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Naruto sat in a meditative pose at his team's training grounds awaiting Kurenai-sensei who was for once late, which was highly unusual for her. It didn't concern Naruto too much; no he was too busy talking to Kyuubi to really notice it.

'So time for explanations Kyuubi: one what did I do at the bridge with my sword, two what can my doujutsu do, and three why did I lose myself there on the bridge against Gatou's men?'

'Well kit your weapon seems to have a second property, it appears that if you channel enough chakra through your blade while having it touch another weapon then it can reform into that weapon, afterwards all you must do is apply some chakra and you can change your weapon to suit your needs. Now onto your doujutsu, it is called the Chikutsugan as you all ready know. Its abilities like the Sharingan can predict movement, also the Sharingan can copy jutsu's and Taijutsu techniques, but the Chikutsugan can do so much more it doesn't copy a technique it gives you complete knowledge about the technique, what it does, how its done its weaknesses, strengths and counters as well as how powerful it is, unfortunately it only comes to those who acquire the third tomoe, out of four in total. The fourth tomoe, which is nigh impossible to obtain uses a special jutsu called 'Mind prison' (does anyone have a Japanese translation for this) this technique imprisons a person within his or her own mind making them unable to get out while their body is susceptible to harm, and as a bonus the Sharingan is useless against your doujutsu'.

'YES, TAKE THAT TEME'

'If you're finished I'd like to explain your last question and take a nap. Now when you first went into a rage induced state against that mist ninja you unlocked quite a bit of my killer intent, now when that man made that threat to your vixen you entered a warrior like rage. Simply put this rage is more of a state of mind where you give yourself into your inner battousai, or manslayer, due to my killer intent and the kills you have done before hand has caused this state to manifest. It can be controlled so that you may enter it at will but it will take time and training, which I will deal with later.'

'Wow thanks Kyuubi that was informative'

'Yeah yeah kit I'm going back to sleep now'

Cutting of the mental connection Naruto awoke from his meditative state and saw that his teammates had arrived as well, Hinata had decided to sit next to him and snuggled into his shoulder while Shino did what he did and stood their silently.

It was then that Naruto remembered something he forgot to ask Shino for a while.

"Hey Shino, where were you when we were at the bridge"

Shino paled considerably at that as he remembered why.

(Flashback no jutsu)

Shino was running to the bridge. He felt a considerable chakra spike, which made it clear that there was trouble, and he needed to get there and help.

However Kami had it in for him that day as he unceremoniously fell into a pitfall trap. He groaned as he sat up and noticed his situation.

"A minor miscalculation on my part now I just have to mold chakra like the tree walking exercise and walk out" Shino calmly stated.

But as he began, he noticed that he couldn't mold chakra. His bugs told him that there was a chakra suppression seal on him that kept him from getting out. Shino was about to make a sarcastic comment about his predicament when a loud voice rang out.

"Shino-kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnn I know you're here and I will find you."

Shino paled again, not this woman not here not now. Shino's nightmare was realized when a girl poked her head into the hole and looked at him. She had brown hair and hazel eyes, with a leaf headband around her neck.

"Shino-kun I knew I'd find you true love prevails!" the girl proclaimed

'oh man not her why Mia why her of all the possible women.' Mia was a young leaf gennin who had by some strange circumstance or another had seen his face without his trench coat or glasses and had instantly turned into a fan girl.

"Mia how'd you get here?" Shino asked

"Why Shino-kun I love you of course I'd be here." Mia replied

She then did something that Shino thought would happen only in his nightmares she turned from one Mia into ten and they all started to give him those lustful stares and began to walk forward slowly pulling at her shirt. Shino paled and tried to call on his bugs to defend himself but found he couldn't contact them at all.

The Mia's quickly closed in on him and glomped him while still slowly undressing. Shino tried to struggle but couldn't move at all. So in desperation he did the only thing he could he let out a blood-curdling scream, which was uncommon coming from Shino.

Three hours and several hundred nosebleeds later Shino awoke to find himself in a pitfall completely clothed, thankfully it was an illusion only.

(Flashback no jutsu kai)

Shino just grunted and mumbled something about stupid illusions. Naruto not understanding what that meant sighed and went remembered why Kurenai had called a team meeting so early.

(Flashback no jutsu)

Naruto sat at his seat in the council chambers the Hokage had called a meeting to discuss the teams that would be participating in the upcoming Chuunin exams. He mentally sighed at the looks some of the civilian council members were sending his way, the civilian council didn't like him one bit. Every chance they got they petitioned for him to be executed or banished, however Sarutobi ji-san and the shinobi council always voted against them. The council quieted down when the Hokage entered the room followed by the Jounin sensei's.

"Good evening everyone I have called you all here to discuss the Chuunin exams and some news concerning my old student Orochimaru." The civilians whispered to each other while the Shinobi instantly put all their attention on the Sandaime.

