Hey guy….at a blank here for things to say so enjoy the chapter I guess. Oh, and I don't own Naruto in any shape or form.

Chapter 9

"Regular Talk"

"Regular thinking"

"Demonic talk"

"Demonic thinking"

'Talk to demon'

Jutsu

Kurenai and her team just finished with their mission debrief and went their separate ways. The three genin went to the meeting grounds to tell all of them more about the mystery that is the white fox. When they get there they find all of the genin already there enjoying a small meal of rice balls as they talked about random topics.

"Hey guys bet you can't guess who we meet on our last mission." Kiba said mockingly when they reached the rest of them. "Should we actually care Kiba? I mean it was probably just some random ninja anyways." Sakura said vocalizing the whole groups lack of care.

"No actually Sakura-san we meet the white fox on our journey and it seems that he has joined the mist." Shino said calmly but yet still surprising the whole group. "Wait you actually met the fox!" Ino said in disbelief and got approval nods as her answer. "Oh, wow so what did he actually look like? Why was he there?" She asked the entire team wanting to know everything she can about the enigma called the white fox.

"Well the white fox seems to be a man who loves to be mysterious seeing as he never removed the cloak he wore to keep his identity secret. Though we can see that the description matches the one in the book except he is not wanted by the Hidden Mist instead it seems he is a member of them instead. I mean he brought Zabuza and his helper back to them saying that it was a mission for them so it is safe to say that he is one of them." Hinata tells her friend making sure they all knew the same information.

"Ah, so the fox settled down then. Shame he didn't come here then I mean could you imagine being able to actually find out who he really is so much easier. Now if we want to find out more we will have to actually see him in various places." Ino said a bit saddened by the news.

"Bah, why do we want to know about someone who can't even enter the village anymore. We know he is real now so what does it matter there is nothing more reason to find out about the fox." Kiba says to them a bit annoyed. "I mean really all of you girls should be focused on the alpha male here, me. Not some other guy that you can't even get around." Kiba thinks after he tells them that with a perverted smile on his face. Still they all felt he had a point and just focused on training seeing as they all wanted to get to be in the chunin exam. Meaning that they needed all of the training they can get to be prepared for it.

+Naruto and gang+

Naruto's team reached the Hidden Mist with Zabuza quite quickly seeing as they weren't searching for anyone on the way back. Course when they got there they immediately went to Mai to do their mission debrief.

"Sis we have completed our mission" Mai said happily as she walked into the room. "Well first of will you two be joining our village again. Seeing as the cause of you leaving was only attacking the last kage so do you wish to join under me?" Mei asks both Zabuza and Haku then waited for their answer.

"Yes we will join you but if you ever become like that bastard was it will lead to the same fate." Zabuza said then quickly felt a large amount of KI focusing in on him. So, of course he looks around and sees the kage with a sickly sweet look on her face. "If you threaten me again then there will be nothing left of you except a puddle of lava." Mei said calmly in a voice that sent shivers down Zabuza's spine "H-hai" Zabuza says obviously a bit afraid of the woman in front of him. "Geez why is this scaring me so much it is just one girl. But, for some reason my body is telling me that it would be best for my health to keep on her good side" Zabuza thinks as he looks at the kage in front of him.

"Okay than we will be giving you the rank of jonin again though you must tell me a good position for your partner." Mei says simply.

"Ah, yes young Haku should be right around a chunin in skill." Zubaza said calmly thus seeing Haku being thrown a chunin vest. And with that they left the room to go get Zabuza situated in town again.

+Week after+

"Okay then are you guys ready for the exams?" Mei asked Yoshira's team as they all stood next to the village entrance. "Yes Sis we will make sure that everyone knows just how strong the mist is." Mai said happily.

"You better or else we won't be able to come see your matched in the final round." Haku said semiserious as she watched her friends preparing to leave. "You be we will make it Haku-hime" Naruto said determined. Course that brought back the memory of how he first learned that Haku was really a girl.

