-Sarutobi House-

Illuminated by the moon and the stars in the sky Haru sat on his floor facing his window playing with his senses. He could feel Konohamaru, Asuma, and Kurenai?

Opening his eyes he looked out his window at the starlit night sky. His sensei was plotting to kill the Hokage.

Should he notify someone? He knew that not doing so was considered treacherous, but Danzo knew more about him than he did and Minato did screw him over…

But, Naruko.

Haru placed his hand on his wooden floor and created a small stick from the wood below. He was never aware that he had a bloodline, something Danzo was aware of.

Narrowing his eyes at the Hokage monument that was peeking over the many buildings that Konoha housed, Haru thought of the promise Danzo made him.

If his deceased mother didn't hate him because he was the Kyuubi Jinchuriki then why did she treat him so terribly?

Laying down on the floor he reached for and dragged his cover from his bed and dropped it on top of himself and the stick. He needed answers and Danzo was the only person he 'trusted' who 'could' tell him, although at a cost.

His servitude and compliance.

Closing his eyes he stretched his senses far and wide until he felt the darkest yet, brightest chakra in the entire village. Concentrating on the bright chakra and pushing away the dreadful one, he relieved his tension feeling comfort and warmth from what was Naruko's chakra.

"She really isn't the Nine-Tails," he mumbled before falling asleep.

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"Haru."

"Haru!"

"Perv! Wake up!" Satsuki hissed at him pulling his ear.

Haru opened his eyes and smiled at Satsuki receiving a glare and a flush in turn. He looked ahead and saw Naruko gazing at the Chunin Exams participation entrance.

Had he fallen asleep? Strange.

He turned his attention to and grinned a little when a green-haired girl with a darker skin complexion than the people of Konoha flashed a smile at him and walked past Naruko alongside two other ninjas, entering the place.

He pulled out his journal and immediately wrote down her characteristics, finding her to be extremely cute. Pouting at the quick jab Satsuki sent him, he tried to laugh it off but stopped seeing her jealous frown.

He'd recognize that glare any day, due to a certain pink-haired boy stealing all the girls in the Academy, it was sketched on his own face every day back then.

"Sorry, Satsuki-hime."

Turning red and looking down he smiled when she suddenly grabbed his hand and pulled him over to Naruko who was calling them over rather excitedly.

"Come on guys let's go already! There are so many people in there before us," roared Naruko with a fire in her eyes ready to fight already.

Looking at the bright smile Naruko sent him and Satsuki, Haru was suddenly filled with a deeper urge to come out on top during the Exams more so than when Danzo bribed him. This was the second step for Naruko to achieve her goal, he'd almost forgotten.

Smiling, Haru walked into the Exams entrance with his hand still locked with Satsuki's and his eyes staring at Naruko's back in astonishment as she pushed her way through the many different applicants.

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"Fight me Namikaze Naruko! Everyone always talks about how great you are and I figured you'd be a good test for me," a green spandex wearing Leaf genin declared pointing at a pumped-up Naruko.

Oh, it was on...

Naruko kicked the floor in defeat and slight embarrassment as Satsuki and Haru watched her, dumbstruck by the events that had just taken place.

A complete and utter defeat, by the taijutsu using Shinobi, Rock Lee.

Satsuki shook her head to clear the images of Lee and his older doppelganger hugging while simultaneously crying. "Come on idiot you'll fight him again. We've got to hurry."

Nodding her head dejectedly, she followed after Satsuki and Haru dropping her view to their held hands. Sighing the blonde draped her arms around the two's shoulders and leaned forward between both of their faces.

"Let's win this," she said with a hopeful smile.

The three of them entered a room that was drenched in killer intent. Haru knew that if he hadn't trained at controlling his senses this would've probably shaken him.

"If it isn't the Hokage's brat," a mocking voice spoke loudly, effectively silencing the room.

Haru glared at the person putting Naruko on blast. He would've looked more threatening had he not been blushing madly and sweating at the sheer number of people flaring their Ki at him and his teammates.

The person he was glaring at was a girl who looked to be a few years older than him wearing a loose kimono that looked ready to come apart and share with the world, her beautiful bazookas.

He froze when she placed her finger under his chin and commanded, "Down boy."

To everyone around him, it looked as though he obeyed her command without struggle, but it was quite the opposite. When she touched him, he felt her chakra and it was sinister in nature much like the Kyuubi's.

It was as though if he didn't do as she said, he'd be dead.

Lowering his gaze in distress of her chakra, he felt humiliated when he saw in the corner of his eyes Kiba laughing at him and Hinata looking at him in concern.

Dam it!

Glaring and instinctively activating her Sharingan, Satsuki threw a sharp punch at the girl only to halt when Haru was dragged in the way of her attack.

"What pretty red eyes Uchiha, but I like the look of Namikaze's eyes more, and she looks stronger," the girl acclaimed, lowering Haru to the ground and leaning closer to look into Satsuki's eyes that were leaking murderous intent.

"Common courtesy to introduce yourself before initiating a conversation, " Satsuki snapped, helping Haru to his feet.

"Come on Satsuki, that girl is too far ahead of us, " Haru urged. That girl just gave him the creeps. Hell, he wasn't even horny anymore, she shook all of it out of him.

"I can take her Haru. Remember, who's stronger between you and me," she claimed arrogantly to him.

Not letting go of her shoulder he was relieved when the girl smirked and turned her back to Satsuki walking into the circled crowd that had surrounded the four of them, further angering the Uchiha.

"What's your name!" Naruko demanded with her usually warm and radiant blue eyes instead icy and full of resentment. Nobody messed with her friends, especially when they're right in front of her.

"Boa of the Hidden Sound," she declared openly, not turning back but deeming the hate in her tone to be enough to satisfy her.