"Now as you know the Chuunin exams are taking place in Konoha this year, Jounin sensei's do you think your teams are ready to participate in the exams.


"I Sarutobi Asuma nominate team 10 consisting of Yamanaka Ino, Akimichi Chouji, and Nara Shikamaru for the Chuunin exams."

"I Yuuhi Kurenai nominate my team of Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino for the Chuunin Exams they are ready."

"I maito Gai nominate my youthful team of Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee and Tenten for the Chuunin exams!"

Several other Jounin's nominated their team, although Kakashi hadn't yet. Some of the civilian council were tapping and glaring at Kakashi. Naruto new what was going on and he was starting to get angry at the civilian's shallowness.

When the last team was nominated the head of the civilian council stood up (A/N some nameless bastard) and addressed Kakashi.

"Kakashi-san you haven't nominated your team yet, why?"

"Well they aren't ready yet, they don't act as a team should. Sasuke just cares for himself and only helps his teammates in battle so he doesn't fail the mission her cares nothing for himself. Sakura is no better she cares for Sasuke and Sasuke only. The client and myself could be dangling over a cliff by a rope about to fall to our doom and if Sasuke was in the least bit of trouble she would disregard her other teammate completely. Kiba is the only one who could and would try to act like a team, though Sasuke and Sakura just ignore him. Basically they don't understand what it means to be a team thus putting them in the position to make Chuunin would be bad for Konoha."

This got the councils attention. Many of the Civilian council were muttering angry things to Kakashi while the Shinobi were nodding their head in approval of his decision.

"This is absurd Kakashi you must nominate the Uchiha and his team, that's an order!" bellowed the civilian council head.

Naruto had had enough of this he released his killer intent into the room, noticing some of the clan heads and the Hokage were doing so as well. "Since when has the civilian council had the right to interfere with Shinobi business, I know you have been forcing Kakashi to train the Uchiha alone and I must say you are overstepping your boundaries tread lightly. If Kakashi-san doesn't want to nominate his team then he doesn't have to" Naruto spat.

"Be quiet brat do not interfere Uchiha-sama deserves to be trained alone, he deserves to participate in the exam." Now good majorities of the Shinobi in the room were releasing killing intent. Naruto grinned he had an idea that would benefit both sides, but mostly the Shinobi's side.

"I call a vote raise your hands if you want Uchiha-san's team to participate in the exams-". Every civilian raised their hand while the Shinobi looked at him like he had grown a second head.

"But neither he nor Haruno Sakura may advance to Chuunin rank." Now every Shinobi raised their hands while the civilians cursed themselves for being tricked.

Naruto was proud of himself he was learning politics well and he was able to trick the council into passing the vote that was best for Konoha though half didn't want to admit it.

"Very good now that that matter is solved we are brought to the subject of Orochimaru, our spies have told us he has been sighted near the Hidden villages of Stone, Sand, and Sound how will we deal with this matter?"

The rest of the council meeting was jounin ranked ninja's only so regrettably Naruto had to leave and couldn't hear the rest.

(End flashback)

Naruto opened his eyes just as Kurenai appeared in a poof of smoke holding a stack of forms in her hands.

"Kurenai-sensei where were you" Shino enquired

"Sorry team I have decided to nominate you for the Chuunin exams this year, its your choice to participate though, just be at the academy in two weeks at 2:00,"

Naruto Hinata and Shino nodded before signing the forms. Having finished her task Kurenai dismissed the teams.

(BREAK)

Naruto was walking through the village by himself pondering the upcoming exams, training, and Orochimaru's sightings. Something was going to happen soon he knew it deep in the pit of his stomach.

He was cut from his thoughts when he heard a scream he remembered all to well. Konohamaru got himself into trouble again. Naruto sighed knowing he'd end up saving him again. But he grinned remembering that he had to get Konohamaru back for a certain prank. So Naruto stealthily made his way to the scream.

When Naruto arrived he saw a 7-way stare down. He saw Sasuke glaring at 3 Sand gennin and 3 cloud gennin. The sand team consisted of a girl with blond hair tied into 4 ponytails with a fan on her back, a boy in a cat suit with make up and a bundle on his back, and finally the most interesting one a red haired boy with black rings surrounding his teal eyes showing clear signs of insomnia and a gourd on his back. Naruto felt something strange about this gennin but put it off as something to ask Kyuubi later.

The Cloud gennin was made up of a boy with silver hair, a face mask and standard assassin outfit,(think of Kakashi when he was on a gennin team, yes he will play an important role in the story), a girl with green hair dressed in black samurai armor with a katana across her back., and a blond haired girl, with blue eyes, dressed in a plain white kimono, she too had the same weird feeling as the red haired boy.

Naruto noticed Konohamaru and his friends were stuck in the middle obviously scared out of their wits. Naruto decided to end this squabbling and reveal himself. When he did the females immediately stopped and stared at him with miniature hearts except for the blond cloud gennin who along with the red head and the Kakashi impersonator all had one thought 'He isn't an ordinary ninja I didn't even see him move'.

