Diclaimer - I know that you know that I know that I don't own Naruto...
Chapter 11 – Exams start…
Naruto sighed yet again. He hated having to take written tests, but here he was yet again doing a written test. Luckily for him he knew more of the answers. This portion of the exams went along fine and the trio seemed to be on their way to finishing the exam quickly. The trio left the room when the question at the end pointed that if they stayed they would fail, so they left. They were met outside the room by Matsuri and were escorted to the front gates of the village.
Naruto's team and other teams were at the entrance of the training grounds for the second section of the exams. Naruto and Fu sighed heavily when they saw how much sand there was. Sai seemed to not be phased by the sand covering the area. The rules were similar, but also a little different. They were to get scrolls from other teams, but also collect three glands from a certain creature in the sands. They waited a half hour in the stifling heat. Naruto perked up when he felt excitement moving through the contestants. The door to the gate opened and the trio entered.
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The trio sat behind a rock while it was pelted by kunai and shuriken. Naruto looked at his teammates and asked, "How did we get pinned down?"
"You wanted to get a fourth gland even though we had three and both scrolls. Good going dickless," Sai said in a neutral tone.
Fu giggle and said, "I can assure you that he does have one."
Naruto's jaw fell when and he wined, "Fu-chan!"
Sai looked at the girl in confusion and said, "I understand that, for he is male, but the way he acts he must have a small one."
Fu scowled and said, "If I were you I would worry less about his dick and more about our opponents. His dick is my job to worry about."
"Ah as his whore, that is what you worry about that?" Sai asked, only to find himself flying in the direction of their opponents.
Fu held her hand out with a red fist, while Naruto sighed and crossed his fingers, saying "Shadow clone jutsu." He and ten copies of the blonde jumped from their position. They all quickly ran towards where their opponents were hiding. He began to laugh when he rounded the large stone. All three of the Kusa shinobi were lying unconscious under a sprawled body of Sai. Naruto quickly pulled out some wire and tied up the foreign shinobi. He then knelt before the female member and said, "So you guys ready to go to the end point or still searching?"
The girl scowled and replied, "Like I would answer you, Konoha jerk."
Naruto smirked and turned to Fu who wore a smirk and asked, "You think that we're going to go easy on you?"
The male said, "You are from Konoha and not going to do anything to us."
Sai looked at the male and asked, "Would you like me to ask them?"
Naruto chuckled and replied, "You don't have any emotion. Can you restrain yourself?"
Sai shrugged and replied, "I'm not sure Naruto-kun, but letting your girlfriend deal with them might be a safer bet."
Naruto shrugged and then said, "We each take one and get our questioning done." Naruto turned to the other male and created a Rasengan. He smiled as he brought it towards the Kusa ninja and asked, "Answers or you'll be returned to Kusa in a body bag."
The man's eyes went wide and he quick said, "We lost our scrolls and glands to a Stone team. They also hurt Mimi-chan."
Naruto sighed and turned to Fu. He then said, "Fu-chan, take the girl and check her out."
Fu sighed and pulled the girl over her should and walked around the rock. Sai looked curiously at Naruto and then pulled his sword away from the Kusa shinobi he was questioning.
A couple minutes later Fu and Mimi came around the rock. Mimi was red faced and also looked rather angry. Fu nodded to Naruto who let the Kusa shinobi go. The man ran to Mimi who quickly embraced the man. Naruto sighed and said, "We'll help you get your stuff back."
The man nodded to Naruto and said, "Thank you."
Naruto began to setup camp. Sai came over to Naruto and asked, "Why are you helping them?"
Naruto sighed and replied, "We're shinobi not rapists. I think we need to show the team from Iwa what they shouldn't do."
Naruto spent the evening with Kano and Takashi, while Fu spent the time with Mimi. He found out that they hadn't moved far from where they had met Naruto's team. Naruto had sent several clones in the direction of the Iwa shinobi's last location. A few hours later he got the information that he needed.
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The female Iwa shinobi wore a mask and said with a wince, "I feel several of them close."
A large man asked, "Where bitch?"
The woman jumped at the harshness in his voice, but replied, "All around us."
"Prove you're worth Uzumaki or we'll make you regret asking to join the ranks of the shinobi," the larger male said angrily.
"Be nice Akihiro! I really don't like what you did to either Ami or that Kusa girl," the other male said.
"Shut it Daichi! I'm the leader and will do what I want," Akihiro said angrily.
