"That hurt," said the guy Konohamaru bumped into. He wore a black, baggy, full bodysuit with a red and yellow circle on the front. He also wore a black hood that covered his head completely and had cat-like ears and his forehead protector on his forehead and the symbol on it was that of the Sand village. He also wore purple face paint.
He then continued to pick Konohamaru up. Naruto sensed that something was wrong with Konohamaru so he Shunshined to the place and the moment he arrived he heard the guy yell to Konohamaru, "That hurt you little piece of shit,"
'Sand Genin? Is it that time already? From the looks of it, Konohamaru bumped into him,' thought Naruto.
"Don't, we'll get yelled at later," said a blonde girl behind him. She had teal eyes and sandy blonde hair, which was gathered into four consecutive pigtails. She wore a single light purple-colored, off-the-shoulders garment that extended to halfway down her thighs, with a scarlet sash tied around her waist. In addition to incorporating fishnet worn over her shoulders and legs, specifically on her right calf and her left thigh, she also wore her black forehead protector around her neck.
'W-who are these guys?' thought Sakura as she was right behind Konohamaru.
"You should let him go," said Naruto in a somewhat annoyed face.
'A Leaf Genin?' thought the guy still holding Konohamaru in the air. "Or what?" he taunted.
"That kid is Konohamaru and he is my rival. Let him go or else..." said Naruto as he performed a quick Shunshin behind the guy and holding the three-bladed Kunai to his neck, "You'll regret it,"
'So cool,' thought Konohamaru with his eyes wide open seeing his rival's amazing speed.
The female Sand Genin behind him was shocked so she quickly went to grab her gigantic fan behind her back but suddenly she felt her hands being grabbed together behind her back. "Don't rush," said Naruto in a quieter voice.
'What is this speed?! Shadow Clones too...' she thought as she surrendered.
The male Sand Genin stood still as he still felt the cold Kunai on his neck. He was surprised and shocked to see a Leaf Genin to be able to perform this level of speed. "Now, let him go slowly," ordered Naruto. He did as Naruto said. He couldn't do anything else as he knew if he did anything wrong, he would face the consequences. "Good," said Naruto as he grabbed Konohamaru and went a few steps away.
"Tch," said the Sand Genin quietly obviously annoyed at what just happened.
'Looking at him again, he is really cute, especially that snow-white hair and those blue eyes reflecting the sky,' thought Temari as she blushed a little.
Kankuro completely forgot why he was here and all he was thinking now was to get Naruto back. He grabbed from what Naruto had guessed a puppet covered in bandages. "Are you going to use Karasu?!" asked the female Sand Genin shocked.
Before he could answer, however, a voice came from the side. "Kankuro stop it. You're an embarrassment to our village," said a red-haired boy. He had green eyes and short and spiky auburn hair. He lacked distinctive pupils or eyebrows which Naruto found funny. He had tanuki-like black rings around his eyes which Naruto found really strange. He had also carved the kanji for "love" on the left side of his forehead which was noticeable because his hair was parted for it to be kept visible. He wore a black bodysuit with an open neck, t-shirt like sleeves, and almost full-length leggings. With this, he wore a white cloth over his right shoulder and the left side of his hips. He had a wide leather band from his left shoulder to his right hip with which he carried his sand gourd and around which he wrapped his forehead protector.
'So he finally shows himself,' thought Naruto.
"Naruto. That is the one-tailed Jinchuriki. You better not embarrass me," said Kurama in a deep voice.
'I figured. Such high Chakra levels from Sand, it had to be him. You sure are proud of yourself yet you try to pull a 12-year-old kid into hatred,' replied Naruto.
"I had to try. You don't know how it's like to be sealed for so many years," said Kurama now louder than before.
'You're right...' replied Naruto in a quieter voice. "You sure like to talk now when you ignored me when I tried to talk to you," said Naruto.
"You better not lose to that bastard..." said Kurama as he hid in the shadows again.
'Heh, I don't plan on losing,' said Naruto.
"G-Gaara, they are the one who started it," said Kankuro who seemed terrified just hearing Gaara's voice. Naruto also noticed that.
"Shut up or I'll kill you," replied Gaara.
"S-sorry. I'm really, really sorry," said Kankuro while his voice was shaking.
'What is up with that?' thought Naruto curiously.
Gaara then disappeared in a swirl of sand and appeared again near Kankuro. "Let's go. We didn't come here to play" order Gaara. Hearing that both of them headed on their way.
"Wait!" yelled Sakura but then she felt a hand on her shoulder. She looked behind to see that it was Naruto.
