CHAPTER 6: THE CHUUNIN EXAM HAS ARRIVED!
People jumped to the side to avoid the dashing Naruto as he ran through the city streets. Bounding off of walls, weaving through traffic, Naruto seemed to be having a very good day. A Chuunin exam was coming, and he was ready for it.
Last year, he, Sasuke, and Sakura had entered the Chuunin exam, and as rookies! Sasuke and Naruto even made it to the 3rd test. But, like always, Naruto wasn't acknowledged as a strong one. And to his amazement, neither was his rival, Sasuke. Only Shikamaru, apparently related to the Okage of the hidden village of shadow, had proved himself worthy of the Chuunin title. And now, Naruto wanted it. Badly.
"Ha!" Naruto screamed excitedly, the wind blowing through his hair, but in all his excitement he realized something. "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHERS ARE TO TELL THEM!" Gathering himself as to think more clearly, he walked over to a bench, sat down, put his hand up to his chin, and began to ponder. "So...where the hell would they be?" Thinking, thinking and thinking, Naruto sat, deep in thought. "Of course! They'd be at the ramen pla-" He then smacked himself in realization that that's where HE'D be. Pondering, pondering, and with even further pondering he simply decided to ask Iruka back at the Ninja Academy.
Making his way back across town, Naruto found himself at his old school, a place where he learned basic jutsus...for 3 years. "Now that I think about it," Naruto chuckled placing his hand behind his head, "I really should've tried harder in school...oh well."
Walking inside, he made his way past fellow Genin, Chuunin, and even some Jounin. As he walked along he finally found his goal sitting on a bench, asleep. "Hehehehehehe." Naruto giggled, making the bon, kyuu, and bon seals, he performed sexy no jutsu...albeit with some clothes on. Tapping the man on the shoulder, waking him up, and pushing his breasts (YEAH, that sounds a little weird but you get the point) He said, "Hey cutie!" of course, Iruka being Iruka, began a famous nose bleed, flew backwards and crashed into a wall.
Breaking the jutsu, Naruto began to laugh. "THAT WASN'T FUNNY!" The infuriated Iruka screamed walking back over, wiping his nose clean of the mess.
"Hello Iruka Sensei!" Naruto smiled.
"Hello Naruto...what do you want?" Iruka questioned.
"I was curious if you've seen Sasuke...so have you seen him around?"
"Yeah, he's out back at the training area. But next time Naruto, don't sne-"but before he could finish his sentence Naruto had already blasted off to the training grounds. "That guy'll never learn." Iruka said, shaking his head with a chuckle. Sitting back down, Iruka said, "Where was I?" and fell fast asleep.
Walking across the deserted Training Ground, Naruto looked everywhere for his partner and rival. "Sasuke!" He screamed, trying his best to inform his...well, "friend." He heard grunting coming from the log pillars and walked over to find the source of the noise. Lo and behold, it was Sasuke, training his Taijutsu. "What's up Sasuke?" Naruto said, trying to seem more macho.
"Stop acting like an idiot Naruto...oh wait, that fits you perfectly." Sasuke said, grunting as he kicked the pillar again. "You should really stick with it."
As Naruto was about to retaliate, he swallowed his pride and informed his teammate of the great news. "You won't believe it Sasuke, there's gonna be a Chuunin Exam!" he shouted excitedly.
Stopping his kick in midair, Sasuke looked dumbfounded at Naruto, thinking through the facts in his mind. "Heh, I'm not surprised." He chuckled.
"No surprised? HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED?" Naruto screamed in confusion.
"You misunderstood. I'm excited as hell, but I'm not surprised about having an exam. Remember the other day in Tsunade-Sama's office? She told us she had something planned. This is obviously it. Anyway I'm glad. We're gonna kick some ass." He smirked.
"OH YEAH!" Naruto said happily, pumping his fist in the air.
"By the way, when is it, Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Hmm..." Naruto thought, again putting his hand to his chin. "I believe it will be in about 3 days."
"Excellent." Sasuke said smugly. "Time for everyone to see my true power. Anyway, we better go find Sakura. Kakashi as well. He may be able to teach us something new in the next couple days."
"Right!" Naruto replied. The two bounded off into the town with hope in their hearts to find their companions.
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"Hmm..." Kakashi thought. "You're making real progress Sakura!" He smiled, giving an "ok" sign.
"Thanks Kakashi Sensei!" Sakura replied with a cute smile.
"I have nothing left to teach you. You know everything I do about Genjutsu, your area of expertise. You'll become VERY handy!" he laughed. "These past few months of training have really paid off. I wanted to teach you some Ninjutsu, but it seems you aren't that good at it. Oh well."
