Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in anyway!
Warning: Yaoi! Bad Language! Death! Killing! Time rip! Ect.
Pairings: Look at earlier chapters for that.
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"Sakura-Chan! You're early!" Naruto called as he ran up to her and Sasuke panting. Sakura smiled at him. Naruto was wearing a pair of black Khakis one of his weapons pouch wrapped around his right leg. He had on black fish net, with an orange and red shirt that had a low collar, a pair of black with orange lining arm warmers, that Sakura was sure had a plate of some sort to protect his arms. He had a weapons pouch on his waist, and Sakura could tell he had weapons hidden almost everywhere on his body. His forehead protector wrapped around his forehead this time, his blonde hair coming down over it.
"Yeah, I was here even before Sasuke-Kun." Sakura said and Naruto looked to Sasuke who nodded. Sasuke was in his regular white shorts with his weapons pouch on both his leg and waist. With his large black shirt that had the Uchiha crest on the back. His blue and white arm warms were on, with his legs bandaged around his ankle and to the middle of his shin just like Naruto's. His forehead protector was on his forehead and it looked like Sasuke tried to glee his hair down, so it wasn't sticking up as much. Maybe he switched shampoo the blonde thought and smiled then hugged Sakura who blushed.
Sakura was wearing her normal red dress with the green shorts underneath, her forehead protector on her head, and a weapons pouch wrapped around her right leg and her waist as well.
"I'm glad you decided to come. Sakura-Chan!" Naruto said after letting her go and hugging Sasuke. Sakura pouted at him.
"And why wouldn't I? Let you two get all the glory, besides I don't want to be left behind while you two become Chuunin." Sakura said and Naruto raised an eyebrow at her.
"How do you know we'll become Chuunin?" Naruto asked and Sakura frowned at him.
"What's the matter with you Naruto? Usually you'll be all like 'damn straight I'm going to ace this thing.'" Sakura teased and Sasuke nodded. Naruto pouted at them.
"I'm not saying were not, just saying that it's a Chuunin exam, got to be at least slightly hard." Naruto said and Sakura nodded.
"Yeah, but you two have helped me train. I'm better then I was before I got teamed up with you guys. Why wouldn't you become Chuunin, you two are amazing." Sakura said and Naruto grinned at her.
"You're right; I was just worried that you wouldn't think you were strong enough." Naruto said and Sakura looked down.
"I don't really. It's just your words keep repeating over and over. So I want to know if I really am as strong as you say." Sakura said and Naruto nodded.
"Well then let's go." Sasuke said and pulled Naruto inside, who grabbed Sakura's wrist and pulled her in after him.
"Others are unable to recover at all… We've seen it many times."
"And chuunin is the level of military platoon captains. The failure of a mission, the death of a soldier… That is all the captain's responsibility. Yet kids like you think…" Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura walked in during the someone's conversation. Sasuke and Naruto looked over to see a boy wearing green spandex; a ball cut black hair, and bushy eyebrows. He had orange leg warmers and his arms were bandaged up, his forehead protector was tied around his waist. Then a girl with brown hair that was pulled into two buns on top of her head, a pink Japanese shirt. With dark green khakis her weapons pouch wrapped around her left leg. Those two were on the ground, with marks indicating a fight had happened.
"We're just thinning out those that will fail anyway. What's wrong with that?" One of the two people guarding the doors said. Sasuke stepped forward Naruto and Sakura right behind him.
"I agree, but… you'll let me pass through, and also remove this genjutsu-created surrounding. I'm going to the third floor." Sasuke said.
"So, you noticed?" They said. Sasuke glanced at Sakura.
"Sakura, you must have noticed it first, right? Your analytical ability and genjutsu know-how are the most improved on our team." Sasuke asked and Sakura nodded.
"Of course, I already noticed. Because this is the second floor." Sakura said and Naruto nodded in agreement. The sign that showed it was the third floor turned to the second.
"Heh. Not bad… But all you did was see through it!" One said then started to come after Sasuke. Sasuke went to kick back. Naruto moved forward, as did Lee.
Even gasped slightly as they looked at the scene. Lee was in the middle of the two. One hand gripped Sasuke's kick, the other held onto the random guy's fist. But Naruto stood next to the random guy with a Kunai pressed against his neck, and his other arms held behind his back. The blonde's killing intent was heightened somewhat. Lee looked to Naruto; he hadn't even seen him move. Sasuke on the other hand had seen him, he moved slowly on purpose with the kick, so that Lee would step forward.
Lee kept an eye on Naruto as he left go of both Sasuke and the other guy. Naruto slid his Kunai back into his pouch and then let go of the guy as well. He flipped away and next to his partner. Naruto walked calmly over to Sasuke.
"Hey, what happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves." Asked a brunette as he and the bun haired girl walked to lee. He had long hair just like a girls. His eyes were clear just like Hinata's. He had on a gray shirt with brown shorts. His right leg bandaged up.
"Well..." Lee said and looked to Sakura. The girl shook her head at him. Lee walked over to Sakura and Naruto stared at him with wide eyes. He was gigging inside; even Sasuke seemed to be having fun at this. Although Naruto could feel the eyes of someone in the room on him. He turned slightly to see Neji staring at him and Sasuke, doing his calculating thing he does. Lee stopped in front of Sakura.