=Flash Back=

Haku was happily walking with two of her friends Mai and Megumi. All three of them were focused on buying all the stuff Zabuza and her needed seeing as missing ninja always have money but usually lack anything else except for the bare minimum.
"Okay then Haku what do you want in terms of clothing?" Mai asked Haku seeing as they promised that they would help Haku get situated. "Well Mai I don't really need anything to fancy. Maybe just some regular kimonos, casual dresses, undergarments and such. Only enough for little while then I will buy other stuff when I can actually enjoy myself in carefree shopping." Haku said calmly.

"Okay then that should be good….wait did you just ask for female clothing? I thought you were a guy." Megumi asks causing Haku to blush a bit in embarrassment. "W-well you see I find it so much easier just to say I am a boy than to deal with perverts. Plus, Zabuza-sensei told me that it would be easier to not attract attention if I didn't look like a girl. Which makes sense because if you looked like a guy no one will try to flirt with you." Haku said still blushing at having to tell her friends.

"Oh, well I guess we can understand that but why didn't you tell Naruto? I mean he is a pretty good guy he wouldn't try to do something to you." Mai said.

"Ya, well I didn't want that Kiba kid having a chance of over hearing me." Haku said happily and with that they all just continued buying random things for Haku's new home. "Thank you for helping me set up our home" Haku said truly thankful for her friends help.

"No problem now make sure that you and Zabuza come to the restaurant for the celebratory meal after our first real mission success" Megumi said and with that they all left to prepare for the meal they were going to have.

~later that night~

Naruto, Yoshira, Mei, Mai, and Zabuza were all at a random restaurant waiting for Haku to show up seeing as she was the only one not there. "Okay than Zabuza do you know what is taking Haku so long? Mei asked only to see Zabuza shrug.

"Haku didn't tell me anything except that he might be late for some reason." Zabuza said simply. Though right after he said that said person walked through the restaurant door surprising a certain blond.

Haku walked up to them with her hair flowing down her back. She had red lipstick and just a slight amount of make-up to show of her faces true beauty. She was also wearing a pink kimono with sakura flowers and a dark red sash tied around her stomach. Which showed of her figure perfectly. All together she was looking absolutely beautiful. Especially with her checks slightly red because everyone was looking at her.

"H-haku I thought you were a boy" Naruto said in total surprise. "Does it look like I am a boy now Naruto-kun" Haku asked while walking up to him. Which of course made Naruto blush even more until she finally sat down next to the still shocked Naruto. Course everyone else was laughing at the way Naruto reacted seeing as they all knew that Haku was a girl they just didn't expect her to do something like this to tell Naruto. Course after that they enjoyed the rest of their meal while still picking on Naruto every now and then. Course after that day Haku became one of Naruto's girlfriends. Course she only became one because she grew to like him from when they talked as they came to the village. Which of course was completely fine with Mai and Megumi because they both knew she was going to be with them eventually.

=Flash Back End=

"So, now that you guys have finally finished saying goodbye to us then just leave so you don't miss all of the exam because you couldn't stop saying goodbye." Zabuza mockingly said. "Stop acting like you won't miss us" Naruto told him in a sarcastic voice.

"In your dreams kid" Zabuza said with a tick mark beginning to appear on his head.

"Nope my dreams aren't about you so sorry" and with that Zabuza began to chase Naruto around the field.

"Well we better go before we lose a teammate" Yoshira said and with that they all left to go to Konoha.

+Near Konoha+

"Okay then now that we are so close to the village let me remind you of two things. One remember that we aren't here for you to become chunin. You more than likely will become chunin no matter what. And two Naruto will be known as Yuto Rustoshi. Oh, and Naruto please where this mask to hide your whisker marks." Yoshira said handing Naruto a white mask which he clamly puts on his face. Then they walk to the entrance.

"Halt and state your business" a random Konoha chunin at the gate asked them.