"So you really think I've become stronger Sensei!?" Sakura said excitedly, clapping her hands together.
"Of course." He smiled."
"Uh, Sensei?"
"Yes, Sakura?"
"Do you think Naruto and Sasuke know about these secret lessons...?"
"WELL WE DO NOW!" Naruto said, bursting onto the scene with Sasuke. "How could you Sensei? First you give special training to Sasuke, and now Sakura! WHEN DO I GET SOME!?"
Sasuke just shook his head at the idiot standing beside him.
"Hmm...honestly, I have nothing really to teach you. Jiraiya-Sama knows your special even better than I do now. You should seek him as a sensei." Kakashi said, trying to calm Naruto down.
"Pervert Sensei. I DON'T WANT TO TRAIN UNDER HIM!" He screamed. "I want to learn Chidori!"
Sasuke was about to protest, when Kakashi jumped in for him. "You can't learn it."
"WHAT!?" Naruto screamed in misunderstanding.
"You may have the stamina, but you don't have the speed the technique requires. You can't practice it, let alone learn it." Kakashi comforted.
"Ugh...." Naruto grunted, crossing his arms in a "pouty" mood.
"Anyways Kakashi sensei, we came to tell Sakura about the Chuunin Exam."
"I already know!" She exclaimed. "Kakashi Sensei told me about it. I, uh, guess we should get ready."
"Hell yeah we better!" Naruto screamed. "I may have some fabulous new jutsus, guaranteed to get me the Chuunin title, but I can't hog all the glory!" Naruto said, forming a Ginyu force pose.
"Ugh." Sasuke said tipping Naruto over. "Get over yourself."
On the ground, with a lump the size of a baseball on his forehead, Naruto screamed out not so decent words in pain.
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"AH!" Naruto said, stretching his body. It was the day of the Chuunin exam! Huzzah! "Today is the day...the day I finally become a Chuunin!" Remembering how it took over a month to get to the final exam last time he rethought it to the exam where he becomes a chuunin.
After having a delicious bowl of "Powdered Frosted Super Shurikens" (with a tiny plastic Shuriken prize inside) Naruto walked outside to find the rest of Team 7 awaiting him. "Geez, you take forever!" Sakura complained. Naruto just shrugged. Sasuke gave a chuckle.
Arriving at the academy, the found the other Leaf Genins, friends made the previous year. The 9 friends stood in a close-knit group, and began to talk about the exam.
"Well, it seems that there are no Leaf rookies this year..." Kiba said with a smirk. "Of course, we kicked so much ass last year."
"Feh. I didn't see you make it into the finals." Neji said smiling. Surprising everyone, Kiba laughed it off.
"Where are Ino and Chouji..." Naruto asked, looking everywhere.
"Well, with Shikamaru a chuunin now, they needed a new Leaf Genin. All the other Genins have teams, and there were no rookies. So they have to wait till next year." Shino replied, breaking his normal silent nature.
"Oh..."Naruto replied.
Looking at his friends, Rock Lee stated, "Anyways, I guess having no Leaf rookies will make the exam a little easier," pumping his fists together, doing some stretches.
"How do you figure that?" Ten Ten asked, giving the bowl headed genin a strange look.
"Well, if there were some rookies, we might feel bad about taking them out. You know?"
"Yeah..." Hinata said, touching her fingers together in a shy manner.
"Hello there Naruto!" Kamaasu said popping up behind him.
"AHHHHHH!" Naruto said jumping into the air. The other Genins laughed at this little antic.
"So, who are you sir?" Neji asked politely.
Staring at Neji's eyes carefully, he said. "Hyuga eh? SO you're the famous Hyuga Neji I've heard about. Anyways, my name is Nara-Kamaasu. Shikamaru's uncle. I am the Okage of the Hidden village of the shadow."
"Village of Shadow?" Kiba wondered out loud. "Never heard of it."
"Most haven't." Kamaasu said with a smile.
Looking out past Kamaasu, Naruto saw the shadow Genin team. "HEY! Ill! Kenshi! Ryu! Over here!" he screamed, waving his arms. The genin walked over to the Leaf Genin, feeling slightly out of place. "Guys meet the Shadow genin. " This is Kiraa Illande, Kuro Kenshi, and Tsunade Ryusuke."
"Hello." The Shadow replied. Several Hellos and respective nods came from the leaf group.
"ATTENTION! ATTENTION PLEASE!" the loudspeaker shouted. "THE CHUUNIN EXAM IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! WOULD ALL PARTICIPANTS PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE ACADEMY!
"Well, I've gotta run." Kamaasu said with a smile, poofing into thin air.
"How the hell does he do that?" Naruto wondered. But it didn't matter much to him, for the Chuunin exam had finally arrived!
