Hey guys! So here's the new chapter!
Also, I can't believe I called Guy a Genin I'm so sorry xD, but I fixed it anyway, so yeah.
Anyway, I hope you like today's chapter and remember:
I DO NOT OWN DBZ NOR NARUTO.
The library was quiet, calm and almost empty as it always is. Its bookshelves, filled with books and scrolls of different topics and genres, that stayed still in their places, accumulating dust on them. Although there were janitors that helped to keep the library clean, some halls still had spider webs as the visitors were even rare to see there. Apart from the bookshelves, there was one more section in the place, in it were tables where people could sit down and read whatever book or scroll they wanted.
In one of the tables, there was always a girl, a nerdy girl that seemed to be the definition of a nerd incarnated, she even had the typical nerd glasses. Something was different, though, she was a bit nervous. In the same table as her, a boy with black, spiky hair was sitting, reading frantically a lot of books. Even she was surprised with how fast he read those books, it made her uncomfortable. After a couple of hours, the boy gave a slight hit to the table with his head and then let his head lay there.
Although the girl knew that he was frustrated, she didn't have the required experience to start a conversation with a stranger. After thinking of it for a couple of minutes, she moved her glance towards the boy, noticing that he was watching her. This made her blush as it was really uncomfortable for her, but she was determined to talk to him.
"What's your name?" She asked as a drop of sweat went down her face.
"Gohan." The boy said as he analysed the girl, noticing without much effort that she was really nervous. "What's yours?"
"Umm, Shiho." The girl answered as she finally looked back at her book. She started to play with her dark blonde hair trying to calm down.
"Do you know any book that has information related to dimensions and travelling through them? Maybe time travelling?" Gohan asked, making the girl look back at him with a totally shocked face.
"W-why would you want such a book?" She asked as she tried to remember if she had ever heard or read about a book like that.
"I am just curious about it..." The saiyan said nervously.
"Maybe you can find something related to it there." Shiho told him, pointing to one of the halls in the back of the library.
"Thanks!" Gohan said as he gave the girl a really big smile. Shiho couldn't deny that she felt good when she helped him, maybe she had made a new friend.
Gohan ran as fast as he could to get that book, he knew there was no need, but he really wanted to get it. He quickly arrived at the hall and found the book, but as he took it, the girl he had previously talked to came to the hall he was in. She had a nervous face as she saw Gohan with the book in his hands.
"W-why are you interested in space-time ninjutsu?" The girl shyly asked.
"Wait, ninjutsu?" The saiyan discovered that he would need to train himself in ninjutsu to go back home. As Gohan grabbed the scroll of space-time ninjutsu, he waved at the girl. "I'll have to train more, I guess. Bye."
The young boy left the hall and went towards the old lady that was in charge of the library, then taking the scroll to his home. The girl was left confused as to what the boy just said.
Could he be able to use space time ninjutsu? No, that's impossible. The girl thought as she saw the boy leave the library. Is there anyone in this village that can actually do space-time ninjutsu?
A great amount of shinobi had gathered in the academy building. That day, the Chūnin exams were starting, and the academy building was being used for the first phase of the exam.
The Genin from Konohagakure and a selected group from Sunagakure and Otogakure were presenting themselves in this exam to get the higher rank of Chūnin. Between them, there were 5 teams of rookies that had been recommended for the exam even though they hardly had any experience. These teams are Team 5, Team 6, Team 7, Team 8 and Team 10. Some of them were more prepared than others, but surely all of them had the necessary abilities to compete.
The Jounin that were in charge of the rookie teams were present that day to give their students. Every team was already reunited, except for team 7, which was missing Kakashi. Asuma was really confident in his students as he knew that their training would help them a lot in the exams, and Gohan was a plus by himself alongside the potential the other kids had. On the other hand, Kurenai was a bit nervous as she was aware that her team wasn't as strong as the other ones. While Genma was still giving his team, team 5, some advice, Daichi was still not there. It didn't surprise his students, though, that's the way it had always been.
"I can't believe he was late this time. I really believed that he would arrive in time." Sakura said with a disappointment-filled expression.
"Nevermind him, we need to go now, the exam will start soon." Sasuke said as he started to walk towards the entrance of the building. Sakura followed him with no delay, while Naruto looked behind once more before following his friends.
