Months have passed since the Ultimate Contest

Note: I don't own Naruto Franchise.

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In a forested area of Kusagakure, A young man chops firewood near a small cottage. All he wears is green pants and a white shirt. He sported long spiky black hair, his stature was immense and his body is wide, impressive considering he is only 14. As he looks back to see someone coming, 2 spiky black swirl marks were on each cheek. It was easy to guess he was an Akimichi.

The people he saw jump down beside him are 2 Jonin of the village. On was a very tall man while the woman beside was considerably short.

" Chojo. How's my old student." The man said with a smile.

The young man seemed a bit irritated by the visitors, he was not a friendly person in general which is why he liked living in a more secluded area. He grunted as he picked up a block of wood to throw in the pile.

" What are you doing here sensei?" Chojo asked.

" To the point eh? Ok, I'll make this short, you should know Konoha's holding the Chuunin exams in a month and I want you to go." He said.

" I told you, I have no interest in that." Chojo said.

" It would mean a lot to the village for you to advance, besides it isn't justice that someone like you is only at Genin level." He said.

"I don't give a shit about justice." The young man said. He then noticed there was a file in his old sensei's hand.

" What's that?" Chojo said pointing to the file.

" Incentive, Konoha's got a few Genin squads that have been doing great since they got out of the academy, thought you should take a look, I'm willing to bet they'll be placed in the exams. A few names in here I thought you'd be interested in." The sensei said as he handed Chojo the file.

Chojo took the file and thumbed through the pages, his eyes slightly lit up as he saw some of the profiles.

" You wanted a challenge Chojo, well here's your chance." He said.

The young man's eyes lifted from the file and to the Jonin.

" Ok….I'm in." The young man said.

3 weeks later…………

Ino Akimichi and her daughter were walking through the grocery store in town.

" Ok, let's see, we got the bell peppers, what else…." Ino said as she looked through the list.

" Nii-san said to please get sour cream and cheese chips." Ami said.

" Yo! Ami-chaaan!" Toba yelled waving as he and his mother walked up to them with him pushing the cart.

" Toba, you're inside, don't shout." Hinata said.

" Oh, hi Toba-kun, sensei." Ami said blushing.

" Hi Hinata-chan, what's going on?" Ino asked.

" Nothing really, just getting a few things for the week." Hinata said. " Actually I'm glad I ran into you, do you mind if we talk alone for a few?"

" Oh..sure…" Ino looked to Ami. " Hon, can you go get a few more things on the list?"

"Hai 'Kaa-san." Ami said.

" Toba, you know which isle the curds are in right?" Hinata asked.

" Sure Mom, They're in the "There's no way I'm eating that" isle."

" Ha-ha very funny. Isle 6 ok?" Hinata said.

" Fine…" Toba said. " Come on Ami-chan, I'll help you shop."

" (Giggle) Ok Toba-kun." Ami said.

As Toba and Ami walked off. Hinata and Ino walked together carts in hand.

" So what's up?" Ino asked.

" I wanted to talk to you about something important…." Hinata said. " It's about the Chuunin exams…"

Ino stopped immediately.

From what I understand, Team Hyuuga will be entered and Konohamaru said Team 8 would fair well. I'm sure Ami's told you how well our squad is doing. All 3 of them are extremely well-skilled…."

" And you want to enter Team 3 in the Chuunin exams……" Ino said.

" I want to ask you first. I thought you and Chouji might want to discuss it." Hinata said.

" Hinata-chan, do you think Ami is ready?" Ino asked. " The Chuunin exams…well you remember what I was like."

" Hai. But Ami has told me she wants to enter the exams so she will get stronger from it. But I'm talking to all the parents of Team 3."

Ino looked to the ground. " I'll talk to Chouji-kun."

Later…..

" Nani? Hinata can't be serious." Chouji said as he and his wife discussed the issue in their living room.

" Hinata-chan says Ami is making great progress, but she said it was up to us." Ino said.