"Sorry about her Naruko-san, she's just difficult to understand," a gray-haired teen said, stepping forward nervously tossing a deck of cards from one hand to another.

Stumbling forward due to Satsuki shrugging his hand off of her and walking back towards Naruko with her hands in her pockets, Haru glanced at the boy awkwardly as both his teammates chose to ignore his apology.

Scratching the back of his head Haru laughed nervously and extended his hand to the ninja who wore the same headband as Boa. He seemed like he was genuinely sorry about his teammate's hostility.

"I'm Kabuto, you?" The now revealed Kabuto said, shaking his hand.

Haru smiled and glanced back at Naruko and Satsuki who was now surrounded by their former classmates.

"That's the dead last," Kiba answered for him laughing with Akamaru, his puppy yipping in agreement.

"Ooh well, that's an unfortunate title. How about I help you out then dead last?" Kabuto asked, taking out a card and putting it in Haru's face.

Haru widened his eyes at the card. It showed Naruko winking and posing cutely. Around it were numbers and words, but he didn't care. He needed this.

"How much do you want for that!" Haru cried out holding both his hands out.

"Hmm… nothing, I'll give it to you once I'm done, " Kabuto said, smiling at Haru.

"Naruko Namikaze," he started, gaining the attention of the girl and her friends, "rank genin, age twelve, completed Twenty D-rank's, One C- rank and One A-rank, impressive. She is a high future candidate for Hokage."

"He's got information on us what a drag," Shikamaru muttered out to his fellow rookies.

A boy with a lollipop in his mouth nervously looked at the blonde from within the crowd next to him, one of his teammates grinning excitedly and the other gazing at Naruko in boredom.

"Here you go Haru-kun. Do enjoy the gift," Kabuto affirmed, walking away after giving Haru the card.

"Awesome, it looks just like her!" Gary thought to himself hugging the card to his cheek.

"Hold up there Kabuto," Naruko exclaimed, striding towards him. "Can you get me information on a Rock Lee of the Leaf and Boa of the Sound?"

Bowing mockingly to the girl, Kabuto pulled a card from the deck and applied chakra to it revealing Lee and his ninja stats. "Rock Lee, he's a year older than you, he has completed twenty D-ranks just like you, eleven C-ranks, and his Taijutsu has skyrocketed since starting his ninja career while his other skills have remained the same."

Nodding her head she peeked out of curiosity at what Haru was holding and stared in stunned horror. How did Kabuto get this picture of her? When had she ever posed like that?

Tearing it from Haru's surprisingly strong grip, she ripped it up and let the pieces fall to the now crying boy's feet.

"As for Boa-sama, I will not disclose information regarding her, but if you need more help just ask," Kabuto cringed, and sent the openly sobbing boy a look of sympathy and then made his way back into the crowd in search of his teammate.

Satsuki glared at the gray-haired boy's back, caution within her eyes. He knew Haru's name even when he wasn't told. He was a dangerous one. Turning her glare to Haru, she stepped over to him and helped him pick up whatever it was that Naruko tore up.

"Hime?"

"Shut up."

All the while lavender eyes eyed the two of them happily.

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Haru was panicking.

He only knew two out of the nine questions on the test their first Examiner Ibiki Morino gave to them to complete.

"You can't kick me out, it was only one question!" A student yelled out struggling in the grip of a chunin.

"Get the hell outta here!" He was quickly thrown out, with his teammates following with bummed auras.

Gulping, Haru turned his head from the chunin back to his mostly empty paper. He felt the eyes of his teammates watching his back and knew that he couldn't screw up. He wouldn't.

He veered his line of sight to the side noticing another pair of eyes watching him and smiled in relief. It was just Hinata.

Following her eyes from him down to her paper he nodded his head in understanding and went to begin jolting down her answers when a chunin suddenly yelled, "You get up right now before I go get you!"

Widening his eyes he gripped his pen tighter and ducked his head. He wouldn't get up for them. If he was failing this early then they would have to drag him away kicking and screaming.

"So be it."

Haru un-clenched his pen when the chunin walked past him and picked up another test taker, one of the many Suna genin. He winked when the chunin punched the kid in the stomach knocking him out and hoisted him over his shoulder.

Locking eyes with the chunin, Haru wasn't surprised when he was glared at in disgust and continued on his way, with two other Suna genin's following after him.

Turning to the beet red Hinata he shook his head and focused back on his own paper. He didn't want to drag his fellow pervert Hinata down with him. Maybe Kiba, but not his best friend.

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"Alright children," The scarred trench coat wearing Ibiki stated to the thinned out room. "Times up on the nine questions! There's one last question for you all. Answer it wrong and you fail. You will never be able to advance to Chunin, and I will personally make sure of that, but if you leave you will be allowed to attempt at a promotion once more. Decide your answer!"

Many people present contemplated leaving and many others blatantly got up and left giving up.

Haru glanced back at Naruko and Satsuki and felt his courage come back at seeing their determined faces. "I got this."

He and many other genin were revitalized when the blonde girl jumped up on her desk and yelled, "Don't try to intimidate me, hurry and give me the damn question!"

Glaring at his Kage's heir for interrupting his plan to weed out more, Ibiki sighed and turned his back to all the genin. "Hmph. All of you present, pass the first Exam!"

Grinning at Naruko with his arm slung around Hinata's shoulder, Haru cheered with his blushing friend. Next to him a black-haired Iwa kunoichi scowled at him, and then to the smiling Naruko.

Just then a purple-haired woman in a tan trenchcoat and fishnet shirt with a mini skirt crashed through the window with an angry expression on her face.

"What the hell Ibiki, why are there so many left and Sakura-chan get your ass up here and hand out these flyers!"

-End-