Heyyy everyone, i know its been 3 months so i'm guessing all by a few have forgotten this even exists, sorry for the long wait and the lack of response to all emails and reviews concerning this but i've been away on a world tour and there just was not a lot of internet.
Anyway hope you all enjoy the first chapter of the chunnin exam arc.
Jutsu are in bold e.g Suiton: Suiyadan no Jutsu
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto
Chapter 10
Dropping down off the roof opposite the Hokage's tower, Naruto flicked his hair out of his eyes before glancing around to see where his team had disappeared off to.
He was only half an hour late he mused, surely they hadn't forgotten that he and Kakashi like to arrive a bit after the actual time, it had only been two months after all.
Shrugging to himself he prepared to head off back home and see if he could find Kakashi there, when he heard a raised voice, instantly identifiable as the louder of his two teammates, shout out from just down the street.
"Naruto-kun, there you are."
Wincing at her using his name in public and loudly at that, his identity was something that he had gone to great lengths to protect though he supposed with the chunnin exams coming it would be pointless soon enough; he prepared himself for the hug that was sure to follow her greeting.
Steadying his pink haired teammate as she flung herself into his arms he returned her greeting.
"Hey Sakura, how have you been?"
She grinned up at him, happy to finally see him after there two month separation.
"I'm good thanks Naruto-kun, how about you?"
After waiting for her to release him he answered.
"I've been fine, do you know where Sasuke and Kakashi are, we're meant to be getting are forms for the exams today."
"Kakashi-sensei wasn't here and Sasuke-kun didn't want to wait but he gave me your form as well as mine." As she said this she pulled a folded up sheet out of her pouch and handed it over to Naruto.
"Thanks Sakura, well I guess I will see you at the exam in a few days then." As he went to walk away though, she had managed to grab onto his arm preventing him from leaving.
"Wait Naruto-kun, it's been ages can't we catch up for a while?"
Naruto sighed internally.
'There goes my nice quiet rest afternoon.' He mused to himself before agreeing and starting to walk down the street with her, chatting about there training while he made sure not to give any information on his new sensei.
After a short while into the walk they, well Naruto already knew, had realized that they were being followed by a small box shaped rock with eyeholes, that was edging its way along the path after them.
'For Kami-sama's sake this day just gets louder, I guess I'm just used to spending all my time training with Hanzou-sensei.'
Naruto thought, seeing Sakura had finally noticed it as well he had been starting to worry about her for a second there, he turned around to face the box sighing.
"Konohamaru, rocks aren't square and you're still not masking your charka output properly, that's one of the reasons why ninja's don't stand in groups when on a mission that involves stealth."
With that the 'rock' exploded outwards just a moment after he spoke and with a boom three coughing spluttering kid's emerged from the smoke, the one in the middle bemoaning the amount of gunpowder they used.
As they went to do there introduction dance, Naruto cut them off quickly with a raised hand and question, he had seen and heard that one too many times as it was.
"What's up you guys?"
"Boss, I knew you would see through are disguise, you truly are a master of the ninja arts, just like jiji says."
Naruto smiled at him at least he had remembered not to say his name in public, though the conversation he had to have with the kids on ninja's secret identity's was not something he wanted to repeat.
"What did you want Konohamaru? I'm kind of busy at the minute."
The little kid's faces all fell instantly at this.
"But boss you said you would teach us how to do the clone technique when you were next free."
Groaning Naruto realized that it was true and never one to break a promise he would have to at least spend sometime with the three of them.
"Alright, come with me to the training ground near here and I will give you a quick demo."
With that there little group grew to five and they set off towards the training grounds.
On the way there though things went a little awry, Konohamaru had decided to ask if Naruto and Sakura were going out, causing Sakura to go into full fantasy mood until Naruto said no and Konohamaru's little ginger friend a girl called Moegi, said that was good as he could easily do much better.
As Naruto watched an enraged Sakura chase off after Konohamaru and his friends, he considered doing a runner and going home before they returned, but as he went to walk off in the opposite direction he paused as he heard shouting break out around the corner they had turned.
Moving quickly he found that the chase had been stopped and Konohamaru was being held up in the air by a guy in what looked like a full body black cat suit with some sort of large package wrapped on his back, while an exotic looking blonde haired girl with what he recognized as a giant battle fan stood off to the side looking bored, glancing at the head band around her neck he realized they where from Sunagakure.
Sakura and the others were looking slightly intimidated and she looked to be trying to reason with the angry Suna-Nin that had Konohamaru in the air by the front of his shirt.