" Good, because the answer's no." Chouji said.

Down the hallway, listening in behind a wall was Ami as she listened to her father downplay the very notion of her participating in the exams.

" Hon, Ami isn't ready for the Chuunin exams. My God do you remember what hell it was? And I'm willing to bet it'll be even tougher." Chouji said.

" The boys did well in them." Ino said sternly.

Chouji's eyes widened slightly to the comment.

Chouji sighed as he sat down. " Honey…..Ami's not as tough as the Chotsu and Inodashi."

Ami slightly gasped when she heard her father's words.

" What is that supposed to mean? You mean because she's a girl!?" Ino said angrily.

" Ino-chan, you know that's not what I mean. Ami's too delicate for this, I think she should wait until she has a little more experience."

" Meanwhile, her teammates pass the Chuunin exams, become Chuunin and leave her behind all because she played it safe." Ino said.

" Please, you know how rare it is a Genin makes Chuunin on the first try."

As Chouji and Ino continued to argue over the matter, Ami continued listening, that was until she felt a presence behind her.

" Hey nee-chan! Whatch'a doin?" Chotsu said loudly, not thinking of why Ami might be in stealth mode.

" Gyaaa!" Ami yelped from the shock of surprise. It was then that Chouji and Ino looked down the hallway.

" Ami, come over here please." Chouji said.

" Gomen nee-chan, I didn't realize…." Chotsu said.

" Ami, now. Chotsu, go to your room." Chouji said.

Ami walked down the hallway with her head down and hands together as she approached and stood before her father.

" You know how I feel about easedropping dear." Chouji said as Ino looked at her daughter sympathetically.

" Papa….please let me do this." Ami asked respectfully.

" Honey…" Chouji said kneeling down and putting his hand on his daughter's shoulders. " I don't think you realize what you're asking. The Chuunin exams, they're extremely hard, you risk your life taking it, I know you have skill, I just think you should wait until you have more experience."

" But..but Miki-chan and Ten-Zhen-kun are taking the exams." Ami said.

" Well sweetheart I'm not their father, if I were I wouldn't let them take it either."

" Papa please, I want to prove that I can become a Chuunin."

" I know you can sweetheart, but why does it have to be right now?"

" I just…I just want to try. If it gets too difficult I can withdraw."

"Honey sometimes it's not that easy."

Suddenly, Chouji saw a small tear escape from Ami's eye, which was something he couldn't bare to see.

" Ami….I'll think about it, ok?"

Ami looked up at him as a smile came to her face. She then leapt forward and glomped her father tightly. Chouji looked up at Ino to see a smile on her face.

At Hyuuga manor…………..

Kato fought fiercely against his father on the training grounds as they sparred.

" Come on son, you want to participate in the Chuunin exams, you give me more than that." Neji said as he got back into his stance.

Kato then lunged forward only to be caught by his father and flipped onto his back.

" I'm not cutting you any slack. They sure as hell won't in the exams." Neji said as his son panted heavily looking up at him. " Are you giving up? Or do you want this?"

Kato gritted his teeth as he jumped back to his feet. " Giving up? Are you serious? I'm just getting warmed up!"

As they sparred, Hiashi looked on from the entrance way.

" You're worried aren't you?" Said an elderly voice near Hiashi.

Hiashi turned, the man had short grey hair with a receeding hairline, and appeared to be about 10 years older than Hiashi. It was Hiashi's long time friend Hodaru Hyuuga.

" I am fully confident in Kato's skill, I have no doubt he'll succeed." Hiashi said.

" Of course. But you just seemed worried there for a moment." Hodaru said.

" No, I was just thinking about something else." Hiashi said.

That night Chouji and Ino were settling down into bed.

Chouji laid straight back down with his hands behind his head as he let out a deep sigh " Ok…you win, Ami can enter the Chuunin exams." Chouji said to Ino, who then slid her hand onto her husband's chest.

" Arigato." She said with a smile on her face.

