"Kakashi, there is one other thing you should know." the third hokage said.

"Oh, what is it?" Kakashi asked calmly.

"Jiraiya is in the village, which means he may have information for us." the third hokage said. "If it becomes necessary, you need to let the three of them know about those people."

"Wait, are you sure that's such a good idea?" Kakashi asked nervously. "I mean we both know Naruto's personality and if he learns about them who knows what he'll try and do."

"I agree, but we've kept far too many secrets from him already." the third hokage said. "If Naruto knows about them, it would be for the best if his teammates knew as well in order to help him."

"Alright, I'll let them know as soon as the exams are over." Kakashi said before leaving the office.

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"Well, I'm very impressed Dosu, you're certainly improving at quite a clip." said a voice from behind him.

"What, who's there?" Dosu asked.

"You should know exactly who I am Dosu." The voice said before Dosu turned around.

"Oh, lord Orochimaru." Dosu said. "What are you doing here? Did something happen to the plan?"

"Dosu don't concern yourself with that, just focus on drawing out Sasuke's abilities for me." Orochimaru said. "I will not tolerate failure."

"Of course lord Orochimaru, I will not fail." Dosu said just before Orochimaru vanished.

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"Well, I'm impressed kid." Anko said. "If you keep this you'll be in full control by the time the third exam starts."

"Alright, so what's next?" Sasuke asked.

"The Chidori." Kakashi said before appearing. "How's he doing Anko?"

"Not to bad, he's able to pretty consistently suppress the mark when it activates, and he's also doing well with those new tricks I've been teaching him." Anko said with a smirk. "I just might have to give him a special trick for later."

"Well that should be fun." Kakashi said vanishing in a cloud of smoke with Sasuke.

"That kid, I don't know what's going on with him but if he keeps up at this rate he just might surpass him in a few years easily." Anko said with a smirk.

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"Pardon my intrusion Sarutobi sensei, but I have a few things to discuss with you." Orochimaru said as he walked into the hokage's office.

"Orochimaru, what are you here for?" the third hokage asked calmly.

"That should be obvious, I'm the leader of the hidden sound village and one of my shinobi has gotten into the final test." Orochimaru said lazily.

"Oh yes, that's true." the third hokage said. "I look forward to seeing his skill."

"Of course, I'm eager to see your shinobi in action as well." Orochimaru said calmly. "This exam is going to be an interesting one."

"I agree, it should be an interesting exam this year." the third hokage said.

"Well, I'll see you then Sarutobi sensei." Orochimaru said before teleporting out of the office.

I wonder what he's planning; I should keep an eye out for anything unusual, the third hokage thought to himself.

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"Hey pervy sage, what do you think you're doing?" Naruto asked angrily.

"Don't call me that Naruto, I'm using your name so at least use mine in return." Jiraiya said while turning around.

"Jiraiya, who's this brat?" asked a giant toad behind Naruto.

"Wait, Gamabunta are you kidding me?" Jiraiya asked.

"This loudmouthed brat is claiming he summoned me, but we both know that's impossible." Gamabunta said.

"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked angrily. "I'm the one who summoned you while he was doing his research."

"Gamabunta, this loudmouthed brat is Naruto Uzumaki." Jiraiya said.

"Are you serious?" Gamabunta asked. "Well that explains quite a bit. Alright kid, I'll believe you."

"Well I'll admit I never expected you to summon him." Jiraiya said. "Who knows we might be able to work on something else."

"If you don't mind, I'm going to head back now." Gamabunta said before vanishing in a cloud of smoke.

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"You can come out now." Kakashi said calmly.

"I thought so, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked.

"You have the same eyes as I do, you live only to kill." Gaara said calmly.

"Yeah, so what?" Sasuke asked. "Are you challenging me now?"

"Not yet, but once the exam begins we'll find out who is truly alive." Gaara said before vanishing in a cloud of sand.

"There's something off about him." Kakashi said. "I'd be careful if I were you Sasuke."

"I'll be fine, don't worry about that." Sasuke said. "Now then, one more time."

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"Oh Sakura is that you?" Ino asked.

"Huh, oh Ino." Sakura said. "How are you?"

"I'm alright, thanks." Ino said. "I wonder how the others are doing."

"That's a good point, Shino's been working with his family recently so Kiba and I haven't seen him much." Sakura said.

"Well at least he's training, I honestly don't know what to do with Shikamaru." Ino said. "Oh yeah, have you seen Hinata recently?"

"No, I haven't seen her for a few days." Sakura said. (1)

"That's weird, what do you think she's doing?" Ino asked.

"Why don't we ask her now." Sakura said. "Hinata."

"Oh, Sakura and Ino." Hinata said. "Hello."

"Hey, where have you been the past few days?" Ino asked. "We should have gotten together."

"Oh, I was training." Hinata said.

"That makes sense, I was working with Kiba earlier today." Sakura said.

"Hey, it's been a long time since we've gotten together, why don't we get some dango." Ino suggested.

"Alright, that sounds good." Hinata said.

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"Alright Naruto, you seem pretty comfortable with the summoning jutsu." Jiraiya said calmly.

"Of course, you're looking at the next hokage." Naruto said confidently.

"Well you're definitely on the right track for that, although one jutsu isn't going to be enough." Jiraiya said. "That's why I've got something special for you."

"Special, what do you mean?" Naruto asked.

"Just trust me on this one kid, it just might become your new favorite jutsu." Jiraiya said.

(The training for the third exam is continuing, and both Naruto and Sasuke are learning new jutsus. Next chapter the training will finally end. As always any reviews or critique is appreciated.)

(1) (Everyone has been training for a few days, that's why Sakura said that.)