"Kankuro, just leave him be, you know what he will do to you if he finds out."
The girl of the pair spoke up and although she seemed bored, Naruto detected a flicker of fear when she had said 'he'.
The one in the cat suit reveled now as Kankuro replied, to the girl who Naruto assumed was his teammate.
"Chill out, he's not here and I need to teach this little brat a lesson so he remembers not to bother Suna-Nin's next time."
Deciding this had gone on long enough Naruto made his presence known to them.
"I doubt that threatening the Hokage's grandson is the best way to remain in this village, or keep the peace between our lands."
Everyone's heads swung round to look at him, the three kids and Sakura looking relived and the two Suna-Nin's surprised and also interested, judging by the brightening of the girl's checks.
"You heard the boss, put me down now." Konohamaru stated pointing over at Naruto as he did.
Kankuro just snorted with laughter at his sudden bravery.
"As if kid, I'm not gonna listen to some pretty boy ninja." With that he drew back his hand in an attempt to hit Konohamaru, who flinched away in fear.
"Maybe you should maybe you shouldn't." In a burst of speed to fast for them all to catch, Naruto moved so he was standing behind and to the side of the ninja, a Senbon pointing into the guys neck while his other arm was holding back the one that had been raised to hit Konohamaru.
"But if you won't listen to me, maybe you will listen to your friend over there." Naruto said, while nodding up towards the presence he felt arrive a couple of seconds ago.
Everyone followed Naruto's gaze to see him looking at a short red haired boy that was hanging upside down from a tree nearby watching the proceedings with a blank expression on his pale face.
With everyone's eyes on him the redhead fell disappearing in a whirl of sand, to reappear coming out of another whirl of sand in front of Kankuro and Naruto.
Naruto could feel the guy he was restraining physically shaking now, the killing intent rolling off the guy in front of them was brutal, the only people not on the floor were the two sand ninja's and Naruto, Konohamaru having been dropped at the redheads sudden appearance.
"Kankuro you're a disgrace to the village, leave now before I kill you myself." The tone of voice contained a hint of madness that left little doubt that the threat could and would be carried out.
Naruto released his grip on Kankuro, who seemed only to happy to be able to scrabble away, then he turned to face the redhead fully as he slipped the Senbon needle he was hold back up his sleeve to where it came from.
"I apologize for my teammate's behavior."
The redhead's attention was on Naruto now, who noticed the large gourd on the Suna-Nin's back seemed to be shaking and twitching, as the killing intent just kept piling up around him.
"Apology accepted, I take it we will be seeing more of you in the chunnin exams?"
The expression on the face of the redhead had changed now going into a slightly maniacal grin, as Naruto still remained unaffected by the increasing amount of killing intent he was pouring out onto him.
"Yes." The killing intent let up as suddenly as it came while he walked by before pausing.
"Your name what is it?"
Naruto turned around to face him before replying.
"Uzumaki Naruto, what about you and your companions?" He said giving a glance toward the blonde girl causing her to blush slightly at his apparent interest in her.
"Sabaku no Gaara." With that he disappeared in another swirl of sand, leaving his teammates alone again with Naruto and the others.
"I'm Temari and this as you know is Kankuro, I hope to see you at the exams." With that the two other Suna-Nin's started to walk away, Temari glancing back at Naruto as she did.
'Dammit all.' She thought as she looked back.
'He's hot as well, shame I won't get to know him now he's got Gaara's interested in him.'
Naruto turned back once he was sure they weren't going to try anything else and started to walk towards the others seeming to be deep in thought, scooping up the shivering form of Konohamaru off the ground as he did.
"We best take you guy's home, that was quite a scare he gave you huh."
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Three days later team 7 met up outside the old ninja academy that they went to school at and where the chunnin exam was being held, Naruto was on time for once, surprising both Sakura and Sasuke.
Wordlessly they greeted each other with serious nods, before heading in and up the stairs for room 301 where they had been told to go to drop off there entry forms.
Getting to the second floor, Naruto went to pass by the scene that was taking place outside of a genjutsued room guarded by two henged chunnin, only to see both Sakura and Sasuke hanging back to watch, with a sigh he stopped and waited for them.
"Idiots like you kids don't have what it takes to be chunnin, you should just go back home and cry to your mummies now." One of the guards was saying as he knocked a boy in what had to be the most disgusting outfit, made up of green spandex and orange leg warmers, Naruto had ever seen to the floor.
"Please we want to take the exam."