The next day, Team 3 had gotten done with an extra hard day's training. Hinata was pleased to hear that their parents had consented to them taking part in the Chuunin exams.

" Great job today guys, I think you'll really surprise everyone at the Chuunin exams. Remember, back here tomorrow at 9 am." Hinata said.

" Hai." Ten-Zhen said as he waved goodbye.

" Miki-chan, I'll catch up with you." Ami said.

" OK, see ya later." Miki said.

Ami saw Hinata sitting on the grass looking towards the sky. Ami planted herself beside her.

" Sensei, may I um…may I ask you a question?" Ami asked.

" Sure Ami, what's up?" Hinata asked.

" Well, um I hope you don't get mad at me, but I was wondering…."

Hinata raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

" Well, I wondered why you and Toba-kun have the Byakugan, but don't seem to be in the Hyuuga clan. So I asked Miki-chan…..and she said you were once the heir of the clan. Is that true?" Ami asked.

Hinata took a deep breath and focused her eyes back to the skies. " Hai Ami, you know of the Hyuuga elder Hiashi Hyuuga right?"

Ami nodded.

" Well…I was at one point his daughter, his first daughter, but due to some circumstances I'm not anymore."

" Oh..I'm sorry." Ami said.

" It's fine." Hinata said smiling.

" Well…do you ever miss it? I mean, being the heir?" Ami asked.

" Nope, not at all." Hinata put simply and rather quickly, which slightly shocked Ami.

" Oh…." Ami said.

" Sure, as heir I got nice kimonos and a bunch of other nice things, sure those things are nice to have every now and then. But Ami, take my word for it, it in no way compares to a loving family." Hinata said confidently.

Ami smiled " I see."

Later in the Uzumaki home…………

Toba was doing pushups trying to burn off some of the energy from his excitement.

"Oh boy, I can't wait!" Toba said to himself.

He then saw his father walking towards him.

" Getting ready for the exams?" Naruto asked his son.

" Hell yea I am Pop! Just you wait! I'm gonna show everyone just how strong I am." Toba said.

Naruto smiled as he looked down at his son. " Glad to hear it. Care to do a little training?" He asked.

" Yea, if you can keep up." Toba said.

" Oh really, ok mini me, let's see how you tangle with some clones." Naruto said putting his hands together. " Kage Bunshin no-jutsu!"

Suddenly, 10 Narutos surrounded Toba, what seemed odd was that Toba didn't seem to be readying himself for a defense, he instead only looked ahead at his father impassively. Toba then walked up to his father.

" What's the deal?" Naruto asked puzzled.

" Pop…I'm gonna be in the Chuunin exams….I need more serious training than this." Toba said.

" So…what are you talking about." Naruto asked.

" Pop….let me fight you in your 9-tailed form." Toba said.

" Whoa! Absolutely not!" Naruto said.

" Why not? It'll help me be a better ninja!" Toba demanded.

" Toba, I have rarely ever gone into that form and for good reason, you haven't seen the destructive power I have, and I'm sure as hell not gonna use that form just to help you train." Naruto said.

" Well that sucks ass! How am I gonna get better if you don't push me!?" Toba said.

" First of all, watch your language. Second, you don't know what you're asking for, I only go to that form when I absolutely have to." Naruto said.

" Fine, whatever." Toba said turning away.

" But hey…." Naruto said.

As Toba turned around he saw his father's eyes had turned from blue to a crimson red, his whisker marks now thicker and his teeth elongating into canines.

" We can take it 1 step at a time." Naruto said smiling.

" Now you're talkin'!" Tob said as he got into attacking stance.

" Come at me!" Naruto said.

A week later…….

Toba slammed his hand down on a buzzing alarm clock as he rose from his bed. After a deep yawn and a few stretches he slapped his hands to his face.

" Yosh! Today!" Toba said.

Later he was eating breakfast with his parents.

" Ya nervous?" Naruto asked.

" No way, I'm totally in the zone." Toba said.

