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People talking: "Hi"

People thinking: 'Hi'

Summon or Kyuubi talking: "Hi"

Jutsu: "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu"

Team Seven entered the Academy, and proceeded to the class where the exams were going to be realized. But when they climbed the stairs to the second floor, they saw a big commotion and lot of genins trying to enter in one of the class.

In the front of the door, two shinobi were affronting everyone who tried to enter the room, and in that case, it was a boy wearing a green spandex and a girl wearing Chinese clothes. They also so that the sign with the number of the class was appointing to class 301.

Naruto turned to his teammates and asked. "Guys, what's wrong? If this is the right room, why is everybody outside?"

Sasuke shook his head, disappointed with his brother. "Genjutsu is still your weakness, isn't it?" Seeing that the Jinchuuriki didn't understood, Sakura explained.

"Those two guys at the front of the door cast a genjutsu on the sign. In truth, it is number 201 and not the 301." The Jinchuuriki now nodded, realizing the true situation.

"I see. They're trying to sort the weak from the strongest. I think it's better for us to avoid attention and try to pass unseen" Man, I really need to train my genjutsu detection skills.

Sasuke grunted in agreement, and they passed through the crowd in the direction of the stairs. When they were going to climb the first step, they were called by a Konoha genin.

"Hey, you with black clothes, what's your name?" Team Seven turned and saw that a boy with white eyes and long brown hair staring at them.

Naruto, always the kidding one, grinned at him. "Well, me and my teammates are wearing black clothes, so you will have to be more specific, Hyuuga-san."

The Hyuuga glared at him and said. "I was talking with the Uchiha." Sasuke smirked while Naruto went to his other teammate.

"Sakura-chan, did you saw how mean he was to me?" The pink haired genin, trying her best not to laugh, patted him on the back.

The Uchiha pronounced himself. "You know, Hyuuga, its common term that you should give your name first when you want the other person name."

By now, the older genin's teammates had arrived. They were the same ones that were being confronted by the shinobi at the door, but appeared to be without any injuries.

The girl turned to Team Seven and said. "Don't give attention to his attitude. My name is Tenten and he is Hyuuga Neji. And my other teammate is…"

The green spandex kid appeared in front of Sakura and grabbed her hand. "My name is Rock Lee. Let's go out together and I'll protect you 'til I die."

Sakura twitched and said, trying to not break the genin's heart. "Sorry, Lee-san, but you are not my type." Seeing that the older genin was staring depressed at her, she went behind Naruto, trying to hide herself.

The Jinchuuriki, trying to help his teammates, said. "Sorry, Lee-san, but who knows… Maybe one day Sakura-chan will fall for you"

Ignoring Sakura's negative gesture, Lee made the nice guy pose and replied. "You are right; I will not give up on Sakura-chan, hmm… What's your name? I didn't catch it"

All the genin sweat dropped at this. Naruto grinned at him. "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, she is Haruno Sakura and the idiot there is Uchiha Sasuke."

Sasuke grunted and put his hand on his pockets. "Now that the introductions were made, it's time to go, Naruto, Sakura."

The two of them nodded and followed the Uchiha. Neji turned to his team and said. "So these are Kakashi's pupils. Interesting." Tenten nodded. "They seem to be strong." Plus, that Uchiha is so cute!

Lee looked in the direction that Team Seven had gone and said. "Guys, go ahead. There's something that I'll have to test."

Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura were calmly walking towards the right classroom when they were stopped again. They turned and saw that the one who called them was Rock Lee.

Gai's pupil jumped from the stairs he was and got in front of them. "I challenge you to a fight, Uchiha Sasuke."

The Uchiha looked at him as if he was dumb. "Are you sure you want to fight now? Before the exams starts?" Lee nodded. "I want to fight you, so that I can test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan." As he finished that, he blew a kiss to Sakura, who again hid behind her blond teammate.

Sasuke looked seriously at Lee and then turned to Naruto. "What do you think, Naruto? May I teach this guy a lesson?" Naruto looked disinterested. "Do what you want; I'm not your mother. But if I got eliminated because of you, you will pay."

Sasuke felt in his taijutsu stance and activated his Sharingan. "Don't worry; this is going to be fast. I'm going to show to Thick-Brows there why you should never challenge an Uchiha."

Lee felt in his stance too. "I'll advise you. You cannot beat me because, right now, I'm the strongest leaf genin."

Sasuke decided to take the initiative and ran towards his opponent. "That's what we will see." The Uchiha tried a punch but the other genin blocked it. He tried a kick in the rib, but Lee avoided it and counter attacked with a punch to the chest.

The Uchiha saw the movement with the Sharingan, and with difficult he managed to block it, but his opponent took advantage of his momentary opening, and used the technique he called Konoha Senpuu, connected a kick with sufficient strength to send him a few meters back.

Sasuke got up and focused in the battle again. Panting, he looked at his opponent and tried to understand what happened. I saw his movements but I couldn't keep up. What's happening?

The same thought was passing through Sakura's head. Knowing that Naruto knew more things about the Sharingan than her, she turned to her teammate and asked. "Naruto, I'm sure Sasuke-kun saw his movements, so why didn't he block it?"

Naruto turned at her with a serious look and said. "Sasuke is now discovering one of the Sharingan weaknesses. His eyes may see the movement, but his body doesn't have the speed needed to keep up. This was good after all, maybe he will know now that he can't depend on the Sharingan for everything."

Sasuke ran to his opponent. No matter what trick he is using, I will discover it! But when he was getting close to Lee, he was surprised by a powerful kick to the chin, which launched him into the air. Lee then crouched and seemed to disappear, just to appear behind Sasuke, while both were still in the air.

Sakura was pretty preoccupied with her 'love'. Sasuke-kun! Naruto was also thinking about him. Damn it! I will have to interfere. He ran in the direction of the two fighters while making hand seals. "Sakura-chan, pay attention and caught Sasuke before he falls!"

The Uchiha was still astonished by everything. The Sharingan, even with it, I couldn't block it. He turned his head and saw that Lee was behind him. "Kage Buyou?!"

Lee nodded. "Yes, my techniques are simply taijutsu, Sasuke-kun. They say that the Sharingan can reveal Ninjutsu, Taijutsu and Genjutsu. But while Ninjutsu and Genjutsu use chakra and seals to be used, Taijutsu is different."

