Here's the next one. Finally got the internet back so I can now post and reply to reviews and PMs. I'm still writing chapter 30 have been for mouths now, just keep getting stuck on it. Anko and Rock Lee grr. anyway i will try and finish it soon.

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Naruto = flash back

'Naruto' is thoughts/thinking

"Naruto" signing/sign language

"Naruto" speaking.

"Naruto" Demon

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto just some DVDs and games.

Chapter 28 A step through the door.

They entered the room to find it filled with ninja of different sizes and skin tones and, of course, villages. And every single one of them was staring at them. They all looked extremely intimidating and strong compared to them. The door swung shut behind them as Ino launched herself at Sasuke.

"Sasuke! You're late!" She clung on from around his neck. "I haven't seen you for ages."

"BACK OFF INO PIG!"

"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME FOREHEAD?"

"So, you guys got nominated too." Shikamaru walked over accompanied by Choji. They stood by Naruto away from the squabbling girls. Choji offered Naruto his bag of chips, smiling politely Naruto reached in and took one out savouring the taste, which always surprised Choji when he did that.

"You've gotten taller Naruto." Choji stood next to Naruto noticing his height had increased since they last met.

"Yeah, it's great, finally catching up to you all in height." Naruto laughed.

"Sasuke's mine." Ino pulled her eyelid down and stuck her tongue out at Sakura.

"Hey, there you guys are." Kiba walked over with Akamaru sat on his head tucked away inside his hood.

"Wait, you guys too?" Shikamaru sighed. "Troublesome." He shook his head.

"Hello, Naruto." Hinata spoke shyly as she greeted her friend as Shino shadowed her.

"Looks like we're all here. All nine of this year's rookie genin are takin' the exam. I wonder how far we'll get?" Kiba queried.

"You seem worried, Kiba," Sasuke mocked.

"You're kidding right, we've done so much training there's no way we'll lose to you. Especially against Naruto." Kiba chided

"Kiba be nice. We're all allies after all." Hinata said with confidence.

"Based on our teams training together I'd say we're all pretty equal with different strengths and weaknesses." Naruto shrugged. "Can we move away from the door?" he asked.

"Why, what's the matter you scared?"

"When everyone has centred their attention on us I'd be a little worried, yes." Naruto pointed with his thumb behind him. The genin all looked, and he was right, every single person in the room was staring at them.

"Let's move away a bit." Sakura and Ino said at the same time.

They all moved away from the door huddling in a corner. They began whispering amongst themselves when a silver haired genin approached them.

"Well you guys quieted down pretty quickly." They turned to face the new comer.

He was a relatively young man, with silver hair pulled into a ponytail that stops at his upper back and his bangs framing his head. He wore a dark purple shirt with a high collar, a white undershirt, fingerless gloves with armoured plates on the back of the hand like Kakashi's, a white cloth waistband worn at a slight angle, with matching dark purple pants, blue sandals and his shuriken holster on his right leg. He had a Konoha forehead protector on. But his most distinguishing feature was the wide circular glasses that he was wearing.

"You're rookies barely out of the academy, right? You sure know how to draw all the attention to yourselves."

"Who do you think you are?" Sasuke stepped forward.

"I'm Kabuto, and the blond one's right." He glanced over his shoulder. "Those ninja behind us are from the hidden rain village, they have short tempers. Everyone here is nervous about the exam. You remind me of how I used to be." He reached into his back pocket.

"Kabuto? Umm is this your second time?"

"Nope. My seventh…"

"How's that possible?" Ino asked

"The chunin exams are held twice a year." Naruto stated.

"Which means you're on your fourth attempt? Are they really that hard?" Sakura began to worry.

"It depends really, but luckily I know quite a lot thanks to these little nin-info cards," he held up the cards.

"What are nin-info cards?"

"These little beauties are cards with info burned on them with chakra. I have four years' worth of data on here. That's over 200 cards. To you right now they look blank but when I push my chakra through them like this you can read the information."

"That's a graph of all the nations taking part in the exam, and how many they entered." Shikamaru looked over Naruto's shoulder.

"Do you have cards on any individuals?"

"Hehe some guys got you scared huh? Of course the info I've collected isn't perfect but I might have it. Just give me some information about them and I'll take a look." He smiled.

"Gaara of the desert and Rock Lee." Sasuke jumped in.

"Names make it a lot easier; now, let's see." He shuffled through the cards pulling out two. "Here we are."

