After his involvement with the Hyuga a few days of silence passed before Kakamei was called upon by his sensei to come to the bridge along with the rest of his team. When he made it there he had noticed that he was actually late compared to everyone else but the man who had a reputation of being late to team meetings that he himself scheduled.
As the group of people were standing around they started to talk, they meaning Naruto and Sakura were talking while Kakamei and Sasuke were standing in the background and thinking to themselves. Whatever Sasuke was thinking was a mystery to everyone all of the time but Kakamei's thoughts were obviously filled with thinking about the boy that he had met the other night that had simply overwhelmed him. This had been on his mind for days but he couldn't put his hands on it. A kid who he had never heard of but only seen once a few years ago had defeated him without much trouble. When thinking about it he would somehow let go of his chakra and let off some dangerous energy that would scare the civilians who were around him.
He was thinking about the kid for a few minutes and was starting to get upset by the way it happened and started to let off energy but before he could really get into the dangerous mode that he was getting into Kakashi popped out of nowhere, which caught his attention enough to let go of it for a while.
"KAKASHI-SENESEI! YOU'RE LATE AGAIN!" Naruto and Sakura yelled at their teacher. Kakashi was squatting on one of the posts of the bridge. He innocently waved his hand and said hello. Kakamei unusually smiled at the loudness of his group and then walked forward as Kakashi jumped down from the post and stood in front of them.
"I suggested all of your names for the upcoming Chunin exams." Kakashi said as he held out four passes into the Chunin exam. The group looked at him blankly as Sakura repeated him.
"Application forms?" She repeated back to him.
"You're repeating me Sakura. This is up to all of you. If you don't want to go then you can simply wait until next year." Kakashi said as his loudest student ran up to him and then started to hug all over him. Kakashi struggled and pulled the kid off of him before starting to talk again.
"Look, if you're feeling up to it then go to room 301 in the academy 5 days from now. That's it." Kakashi said as he started to walk away. Naruto mumbled "Chunin Exams" to himself and walked away with the rest of the team as Kakamei stayed behind. When Kakashi turned to leave in the other direction Kakamei rushed to stop him.
"Sensei! Wait!" Kakamei yelled out. Kakashi turned and looked at his student with a curious look.
"What is it Kakamei? You rarely yell like that." Kakashi asked. Kakamei rolled his eyes and then started to talk.
"Yesterday I was walking through the village I met someone intriguing who said that was going on about us being in the Chunin Exams and I wanted to know if you knew anything about him." Kakashi looked at him with a curious look before nodding.
"I know of the people who were recommended to be in the Chunin Exams from the Leaf. Who do you want to know about?" Kakamei nodded.
"His name is Neji Hyuga." Kakamei responded. Kakashi looked at him with a look of confusion and intrigue as to what his relationship was with Neji and how they had come to know of Neji.
"Well, he's part of the Hyuga Clan, one of the founding clans and the most prominent in the village. They are the ones who take on some of the hardest missions that come through the Leaf. Neji is one of the highest prospects from that clan in a long time. How do you know of him?" Kakashi asked. Kakamei shook his head.
"I just so happened to meet him when I was walking around yesterday. I wanted to know more about him." Kakamei said. Kakashi thought to himself for a few seconds before, once again speaking in his bland and blank voice.
"Well, if that wasn't enough information then you can go meet with the Hokage, Lord Third and he can tell you as much as you need to know." Kakashi said. Kakamei nodded and then started to walk away.
"It's fine. That's enough for now. Thanks Kakashi-sensei." Kakamei said as he walked away, making his way to his other teammates. Kakashi walked away from the scene, thinking about the conversation.
When he was walking back to his group he could see them in the distance. Something stood out to him was Sakura, who had stopped walking and was just watching as Naruto and Sasuke had continued to walk. Kakamei noticed this and walked behind her and but his hand on her back. She slightly jumped because of the hand on her back but Kakameis started to talk.
"Why'd you stop walking? If you stop for too long it won't be long before they're too far ahead of you." Kakamei said. Sakura turned her head and looked up at her taller teammate, who was smiling at her and then walked past her.