Sasuke was starting to comprehend. "So you are saying that even if I can see it with my Sharingan, my body doesn't have the speed to react to your movements?"

The taijutsu user nodded, his arm bandages starting to flow away. "Roger. Among strong people, there are two types: genius and hardworking. You could say that my ultimate Taijutsu is your Sharingan' worst match up. And with this I will prove that hard work surpass genius!"

The bandages were starting to wrap around Sasuke, when both of them saw that Naruto was in the same height as them. The blond genin had his hand on the seal and said. "Fuuton: Daitoppa!"

The wind blast sent Lee and Sasuke in opposite direction. The Uchiha was sent near Sakura, who successfully caught him and Lee was sent into the wall, and hit with moderate strength.

Sasuke glared at Naruto. "Why did you interfere?" Naruto landed on his feet and answered. "If he managed to finish his technique, you could be in the hospital now." The black haired genin grunted but the blond heard a low "Thank you."

While he was being lectured by Sakura about not fighting prior to entering the exams, Lee was staring at Naruto. He interfered the right time I was vulnerable to outside attacks. But he was caught off his thought when someone called him.

"That's enough, Lee!" They all turned and saw a red giant turtle with a Konoha hitai-ate on its neck. "That technique is forbidden!"

Lee became scared. "But I swear I wasn't going to use the other one." The ninkame didn't show to be convinced by that. "You know that a ninja should never reveal their special techniques!"

The bowl cut haired genin dropped his head in shame. "I know and I'm prepared to receive punishment" the turtle nodded. "Then here comes, Maito Gai."

Smoke surged on top of the turtle and when it cleared t was revealed a man with green spandex and a jounin jacket over it, with the same bowl cut hair as Lee. He was doing the nice guy pose.

Team Seven was all surprised and disgusted by that. Naruto spoke what all of them was thinking. "So this is Thick-brows' sensei. He has even thicker eye-brows!"

Lee glared at them. "Stop insulting Gai-sensei!" Team Seven got even more surprised when Gai punched Lee on the face.

And when they thought things couldn't get weirder, Gai hugged Lee while speaking some non-sense about Youth. The jounin, after having decided Lee punishing for breaking his rules, turned to Team Seven.

So these kids are Kakashi's. I'm surprised about their levels… "So guys, how's Kakashi-sensei doing?" The genins were surprised. Sasuke decided to ask "You know Kakashi?"

Gai put his hand on his chin and smirk. "Know him..." Then, he appeared behind Team Seven. "People refer to us as 'Eternal Rivals'."

The genins were really impressed by this. Sasuke was thinking about Gai. So fast! His speed is above Kakashi. This movement, together with the last words from the jounin clicked something in Naruto's head.

The blond genin pointed at him and said. "Now I know who you are. You are Konoha's Taijutsu master!" Itachi-sensei always told to not underestimate him when I finally meet him.

Gai smirk grown even more. "It seems that my fame as Konoha' Noble Green Beast is reaching even Kakashi's genin"

Sasuke and Sakura were staring at Gai. This guy…he is one of the best ninjas of Konoha?! The jounin smiled at them and said. "You guys and Lee should head over to the class room. " He shunshined next to Lee and after giving him good luck he left.

Lee was wrapping his bandages again and said. "Sasuke-kun, I will say one more thing to you. I lied before. Most likely, the strongest leaf genin is on my team. I entered this to defeat him and now you're one of my targets too. Be prepared during the exam!"

And with that he left. Sasuke stood staring at the last place he was before leaving. Naruto seeing his brother 'sulking face said, "Sasuke, I know you saw his hands too. He must train every day and night, more than you and me. That's all."

The Uchiha looked to his teammates and saw the support they were giving him. Thanks Guys. "This is getting fun! I think it's time to go, Sakura, Naruto"

Sakura was going ahead when Naruto pushed Sasuke. "Sasuke, you copied his movements didn't you?" Seeing Sasuke smirking, the Jinchuuriki continued. "Can you teach it to me?"

The Uchiha paused a bit and then said. "Sure, that's what family is about, isn't it? But you have to teach me one jutsu of yours ok?"

Naruto grinned. "Sure. It's not like you are going to be better at them than me." The black haired genin grunted, but he had a smirk on his face.

The blond genin said for the last time. "It's better if we rush, after all, we don't want to face an enraged Sakura."

After having a brief talk with Kakashi, Team Seven finally entered the exam room. Unfortunately, no one had entered for some time, so all the attention was focused on them.

Sakura was starting to crumb under all the killing intent that was directed at them. All these people… All them strong than me… I don't know if I can take it.

Naruto and Sasuke detected Sakura' feeling and both of them decide to emanate their own killing intent, which had managed to nullify the others.

It was that moment that Ino jumped and hugged Sasuke from his back. "Sasuke-kun! You're late! I have been waiting for this moment" Sakura forgot everything and pointed at her rival. "Get off Sasuke-kun, Ino-pig."

They both started to discuss with each other and Sasuke took that opportunity to leave them and get near Naruto. "No matter how much she changes, Sakura will be always Sakura." Naruto nodded in agreement.

"So you guys are taking this stupid test too? How troublesome." They turned and saw Shikamaru and Chouji coming in their direction. Naruto grinned at them. "So the idiot trio is complete!"

Sasuke smirked and greeted them while Chouji happily replied and Shikamaru kept reclaiming about all the work. "Look who is here!"

They all saw Team Eight coming at them. Kiba was the one to talk. "Everyone is assembled now. It seems that all Rookie Nine are taking these Exams. I wonder how far we will get, eh, Sasuke-kun."

The Uchiha smirked. "You seem confident Kiba." The genin replied. "We did a lot of training and we won't lose to you."

Naruto smirked at this. "Well, I remember you saying the same thing at the academy before being kicked in the ass by me." Seeing Kiba growling, everybody laughed. Naruto turned to the others genin of Team Eight. "Hello Shino, Hinata"

Shino nodded while Hinata blushed and replied shyly. "Hello…Naruto-kun" Shikamaru looked all his friends from academy and said. "We had combined to meet once a month but with all those troublesome training and missions we didn't meet even once."

All the guys dropped their heads. "Don't even remember those D-Ranked missions…" That was when a silver haired genin called their attention.

"Hey guys, you should be quieter. You guys are rookies just out of the academy, right? Screaming like school girls, geez… This isn't a picnic."