A girl who he realized a second later was TenTen spoke up, apparently this was her team that she had told him about, Naruto was under no illusions that they were this bad; especially since there last teammate who was hanging back was a Hyuga.
"Drop the illusion we want room 301 and this is the second floor."
Naruto groaned as Sasuke drew the rest of the room's attention towards them.
"Naruto, Sakura you saw it as well right?"
Sakura happy to be complimented by one of her crushes jumped to answer, while Naruto watched as TenTen gave him an odd look, he would have to have a word with her.
"Seeing the illusion is one thing punk can you take me?" The same guard that had knocked the spandex wearing kid to the floor said, as he flipped over into a kick towards Sasuke, who never being one to back away from a challenge charged in as well.
A muffled thump echoed down the corridor as both kicks were stopped, by the green wearing kid who was back on his feet now both legs caught easily by him as he got inbetween the two of them with some pretty impressive speed.
'Interesting guy.' Thought Naruto.
"What was that? I thought you were the one that was all for hiding are skill levels." The long haired Hyuga had walked over after his teammate let go of both Sasuke's and the henged guy's leg.
"I know but..." As he spoke the spandex wearing guy looked over towards Naruto and Sakura, a blush coming onto his face.
'I hope to Kami-sama that look is for Sakura not me.' Was Naruto's only thought as he watched the light reflect off the kids bowl cut.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter now..." The Hyuga then turned to face Sasuke.
"…You what is your name?" He demanded, only to have Sasuke wave him off.
"Hn it's only polite to give your own name when asking for someone else's Sakura, Naruto, come on we're leaving." He stated before starting to walk off down the corridor for the stairs.
The pale face of the Hyuga flushed with anger for a second before he just snorted and turned away.
Sakura happily agreed to what Sasuke had said attaching herself to his side as he stalked off down the corridor, while Naruto waved them on.
"You guys go ahead; I'll be with you in a minute." Looking back over his shoulder Sasuke nodded before carrying on.
"TenTen, can I talk to you for a minute please?" She nodded slowly a slightly upset look on her face.
"TenTen you know this loser?" The Hyuga asked, while Naruto chose to just ignore the loser comment, for now anyway.
"Yeah its ok Neji you and Lee go ahead I'll catch you up." Both nodded to her before going off down the corridor the same way Sasuke and Sakura had gone.
Naruto and TenTen waited until both Neji and Lee had moved away before starting to talk.
"So what did you want to say Haku? Or Naruto is it now?"
Naruto sighed at her tone; he should have known this would happen.
"TenTen I'm really sorry you found out like that, I meant to tell you myself but never got round to it, I promise I have a good reason for why I did what I did." Naruto gave his best sorry face as he tried not to break under the glare she was giving him.
"Oh and what's that? I thought we were friends how could you lie to me."
Naruto knew he was in the wrong so decided to just bite the bullet and get it over with.
"Has your dad ever spoken about Uzumaki Naruto?"
She was about to ask what that had to do with anything, when she thought back to all the times she had heard the name mentioned none of it was involving anything good, in fact from what she had heard he was someone to avoid nothing like the guy in front of her.
Noticing her expression change from anger to confusion, Naruto continued.
"On a mission two months back I unlocked my Kekkie Genkia, it changed my appearance and since then I've been going by the name Haku to avoid people treating me like before."
TenTen nodded accepting that she wouldn't want to have a reputation like Uzumaki Naruto had either.
"What did you do for people to hate you that much anyway?"
Naruto winched he was hoping that wouldn't come up, he was in no way ready to share his deepest darkest secret with anyone, it had been hard enough telling Koyuki back in Snow.
"I err well I wasn't the most well behaved kid when I was younger."
TenTen frown at the blatant lie but didn't bother to pressure him, she had a much better idea.
"Ok Naruto-kun but I know how you can make this up to me." She said as she smiled sweetly at him.
Warning bells were going off in Naruto's head at the tone of voice she was using but he remained calm.
"Whatever you want TenTen."
She grinned happily at her success, while on the inside she had started dancing.
"You and I are going on a date after the exams are over."
Sighing internally Naruto smiled and nodded knowing she could have taken it way worse.
"Alright let's go and get these exams over and done with then."
Smiling brightly she linked arms with him and they went off down the corridor to find there teammates.
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Coming out onto the area that led to the stairs for up to the 3rd floor they were treated to a sight that Naruto immediately wanted to forget.
TenTen's teammate Lee was crouched down crying being hugged to the background of the setting sun, by almost identical but larger version of him but with a jonnin flak jacket, Naruto realized who it was from what both Kakashi and TenTen had said this must be Maito Gai the Taijutsu master.