"My name is Rock Lee. So yours is Sakura-san…" Lee said.
"Huh?" Sakura looked at him. Lee gave her the nice guys pose, with his arm out in a thumb up and one eye winked at her.
"Let's go out together! I'll protect you until I die!" Lee said and grinned. Naruto was starting to loose it as he watched Sakura pale and stare at him as if he were crazy.
"No…way…" Sakura said. Naruto lost it and couldn't help but start to laugh at the situation. Even Sasuke gave a sound of laughter. Lee looked confused, his eyes were wide and his thumb still up.
"You're lame." Sakura said and Naruto was now leaning on Sasuke's shoulder laughing his but off. He felt Neji and Tenten come up behind them.
"Hey, you…" Neji said and Naruto stopped laughing and turned to him, Sasuke followed.
"What's your name?" Neji asked and Naruto looked to Sasuke.
"When you want to learn someone's name, you should give yours first." Sasuke said coolly and Neji shook his head.
"Not you, the blonde." Neji said. Naruto whipped his head at Neji and was wide eyed.
"You're a rookie right? How old are you?" Neji asked. Sasuke stepped forward and pulled Naruto back, his arms around the blonde's neck.
"He doesn't have to answer you." Sasuke said. Neji glared at him.
"What?" Neji asked, Tenten giggled slightly while thinking how cute. Sasuke pulled Naruto with him as he turned and walked to Sakura.
"Sasuke-Kun, Naruto-kun, lets go!" Sakura said happily. The two boys nodded but Naruto couldn't help but look back to see Neji glaring at them before walking forward as well. Sasuke took Naruto's hand and pulled him along and up the stairs. Sakura giggled.
"You're so easily jealous Sasuke." Sakura said and Naruto looked up at her.
"You called Sasuke by his name and didn't add Kun to it!" Naruto explained and Sakura blushed.
"I'm sorry!" Sakura said and Naruto laughed.
"Don't be, I call him Teme. What was up with you back there?" Naruto asked and looked to Sasuke who was blushing. Sakura giggled again.
"He's jealous Naruto. Can't you tell?" Sakura asked and Naruto looked to Sasuke who still had the blush and was looking forward as they walked. Naruto chuckled before leaning into Sasuke more.
"You there with the sharp eyes. Wait." Came a voice behind them as Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura walked into an open space. It was a small training area where you can train with Kunai. It was large spaced with a stair case on the sides and a balcony for on lookers. They hadn't even gotten to the middle when they heard the voice call them. Sasuke and Naruto exchanged looks before turning around to face Rock Lee on the balcony. Naruto sighed, Sakura did some horrified look, and Sasuke well you could clearly see the annoyance in his face since Naruto stopped leaning on him.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"Will you fight me right here, right now?" Lee asked. Sasuke sighed and ran a hand threw his hair; he'd been doing that a lot lately.
"Fight you right here, right now?" Sasuke asked. Seems Rock Lee is still interested in Sasuke…Naruto thought, Sasuke thought the same thing.
"Yes." Lee said before jumping from the balcony and onto the floor in front of them. He then stood and pointed to himself.
"My name is Rock Lee. You're supposed to identify yourself before you ask for someone else's name, right…? Uchiha Sasuke." Lee said as he pointed to the Uchiha. Sasuke shrugged at that. Lee took a fighting stance.
"I would like to fight you. I would like to see how my moves will do against a descendant of the genius ninja clan." Lee announced. Sasuke pointed to Naruto.
"Wouldn't you like to fight blondie? He's better then me, he comes from the Uzumaki clan who is a genius ninja clan in Whirlpool." Sasuke said and Naruto backed up.
"Oh hell I am Teme! You're the fasted here, you fight him!" Naruto countered, Sasuke smirked.
"This coming from a guy who put a Kunai to a guy's neck at the same speed Lee took to block my move." Sasuke said and Naruto paled.
"Yeah well you were holding back! Teme!" Naruto yelled and pointed a finger at him. Sasuke smirked.
"Yeah and so are you, so fight him!" Sasuke said and Naruto shook his head.
"No way in hell am I fighting him! He wants you to fight him, not some clumsy Uzumaki like me." Naruto said and hid behind Sakura who was in sweat drop as they fought. Lee was also in sweat drop, he hadn't even finished stating why he wanted to fight and they started fighting with each other. No fighting about who was going to fight him! Sasuke turned and tried to smile at him.
"Listen as great as fighting you sounds I just can't. I'm not really a genius, that's why you should choose Uzumaki over there. He's the genius on this team." Sasuke said and hid behind Sakura and pushed Naruto forward. Naruto glared at Sasuke and turned to Lee. The blonde sighed.
"Uchiha's a pansy." Naruto teased and Sasuke's eye twitched. "Running away from fights. He slows the team down." Naruto continued and shook his head. Sasuke punched him on the back of the head.
"You know you're insulting you're cousin right? She's an Uchiha as well! Or did you forget that?" Sasuke asked as Naruto sat up and rubbed his head. Lee was paling at this moment.
"Yeah, but I wasn't talking about her Teme and you know it!" Naruto yelled at him. "Just fight him and get it over with. If you do I'll make it up to you later." Naruto added as an afterthought. Lee was blushing slightly at them as Sasuke smirked.