Sasuke got mad at his insinuation. "Who are you?" The glass wearing guy replied. "I'm Kabuto. But instead, why don't you look behind you?"

They turned and saw a Genin team from Ame glaring at them. Naruto and Sasuke glared at them back and they turned away from them.

Kabuto continued. "These guys are from Amegakure, they are known for their short temper. Everyone is nervous because of the exams, so it's better if you calmed down and don't cause a scene…Well, I can't blame you; you're clueless rookies. You remind me of how I used to be."

Sakura was interested. "So, Kabuto-san, is this your second time?" The older genin smiled. 'Nope, it's my seventh time. Since these exams are held twice a year, this is my fourth year."

Naruto quickly muttered to Sasuke. "This guy sucks." Sasuke smirk and nodded. Sakura trying to muffle her teammates' commentary said. "You must know a lot about these exams."

Kabuto smiled and picked what seemed a deck from his pocket. "That's right. I'll share some info with you cute rookies, with these nin-info cards. They are basically cards which I have burned info on to them with chakra. I have over four years worth of info here. They look blank but to open these cards…"

He then picked one of them and rotated it on the floor, adding chakra to it. "You can't view them unless I use my chakra. For example…"

The card morphed into a graph containing the world map and the number of genins from each country that are participating on the exams.

Sakura looked impressed. "A really easy graph to read! What kind of info is this?" Kabuto replied. "This is the number of those taking the exam and the breaking down of what country they are from."

Naruto looked closed to it. Well, most of them are from villages allied with Konoha. Wait, there is an Iwa Team!

Sasuke decided to ask what was on his mind. "Do you have cards with info on individuals?" The silver haired genin nodded. "Some guy you are afraid of? I do have info on these participants but they aren't perfect. Even of you guys. Say something about these guys and I'll take a look."

The Uchiha replied. "Rock Lee from Konoha and Sabaku no Gaara from Suna." Maybe he will have info that Naruto didn't know about. Naruto also decided to know something. "Do you have some information about the Iwa Team?"

Kabuto smirked. "It seems that you guys know some of their names, so this is going to be easy. And seeing that Iwa only has a team this is also a piece of cake."

Taking three cards from his deck, Kabuto started to explain. "First is Rock Lee. He is a year older than you guys. Mission History: D-Rank: 20 Completed and C-Rank: 12 completed. His sensei is Gai. His Taijutsu has drastically improved but he has none other impressive ability. Last year he gained attention as a new talented genin but didn't participate on the last exams. Like you guys, it's his first time. His teammates are Hyuuga Neji and Tenten."

Team Eight and Ten guarded the information for themselves but Team Seven didn't look impressed. We already know about that!

"Next is Sabaku no Gaara. Mission history: C-Rank: 8 and 1 B-Rank. Wow, a B-Rank mission as a genin. Since he's a new comer from a foreign country, I don't have much info on him, but it seems he returned all of his missions without a scratch."

The genins were sacred for knowing about a genin who went in a B-rank mission and come back without a scratch but team Sven was getting frustrated. He has even less info than us!

"And now the Iwa Team: Taketsu, Mitsuki and Keiji, who is the Team leader. Mission History: C-Rank: 15 completed. Again, for being their first time and from a foreign country, I don't have much info on them. But they seem to be considered one of Iwa most talented genin team in the history."

All the genins started to sweat. Kabuto finished his explanation. "Konoha, Suna, Kusa, Taki, Iwa, Oto… Many outstanding genins from the various hidden villages are here to take the exam. Well… Otogakure is a small village just created last year so there isn't much info but the rest of the hidden villages are filled with talented youngsters."

Sakura and Hinata seemed depressed. "All this ninja here…makes you lose your confidence." The older genin nodded. "Yes, like Lee, Gaara and the Iwa Team, they are the top elite genins from various countries. This isn1t going to be easy"

Seeing that all the rookies were without any confidence, Naruto knew what he had to do. He looked to Sasuke, and seeing his nod he proceeded to prepare himself for the stupidity he was going to comity.

Sakura saw Naruto shaking and thought he was the nervous with all the pressure. I'll cheer him up. "Naruto, don't be so…"

The blond Jinchuuriki laughed loud, so that all people in the rooms could hear him. When he was sure all the attention was focused on him, he glared at them, releasing all the killing intent he could, and shouted.

"I'M UZUMAKI NARUTO AND I'LL CRUSH ALL OF YOU IN THE EXAMS!"

Kakashi was outside of the class, thinking over his decision of sending his team to the exams. At first he was sure they would do fine, as he said, one of them would even get promoted.

But after talking with Gai and Iruka he wasn't that sure anymore. The Exams could implant fear even on those already prepared.

He came close to the door, trying to listen and discover how his team was fairing when he heard Naruto's outburst.

That moment quickly dispersed all the doubts inside Kakashi's head. I'm sure they will all be fine.

The classroom had different opinions about the little discuss the Yondaime's Legacy had done. Naruto went back and stood besides Sasuke, who was smirking at him.

While the Rookie nine was complaining about how idiot and stupid he was, Naruto was silently talking with Sasuke. "Great, now they're all after my life." Sasuke patted him on the back. "You did what you had to do."

Naruto statement proved true as most of the genins were glaring at him. Kabuto was smirking at this. He did that to distract the rookies and focus the attention on himself. It seems that he had the support of Sasuke-kun. Very interesting, Naruto-kun, ku, ku, ku…

Mixed with the other genins, there were others opinions. The Suna Team was waiting for their next encounter, Team Gai was debating on Naruto's flames of youth and the Iwa Team was chuckling in interest about their target.

Sakura marched in the direction of her teammate. After getting him in a necktie, she shouted. "Naruto!! What are you doing?"

Sasuke spoke in a low tone. "Let him free, Sakura." Sakura looked surprised. "But Sasuke-kun, he…" The Uchiha put his hands on his pocket and said. "Just forget it."

The pink haired genin sighed and released Naruto, who has massaging his neck. After that, the sound team attacked Kabuto, but they decided not to interfere seeing that they weren't their targets.

The Sound Team proclaimed they were definitely going to be chuunins and when Naruto and the others decided it was time to help their fellow ninja, a voice called them all.

"Quiet down, worthless bastards! Thanks for the waiting; I am Morino Ibiki, the examiner for the first chuunin selection exams."

