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These exams were the only time one would be surrounded by many foreign shinobi and not be in the heat of battle. Or otherwise preparing for it. All around him, shinobi from the other villages stood, all the jonin instructors for the various genin teams. It was a rare thing to be able to observe the shinobi like this and Kakashi wasn't going to waste the chance.

It was ease to see who was from where. The hitai-ate gave it away of course, but the flak jackets did as well; green of Konoha, beige of Suna, brown of Iwa, grey of Kiri and white of Kumo. Kakashi was familiar with each color and style; he had been in battle with enemies wearing each different version of the jacket. How surreal it was to be standing here.

"Puts you on your nerves huh, Kakashi?" Asuma asked, stopping next to him. Kurenai stood on his other side, her red eyes meeting his.

"Yeah." Other than the Suna shinobi, from which their village was the most friendly with his, he hadn't seen shinobi in these jackets up close in any situation that hadn't been violent. His most recent encounter with Zabuza flashed through his mind.

Asuma pulled out a white package of cigarettes and took one in his lips. He offered them but Kakashi put up his hand. "When are you going to stop smoking, Asuma? They'll kill you."

Asuma thrust the pack back in the pocket of his jacket. "To each his own."

"Actually, I agree with Kakashi," Kurenai said from his other side.

Asuma pulled out a lighter and lit it. He took a deep drag, putting the lighter away. "Better than chronic drinking, isn't? You know what happened to Shinzo."

Kakashi snorted. "What happened to Shinzo can't be blamed on the alcohol, Asuma. Some people are just born stupid."

"Truer words and all that."

Kurenai sighed, seeing a losing battle. "We were just talking about our teams before we saw you. The three of use are the only rookie teams from the Leaf."

Kakashi wasn't surprised. Most jonin instructors had the sense to hold their teams back for a year at the least and focus on training. Kakashi might have done the same but he had put Team Seven through one of the most brutal training regiments he had devised for genin and he knew his team would be up to scratch. Guy was always going on about his students, but Kakashi thought his own team could take them. Though he had never seen Guy's team in action and he was biased in favor of his own squad.

"So, how are they?" Asuma asked, blowing out a cloud of smoke. Kakashi smirked under his mask.

"Good enough to be here."

Kurenai grinned. "I can say the same for my brats. I got lucky; all my kids started out at a very high level, and they've only got even better."

Which was more than he could say for Naruto but his blonde student had come a very long way since he had graduated. Naruto was easily chunin level and an exceptional one at that

Asama didn't say anything about his team, instead pointing ahead of them. "Look who it is. I sure didn't expect her to be here. Or leading a genin squad for that matter."

Kakashi followed his line of sight and his eyes came to rest on the figure of Pakura. "Oh wow."

"Who is she?" Kurenai asked.

Asuma chuckled. "I keep forgetting, you only made jonin a few years ago. You've probably never seen her before in person, but I'd bet a years wage you know her by reputation. That there is Sunagakure's Pakura."

"Pakura?" Kakashi could hear the awe and disbelief in Kurenai's voice. "As in Hishiro Pakura? Pakura of the Red Death?"

"The very same." Kakashi turned back to look at Kurenai. Asuma didn't continue, instead inhaling another drag.

"She's recognized as one of Suna's four greatest shinobi, isn't she?"

"Yes," Kakashi answered. "Her and her husband Sasori were on the same squad as the current Kazekage when they were genin. Made a name for themselves in the last two wars. The Kazekage is the most powerful shinobi in the village right now. In fact, he's recognized as the most powerful Kazekage Suna has ever produced."

"I've only heard stories about him," Kurenai admitted, turning to get another look at Pakura. "So if the Kazekage is the most powerful, she and her husband are also in that range, then who's the fourth?"