Suddenly a blonde appears out from behind a rock. The blonde then asked, "Are you the one who did that unspeakable thing to the female shinobi from Kusa?"
The blonde disappeared in a cloud of smoke when a kunai passed through his head. Another blonde appeared closer and had come up from the sand. "That wasn't nice, so I guess you'll want to fight me?"
"Just who do you think you are?" Akihiro asked angrily.
"Uzumaki Naruto, the guy who's going to set you right," Naruto answered.
Akihiro growled at Naruto and then formed some hand seals. "Set me right will he? Earth style: Earth spikes justu!" Suddenly a row of rock spikes formed towards Naruto, it hit him and he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Akihiro growled and said, "Stop using clones to get away from my jutsu!"
Naruto appeared on top of the rock he appeared from before and said, "Water release…"
Akihiro began to laugh and said, "A water jutsu in the desert… What a laugh."
Naruto finished his justu by exclaiming, "Giant water vortex!" Suddenly water formed in the area and then formed a vortex in front of Naruto. I then shot forward and hit Akihiro squarely. The man was propelled back into a large rock formation. Naruto ran forward and then suddenly two Naruto appeared behind the other two Iwa shinobi. Naruto formed a Rasengan and held it in front of Akihiro's face. "You will treat women better than you have or I will personally end you. I will give you a chance now, but we want your items, just enough for the Kusa team to finish this portion of the exam. You can then go on your way. I would also like to talk to you." He looked at the female member of the Iwa team.
The girl nodded and hobbled over to the Naruto standing over Akihiro. He then said, "You better hope that we don't meet each other in the finals."
Naruto snorted and walked off with the female Iwa. He then turned to the girl and asked, "What is your name?"
The girl removed her mask and showed a bruised face and red hair. "My name is Uzumaki Ami, Naruto-san. I'm glad that some of our countrymen made it to safety in Konoha," she said, happily.
"Did he do this?" Naruto asked.
Ami nodded and replied, "And more. Under clan law he would be my husband, but I would never allow it."
Naruto looked at her sadly and said, "I'm sorry."
Ami shook her head and said, "Don't be. He will pay when we return to Iwa. Also we have enough items to give the Kusa team a full set."
Naruto brightened and said, "Then come with us to the end."
Ami nodded and said, "I will be good to get away from Akihiro as soon as possible. I thank you for your concern. We will be ready in a few minutes to come with you."
Naruto glared at Akihiro and said, "All three teams are heading to the citadel to end this portion of the exam."
Akihiro opened his mouth, but Daichi replied, "Very well Naruto-san. We are at your disposal."
Naruto looked at the man who just bowed and got the camp cleaned up. The trio of teams were up and running within an hour. The Kusa, Iwa and Konoha teams all glared at Akihiro the whole way to the Citadel.
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Naruto stood in front of the Citadel and said, "Akihiro, you will keep yourself on your best behavior or I will personally make sure that you don't make it back to Iwa at all."
"Yeah right, Uzumaki," Akihiro said while waving away Naruto's threat. The Iwa and Kusa teams entered the Citadel via separate doors. Naruto then clapped his hands together and rubbed them together. He then exclaimed, "Let's get this over with."
The trio entered the room and opened the scrolls. A Suna shinobi appeared in a cloud of smoke and asked, "Do you have the glands?" He noticed the glands in Naruto's hands and said, "Very well… congratulations on completing this portion of the Chuunin exams. You still have a couple days to relax before you are assembled for the end of this portion of the exam. Please take advantage of our hospitality."
Naruto then asked, "Can I talk to Gaara… I mean the Kazekage?"
The man shook his head and replied, "I'm sorry, but the Kazekage is quite busy Uzumaki-sama. I will let him know that you want to speak with him. Also please refrain from any altercations with the other teams. It will get yours and their teams disqualified. Enjoy."
Naruto and his team found a room and setup their bunks. There was a knock at the door. Naruto got up and answered it to find Ami standing at the door. She quietly asked, "Is Fu here?"
Naruto stepped aside and showed her into the room. He closed the door behind them and led her to Fu. Fu smiled and said, "Ami-chan, what's wrong?"
Ami smiled weakly and replied, "Can we talk?" Fu nodded and led her off to a corner by her bed.
Naruto turned and was confronted by Sai being right in his face. "What is she doing here?"
Naruto shrugged and replied, "I have no idea, more than likely she needs to talk to Fu-chan."