Ibiki and the chuunins examiners had arrived. Most of the genin paled at hearing that. Sasuke seeing that Naruto was frowning too asked. "Idiot, why are you scared?" The Jinchuuriki pointed at Ibiki and replied. "This guy is the head of Konoha's ANBU Torture and Interrogation Force."

The Uchiha widened. They put a guy at this level as an examiner! Then he looked again at Naruto. I wonder how Naruto knows almost everyone… Did Itachi made him learn all that information?

After giving the Sound Team a scolding, Ibiki explained how the exams were going to be realized. "First, you are going to take tabs and sit in the seats assigned to you. Then, we will give you the exams."

Naruto paled at this. A WRITTEN EXAM?! I'm screwed! His teammates were looking at him with pity, understanding his nervousness.

Everybody sat on their assigned numbers and Naruto realized he sat next to Hinata. After giving her good luck, he focused his attention on the examiner, who was starting to give the rules.

"There are many important rules to this first test. Listen carefully because question will not be allowed. First rule, each one of you starts with ten point. The test has ten questions and each one is worth one point but this test uses a subtraction system. Second rule, this is a team test. Whether you pass or not will be determined by the combined scores of your teammates. The third one is that during the exam, anyone caught by the testing officers doing sneaky activities, namely cheating will have 2 points subtracted for every offence. So there will be some who will lose all their points during the exam and be asked to leave."

One of the examiners, the chuunin named Kotetsu, said. "We'll have our eyes on you guys."

Ibiki continued with his explanation. "Realize that the pathetic ones that get caught cheating will be destroying themselves. As shinobis trying to reach chuunin level, be proud ninjas." He paused and turned to class. "The final rule: Those that lose all their initial points during the test and those that don't answers any questions correctly will be failed along with their two teammates."

Sakura and Sasuke palled about that. Sure, Naruto isn't dumb, but depending on the topic of the questions he may doesn't answer wrong everything. Naruto was hitting his head on the desk. God must hate me.

Ibiki finished. "The test will last one hour. BEGIN!" And with that, all the genin picked their test and started reading the questions.

Naruto was sweating. These questions… Each one of them requires a high amount of book smarts. DAMN IT! Think, Naruto, think. Remember your lessons with Itachi-sensei; he always gave answers for your problems.

"There are certain times, Naruto-kun, where you will have to break some rules. As ninjas, we are bound to break rules. You will have to think over your situation and try to find what is expect and needed from you. Like one of my superiors always says: 'You will have to look underneath the underneath"

That's it! It's the same thing Kakashi-sensei taught! Now let's see…the rules tell that if I caught cheating I lose two points but they don't say that I can't cheat. And remembering the examiner's words… That's it! I understand now. This test is most about gathering information skills. If we have to cheat, we have to do as competent ninjas, and don't get caught! Yosh, now I can pass!

Naruto looked at the others and found out that Sasuke had the Sharingan active, Kiba was talking with Akamaru and that guy Neji had his Byakugan active. They reached the same conclusion as me! So am I right after all! But how I am going to cheat and not get caught? To gather information, I normally use the Kage Bunshin but I can't use them now. There must be another way…

Sasuke had finished copying the answers and was now looking at his teammates. Sakura was writing the answers and Naruto was still just looking at his paper. Sakura probably knows all the answers but Naruto don't… C'mon Naruto, I know you are capable of discovering the secret behind this test!

Sakura was also preoccupied. Sasuke-kun used his Sharingan… But Naruto aren't just as fortunate as him… What are you going to do now?

The Jinchuuriki was feeling the pressure for his team. I can't fail here and disappoint Sakura-chan and Sasuke. Think, damn it, think!

"Naruto-kun, you can copy my answers…" Naruto broke out his thought and turned to se Hinata looking at him. Hinata… She is trying to help me… but why? "Why are you doing this, Hinata?"

The Hyuuga girls was playing with his fingers and blushing while she said. "I don't want you to fail, Naruto-kun… You can copy my answers… I'm sure they won't see."

Naruto widened. Does she cares about me so much that she is willing to fail just to help me? No, I can't do that with her… Wait, did she say they won't see? That's it! I know how to cheat now!

The blond saw that the examiner was looking at him and muttered to Hinata. "Thanks Hinata, but I don't want you to get in trouble. Plus, how can I be an awesome ninja if I can't even pass this exam by myself? Don't worry, I know what to do."

Seeing her positive response, Naruto concentrated on his actions. I will need all the concentration I can get to do this. Putting his hand under the table and making the tori seal, Naruto performed the jutsu that would save his life: "Kirigakure no Jutsu"

A dense mist appeared inside the room, making the examiners and the genins went into an uproar. Naruto used this chaos to change his test with the person on his left, who had already gathered the answers.

Sasuke and Sakura become relaxed when they saw the mist. Naruto is fine! The mist started to clear and the examiners quickly calmed downs the contestants.

Ibiki was thinking about what happened. Someone used the Kirigakure no Jutsu, but that is a Mist Jutsu and there aren't any Mist Team here, so who was the one? Damn it, we weren't ready for something like that! The caster could do whatever he wanted because we couldn't see a thing.

After having changed the name in the test for his, Naruto spaced out and just came back to the real world when Ibiki announced the tenth question.

"First, for this tenth question, you must decide whether you will take it or not." The class was confused. Temari was the one to ask. "What happens if we choose not to?"

"If you choose not to, your point will be reduced to zero, and you fail along with your two teammates." Again the class was confused. One of them said. "Then, of course we will decide to take this question."

Ibiki smirked. "Now the other rule, if you choose to take it, and answer incorrectly, that person will lose the right to ever take the chuunin exams again."

Silent paired to the classroom. Kiba couldn't take it anymore. "What kind of rule is that? There are ones who had already taken the test here!"

Ibiki let out a small laugh. "You were unlucky; this year it's my rule. But I am giving you a way out. If you are not confident, you can choose not to take it and try again next year. We will begin the tenth question, those who don't want to take it, raise your hand. Once your number is confirmed, leave."

Naruto grinned to himself. Of course, I'm going to take this question. I have to be chuunin. He looked around and saw that many teams were leaving the classroom. What a bunch of babies!

Sakura was nervous. I don't know what to do…Sasuke-kun and Naruto… they don't have the same book smarts as me… and if they answer wrong, they will never be chuunin anymore!