"Her daughter." Asuma chuckled as he answered. "The girl became the host of the seven-tails at the tender age of five and has since harnessed the power of the tailed-beast in a very unique way. She's very young in comparison to the Kazekage and her father and mother, but that hasn't stopped the girl from climbing Suna's power structure. She's probably one of the most deadly, if not the most, of the current generation of Jinchuriki. Then you also have to take into account of Fuu's little brother; Pakura's offspring all seem to be monsters."

"How do you know?" Kurenai asked.

Kakashi answered; "I can't give you in specifics but Pakura has a ten year old son. Already a chunin and is training under the Kazekage as his apprentice."

Kakashi couldn't really say much more on Pakura's son, but her daughter Fuu, he was familiar. she had almost killed him and if he hadn't retreated, then she would have. That girl was a monster; she fought and won against two other S-Ranked Anbu. She was still ready for more when he and Tenzo had been forced to retreat. That girl scared him and Kakashi didn't relish the thought of how much stronger she must have become since that encounter. Kakashi himself had become much stronger, but he still wouldn't want to press his luck. If he had to, Kakashi wouldn't hesitate and he could only hope he had bridged that gap.

"To think she's leading a squad of genin." Asuma shook his head, inhaling more smoke.

"Hello, Kakashi." Of course he'd be here. Kakashi turned and gave Guy a weak wave. The green beast just laughed and slammed Kakashi on the back. Ouch.

"I should have expected to see you here. So you think your team has what it takes to pass, huh? I didn't get to see them too much, but I can say I don't think they have a hope in hell against my team. Not to sound cocky but my team is going to come out of this as chunin. Don't worry Kakashi, when my team leaves yours in the dust, I won't count it as a win."

And he had the nerve to give them a thumbs up and grin.

Before Kakashi could voice anything else, the door to the room opened. Three people entered; two were wearing the uniform of the exam staff, the third a green Konoha flak jack. Kakashi recognized him by sight but he had never spoke to him. Kakashi knew he was a member of the villages Kurama clan.

"Greetings, I am Kurama Unkai. I am the protector of the first exam."

Sasuke twisted around in his bed, his blankets thrown off. Sasuke didn't dream; he only remembered that horrible night

To test the limits, of my ability. His brother, standing over his parents dead body, blood dripping off his sword. Itachi had done it all, killing all of their clan, to test how far his ability would take him. Itachi had been the pride of the Uchiha; the prodigy of his generation, matched only by Shisui.

That horrible night. Bodies littering the ground, the streets covered in fresh blood. The sights of battle through every street he ran.

Itachi was in front of him and Sasuke half expected his brother to tell him to hate him. That's how the scene played out in life, but this memory had taken on a dream element; instead of telling him to live his life hating him, Itach removed the sword from his back and before Sasuke could do anything, drove it through his stomach.

Sasuke jolted up out of bed, sweat running down his face. Breathing heavily, he looked around the small room, seeing Naruto and Sakura sleeping on the floor a little ways away.

By the time he showered and cleaned up, the knocking started. Dismissing the dream, Sasuke was going to get started on lunch, but the knocking continued.

Repressing a sigh, the last Uchiha opened the door. Standing in the doorway was a bandaged man. His eyes covered, he smiled at Sasuke like he could see him. He wore a Konoha hitai-ate.

"Uchiha Sasuke?" He asked. Sasuke grunted an affirmative. The shinobi reached his hand out. "I'm one of the Chunin Exam staff members. I've been assigned to hand you this."

Sasuke took a green scroll from his outstretched hand. "The test has officially begun. In your hand, you hold a map. It's the location to the starting line, so to speak. You have five hours to reach the location marked on the map. Good luck."

The bandaged man disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Naruto! Sakura!" Sasuke called out to his teammates, walking quickly to the small kitchen the.

Sajin greedily took the scroll offered, closing the door. He moved back into the apartment. "Mijin! Mujin!"

His two teammate's were already up, breakfast half eaten by the time the staff member got there. His two teammates looked up and he held the scroll with a grin. "What's that?" Mijin asked.