"We are here for the chunin exsams I am the sensei Yoshira, and this is my team Mai, Megumi, and Yuto." Yoshira said as she pointed to each member of her team who nodded when their names were called. And after a while they were allowed to enter the village. After they got situated in their hotel they all went to just walk around the village a bit. So, they all went their separate ways with Yoshira going to get food, Naruto to do some training, and the girls went shopping.

+Hinata, Narumi, Ino+

"So gals where are we going next?" Ino asked happily as she and her friends went around shopping. "Doesn't matter we are just celebrating the fact that we got nominated to be in the chunin exams." Narumi said just as happy because of the chance of meeting strong opponents. And with that they all entered the next store only for Hinata to see two people she didn't expect to see again.

"Is that you Mai? Megumi?" HInata asked surprised when they saw each other in the store.

"Oh, hey Hinata haven't seen you since the mission" Mai said neutrally when she saw the Konoha genin. "Hinata? You know them?" Hinata's friends asked.

"Ya I do this they are Mai and Megumi. The teammates of the guy I was telling you about." Hinata said with a bit of annoyance in her voice because she remembered that he had CRA.

"Hello" both mist girls said normally receiving the same from Hinata's friends. Course with that they all went on shopping till for quite a while until they finally stopped and just sat down and talked for a bit.

"So, are you guys nervous about the chunin exams?" Narumi asked her new friends.

"No we are excited I mean we both are completely ready and we know our teammate is as well." Megumi said confidently while Mai nodded her head agreeing.

"Wow, pretty confident but where is your teammate anyway? I mean you guys have been relaxing all day yet we haven't seen your sensei or your teammate." Ino asked hoping to see the famed white fox.

"He is right behind you." They all hear right behind the bench they were sitting on. Which of course surprised all of the Konoha kunoichi. Who both jumped away from the voice only to see the person they were asking for.

"Don't do that!" Ino screamed out at him and then saw the person their group was talking about for the first time. She saw a tall boy that seemed to be about her age wearing all white with a white cloak that had the kanji for white fox on the back. He had bright blond spiky hair, shinning blue eyes and the most noticeable thing about his face was the mask that covered the bottom half of his face. (same as Kakashi's mask). Course she couldn't help but notice that he was a good looking guy.

"So, you are the white fox?" Narumi asks while looking closer at Naruto. "Shit it had to be her didn't it. Kami couldn't keep her away from me nope I have to meet my so called sister right away. Hopefully she won't realize who I am. I mean it has been a while since I saw her." Naruto thought sweating a bit when he saw her.

"Hmm, could he really be my brother? It is hard to tell seeing as he is barely showing any of his features and it is not like I can just ask if he is Naruto and expect a honest answer. I mean when he left he still hated me. I guess I will just have to observe him and find out for myself. Besides Ino and Hinata will probably will help me seeing as Ino already seems to like his looks." Narumi thought as she looked at the white fox trying to figure out who he really was.

"Naruto-kun could that really be you? Damn it if I was out of this seal I could just sense your chakra. Oh, well I guess Narumi will find out eventually if we get lucky." Natsui thought as she saw the fox through her cages eyes.

"Well hello there ladies allow me to introduce myself. My name is Yuto Rustoshi otherwise known as the white fox." Naruto said kindly hoping that his "sister" would take it as the truth. Thankfully due to the time they only talked for a bit more before they had to leave for their homes/hotel rooms.

+Next afternoon+ `

Naruto was just walking around town until he heard a little kid screaming out for help. So, Naruto quickly went into the forest where he saw a boy about his age wearing way to much make-up holding up a little boy that seemed to be struggling to escape. Course it was not his village so he decided to watch for a bit seeing as the boy wasn't going to be injured at the moment. "Hey let me go!" the boy complained.

"Shut up you brat you need to learn what happens if you rudely bump into someone" the boy with make-up said clearly mad at the boy and prepared to punch the young kid. So, Naruto prepared to come in and stop it until he heard a voice telling the make-up wearing to drop the boy. So, both the boy and Naruto look over to see Narumi standing there glaring at the boy.

