(Here you go guys. Hope you enjoy it.)
Within a day, Naruto, his squad, the spy squad, and Fido reached the academy building ready to register for the Chunin Exams, "Ok this is it." Naruto said looking at the group.
"Let's give it our all." Sam encouraged them.
"Yeah." Sakura agreed and Sasuke smiled as they all went inside.
They walked around the academy, until they saw several Genin teams standing outside a room where two others were blocking their path, "What's going on over there?" Alex asked.
"You can bet it's not good." Sam replied.
"Hey look." Clover gasped as Sam and Alex spotted Rock Lee and his squad demanding to be let inside, only to receive punches from the two blocking their way.
Clover frowned as one of the guards tried to hit Tenten, but the spy girl nailed him with her foot, "Ugh my face!" he rubbed it.
"That's what you get for messing with friends." Clover warned him.
"Clover?" Lee and Tenten gasped, until they saw Alex and Sam with her.
"Hey guys miss us?" Clover asked.
"It's good to see you girls again." Lee smiled.
"Same here." Alex added.
Sasuke approached, "I suggest you two drop the Genjutsu already." Sasuke ordered the two guards and the sign on the door changed revealing to be the second floor, meaning they were waiting outside the wrong room.
"Let's go we got another floor to go." Naruto ordered as he and his team headed off, but was stopped by Lee who looked at Sakura.
"You are Sakura correct?" Lee asked and she looked weirded out by his appearance, "Become my girlfriend I shall protect you till the day I die!"
Sakura looked disturbed but knew how to answer, "Sorry I'm taken." She motioned to Naruto. Lee's response was dropping his head in shame.
"Come on we got to move." Sasuke said as they continued on.
Squad Seven made it to an open training area, until they heard a voice call, "You down there with the attitude."
They looked up seeing Lee on the catwalk; he jumped down and landed perfectly at their level. "My name is Rock Lee, and you are Sasuke Uchiha correct?"
"I am." Sasuke nodded in confirmation.
"I wish to have a spar with you." Lee challenged him.
"What, but there's no time for this." Sakura said fearing they'll be late for the start of the exams.
"Don't worry this won't take long." Sasuke assured her.
"Sasuke watch out, Lee's stronger than you think." Sam warned him.
"Is that so? Well all right I won't let my guard down even for a second." Sasuke said as he and Lee started their spar. The group watched as Lee was starting to overpower Sasuke even with the boy having his Sharingan activated.
"Look at them go." Naruto gasped.
"They look to be about even." Sakura gasped as the tow continued fighting.
"They won't be when Lee uses that!" Sam gasped as they saw Lee kick Sasuke upward into the air.
When Lee appeared behind Sasuke who was still airborne, he was ready to finish the spar, only for Guy to swing in and nail Lee into the wall closest to the floor, "Lee, what did I tell you about that technique?" he scolded his student.
"I'm so sorry Guy-sensei, I got caught up in the fight." Lee apologized frantically.
Guy turned to Squad Seven, "So you are the squad of Kakashi right?"
"That's right." Naruto answered, "Do you know him?"
"Do I know Kakashi?" Guy laughed at his question, "You might say he and I are eternal rivals. In fact I'm stronger and faster than Kakashi."
"It's good to see you again, Guy-sensei." Alex addressed the man.
"Indeed it is Sam, Clover, and Alex. I see you girls are still at the top of your game since our last encounter. That's good after all it's a strong flame of youth that always burns bright." Guy complimented them.
"Guy-sensei always has a way with words, thanks to the flames of youth!" Lee ranted. Guy turned to his student with tears and Lee started forming tears as well. They repeated each others names multiple times as a beach like scenery and sunset appears behind them and they hug.
Everyone's eyes widened in disgust as Fido released a record from his back that announced dramatically, "The Ambiguously Gay Duo!" the track played.
"Fido!" Naruto scolded him.
Soon Guy left and Lee went to catch up with his teammates. Naruto looked to Sasuke, "You gonna be ok?"
"I'll be fine, Naruto. In fact this is the best I've felt all day." Sasuke answered.
"Sasuke?" Sakura was confused.
"If people like him are in this exam. I can't wait to test my skills against them." Sasuke answered looking confident.
"Come on team let's get going." Naruto said as the two teams continued on, until they saw Kakashi and Kushina standing by a doorway leading to the next room.
"Sensei?" they all asked.
"Mom?" Naruto asked.