Naruto eyed the cards warily; he knew Shikamaru and Shino were too, he wasn't sure what to think of this guy he was being rather nice to them, mind you, Mizuki was nice to Naruto, and that hadn't turned out too well, something just felt a little off. But he watched as the information was displayed on the cards.

"First up Rock Lee, he's a year older than you guys. He's completed 20 D ranked missions and 12 C ranks. His sensei is Gai. His taijutsu has greatly improved in this year. Besides that nothing impressive. Last year he gained attention as a talented new genin. He didn't take the exam last time so, like you guys, this is his first time. His teammates are Hyuuga Neji and Tenten. Next is Gaara of the desert. Not a lot of information about him seeing as he's a new comer, but his teammates are his siblings. He's undertaken eight C ranks and one B rank; that's impressive for a genin. But what's extraordinary is it appears he returned from his missions without even a scratch."

They all were in shock as Naruto looked up to see Gaara watching him. Naruto's hand moved to his stomach involuntarily.

"Leaf, Sand, Rain, Grass, Waterfall, Sound… many outstanding genins from the various hidden villages are taking the exam. The hidden sound village is a small recently created village of about a year or so, not a lot of information there, but the rest of the villages are filled with talented youngsters."

"So basically, everyone here is the elite of the genins from their countries."

"Makes you lose confidence," Hinata shrank back.

"You'll be fine Hinata; we wouldn't be here if our senseis didn't think we were ready. I know you you'll do great." Naruto smiled at his best friend. She nodded, always more confident with Naruto. "This is going to be interesting to say the least." He placed his hands in his pockets.

(Line)

Kakashi was still standing outside the room; he tucked the scarecrow back into his pocket burying his hands there as well. Kakashi remembered what had happened when they had nominated their students; Gai had been the one who thought they should wait a year, like his team had, to mature a little. But Iruka, he had so much confidence in Naruto, he was worried, and what if something happened to them? Then he'd never have that conversation with Naruto. He jumped when Asuma placed his hand on his shoulder.

"Stop worrying Kakashi. Naruto knows what he's doing; he'll make sure they all get through."

"Why do you all have so much faith in Naruto?"

"Hinata is a different person around Naruto." Kurenai shrugged. "But I don't believe in him like Asuma does."

"I've watched that kid grow up, he's not as complex as you think Kakashi, just have faith. He's a Sarutobi by heart. He won't let them fall behind." He patted him on the shoulder. "Come, let's go wait." He turned, heading away from the room.

Kakashi sighed and followed, he'd trust Asuma.

(Line)

"Do you really believe that, Naruto?"

"Of course, if we stick together we'll be fine, we're not the enemy, we're allies and allies help each other. We've grown a lot since the academy." Naruto nodded.

Kabuto smirked as the room returned to normal. That is, apart from the sound ninja. Rock lee was standing with his teammates. Neji was glaring at Hinata and Naruto as Tenten smirked, looking over at them. Gaara couldn't stop staring at Naruto which panicked his siblings. He was drawn to Naruto and wasn't sure why he clasped his head in his hand as pain spiked through it.

The sound ninja had overheard Kabuto, and decided that perhaps they should help his data gathering out.

The sound ninja moved quickly, moving the cloak out of the way, revealing a contraption on his arm. The other male jumped up into the air throwing kunai at Kabuto who dodged back so that the cloak wearing one threw a punch at him; which he dodged. The genin were impressed till his glasses cracked and shattered to the floor.

"What? He dodged, why'd his glasses smash?"

"Perhaps it was a glance to the nose." Shikamaru shrugged as he looked over the attack again. Naruto tapped his ears. Shikamaru and Shino nodded; they'd tell their teams later. Kabuto dropped to his knees and vomited.

"Kabuto, are you okay?" Sakura rushed over.

Team Gai watched the attack. "Lee did you see their speed? There must have been some sort of trick," Neji asked. Gaara scowled; he'd also witnessed the attack.

"Add that to your cards, the sound ninja definite future chunin." The arrogant male spoke.

"So much for being a four year veteran." The girl laughed.

"That's pretty impressive." Naruto crossed his arms.

"QUIET DOWN YOU WORTHLESS BASTARDS!" smoke erupted from the front of the room.

'Seriously.' Naruto practically face palmed. The smoke cleared revealing Ibiki and a group of Chunin including Kotetsu, Izumo and Ume and Riku all dressed in grey trousers and shirts like Ibiki's interrogation unit wore.

"Thanks for waiting for us. I am Ibiki Morino, your examiner for the first exam of the chunin selection exam." He smirked which caused almost everyone in the room to shudder. "You sound shinobi don't do as you please, or do you want to fail already?"