Naruto was waiting for the question to be given when he looked to his side and saw that Hinata was almost giving in. Damn, she doesn't have the confidence to stay! I have to help her; after all, she tried to help me. Well, I'm already screwed…If I have to do this, at least I will do it with style.

Sakura was going to raise her hand when she saw that Naruto had raised his. Naruto…What are you doing? Sasuke was thinking along the same lines. What are you going to do, idiot!

Hinata looked her hero and dropped her head. Even Naruto-kun is giving up… I don't have any chance. She was going to raise her hand when she heard a loud noise and saw that Naruto had smacked his hand on the table hard, even giving the table a dent.

Naruto looked confident to Ibiki and said. "Don't underestimate me! If I want to become a chuunin, I can't stop just because I have to take some risks! I have to keep going on and getting stronger so that I can protect those precious to me! I will not run away!"

Ibiki tried to change the genin opinion. "I'll ask you again. Your life is riding on this decision; this is your last chance to quit."

Naruto smirked. "Never go back and protect those that I love. That's my nindo." Everybody seemed to have gained confidence after his speech. He looked to his side and saw that Hinata was no longer shaking. My work here is done.

The ANBU Torturer Leader was thinking about what had happened. Interesting kid, he blasted away everyone worries… There are still 78 left; Anko is going to kill me.

"Those that remain… Congratulations on passing the first test" Naruto grinned again. The first is gone, two more to go!

Ibiki explained the purpose of the first test and how a chuunin needs to have courage and take the mission no matter what danger awaits for them.

When Naruto thought that things were going pretty well, someone broke through the window. The Jinchuuriki saw that the invader as a woman and listened as she said she was the examiner of the second test, Mitarashi Anko. Konoha has the craziest ninjas I have ever seen.

After Anko had disdained Ibiki about the number of participants, she finished "I'll explain everything once we've changed places, now follow me."

"Welcome to the stage for the second test, Practice Arena 44, also known as … 'The Forest of Death!"

As everyone paid attention to the examiner explanation about the second test, Naruto poked Sasuke. "Remember our memories from here?"

Sasuke let out a little laugh. "How could I not remember? Father put me grounded for one month for entering a forbidden training ground."

After hearing how the test was about survival, and to pass, they need to have both "Heaven" and Earth" scroll, meaning they had to pick at least one scroll from other team so that they could pass the exam, and the time limit of five days, they signed the agreement test and went to pick their scroll.

Team Seven went to their designed gate and when waiting for the exams to start, they were planning their strategies.

Naruto was the first to pronounce. "I think we should follow the river till we get to the tower." Sakura replied. "But there will be many teams who will think the same thing."

Naruto grinned. "But none of them has an awesome suiton user like me." Sakura face palmed. Sasuke decided to interfere.

"Naruto is right. One of his strengths is his suiton jutsus, so we should keep it. Plus, we got lucky that this gate is near the river."

The pink haired genin accepted his explanation, but she picked something from what she heard "Wait, how do you know this is near the river, Sasuke-kun?"

Sasuke smirked and Naruto grinned. The blond genin decided to answer this one. "When we were child, we used to hide in training grounds after we have played pranks. One time, we got here by accident, and couldn't find our way out. When a bear was close to attacking us, Fugaku-tou-sama saved us and took us home."

Sakura understood but curiosity got the best of her. "Who is Fugaku-tou-sama?" Sasuke sulked at this and Naruto let a sad smile. "Sasuke's Father."

Team Seven went into a depressing mood till the warning that the exams had started sounded. The chuunin responsible for the gate opened it and they parted into the Forest.

Naruto, using his advanced senses, took the lead. "I can hear the river stream sound. Follow me." With that, they parted towards the river.

Team Seven was currently resting in the flank of the river. Sakura was restocking their water supply and Naruto and Sasuke were checking their weapons.

All was going fine till Naruto picked something. "Someone is following us." Sakura came back and Sasuke replied. "I can sense him near."

Sakura asked. "What are we going to do?" Naruto concentrated for a minute and then replied. "I know where he is, but I will need for you to cover me."

His teammates nodded and he prepared themselves. While all of that was happening, an Ame Genin named Oboro, was watching Team Seven from a tree.

They seem weak. I will wait for one of them to leave so that I can impersonate that one. Oboro watched as they were going on in their resting without even caring about being attacked.

It was then that a dense mist started to appear around him. What is this? It is the same as the one from the first test. Someone must be observing me!

Beginning to panic, he picked a kunai. He couldn't see a thing with the mist, and that freaked him out. "Whoever is there, come out now!"

He heard a small laugh and that completely scared him. In his panicked state, he failed to notice Naruto appearing behind him, and with a quick chop to the neck, he was out.

The blond Jinchuuriki canceled the mist and picked the unconscious genin and jumped from the tree. Where Team Seven were, the illusion disrupted itself, showing Sakura with their hand in the ram seal and Sasuke with his Sharingan on.

Seeing the successful of his brother, Sasuke deactivated his Sharingan. "So it was an Ame genin, hn?" Naruto tossed the unconscious ninja near Sakura, who quickly searched in his pouches for a scroll.

The Yondaime's Legacy grinned. "You had to see his face when he was caught in the Mist. He was almost peeing himself!"

Naruto and Sasuke laughed a bit about that. Instants later, Sakura came to them with a happy expression. "Look what I have found on his pouch. The scroll we needed!"

The boys were surprised about that, but let out a smile. The Uchiha said. "You should keep this one Sakura. So that if Naruto manage to lose his, we will still have one scroll."

The young kunoichi nodded, and put it on her pouch. She looked at the unconscious genin and asked. "What are we going to do about him?"

They discussed over a few minutes till they decided what to do. They bound him to a tree with wire and left a note on his pouch that said. Never underestimate the power of Konoha.

Team Seven parted again, this time in the direction of the Tower. While they were running, Sasuke pondered about an important point. "What are we going to do if we ever get separated? How we will know if one should try to impersonate ourselves?"

They stopped again and discussed about that. Sakura said that they should create a password, but Naruto countered that he wouldn't be able to record them.

It was Sasuke that gave the solution. "We should ask question about our personal lives that only us know the answer."

Seeing that Sakura and Naruto agreed to that, they prepared to start running again. But they weren't prepared for an attack, and a wind jutsu got them off guard.