"Keep up. It would be a real shame if you are behind us and then you get lost. But, I guess that won't happen will it?" Kakamei asked. Sakura thought to herself at what he said before smiling and walking forward.
"I guess not." She said as she walked forward to catch up to the rest of them. Kakamei was walking on the outside of the four, next to Naruto when he started to think of the group as a whole.
'The Chunin Exams are said to be the toughest of tests when it comes to becoming a true ninja. If that's really the case then I'm worried for Sakura. If she goes into it with a downed attitude then it could turn out sour for us if we don't watch our backs.' Kakamei thought as they made it back into the village and separated into their different paths.
Two days had passed since Kakashi had given them the passes to the Chunin Exams. Kakamei was doing the normal thing for people who were readying themselves for the exams, training.
Even though there were five days Kakamei thought and thought about what he should train on as he traced back and forth between his small room and tried to come up with things he should train in the short amount of time that he had.
"If I train with my Kekkei Genkai then I might be able to get a grasp on it but it's not super lightly. I can't master it completely. What should I do? If I can get chakra control down then I'll be able to get a grasp on it much faster." Kakamei thought aloud.
"I think I could do that. With better chakra control and some more control on the amount of times I try to use it then I think I could get out a decent amount of jutsu out before I tire myself out." He continued to think more and more before he finished thinking aloud before finishing and coming on the conclusion of chakra training by using trees. Kakamei was preparing to go out into the forest to train but before he could there was a knock on the door. When he opened the door there was someone standing in front of him. From the headband Kakamei couldn't remember what village he was from. Kakamei looked at him for a second but closed the door before a word could be given off.
"Weirdo." Kakamei said as he went back to getting ready. Before he could get anything done the ninja broke through the door and then grabbed Kakamei from his home and drug him out into the middle of the woods.
The time that passed between making it to the woods from his home seemed to be almost instantaneously. He dropped Kakamei to the ground and then jumped onto the top of one of the trees and then waited for Kakamei to stand up, which took about ten seconds before Kakamei stood up and looked at him with a sigh.
"What do you do you want?" Kakamei asked. The ninja chuckled and then started to talk.
"I brought you out to the woods so I could destroy you before the fighting and tests of the Chunin Exams. Give up now before it's too late." The ninja said aloud. Kakamei smirked and then pointed into the direction of the village that was supposedly far back into the distance.
"Look, as much as I enjoy conversations with people I don't know and try to kidnap me I have to get back to my house. Please undo the genjutsu so I don't trip up the stairs when I'm walking back into my house." Kakamei said silently as the ninja stopped his chuckling and grunted.
"When did you figure out that it was a genjutsu!?" He asked. Kakamei shook his head.
"I don't like explaining the way I did every little thing but I'll help you now because if you plan on going through with the Chunin Exams then you should know. If you're going to pull a jutsu that changes the perception of the person then you should make it more believable when trying to use a geographical change on those who are more familiar to the landscape than you." Kakamei said as he turned and started to turn away.
The ninja became angry and started to sprout out angrily at the kid.
"This may have been easy for you now but be prepared! During the Chunin Exams it won't be so simple!" The ninja said as the woods dissipated and then he jumped off into the sky. Kakamei sighed and turned back to his home and then went on about his day and starting to try different chakra training ways.
The other three days passed and the group of genin made their way up into the academy and prepared themselves for what was happening. Kakamei and Naruto had walked to the academy together because they would pass each other on the way to the academy. There wasn't much speaking on either side of the people because Kakakmei wasn't really a talking person.
When they made it up the stairs, everyone in the group noticed the genjutsu that was thick around the village. Kakamei noticed this and decided to ignore it completely but hi teammates had a completely different type of thinking, especially his surprisingly flamboyant teammate, Sasuke.
When they made it up the stairs onto the second floor they saw the abuse that was being given onto a group of people who were seemingly older than them. When the gang walked up to the group that were being bullied Kakamei saw the people who were being punched on. He stopped in his steps for a second, seeing that Neji was standing behind the kid in the jumpsuit. Kakamei looked at him with a cautious and wary look. Instead of the others who thought it would be cool to stop and confront them Kakamei continued to walk before he stopped and waited on his friends. While he waited on them Kakamei continued to look at Neji, who looked at him with a smirk. Kakamei grunted and then walked away.