Off to one side was a bright red turtle with a Konoha forehead protector around its neck while to the other side looking freaked out were Sasuke and Sakura, the former looking slightly annoyed and a bit worse for wear.
"Lee, you know that move is forbidden for a reason, for your punishment you must run a hundred laps of the training ground."
Instead of looking dismayed Lee actually looked overjoyed about this.
"Yes Gai-sensei and if I cannot manage that, I will do one thousand punches at the log."
Now Gai was grinning as well and Naruto was getting seriously freaked out while TenTen had hid herself behind him trying to avoid being noticed by her less than sane teammates.
"Bravo my student and if you can't manage that I will do one thousand push ups with two boulders and a young maiden strapped to my back."
"And if Gai-sensei fail's at that I will walk around the village on my hands singing the national anthem."
Naruto turned to look at TenTen a ton of questions swirling around his mind, but in his confusion he only managed to get out.
"Do we even have a national anthem?"
She went to answer but unfortunately for them the two spandex wearing loons had heard him and now noticed there presence, Lee bounding over a grin on his face and a blush on his cheeks.
"TenTen, you must introduce me to your beautiful friend here and if I cannot get her to go on a date with me I will climb the Hokage monument naked with one hand."
The thought processes of everyone apart from Lee and Gai if they even had one, ground to a halt as Naruto stared at Lee completely horrified.
Apparently unaffected or oblivious to the looks he was getting, Lee carried on.
"So my most beautiful flower, tell me what is your name? Tell me so I may ask you on a date with me, I promise I will protect you with my life." Lee finished with a blinding smile, one hand on his hip the other outstretched giving Naruto a thumbs up coupled with a wink.
With this Naruto pulled TenTen in front off him desperately trying to think of what to say to get himself out of this, meanwhile behind Lee and Gai, Sakura was advancing on them looking murderous while Sasuke looked to have cheered up considerably and was nearly crying with laughter.
The rooms moment of stunned silence was all that Gai needed to get in on the madness his student had started.
"Answer Lee my sweet, so he may lavish you in affection, as only one of the great beasts of Konoha knows how."
With that Sasuke was howling and Sakura looked ready to throw up, having suddenly lost the urge to go anywhere near them to protect Naruto incase they involved her as well.
"Gai-sensei…" TenTen ground out fires lighting up her eyes.
"…Naruto is mine."
Naruto looked at her gratefully as he finished dodging Lee who had been attempting to blow kisses at him the barrage of which had thankfully stopped when TenTen spoke.
"Naruto what a pretty name for an even prettier girl, I must say TenTen it is most youthfully of you to announce you're coming out in public like that."
Now TenTen was a stuttering mess as well.
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A few minutes later Kakashi who had seen his team enter the building, came to the balcony at the top of the stairs wondering where they had got to and was allowed to bare witness the scene playing out before him.
Sasuke and Sakura where off to one side, Sasuke looking like he was about to pass out as he lay on the floor wheezing with what Kakashi thought might of been laughter or maybe pain, while Sakura stood looking mortified watching as Naruto who was hiding behind one of Gai's team ran from a mini version of his spandex wearing rival that was proclaiming there love for him, as his rival himself ranted about youthfulness.
"What the fuck?" He muttered as he watched Naruto and the girl dodge the mini-Gai and winced as the kid impacted with the wall leaving a dent, which judging by the state of the walls had happened a few times.
Naruto noticing his sensei's arrival jumped up to him the girl coming with him, closely followed by Gai's out of control clone.
"Kakashi-sensei, you have to help me it thinks I'm a girl." Naruto panted wide eyed with fear, before throwing himself behind his sensei, causing the boy following him to pause in his pursuit.
"You are Kakashi the eternal rival of the great Gai-sensei yes?"
Kakashi nodded trying not to seem too freaked out as the boy that was currently trying to woo Naruto, broke down crying in front of him with his response.
"You are as hip as Gai-sensei says, only a minute since you arrived and already the prettiest girl in all the world has come to you."
Kakashi was made of sterner stuff than Naruto and TenTen it seemed that or he was just more used to this kind of thing, as he just carried on seeming to ignore the fact that Lee had decided Naruto was a girl.
"Right… well my team needs to hand in there forms if they want to enter so if you could just let them do that I think your teammate is waiting for you as well."
As he finished talking Gai landed up on the balcony with them as well.