"I apologise, this is our first time, we got a bit carried away."

"It's many people's first exam yet they haven't tried anything yet. I'll say this now, there will be no fighting without the permission of the examiner and even with permission there will be no killing your opponent. The pigs who disobey the rules will fail immediately. Do I make myself clear?" He watched as several people nodded rapidly, his eyes travelled the room.

"We will begin the first test now. Instead of where you are currently sitting, you will each pull out one of these tabs and sit in the seat assigned to you. Then we will hand out the exams."

Naruto glared at Ibiki, what was the point in doing an exam if his answers were just going to disappear? He felt Sakura looking at him in worry. "Don't worry Sakura, it'll be fine." He smiled at her. She didn't look convinced, but nodded at him anyway.

Kabuto got up twirling a card in his hand; it flashed showing Naruto Uzumaki. He glanced down at it and frowned. Besides his teammates and sensei, it only listed his amount of missions; which was inconsistent with the amount a genin performed. He pulled out Sasuke's card and checked his missions. Seven D rank and one C rank so why did Naruto's list 12 D rank, and 13 C rank and 4 B rank missions. Naruto's card flashed to show the same as Sasuke's before flickering in between the two. He looked back at Naruto and frowned; he didn't add up to his card at all.

They picked out their tabs. Naruto glanced round the room, quickly noticing a flash of red which didn't belong to Gaara. Hinata clasped his hand to bring him back to his place.

"We'll do our best." She smiled at him, and received his genuine smile in return.

"Do not turn your papers over. Listen closely to what I'm about to say." Ibiki said as he pulled out a piece of chalk. "There are many rules to this test and each is important. I'll write them on the board, but listen carefully because questions will not be allowed to be asked."

'Rules? What sort of test is this?' Sakura thought.

"First rule, you will all start off with 10 points each. There are ten questions each worth a point. But the test uses a subtraction system. If you answer all the questions you keep 10 points but if you miss three questions you lose three points leaving you with seven points. The second rule is that this is a team test. Whether you pass or not is determined by your combined score. So each team will compete to see how many initial points of the 30 they retain."

"Wait, I understand the initial points system, but why is it a team test?"

"Silence, you have no right to ask questions here. Now be quiet and listen. The most important rule, the third rule, anyone caught by the officers around the middle using sneaky activities or cheating during the exam will have two points subtracted from their score for every offence."

"Oh!"

"So there will be some who will lose all their points and be asked to leave the exam."

"We have our eyes on you guys." Kotetsu smirked leaning back in his chair.

"Realise that those caught cheating will be destroying themselves. As shinobi trying to attain the level of chunin be proud ninjas."

Sakura calmed down after that she knew that as long as Sasuke and herself answered the questions correctly they still stood a chance.

"The final rule, those that lose their initial points during the test and those that do not answer any questions correctly will be failed along with their two team mates."

'What did he say?' Sakura panicked.

'Naruto better not muck this up for us,' Sasuke scowled.

Naruto sighed 'they're going to panic because they don't think I can do this.' Naruto glanced at Hinata who smiled at him again.

"The exam will last one hour." Ibiki paused, waiting. "BEGIN!"

Naruto sat back staring at Ibiki. He'd read the sheet and the questions, they were too advanced for anyone to answer and the chunins were sat around the edge. He could see Izumo opposite Kotetsu and Ume and Riku opposite each other. He looked back up to Ibiki and smirked. So they expected them to cheat but without getting caught; which meant there was probably chunins hidden amongst them who could answer the questions; which would allow people to gain the answers as long as they weren't caught. He looked down at question 10. Thinking about it, if Ibiki was the examiner, then it would probably be something to mess with their minds, cruel git. He leant back in his chair, smirk firmly in place. He hoped his teammates could figure it out.

Sakura glanced at the test and realised instantly that she could answer these questions but that not a lot of other people could, including Naruto. Sasuke kept looking round at the chunins it was like they wanted them to cheat. The shinobi next to Sakura stood up.

"I'd just like to know how many people are expected to pass this test?"

"It's not like knowing will really help you. Or did you want to be disqualified?"

'So we'd have to score really high to get through, so this is a system that encourages cheating, hopefully they won't cheat,' Sakura looked up at Naruto, 'what the hell is he doing?'