"A map. It's supposed to lead to a location we need to go, if we want to pass the first exam."

"So our first exam is to follow the map, huh?" Mujin asked.

"Yeah. We have five hours to get there. Should be easy," Sajin said, taking his seat at the table. Sajin was always a quick eater and had finished before his teammates. He placed the scroll on the table and opened it. Sure enough, a map was displayed. A blue cross showed the city of Samābyū, where they were at. A gold start was printed on the other side of the map, the name Rihonen printed under it.

The place was far outside the city of Samābyū. Mujin looked at the map and dropped his chopsticks. "Shit!" He cursed and stood up.

"Huh? What's your problem Mujin?"

"That city, Rihonen? It's miles away from Samābyū!"

"What?" Sajin shouted. He and Mijin both stood up, knocking some of the contents of their meal onto the floor. "Damn it! Can we get there in time?"

Sajin was following Mujin out of the kitchen and into the sitting room. He saw Mijin grab the map and close it, slipping it into his pocket.

"Yes," Mujin said, slipping his feet into his sandals. "If we leave now, right now and we go quickly, we should just make it in time."

Sajin had his shoes on and was already out the door. His teammates followed.

"What about our food? We left the kitchen filthy-"

"Shut up Mijin! Who cares about a stupid kitchen? Let the owners clean it, doesn't matter to me. We have to go!" Sajin said firmly.

By the time Sajin and his team had left the apartment complex, he could see other teams already on the move. Running through the streets and jumping over walls, many teams were moving, towards the city wall.

"Come on! We can't fall behind!" Without looking back at his teammates, Sajin channelled the chakra through his body and jumped into the air.

Sakura examined the map. Her eyes looked over the contents, both marking the city they were in and where they were supposed to go. Miles away from where they were. It looked like there was going to be a long trek and not one she was looking forward to.

As Sasuke and Naruto moved around her, Sakura couldn't take her eyes off the map. Something was wrong with it and she just couldn't put her finger on it. Nothing about it looked out of the ordinary; it just looked like a map. So why was she so fixated with the paper scroll?

Naruto moved next to her and held out her shrunken holster. She took it without looking at him.

The more she stared, the more Sakura was sure something was off about this map. But what? What?

"Sakura?"

She waved her hand. "Hold on Sasuke."

There it was, at the edge of the paper. It shimmered, like seeing heat on a hot day from a distance. Her eyes widened and Sakura knew what had been bothering her about it now.

Sakura brought her hands together and made the seal. "Kai!" Release. Her gathering chakra dispersed and the image of the map flickered and vanished.

"Come here." Sakura said aloud, looking up at her teammates, who were getting ready.

Her boys walked over and she showed them what used to be a map. Words had replaced the pictures.

"It says not to leave the city. We're supposed to go to this building in one hour from when the scroll was delivered?" Sasuke read.

"It was a genjutsu over the words. The shinobi who gave it to you Sasuke, said the first exam began, didn't he?"

"Yes."

"So it was genjutsu over the paper?"

"Yeah Naruto. My guess is they had someone put a genjutsu on all the scrolls. To test if the genin could see through them. You said you saw other genin moving over the rooftops, Naruto?"

"They were moving quickly." He said. Sakura watched him turn back to the window. As he pulled the curtain away, she could see three shinobi jumping across the roof of the nearest building.

"If we wanted to get where the map showed use we needed to go in five hours, we'd really need to be rushing it."

Sasuke snorted. "So these are the genin that didn't see through the genjutsu?"

"That's my guess." She couldn't keep the smug smile off her face.

Sasuke put his hand on her shoulder. He smirked. "Good job Sakura."

"I thought the first exam was going to be harder than dispelling a genjutsu," Naruto said, taking his spot at the table. "From the way Kakashi talked about it in training."