"You are right as always my rival they are almost late come TenTen, Lee come on you will see your beloved again the spring time of youth will assure it."
With that Gai disappeared in a poof of smoke while Lee shot off down the corridor, followed by TenTen after she had kissed Naruto on the cheek while blushing prettily apologizing for her team and wishing him luck.
"Ok you three get moving I'll see you all later." With that Kakashi disappeared away, leaving Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura to make there own way.
"Not a word, Ero-Sasuke or I'll tell all your fan girls why I call you that." Naruto muttered darkly to the still laughing Uchiha before they moved off down the corridor.
As they reached the end of the corridor and the double doors that led to classroom 301 Naruto paused, letting Sasuke and Sakura go in ahead of him, waiting till they had moved away he said.
"Something I can do for you?" While glancing over his right shoulder he addressed a patch of perfectly normal looking wall to the left of the doorway.
Which then shimmered slightly before it faded away, revealing the presence of a tall woman with dark wavy hair that helped to highlight her startling bright red eyes and lips, dressed in a bandaged wrapped white and red dress, that showed off her long legs well.
"Interesting, you're the only person to notice my presence and from your class report you're meant to be the worst at Genjutsu out of all the rookies, if I had known you were this good I would have requested you for my team."
"Things change i guess..." Naruto stated bluntly, realizing his team would come looking in a second he decided he should go after them.
"You're the instructor of Team 8 right? Yuhi Kurenai the Genjutsu Mistress, well it was nice meeting you Yuhi-san but I have an exam to take." With that and a wink thrown of his shoulder Naruto went to leave.
'Wow when Kakashi told us he had changed I didn't believe him, what a hottie he's turned into almost makes me wish I was a few years younger, wait what am I thinking, he's only like thirteen years old.'
With that Kuernia shook her head to try and clear it and remove the slight blush she had developed from Naruto's wink, hoping that no-one would ever find out that a rookie gennin had made her blush, before using shushin to leave.
Hearing her move away behind him Naruto pushed his way through the doors in time to witness the blonde haired purple outfit wearing Yamanaka Ino glomp Sasuke from behind, setting off Sakura who was running on a short fuse since the Lee incident.
Slipping off silently to the side Naruto watched the two girls fight it out over Sasuke glad to be out of the way, thinking now that he might be able to start volume 3 of Icha Icha that Kakashi slipped him just a few minutes ago.
'There so immature, I don't know if Sakura will be able to handle this exam.' Naruto worried to himself as the other eight of the rookies that graduated with him gathered together.
While the other exchanged greetings and taunts, Naruto scanned the room over the top of his new novel, checking out the competition, from what he could see Gaara still remained the most dangerous person he had met so far.
It had been a few minutes when Nara Shikamaru who looked half asleep next to his best friend Akimichi Chouji and who had yet to say anything spoke up.
"Hey Sasuke you know your one short right? Where's that idiot Naruto."
Naruto smirked as he pushed himself off the wall, dropping his book into his pouch as he made his way over, while Sasuke answered the question.
"He's right behind you."
Shikamaru and the rest of team 10 and 8 turned around to see the graceful looking blonde that was Naruto walking casually towards them.
Ino was the first of the six rookies that hadn't seen him since before wave to regain the ability to speak.
"Very funny Sasuke-kun but that's not Naruto that's Haku-kun." She nodded enthusiastically while pulling out a copy of this week's Teen-Shinobi the cover of which was a picture of Naruto, topless standing in a training ground, with a title of 'The hottest ninja in the world' over it.
While the rest of the people there now including Sasuke and Sakura, were looking in disbelief at either Ino or Naruto she started talking to him a light blush on her face.
"I didn't know you would be taking the exam Haku-kun, whose team are you on."
Naruto sighed in annoyance he knew letting those girls from the HGA (Hot Guy Association) get away with that picture was a bad idea.
"The Team I've been on since I took the test Ino-san, with Sasuke and Sakura."
"Ohhh so you replaced Naruto I knew he wasn't cut out to be a ninja." She then turned to Sakura.
"Forehead I can't believe you didn't tell me that the Haku was on your team."
Naruto's eyebrow had started twitching slightly now, normally he could keep his cool indefinitely but he had been through way to much already today.
"I am Naruto dammit." He all but shouted getting the attention of most of the room.
As the rest of the chunnin hopefuls, well the males anyway, glared at him in an attempt at intimidation, he grinned back at them.
'Whoops, some of these people are kind of touchy.' He thought while keeping an eye on the new person that was coming towards the group.