While they were in the middle of boasting in front of the group of seeming fodder Kakamei called out to them, cutting them off quick.
"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, come on. If we linger around her for too long then we'll be late. Besides, if they're not smart enough to get past this type of test against people like them then they don't deserve to be a part of something like the Chunin Exams." Kakamei said. The attention from the people around them were turned to him. Kakamei looked around at the people who were looking around before turning his head back to his squad, who nodded and then started walking towards him.
"Hey, you. What's your name?" Neji asked as Sasuke turned around. Sasuke started talking to him when Kakamei looked at Naruto seemed to be angry that he wasn't the one being asked. Kakamei smiled then patted Naruto on the back.
"Keep a calm head. If you get too angry then you could get angry and destroy the place. We all know you're the strongest person in the building." Kakamei said jokingly. Naruto smiled and then put his hands on his hips and then started to walk away.
"That's right!" He said as he walked away. The others followed behind soon.
When they moved up to the higher floor the others started to follow them but three that waited behind, the squad that had been putting up a farce for the others who were tricking the genin.
"They seem to be more than the others who arrived here." The boy in the green jumpsuit said as he sat up and looked ahead. Neji chuckled and then shook his head.
"Four people in a squad? It seems like they have some type of deficiency that they needed to break the rules to solve." Neji said as The only girl at the scene smirked.
"Weak or not two of them are really cute." She said jokingly. Neji shook his head.
"Whatever. Let's go. Lee, Tenten." Neji sad to his fellow teammates.
While they were walking away from the older kids that they had just met Team 7 walked into a huge room that was filled with nothing, simply empty. When they made it to the room Kakamei started thinking to himself before turning around from the group, which only called the attention of Sakura.
"Where are you going?" Sakura asked, which made the rest of the tem stop and look at him.
"I just want to check something out before we start the exams." Kakamei said. Naruto frowned and then walked up.
"You're kidding! I hope you're not trying any funny business and running away! The exams are about to start! We'll be late." Naruto yelled in opposition in what was happening but Kakamei ignored him with a smile and then started to walk away.
"Thank you. It'll only take a minute and then I'll be there." Kakamei said as he ran off into the distance. As he ran back into the hallway he ran past one of the kids who had been fighting against the bullies in the hallway. Kakamei decided not to say anything to him and continued to walk through.
Eventually he made it to the place that he was expecting. Not only was Neji standing in front of him but there was also his female teammate standing on his side. Kakamei simply stood on the opposite side of the room and started to talk.
"Hello Neji Hyuga." Kakamei said coldly, the prodigy across from him smiled and then nodded.
"I see your team has something a little more promising than you." Neji said with a smirk on his face. Kakamei smiled and pointed to Neji.
"I didn't come here for some long conversation because my teammates are waiting for me to fight you but the only thing I wanted you to know is that when the time comes I'll be the one to take you out." Kakamei said confidently before turning and walking away. Neji looked at the kid with a smile before shaking his head and turning away. Tenten spoke up on the conversation with a cheery and joking voice.
"That was different. Someone telling you, the pride of the Hyuga clan, that they're going to beat you in the future." Tenten said as Neji chuckled and walked away.
"It's nothing more than an unthoughtful boast. He wouldn't be able to beat me on his best day." The Hyuga said as the two walked away to the sign up place as they waited for Rock Lee to finish what type of business he had to tend to.
Whiie Kakamei was walking down the hallway back to the place where he had been earlier he walked into the opening to see something that he didn't expect: one of the kids from Neji's team had walked into the room with his team along with an old man who had to be his team teacher. It was a guy who looked nearly exactly like the student. Kakamei watched and tried not to laugh as he watched the two people were standing in front of the team and the old man cried what looked like tears of joy. Kakakemi wanted to walk forward and join his team but he decided to stand back and watch what was happening.
'I guess one of their teammates had the same thought as me and wanted to come and check his competition. I hope they didn't go too overboard.' Kakamei thought as he watched. After a few seconds another surprise happened that he couldn't get past, the sensei of the opposing team simply disappeared out of his vision for less than a second.