"He did say each exam was different, depending on which village is hosting it and was proctoring each one." Sasuke said, letting go of her shoulder and moving towards the stove. "Well that gives us time. I think we should get some food inside us before we go, give us time to come up with a plan of action."

"I think we should see what we're up against first. I think we could come up with some basic plans. Maybe we should go next door and get Shikamaru," Naruto said back.

Sakura looked over at him. "Ino's teammate? Why?"

"I got to see him work first hand last month. You wouldn't know it by looking at him, given how lazy he is, but that guy is a genius."

The more you know, she supposed.

"Yahoo!" Kiba did an imitation of a howl, laughing a second later. Hinata followed on his left, jumping over the the top of the building. She began gliding down from the top, jumping to the nearest tree and followed the branches down from to the ground. Shino landed next to her. She couldn't see his face, hidden behind his glasses and shirt collar, but she knew he was staring at her with that unnerving stare.

"Are you alright Hinata?"

There was that uncanny ability that Shino seemed to have, knowing when she was her her mood. The mood she always was on after speaking to father. Her father was one on the Hokage's staff, one of the enforcers brought along to make sure the Chunin Exams moved smoothly. That morning, he had spoken to her before her teammates were up; reminding her she was the clan heir, and the responsibility that came from that fact. Hinata knew her father wasn't doing it out of malice, but the pressure was mounting. She had wanted to tell her father she wasn't Hanabi, one of the most gifted people to come out of the Hyuga clan in generations; she wasn't her cousin Neji, the single most gifted of the Hyuga, even more so than Hanabi. But when she looked into her father's stern eyes, Hinata could never find the words.

Under Kurenai-sensei's intensive training, she had blossomed to a level Hinata never thought she would reach. But her talent and prowess just couldn't hold up to her father's expectations for his oldest daughter; his heir.

Shino always seemed to know when that pressure was getting to him. He had offered a shoulder to cry on many times since she joined this team, and while she was sure she had no romantic feelings towards him, Hinata greatly appreciated his willingness to listen and offer advice.

Before she could answer, Kiba jumped down at her other side. "So this is the place that the message said, right Hinata?"

"Yes," she answered. It was a small red building, but a large courtyard extended all around them. It would be perfect for a large crowd.

"Well then, do we go inside or wait- Naruto?" Kiba broke off mid sentence, a name passing through his lips. Naruto? Hinata's heart began to flutter. She whipped her head around and sure enough, there was the blonde maverick.

He's changed. Physically, he was bigger than when she last saw him. He had gotten taller and put on more muscle mass. His golden blonde hair reflected the sunlight. Other than the physical changes, the air around him was different. He moved with a grace that he hadn't had before. His face was full of confidence, a wiry smile on his lips.

He had attended the Central Academy, so Hinata had never known him as a student, but she had seen him many times outside of school and he had never come off as the most diligent student. This Naruto wasn't the same the boy she had grown to know.

Hinata had dreamed of giving up many times, but finding Naruto training in the park, a boy with no talent refusing to quit despite the odds against him. Naruto had struck a cord with in her; they were kindred spirits and seeing him refuse to quit gave her the courage to fight on as well. Looking at him now, she almost didn't recognize him. He's become so comfortable in his own skin, where he had been awkward before.

It doesn't have to be a bad thing.

He raised his hand. "Yo, Kiba. Long time no see."

"Yeah man. Really long."

"It was before the last year, wasn't it? When out academies did the student exchange?"

Kiba barked out a laugh. "Well, you're not so shrimpy now."

Naruto grinned. He turned to look at Hinata and she felt her face grow hot. "H-hello, Naruto."

"Hinata, it's good to see you. It has been awhile. I haven't seen you at the park for sometime."

If possible, her face grew hotter. "Y-yes. My father started to train me more."

"Well it looks like it worked out. Here you're for the exams, as a rookie?"

She nodded.

The boy next to Naruto turned to Shino and extended his hand. Shino gribbed it. "Greetings, Sasuke."