Sasuke watched as one of the chunins checked something off his list. 'Someone just got caught.' He thought over what Ibiki had said. It clicked at last. It wasn't a test on just your intelligence, but a test to see how well you could gather information with your skills. 'Using Kakashi's method of looking underneath the underneath means that what the examiner actually meant was if you are going to cheat, don't do it pathetically, but like a proud ninja and don't get caught. Looking at it like that, the subtraction point system and the fact that you can get caught cheating four times makes sense. So we're being tested on our ability to gather information without be caught by the examiners or the person we're cheating off of. Please notice this Naruto.' Sasuke thought.

Naruto checked the time on the clock and reaching out, grabbed his pen began filling out the questions. He'd twist his neck after each question which Ibiki and the examiners found slightly strange, but they hadn't marked anything down against him yet. Naruto shook his head and chuckled under his breath and flipped his paper over. He paused, looking up at Ibiki he winked and continued to write down on the paper. Hinata glanced over at him and had to contain her amusement. Ibiki raised an eyebrow and glanced at his examiners; they shrugged and continued checking.

Sasuke checked the area around him. He found someone who he thought was promising 'that guy, look at his movements and copy them'. His Sharingan spun to life, he smirked.

Naruto leaned back as a kunai flew past him into the paper of the guy behind him. There was an exclamation of surprise.

"What was that for?" the guy shouted.

"You messed up five times. You fail." Kotetsu sneered.

"No… no way."

"The two on his team get out of here right now."

"Damn it"

"Hurry up and leave." Kotetsu was enjoying his role.

Naruto looked down as he heard the pen tapping; he glanced at Hinata as they both smiled. Slowly he tapped back with Hinata tapping every now and then. Ibiki frowned at Naruto, confused by him, but was drawn to Gaara. The kid had remained calm throughout the test; which was highly impressive. He realised what the tapping noise was, they were sending out a signal to the other rookies, saying that they needed to stick together. He smirked wondering how many had picked up on the little signal. The Nara heir had as well as the Akimichi heir and the Aburame boy, none of the girls apart from the Hyuuga, and the boy with dog on his head too, he could see the Uchiha's leg bouncing in the same manner as the puppy's tail started to wag to the rhythm. Well, that was impressive, but they hadn't started it, who had?

Naruto caught Izumo's eye, he watched as a smirk began to form. He smiled which threw him off slightly; he turned watching after someone else.

Sakura stopped writing as she finished the exam; she was rather pleased that she had answered them all. Sasuke's smirk widened, he'd hit the jackpot with this guy, he knew all the answers.

"Number 102 stand up you fail." "Damn it No!"

"Number 23 you fail." "NO!"

"43 and 27 you fail."

'That works out as 13 teams that have failed.'

"Do you have proof that I cheated five times?" the sand ninja stood up. "Are you guys watching all…?" He was slammed into the wall by the examiner who had called him out.

"Listen, we're the elite of the chunins assembled here to watch over this exam. We haven't missed anything you've done. You could say this strength is our proof." He held the guy by the front of his shirt.

Kotetsu watched as a guy who had just finished his question kept rubbing his eyes muttering about dust.

"Excuse me!" Gaara's brother Kankuro stood up hand raised in the air.

"What is it?"

"Bathroom break?"

"We have to accompany you to the bathroom." His hands were handcuffed together.

Ibiki smirked which alerted Naruto that he was going to unveil the tenth question.

"Okay, we will now start question ten. But before we start, I would like to go over the added rules for this question." This stopped everyone short. "Just in time, finished playing with your doll? Hurry up and sit down." Ibiki turned as Kankuro handed something to his sister as he passed. "These are the rules of desperation…"

(Line)

Kakashi sat back in his seat, bored; he pulled out the scarecrow in his pocket and twiddled it in his hands. Asuma blew out a puff of air whilst eyeing up the item in Kakashi's hand.

"You carry that around with you?" Asuma nodded his head towards Kakashi.

"Only when I'm in the village." Kakashi dropped it back into his pocket.

"Does he know you carry it with you?" Kakashi shook his head.

"Maybe you should tell him that." Asuma puffed out.

Kurenai looked between the two, trying to figure out what they were talking about. Kakashi sat forward hunched over his legs.

"It's rather boring without them." Kakashi said

"It shouldn't take too long," Gai who was also in the lounge stated.

"Why's that?" Kakashi asked.

"I heard that the examiner for the first test is Ibiki Morino."

"Not that sadist." Kakashi commented.

"Sadist?" Kurenai asked unsure.

"You are a new youthful jounin…" Gai started.

"He's a pro," Asuma stated interrupting Gai mid flow.

