WOW! Thx for the reviews! Reviews are just flooding in. My inbox is getting full. Well, another quick update because of so many reviews.

I want to more blood! Will there me more? Of course there will be more. It's going to get pretty gory.

Why is Sakura liking Naruto? Well, he's cold just like Sasuke. She basically is a fangirl of Naruto. More will happen later on.

What be really strange would be a Naruto/Tsunade pairing? Uh….naruto = 12 and tsunade = 50. This has got to be nuts.

Is there yaoi?!?!? Absolutely no. I am a straight male. Yaoi is just plain gross and sickening in my eyes. I'm not saying yaoi shouldn't exist, but I just don't like it.

Naruto is too strong! Well…cause he is, but he's not THAT strong. You'll see…

Shikamaru is much more powerful and smarter than that! Course he is, he just didn't want to do anywork so Naruto did.

It's too rushed! Yeah…I know…but I didn't want to go into major detail about things you already know. I think the next chapters are going to be not as rushed.

I don't like Naruto with black hair and blood eyes. Well, blond hair doesn't seem evil to me so I made it black. He went through a transformation and his hair turned black. This gives me an idea of something I should do in the future…but you'll have to wait. As for the eyes, his eyes are like this when Kyuubi is released. So basically, Kyuubi is always released making his eyes red making him a lot more powerful. Also, if you didn't understand when he was talking to Kyuubi, Kyuubi is not sealed all the way. Kyuubi is only sealed inside of Naruto with an extra seal so that Kyuubi won't possess Naruto. More details come later.

-Pairings-

I would like to say that I am developing pairings inside my head. It won't be what you expect (no, not yaoi!). snickers evilly Very twisted…

Ah…well now for the chapter!

The Chuunin Exam Begins!

Team Seven were waiting at their usual spot at the bridge for the always late Kakashi. Shikamaru was sleeping on the ground while Sakura was just gazing at Naruto. Naruto was standing there with his arms folded impassively.

"Naruto-kun?" Sakura asked.

Naruto merely moved his eyes to Sakura.

"How about we go out sometime?"

"I'll only go out with you when you are strong. You are absolutely weak. Studying and chakra control are your only strengths," Naruto replied coldly.

Sakura gasped and then looked away gloomly. "He thinks I'm weak. Maybe I should focus on training more than him. I wonder if Sasuke would care about my training…" Sakura sighed. "Sasuke and Naruto…they're so alike which makes them rivals. I wonder how Ino is doing with Sasuke…"

"Yo!" Kakashi appeared with a puff.

Sakura grabbed the closest thing to her which was her kunai and threw it at Kakashi. Kakashi easily caught it and began to speak.

"This time, I really had to be late. I had a meeting with the Hokage."

Sakura frowned. "That's your best excuse yet."

"It's true. Well, I need to give you guys these." Kakashi handed Sakura three slips of paper.

"There's one for each of you. It's your applicant form to enter the Chuunin Exam. The Chuunin Exam will see if you are capable of becoming a Chuunin. Don't take this lightly. It is one of the most difficult exams. This is also an optional thing. You don't have to take it if you don't want to. You need to meet five days from now at school in room 301 by 3 PM," with those last words, Kakashi puffed away.

Sakura turned around and handed Naruto an applicant.

"Are you going to take it?" Sakura asked.

"Of course I am. The missions we have been doing are too easy, and taking this exam would me I get to fight strong people from other countries. It will be unpredictable," Naruto replied.

"Oh…" 'This exam seems pretty hard. I wonder if I will be strong enough,' Sakura wondered.

Naruto walked over to Shikamaru and was about to poke him when Shikamaru jumped up.

"I'm awake!" Shikamaru cried out.

"How long have you been awake?" Naruto asked.

"Long enough to hear the details." Shikamaru sighed. 'This test will be troublesome. Everyone else is probably going to take it and I don't want to be left behind…'

"I'm going to leave and began training for the exam. I suggest you two do the same if you're going to take it also," and Naruto faded away.

Shikamaru placed his hands behind his head. "I guess I might as well train also." He walked off into the trees.

Sakura stood there thinking. 'This exam seems really hard, but if I don't take it then Naruto will keep thinking I'm weak…'

Sakura then heard some shuffling around her. She quickly turned around and went into a defensive position. Sasuke stepped out from trees.

"Sasuke-kun?"

"Hey, Sakura," Sasuke greeted. "Are you going to take the Chuunin exam? It seems really dangerous. You could get really hurt or even die."

"Really? You're worried about me?"

"Um, yeah. Even though I'm on a different team, I'm worried about you."

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura whispered.

Suddenly, Sasuke's eyes went wide open, and he coughed out blood. He then collapsed to the ground with a katana protruding from his back.

"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cried. She heard a sinister laughter in front of her. She looked up to see a Rain ninja standing in front of her.

"The Chuunin exam is only for strong people. Weaklings will perish!" the Rain ninja spoke.

Sakura continued to sob over Sasuke. The Rain ninja chuckled.

"What a beginner level technique," came a voice behind him. The Rain ninja turned around to see Sakura standing there.

'What the? The other one is a bunshin?' he thought.

"It's obvious that it's only an illusion," Sakura spoke.

"We'll see about that." The Rain ninja threw a few kunai at Sakura. Sakura just stood her guard smiling while the kunai harmless went through her.

The Rain ninja faded away. "Well, this is nothing compared to the real Chuunin exam!"

The illusion lifted and she was alone. She felt proud that she defeated another ninja but something nagged at her heart. 'Do I like Naruto or Sasuke?' she wondered.

Shikamaru used Shadow Imitation against the foreign ninja. The Rain ninja couldn't move.

Shikamaru sighed. 'This is too troublesome. Why did this ninja have to pick me?' Shikamaru walked a direction with the ninja following his every move. After a few steps, the Rain ninja walked into a low branch and fell back and puffed into smoke.

"A bunshin?" Shikamaru wondered out loud. "How troublesome…"

Naruto was walking through the forest when a Rain ninja appeared in front of him.

'How lucky. More blood for me," Naruto eagerly thought. He reached down for a kunai before a voice inside of him spoke.

"Stop!" Kyuubi yelled. "It's not what your eyes tell you. It's actually Iruka using henge no jutsu. He's going around testing all the rookies to see if they are capable of doing the exam."

Naruto frowned. 'I really wanted some blood…'

Naruto stood up straight and spoke. "Iruka-sensei! There's no need of doing this with me. I know your purpose and I will do anything to go to the Chuunin exam."

Iruka gasped. "How did you know?"

"Kyuubi's eyes never lie," was all Naruto said before fading away.

Iruka was left alone to ponder on those words…

Iruka puffed behind Kakashi on top of a rooftop.

"All the Genin's are capable of taking the exam. Their skills are growing just as the three of you have said," Iruka spoke.

"Yeah, but the real Chuunin exam won't be that easy," Kakashi replied.

Five days later…

Naruto and Shikamaru were leaning against the building waiting for Sakura to come. Awhile later, she appeared.

"You're late," Shikamaru told her. "That's troublesome."

"Hello, Shikamaru. Hello, Naruto…" Sakura greeted.

'I wonder what preliminary she went through,' Naruto thought.

"Well, let's get going. We don't want to be late," Naruto spoke. The two followed Naruto as he walked into the building. The steps that would lead them to an unimaginable destiny…

well…that's it. I wanted to leave you guys hanging. The first test begins in the next chapter! Please review and suggest! I think this is again rushed…but oh well. Second exam of the Chuunin exam will be VERY interesting. snickers evilly