Chapter Twenty-Six: First Exam
Fuu:
The day has finally come. Today is the day the exam starts. I've been given a bit of information from Naruto about the first and only Chunnin exam he had. First exam was written, point was to cheat but he didn't realise. Also if the examiner was Ibiki he would try to manipulate your mind. The second exam is always held in a forbidden big of konoha, which is a forest full of deadly creatures, where you he had to fight the other teams to get scrolls, it knocks out over half the teams. And the third is all out fights. The lay out is always the same, just slightly different tasks. This information might be classed as cheating, but i don't see how, many people will be taking the exam for a second time. We had to leave everyone back at the apartments, So Danko, Lilia, Kankuro and myself are making our way to the first examination area. Walking in silence. Kankuro is just to show us the way and leave us at the door. Problem with the first exam is naruto said you all had to pass, same as the second, but the first you work on your own, which means Lilia can't mess up. And also, i can't loose track of my thoughts, i have to stay concentrated. But we shouldn't have anything to worry about, i can read peoples minds finding out their answers then tell them telepathically to my comrades, and they can think the answers i need, and i can pass them on to others. So we should do fine.
We were now at the doors, "Alright kids. I'll be waiting outside. Do your best." Kankuro winked as we walked through the doors.
It took us a while to find the room, there where a number of people trying to throw you off track, but we finally made it, five minutes before the exam would be starting. We walked through to a room full of people. Besides us there was one other team of Sand shinobi, there where a total of four teams of Konoha shinobi, Three from the village hidden in the mist, Two from the land of lightning, and just one from the land of earth. Meaning there where thirty-six people jammed into the room, except there weren't, there were thirty-eight.
The examiner then charged into the room, he was a tall man covered in scars. He annouced he was Ibiki and was running this test, great the manipulating bastard Naruto had. Oh well, we know not to let him get to us or to crack under pressure.
"This will be hard guys. Naruto told me about him. He's used for interrogation, he'll try manipulate us into quiting, also the test might be really hard, meaning the point is to cheat. Well that's what he did to narutos group." i whisper to my team mates,
"Right everyone sit in the seats with your names on!" He shouted, we all made out ways to our seats. "This is a written test. If you are caught cheating three times you will be disqualified, these chunnin will be judging if you cheat or not." He points to a load of people who have just appeared in the room, "There will be ten questions. Nine on the paper being handed to you, and one i will write on the bored at the end. You have one hour for this paper, and a further fifteen minutes for the tenth question. You may now begin."
Just as Whiskers had said, all the questions were virtually impossible, so i guess the extra two people in the room where the ones that know the answers, I quickly locate one of them and listen to what they are putting for their first question, then check the second, and sure enough they have the same answer. I start to write it down quickly before i forget. Guys, the first answer is...i start to tell my comrades what the two men are writing. There are very few people writing yet, almost all don't know the answers and only a few have worked out so far that the point is to cheat. i look over to the boy sitting to me right, he's biting his nail and seems to be struggling, Don't be alarmed. I'm sitting to your left. If your stuck i can help you. Don't talk, just think i can here every thought that passes through your head at this moment. the boy is from Kumogakure, the lightning village. He agrees and i start to tell him some of the answers. I know we are meant to be against each other but i felt sorry for the boy! My team, and the boy next to me, manage to finish in thirty minutes, so i lay my head on the desk and stare out the window at all the clouds, Konoha has a lot more clouds that Sunagakure.
"TIME!" The man bellows, "I must warn you, if anyone on your team scores zero you will all be eliminated. Also if you take the tenth question and at least two of you don't manage to answer it correctly you will be disqualified, if none of you team correctly answer the question none of you will be able to take the chunin exam for five years. However you now have a choice to give up. Anyone who does not want to take the tenth question say so now." A few people start to raise their hands and leave, i see the boy next to me thinking about it, Don't, I'm pretty sure this is the tenth question. Calm down, if its not I'll give you the answer. He replies with What if you're lying to me?