"Oh really? Fine then… I get to pick." Sasuke said and Naruto paled but nodded. Sasuke then turned to Lee and sighed slightly.
"You ready fuzzy eyebrows?" Sasuke asked. Lee smirked and got in his attack stance.
"Wait!" Everyone looked to Naruto who was glaring at Lee. "Don't hurt his face!" Naruto said then walked over to Sakura while everyone was in sweat drop. Sasuke shook his head and got in an attack stance as well.
"Let's go!" Sasuke said and disappeared. Lee blocked his kick and aimed a kick to Sasuke's face. They heard a shout of a blonde but paid no mind, since the Uchiha flipped away before it hit and landed. Sasuke activated his Sharingan not to see through his moves because he can't even with the Sharingan, but to copy some. Sasuke then advanced again, and whipped under his feet at Lee. Lee jumped away easily, Sasuke went to do hand signs but a voice stopped him.
"No Gen or Ninjutsu, or else no fun later Sasuke!" Naruto yelled and Sasuke cursed as he blocked Lee's oncoming kick to the side. Sasuke gripped his leg feeling the weights underneath and threw Lee in the air. Lee smirked and was behind Sasuke in a second, Sasuke swiped around canceling out Lee's attack.
"You're good just as I expected." Lee said and kicked Sasuke in the air. Naruto cursed as Lee came up behind him in the air.
"But I'm going to show you that hard workers are better then geniuses with this technique." Lee said and undid his left hand bandage. Sasuke's eyes widened in fear, he certainly didn't want that to happen. He just hoped Gai would come and save him like last time. And he did because just then a windmill embedded Lee's loose bandage into the wall. Sasuke immediately appeared next to Naruto, who hugged him.
"You were still holding back." Naruto whispered to him. Sasuke smirked at him.
"Yeah, but I got a lot of that Taijutsu moves we've been killing to have." Sasuke said and Naruto kissed him on the cheek then smiled.
"Umm guys what is that?" Sakura asked as she pointed to the giant red turtle yelling at Lee.
"Lee! That technique is forbidden!" The turtle scolded.
"I'm sorry! I just…" Lee began.
"That's a turtle Sakura-Chan." Naruto stated the oblivious. Sakura smacked him over the head.
"I know that much!" Sakura yelled at him.
"You fool!" The three looked to the turtle. "You think you can get away with an excuse like that!? You already know well what it means for a shinobi to reveal his special techniques!"
"Yes." Lee said with his head down. Sasuke leaned on Naruto as he wrapped his leg bandage that had come loose during the very fast fight. It was shorter then last time, probably because Naruto and Sasuke had been fighting most of the time.
"Are you prepared to pay?" The turtle asked.
"Yes…" Lee said.
"Then here comes Gai-Sensei!" The turtle said before a puff of smoke and standing on top of the large turtle was a guy. Who looked like an older version of Lee. The only different was the Jounin vest over the green spandex.
"Geez! You guys are the epitome of adolescence!" Gai yelled. Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura paled with a sweat drop.
"Ack! An even lamer guy came!" Sakura wined. Gai did the good guy pose to lee.
"Hey! Stop insulting Gai-Sensei!" Lee yelled at them.
"Shut up! How the hell are we supposed to react when a guy pops out of a turtle and looks like an older version of you! But even more Ack!" Naruto yelled back.
"What did you…!?" Lee yelled.
"Hey, Lee, stop!" Gai said to him. Lee turned to him and nodded. It was then that Gai punched him straight in the face yelling 'you fool!' Gai then walked over to where Lee had landed.
"Lee, you are… you are…" Gai said while crying slightly. Lee looked to Gai tears in his eyes as well.
"Gai-Sensei!" Lee said. Naruto rolled his eyes and pulled on Sasuke's sleeve.
"Can we go?" Naruto asked and Sasuke nodded and went to walk away as Gai and Lee hugged. But Sakura wouldn't move, she was stuck watching the weird people talk. Gai was now pointing off into the distance for some reason.
"Now, towards the sunset, 100 laps around the practice range!" Gai said and Lee nodded.
"Let's go!" Gai said and again Lee nodded and they started to walk away.
"Hey, aren't you forgetting the Chuunin Exams?" Naruto called. Gai stopped and looked back at them.
"Oh yeah… Lee, your punishment for starting a fight and trying to use a forbidden jutsu will take place after the Chuunin Exams." Gai said and Lee nodded. Gai looked over at them, and Sakura backed up slightly.
"Hey you guys, how's Kakashi Sensei doing?" Gai asked. Naruto put his hands behind his head.
"He's doing fine. But you know him?" Naruto asked with his eyes closed.
"Know him? People refer to us as… eternal rivals." Gai said and Sakura and Naruto gapped at him.
"Yeah right!" They yelled.
"What are you talking about?! Gai Sensei is really…" Lee yelled with his fist up.
"It's okay. Actions speak louder than words." Gai said. Sasuke and Naruto tensed, Sakura noticed and wondered what the problem was, but soon found out when Gai appeared behind them in a blink of an eye. But when Sakura looked around she saw neither Sasuke nor Naruto. Sakura looked behind her and saw Gai with wide eyes as Sasuke and Naruto were behind him. Lee was also gapping at their speed now, and then realized that Sasuke had gone easy on him.