"You lot should keep it down you know, getting attention in here is not something that you want to be doing." An older guy than them, looking to be around eighteen maybe nineteen wearing round glasses and with grey hair pulled back into a ponytail was walking over.
They all turned towards him, Sasuke talking for the group.
"Oh and who are you?"
"I'm Yakushi Kabuto and this isn't my first time unlike you guys, you gotta be careful in these exams if you want to survive."
While everyone else was absorbing the message Sakura spoke up.
"So is this the second time you've taken the exam then Kabuto-san?"
At this question he looked a little bashful rubbing the back of his head in a way similar to what Naruto used to do.
"This would be my seventh actually…" He said in a meek voice much to most of the groups suprise.
Hearing Kiba's bark of laughter he carried on.
"…But that's a good thing for you we're all from Konoha so I can tell you some stuff and let me tell you I have a lot of information."
As he said this he pull out a deck of cards and placed them down before turning over the top one and charging it with charka.
As Naruto and the group watched a map of the elemental countries with stats for the number of people from each country that was in the exam came up, which Kabuto went over giving out some tidbits of information on the candidates from each country.
Such as the information about Otogakure, a village Naruto hadn't even known existed.
"I can give general information on the exam or specific information on individuals themselves." Kabuto went on shuffling the deck as he did.
Sasuke spoke up quickly at that.
"I want to see the information on Rock Lee and Uzumaki Naruto." Seeing Naruto's glare he grinned at him.
"Oh you know there names that's no fun." Kabuto stated as he flipped through the deck.
"Here we go Rock Lee, its his first time just like you guys sensei is Maito Gai teammates are Hyuga Neji and TenTen, he's been a gennin for a year and a half in which time his Taijutsu has skyrocketed he's not very good in other areas though, has completed twenty D-ranks and eleven C-rank missions, one to look out for in the later stages."
"You might want to add that he's blind and insane as well." Naruto mumbled not loud enough to be heard, as Kabuto picked out the next card.
"Ok Uzumaki Naruto, graduated as deadlast from the academy with you guys, sensei and teammates I'm gonna guess you know, during a C-rank turned A-rank mission he unlocked a Kekkie Genkia which altered his appearance other effects are unknown, unless he has massively improved I would say he was one of the weakest here."
Sasuke snorted at this, earning a raised eyebrow from Kabuto, as Sakura answered the others questions about the A-rank mission.
"Or my information could be wrong, was there anyone else?"
"Yeah, Sabaku no Garra."
The other eight all looked at Naruto most having no idea who he was on about.
"Right ok then lets see, he's on the Suna team right, I've got nearly no information on any of them, though his mission record stands at twelve C-rank and 1-B rank with a side note that he came back from every mission without a scratch on him, defiantly someone to avoid."
Naruto nodded his thanks; the information hadn't helped more than to confirm that the guy was indeed dangerous.
As Kabuto stood back up, Naruto's finally tuned senses detected a sudden rush of high speed movement as three people in the main crowd moved in on there position.
Stepping back away from the group, he waited to see what would happen.
Just as he managed to get back to the wall and retrieve his book, one of the ninja's that had been coming jumped up over the desks and flung two kunai down at Kabuto who obviously surprised was forced to dodge them, skidding back right into the path of one of the others who swung for him with a blow that Kabuto barely managed to avoid.
Everyone watched and waited as the hunched over bandaged up ninja in front of Kabuto stopped his attack.
Naruto heard the other gennin around the room muttering to each other, wondering what had just happened while he himsel,f wondered about the device on the arm of the ninja who had just swung at Kabuto as he kept an eye on the other two ninja's a dark haired girl and the guy who threw the kunia.
Just then Kabuto's glasses shattered and he jolted forward a pained expression coming across his face, before falling to the floor and emptying his stomach.
"Put this on your cards nerd the ninja from Otogakure will defiantly become chunnin." The spiky haired companion of the hunch back crowed, as Kabuto gasped for air looking up at him from the ground.
Boom
The room shuddered a little as the front of the class was suddenly filled with smoke which drifted away to reveal ten chunnin standing to attention, two of which Naruto recognized as the people who had been henged downstairs, while in front of them stood a tall imposing figure wrapped in a black trench coat his forehead protector on his head as a bandanna and a grimace on his scared face.
"Pipe down maggots, you losers from Sound get a grip on yourselves or you'll find you're out on your asses." He snarled at the room.
The room went silent as the scarred man's voice echoed through out it, while he glared at the occupants.
"I'm Morino Ibiki, the proctor for the first part prepare to fail."
