There were shinobi everywhere; from all over I think. And man, did they look mean or what. There were so many thoughts; I turned my mind reading off. They all kept staring at us.
"Sasuke! Where have you been cutie?" Ino shouted, holding onto Sasuke. "I could hardly wait. I've been dying to see you."
"Ino. Get your hooves off him." I said, glaring at her.
"Hello to you too, Anako." Ino said, glaring back. "Still hoping your monkey paws will come into style?"
"What did you say pig?" I said. "Get off of him."
"Ugh. So troublesome." Shikamaru said. "Why don't you leave now and save yourself the embarrassment?"
"Well if it isn't the three stooges." Naruto said and I laughed.
"Quit calling us that." Shika said. "Hey Anako."
"Hey Shikamaru." I said.
I've always like Shikamaru and Choji. They're cool. Now Ino? Yeah, not so much.
"There you guys are." Kiba said, coming up with his team. "Looks like the whole gangs here."
"Did you forget about us?" A voice came.
I groaned and turned around. There stood Suki Yoshi, Saka Yoma, and Hiro Yoma.
"Who'd want to remember you?" I asked, glaring right at Suki.
"Long time no see Anako." Suki said, glaring at me back.
"Still rude and nasty as ever." I said.
"Still ugly and mean as ever."
"Whatever." I said, turning away from them.
"So I guess all four of us newbie trios decided to apply huh?" Kiba said. I wonder how far we'll get. What do you think Sasuke?"
"Trying to psych us by acting cool, Kiba?" Sasuke asked.
"Who's acting? The way we've trained, no way you can beat us." Kiba said.
"Ino - pig." Sakura yelled.
"Bill-board brow." Ino yelled back.
"Oh shut up. You won't beat me, much less Sasuke or Anako." Naruto yelled.
"You could beat Anako anytime. Just got to know the right things to say." Soka said, with a smirk.
"Did anyone ask you Yoma?" I spat at him.
"I'm sorry Naruto. Kiba didn't mean it the way it sounded." Oh Hinata. Bless that child. Always so shy and timid.
"Would you guys just shut up?" A guy yelled. "You are really annoying."
"Who the hell do you think you are?" Ino asked.
And he went on and on. This guy wouldn't shut up. And he thought he knew it all. Some hot shot. But something didn't seem right about him. I just couldn't put my finger on it. Naruto was shaking. Why is he shaking? Hmmm. He must be scared. Maybe if I tell him-
"My name is Naruto Uzumaki! And none of you are going to beat me!" Naruto shouted. "You got that?"
"What's his problem?" Ino, Suki, and Sakura yelled at me. Sigh.
"Yeah! That felt great."
"Oh please." Sasuke said.
"'And none of you are going to beat me'. The nerve of that kid." Kiba said.
"That idiot turned a room full of strangers into a room full of enemies." Shikamaru said.
"Shut up Naruto. You moron." I said, whacking him across the head.
"What? It's true."
"Please pay no attention to my friend. He is a very stupid person and a little slow in the smarts area." I said, fake laughing.
Sound ninja suddenly attacked that guy, who name is Kabuto. He dodged it and then his glass broke. Then he hunched over and hurled all of a sudden. Gross.
"Note this in your little cards; the sound ninja are going to become Chunin this year." The one with bandages said on his face. His name is Dosu.
"Will everyone please just shut up?!"
A poof appeared and Ibiki Morino stood at the front with a bunch of Chunin behind him.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. My name is Ibiki Morino. I am the proctor and chief examiner for the first part of the exam. You from the sound., you can't not carry on the way you please when the exam starts. Or do you want to be disqualified?" Ibiki asked.
"Sorry sir. It's our first exam and we got a little excited."
"Is that so? Then it's time to lay down a few ground rules. From this point on, no one will be fighting unless given permission. And there will be NO endangering of another person's life. And if you break those rules, it's game over. Got that?"