"You know him Shino?" Hinata asked, not turning away from Naruto.

"We were in the same class at the academy last year." He explained.

"So you're on Kiba's team, Hinata?" Naruto askee.

She nodded. He laughed. "I feel sorry for you."

"Sorry for her?" Kiba said indignantly. "The way I remember it, you got no talent Uzumaki. You failed all the tests, even taijutsu! If anything, I feel sorry for the team you're dragging down."

The pink haired girl laughed and a surge of anger burned through her. Who is she to laugh at him? "Wow Naruto. You sure do have a reputation."

"What do you expect from the dope?" Sasuke smirked.

Kiba laughed but Hinata didn't think it was very funny. Were both his teammates like that?

"You're still a bastard, Sasuke."

That didn't sound like an insult. If anything, like friends teasing each other. Had she miss judged there relationship?

"Oh hey! Is that Hinata?" Tenten's voice picked up from her right. She turned to see Neji, Lee and Tenten coming towards her. She smiled at her cousin and he smiled back. It was so strange, the animosity that had existed between them for so long was finally gone. It was thanks to his sensei, Guy, that she had been able to repair her relationship with Neji.

"Hello Tenten. I'm glad to see you."

"Me too."

Hinata's eyes flickered back to Naruto but he was conversing with Kiba. At that moment, Hinata only wanted to talk to him.

"So who's your teammates, Hinata?"

All around them, other genin were pouring into the courtyard. The numbers began to swell, climbing into the twenties when she stopped counting.

"Kiba and Shino." She pointed each of them out. Shino nodded his head by Kiba was nose to nose with Naruto, the two glaring at each other.

Kiba was her teammate, and she knew if it came down to it, she would back him. However, a part of her knew she wanted Naruto to succeed, even more so than Kiba.

"Hinata!" Lee's jovial voice stirred her from her thoughts. Hinata turned to face him. Neji chuckled. "How are you?"

Before Hinata could answer, smoke exploded from in front of the red building. When if cleared, a women was standing. A Konoha hitai-ate gleaned from her forehead.

"Alright! Listen up you maggots! I'm Mitarashi Anko! I'll be serving as the exam proctor for the second stage of the Chunin Selection Exams! We're pleased to see that some of you can see through a low-level genjutsu. Those who couldn't will be running for awhile, but not all the way. Still, if you think you're the lucky ones, then I've got some bad news." She paused and Hinata felt a wave of her killing intent. It caught her off guard for a second but she recovered easily enough; her father exposed her to this many times. It was one of a shinobi's best weapons. "Let me be the first to welcome you to the worst days of your life."

Sajin looked behind him, seeing his teammates slowly falling behind him. "Come on you two! We still have four hours to go! Pick up the pace!"

"That's quite enough Sajin." The voice stopped Sajin in his tracks. He looked towards where it came from and saw Yashamaru-sensei standing there, his arms cross. I don't like the look on his face, Sajin thought.

"Sajin. Mujin. Mijin. That's enough. If you made it all the way to this time, you've failed the chunin exams."

... What? "Failed?" He repeated, uncomprehendingly.

"What do you mean we failed, sensei?" Mujin asked, as he and Mijin stopped next to Sajin. "We haven't made it to the exam site yet-"

"Yes, you have." Yashamaru-sensei said, uncrossing his arms and signing. "Come on. The train will be here soon and it'll take use to the Land of Storms. We can change trains then for Wind."

Sajin finally found his words; "But sensei! The exams-!"

"I've already told you Sajin, you've failed. Don't make me repeat myself." Yashamaru-sensei said softly.

Sajin couldn't believe it. No, no, no. That's not right. I couldn't have failed. He refused to accept this. "That's bullshit sensei! I'm sorry about the language, but we both know that's what it is! The map was telling use to come through here to reach the exam site-"

"You just left the exam sight, Sajin. Mijin, please take out the map. Why don't you all give it a second read?"

