(WARNING: SHORT CHAPTER!)

I don't own Naruto or the Halo books but I do own the OCs.

"Talking"

'Thinking'

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"Comm Chatter"

Demon talking

CHAPTER TEN: GENIN EXAM Part 2

Naruto, Robert, and Hinata were waiting patiently for Tyler's return from the exam room. Hinata was adjusting her headband around her neck. Naruto was fidgeting uncontrollably, when Robert was still working on his blueprints.

"I'm bored," Naruto said flatly.

"Don't worry," Robert reassured. "If I know Tyler, he will try the same thing I did to Mizuki in 3…2…1…"

Poof!

Gurgled roar.

High pitch girly scream followed by Shino's glasses shattering and a thud.

"Not again!" the three marauders heard Iruka shout from behind the exam door.

"I really liked these glasses…," Shino said monotone.

"See? What'd I tell ya?" Robert said sarcastically as he saw Tyler exit the exam room with his headband also on his right arm.

"What did you transform into, Tyler?" Naruto asked as Tyler took his seat beside Robert.

"I turned into a Flood-infected Elite, getting the same results as Robert. Only I got glass to shatter," Tyler said happy with his accomplishment.

Naruto and Hinata saw Robert shiver for a second when they heard what Tyler transformed into. Robert rarely shivered like he just did. He only did it when he heard or saw something very disturbing.

"What's a 'Flood-infected Elite'?" Hinata asked.

"Trust me," Robert started looking over to Hinata. "You don't want to know."

Iruka creaked the exam door open, "Uchiha Sasuke, it's your turn, when Mizuki wakes up again."

When Sasuke was in the exam room, Tyler looked at Robert and tapped his helmet with his right index finger.

Robert nodded, turned off his outer speaker and turned on his comm. "What's up?" he asked his fellow SPARTAN.

"What did you talk to the Hokage about?" Tyler asked.

Flashback

Yesterday

"So let me get this straight," Sarutobi said taking a puff from his pipe. "Mizuki is actually working for Orochimaru. If Naruto fails the exam, Mizuki would trick him into stealing the Forbidden Scroll of Sealing, so he could kill Naruto and give the scroll to Orochimaru."

Robert nodded to the Hokage who was looking out the window. "Correct, this is why I told you my plan."

"I would have suspected Mizuki would betray the village," the Hokage said seriously. "And using Naruto as an escape goat the other shinobi and villagers would really believe he took the scroll."

"Just remember your part and the end of the deal please," Robert said as a reminder.

Sarutobi peeled his eyes off of the village, looked at Robert and nodded.

"Good," Robert said with a satisfactory nod. "Do you think you can have the scroll ready in time?"

"Yes, yes… I will have it ready in time."

"Alright, I'll see ya later," Robert said making his way to the door.

"Oh, and before I forget," Robert started looking over right shoulder. "Don't put Sasuke and Sakura on the same team. But put Hinata on Naruto's squad."

End Flashback

"Thinking ahead again?" Tyler asked.

Robert only nodded when he saw Sasuke leave the exam room with his headband on his forehead.

"Uzumaki Naruto, it's your turn," Iruka called out behind the exam door.

Robert saw Naruto flinch when he heard his name being called. Robert turned off his comm and turned his outer speakers back on.

"Naruto," Robert said getting Naruto's attention. "Relax, calm your mind. Otherwise you won't pass this exam."

Naruto took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. He stood up from his chair, "Thanks Robert, I needed that advice." Naruto then made his way to the exam door.

5 Minutes later

Naruto came out of the exam room with a smile on his face. He quickly made his way back to his friends with both hands behind his back.

"Guess what?" Naruto said teasingly.

"You got 'Fixed'?" Tyler said dumbly.

Naruto narrowed his eyes at Tyler. "No and leave that pun for Kiba," he said coldly.

"Hey!"

"You passed?" Hinata asked really hoping that he did.

Naruto smiled at Hinata's enthusiasm and pulled out from behind his back a Konoha headband.

"Iruka-sensei gave me his headband," Naruto began, tying it to his forehead. "But Mizuki-sensei did seem a bit peeved that I passed thought," he finished, sitting back down next to Hinata and Robert.

Robert smirked evilly when he heard that Mizuki was upset, "If he's mad about that, just wait till tonight."

"You got something planned don't you," Tyler said as evilly as possible, looking at his friend.

"Naturally."

Time: 3:46am

Date: 06/06/12AK

Location: Deep within Konoha Forest

Mizuki was jumping from tree branch to tree branch at a high pace with a big smile on his face. He was trying to get as much distance between him and the Hokage tower. On his back was a rather large scroll with the word 'Forbidden' written on it.

Mizuki quickly stopped close to what looked like a wooden shed. He looked from left to right and back again. He smirked evilly, 'I'm sure Orochimaru-sama wouldn't mind if I learn a few techniques before giving it to him,' he thought sitting cross legged.

Mizuki opened the overly large scroll, but what he saw inside the scroll wasn't what he had expected. There were multiple symbols encircling a kanji marked 'human'. 'A summoning?' he thought before raising an eyebrow.

Any further thoughts were cut short when the seal began to smoke. Soon a column of smoke was coming from the middle of the seal, like a bad chimney, followed closely by a black fist connecting with Mizuki's face. (A/C: oooo ouch!)

The force of the punch sent Mizuki flying to the shed fifty feet behind him. Because of the amount of power behind the punch, he went through the shed and out of the other side. Mizuki came to an abrupt halt against a tree, with the sound of bones breaking from the impact, another one-hundred feet away from the shed.

Mizuki was hit harder than in his entire life. He coughed up a large amount of blood before he tried to stand up, but to his horror, he couldn't feel or move his body's lower half. He slowly looked up to see Robert climbing from the large hole in the side of the shed.

"You have no idea how long I waited to do that," Robert said cracking his knuckles in anticipation.

Mizuki coughed up some more blood before saying, "How...?"

"Did we know?"

Mizuki looked up to see Naruto standing on one of the branches above him with Hinata sitting on the same branch next to Naruto. On the opposite branch was Tyler standing with his arms crossed.

"Who wants the pleasure of taking him to Ibiki?" Tyler said looking at Mizuki's now pale face.

"I will," Naruto said jumping down next to Mizuki and grabbing the collar of Mizuki's Chunnin jacket. Naruto started to drag Mizuki to the Hokage's tower.

"I'll go too," Hinata said jumping down next to Naruto and walked beside him.

Tyler jumped down next to Robert when Naruto, Hinata, and the crippled Mizuki were a safe distance away. "So this is when the real fun begins," he asked.

"Yeah, and I can't wait to get my hands on Orochimaru, when he shows his ugly ass face."

I apologise for the short chapter, but it looked longer writen than it did on the computer. But atleast the main story is about to begin, and I can tell you this. You won't expect whats oing to happen.

Until then, this is SPARTAN-251, sighning off...(Click)