"If I'm correct, the record is 50 wins to you and 49 losses. Right Gai-sensei?" Naruto said as he leaned with his back against Sasuke's. Gai turned with wide eyes.
"You know?" Gai asked and Naruto smiled.
"Kakashi told us when Sasuke and I were fighting." Naruto said and Gai nodded.
"Well we had better get going Sakura." Sasuke said and Sakura nodded.
"Bye Gai-sensei, Lee." Naruto said and they walked away, Sakura waving bye and they headed away without a glance back. Sakura looked between them.
"You two were amazing! How did you?" Sakura asked and Naruto looked to her.
"We knew he was going to do something because his last sentence before disappearing. We just beat him in speed, but only because we added Chakra to are feet to do it." Naruto explained. Sakura nodded and smiled.
"You were really great!" Sakura said and Naruto wrapped his arms around her shoulder.
"So are you Sakura-Chan." Naruto said as they rounded the corner and spotted Kakashi. They stopped a few feet in front of him.
"I see, so Sakura came as well. You can now officially register for the Chuunin Exam." Kakashi said.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"To tell you the truth, this exam can only be taken in teams of three." Kakashi explained.
"But you said that we could decide if we wanted to take it or not." Sakura pointed out.
"Yeah, I did." Kakashi said.
"You lied?" Sakura asked and Kakashi shook his head slightly.
"Yes and no. If I said that, Sasuke and Naruto would force you to take it. Even if you didn't want to take the exam, if Sasuke or Naruto asked you, you would try to take the exam anyway. For Sasuke and Naruto." Kakashi said.
"So what would have happened if only Sasuke and Naruto came here?" Sakura asked.
"I would have prohibited them from taking the exam and not allowed them through these doors. But the three of you came here of your own free will. Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke." Kakashi explained. They all smiled at him.
"Well done. I'm proud of the three of you. You're my team." Kakashi said and stepped out of the door way. "Now go." Kakashi told them. They nodded and Sasuke and Sakura opened the door, letting Naruto in first. The door closed behind them and team seven looked over the people in the room.
"Wow…" Naruto said.
"What is this?" Sakura asked. The room was filled with over a hundred Genin in the room, all looking at them. There's so many people. Are all these people taking the exam? Sakura wondered. Sasuke grabbed the blonde's wrist and then Sakura's and led them over to where Ino, Shikamaru, and Chouji were at. The moment they were over there Ino jumped on Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun you're late! I've been eagerly waiting for you ever since I heard that I could see you for the first time in a long time." Ino said and smiled sweetly with a blush.
"Get off him." Naruto growled out, and Ino backed off quickly at the killing intent aiming straight at her. Sasuke sighed and wrapped an arm around the blonde waist.
"Chill Naru-Chan." Sasuke said and Ino went wide eyed. Sakura chuckled slightly and wrapped her arms around the blonde's shoulder.
"They've been like this since day one Ino. You have no chance, get over it." Sakura said and laughed when Ino went wide eyed once again.
"What are you three going to take this troublesome exam, too?" Shikamaru asked as they neared them further. Naruto ginned and hugged Shikamaru, much to Sasuke's displeasure since the blonde left him.
"Shika! Still the lazy genius as ever right?" Naruto asked after Naruto let go of the brunette. Shikamaru sighed at him.
"Stop calling me that, how annoying!" Shikamaru said.
"Yeah, found you all." Came a voice and everyone looked over to see Kiba, Shino, and Hinata walking over to them. Akamaru was sitting on Kiba's head.
"So I see that everyone is here." Kiba said. Hinata smiled.
"Hello… Naruto-kun." Hinata said shyly. Naruto smiled at her.
"Ah hello Hinata-Chan!" Naruto replied back and Hinata blushed.
"What? So you three made it, too? Geez…" Shikamaru said. Chouji just nodded to them as he stuffed his face with more chips.
"I see, so all the nine Genin rookies this year are going to take the exam." Kiba said. Naruto had moved back to Sasuke and Sasuke took the blonds hand behind his back. Kabuto was going to show up and Sasuke's knew Naruto wouldn't be able to handle if he wasn't there.
"How far do you think we can get, Sasuke-kun?" Kiba asked and looked to Sasuke with a raised eyebrow. Then widened eyes when he saw the Uchiha gripping the blonde's hand, but didn't say anything.
"You seem to be as confident as ever, Kiba." Sasuke replied.
"We trained like hell. We won't lose to you." Kiba said and Naruto laughed.
"What do you think we've been doing? Picking daises?" Naruto shouted and Kiba laughed.
"I'm sorry, Naruto-kun, Kiba-kun didn't mean it that way." Hinata said and looked to Naruto, and then to Sasuke's hand that was holding the tan one still. Even if it was hidden she could still see it. Hinata sighed inside her head but smiled at Naruto. Kiba looked to Hinata. Chouji looked to Akamaru and stepped forward, but Shino stepped in front of him.
"What?" Chouji asked, Shino keep his head down as he watched the bug crawl a crossed the floor.
"Don't step on it." Shino said. Chouji looked at him with confusion.
"I said don't step on it." Shino repeated. Kiba sweat dropped and Naruto tightened his grip on Sasuke.
Brat, if you get all riled up then Kabuto will know. Just settle down and think about what you'll be doing to Kabuto in later times. I could send you mental images of his bloodied body all mangled and well bloody.