"I know what you are going to say just stop. I'll tell you in a little bit," whispered Naruto.
"What?" asked Gaara.
"What is your name?" asked Naruto as a sign of friendship.
"Huh? You mean me?" asked the female Sand Genin excitedly.
"Oh? Yea sure you seem interesting too," replied Naruto as he felt something else about her which he didn't on anyone else.
Temari looked at him as she felt her heart beating faster. "T-Temari," she replied blushing more than she did before.
"Nice to meet you, my name is Naruto Uzumaki. What about you, redhead?" asked Naruto again.
Gaara was a little annoyed at what he called him but stopped himself. "Gaara of the Desert," he answered.
'H-he just...' thought Temari as she was a little scared at what might happen.
"What about me?" asked Kankuro.
"Anyways let's go guys," said Naruto looked at Sakura and Konohamaru.
'Why you,' thought Kankuro now furious.
The next day they met with their Sensei, Kakashi who was late as usual. Naruto was more excited than usual since he guessed why he was summoned and he couldn't wait.
"Gosh, why does he summon us and then make us wait," said Sakura obviously annoyed.
"Yo," said Kakashi as he just arrived.
"Why are you so late," asked Sakura.
"You should've gotten used to it by now," replied Naruto getting a stare by Sakura.
"Anyway, this may be sudden but I nominated you guys for the Chunin exams," said Kakashi. "Here are your applications. If you wish to take part in the exams you should sign them and hand them in at room 301 by 4 pm tomorrow," continued Kakashi as he handed them the application letters. "That is all," said Kakashi as he disappeared in a swirl of leaves.
'Yosh! I'm going to pass this exam no matter what,' thought Naruto excitedly. "Oi Sasuke. You better not lose," said Naruto.
"Right back at you," replied Sasuke.
Sakura, however, wasn't sure if she wanted to take part in this exam. During the past missions, she had seen the gap in skills and thought that she may just hold them back. Naruto sensed that too and knew these exams needed the whole team so he had to boost her confidence. "Don't worry, Sakura, you're plenty strong," said Naruto as he gave her a thumbs up. There was some truth in there. Her Chakra Control was really good which allowed her to greatly increase her speed and strength.
Sakura smiled at hearing that and knew that she shouldn't let her teammates down. 'I will do this and take the win, Shanarou,' thought Sakura.
The next day they went to hand in the paper, they noticed something weird. Two Leaf Shinobi were blocking the way and had also put on a Genjutsu on the door to trick the exam participants. There was also a big group of Genins trying to go in.
'This is their plan to lessen the numbers huh. Probably best to leave them be, less competition for us-' thought Naruto but he saw that Sasuke wasn't thinking alike.
"Such petty tricks. I can't believe that so many fell for a simple Genjutsu," said Sasuke as he neared the two Leaf Ninja.
"So you noticed," said one of them.
"Sakura, you probably noticed it as well," said Sasuke looking at her.
"H-hai," replied Sakura blushing a little and also happy that her crush recognized her.
"Not bad but all you did was see through it," said one of the Ninja's as he rushed in to kick Sasuke.
Before Sasuke could react back Naruto jumped in to stop him. "Let's not get too excited over here," said Naruto as he grabbed him from behind.
'This speed,' he thought impressed by the Genin's speed. He held his hands up indicating that he gave up.
"You, what is your name?" asked a Genin with long black hair and featureless white eyes. He wore a beige-colored shirt, a dull blue shirt beneath that, and mesh armor beneath that. He wore dark brown shorts, blue shinobi sandals, and wrapped bandages around his right arm, chest, and right leg. He tied his hair back in a loose ponytail tied a few inches above the end.
"Me? Naruto Uzumaki" replied Naruto.
He then looked away having got his answer. "This is normally the part where you reply with your name," said Naruto looked at the Genin.
"Neji Hyuuga," replied Neji as he then walked away with his team.
'Hyuuga huh? First the Jinchuriki and now a Hyuuga, I will surely have fun in this exam,' thought Naruto.
"Naruto, Sasuke-kun, let's go!" said Sakura as they headed out.
"I had him you idiot," said Sasuke looking at Naruto.
Naruto laughed a little and they headed out.
"Hey you with the white hair," said a guy with shiny black hair, round eyes with prominent lower eyelashes, and very thick eyebrows. His hair was a bowl-cut style, he wore a green jumpsuit, orange leg warmers, and a red forehead protector worn as a belt. He had bandages around his forearms up to his fingers.
"Yea?" replied Naruto looking back at the weird guy. 'He's the one who just got rejected by Sakura...' thought Naruto.