Deciding to hold off asking how sensei knew Mijin was the one who had it, Sajin turned to his head and jumped over to Mijin. The scroll that had been the map only an hour ago, now displayed a sentence, warning them not to leave the city. To meet at a red building. Right now.

"But... But what happened to the map?" Mujin asked.

"The map was just a genjutsu, created by Kurama Unkai, the proctor of the first exam. It wasn't a powerful genjutsu but he hid it well. Only the genin who really looked at it would have a chance to see through it."

Anko looked out at the field of genin, counting them all in her head. 87 candidate's remaining. Given that the before the number was in the triple digits, she felt the first test was more successful. Guess Unkai wasn't off his rocker.

"Okay, I'll explain how this exam will go and then see if you still want to participate."

She gave them another one of her bloodthirsty smiles, pulling away her killing intent. She kept an eye on the ones it didn't affect.

Anko reached behind her and pulled out two scrolls. "The white one is a heaven scroll. The blue one is an earth scroll. When you sign the forms, you'll go behind me and into that red building. From there, you'll be given one of these two scrolls. You goal is to get both scrolls and return to the red buildings, at which point, you will receive further instructions.

"As you will have guessed, you have to take the scroll you need from another team. Because you'll be getting the scroll inside the red building, you won't know who has what. You will be forbidden from opening it, but you can use any method you want to get the scrolls; violence, persuasion, blackmail, whatever. You can even kill your opponents. Think of this as a mission; you have very sensitive documents that must not be read under any circumstances. You must steal a second document and return both to base. Everyone around you is an enemy shinobi and they're all after what you have."

Memories of Anko's own missions flashed before her eyes. The scenario she was describing wasn't exactly the same, but she had been in spots that were close. The exercise was designed by her for this very purpose.

"More than that, you'll notice that we're inside a fairly large city? Have any of you given thought as to why?" Anko paused, and waited for anyone of them to speak. When no one did, she continued: "The next rule is that you can fight anywhere in the city but if you leave, then you're disqualified. You'll fail and be returned to your village."

Which is a much kinder fate than being captured behind enemy lines.

"The last rule is as follows; you cannot be seen by any of the locals. You are free to fight and attack each other at any times during the day but if you're seen by three or more people not affiliated with this exam, you're out."

Anko could see the crowd begin to mutter, becoming restless. In a packed city this size, that won't be the easiest thing to do, will it kids? You can't allow anyone to see you and at the same time, you have to be on the lookout for enemies everywhere, while also searching for the scroll.

"Lastly, the test has a duration of five days." She held up her hand, all five fingers extended. "If you cannot obtain both scrolls by the end of five days and deliver them to this building, you've failed. If all three members of your team are not alive, or else otherwise not with you when you bring the scrolls back, you fail. Bringing in unconscious team member's is okay, provided they regain consciousness before the exam ends. If they can, the team will pass.

Now, before we go, take a look at this. It is a white arm band. Depending on the village you are from, it will have a golden symbol of your village. These will be handed out once a team has passed. If a genin team is wearing these, you are forbidden to attack them. We'll know if you try and if you do, you'll fail."

If anyone of them open those scrolls before they get the go ahead, they'll have a surprise waiting for them. Shinobi have to be trustworthy and the best way to find out is a trial by fire.

"Okay, members of the Chunin Selection Exam staff will now be going through the crowd, handing out wavers. Absolving the exam committee of your death, making sure you understand the risks and assuring us your village cannot go and try to avenge you. Yada, yada, yada. All three members must sign the wavers and present them to the chunin inside the building to receive your scrolls. If you choose to back out now, trains await to begin the journey home."

Naruto took the waiver and pen the staff member offered, giving Kiba a friendly wink. He hadn't seen Kiba in a while and it was nice to catch up, but right now wasn't the best time. Naruto pushed the paper up against the red building and quickly signed his name, returning the pen to the staff member.