No thanks Kyuu, but you're right, I shouldn't need Sasuke to help me. I should be able to handle seeing him and Orochimaru without getting all pissed and want to kill someone.
That's a good boy. Naruto shook his head slightly and Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him. Naruto mouthed Kyuubi and Sasuke smiled.
"You're going to eat that?" Chouji asked. Everything went silent, and the grip on Sasuke's hand loosened as Naruto got in check of his emotion.
"Hey you guys." Came a voice and everyone looked over to it. Purple sleeveless shirt, with matching pants. With a white shirt underneath, and a brown wrap around his waist. A Konoha forehead protector was on his forehead and his gray hair was pulled into a low pony tail. He had large black rimmed glasses that just added to his look. All in all he wasn't that bad looking but Naruto gripped Sasuke's hand and then left go as he looked at Kabuto with a blank expression. Sasuke looked to Naruto surprised he was able to keep cool, but he figured Kyuubi was helping so it didn't look suspicious. Cheater! Sasuke thought as he felt his blood boil from just one look at the man that was walking toward the ground.
"You should quiet down a little. So you're the nine rookies that just graduated from the academy, correct?" Kabuto asked.
"You're all fooling around with these cute faces… Geez, this isn't a field trip." Kabuto said.
"Who are you to tell us that?" Ino said as she came out from behind Sakura.
"I am Yakushi Kabuto. Look around you…" Kabuto said. The group looked and saw that everyone was tense and staring straight at them, wait no glaring. Sakura and Ino gulped and hid behind Sasuke and Naruto who seemed to smirk. They turned to see a group all glaring like life depended it on it, at all of them.
"The ones behind you are from the Hidden Village of Rain. They have a short temper. Everyone is tense since its right before the exam. I warned you so that you won't get picked on." Kabuto said and everyone nodded slightly. They then turned back to Kabuto.
"I guess it can't be helped though, since you are just rookies who don't know anything. It makes me remember the old me." Kabuto said. Sakura looked at him.
"Kabuto-san was it?" She asked. Kabuto nodded.
"Is this your second time, then?" Sakura asked.
"No, it's my seventh time. This exam only takes place twice every year, and it's my fourth year." Kabuto explained when he got weird looks. Naruto wasn't paying attention to the conversation he was still talking with Kyuubi.
You're right Kyuu, it would be a lot easier to make Kabuto think that we trust him.
Told you brat, just play his game right back at him. Naruto mentally nodded and smirked on the outside.
"That means you know a lot about this exam, right?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah." Kabuto said and Naruto faked a smiled, Sasuke raised an eyebrow at his blonde. Naruto moved forward and Sasuke was right behind him.
"So you must be an expert, Kabuto-san!" Naruto said as he stood in front of him.
"But he hasn't passed it." Shikamaru pointed out. Kabuto gave them a nervous smile and scratched the back of his head, showing off his purple gloves.
"Yeah, that's true." Kabuto said. Shikamaru turned to him with a bored look.
"Is the Chuunin Exam that difficult? This is getting even more troublesome." Shikamaru said and Naruto chuckled slightly at him.
"Maybe I should give my cute underclassmen some information then…" Kabuto said and pulled out a deck of cards. "With these recognition cards."
"Recognition cards?" Sakura asked.
"In simple terms, it's a card that has information burned into it using my Chakra." Kabuto said and kneeled down; he placed the deck on the ground in front of him.
"I've collected information on this exam for the past four years. There's about 200 cards total." Kabuto explained, he flipped one over and laid it face up on the ground.
"It looks white, but… To get this information from this card…" Kabuto said and started to spin the card with one finger.
"What are you doing?" Sakura asked.
"It's made so that you can't view it without my Chakra. Like this." Kabuto said and formed a hand sign with one hand while spinning the card with the other. There was a small puff of smoke that came from the card and when it disappeared the white card was now filled with what looked like the five countries and small green bars on it. Each a different size.
"Wow, what information is this?" Sakura asked.
"The exam's total number of examinees and countries participating. It also has the number of participants from each Hidden village. Let me ask, why do you think we do that Chuunin Exam together?" Kabuto asked. The only sound was Chouji eating chips, the rest was silent.
"First, it's deepening the friendly relationships with the other countries. Next, it's to heighten the level of the ninja. That is what they say. But the real purpose is to confirm the level of the ninja each adjacent country to try and balance out the power." Kabuto said. Naruto frowned.
"And why do they go through such a troublesome task?" Shikamaru asked. Kabuto released the information on the card and it went blank once more.
"If they don't do that, the weak countries will be invaded and dominated by the strong ones. So they need to check and restrain each other's powers. It's just my guess though." Kabuto said. Sasuke stepped up beside Naruto.
"Are there any cards there that have detailed personal information?" Sasuke asked.
"Yes." Kabuto answered. "Is there someone that interests you?"
"No not really." Sasuke answered and Kabuto frowned.
"Are you sure?" Kabuto asked and Sasuke nodded.
"Just wanted to know, you could have my information there as well." Sasuke said and Kabuto smirked.
"I do." Kabuto said and Sasuke smirked back.
"Figured." Sasuke said.