"Glad to see you all decided to come." Kakashi answered.
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"The thing is, Sakura. Only teams of three are liable to partake in the Chunin Exams." Kushina explained.
"We wanted to see if each of you would come here on your own accord." Kakashi continued, "Because if we said it was a team effort we feared one of you would be forced into it if you really weren't prepared."
"But seeing all six of you show up proved that you all are willing to work together as a team." Kushina added.
"And we couldn't ask for better teams." Kakashi eye smiled.
"So now you six are ready for the Chunin Exams, good luck." Kushina said, as she and Kakashi stepped aside for them to enter.
When the two teams entered the classroom they surveyed the scene noticing the room was loaded with dozens of ninja all there for the exams as well. Some of the other ninja from other villages had scowls and frowns, giving off negative and scary vibes, "Whoa!" Naruto gasped.
"Looks like we got us some fierce looking competition." Sasuke said noticing.
"No kidding." Clover gasped never seeing so many shinobi gathered in one place.
"I'm getting the willies." Alex trembled at the scary faces of the shinobi.
"Hey guys!" a female voice shouted.
Rushing right at Naruto, Sakura, and the spy girls was Ino, "It's good to see you." Sakura said.
"Yeah Ino, how're you?" Naruto asked.
"Couldn't be better." Ino replied.
"So you're here too, man things are even more troublesome than they already were." Shikamaru said approaching with Chouji.
"Oh now you're going to make me cry Shikamaru." Naruto said in sarcasm.
"Always with the jokes Naruto, jeez." Shikamaru sighed.
"Hey guys, looks like we all made it." Kiba said approaching with his own team.
"It's been awhile." Shino said plainly.
"Yes, how is everyone?" Hinata asked.
"We're doing ok," Naruto answered, "So here we all are the twelve rookies."
"Yeah I hope you're ready to be blown away." Kiba smirked arrogantly.
"Watch your mouth Kiba, because we're here to bring the noise." Naruto said as Fido stood by his side growling a bit which got Akamaru's attention as he yipped at him.
"Funny dog you got there, I've never seen his breed." Kiba noted.
"That's because he's a standard model, meet Fido." Naruto introduced.
"Hiya." Fido spoke.
"It can talk?" Shino asked.
"Yup cool huh?" Naruto asked.
"Hey you guys." A voice called.
All twelve genin turned around and saw a Konoha Genin walk towards them. He was wearing a pair of glasses, with a grey shirt underneath a purple no sleeved shirt, and purple pants. He also wore grey fingerless gloves and shinobi sandals. He ran a hand through his silver hair as he smiled at them, "I assume you're rookie genin who just graduated from the academy huh?"
"Yeah… So?" Naruto asked.
"I'd advise you take advice from a guy who's taken this exam before and not draw too much attention to yourselves." The genin explained.
"And you happen to be?" Ino inquired his identity.
"My name's Kabuto Yakushi, and take a look around," He instructed as they saw all the other participants still retained their scowls, "This exam is enough to make even genin who've done this before edgy. Believe me I know."
"Know, so you meant what you said about taking this exam before?" Alex asked curiously.
"That's right. This will be my seventh time." he replied.
"Well if you've really taken it more than once, you must have a tone of information and tips about the Chunin Exams." Naruto deduced.
"Well as a matter of fact yes, in fact would you like me to show you some?" Kabuto offered.
"Really?" Clover asked.
"Yes. I'll show you all I know with these?" he pulled out a big deck of cards.
"What're those?" Sam asked curiously.
"These are my ninja info card. They each contain certain bits of information I've gathered over the previous times I've taken the Chunin Exams," Kabuto explained, "Though they appear blank, it's merely to conceal the information from other competition who might want it more than others, but I feel you guys could use a little info being rookies and all. All I have to do is channel my chakra into them and the data will appear."
He pulled out one card and revealed a map of the ninja land, "This one tells you how many shinobi are participating in this years exam, and how many reign from each of the nations that sent shinobi this year."
"Very impressive." Sam admitted.
"I know right?" Kabuto asked with a chuckle.
"Kabuto, do your cards have info on the competition this year?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Oh, have you someone particular in mind?" Kabuto asked, while Sasuke nodded, "Well I can't guarantee the data's completely flawless, but I have info on just about everybody in the exams, and even a bit on you guys." He answered while Sam was concerned wondering how he could managed to get data on Naruto and the other rookies if they recently graduated from the academy and with this being the first time they met. Regardless she continued to listen.