People jumped to the side to avoid the dashing Naruto as he ran through the city streets. Bounding off of walls, weaving through traffic, Naruto seemed to be having a very good day. A Chuunin exam was coming, and he was ready for it.
Last year, he, Sasuke, and Sakura had entered the Chuunin exam, and as rookies! Sasuke and Naruto even made it to the 3rd test. But, like always, Naruto wasn't acknowledged as a strong one. And to his amazement, neither was his rival, Sasuke. Only Shikamaru, apparently related to the Okage of the hidden village of shadow, had proved himself worthy of the Chuunin title. And now, Naruto wanted it. Badly.
"Ha!" Naruto screamed excitedly, the wind blowing through his hair, but in all his excitement he realized something. "I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE OTHERS ARE TO TELL THEM!" Gathering himself as to think more clearly, he walked over to a bench, sat down, put his hand up to his chin, and began to ponder. "So...where the hell would they be?" Thinking, thinking and thinking, Naruto sat, deep in thought. "Of course! They'd be at the ramen pla-" He then smacked himself in realization that that's where HE'D be. Pondering, pondering, and with even further pondering he simply decided to ask Iruka back at the Ninja Academy.
Making his way back across town, Naruto found himself at his old school, a place where he learned basic jutsus...for 3 years. "Now that I think about it," Naruto chuckled placing his hand behind his head, "I really should've tried harder in school...oh well."
Walking inside, he made his way past fellow Genin, Chuunin, and even some Jounin. As he walked along he finally found his goal sitting on a bench, asleep. "Hehehehehehe." Naruto giggled, making the bon, kyuu, and bon seals, he performed sexy no jutsu...albeit with some clothes on. Tapping the man on the shoulder, waking him up, and pushing his breasts (YEAH, that sounds a little weird but you get the point) He said, "Hey cutie!" of course, Iruka being Iruka, began a famous nose bleed, flew backwards and crashed into a wall.
Breaking the jutsu, Naruto began to laugh. "THAT WASN'T FUNNY!" The infuriated Iruka screamed walking back over, wiping his nose clean of the mess.
"Hello Iruka Sensei!" Naruto smiled.
"Hello Naruto...what do you want?" Iruka questioned.
"I was curious if you've seen Sasuke...so have you seen him around?"
"Yeah, he's out back at the training area. But next time Naruto, don't sne-"but before he could finish his sentence Naruto had already blasted off to the training grounds. "That guy'll never learn." Iruka said, shaking his head with a chuckle. Sitting back down, Iruka said, "Where was I?" and fell fast asleep.
Walking across the deserted Training Ground, Naruto looked everywhere for his partner and rival. "Sasuke!" He screamed, trying his best to inform his...well, "friend." He heard grunting coming from the log pillars and walked over to find the source of the noise. Lo and behold, it was Sasuke, training his Taijutsu. "What's up Sasuke?" Naruto said, trying to seem more macho.
"Stop acting like an idiot Naruto...oh wait, that fits you perfectly." Sasuke said, grunting as he kicked the pillar again. "You should really stick with it."
As Naruto was about to retaliate, he swallowed his pride and informed his teammate of the great news. "You won't believe it Sasuke, there's gonna be a Chuunin Exam!" he shouted excitedly.
Stopping his kick in midair, Sasuke looked dumbfounded at Naruto, thinking through the facts in his mind. "Heh, I'm not surprised." He chuckled.
"No surprised? HOW CAN YOU NOT BE EXCITED?" Naruto screamed in confusion.
"You misunderstood. I'm excited as hell, but I'm not surprised about having an exam. Remember the other day in Tsunade-Sama's office? She told us she had something planned. This is obviously it. Anyway I'm glad. We're gonna kick some ass." He smirked.
"OH YEAH!" Naruto said happily, pumping his fist in the air.
"By the way, when is it, Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"Hmm..." Naruto thought, again putting his hand to his chin. "I believe it will be in about 3 days."
"Excellent." Sasuke said smugly. "Time for everyone to see my true power. Anyway, we better go find Sakura. Kakashi as well. He may be able to teach us something new in the next couple days."
"Right!" Naruto replied. The two bounded off into the town with hope in their hearts to find their companions.
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"Hmm..." Kakashi thought. "You're making real progress Sakura!" He smiled, giving an "ok" sign.
"Thanks Kakashi Sensei!" Sakura replied with a cute smile.
"I have nothing left to teach you. You know everything I do about Genjutsu, your area of expertise. You'll become VERY handy!" he laughed. "These past few months of training have really paid off. I wanted to teach you some Ninjutsu, but it seems you aren't that good at it. Oh well."
"So you really think I've become stronger Sensei!?" Sakura said excitedly, clapping her hands together.