Kakamei blinked at the situation for a second before walking out into the light and speaking to his group.
"I was gone for a couple of minutes and all of a sudden our entire squad seems to have gotten entangled with a problem with another team. What happened?" Kakamei asked. Naruto turned and started to scream.
"Watch out Kakamei!T This Bushy Browed guy is saying that he's Kakashi-sensei's rival and that he's better and stronger than Kakashi!" Naruto yelled. Kakamei looked up at the sensei standing in front of them before bowing.
"I'm sorry for any problems that my teammates have caused. We sometimes jump the gun in situations like this." Kakamei said quietly. When he said this the teacher simply smiled and shook his head forcefully.
"Don't even worry about it! It was just playing between teammates. NOW ALL OF YOU! TRY YOUR HARDEST AND SUCCEED IN THIS TOURNAMENT!" He yelled as he poofed into thin air and was quickly followed by his turtle.
Kakamei raised his head and sighed as he walked over to his teammates. Naruto was the first to speak with Sakura right behind him.
"What was that for?! You apologized!" Naruto yelled.
"Yeah! You never do things like apologize! Why'd you do that?" Sakura followed. Kakamei shrugged.
"It was better got him to leave like that than to go back to Kakashi-sensei and bad mouth us. There's no telling what type of punishment sensei would give us then." Kakamei said as he turned his attention to Lee, who was bandaging his hands up from the fight.
"So, I'm guessing you're the Lee that Neji was talking about." Kakamei said as Lee nodded.
"Yes, and you're Kakamei Daichiki. You're the talk of the village. A child from the strong Daichiki family that was destroyed by the Village Hidden in the Sand." Lee said plainly. The fact of his clan being wiped out irked him but he let it go. He didn't speak again, which prompted the bowl cut boy to speak to Sasuke.
"Sasuke Uchiha what I said to you earlier was not the complete truth. When I said that I wanted to test my power that was true but it was a lie to say that it was against you. The truth is that there is one more person who is stronger than me. He is a member of my very own team and his name is Neji Hyuga. The child prodigy is praised by the Hyuga clan." Lee said. This caught Sasuke and Naruto off guard because they hadn't thought of something like that. Kakamei stood in silence because he didn't know enough about Lee to know if something like this was right or not.
Kakamei continued to walk for a few more seconds before nodding and walking forward.
"I'm sorry about cutting this little show over quickly but you guys have to speed this up because if we don't get to the exam sign ups in a few minutes then we'll be genin for another year." Kakamei said calmly as Rock Lee took this as a sign and made his way out of the room by jumping up to the rafters and running away.
Kakamei watched as Sasuke struggled about himself when Naruto spoke up sarcastically.
"Mehh, would you look at that. The Uchiha's aren't as impressive as everyone thinks they are." Naruto said as Sasuke turned his head and growled at his teammate. Kakamei just stood quietly and listened to what was happening.
"Naruto!" Sakura yelled, which annoyed Kakamei.
"Ugh, Shut up! Next time, I'll drive him to his knees!" Sasuke yelled angrily as Naruto made a hmph sign,
"Yeah, coming from someone who just got their butt kicked."Naruto said calmly. Sasuke's face became even more aggressive as he looked at Naruto, who didn't even look scared at all. He simply looked away and started to speak again.
"Well, it's true. You saw his hands didn't you? Bushy Brow probably trains until he passes out. Or at least he trains more than you do." Naruto noted. Sasuke stopped and recalled the speed that the boy had shown to the group before calming down.
Kakamei stood to the side and looked at the two boys before smiling and turning.
"You can train all day but if you're late for what matters then there won't be a reason for it." Kakamei said as he walked off into the hallway. After a few seconds of silence Sasuke turned with a devious smile.
"The Chunin Exams, huh? This thing is starting to get interesting." Sasuke said, which was followed by Naruto and Sakura screaming enthusiastically before starting to move.
"I can't wait to see what's next!" Sasuke said as the squad exited the room. Kakamei smiled as the group walked away and followed out of the door, happy at the development of the Chunin Exams and his team as a whole.