"I'd like some information on Rock Lee of Konoha." Sasuke requested.
"And I'd like some data on Sabaku no Gaara, if it's not too much trouble." Naruto added.
"No trouble at all. Just give me a minute," Kabuto said as he searched his deck before pulling out two cards, "And here they are."
"All right we're ready. Lay it on us." Naruto ordered.
"First up is Rock Lee. He's a year older than all of you, minus you girls," He eyed the spies, "His squad Leader is Might Guy, along side of his teammates Neji Hyuga and Tenten. He has completed 20 D-Ranked missions and 11 C-Ranks. His Taijutsu skills are amazing, some of the best there is, however his other methods are shaky. Unfortunately he didn't apply for the Chunin Exams until this year. So he's a first timer as well."
Kabuto cleared his throat and put down another card. "Next we got Sabaku no Gaara." He did his thing and all of what he had on Gaara appeared, "His mission experience include 8 C-Ranks, and 1 B-Rank. Unfortunately I don't have too much info on him, but I have this important piece. He survived every mission without getting a single scratch."
The Genin gasped in shock, "He's done a B-Rank as a Genin, and has never even been injured?" Sakura gasped.
Clover squinted her eyes, "Is that even possible?"
"I have no idea." Naruto replied knowing that even Kakashi couldn't come out of battle against Zabuza Momochi without getting his share of injuries.
Kabuto after reading the ninja's data laid the map card out again, "The shinobi present in the room reign from Konoha, Suna, Ame, Kusa, Taki, and Oto. Each nation is said to have sent the best genin of this year, but unfortunately Otogakure is relatively new and unknown. Still the other village's genin are definitely not pushovers."
"So do you think the competition will be even tougher than last year?" Hinata asked in worry.
"Oh yes," Kabuto answered with a smirk, "And you know something else. I happen to think the candidates this year are perfect compared to the last bunch."
In the crowd of competitors, the three bearing headbands from Oto were gazing at Kabuto and the others. One was a boy who had spiky black hair, the second boy was hunched over and looked almost like a mummy with only one eye visible, and the third was a girl who hag long black hair, "Now?" the spike haired boy asked his team.
"Now." The bandaged one ordered.
Suddenly the three genin charged and launched an attack on Kabuto, surprising everyone in the room. Kabuto defended against them until the mummy like one threw a punch but didn't even nail the bespectacled boy who dodged it. Suddenly somehow Kabuto's glasses ended up cracking, "Whoa." Kiba gasped.
"How'd his glasses break when he clearly dodged?" Shikamaru asked.
"It had to come closer than it appeared." Sam theorized.
As Hinata and Sakura ran to help Kabuto up, Naruto growled at the three Oto Genin, "What the hells your problem?!"
"We were merely checking out the competition." The bandaged one answered plainly.
"And it's pretty sad to see a guy whose taken this exam seven times." The female eyes Kabuto who was still recovering.
"Tell me about it," The spike head continued, "I suggest you add this bit of info to your cards. All three of us from Oto are gonna make Chunin this year!" he declared.
Naruto frowned at his smugness, "You three should watch your mouths, otherwise you'll find yourselves in a world of hurt!" he shouted as Fido snarled at them.
Suddenly poofing into the room was a man with a towering figure, and had a battle scarred face. Accompanying him were multiple Chunin shinobi, "EVERYONE SHUT UP!" he bellowed, scaring the daylights out of Sam, Clover, and Alex, "You three from Oto, knock it off or you'll be out on your asses!"
'Whoa this guy's Ibiki Morino,' Sam thought, 'According to Kushina this guys a real sadist.'
"Our apologies," the bandaged one began, "Due to this being our first time here we tend to get carried away."
"Well any and all fighting is against the rules, so remember that," Ibiki began and began to address everyone else, "Welcome to the Chunin Exams. I am Ibiki Morino and I shall serve as your first proctor. Once you're all seated we will hand out the written test."
'A written test?' Naruto thought in disappointment, 'So much for cracking skulls in the opening. Oh well I'm sure I'll get the opportunity soon enough.'
'Oh I hate written tests.' Clover thought in despair.
'This is gonna be a problem.' Alex thought feeling the same way as Clover.
'We can do it, I know we can.' Sam thought in confidence.
(And there's the chapter. Don't miss next time where they put their minds to work.)