The team was scattered because of the strength of the wind blast. Sasuke waited for the smoke to clear to reveal his location.

The first one that he saw was Sakura. The girl was glad to found him. "Sasuke-kun!" But Sasuke stopped her. "First the password, what is the nickname you gave your rival?"

Sakura punched in the air and said. "Ino-pig!" Sasuke nodded. "Great! Now all we have to do is to wait for Naruto."

Not much time later, Naruto came. "Hello again, guys." Sasuke and Sakura tensed themselves, and the Uchiha asked. "Naruto, who are the man that taught you all you know?"

The blond genin grinned and said. "Kakashi-sensei, of course." Sakura seemed relieved but Sasuke smirked. Quickly doing hand seals, he performed his jutsu. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!"

A big fireball was blown out of Sasuke's mouth and Naruto had managed to evade it, but it still his leg. Sakura looked at the Uchiha as if he was crazy. "Sasuke-kun, what are you doing! You hurt Naruto!"

Naruto blew in smoke showing that it was really a Grass ninja using a henge. "Interesting, how did you know I was a fake?"

Sakura seemed surprise but Sasuke didn't take the smirk from his face. "Simply, your answer was wrong. Kakashi wasn't the one to teach Naruto, not what he knows now at least."

The Konoha Kunoichi understood now. He was talking about Uchiha Itachi. The Grass shinobi started to laugh. "This is actually going to be fun."

He picked his scroll from his pouch and showed to them. "I have here the Earth Scroll, the one you need, isn't it?" Sasuke picked a kunai from his pouch and stayed in a defensive stance. "We don't want your scroll. Just leave us."

The shinobi seemed surprised and then realized what happened. "So you already caught both scrolls." Seeing Sakura and Sasuke tense, she continued. "Well, if you caught mine you'll have one extra" As he said that, he wrapped his tongue around it and swallowed it. "And I will fight to take your scrolls, even if I have to kill you for it."

When he said the last part, he released such a killing intent that it completely paralyzed both Sasuke and Sakura. The killing intent in his eyes is causing us to see an image of death… Who is this guy?!

He slowly turned to the side and saw that Sakura was kneeling on the floor, crying. I have to do something. He heard the ironic tone of his opponent."You can't even move." He saw as he tossed multiples kunais at Sakura.

Sasuke closed his eyes. I have to move! I can't stop now without at least meeting Itachi again! What would Naruto say if I died like that? I can't disappoint him!

The Uchiha opened his eyes, showing his Sharingan eyes. No longer fearing death, Sasuke used the shunshin to pick Sakura before the kunais hit them.

The ninja observed as them hide in the trees. He made himself surpass the fear. Incredible! This is going to be really interesting.

Sasuke was taking the time he had to rest and prepare for the battle. Sakura looked at him and seeing that he was ok calmed a bit. It was then that she saw the danger waiting for them.

"Sasuke-kun! Snake!" Sasuke turned and saw the giant snake trying to attack them. Each of them jumped to one of the branch, but the snake just followed the Uchiha.

Sasuke was using his Sharingan so that he could escape from the snake attacks when the animal was hit with a kunai in the eye. Seeing the paper with the kunai, Sasuke jumped near Sakura, avoiding the consequent explosion that killed the snake.

The Uchiha turned to Sakura and muttered a quick thank you, before focusing on the battle again. But they didn't expect to see his opponent appear from the snake's dead body.

The ninja glared at them, his tongue like one of a snake. "You shouldn't relax even a moment. Preys should always be trying to get away in the presence of a predator."

Sasuke and Sakura were already focused to defend from an attack when their opponent started moving. But when he was getting near them, they heard the voice of their last teammate.

"Suiton: Mizurappa" A powerful water blast hit the grass ninja directly in the chest, sending him away. Naruto appeared on an upper branch, his almost white cloak covering him dirty with blood.

"I leave you alone for five minutes and you find someone wishing for your death." He dropped and landed in the same branch as his teammates.

Sakura was going to hug him, but Sasuke stopped her. "It never hurts to be sure, Sakura." Turning to Naruto, he asked. "Naruto, what was the nickname you gave me when we were a child?"

Naruto grinned at him. "Little girl, duck-ass, tomato-freak... You have to be more specific, Sasuke." The black haired genin sweat dropped. "Yes, that's him."

Sakura smiled at their interaction and hugged Naruto. "You're okay! So, what happened?"

The creepy guy took this moment to appear again. "Yes, Naruto-kun, tell me did you defeat the big snake?" Naruto let out an ironic laugh. "Ha! Let's just say that its head blew with my awesomeness." The Bunshin Bakuha sure is useful. And that served as a lesson: Never try to eat Uzumaki Naruto!

"Ku, ku, ku. Interesting, Naruto-kun. But let's see how you fair against a bigger one." The ninja pushed his sleeve from his right finger, showing a summoning tattoo. He bit his thumb and passed it over the tattoo, spraying blood over it.

Team Seven tensed when the opponent started to gather chakra and become even more scared when he summoned a giant snake. It was that moment that Naruto remembered one of his lessons with Itachi.

"Remember, Naruto-kun, summoning contracts are very rare and usually there is only one person who can summon a specific kind of animal. For example, only Jiraiya-sama summons toads and only Anko-san and Orochimaru of the Sannin can summon snakes."

The blond Jinchuuriki stared at the man he was fighting with. Anko-san is the examiner and would never attack a genin, so this guy must be… OROCHIMARU!

Naruto turned to his teammates and spoke. "Sasuke, Sakura-chan, we have to leave now. This guy is Orochimaru of the Sannin. An S-Rank Missing-Nin!"

Sasuke and Sakura eyes widened at that. The Uchiha stared at the man who was currently at the top of the giant snake. Orochimaru… S-Rank Missing-Nin… He is the same level as Itachi!

Sakura spoke what was passing in their minds. "We have to run away." Naruto nodded. "I will create as many bunshins as I can. We will have to run the faster we can towards the tower and hope that it will be a sufficient distraction."

Orochimaru chuckled. "So you discovered my true identity, Naruto-kun. What will you do now?" The snake parted in the directions, trying to eat them.

Then jumped backwards and Naruto made his famous cross seal. "Tajuu Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" The forest was filled with smoke and when it dispersed, hundreds of clones could be seem.