"No, this brat needs to learn a lesson about hitting their superiors." The boy told Narumi.

"Kankuro don't do it" the girl standing beside him warned him quietly while she nervously looked around the area.

"Shut up Temari I don't care Gaara isn't around so I have nothing to fear." Kankuro said and then was about to continue with his punch until he saw a red flash and Narumi had the kid near her. Which

"I suggest you don't attack a member of the village agian or else I will be forced to protect him thus killing to do it" Narumi told him coldly. Course they were both surprised by her doing the flash that they didn't even notice her glare.

"Oh, great the first Konoha ninja we see is the kage's daughter." Kankuro says sarcastically to the Temari.

"Do not involve me with that man! My name is Narumi Uzumaki not Namikaze!" Narumi screamed out furious with the sand ninja. "wait what is going on between those two? I mean they were just fine before I left what happen? Hmm, I have to say I am curious about it but really it doesn't matter to me." Naruto thought when he saw her reaction.

Course right after she said that a voice was heard "Don't worry your name won't matter when you end up proving my exsistence" a red head says creepily .

"G-gara how long have you been there" Temari said nervously when she saw her brother.

"Long enough to see that my brother is a disappointment to the village and to see the perfect victim to prove I am alive. See you at the exam." Gara said with sadistic smile that showed just how blood thirsty the boy really was. (they all look the same as they do in anime show so I feel no need to do a description of them). And with that went their separate ways.

+Ninja Academy+

Narumi and her team was walking up to the room 301 for the first part of the test course they went into a genjutsu zone as they walked onto the second floor. On this floor they see a bunch of genin huddling around a door that was being blocked by two people. "Wow look at all those fools that can't even see through this weak genjutsu" Sasuke said when they were still a ways away from the group. Course when he said that he was going to go and tell them so Narumi quickly grabs the back of his shirt and dragged him up to the room leaving the kids to their fates.

When they got into the room there were a bunch of kids already there but they still had about fifteen minutes till the test actually started so they went to keep themselves occupied for the time.

~10 minutes later~

(same teams as in anime except for Naruto's team and Narumi)

Basically all of the teams were already in the room that were going to be there. Though there were only a few minutes until the first testy actually started. So, people were now just trying to intimidate the other teams or hide away becoming less of a target. Which is why when Naruto and his team showed up a couple of kids tried to intimidate them by leaking their KI into their suroundings.

"You guys think we should show them what real KI is?" Megumi whispered to her two teammates. "Yea, sis did say she wanted us to demonstrate our village's power" Mai whispered back causing them all to get an evil smirk as they let out their own KI which not only destroyed the other kid but to also increase it so much that the kids were visibly terrified by the team. Though after a few moments the Konoha ninja began to talk until an older boy with grey hair came up to them offering information on their opponents which Sasuke quickly took.

"Give me information on Gara and the white fox." Sasuke said hoping he had at least some information on each of them. "Those two seem to be the strongest/most known ninja here. So, if I beat them it will show just how great I am. Plus, it might even show Narumi why she sould be one of my wives so the Uchia can be even stronger than before. I am glad I actually listened to the council I mean they had a good point. Getting her will allow me to get more jutsu from their clan so I can have even more jutsu to use against Itachi." Sasuke thought as he asked for the names.

"Okay than let's see what I have on them." The genin said shuffling through his info cards. "Ah, Gara from the Sand village. Also, the kage's kid with his brother and sister as his teammates. They have done four D ranks, 15 C ranks, and two B ranked missions. Though the most notable part of those missions is the fact that he has never got injured in any of his missions." The genin told them scaring them a bit. "That has to be a lie no genin can even do a B rank mission but never getting injured that has to be even more impossible." Kiba asked just getting a shrug from the boy. So, without saying anything else about Gara instead he just started talking about the next person they asked for.