"Will you fight me right here?" he asked.
"Right now?" asked Naruto.
"Yes," he answered. "My name is Rock Lee. I'm in the same team with Neji," continued Lee.
"Sure, I've been meaning to test my moves against someone the same rank," replied Naruto.
"Alright then," said Lee as he prepared his fighting stance.
'Why is it always Naruto damn it,' thought Sasuke.
Naruto rushed and tried to throw a jab but was surprised to see him dodge that. Naruto then jumped back surprised to see him keep up with this speed. "I see now. You are probably the same as the Leaf noble Green Beast. Same outfit and probably technique. I'll try harder then," said Naruto as he increased his speed even more.
"Impressive, Naruto," said Lee preparing for Naruto was surprised to see how fast Naruto moved.
Naruto now as he went near Lee, increased his speed even more as he landed a left hook to his jaw. Lee flew a couple of meters back due to the force behind Naruto's punch. Lee was even more shocked to see Naruto move so fast. He thought he was the second strongest Genin but he was now realizing that that may not be so true. 'He's probably fast than me right now...' thought Lee.
Lee rushed Naruto with a flurry of kicks and punches but Naruto could easily dodge and block them. Naruto then seeing an opening quickly did a crescent kick to his face making Lee fly away.
'How is he so fast?! I couldn't even follow him,' thought Sasuke.
"Oh? You couldn't even react to that?" said Naruto surprised.
"Hehe," said Lee as he recovered a little and stood up. "Really impressive Naruto but this is far as you go," said Lee as he reached down to his legs. Lee didn't want to remove his weights so soon but if he didn't then he would lose right now.
'Weights huh? I should probably remove my own if I want to win this,' thought Naruto but was surprised to hear another unfamiliar voice.
"That's enough Lee," the voice came from a talking turtle. "Lee, I told you not to remove them so soon. Revealing your secrets so soon," he said as he shook his head.
"I'm sorry but I got so overwhelmed that I had to do it," said Lee holding his head down.
'They sure are some weirdos,' thought Naruto.
"You won't get away with an excuse like that. Are you ready to pay?" asked the turtle.
Lee nodded. "Then here comes your Sensei," the turtle said as smoke appeared on the turtle's back and as the smoke cleared, an older copy of Lee came out.
'Wow his older clone appeared with even thicker eyebrows,' thought Naruto.
Lee's Sensei whose name is Gai unexpectedly punches Lee in the face while saying, "You fool,"
Lee stood back up tears pouring down. "Sensei... I... I," stuttered Lee.
"That's enough Lee," said Gai forgiving Lee.
"Sensei!" said Lee as he jumped in to hug his Sensei.
"This is what youth is all about. It's alright Lee. Youth and Mistake go together," said Gai while patting Lee's shoulder.
"You're too nice Sensei," said Lee as even more tears poured down his eyes.
"You did however break my rules and as punishment, you'll do 500 laps around the practice range," said Gai giving Lee a thumbs up.
"Hai Sensei," yelled Lee totally ready.
'500 laps huh?' thought Naruto knowing all about torturous training.
'Those are Kakashi's students and one of them pushed Lee so hard that he had to remove his weights,' thought Gai surprised. "You guys are Kakashi's student, right? How is he doing?" asked Gai.
"You know Kakashi Sensei?" asked Sakura.
"Of course he does. He is said to be an equal and rival to Kakashi," said Naruto already having known him.
"So you have heard of me?" asked Gai looking at Naruto.
"Hai. The strongest at Taijutsu, Might Guy. I do admire your techniques and use of Taijutsu," said Naruto. Naruto however didn't mention the dislike of his weird outfit.
Gai laughed hearing him. "With the power of youth, you'll get as strong as I am," yelled Gai giving them a thumbs up. "You guys should head out now," continued Gai.
"Sasuke, Sakura. You better not hold me back," said Naruto taunting them both although he didn't mean that.
"Heh, YOU better not hold me back," said Sasuke smiling. He knew he wasn't as strong as Naruto yet but he was still excited for this exam. 'So many strong people...' thought Sasuke.
"Oh, so you all came. Now we can finally start the exam. Good luck and you better win," said Kakashi smiling proudly at his students.
Naruto opens the door behind Kakashi as blinding light came out of it. As he went inside, several Genin from multiple villages were standing there waiting for the proctor.
'Hehe, this is going to be fun. All kinds of strong people...' thought Naruto excited to fight all of them.
Hope you enjoyed the chapter. The next chapter should be longer than this one as this served as an introduction. Please leave a review of your thoughts on this chapter.
Peace!