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Bold: Jutsus

Italic: Thoughts

Underlined: Kyuubi

Chapter 2: The Chuunin Exam Part I

"What kept you Naruto? Do you have to fail at everything?' Sasuke said as Naruto and Sakura arrived.

Why does he always say that sort of thing to me? Maybe he really doesn't like me. Thought Naruto.

"I slept in Sasuke-teme. Get over it." Naruto told him.

Sakura watched the two boys bristle at each other's words. They just stood there glaring until Kakashi appeared to break up the staring contest.

"Oi! Naruto. Sasuke. It isn't time for that crap right now. You need to be focusing on the task at hand. The Chuunin Exam isn't nearly as easy as graduating from the Academy," He said. "I can't help you once you begin. You all have some advantages. The biggest will probably be the special training that we've been doing separately. Sakura, make use of the chakra enhanced strength that Tsunade has been teaching you since she returned. Naruto, I don't know what Jiraiya has been doing with you, but I assume he has some sort of plan that will be helpful. Sasuke, I've already shown you what you need to know to pass this exam. Are you all ready?"

"Hai!"

"Hai."

"Hai."

Kakashi disappeared as the three genin walked into the building where the first part of the test would commence.

FLASHBACK

"Naruto…" said Jiraiya. "You need to be in control of your chakra. You let your chakra form into the vaguest facsimile of what you need. Just because you can get away with it as a genin due to your tremendous chakra reserves does not mean it will fly when you go in for more challenging missions. I think the best way for you to learn chakra control would be a technique that your father the Yondaime created… Oh… damn."

Naruto was staring at Jiraiya with a very uncharacteristic blank stare. Not a smile or a frown or anything of the like passed Naruto's features as he spoke.

"My… father? I have a father? I… had… a father," he said.

Jiraiya understood the reaction that Naruto was having. He had never known anything about his family, and such a quick introduction to them was a tremendous shock.

"I apologize for no one having told you sooner. I imagine it would have been hard for you all these years without a lineage to call your own. I want you to know that your father… was a great man. He sacrificed his life to seal the demon Kyuubi inside of you. Shit… I've done it again," Jiraiya looked flustered at his second slip of the tongue. " The demon that attacked Konoha so long ago was not killed by the fourth Hokage. It was sealed within you by your father. In times of great emotion it will benefit you, but never allow it to coerce you into what you believe is wrong. It will always be a stigma for you, but do not view it negatively. It is an honor, though many will not see that. Along with the techniques that I teach you and the Advanced Bloodline that is your birthright, the Kyuubi will allow you to deal with what is coming."

Naruto looked like all the life had been drained from him. He slumped to the ground under the weight of all he had just been told. Jiraiya started to worry if Naruto would recover from the shock, but he was cut off before he could speak as a very improved Naruto shouted:

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WHAT IS COMING!" he screeched.

"You will know soon enough," replied Jiraiya, covering his ears.

Perhaps too soon

END FLASHBACK

As the genin Team Seven walked into the building, there was an explosion of activity and shouting.

"What's going on," asked Sakura.

It sounds like a fight

The boys ran towards the sounds, leaving Sakura to catch up. They came upon two boys staring at a red-haired girl with a fiery look in her eyes. She stood a bit shorter than Sasuke and had shoulder length, blood red, hair. It almost seemed to move of it's own accord. The odd part was not how she looked but how everyone looked at her. The two boys, who were clearly older, looked at her with unconcealed fear.

"I told you not to touch me. You will be punished for the offense," the girl quietly said.

She made several hand seals that Naruto recognized, but ended with one he had never seen. As she finished her hair swirled around her and she named the technique.

"Blood Release: Blood Fever Dementia"

The locked gazes proved unfortunate for the two older boys as the girl's eyes glowed a deep red and theirs glazed over. Soon the boys were alternating between running blindly through the halls and collapsing to the ground screaming. Sasuke and Naruto tried to use the genjutsu release on the boys, but to their surprise it was not illusion that held them so helpless. The gril chuckled softly and introduced herself to Team Seven.

"I'm Kira. Don't worry about them. The effects will wear off soon. I didn't put a lot of chakra into the attack," she said.

Who is this girl and what was that move? thought Sasuke.

"Glad to meet you! My name is Naruto and I'm going to be the Hokage someday!" said our favorite loudmouth. "What did you do to them?"

"Now that would be telling wouldn't it?" Kira replied. "You have an interesting aura Naruto. I hope we get a chance to fight during the tournament. Don't worry. I won't kill you."

With that slightly disturbing comment, Kira left them all dumbfounded.

"Woah"

"Agreed"

"Hmph"

Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura followed the route that Kira had taken farther into the building. They eventually found a group of genin and were about to start mingling when a voice boomed out of the room adjacent to the crowd.

"Come in and prove your worth," it said. "Very few of you will make it through even this first part of the exam. We will be testing your genjutsu resilience."

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AN: Sorry for the wait… Though honestly I want more of you to be waiting on me. :P I also have to apologize for not listing the techniques at the end of the first chapter. I'll do that here. Sooooo what did you think? Ask me questions and give me suggestions. Make me feel like a fool if you like. I need critiques, as this is the first story I've ever written.

Techniques:

Forbidden Technique: Blood Shrapnel Explosion:

A messy technique in which the user creates unbalanced, chaotic chakra and sends it into the bloodstream of the target. This causes the blood to run counter to the direction in which the heart is attempting to pump it. This ultimately results in the rupture and subsequent explosion of all the major arteries.

Blood Release: Blood Fever Dementia:

A technique that warms the blood in the target's brain. It causes blindness, disruption of thought processes, and immense pain. If the technique is not used only for a brief period, it will result in death.