"Now the white fox. Otherwise known as Yuto. He was a wandering ninja until he suddenly joined the mist village. His teammates are Mai the sister of the Mizukage and Megumi the cousin of the last Mizukage. He has completed 15 C rank missions and a B rank." The genin finished giving them just only a small amount of information. Course after he read the card another man came into the room right behind the desk everyone was talking near. Though Sasuke was still thinking about what he was told. "Hmm, both of these two seem to be really strong. They should be excellent opponents to prove my clan and my strength to everyone. Especially Narumi! I will finally show her that she should be with the strongest Uchia alive."

"Attention maggots my name is Ibiki Morino and I will be the examiner for the first test." A man sternly called out. Course everyone listened to him quickly just becauce of his appearance. Ibiki was a tall man around 6' with a black trench coat covering up his grey shirt and pants. He wore his forehead protecter as a bandana which covered all of the top of his head. Though his face was the thing that really scared the kids. His face looked stern with cold black eyes that seemed to look through you and a permanent scowl on his face. He also had two scars that went across most of his face diagonally. Both of which were close to his eyes.

So everyone quickly sat down in their designated seats he began to explain the rules. "Okay this is how the first test will work. You have an hour to complete the ten question test in front of you. Though you have ten points to begin with each time you are caught cheating we subtract two points from you. If one of your teammates loses all their points the entire team is out. So with that being said begin begin" Ibiki says and then all of the chunin hopefuls began their tests.

"Hmm these questions seem to be too hard for the average genin to answer. So, there must be a few people here with the answers that we are supposed to copy off. They are practically telling us to cheat! Well if they really want us to." Naruto thinks and then wrote down a scroll copying seal on a corner of his paper and then tore the seal off. After it was off the paper he put a protection seal onto the back of the seals paper so that it couldn't get wet. He then mumbled Water Snake Jutsu putting a small amount chakra into it so that it was small enough to slither threw undetected.

When it was formed he gave it the seal and then sent it to one of the clamest looking "genin" in the crowd. Which took a while seeing as Naruto needed to make sure it wasn't caught. And thankfully no one noticed it as it the seal was placed onto another persons test where it began to slightly glow blue showing it had copied all that was on the paper, then Naruto slowly brought it back to himself. When it did Naruto took the seal and placed it onto his own paper and sent more chakra into it so it would place all the answers onto his own test.

"And that is my test complete but what about the tenth question? I mean all they put on the test for it is 'will be told at latter time'. Oh well I guess we will have to just wait for them to tell us this oh, so secret tenth question." Naruto thought until he discretely looked at his teammates/girlfriends who looked to be extremely nervous about their test.

So, with a sigh he figured that they didn't want to chance cheating so he quickly sent out another water snake to give them the seal confident that Mai and Megumi would know what to do with it. Course they both did so with a half an hour left all three of them were happily waiting for the time to end or the tenth question.

+Narumi+

Narumi was surprised about hearing both of the guys information. Even if it was just their teammates and their mission count it was still surprising that both of them did B rank missions. They both were people she had to keep her eyes on. Course soon after she heard about them the exam started and she had to focus in onto the actual test.

"Why are these questions so hard! How do they expect us to do these question!?...wait they want us to cheat don't they?" Narumi thought freaking out until she realized the point of the test and looked around to all her friends who all seemed to be doing fine. So, she just spent her time either worrying about what she was going to do and cursing herself for not learning recon jutsu or tactics. Course that was until she heard a voice in her head call out her name which worried her until she heard the tone of Ino's voice. 'Ino what do you want?' Narumi asked her friend.

'Well I figured you wouldn't have all of the answers so how about I just give them to you okay? Now the answers are…' Ino began and then started telling Narumi all the answers who happily started writing them down. "Okay then all Konoha genin have all the answers and judging by the looks of the white fox's team is done as well so I wonder what will happen with the tenth question. Oh, well I guess I will just use this time to try and figure out the mystery that is the white fox. I mean even though his name was said I can't help but think that is my brother but I have no proof. Wait that is it I need to get that mask off and if he has the whisker marks I will know it is Naruto-nii." Narumi thought hoping that it was her brother.