"You all should be careful; it's not just you who were picked. But all the people here are top elites chosen from each country. This isn't that easy." Kabuto said. Sakura looked to Naruto who just sat there smirking at the rest of the room. Naruto stood and pointed to the room, Sakura was about to stop him but Sasuke stopped her and shook his head.
"Let him be stupid." Sasuke whispered and Sakura frowned at him.
"My name is Uzumaki Naruto! I'm not going to lose to any of you! Got that?!" Naruto yelled at them and everyone glared even harder at him. Ino walked over to Sakura and whispered.
"Hey, what's with him?! What's the point in provoking everyone?!" Ino yelled and Sakura turned to her.
"Don't ask me!" Sakura yelled back.
"Who else am I supposed to ask?!" Ino shouted at her.
"What did you say?!" Sakura said with her fist as a threat. Naruto grinned and put his hands behind his head.
"That felt good." Naruto said Sasuke just smirked at him. Kabuto smiled slightly at him, and Sasuke noticed. The Uchiha always knew Kabuto had interest in Naruto, in both test and sexual ways. This was the beginning of it.
"'I'm not going to lose to any of you'? You talk big." Kiba said. Shikamaru shook his head.
"That idiot. He just made everyone here his enemy." Shikamaru said. Sakura went over and held Naruto in a neck lock.
"What was that about?" Sakura shouted at him.
"It was the truth." Naruto said in between breathes. Sakura stopped and looked to the room where everyone was glaring even harder at her. She let go of Naruto and waved at them.
"Everyone, it was a joke. He's a severe idiot, so… there's no need to take what a hasty idiot and a guy who gets carried away easily say seriously. Please don't worry about it." Sakura said and hit Naruto over the head. It was then that Naruto tensed and Sakura stopped yelling at him. Naruto pulled his Kunai out and moved as Sasuke did. A guy from the sound shot two Kunai at Kabuto which he easily dodged it, but when the second person who looked like he was hunched over with a backpack of fur on him, went to hit Kabuto but didn't get the chance. He gasped when two Kunai were pressed against his skin and his arm he had ready to hit Kabuto with was pulled back in a sharp lock.
The room was silent as they watched the scene take place. Gaara was smirking as he looked over the two who held the sound ninja. Naruto had a nasty glare on his face and a Kunai to the front of his neck; he stood in front of the man. Sasuke was in the back, twisting his arm back and had a Kunai to the back of his neck. Kabuto was wide eyed at the speed. Everyone keep silent as Sasuke and Naruto released their grip and slid their weapons back in place and stood beside Kabuto. Kabuto was still wide eyed and keep glancing at the two beside him. The guy who had attacked was now rubbing his arm, and neck. He glared at Naruto and Sasuke for interfering.
The three sound ninja's looked ready to kill at this point. But remained quiet, they watched Naruto and Sasuke with intensity as they stepped back a few steps.
"You okay Kabuto?" Naruto asked and Kabuto's eyes softened before he nodded.
"You two are fast." Kabuto noted and Naruto grinned while he hugged Sasuke around the neck.
"We've been working on our Taijutsu lately. Guess it paid off." Naruto said and Sasuke nodded. He noted that everyone was now looking at them as if they were enemies. Gaara and his team, along with Lee's team were all looking at Naruto and Sasuke with slight wide eyes. Kiba was slightly shaking from the glare Naruto had on his face. It was as if he could have killed the man were he stood and laughed about it. It was nerve wrecking. Sakura just sighed and shook her head, which caused a few glances to her as well.
"Will you two stop showing off, really. You could save it for when the exam starts you know." Sakura said and Naruto grinned at her and let go of Sasuke.
"Sorry Sakura-Chan." Naruto said while he rubbed the back of his head. It was then that a puff of smoke came from the front of the room on the other side of the rookie nine was.
"Quiet down! You punks!" Came a voice from the smoke. It cleared to reveal at least twenty examiners with a man in font. He wore a big black trench coat and had scars on his face; the Konoha forehead protector wrapped around his head and covered the baldness.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. I am the examiner of the 1st test of the Chuunin Selection Exam, Morino Ibiki." The man said with a grin. He then pointed to the three sound ninja's.
"You three from the Hidden Village of Sound don't think you can do anything you want before the exam. Do you want us to fail you already?" Ibiki sneered at them. The one that looked like he had a giant fur back pack on turned to him.
"I'm sorry. I was excited, since this is my first exam." He said and Ibiki smirked slightly.
"This is a good chance to say this… You are not allowed to fight each other during the exam unless given permission by the examiners. Even if the permission is given, you are not allowed to kill the other. Pigs who go against me will fail immediately. Understood?" Ibiki asked. One of the sound ninja smirked and laughed slightly. He had black hair with something on his face like… those things you put on horses to make them go in a straight line.
"This exam seems so soft and easy." He said. The examiner's all laughed slightly.
"We will now begin the first exam of the Chuunin Selection Exam. Turn in your applications, Take one of these number tags, and sit where the number tells you to. Then we will pass out the papers for the written exam." Ibiki said and Naruto bowed his head down.
"I hate written tests." Naruto said and Sasuke patted him on the back. Then whispered in his ear quickly so that no one could hear them.
"Yeah, but you have Kyuu this time." Sasuke said then walked off toward the front. Naruto smirked and bounced after him, Sakura following the blonde.
After everyone had turned in the application and taken a set, Naruto sat at 53, Hinata beside him like last time.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata said when the blonde laid his head on the table. Naruto looked up at her.