"Do you think we'll have to fight the other teams?" Naruto nervously asked as he imagined Gohan beating all of them up and easily defeating them.
"Of course we will, dork." Sakura said as her annoyed expression changed to one that denoted more nervousness than annoyance for Naruto's comment.
"Don't worry, those weaklings will not defeat any of us." Sasuke confidently said as he imagined himself destroying Shikamaru, Chōji, Kiba and Gohan. "Well, maybe they'll defeat Sakura and you, Naruto, but not me."
Sakura's face was filled with surprise and a slight mix between sadness and disappointment as she heard how Sasuke believed she was useless. On the other hand, Naruto's face filled with annoyance and anger as he thought that the arrogant Sasuke would be gone, but he started to figure out that maybe that was the way he was.
As the three Genin took the stairs to the second floor, they noticed how a lot of ninjas were gathered in there, confusing the members of team 7 as they thought the exam was being held in the third one. Sasuke led his teammates towards the gathering of people, finding out what was happening.
Two shinobi were blocking the entrance to the room in which the exam was supposed to take place. Sasuke instantly noticed that this was a genjutsu as he saw the two shinobi attack and easily defeat a boy with a green suit and black hair, and a girl with brown hair and a pink shirt. Apparently, they had tried to enter the room and they were easily thrown away by the two ninja.
"Don't even bother, this is all an illusion." Sasuke said. "I noticed, but you should've noticed before, Sakura."
"Yeah, this is actually the second floor." Sakura added as the illusion faded away, revealing that they actually were on the second floor.
"Impressive." One of the ninja said, instantly attacking Sasuke after pronouncing that one word.
The Uchiha responded by aiming a kick to stop his opponent's attack, but both of them were stopped by the boy in the green suit that just some moments prior appeared to be a really weak shinobi. This took Sasuke by surprise, making him and his opponent lower their legs and recover their normal position.
"What about not showing our abilities?" The brown-haired girl angrily asked as she crossed her arms.
"I know, I'm sorry." The boy answered as he stood up. He turned his head and noticed Sakura's presence, waving at her while smiling as if he knew her from before.
Sakura waved back at him and gave him an awkward but friendly smile as she also seemed to know him from before. The boy approached the pink-haired girl as Neji approached Sasuke.
"Sakura, right?" The boy kindly asked, giving her a smile after asking the question.
"Yep." The girl answered as she nodded. "Lee, right?"
"Yeah!" Lee excitedly answered as he seemed to be happy that she had remembered his name.
On the other hand, Neji and Sasuke were having an intense glance battle as no one decided to speak up.
"I expected more from an Uchiha." The Hyūga said as he gave the boy a disappointed expression.
"Shut up, Hyuuga scum." Sasuke harshly replied as he gave his opponent a really menacing glance.
"At least my clan isn't dead." Neji reminded the boy. Sasuke's arm was stopped by Neji's, showing Sasuke who was clearly superior.
As all of this happened, Naruto and Tenten watched the two conversations. They finally noticed each other after a couple of seconds, and they awkwardly waved at each other as they did.
Gohan and his teammates were already waiting in front of the door. They were a bit confused as when they arrived there was no one but them. They thought that maybe it was a mistake, but as they were about to go to the previous floor, other Genin finally started to arrive.
Team 7 also arrived at the door, followed by a boy in a weird green suit, which made Gohan curious about him. Shikamaru was the first to notice that Sasuke appeared to have been involved in a fight recently as he had a couple of bruises.
"What happened?" Chōji asked Naruto as he stealthily pointed to the Uchiha.
"He fought that guy." The blonde said as he pointed to a boy who had some resemblance to Hinata. "He easily defeated Sasuke. He's a monster."
Shikamaru's face instantly filled with concern as he heard those word come out of Naruto's mouth. Ino, along with Chōji, became so shocked that they almost fall back. On the other hand, Gohan submerged into his thoughts. The saiyan was starting to notice that this world had many things he disliked. Unfortunately for the saiyan, just as he tried to confront the guy, the proctor of the exam told everyone to enter the class where it was being held.
As the last genin entered the room, the door behind him closed almost instantly and as he sat down, the proctor raised his voice to speak.