" No pressure sweetheart, just remember, this exam is very difficult, it's rare that anyone ever passes it the first time. Just do your best today, ok sweetie?" Hinata said.

" I will Mom, I promise." Toba said.

" Well, it's time, you don't want to be late." Naruto said.

Toba got up to hug his mother." Bye guys, see ya when I'm a Chuunin."

At the Akimichi household, Ami was bowing to her parents.

" I promise I will make our clan proud." Ami said.

" I'm already proud of you honey, just don't be nervous when you're there." Chouji said as he hugged his daughter.

Meanwhile, Team Hyuuga was leaving the gates of the Hyuuga compound as Neji and Hanabi watched them walk off.

" I promise, we will bring honor to the Hyuuga clan." Kato said as the team walked off.

Near the entrance of Konohagakure, the doors opened full swing as teams from all over the great nations came walking down the road, bearing headbands from all different villages.

Among them, a certain Kusagakure ninja stopped where he was and surveyed the area.

" So this is Konohagakure." Chojo said. " No big deal."

As Toba ran up to the testing center, who was there to greet him but his teammates.

" Toba, we've been waiting for 5 minutes! You know all 3 of us gotta be there to qualify. If you make me miss out on this I will totally rip you a new…" Kisha started, but stopped when Toba ran past them to the entrance.

" You guys coming?" Toba said.

" H..Hey! Don't you run away, I'm threatening you!" Kisha yelled as she and Shinji ran after Toba.

Team 8 ran down the hallway and was closing in on the entrance door when suddenly, a puff of smoke appeared before them.

" Ne?" Toba said.

Suddenly the smoke cleared and before them stood Konohamaru.

" Sensei! Here to wish us luck?" Toba said.

" Well that, and I just want to let you guys know that I'm proud of the progress you guys have made as a team. And no matter what happens, I'm proud to have you as a squad, and most importantly, relax and remember your training." Konohamaru said.

" Hee-hee, you can count on us sensei!" Toba said as he gave a thumbs up.

" Alright guys, good luck." Konohamaru said before disappearing.

As Team 8 pushed the doors open, they were surprised to see that the classroom was crowded with numerous shinobi from all other nations. And all had their eyes locked on Toba.

" Wow, there's alotta people here." Toba said.

" We can always count on you to state the obvious Toba." Shinji said.

" What'd you say!?" Toba said.

" Oh, hey guys." Ten-Zhen said as he and Team 3 approached them.

"Yo, what's up?" Toba said.

" Oh, Hi Toba-kun. » Ami said blushing.

"Ami-chan hey! You ready for this?" Toba said.

Ami looked at the floor shyly. " I'm…going to do my best." She said.

" Don't worry Ami-chan, I know you'll do great." Toba said as a bit of blush rose to his cheeks.

" Oh God…." Said a voice approaching the young nins. As they looked, they saw it was Team Hyuuga, Leiko being the one who made the comment.

" They let you losers in here?" Leiko said.

" Yea, what about it Hyuuga?" Miki said.

" What the hell makes you wannabes think you're ready to take this exam?" Leiko said in a superior tone.

" Hmph, we have a weapons specialist, a medic nin, and a tai-jutsu expert." Miki said referring to Ten-Zhen, Ami, and herself.

" Um nooooo, you got a nerd, a fat-ass, and a neurotic egg-head." Leiko said in a snooty fashion.

" Nani! Is that another head-joke!? I'll kill you!" Miki said with her arms flailing in the air. Luckily, Ten-Zhen and Shinji held her back.

" Watch who the hell you call names Leiko! Ami-chan's got way more skill than you!" Toba said coming to Ami's defense, making the Akimichi girl blush fiercely.

" Oh my God, are you kidding? That's a…." Leiko started.

" So Toba…..I guess I'm not surprised you're taking the exams to…..good." Kato said.

" Hah! You know if I make Chuunin Kato, you'll have to acknowledge me as your superior." Toba said smiling.

" Please, the day I admit that is the day I step down as heir of the Hyuuga clan." Kato said.