Sasuke was peeved because Naruto took the spotlight from him and he himself didn't sense him at all. Konohamaru didn't know whether to be glad or afraid that Naruto was going to kill him for what he had pulled a few weeks ago.

"I'm sorry am I interrupting something, I mean petty fights can wait till the exams."

"Kankuro Temari we're leaving" the red head said before turning around and walking away. The Cloud team followed their example and they too began to walk away.

"Wait" Sasuke called out "What are your names?"

"I am Sabaku no Gaara"

"I am Yugito of Kumo, we are interested in you two as well".

"I am Uchiha Sasuke, and he is Uzumaki Naruto" stated Sasuke who had decided to speak for the both of them.

"Very well Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto we look forward to seeing you in the exams" Gaara said before both teams walked away.

Konohamaru decided to take this chance to silently slip away however it was no use

"Going somewhere Konohamaru" Naruto said in a eerily calm voice.

Konohamaru just stuttered incoherent things before Naruto used Sennin Goroshi to send him flying away. Naruto smirked before heading home to hopefully learn some new combo techniques for him and Santen.

(Exam time)

Naruto arrived at the academy with Santen in tow, they had trained extensively for this moment and were confident in their abilities. He quickly found Hinata and Shino and gave Hinata a quick kiss before they all went inside.

They went up two levels before they saw a crowd of Gennins waiting outside a door which was obviously in a genjutsu, while two chuunin pushed back a green spandex wearing gennin, knocking him onto his back.

"You losers aren't ready to become Chuunin" the first Chuunin said.

"Yeah these exams are tough many ninja have lost their lives in this exam or have been forced to quit as ninja due to severe physical or mental damage" his partner agreed.

The gennin pleaded for them to let them through only to be bluntly refused. Naruto saw Sasuke getting ready to do something incredibly stupid and arrogant and signaled to his team to help.

Before Sasuke could reveal the Genjutsu Naruto tackled him to the ground silencing him. Sakura tried to help only to find a wall of bugs blocking her way.

"Sasuke you arrogant fool don't do it, the more gennin's that quit the less amount of competition to face in the exam's."

Sasuke just scoffed and turned away pouting that he couldn't get in the spotlight. Naruto rolled his eyes at this and waited for the hopeless candidates to leave.

(One hour later)

Sure enough 8 gennin teams left and the Chuunin smirked before releasing the illusion and disappearing. Naruto sighed in relief before heading up to the waiting room, especially after seeing the Green spandex wearing ninja declare his eternal love for Sakura.

Once inside the waiting rooms Team 10 greeted Naruto and his team. Shikamaru mumbled about how troublesome it would be, Choji offered his greetings while Ino just asked if Sasuke and his team were here. Sure enough Team 7 walked in the door looking very disgusted. Ino had immediately attached herself to his arm, before entering a shouting match with Sakura.

"You rookies should quiet down, your annoying everyone else" suggested a silver haired leaf gennin.

"Oh yeah who are you to tell us what to do" Yelled Kiba.

"The names Kabuto and this is my seventh exam so I have information on a lot of people. The information is available if you want it, it's the least I could do to help out the Rookies."

Sasuke was intrigued he could get some information on Naruto and those other strange ninjas.

"Yes I want info on yugito of the cloud, Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee of the leaf, and Uzumaki Naruto of the leaf." Sasuke demanded.

Naruto's eyebrows twitched for a moment before he scowled at Sasuke and returned his gaze to Kabuto almost daring him to do it.

"Alright lets see here, Yugito of Kumo, 65 D rank missions, 29 C rank, 4 B rank, and 2 A rank, said to be the prodigy of Kumo, said to have the skills of a jounin, now that's impressive. Sabaku no Gaara, 10 D rank, 20 C rank, and 1 B rank, also said to have come back from every mission without a scratch. Rock Lee, is a year older than you, 30 D rank, and 15 C rank missions, Said to have incredible Taijutsu skill. And lastly Uzumaki Naruto."

He was cut off as Naruto grabbed the card and looked it over before scowling this man had too much information on him, information that was supposed to be classified to all but the highest ranked individuals.

Sasuke was fuming, he wasn't able to find information on the dobe, what could he be hiding.

Kabuto went on to explain about all the Shinobi villages that had entered the exams. When he mentioned oto however he was quickly assaulted by the sound gennin. Even though he dodged he was still hurt somehow.

A poof of smoke signaled the arrival of the fist examiner, a tall scarred man in complete black.

"LISTEN UP MAGGOTS I AM MORONO IBIKI FIRST EXAMINER, NO FIGHTING ALLOWED UNLESS YOU WISH TO BE DISQUALIFIED NOW SIT DOWN ITS TIME FOR THE FIRST EXAM"

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Also if anyone's got suggestions for a combination move for Naruto and Santen please help me out.