Sasuke and Sakura looked over the quantity of chakra, the kunoichi voicing their thoughts. "How much chakra do you have, Naruto?"

Naruto put his hood over his head and said. "This isn't the time for that, we have to go now!" Making the tori seal, he spoke. "Kirigakure no Jutsu."

A dense mist paired in the air, surround all the clearing. "Sasuke, Sakura, follow me!" The Uchiha grabbed Sakura's arm and with the help of the Sharingan, found his blond teammate, using shunshin to follow him.

Team Seven decided to rest a bit after their mad dash for survival. All of them were painting a lot, having run all the time at their top speed.

Sasuke, who had deactivated his Sharingan to conserve his chakra, turned to Naruto. "So how the fight went?" Naruto had a frightened look on his face. "That guy, even with the mist covering his vision, he completely devastated the clones without even gaining a scratch. Hundreds of clones, and they didn't even scratched him!"

They were shocked with it. Sakura was preoccupied with their lives. "So how did it finished? Is he coming after us?" The Jinchuuriki shook his head "I don't know. The four last bunshins were explosive ones. I hope I at least hurt that guy."

Sasuke picked one of his kunai. "We should prepare for the worst. He could be around here right now" Naruto and Sakura nodded.

"You're right, Sasuke-kun. After all, I'm right here." They turned to their back and saw Orochimaru emerging from the ground, without even a scratch.

"I will praise your skills, Naruto-kun. That last explosive clones could have done a lot of damage if it wasn't for my snake protecting me."

Naruto gritted his hand. All that effort and I only took out his snake! "Sasuke, Sakura, there's no way out now, we will have to fight this guy and pray for help to come."

They nodded and prepared themselves. Sasuke activated his Sharingan and said. "We should start with Tactic number 8."

The other integrants of the team nodded. Sasuke and Naruto went to attack Orochimaru head on, Sasuke ahead and Naruto behind.

They engaged with the Sannin in a Taijutsu combat. Orochimaru just contented in blocking and evading the boys hits, so that he could analyze their styles.

Sasuke-kun is truly a user of the Intercepting Fist, using the Sharingan to pick my movements and try to find openings so that he can land strong and precise hits. Naruto-kun also seems to have the base of the Intercepting Fist but it seems he has mixed it. His attacks are more fluidity and unpredictable, which reminds me of the taijutsu styles of Mizu no Kuni.

After the boys failed attempt at hitting the missing-nin, they jumped backwards, trying to regain their breath. Naruto turned to Sasuke and said. "We couldn't even land a hit in him. This is very frustrating." Sasuke nodded. "I can also detect that he is holding back a lot. It seems that he is just kidding and testing us."

They heard a low "Guys, I'm ready" and prepared themselves for the second part of their team attack. Many bunshins of Naruto and Sasuke surged from the ground and trees and surrounded Orochimaru. The bunshins started to run in circles around him, trying to confuse the enemy.

The Snake Summoner was eyeing cautious at the bunshins. They don't seem to be Kage Bunshin, since I didn't saw any smoke.

He picked one kunai and threw at the closes to him. When the kunai passed through it, the Sannin depicted what it was. Genjutsu! That was probably that girls work. They must be using this as a distraction for something.

His words proved true when he heard two voices that came from the middle of the bunshins.

"Fuuton: Reppushou" "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" The multiple fireballs gained speed and strength with the powerful gale, surprising the Sannin. I wasn't expecting them to use the elemental balance to their advantage!

"Goukadan no Jutsu!" The combined voice of Naruto and Sasuke annunciated the name of the destructive technique. The fireballs hit their destination, igniting the grass near it. The genjutsu dispersed and the bunshins disappeared

They decided to check their work and when they got close they saw a hole in the ground in the middle of the area that was on fire. He escaped it! It was their thought. They turned to Sakura who was a bit far from them and shouted. "Sakura, he escaped! Be careful!"

The pink haired kunoichi had little moment to react when Orochimaru burst from the ground near her and engaged her in a taijutsu match.

Sakura, remembering all her lesson at the Konoha Hospital and with her superior about the medic style in a fight, did the necessary hand seals and activated her chakra scalpel, concentrating on evading all the punches and trying to hit her opponent with her hands.

The Sannin was interested. So she is the medic of the team, huh? She is pretty good at evasion and if she manages to hit her with that scalpel which could give me quite a work.

Orochimaru slipped through Sakura's defense and kicked her in the chest, sending her in the direction of the boys. Naruto picked her and asked if she was ok, which she answered positively.

The Jinchuuriki glared at his opponent, and without taking his eyes from him said to his team. "Let's use Attack Number 4. Can you buy me time, Sasuke?"

Sasuke snorted. 'It's always me, isn't it?" He ran to Orochimaru and engaged in close combat again, while Naruto stayed and started to go through hand seals. He traded punches and kicks, but none of them seemed successful.

The Sanin decided to up the level and started to fasten his attacks which made Sasuke put more effort on evading and less in counter attacking. But there was one time that he didn't have the speed needed and was hit in the ribs with quite a strong kick.

Enraged, the Uchiha asked his comrade. "How much more time you will need, Slugy?" The Jinchuuriki was going through the last hand seals. "I'm finishing. This jutsu has almost fifty hand seals and I can't miss one."

As he went through the last one of them he shouted. "I'm done now. Get the hell out of there." Hearing the warning from his teammate, Sasuke jumped backwards.

The Sannin was going after him but a tornado of pink petals surged and surrounded him, forming a wall and blocking him from keep going on. Another one of the girl genjutsu! This is getting annoying!

Orochimaru canceled the genjutsu but was caught head on the attack Naruto had preparing. "Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu!" A giant water dragon which was formed with the water flowing in the river went direct into the Sannin, who was hit full force.

The dragon kept pushing the Sannin till it returned to the river, where it the water pressure pushed the Missing-nin against the riverbed. The genins saw as their adversary resurfaced in the river, with bruises all over his body. Not missing the opportunity, Sasuke quickly did the hand seals to complete their attack.

He put on his hands on the river and performed his jutsu. "Raiton: Jibashi" Lightning surged through his hand and flowed through the river stream. The wave of electricity was conducted by the water and the wet body of their opponent, electrocuting Orochimaru.

When Team Seven started to relax thinking they had finally beat the powerful ninja, the body that was electrocuted transformed into mud, showing it was just a clone.