"Of what?"

"Torture and integration." Asuma turned blowing out a small ash cloud.

"They probably aren't going through physical torture, but they may be experiencing mental suffering brought on by his integration skills."

"Hey, Hikaru, what did Naruto used to call Ibiki?" Asuma called out, spotting the familiar young man as he walked past in standard blue shinobi gear.

Hikaru stepped into the room, his mask unusually absent. "Bear. Naruto calls Ibiki bear."

"Why would Naruto know Ibiki?"

"He was young, maybe a bit younger than Konohamaru is now, when he met him. He had just taken Cat's mask and been chased all round the tower. Naruto, who was facing the Hokage with eyes closed so as not to see the ANBU's face, turned and opened his eyes to see the imposing figure of Ibiki Morino staring down at him. Ibiki Morino was a big bear of a man with a broad frame and scars covering his face; to most children he was 'the scary man', any child's nightmare; Naruto however cocked his head to one side whilst looking up at the man and smiled.

"Bear" Naruto said

"Excuse me" Ibiki Questioned

"Bear?" Naruto repeated cautiously

Bending down to the child's level, Ibiki stared at the strange child before him.

"Why are you not afraid of me?"

"Why should I be? Because of your scars? Scars are a measure of your endurance and testament to your skill and to your will of fire, knowing that you will give your life for the village and your Hokage. Besides scars are just damaged tissue and the worst one's aren't the ones that you can see, in here". He holds a hand to his chest "and here" he pointed to his head.

"Besides you should never judge a book by its cover."

"Bear?" Ibiki questioned

"You're kinda like a bear all big and grr." Naruto replied while making gestures with his hands. For big, he raised his hands above his head and for grr dropping his hands to his head and making clawing motions

Again Ibiki raised his eyebrow at the little blonde boy in front of him

"Well, you're big and all imposing like and a bear is big and the scars give off an ominous impression kinda like a bear and you're gruff and burly and have a long coat like a bear and it's kinda the first thing that popped into my head when I saw you-

Naruto realising what Ibiki had done, paused for a short moment then spoke.

-you're good by the way". That was Naruto's first meeting with Ibiki. The Hokage couldn't believe that Naruto had spoken to Ibiki, seeing as he hardly ever talked."

"So he'd run into Ibiki a lot then?" Kakashi enquired.

"The last time wasn't so pleasant." Asuma sagged back into his seat.

"What happened?" Kurenai asked.

"Ibiki was the one to inform Naruto that Cat had been killed during a mission." Hikaru replied solemnly.

(Line)

"First for this 10th question, you need to decide if you will take it or not."

"What happens if we choose not to?" Temari shouted out.

"If you choose not to then your points will be reduced to zero and you fail along with your two team mates."

"What? Then of course we will take the question."

"And now the other rule. If you choose to take it and answer incorrectly that person will lose the right to take the chunin selection exam again." He waited as they exploded.

"What sort of rule is that? There are people here who have taken the exam before."

Ibiki started chuckling, instantly putting everyone on alert. "You lot were unlucky. This year it's my rules. But, I'm willing to give you a way out. Those that aren't confident can choose not to take it and try again next year." He cast around at those remaining in the room. "Now, let's begin the 10th question. Those that wish not to take it, raise your hand. Once your number is confirmed you may leave."

Naruto glanced round the room, no one was willing to move just yet. He glanced back at Sakura and saw her biting her lip, she was worrying which wasn't a good thing in his mind. Slowly the hand to Naruto's left rose into the air, the shinobi stood up.

"I won't take it! I'm sorry Genhai, Inoho."

"Number 50 fails. That's 130 and 111 also." The flood gates opened as hand after hand went up and numbers were called with apologies following. Sakura looked at Naruto, she didn't want to see him get crushed as she started to raise her hand.

(Line)

"Ibiki knows the human mind completely. That's what makes him scary. By attacking their mind he can gain control over their spirit. The person's weaknesses all float to the surface. You can't escape his interrogation." Hikaru rose from his seat. "But that won't stop Naruto." he smiled and left the room.

(Line)

"Don't raise your hand Sakura. Please, for once in your life, trust me. Trust that I know what I'm getting myself into and that I can handle the repercussions of that action. Please, just have a little faith in me." Naruto spoke out, stilling Sakura's hand. His voice sounded so soft and pleading that she lowered her hand.

"But, you're just a little kid; you can't possibly know what you're getting yourself into."