"Of course." He smiled."
"Uh, Sensei?"
"Yes, Sakura?"
"Do you think Naruto and Sasuke know about these secret lessons...?"
"WELL WE DO NOW!" Naruto said, bursting onto the scene with Sasuke. "How could you Sensei? First you give special training to Sasuke, and now Sakura! WHEN DO I GET SOME!?"
Sasuke just shook his head at the idiot standing beside him.
"Hmm...honestly, I have nothing really to teach you. Jiraiya-Sama knows your special even better than I do now. You should seek him as a sensei." Kakashi said, trying to calm Naruto down.
"Pervert Sensei. I DON'T WANT TO TRAIN UNDER HIM!" He screamed. "I want to learn Chidori!"
Sasuke was about to protest, when Kakashi jumped in for him. "You can't learn it."
"WHAT!?" Naruto screamed in misunderstanding.
"You may have the stamina, but you don't have the speed the technique requires. You can't practice it, let alone learn it." Kakashi comforted.
"Ugh...." Naruto grunted, crossing his arms in a "pouty" mood.
"Anyways Kakashi sensei, we came to tell Sakura about the Chuunin Exam."
"I already know!" She exclaimed. "Kakashi Sensei told me about it. I, uh, guess we should get ready."
"Hell yeah we better!" Naruto screamed. "I may have some fabulous new jutsus, guaranteed to get me the Chuunin title, but I can't hog all the glory!" Naruto said, forming a Ginyu force pose.
"Ugh." Sasuke said tipping Naruto over. "Get over yourself."
On the ground, with a lump the size of a baseball on his forehead, Naruto screamed out not so decent words in pain.
*********************
"AH!" Naruto said, stretching his body. It was the day of the Chuunin exam! Huzzah! "Today is the day...the day I finally become a Chuunin!" Remembering how it took over a month to get to the final exam last time he rethought it to the exam where he becomes a chuunin.
After having a delicious bowl of "Powdered Frosted Super Shurikens" (with a tiny plastic Shuriken prize inside) Naruto walked outside to find the rest of Team 7 awaiting him. "Geez, you take forever!" Sakura complained. Naruto just shrugged. Sasuke gave a chuckle.
Arriving at the academy, the found the other Leaf Genins, friends made the previous year. The 9 friends stood in a close-knit group, and began to talk about the exam.
"Well, it seems that there are no Leaf rookies this year..." Kiba said with a smirk. "Of course, we kicked so much ass last year."
"Feh. I didn't see you make it into the finals." Neji said smiling. Surprising everyone, Kiba laughed it off.
"Where are Ino and Chouji..." Naruto asked, looking everywhere.
"Well, with Shikamaru a chuunin now, they needed a new Leaf Genin. All the other Genins have teams, and there were no rookies. So they have to wait till next year." Shino replied, breaking his normal silent nature.
"Oh..."Naruto replied.
Looking at his friends, Rock Lee stated, "Anyways, I guess having no Leaf rookies will make the exam a little easier," pumping his fists together, doing some stretches.
"How do you figure that?" Ten Ten asked, giving the bowl headed genin a strange look.
"Well, if there were some rookies, we might feel bad about taking them out. You know?"
"Yeah..." Hinata said, touching her fingers together in a shy manner.
"Hello there Naruto!" Kamaasu said popping up behind him.
"AHHHHHH!" Naruto said jumping into the air. The other Genins laughed at this little antic.
"So, who are you sir?" Neji asked politely.
Staring at Neji's eyes carefully, he said. "Hyuga eh? SO you're the famous Hyuga Neji I've heard about. Anyways, my name is Nara-Kamaasu. Shikamaru's uncle. I am the Okage of the Hidden village of the shadow."
"Village of Shadow?" Kiba wondered out loud. "Never heard of it."
"Most haven't." Kamaasu said with a smile.
Looking out past Kamaasu, Naruto saw the shadow Genin team. "HEY! Ill! Kenshi! Ryu! Over here!" he screamed, waving his arms. The genin walked over to the Leaf Genin, feeling slightly out of place. "Guys meet the Shadow genin. " This is Kiraa Illande, Kuro Kenshi, and Tsunade Ryusuke."
"Hello." The Shadow replied. Several Hellos and respective nods came from the leaf group.
"ATTENTION! ATTENTION PLEASE!" the loudspeaker shouted. "THE CHUUNIN EXAM IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! WOULD ALL PARTICIPANTS PLEASE COME TO THE FRONT ENTRANCE OF THE ACADEMY!
"Well, I've gotta run." Kamaasu said with a smile, poofing into thin air.
"How the hell does he do that?" Naruto wondered. But it didn't matter much to him, for the Chuunin exam had finally arrived!