"That much is evident, but why is she here? She is an Iwa genin and you we're from Konoha, sworn enemies," Sai said as he pointed out the obvious.
"She's a girl, she's an Uzumaki, and I would advise you not to interfere, or you might not survive long enough to see the finals, like Akihiro-teme," Naruto explained angrily.
Sai smiled and said, "As you wish dickless."
Naruto just sighed and said, "You know I'm tempted to introduce you to Temari."
Sai looked at Naruto and asked, "Is she another of the whores that you're doing?"
Naruto put his arm around the shoulders of Sai and escorted him out the door and into the corridor. He then said, "I would refrain from calling the Kazekage's sister that and no she isn't one of the girls who I plan to eventually marry. She is a dear friend and would more than likely kill you just for the insult. Also Gaara might kill you for it just out of spite." Naruto lightly chuckled as Sai's face lost even more color, something that he didn't think was possible.
He then lifted his hand and said, "Hey Temari, I would like to introduce you to my teammate, Sai."
Temari raised an eyebrow, but Sai smiled at which caused her to be uneasy. "It is nice to meet the sister of the esteemed Kazekage. I must be leaving," Sai said quickly and beat a hasty retreat.
Temari looked at Naruto in confusion and he began to laugh. He then said, "He has a bad habit of saying things that more than likely will get him into trouble. He more than hinted that you and I are involved, but not so lightly."
Temari raised an eyebrow and asked in an amused tone, "Really?"
Naruto nodded and said, "For his own safety I won't repeat what he said."
Temari moved close to Naruto and hugged him. She then asked in a sultry voice, "But why Naruto-kun?"
Naruto replied, "While I find you attractive Temari-chan. I don't think Gaara would approve of me having relations with you while I'm with Fu-koi and Hinata-koi."
Temari smirked and said, "But we could have a foursome." Naruto blushed, but said nothing. Temari smiled and pushed him away gently. "Oh come on Naruto-kun. While I think that you're an idiot, being your girlfriend wouldn't be so bad, heck Gaara might approve," she said.
Naruto sighed and said, "That might be true, but I think Fu and Hinata wouldn't approve."
Temari put a finger to her chin and said, "I agree, but you're a good guy and they are lucky to have you. Now to just get good girlfriends for my brothers. I think I can do fine by myself for finding a guy."
Naruto put his arm around Temari and guided her off, while saying, "I'm sure you can. Now about this Iwa team…"
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A few days later the genin that had completed the second portion had assembled. There were five teams left, two Suna, one from Kusa, Iwa, Konoha and finally one from Hoshi villages.
Naruto noticed at least one of the shinobi from Hoshi, Hokuto. She waved meekly at Naruto and wore a blush. Naruto sighed and waved back. This caused her smile to grow. Naruto figured this might end up being a headache if Fu found out that yet another girl had feelings for him. Naruto tuned out the initial speech from Gaara since he felt he had heard it before.
One of Hokuto's teammates were chosen to fight Akihiro. Naruto leaned on the rail while watching the fight. He just said, "Hey Hokuto-chan, how are you doing?"
She smiled and said, "It is great that you remember me Naruto-sama. I am fine. How have you been?"
Naruto sighed and replied, "Pretty good…"
"And he is attached," Fu said as she broke in the conversation.
Hokuto sighed and looked down. She then said, "It figures that someone like you would have found someone after three years."
"Look girls don't fight over me. I wouldn't like to see either of my special people got hurt over something so dumb as my affection," he said authoritatively.
"Of course Naruto-koi," Fu said, but it appeared forced.
"I know now that you had feelings for me back when I helped out your village, but I was clueless," Naruto said.
Hokuto giggled and replied, "Yes you were that. So is this the Sakura girl you went on about? Did she finally figure out that you liked her?"
Fu shook her head and replied, "No, Sakura still feels that Naruto-koi is beneath her vision, my name is Fu."
Hokuto blushed and asked, "So how close are you and Naruto-kun?"
Fu shrugged and replied, "We are lovers and friends."
Hokuto sighed and looked sad. She then said, "Then there is no hope for Naruto-kun and I…"
Fu giggled and replied, "There is always hope, but he has his hands full with Hinata-chan and I."
Hokuto's jaw dropped and asked, "He is with you and another girl?"
Fu nodded, but then winced and said, "Your teammate might not survive his encounter Akihiro-teme."