"Hey Hinata-Chan, you think you'll do well on this?" Naruto asked and Hinata blushed slightly.
"Let's just do our best Naruto-kun." Hinata said with a smile and Naruto smiled at her.
"Yeah, our best Hinata-Chan." Naruto said back and she looked to Ibiki who started to talk again.
"This first exam has a few important rules. I will not accept any questions, so listen carefully. First rule is you all are given 10 points at the start. The written exam consists of 10 questions, and each is worth one point. This test is a deduction based test. If you get one problem wrong, you will get one point deducted." Ibiki said as he wrote it on the chalk board. "If you get three problems wrong, your points will be reduced to 7." He added.
"Second rule, the pass-fail decision will be determined by your team's total points. Now that you know that, let's move on to the next rule. If an examiner determines that you cheated or do something similar during the test… Each action will cause you to lose two points. In other words, there will be people who will be forced to leave this place without their tests being graded." Ibiki said and Sakura glared slightly at him. Naruto leaned back slightly in his chair.
Kyuu, you can help me out right? Naruto questioned, he knew why they had to do this, but he wasn't very good at cheating.
Sure brat, this is easy. Kyuubi said with a yawn. Besides got nothing better to do but sleep anyways.
Thanks Kyuu!
"Those who try to cheat without thinking carefully will only hurt themselves. We'll 'Check' you at any time." Said one of the examiners off to the side.
"You are all trying to become Chuunins. If you are a ninja, act like a first-rate one." Ibiki said. Sakura knew Naruto wasn't good at written tests so she thought if she and Sasuke get high then they all pass.
"Also, if anyone in a team gets a zero, everyone on that team will fail." Ibiki said and Naruto just looked back to Sakura and smiled at her. She looked at him confused for a second.
"The last problem will be given 45 minutes after the exam begins. You have one hour for the exam." Ibiki said and the clock ticked for a second before he yelled 'Begin.' Naruto flipped the sheet over and held the pencil in on hand while scanning the paper. He started on the first problem, and then started to write out the first problem. Kyuubi leading him the whole way through. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and copied from Naruto, who was only sitting a few seats away.
Eh Kyuu you're really smart!
Thank you Brat. Kyuubi replied then gave the answer to the last question. He sat his pencil down and a second later Sasuke did the same. Sakura looked at them after they put the pencils down with wide eyes. They're done already? Wow I didn't know Naruto was that smart! Sasuke it's not a real surprise. Guess I didn't have anything to worry about. Sakura thought and then started to finish her test as well. Naruto and Sasuke smirked at Ibiki as they leaded back in their chairs. Then looked to the Examiners and smirked.
Brat, stop invoking them! They could fail you for being suspicious you know! Naruto's smirk fell and he sat up and put his head on the table.
Better?
Brat, don't invoke me either! Geez and here I was being nice. So how are you and Sasuke doing?
You should know, you watch me everyday. Besides we're together now right?
No brat I don't know, I'm usually sleeping. I'm still extremely tired from using all that Chakra. I feel sorry for mum; she must be tired as well.
Don't worry, Aki won't wear her out. But I hope Aki gets here soon; I know I've heard from her. But seeing her makes a difference.
I'm sure she's fine, she has mom with her. Besides she's a strong girl, she's even tapped into your guys blood limit better then you have.
Yeah, well you do that for me. I always thought it was you healing me.
Well I help move it along certainly. If it wasn't for me, you'd only heal half the time then now, and only double then normal people.
I know, I'm lucky to have you Kyuu.
Ahh Brat, don't get mussy on me. Kyuubi laughed inside his head as he pouted slightly. It was then that Ibiki yelled to get their attention. Naruto looked up.
"I will now give the 10th problem! Yes, but before that, there's one thing I must say… There will be one special rule for this last question." Ibiki said and the door to the back opened and Kankuro walked in, he had left to the bathroom a few minutes ago.
"You're lucky. Your puppet show didn't have to go to waste. Oh well, sit down." Ibiki said and Kankuro walked down the aisle, he dropped a pile type thing to Tamari as he went by and then sat down.
"I will now explain. This is… a hopeless rule. First, you are all going to choose if you wish to take this tenth problem or not." Ibiki said.
"Choose? So what happens if we don't take the tenth problem?" Tamari asked.
"If you choose not to take it, your points will be reduced to zero. In other words, you will fail. Your two other teammates will fail along with you." Ibiki said.
"What's the meaning of that?" "Of course we're going to choose to take it!" "Teammates also failing is bull!"
"And here is the other rule. If you choose to take it and you get it wrong, you will… Lose the privilege to take the Chuunin Exam forever!" Ibiki said.
"What kid of dumb rule is that?! There should be those here who have taken the Chuunin Exam in the past!" Kiba yelled Akamaru barking as well. Ibiki chuckled slightly.
"You were unlucky. This year, I am the rule. That is why I gave you the option of quitting. Those who are not confident can choose to not take it, and take the exam next year, or the year after that." Ibiki said with another creepy laugh.
"Let us begin. Those who will not be taking this tenth question, raise your hands. After we confirm your numbers, we will have you leave." Ibiki said. The room fell silent after that. One by one people raised their hands to leave. It was never wrecking, Sakura was staring at Naruto thinking he would raise his hand. Sakura went to raise her hand to save his dream. But stopped when she saw Naruto slowly raise his hand, his face down. Then slammed it on the table in front of him as he stood.