"So this is a girly test?" The other sound ninja, Zaku said, sneering.
"As you wish. The first part is about to start. Turn in your applications and take a seating card. Move immediately. When everyone is seated, we'll past out the written part of the test."
"A written test?" Naruto yelled.
I turned my papers in and got number one. WTF? How do I get number one? Of all the stupid numbers. I went to my seat, in the far left corner. Did this suck or what? Now I just hope Naruto and Sasuke do okay.
"Now listen up. There are a few rules that pertain to this test. I'll write them on the board and explain them. No questions." Ibiki said.
No questions? Rules?
"#1:
Each one of you starts out with a perfect score of 10 points. The test has ten questions, each worth on point. Each one wrong, you get marked wrong. Example one. Get ten right. Get 10 points. Example two. Get three wrong, total points are reduced to 7 points.
#2
This written test is still a team event. Passing or failing will be determined by the sum of the points held by each member of the cell."
I banged my head on the table.
"Hold on. I thought this was an individual thing. What do you mean 'team'?" I asked, standing up.
"Anako. Did you hear me say 'no questions'? We have our reasons. Shut up and listen." I glared at him and sat back down.
"#3
This one is crucial. So listen carefully. If during this exam, a candidate does anything out of the ordinary, like cheating, if the proctor believes he or she has cheated. We will subtract 2 points for each member of the cheating team."
"Oh." I said.
"Exactly. All probability, some of you will run through your entire allowance of points during the exam. You will fail and be asked to leave."
Hmmm. So there is more than one way to fail this test.
"If you let yourself get caught, you will fail not only yourself, but your team as well. If you want to become Chunin, if you want to the best you can, then you'd better start acting like it now."
Okay. I'm sorry about Naruto. But I think Sasuke and I will be able to maintain enough points for all three of us. I just hope Naruto doesn't panic and do something stupid.
"One more thing. If any candidate should get a zero and fail the test, then the entire team fails."
I'm pretty sure everyone looked at me as I banged my head hard on the table and started to say 'kill me now.'
I looked back at Naruto and glared at him. Don't you dare do anything stupid.
"You have one hour starting, now."
I turned my paper over. I glanced back at Naruto. He was smiling. Oh boy. Come on Naruto; hang on to at least one point. Okay Anako. Focus.
I looked back at the test and began to read number one. And I did that with all the questions. I chuckled to myself and looked up. I was smart, but not smart enough. I didn't know how to answer a single question. And the questions just get harder and harder. And #10 was really weird. Ibiki's voice ran through my head. I looked around at the Chunin. There were so many, analyzing every single move. But why would they need so many? 'If you let yourself get caught.' The light went off in my head. 'Let' is the key word. They want us to cheat to test out our spying skills. That's why the test is so hard. I turned around to look at Sasuke. His Sharingan was activated. He caught on. Come on Naruto. Everyone else who's figured it out with start going for it. Okay. Time to get the questions answered. I turned my mind reading on and searched for Sakura's mind. She's really smart, so she'll have all the answers. Damn. Found her.
I started to write down the answers like crazy. Analyzing her mind for every answer. A proctor was literally right next to me. I glanced at him and he was staring at me. He started writing something down on his clip board. I went back to my test and finished. Many teams were being failed. I got an idea. If there are less teams, then that will give us a better chance. My eyes turned black and the guy next to me suddenly stopped writing. He stood up.
"What are you doing?" Ibiki asked.
"I quit."
"Alright, you and your team may leave."
I slipped out of his mind and turned my eyes blue. The guy came too and his team dragged him out. A kunai went past my face to the right of me and hit this girl's paper. Whoa. That was a close on. I read Naruto's mind and he didn't have a single questions answered. Damn. Before I could do anything else, Ibiki started speaking.
"Alright, get ready for the tenth question." He said. "Also, I'm adding another rule."
The whole room got really quiet.
"This rule is very crucial. But first, you must choose to accept the tenth question or not?"