Giving Hinata a smile and a wave, Naruto turned to the crowd of people and began to navigate his way through, trying to search for the teammates he had been seperated from. He found Sakura and Sasuke quickly, holding up his signed waiver. They did the same.

No words passed between them; nothing needed to be said. Sasuke and Sakura fell into step behind him. They were the second team to get to the red building, a sand team entering just before them.

A wall was placed between Naruto's team and the next room, only accessible through a small corridor. The sighting was obscured but he could hear voices; "Hoshi Sumaru, Kawasaki Shira and Uzumaki Gaara."

Behind him, the door opened and more genin entered, but Naruto didn't look back.

The voice behind the wall kept speaking but Naruto wasn't listening. Uzumaki Gaara? Naruto was somewhat familiar with the Uzumaki clan; he knew that after Uzushiogakure was destroyed, the Uzumaki clan had scattered across the known world. Some of them even went past the boundaries of the recorded world and were never seen from again. He knew in Konoha, there was a community of the Uzumaki clan. They had gained recognition as an organized clan after the destruction of Uzushiogakure. When he was six, he started living at the Central Academy; Konoha's only shinobi boarding school and hadn't had a chance to meet them. He hadn't even known about them until he started school, and the topic of the Founding of the village had come up, and the clans. He knew the Senju and the Uzumaki were cousins and when Uzushiogakure fell, most of the surviving and fleeing Uzumaki had come to Konoha and had become a recognized clan, but a few didn't. For whatever reason, those few fled across the continent and had taken refuge elsewhere.

So this Gaara was an Uzumaki, part of the people that fled to the Suna? He knew each of the villages had taken in Uzumaki survivors.

"Next!" The voice called, shaking Naruto out of his thoughts. He walked into the small corridor, his teammates behind him and came to a stop in a small room. On the opposite wall from him, a door.

Two people sat behind a counter, one holding her hand out. Naruto gave her his waiver along with his teammates. The man on her other side looked at the slips before turning his attention something in front of him, hidden from Naruto's view by the desk.

"Let's see... Uchiha Sasuke, Haruno Sakura and Uzumaki Naruto. You are designated as Genin Team Seven and serve under Hatake Kakashi. You've been active since the last graduation exam in Konoha. You have completed thirteen D-ranked missions, eight C-ranked missions, one B-rank mission and one A-ranked mission."

He said the last part in awe. Kakashi-sensei did mention that the Wave mission had been turned into an A-rank.

He continued a moment later; "All this information correct? Good. The second exam begins at Midnight tonight. Until then, you are not allowed to attack any other team or touch another teams scroll. Doing so before it starts will disqualify you."

The women reached behind the desk and handed Sasuke a white scroll. A heaven scroll.

"Team Seven, that will be all. Good luck. Next!" He called and Sasuke quickly put his scroll in his pocket, hiding it from view.

Author's Note:

First time I haven't gotten one review after I released a chapter. That's depressing

So, first exam was pretty easy? Well, if you could see through a genjutsu, that is.

You might have gathered, from what Asuma said, but Fuu is easily much more powerful and skilled than her canon counterpart.

The Kurama clan is a clan from a Naruto filler arc. Unkai is a member of that clan.

Mijin, Mujin and Sajin, are genin from the New Chunin Exam Filler arc. They failed the first exam in canon, like this one here

I hope you enjoyed this look into Hinata's head. As well as the first hand glance into Team Eights dynamics. I wanted to get some time with the other Konoha teams, as well as the foreign teams and I'll try to do that more, but Team Seven will remain the main focus of this story. I'm considering a few shinoff's, focusing on other teams and other villages and may put that out in the future but Team Seven Chronicle's will be take front seat.

And look at that, Yashamaru has made an appearance!

Yes, Gaara's surname is Uzumaki. As we all know, the Uzumaki clan is spread over the world. You'll find them in each one of the villages.