Well, you have no choice but to trust me do you?i look over and smile at him, he nods his head, i can feel Dankos eyes boring holes in my back, i tap into his brain to see what he wants,
I'm here, whats wrong? i ask
Don't help the opponents Fuu! He replies in an annoyed tone,
But his team will owe us and can help us in the next round.hopefully that'll stop him being angry at me, I'm going. with that i leave his brain
"So no one else wants to quit?" Ibiki asks, no one says anything, about four teams have left, Two from Kirigakue, meaning there was only one team left from the water country, The lightning team that didn't have the boy sitting next to me on it, and a team from konoha. Also the team from Iwagakure, the earth village had been caught cheating, along with the two who knew the answers, obviously so they could get rid of them. meaning now there were only twenty-one people left, Ibiki seemed to think the number was to high given the disappointed look on his face, "Fine. You all pass. The tenth question was, do you want to give up. None of you did, so you all pass. To many i think, i must be getting soft with old age. The next examiner should be coming in a second." We waited for ten minutes before a jonin finally appeared,
"Sorry I'm late Ibiki, But i saw this old lady and helped her with her shopping bags." The man said rubbing the back of his head, you guessed it, it was kakashi.
"Sure you weren't reading your pervy books Kakashi?" I call out laughing,
"Fuu? I didn't know you were entering, as i remember it you aren't a part of a hidden village..."
"She's now a gennin of the hidden sand." Danko interrupted.
"Very well. Well i am Kakashi, I will be running the next exam, I warn you its dangerous so if you like you can back out, some of you may loose their lives in there. But of course i don't let my comrades die so I'll try make sure you all live." You could see by his right eye, the only part of his face he doesn't keep covered, that he was smiling. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow. The next exam takes five days, so go rest up." with that he was gone in a 'poof' of smoke.
"Thankyou." The boy who was sitting next to me said,
"Welcome, I'm Fuu by the way." I smile,
"I'm Haruki, These are my team mates, Frukon and Geni.' He pointed to two people who appeared behind him,
The boy, Frukon started talking, "Don't make friends with our competition!" Geni, the small purple haired girl then punched him,
"Haruki! We told you not to trust people, we have to fight them later on!"
"But she helped me! She gave me all the answers!" He protested, grabbing his head,
"Don't worry Haruki, They're right, trusting people isn't always smart in these things, however, you can always use help in the upcoming exam, if its like i heard, so comrades can be useful. Oh speaking of comrades this is my team, This is Danko." I point towards the tall dark haired, dark eyed, dark skinned boy in my team, "And this girl is Lilia, maybe not so much of a comrad but just a third member we needed." I gesture towards the Sandy-blond girl with big brown eyes clinging to Danko. "See you. I need to sleep, i can't sleep for the whole of the next exam." I smile as i walk out the room. Leaving Danko to try drag Lilia out after him.
"Kankuro." I nodd as i walk out,
"How'd it go? Did you pass? Where are the other two?" He bombards me with questions,
"It was the same as the your first test in the first chunin exam you took. We passed, yes. The others are coming. I need to sleep, five endless awake nights lie ahead."
"Alright, wait an hour, Gaara should be finishing up with his meeting around now then you can sleep." I nod, they have grasped the fact that i tend to have pre-sleep nightmares, and no one wants to deal with me but Gaara. So their job is to make sure i don't fall asleep until he's there to deal with me in ym recked state. They all just except it now.
I walk back, sitting in the other apartment, waiting for Gaara to come back so i can sleep. I have Daisuke (A/N sorry i kept spelling his name wrong, its Daisuke not Daisuki. My bad. X :S) on my lap, talking to me to keep me awake, and every now and then hitting my chest if i start to doze off. Gaara finally comes back,
"Gaara." I lift my arms to him, "I need sleep please." I'm pouting and have a tired, slightly sad look on my face. He pulls me up,
"Come on, lets get you to your bed then." And he drags me out of his apartment and down the hall to ours. He sits me on my bed, and i lie down, just as i'm starting to fall asleep i hear the first of the screams, and surrender as i give in to my subconscious thrashing and crying and the torture I know I'm about to go through. I can just make out his words through the Screams,
"Shh, its okay, its all alright. I'm here. Shh. DANKO LEAVE NOW!" Danko must have come in wondering what the screams where about. And with that i fall into my semi-conscious torture state.