I took a deep breath as i signed in to the chuunin exams. I looked around me nervously. There were so many people here...really scary intimidating people...

"Huh lily what are you doing here!?" Naruto screamed running over to me grabbing my wrist and pulling me to the group of our class mates.

"Lily's here too? Man everyone's here for this stupid thing!" Shikamaru complained.

"Yup here we all are the ten rookie's this is gonna be fun! At least those of us willing to make the cut right sasuke!" Kiba smirked. Akamaru barked in agreement.

"Kiba careful you don't want to get overconfident." Sasuke warned

"umm don't mind kiba i'm sure he didn't really mean it" hinata said putting her two fingers together.

"Lily you didn't answer my question." Naruto whined.

"Oh i-er-i um well i'm sort of competeing in the chuunin exams" i said my voice getting quieter and quieter as i spoke.

"By yourself?!" Sakura asked shocked. I gave a timid nod in response.

"Figures kakashi had a loop hole" sasuke said crossing his arms.

"Hey you guys should keep it down, i mean no offense but you guys are the 10 rookies right? Fresh out of the academy? I wouldn't go making a spectacle of yourselves just cool it. This isn't a class field trip. "A guy with glasses and dull gray hair said.

"Well who asked you? Who are you! "Ino yelled at him pissed off with her fist clenched and blue eyes blazing with anger.

"I'm kabuto yakoshi but really look around you you made quite the impression.

"a-aren't you s-sort o-of d-drawing a-attention t-to y-yourself r-right n-now?" I stuttered.

He pulled out some orange cards as if he were changing the subject but i kept it in the back of my mind for later. Hinata grabbed my left hand that was lightly tapping my leg effectively stopping the repetitive motion. Our eyes locked and we gave each other candy smiles.

"Are you even listening to me?! I'm giving you sound advice here!" Kabuto snapped making me and Hinata flinch.

"How did you get all this stuff?" Sasuke asked curiosity and slight anger hiding behind his emo tone.

"Oh a this will be my seventh time taking this exam!"

"You must suck" shika said boredly.

"Yes well- "

"h-how d-did y-you g-get t-the c-cards for this years contestants... They wouldn't really have anything to do with your other years of competing in this exam...like those guys from suna or sound" before kabuto could answer me three sound ninja came out of nowhere and attacked him. Then a scary man named ibiki popped out of smoke with various other jounin. He reprimanded the sound ninja for fighting and told us all to grab a seat. Apparently the first part of the chuunin exams is a written one. The one thing going through my mind was poor naruto...he sucks at written exams. After we picked our numbers they sat us accordingly.

i took shallow breaths i don't know where my friends are sitting... I don't know any of these people... My tapping started slowly the more nervous i got.

"Are you alright?" A voice beside me asked. I gasped slightly and turned my head to my right.

"Y-yeah i-i'm f-fine g-gaara" i stuttered softly. His seafoam green eyes once again locked with mine. I gave him a soft smile.

"Are you sure?" He asked me a quizzical expression adorning his face.

"Y-yes i guess i'm just a bit er nervous.."

"Nervous and a clutz not a very good combination" he said before turning away from me and facing ibiki. I blushed lightly embarrassed but forced myself to focus on ibiki. He stated the rules to us and i trembled slighty scared. 'So to pass i have to get all of these questions right... Every single one... I shouldn't cheat i'll not only get caught but that might also somehow effect my eyes when i get them... I'm is no way i'm smart enough for this... No lily don't c mon this is just like the scenario game only it's on paper okay? okay.' i tried but failed to reassure myself. Ibiki said "begin" so i flipped the paper over and read the first question.