Naruto grinned to himself this guy reminded him of Zabuza, he gave in his form and took his number as he was told to, then went to the seat it was for which was between the Hyuga heir Hinata and a Iwa gennin, he sat down listening carefully as the rules for the first test were explained.
Though a written test sounded lame, by the way the points system worked and was described he realized they wanted you to cheat, it was all being laid on a bit thick though he was sure even Kiba's dog Akamaru had worked that much out.
Looking around the room, he laughed to himself at the expressions of horror on most peoples faces as they viewed the questions; then again maybe he gave people too much credit.
Glancing around making sure not to be too obvious to the chunnins watching from the sides he noticed that only a couple of people had started writing already.
Knowing that Sakura with her needless amounts of knowledge and Sasuke with his Sharigan would be fine, he concentrated on how he was going to make sure he passed as well.
Leaning forward over the paper with one hand taping the pen up and down in apparent frustration he put his other hand under the desk and formed slow handseals as he struggled with this jutsu one handed.
'Hyouton Hinjutsu: Makyo Hyou Shou'
He thought manipulating the technique to do as he desired while looking at one of the people in front who seemed to have all the answers, with Hanzou's help he had messed around a lot seeing what he could and could not do with his Kekkie Genkai.
Then bringing his hand back up still in the final seal he placed it over his right eye before smirking and starting to jot down the answers.
Ibiki frowned as the ceiling above one of the chunnin plants they had put in the exam shimmered, before smirking and dismissing it as unimportant, it wasn't his job after all to catch the cheaters, if it was he would have had almost all of them out by now.
"Number 18 you're out of here, which means numbers 65 and 89 are out as well."
Glancing at the clock he resisted the temptation to laugh, it had only been five minutes after all.
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"So how do you rate your team's chances for this year?..." The jonnin sensei of Team 10 Sarutobi Asuma was speaking his question directed to Kakashi and Kurenai the other two jonnin in the upstairs lounge with him.
"...With someone as sadistic as Ibiki taking the test it's gonna be tough."
Kakashi nodded in agreement from behind his book while Kurenai frowned at the name, before asking.
"Who's that?" She had directed her question at Kakashi but Asuma chose to answer.
"I forgot that you're a new jonnin this year Kuernia..."
She frowned in annoyance at the tone and the fact he had moved closer to her, as he paused to smoke his cigarette.
"...Ibiki's the head of the A.N.B.U. torture and interrogation unit, he's famous around the world for his work."
"Could get information from a stone that man." Kakashi added his pennies worth.
"So you don't think your teams will pass then?" Kuernia came to the conculsion, based on there tones of voice.
Asuma shrugged making her wonder why he had actually bothered putting his team in, at least he had a choice her and Kakashi had been force into there decisions by having the Hyuga and the Uchiha clan heirs on there teams.
Kakashi spoke up again still not looking away from his book though much to her annoyance.
"The only one I'm worried about on my team is Sakura; she has a tendency to get panicked a bit easily."
At this Asuma snorted blowing smoke out his nose.
"Ha Sakura, what about Naruto? We've all seen his scores for the academy he's basically the poster child for what not to do as a ninja."
Despite still looking uncaring Kurenai was actually quite interested in what Kakashi's response would be, the Naruto she had met downstairs was not the same one from the academy, she was also once again annoyed by Asuma's attitude Naruto hadn't exactly been treated fairly from what she had heard.
"Naruto is the most likely of all the ninja's in the exam to become a chunnin." Kakashi stated without even bothering to look up.
Asuma just burst out laughing, while Kurenai looked at him incredulously.
'Sure he seemed more confident, not to mention attractive but the most likely?' Kurenai thought to herself.
"You got to be kidding me Kakashi, the kids hopeless everyone knows that." Asuma said still chuckling to himself.
'Got ya.' Kakashi thought while smiling under his mask.
"Oh how about we make a little bet then? If Naruto finishes higher than all of your students then I win if not you win."
Asuma laughed again thinking he had this in the bag.
"Fine then the winner gets to go on a date with Kurenai here."
Kurenai bristled at this, she wasn't some possession to be thrown around and she knew her students could outperform there's she had trained them hard for this exam after all so she cut over there conversation before they could go on.
"What about my team?"
Asuma and Kakashi both looked at her, before Kakashi nodded, eye smiling at her and spoke.
"Ok if one of your team comes higher than him or all the members of Asuma's team what do you want?"
She grinned evilly at them both.
"You have to burn all your Icha Icha..." She turned on Asuma grinning she had the prefect revenge already for him.