"Yes kit that has to be Naruto-kun but like you said we need to be sure so it would be best if we can either take that mask off, see if Hinata remembers his face, or learn it from his teammates slipping up and telling us themselves." Natusi told her container to get a physic nod in return.

+everyone+

The time for the first test was running out there was only about two minutes left when Ibiki began to speak again. "Okay than seeing as it is getting towards the one hour mark I will ask the tenth question. But you must choose if you want to take this question. For if you answer it wrong then you will fail the test and never be allowed to take it again. But, if you give up now I will let you and your team go and you could always take it next year" Ibiki told all of the genin shocking them.

"What but there are kids here that have done the test several times already!" One of the genin complained.

"So, what? They didn't have me as the examiner so just decide whether you want to continue or not. " Ibki said with an evil smirk.

So with that everyone watched as a couple of teams quit. Though eventually began to slow down so Ibiki tried to thin out the genin just a bit more. "Oh come on there are so many genin here that are taking it for the first time. A lot can happen in these test and you might die so young. So, trust me you are going to want to just give up this year and try again when you have a few more years under your belt eh?" Ibiki told them trying to act sincere.

Ibiki managed to get a few more to quit and was going to try again quickly before he had to give the question but he was interrupted by one of the mist ninja.

"Would you just give the question already! Your scare tactics aren't going to work anymore so just give the question and let us continue with this test. I don't want to waste time having to sit here listening to an old man try to scare us." Naruto told him trying to get him to continue the exam.

"I don't want to stay in Konoha any longer than I have to. I don't want to deal with all the bastards here." Naruto thought after he complained to Ibiki. "Damn kid now that the mood is gone and all the brats got their confidence again it is pointless to continue this anymore. Damn gaki I will be hearing Anko's commets about leaving so many already." Ibiki thought to himself and then said "Okay than so are all of you sure you want to continue?" Which received approving nods from all the kids.

"Then all of you have…passed the first exam." Ibiki told them confusing all of the genin. "Wait what about the last question?" Kiba asked confused. So Ibiki removed his head band showing a bunch of scars on his head.

"Ninja are meant to be able to get and hold information secretly. Course sometimes you must pay for the information or have to deal with a question that could have many possible answers. So, that is what this test was about. Now all you have to do is wa-" Ibiki told them until a ball crashed through the window.

Soon after the ball came through a woman who seemed to be in her twenties or thirties stood up. She had purple hair that was put up into a pony tail that made it look like a pineapple. She also was pretty good looking for her age which was clearly shown by her coat that just barely covered up her breasts. Course she pined up the sign with a few kunai when she entered which read 'the sexy Anko Mitarashi second examiner of the chunin exsams'. "Wow look how many teams are left you are losing your touch Ibiki" Anko told him as she looked around at all the genin.

"Or maybe these kids are just all a strong this year" Ibiki suggested to her causing her to laugh. Thus causing all genin around her to get a little mad at the woman.

"Okay all you brats meet at training ground 44 for part two of your test. If you aren't there in ten minutes you automatically fail." She told the genin and then shunshined away to it leaving a few leaves where she stood. Course all the genin started freaking out except for Naruto's team who just shrugged and shunshined away leaving behind water mist were they were before. Which surprised all the other genin around. "Who ever heard of genin being able to use that jutsu" was all that was going through their minds for a bit until they realized they were being timed and quickly ran out of the room trying to make it to training ground 44.

And that is the end of this chapter. Now sorry for not sticking with the schedule I had which was every Friday night but I have my 15 week report coming in soon and all the teachers have been swamping us with work to bring grades up quickly. (Well except BOCES but it is just cool like that). But yeah I have been swamped with it. And I doubt they will stop giving us a load of work until the end of next week. But oh well I will continue the chunin exams part as soon as I can. So, yeah now that I have told you that even if you didn't want to hear it. So Ja Ne.