" I bet you won't even…." Suddenly, Toba stopped and turned around suddenly as he had felt an extremely strong presence behind him. The rest of the squads looked on as well. Especially Ami, the expression on her face made her seem as if she had just seen a ghost.

The figure towered over Toba Uzumaki as he stood before him. The young man wore black chest, arm, and leg armor over dark green clothing. On his chest armor, he bared the Akimichi crest. Atop his forehead, he wore a Kusagakure headband.

" So, you're Toba Uzumaki. The Hokage's son." Chojo said.

" Yea, what about it?" Toba said back, not showing any signs of intimidation.

Chojo then looked over at Kato. " Kato Hyuuga, the future leader of the Hyuuga clan."

Chojo looked around some more. "and…." Chojo immediately stopped when he saw Ami, Chojo then bumped past Toba and walked up to Ami.

" Well…Ami Akimichi, I didn't expect to see you here." Chojo said.

" ch-Chojo-san, it..it's been a while." Ami said timidly.

" So, if they're letting in cupcakes like you, this village's standard of ninja must be pretty low." Chojo said.

" Cupcake eh? Wanna find out who's the cupcake?" Toba said, readying himself in case of attack.

" Toba-kun, no." Ami said. " Please don't."

" I'm not gonna let this jackass talk down to you like that." Toba said. " Just what the hell makes you think you can talk to Ami-chan like that anyway?"

" Hmph, let's just say I know her from a long time ago. In fact, I know a lot of things about all of you." Chojo said.

Chojo then looked to Ten-Zhen. " Like you Ten-Zhen, I know your father was a certain member of the ANBU. He died 2 months before you were born."

Ten-Zhen's fist tightened.

" But I especially know a lot about you Toba Uzumaki." Chojo said as he walked up to him.

Chojo then leaned down to Toba's left ear and whispered into it. " Did you hear what I said? Oh, guess not since I know after an accident you've been deaf in your left ear since you were 5."

This statement shocked all in the group, even Team Hyuuga, Kato was shocked considering he thought he knew everything about Toba. But this information he never knew.

Toba, though surprised, didn't let up his cold stare at Chojo.

" What I said was, I can't wait to get a chance to challenge you in this exam. I got a feeling this is gonna be fun." Chojo said with a self-satisfying grin on his face.

" Alright People! Listen up!" Ibiki said as he and numerous shinobi appeared in the classroom. " The first part of the Chuunin exam is the written test!"

" Hmph, catch you later." Chojo said as he walked away.

" Ami-chan, is that guy an Akimichi?" Toba asked curiously.

Ami nervously nodded her head yes.

" Well, don't worry, he doesn't look so tough to me." Toba said reassuringly.

" Hai." Ami said as she nodded.

" So uhh, Toba…" Ten-Zhen said. " I noticed you didn't come to my defense when Leiko called me a nerd."

" Dude, you are a nerd." Toba said laughing.

" Shut up, you're a nerd." Ten-Zhen said.

" No you are."

" No, you are."

" No, you."

" You."

" Y-"

" If you boys don't keep t down and come up and get your number, both your teams fail!" Ibiki said.

" Hai!" Both said, coming to get their numbers.

" Man, the Akimichi guy….no pushover." Toba thought.

As Toba waited in line. 3 figures watched him as they to waited to receive their number.

" Hmm, He's pretty cute this close actually." Said a female voice.

" Remember, we don't make contact with him until we get the OK." Said a firm young male voice.

In Hokage Manor…….

" Well, I think they should be starting now." Kakashi said, reading his favorite manga.

" Hai…." The 6th Hokage said as he looked down at his son's baby picture at his desk.

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Next Time.

Toba: Man, I hate written exams, when are we gonna get to some action?

Kato: With questions like these, how can they expect us not to cheat?

Toba: Next Time, The Written Exam! The True test of our Cunning!

Sorry for such a late posting, I have had to deal with a lot in the past month. Please give me reviews.