"…And you have to go on a date with Anko-chan."
She should have been more suspicious when Kakashi didn't even flinch, but Asuma paled wonderfully so that was all that mattered.
"Deal." Kakashi agreed to her terms instantly.
"Deal." Asuma sighed afterwards seeing the looks on both of his fellow jonnins faces; he grimaced remembering who much Anko disliked him, for trying to get with Kurenai and for calling her some less than pleasant names that one time.
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After 45 minutes had passed, Ibiki still standing in the exact same spot he started gave out the promised tenth question, the numbers had gone down well so far but this should prove to be the decisive point.
"Alright those of you who remain now face a choice, you may stay and take the tenth question and if you get it right can continue on to attempt to become a chunnin, or you can leave now."
As the expected muttering broke out amongst the people still in the room wondering what on earth he was on about, he let it carry on for a few seconds before continuing.
"You can either, leave now and try again next time or…" He paused for dramatic effect smirking internally, he loved this job.
"Take the question and if you fail you will be bared from the chunnin exams forever."
Uproar quite a few people were on there feet shouting about how he had no right and that this had never happened in any of the other exams.
"Quiet, I'm running the exam this year and my exam means my rules, those of you who want to leave raise your hands and announce your number when asked by a proctor, then you and your teammates are free to go…"
He grinned evilly at the room almost laughing when people shuddered.
"…Decide now you have until the clock reaches half past."
Looking around the room he could literally taste the fear rolling off some of the candidates, as he let the seconds tick by waiting for someone to crack.
A standard dressed Leaf-Nin in the front row was shakily raising his hand, along with a ninja from Iwagukare near the back.
Once those two and there teams had been dismissed quite a few more followed, as other than the sound of people leaving the time passed by in eerie silence.
Naruto was happy in the knowledge that, the man had no right to do that and if he did well he wasn't going to fail the question anyway so it was moot point.
While he was catching up on his reading of Icha Icha ignoring the looks he was getting from the proctor nearest to him the guy was obviously just jealous, he saw Sakura start to shakily raise a hand, he sighed he could stop her and make sure his team carried on but at the same time if she wasn't able to take the pressure then she wasn't ready to become a chunnin simple as.
After watching her hand rise and fall for a few minutes he decided to leave it up to fate, as she glanced back wildly looking at him her eyes frantic he gave her a small smile that seemed to reassure her that everything would be ok.
Finally, the remaining few minutes were up, only a few more teams had left and the remaining examines in the room awaited the tenth question with baited breath.
From the front Ibiki grinned menacingly at the remains of the entrants, before nodding as the time reached half past.
"Congratulations those of you that remain, you pass."
There was a pin drop silence as the room took in what he said before people exploded with questions.
'Wow that guy really knows his stuff, that was a great way to test if a ninja was willing to risk the unknown without actually leaving the classroom.' Thought Naruto.
While Ibiki answered the questions and explained the purpose of the tenth question for those that still didn't get what had happened.
As he finished up his explanation Naruto sensed an incoming charka signal and tensed ready to spring into action at the next surprise of the day.
With a smash the window to the side of the classroom at the front shattered open, as a blur came through it, tossing out two kunai which impacted into the ceiling to hold up a banner in front of which the figure landed.
'The Wonderful Mitarashi Anko, Second Test Proctor.'
Was the message that had been pinned up, as the person landed gracefully in front of it leering at the room as she did.
The undeniably attractive young woman with dark purple hair, was scantily clad in fish net armor, brown mini skirt and grey shin guards all covered over by a light tan colored trench coat.
Naruto had to admit she had style even if she seemed a tad on the crazy side.
"Ok Kiddies listen up the second part of this little test will take place tomorrow at 0800 hours met up outside the entrance to training ground 44, if you don't know where it is ask someone who isn't me, bye bye till then."
With that she jumped back out of another window leaving destruction and confusion in her wake.
'Yep.' Naruto thought with a grin as he prepared to leave, not noticing the strange looks he was receiving from the Hyuga heir as he did.
'She defiantly has style.'
Translations:
Hyouton Hinjutsu: Makyo Hyou Shou
Naruto's ice mirror move as seen here he has started to find more and more ways to use it hopefully there will be another interesting way of using it shown next chapter.
So how was that? as always id love to hear what people think, i'm kind of bogg down with unread emails and thinks atm as i havn't looked at them for 3 months so responses to the old reviews for the last chapter may be kind of slow, but if you have any major concerns just ask away.
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