Decipher a code... My eyebrows knitted together in confusion... No way that question is way too easy... I calmly wrote down my answer double checking to make sure it was right. Okay on to question number two... Let's see here...line b in the diagram indicates the trajectory of a shuriken thrown at enemy c by ninja a seated a top a tree 7 meters tall. Describe and formulate the trajectory required if c were positioned at points c d and f. Also predict the furthest possible range of the shuriken and explain how you arrived at that conclusion. I bit my bottom lip and my eyes flicked over to see shikamaru with his hands in his strategy position. His eyes flicked to me slightly and he smirked. 'Shogi' he mouthed before going back to his test. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes my hands going into a strategy position of their own. My eyes snapped open an idea forming. I quickly wrote down all the answers to that question explaining in as much detail as i possibly could. I admit it wasn't as easy as number one but i can manage i think...Sand suddenly fell on my paper and my eyes flicked to gaara slightly. I inwardly sighed what the hell let him cheat of me.

I frowned and pulled my hair slightly as i went through each question my eyes not once peering at anyone else's paper. I could feel the eyes of everyone around me on my paper and i resisted the urge to cover my paper with my arm and finish my test curled around it protectively but if i don't want to get killed later then i might as well get on people's good sides now. I paused at number nine and faced the clock. I gasped slightly i only had two minutes before my time was up! I bit my lip as i felt my left hand start tapping rhythmically. I know Sasuke could hear it because six or seven rows ahead of me i saw him stiffen same with the rest of my team. I tapped my pencil as i read the question. It made no sense... Number nine it makes no sense how do i-i don't... I gripped my hair harder out of frustration. I read the question again and again but it made no sense there is no possible way...! My eyes flicked to shika and it looked like he was having the same problem then it hit me. I smiled lightly as i stopped twirly my pencil and wrote and answer to the problem it was simple there was no solution that could be given. A shinobi should not act until they have all the facts. I sighed as i saw yet another person have there name written down. If i wasn't as smart as i apparently am then i would have had to... I narrowed my eyes slighty at ibiki he was eyeing me and shika closely. So far we haven't even made an attempt at cheating. More sand fell on my paper and i smiled slightly as i peered up at the mirrored contraption above. Ibiki suddenly was looking wherever i was. I could tell he saw the thing to. I angled my head to the right at kiba. Ibiki once more narrowed his eyes at me. I shrugged and in a fit of bravery offered him a smile. I signed my name at the top of my paper and for the last few minutes of class i sketched a lily on my paper. A few teams got booted for cheating 5 times. I smirked as i saw multiple teams use jutsu. Then narrowed my eyes ibiki was still staring at me but why? Because i'm not cheating? He smirked at me and removed his gaze. I blew out a sigh of relief.

It was time for the tenth question and more rules.

Location skip to the sensei's

"It's quiet without the rookies around hmph i almost miss em" kakashi spoke.

"don't worry chances are they'll be back again sooner than you think. Asuma said sipping his tea.

"Why is that?" Kakashi questioned.

"I heard their first instructor is ibiki." Asuma said tapping his cigarette.

"Great stick them with the sadist right off the bat"

"they'll be fine if anything lily is the one you should worry about kakashi" kurenai spoke.

"Especially with ibiki's speciality of mental torture." Asuma spoke.

"She's leilani's cousin she won't be pysched out. she is very good at seeing underneath deception for a rookie and Asuma i heard she plays shogi with shikamaru alot so i don't even think she would need to cheat"

"i suppose let's just hope all the genin pass" kurenai said stealing asuma's cup ans taking a sip.

"Lovebirds" kakashi sighed pulling out his book and starting to read as old memories of leilani surfaced in his mind.

'Leilani where are you?'Kakashi thought to himself.

Location back to first exam

I froze as i thought this over. Naruto's speech brought me back to reality. There was no way i'm giving up. I smiled slightly as kakashi sensei's bell test came to mind. I took a steadying breath as ibiki surveyed all of us. "You all pass! You are moving to the next round!" He spoke when a lady with black hair in a spiking ponytail wearing a trench coat appeared before us.

"Everyone report to your sensei's i'll see you tomorrow!"she said loudly reminding me of naruto.

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