"Don't underestimate me, that's all anyone ever does when they meet me. Being a ninja is all about sacrifice, you have to be willing to give something up to proceed. If the price this time is a rank, I'll take it, and next time if it's my life I have to forfeit, I'll do that, because that's what we do. We sacrifice everything for the sake of the village, so what's one more question, in the small stake that is our lives?" Naruto's voice reached every person in that room, instilling pride and confidence into them.

Ibiki looked at Naruto, fighting back the smile tugging at his lips. Naruto certainly had the voice of a leader that was for sure. Mind you, considering that Naruto had half the ANBU willing to take his orders, it wasn't really surprising.

"This is your last chance, I won't ask again. Your life is riding on this decision. It's your last chance to quit."

"I'm prepared to stay." Naruto nodded crossing his arms as his foot began to tap to the same rhythm that had started up in the middle of the exam. The other rookies joined in, each more determined now than before, even the remaining ninja were in awe of Naruto's determination.

Ibiki looked around, the chunin were all nodding at him. There were still 78 left, but he couldn't hold out any more. He composed his face back into its neutral mask. Naruto was the only one who could get him to relax and stop using his mask.

"Good decisions. Now, to everyone still remaining, I congratulate you on passing the first test of the chunin exam."

Everyone's face dropped in shock.

"Of the 78 left, congratulations on passing the first test of the exam." Ibiki reiterated.

"What do you mean? We already passed? What about the 10th question?"

"I think you're teammate here figured that out." Ibiki smiled.

The room turned to Naruto who glared at Ibiki but took a deep breath before explaining. "That was the 10th question, whether we stay of not."

"But what was the point?"

"It's his exam, ask him?" Naruto muttered, causing Hinata and the chunin to chuckle.

"The point of the first set of questions was to test your individual information gathering skills."

"Information gathering?"

"First, as the rules explained, success on this test is based on the whole team doing well. This puts pressure on each member of the team not to mess things up for their teammates. But the questions on this test were not the sort of questions a genin could answer, so I'm sure most people realised that to score points they had to cheat. This is why we had two chunin hidden amongst you who knew the exam." Ibiki stopped as several people commented how tough it was finding the chunins. But those that chose poorly failed of course." Ibiki reached up and undid his bandana forehead protector.

Naruto sat up, he'd never asked what was under there, but now that it was being revealed, he was curious to know. Ibiki's head was covered in a collection of burn marks, punctures from where screws were used and long slash marks.

"Because in times information is more important than life, and on missions and the battlefield, people risk their lives to get their hands on it. If the enemy or third party notices you, there is no guarantee the info will be accurate." He tied his bandana back on. "I want you to remember this. Important information in your hands can be a powerful weapon for your comrades and for the village. So we had you gather information through cheating. This clearly separated those that did not have the right abilities."

"But I don't understand the final question."

"Question 10 is the true purpose of this test. Like he said" he pointed at Naruto "the take it or not take it decision is a painful decision to make. Those that chose not to take the test fail along with their team-mates whiles those that chose to take it could lose the chance to take the test again. A true leap of faith. Say you become chunin, your mission is to steal a secret document, the amount of ninjas, their abilities, etc. remain unknown to you. And of course, there could be traps set all around for you. Now, do you accept or not?" he cast round the room again, "because you don't want to die, because you don't want your comrades hurt, can you avoid the dangerous mission? The answer is no!" Naruto smiled. He realised where Ibiki was going with this. "No matter the danger, there are missions that are unavoidable. The ability to be courageous and survive any hardship, this is the ability needed to become a chunin captain. Those that can't put their destinies on the line, who cling to there's always next time and walk away from their chance, those pieces of trash who can only make cowardly choices are not fit to become chunin. That's how I feel. Those that chose to take it answered the tough 10th question correctly; you will be able to survive any troubles you may face in the future. You have made it through the entrance; the first test of the chunin exam is now over. I wish you guys luck." Ibiki's smile dropped as he sensed something coming from the direction of the window.

The glass shattered as Ibiki shook his head. Smoke appeared obscuring the genins' view and a black sheet of material pinned to the ceiling fell revealing a young woman with light brown pupil-less eyes, black hair with a tint of blue styled in a short spiky fanned ponytail. She was wearing a tan overcoat, with a pocket on each side, a fitted mesh body suit that stretched from her neck down to her thighs. A dark orange mini skirt which was attached to a dark blue belt with a sash like appendage. She had a forehead protector, a small pendant that resembled a snake fang on a thick cord, a wrist watch and shin guards.

"You guys, this is no time to celebrate!"

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