"Ch-choose? What if someone doesn't accept it?" Temari asked.
"If you reject the question, then you lose all 10 points and fail. Your teammates will fail right along with them."
"Say what?" A guy yelled.
"Then why would anyone choose to reject it?" A girl asked.
"Because of the other rule."
What the hell? How many more freaking rules are there?
"If you choose to accept the tenth question and get it wrong, you will never be able apply for the Chunin Exams ever again." Ibiki said.
"You can't be serious! That's ridiculous. There are people here who have taken the test more than once." Kiba yelled. Ibiki started to laugh.
"Too bad huh. I wasn't making the rules before, now I am. I've been upfront with you. Anyone who has doubts can reject it and take it next year?"
Hmmm. Talk about a no-win situation. So if one person rejects it, then the whole team fails. But if you choose to accept it and get it wrong, you'll be a Genin the rest of your life. Shit.
"Ready?" Ibiki asked. "Then let's begin. Anyone who chooses to not accept the question, please raise your hand now and you will be dismissed."
Think Anako. Sasuke and I should be able to handle it. But Naruto, probably not. If there was only some way I could answer for him. I smacked my forehead. I'm such a baka. I could slip into his mind and answer for him. That's it. We got this. People started raising their hands left and right. I looked at Naruto. He's going to be just fine. I noticed his hand shoot up. Naruto. No!
"Never underestimate me! I don't quit and I don't run! I'll accept your stupid question, even if I risk ending up a rookie the rest of my life, I'll still become Lord Hokage even if I can only make it by pure stubbornness, I don't care. I'm not afraid of you!" Naruto yelled.
I laughed and clapped at him. Oh that Naruto. He's something else. Good job, Naruto. You tell'em.
"One more chance. This can affect your whole life right now. Quit now while you have the chance" Ibiki said.
"I never go back on my word." Naruto said. "That's my shinobi way."
"Good call. So everyone who is still here, you've just passed the first examine."
"Thank God." I said, sighing.
"What do you mean "passed"?" Sakura asked. "When did that happen? What about the 10th question?"
I didn't listen to him. I already knew what he was planning to say anyways. They tested our spying skills and blah, blah, blah. He took off his head band and I slightly cringed. He had burn marks all over his head. Scary. He continued to talk. I looked to my left and out the window. A big smash happened. The proctor closest to me stood in front of me, protecting me from the glass.
"None of you are in a position to be celebrating." A lady yelled. "I'm the second chief examiner. Anko Mitarashi. Times a wastin' people. Let's go!"
This lady is a freak. And our names are similar. Hmm. Weird.
"Follow me!"
"Can't you sense the mood in here?" Ibiki asked.
"This officer reminds me of Naruto." I heard Sakura say. I chuckled at that.
"Eighty-three of them are still here." Anko said. "Ibiki, you passed twenty-seven teams? You went too easy on them."
"They were all excellent. That's why they're still here."
"Yeah right. I'll cut them down by half before the next test is done." Anko said.
Cut us down by half? What is that supposed to mean?
"Oh, I get charged just thinking about it. I'll explain things in detail as soon as we get to our next destination. Get up and let's go."
We all got up and I went to stand next to Naruto and Sasuke.
"Man that was killer." Naruto said. "Did you cheat Anako?"
"No. How could I cheat when I was in the front left corner of the room?" I asked. "And the guy next to me had really dumb answers. So I just wrote down whatever."
"Hahaha, right." Naruto said, laughing. "Don't tell, but mine was blank."
I didn't say anything to Sasuke. I'm still pretty pissed with him. We got to this big forest. There was a big sign that said "No Trespassing".
"This is the area of the next examine. Also known as 'The Forest of Death.'"
'Forest of Death?!' Oh boy.
Yay! We're at the Forest of Death. This is where I have to start type everything up now. The other chapters have already been type, but I never got around to typing the other ones. So here is chapter 13. :)