"I'm Ibiki Morino and I'll be the proctor of the first phase of the Chūnin exam." The man said as he kept his firm position. His black uniform made him stand out of the rest of Jounin present in the room. "Now, allow me to explain the rules."
Now that I think about it, I've never done an exam in my whole life. Gohan thought as Ibiki kept explaining the rules.
"Now, the exam will start. Good luck." The man said as he sat down.
As soon as Naruto saw the exam, he was totally shocked as he wasn't able to answer any question. Gohan, who had spent a lot of time in studying thanks to his mother, was able to answer some of the questions, but some were simply too difficult for him to do. This made him frustrated, but then he remembered something, this was a world of ninjas, of course he'd be supposed to cheat, and so he waited for the inevitable.
"Gohan, can you hear me?" Ino's voice said inside the saiyan's mind, just as he'd expected.
"Yes." The boy answered. "I don't have all the answers though."
"Don't worry, I have them, let me take control." As the blonde girl said this, Gohan let her take control of his body and she completed his exam through his body. Team 10 had successfully completed that phase.
As time passed by, several genin finished their exams as they had found out about the idea of cheating, while others, like Sakura, finished it thanks to their knowledge. Only Naruto had not figured out that the idea of all this was to cheat, but to his luck, the proctor made an announcement.
"As most of you must have finished by now, I shall tell you that there's an extra question." Ibiki said with a strong voice, surprising everyone. "It isn't in the exam. However, if you get it right, you instantly go through this phase, but if you get it wrong, you will not be allowed to try the exam ever again. You can retire so you are able to try next year, if you wish."
Several participants weren't able to keep up to the pressure, and some started leaving, making their teammates be taken out too.
"Oh, Yes, I forgot a little detail." The man said as he got a smile in his face. "If you retire, then all of your teammates will also be disqualified."
The pressure now increased, but, not minding the consequences, some participants still left as they just weren't able to stand it or just didn't feel ready for what was to come.
"Anyone else that wants to leave?" Ibiki asked as now close to half the participants had left.
Naruto stood up, taking all of his friends by surprise, specially Sakura and Sasuke. The pink-haired girl screamed at him and told him to sit down again, but she was ignored.
"I'm ready for the last question, ask it already, old man." Naruto said as his face became filled with determination.
"Alright, if no one else is going to leave..." Ibiki said as everyone in the room became nervous. "You all passed. That was the last question! Congratulations!"
Naruto fell back as his face became white, he was so relieved that the last question hadn't been anything related to the normal exam. Everyone in the room were between confused and relieved.
"Now follow me, I'll take you to the next phase." Ibiki said as he beckoned everyone to follow him.
Ibiki led the group of Genin remaining to the entrance of the 44th training camp. It was known as the forest of death due to the use it was given during the Chūnin exams. Next to the door, a dark purple, spiky-haired woman was waiting for them. She was wearing a quite provocative outfit that easily won some of the Genin's attention. On the other side of entrance to the forest, another big group of genin arrived.
The rookie teams were finally together. It didn't take long for the other more experienced Genin to take the rookies apart, so they at least would get to know each other. Gohan was surprised to see that Shiho would participate on the exams. Her team was formed by herself, another weak-looking but cute girl with a purple shirt and a blue pair of shorts; and another guy that had some resemblance with Hinata, who also had a sweater similar to the one of Hinata, but he didn't zip it. Shiho shyly waved at Gohan as the saiyan did the same and Shikamaru, who noticed this, started complaining about Gohan not being focused in the exams.
Team 6 consisted of a brown-haired boy who wore a blue, short sleeved shirt with a black pair of black shorts; a black-haired girl with green eyes, wearing a red shirt similar to the one of her partner and a gray pair of shorts; and a really muscular brown-haired girl that had the same tattoos that Kiba had, with a sweater similar to the one of Kiba.
"They're all yours, Anko." Ibiki said as he quickly left, waving at the woman, who waved back.
"Alright." She said as she jumped down from the fence of the forest. "I'm Anko Mitarashi, and I'll be proctoring the second part of the Chūnin exams, so please, make it interesting."
I hope you liked the chapter!
See you soon with the next one, have a nice day!