Hokuto looked down at the arena floor and gasped as Akihiro held her teammate by the head above the ground. Akihiro looked directly at Naruto and smiled. He put his fist on the ground and when he pulled it up a spike formed on his hand. He reared back, but the proctor said, "Winner Akihiro, since Mushu can't continue."
Akihiro glared at the official, but threw the unconscious Mushu away as the rock spike crumbled. The medical team gathered at Mushu to assess his injuries. They soon took him off and called up the next set of contestants. Sai and a girl from Suna were the next contestants. It was a rather quick affair with Sai winning by pinning the girl down with an ink lion and her surrendering.
Naruto and Daishi were next to participate. Naruto jumped down and gently landed on the ground while Daishi landed across from him. Naruto lowered his head so that his bangs hid his eyes. He then waited for Daishi. "You know Uzumaki, you should keep your nose in your own business," Daishi exclaimed.
"My clan and my friends are my business. Also a rapist is also my business," Naruto replied angrily.
"You have no proof of that," Daishi exclaimed in rebuttal.
Naruto got into his stance, as did Daishi. "You stance is weak. You're going to lose Uzumaki," Daishi said as he charged Naruto. Naruto blocked Daishi's punch to the side and sent his knee into Daishi's stomach. This sent the Iwa shinobi flying back and doubled over. He skidded along the ground while Naruto did several hand seals and water began to form above Naruto. Most of the combatants gasped in surprise, but Gaara looked on in awe at his friend being able to bring this much water in this dry air. "Water style: A thousand needles of death!" Naruto exclaimed. The water formed into a thousand senbon like shards of water and headed towards Daishi in an expanding pattern.
Daishi did several hand seals and began to spit out a mud wall, while exclaiming, "Earth style: Earth wall." He heard the water senbon splash against the wall and become ineffective. He smiled and walked around the wall only to find Naruto holding a sword, not of water, but of ice. He also noticed a couple of small cyclones circling the sword. "So you do have some ability, Uzumaki, but water is weak against earth," Daishi explained.
"Yes, but Wind can cut anything and Ice can be made harder than steel," Naruto explained in rebuttal.
Daishi pulled out a kunai and ran at Naruto only for his kunai to be sliced by a quick slash from Naruto. "You know a few tricks, I'll admit it, but you're still out of your league with me and Akihiro," Daishi exclaimed.
"Really?" he heard Naruto's voice from behind him. He turned to find Naruto there with a much feared jutsu, the Rasengan in his hand. The worst part was it was nearly at his stomach. He attempted to block only for the Rasengan to connect with his stomach. He then felt his body being propelled from the spot he was standing at and the colliding with the wall. He watched as Naruto closed in on him, but his vision changed to seeing the man that Iwa had learned to fear, Namikaze Minato, the Yondaime Hokage.
"NO! Get away from me!" he exclaimed before he lost consciousness.
"You better get the medics over here!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Winner Uzumaki Naruto," the proctor exclaimed. The medics treated Daishi and then took him to the infirmary.
Naruto walked back to the observation platform only to be confronted by Akihiro. "You used a jutsu only to be used by the Yondaime Hokage. How do you know it?" he asked angrily.
"My master taught it to me, Juraiya of the Sannin. He was the teacher of the Yondaime. Did I answer your question?" Naruto asked. Akihiro nodded, but still stood in his way. Naruto sighed and asked, "Can you move now? We can settle our difference in the main tournament." Akihiro still didn't move, but was suddenly surrounded by sand.
"You will stop interfering in these proceedings Akihiro or you will be disqualified," Gaara said with a tone that left little to be argued with. Akihiro nodded and the sand fell away.
"I'm going to kill you Uzumaki," Akihiro said as he passed Naruto, making sure to brush shoulders roughly.
Naruto growled, but went back up to Hokuto and Fu. Fu smiled and then walked down to the arena to do her match with a Suna female. It was over quickly as she covered the girl in insects and drained her of chakra. Naruto had to admit that the Aburame had done a good job training her to be efficient with her insects. Hokuto was quick to disable Kano from Kusa with her Peacock jutsu using her special chakra. Ami was able to disable a Suna shinobi, but collapsed after she won. Mimi won also against her other teammate.
The finals were now set. Naruto would face Akihiro, much to both of their liking. Fu was set against the solo Suna shinobi who passed the qualifying round. Ami had a bye, while Mimi was set against Hokuto. Sai was up against the other Hoshi genin. Gaara wished them luck on their month long training.
The genin dispersed and headed to their lodgings in preparation for their month long preparation for the finals.