"Screw you! I'm not going to run away! I'll take this problem! Even if I become a Genin forever, I'm going to become a Hokage no matter what anyway! I'm not scared! I'm a ninja, if I should be willing to risk my life. Then why not risk my title!" Naruto yelled and then sat down with his arms crossed and eyes closed a pout on his face. Ibiki smirked so he found the reason behind the tenth question huh?
"I will ask one more time. This is the choice that will impact your life. If you want to quit, now is the chance." Ibiki said and Naruto looked at him.
"I'm not going to take back my words. That's my 'way of the ninja.'" Naruto answered. Interesting kid. He wiped out everyone's uncertainty. 78 students, eh? There's more left than I expected. Looks like there's no point in waiting any longer. Ibiki thought.
"Nice determination, Then… For the first exam, everyone here… passes!" Ibiki said and Naruto grinned.
"Wait, what's the meaning of that? We pass already? What about the tenth question?" Sakura questioned. Ibiki smiled and laughed.
"There was no such thing to begin with. Or you can call the two-choice question the tenth question." Ibiki said with a smile.
"Hey! So what were those previous nine problems? It was all a waste!" Tamari asked.
"No it's not. The nine problems accomplished their purpose. The purpose to test each individual's information gathering skills." Ibiki said.
"Information gathering skills?" Tamari asked.
"First, this test's purpose lies in the first rule… your pass fail decision is based on your three person teams. By giving that idea, we have given you an unprecedented amount of pressure to try and not be a nuisance to your team. But these test problems cannot be solved by you Genins. So, most of the people here must come to the conclusion… 'I have to cheat to get points.' In other words, this exam assumed that everyone was going to cheat. So, we snuck in two Chuunins who knew the answers to be targets of cheating." Ibiki explained and Naruto nodded then looked back at Sasuke who smirked at him.
"But those who just cheated like a fool failed, of course. Why?" Ibiki asked as he pulled his head band off, showing burnt marks, screw holes, and cut marks on his head.
"Information can have greater value than life at times and in missions and battlefields… Information is contested with the lives of people." Ibiki said.
"The information that an enemy gets after being noticed by a third person will not necessarily be accurate." Ibiki said and put his head band back on. "Remember this. Getting incorrect information can cause great damage to your teammates and village. So, we made you all gather information in the form of cheating. We kicked out those who were lacking in that field. That's what went on." Ibiki said.
"But I still can't agree to that last question…" Tamari said.
"But this tenth question was the main question of this First Exam." Ibiki said.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"It's like blondie said. The tenth question was to take or not take choice. Needless to say, it was a painful two-choice problem. Those who did not take it failed with their teams. If you chose to take it, and could not answer it… your right to take the exam would have been taken away forever. It was a very insincere problem." Ibiki said then walked forward slightly.
"How about this two-choice problem… Let's assume that you have become a Chuunin. Your mission is to capture a secret document. The number of enemy ninja, their abilities, and armaments are unknown. And there may be traps that the enemy ninja have set up. Now, will you accept this mission or not? Just because your life and the lives of your teammates may be in danger, are you able to avoid dangerous missions? The answer is… no.
There are missions that carry heavy risks, but cannot be avoided. The ability to show your courage to your teammates when needed and the ability to get through a bad situation… That is what we look for in a Chuunin, a squad leader. Those who cannot bet their fate in a critical situation… Those who give up when given the chance because there is a next year, and let their minds sway over an uncertain future… Fools who only carry a light determination like that have no right to become a Chuunin. That is what I believe." Ibiki explained.
"I am saying that you here who have chosen to take it gave the right answer for the difficult tenth question. You can deal with the difficulties you will face. You have broken through the entrance. The first Exam of the Chuunin Selection ends now." Ibiki said. It was then that the window smashed and something fell into the room. Kunai pinned a sheet up and hid Ibiki from view and out of the cloth was a lady.
"Everybody, there's no time to be happy. I am the Second Examiner, Mitarashi Anko." The lady said. She had a full fish net body suit, with a brown min skirt. Gray shin shield and a large brown over coat. Her purple hair was pulled up and spiked. She had gray every and no pupils. Her Konoha forehead protector tied around her forehead.
"Let's go to the next exam! Follow me!" Anko yelled and pumped her fist in the air. She's more crazy then Ibiki! Naruto and Sasuke thought. Ibiki appeared beside the cloth half himself hidden.
"Grasp the atmosphere." Ibiki said and keep himself hidden slightly while Ibiki looked at the Genin still left.
"78? Ibiki, you let 26 teams pass? The first exam must have been too soft." Anko said to him.
"It looks like there are a lot of excellent students this time." Ibiki said and she huffed then looked to the Genin again.
"Oh, well… I'm going to make more than half of the teams fail in the next exam." Anko said simply and Sakura gulped.
"I'm getting excited. I will explain the details tomorrow. We will go somewhere else, so ask your Jounin teachers about the rally point and time. That is all. Dismissed." Anko said. Everyone got up and left, Naruto attached to Sasuke's neck, and Sakura giggling at her teammates. Ino was pouting and glaring at Naruto as they all left.
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