"That was a pretty strong attack. It even managed to destroy my bunshin." The Sannin surged again through the ground.

Sakura was almost going into shock. They had spent their last energies on this attack and it only destroyed his cloned. She saw that her teammates wasn't fairing any better, Sasuke didn't even had his Sharingan active anymore and Naruto had his head dropped.

Sasuke was trying to think what they could do now when he felt an ill energy coming from Naruto. He turned and saw that he was shaking his shoulders like he was silently laughing. And that proved right when the blond Jinchuuriki laughed loud this time.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Naruto raised his head and they all saw that his eyes had gone from the electric blue to a blood red with slitted pupils. He pointed at Orochimaru and said "Why can't you just die!"

With a speed burst, he tried to punch the Sannin but he missed by inches and hit a tree in the place. The strength behind the punch was so great that the tree almost cranked in half.

Orochimaru looked carefully at the genin. His speed and strength increased in such a way that I almost didn't evade it. But his eyes… there is no doubt. It seems that he is more special than I thought!

Naruto let out a feral grin and said. "Snake-man, stay still so I can kill you!" With another burst, he appeared in front of the Sannin and engaged in a furious taijutsu battle.

Sakura looked at her now crazy teammate and become preoccupied. "Sasuke-kun, Naruto snapped, we have to help him!" Sasuke shook his head. "No, he didn't snap. Didn't you sensed it and saw his eyes? He is using the Kyuubi's chakra. It seems that it makes him that way."

The Snake Summoner was having quite the effort to avoid all the punches. He isn't just faster and stronger, he is also more ruthless.

And that moment of distraction was all that Naruto needed to slip through the Sannin' defense and land a strong punch on his guts sending him had front in a tree.

"HAHAHA! There's more of that from what it came from! Don't worry, Sasuke, Sakura, I will kill him!" said the Naruto, who had a feral grin implanted on his face. Sasuke turned to Sakura and said. "At least, he recognizes us, so there's no risk of him attacking us."

From the place where the Sannin landed, a big white snake came silently and took advantage that Naruto was turned to his teammates and wrapped him, making him immobile.

They turned and saw a battered Orochimaru leaving the place under the tree, the tail of the snake hidden in his sleeves. The skin of his face seemed to be falling off, showing parts of a new skin. He approached Naruto and said. "I never expected you to be the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki, Naruto-kun"

Shock passed through the genin face. He knows about that! Naruto growled and tried to break free. "Release me!" Orochimaru chuckled. "Oh, I will release you, but first." The Snake that was binding Naruto bit him in the neck. "This snake contains a poison that should render you immobile for most part of one day. I can't have you free and trying to attack me after all."

Orochimaru called back the white snake, releasing Naruto that without the support of the animal and rendered immobile by the poison, felt face first on the ground, the Kyuubi's chakra leaving him.

The Snake Sannin picked the scroll form Naruto's pouch, while he was being cursed a lot by the same, and went into the direction of Sasuke. "I had fun testing both of your powers. You are really his brother. And Naruto-kun there really is his student. If you want to see me again, survive and pass this exam. By defeating my men, the sound trio, you can find the other scroll you need. Don't worry they will come after you."

Who he thinks he is to say things like that? Sasuke released his anger. "Why would I go after you?" Orochimaru chuckled and focused his killing intent on the Uchiha, making him immobile. "I'll show you why…" He made a seal and extended his neck, intended on biting the Uchiha.

But he forgot the last integrant of the team, and when he was extending his neck towards Sasuke, Sakura tossed a volley of kunai and shuriken towards him. They didn't managed to hit his head because he managed to avoid them all but the distraction was all Sasuke needed to use a Kawarimi and avoid the mad man's bite.

Orochimaru was cursing himself on his mind. Damn it! I forgot about the girl and because of that I failed to give Sasuke the cursed seal! And I can't stay more time here because I already feel an ANBU Squad getting near. Oh well, maybe this came for good.

The Sound Leader turned to Sasuke and said. "Sasuke-kun, I can give power to defeat your brother." Seeing that Sasuke was shaken with the proposition he turned to his nice surprise. "And you, Naruto-kun, I can give you the information you want, like who your parents were."

Naruto widened at that. My parents? He knows them? "I shall offer my help to you later, but until there, stay strong." And with that Orochimaru left, submerging on the ground.

That was the last thing Naruto heard, before darkness took over him.

Drip.

Drip.

Drip.

What is this place? This looks like a sewer.

"Come here."

What is this voice? Maybe if I follow the sound of it I will discover who is there and where I am.

Naruto ran through the wet tunnels, letting his instincts guide him. After some time running, he found something he wasn't expecting.

A giant golden gate wich led to a room with only darkness inside, locked by a paper which had the word "Seal" inscribed in it.

Wait, Seal? I think I know where I am! And who is besides the cage…

From inside the room, two red slitted eyes shined through the darkness. After that a giant mouth also appeared, showing their big teeth. "So my jailor finally comes to visit me"

I was right after all.

"Hello, Kyuubi no Kitsune."

Wow, that chapter took some time.

I had a lot of personal problems, mainly one caused by the strong rains that affected my city, from the Rio de Janeiro.

Also, unfortunately, my beta is passing through some hard time and couldn't help me. Good luck, Jared!

Because of that, this chapter isn't beta read so I must ask you that if you see some mistakes, please review them so that I can't fix it.

What will happen now that Sasuke doesn't have the Cursed Seal?

Next chapter, Sound vs Leaf. Who will win?

Thanks for keep reading my story and please review and tell your opinions about where it could be better.

Have a nice week!

Edit: I fixed the number of hand seals of the Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu. Thanks Raidentensho for providing me the right number.

Dictionary:

Konoha Senpuu – Leaf Whirlwind

Konoha Kage Buyou – Shadow Leaf Dance

Fuuton: Daitoppa – Wind Release: Great Breakthrough

Ninkame – Ninja Tortoise

Amegakure – Hidden Rain

Kusagakure – Grass

Takigakure – Hidden Waterfall

Otogakure – Hidden Sound

Suiton: Mizurappa – Water Release: Violent Water Wave

Fuuton: Reppushou – Wind Release: Gale Wind Palm

Katon: Housenka no Jutsu – Fire Release: Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique

Goukadan no Jutsu – Great Fire Bullets Technique

Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu – Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique

Raiton: Jibashi – Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder