickly lowered his cousin's arm.

"Whew! Now that, that's over-" Anko wiped the sweat off her brow, "I can get on with the test." She dug through her back pockets, pulling out two scrolls. "These are Heaven and Earth scrolls maggots. Each team will be given one in secrecy, and in fifteen minutes we'll station your teams at different gate posts to enter the Forest. There's a very big tower in the center of the Forest, you can't miss it; and if you do then something is clearly wrong with you. That's your goal." She grinned at all of them. "Make it to the tower with both a Heaven and Earth scroll in within seventy-two hours, or fail the second test."

"Three days?" Itachi raised a brow. Last time he remembered, they were given an entire week.

Anko shrugged. "I dunno. Looks like the Hokage's saving a week long test for a much more dramatic generation."

Itachi stared wide-eyed. Did she just read my mind?

"Yeah hmm," Deidara spoke up. "Hiruzen's probably waiting for a blonde with whiskers on his cheek that says 'Believe it!' every few seconds-"

Itachi smacked him over the head. "Will you shut up about that?"

Anko rolled her eyes. "Anyway! Those that pass will make it to the third exam. Any questions and/or complaints?"

A Kumo nin raised his hand. "I do-"

"WHO SAID YOU COULD TALK?" Anko screamed before bashing him over the head. She looked at everyone else. "Now! Any questions?"

No one said anything.

"OK! Then hurry up and get your goddamn scrolls!" she shouted.

"Uchiha-kun," Deidara approached the thirteen year old raven sitting up in a nearby tree. Shisui had gone off to talk with Kakashi, completely oblivious to the silver-haired shinobi's plots of their demise.

Itachi stared down at him, still slightly miffed about the Orochimaru incident. "Little brat. What do you want?"

"Earth scroll." Deidara held up the scroll they were given in his gloved hand. "Who's gonna keep it? Me or you un?"

"Why not Shisui?" Itachi said in a monotone, dropping out the tree.

"Because he's way too familiar with Kakashi for my liking hmm." He held out the scroll, only to have it pushed back towards him. He scowled at the Uchiha. "What un?"

Itachi looked at him. "You keep it. We're likely to get ambushed, and they'll come after me more than you or Shisui."

Deidara bristled with a smirk. "You think you're better than us un?"

Itachi didn't bother to try and correct him, merely shrugging instead.

Deidara scowled. "You're not as great as you think you are hmm."

"Did I say that?"

"It was written all over your face!"

"You don't have to shout just because you're an idiot!"

"Then what are you shouting for un?"

Itachi exhaled angrily and turned away, pressing a finger to this throbbing temple. "Look, I don't want to waste my energy dealing with you right now. Just go find Shisui and bother him or something until the test starts."

Deidara narrowed his visible eye. "Sure un. I'll make sure to stay far away from you for the rest of the Exam. Stupid bastard Itachi."

"Whatever Dei-da-ra."

And in the shadows, watching as the blonde stormed in the opposite direction of the raven, was a smiling shinobi and his team. "Kukukuku….a little team spat already? This'll be easier than I thought. Wait for me…Itachi-kun~"

Shisui stood in between his two younger teammates, a sweatdrop on his head. "Ano…may I ask what exactly is eating the both of you?"

Deidara stared off to the side, a hand on his hip and head down glaring. "Nothing hmm."

Itachi was on his cousin's other side, looking up at the sky with his arms crossed. "Hn."

Shisui's sweatdrop grew. "Alright then."

The group of three was posted at their designated gate, waiting to be let inside. The shinobi in charge of unlocking their gate blanched at the mixed aura the team before him was giving off.

Anko stood on top the gate, arms on her hips and a smirk on her face. "Maggots!" she shouted. "Get ready to go!" Itachi turned his attention to the gate, scaring the living shit out of the shinobi fumbling to unlock the padlock keeping them out.

Anko raised an arm. "On your marks…"

Kakashi evilly rubbed his hands together, earning him sighs of exasperation from Obito and Rin.

"Set…"

Deidara sharply turned, feeling a group of eyes on him. But when he looked, there was no one there.

The shinobi in the shadows grinned.

"GO!" Anko pumped a fist.

The gates opened and the Second Exam begun.

A/N: OK, so maybe this chapter wasn't that great. But I tried :D

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