As Team 7 made their way to the third floor, Naruto immediately felt a strange tingling sensation. While he was pondering this feeling, he and the rest of the team made it to a door crowded with people. Naruto, lost in thought for once, just stood there beside Sakura while the scene unfolds. A boy in a green jumpsuit with a mushroom cut had just been knocked down by two Genins guarding the door labeled 301. As the boy's teammate pleads with the two, they explain their actions as kindness. "The chuunin exam isn't easy… even we have failed it 3 straight times. Those that take this exam and end up quitting as Shinobi, those that die during the exam, we've seen it all." Said one. "And chuunins often become captains of military teams. The failure for a mission, the death of a comrade, that's all the captain's responsibilities." Said the other. "We're just thinning out the weak who would have failed anyways. What's wrong with that?"
"I agree," said Sasuke, "But you will let me pass. And you will remove the genjutsu around this door. I'm going to the third floor."
Amidst the murmurs of the less talented that haven't seen the genjutsu, the 2 genins revealed themselves as chuunins. As they took off the Genjutsu, the tingling feeling dissipated and Naruto realized that at his heightened Ketsueki Sattou state, he could sense Genjutsu, however, it is a very slight feeling.
Satisfied with his conclusion, he turned back to the situation at hand. As he saw the chuunin kick towards Sasuke, he thought, 'yeah! Sasuke's gonna get his ass kicked!' Unfortunately, the wimpy kid with the thick brows from before dashed in between the attacks and caught them with his hands. Surprised by this sudden change, Naruto asked Kyuubi's opinion.
'This kid is really strong. From his movements, I can see he's being weighed down but he must be used to the weight, as it's not hindering his movements very much.' Said Kyuubi. 'However, there's an anomaly in him… There is not a bit of chakra coming from him. I sense nothing… strange…'
Seeing that it's not really an immediate concern, switched his attention back to the conversation. Watching as Sasuke gets into a small argument with the long haired kid with the white eyes, Naruto asked his mental roommate, 'What's with his eyes?'
'It's a bloodline limit. The Hyuugas have a eye bloodline limit that allows them to see almost 360 degrees around them. As well, they have excellent chakra control.'
'Oh. I see… I thought he was just a weird albino or something.' thought Naruto as he continued onwards with Sasuke and Sakura. Soon after, the thick brows kid showed up and introduced himself as Lee. He then promptly challenged Sasuke to a duel. Just as Naruto was about to yell at Lee and attack, Kyuubi said, 'Wait! Watch his fight first. I'm sure you would love to see that arrogant prick get his ass kicked.'
Knowing better than to argue with the Youkai, Naruto didn't do anything, except, of course, laugh when Lee sent a barrage of kisses at Sakura, who dodged them all by contorting her body in various ways. Foolishness aside, Naruto watched as Sasuke rushed forward, eager to defeat the thick browed kid. However, it soon became apparent that Sasuke was not nearly fast enough to hit the speed demon, Lee. Unfortunately for Lee, the Sharingan helped Sasuke dodge all of the more powerful hits, only letting in the glancing blows, which was enough to infuriate Sasuke. Lee had become desperate. 'I need to prove my nindo!' As the bandages unraveled, Lee went into the Ura Renge. Meanwhile, Naruto had watched with mild interest from the sidelines. 'I can't believe it… my Ketsueki Sattou reflexes are better than the Sharingan's! Too bad I can't copy jutsus with it.'
As Sasuke was kicked up, Lee followed into his shadow. The bandages started to snake around Sasuke when a toy windmill shot out of nowhere and pinned it to the wall. Sasuke managed to land properly, but fuzzy brows was not so lucky. He was hanging from the bandage 3 feet off the ground. Then, a loud, boisterous voice yelled out, "Lee! What are you doing! Did you forget that I have forbidden you to use this technique so casually!"
When Team 7 looked over at the origin of the voice, all they saw was a turtle. Naruto had only one thought, 'huh?' He then concentrated his thoughts and felt the familiar tingling again. 'I see, Genjutsu eh? I wonder who this is…' Seeing that the blonde was staring intently at the turtle, Konoha's Beautiful Green Beast appeared. "I am Maito Gai! Kakashi's Eternal Rival!" introduced Gai, with a nice guy pose. As all three sweatdropped, Gai continued to lecture Lee, who was nodding so vigorously that if he nodded any faster, his head would have fallen off.
Seeing the skepticism in the eyes of his rival's students, Gai disappeared in a burst of speed and reappeared behind them, surprising two of the three. Naruto, however, had already half formed a blood kunai in his hand as he turned. Realizing that it was just fuzzy brows' sensei, he quickly reabsorbed the blood. Unfortunately, this did not go unnoticed by Gai. 'Hmm…His reflexes are beyond normal Chuunin's! That's pretty amazing. But what was that? It was as if a kunai had burst out of his wrist band and then melted back into it. I'll have to ask Kakashi.'
As annoying as Gai can be, he is not an incompetent Shinobi. He kept his mouth shut about that and continued to brag about his record against Kakashi. As this dragged on, Sakura was forced to interrupt and mention the time. Realizing how little time there was left, Gai sent all of Team 7 and Lee to the waiting room. When they entered the room, Lee rejoined his group and all of the Rookie 9 got together and chatted. As the conversation started to drag on, Naruto noticed that Hinata wasn't talking to anyone. Seeig this, he wandered over and said, "Hey Hinata-chan! Are ya ready for the Chuunin Exam?"
"O-ohayo Naruto-kun. I-I'm not sure if I c-can make it." Whispered Hinata.
"C'mon Hinata-chan! Be more confident! You can do it!"
"Ano, thank you Naruto-kun." Said Hinata, as she blushed again and played with her fingers, "I—"
At this point, Kabuto made his appearance. "You rookies shouldn't be talking so loud. It'll attract attention and you'll make yourself a target of everybody here. Since you're all rookies, I'll show you my nin-info cards."
Here, Sasuke requested info on Neji and Lee and Naruto asked for Gaara. Kabuto told them that Neji was one of the Hyuuga with their blood line limit of the Byakugan. His taijutsu skills are his strongest but his other skills are ok. Lee is obscure and the only info was that he is a Taijutsu specialist and was abysmal at Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Everyone except for Naruto was amazed at Gaara's record of so many A and B missions and not a scratch on him ever. The Sound nins, who felt they were not being taken seriously, chose this time to prove their point. As the first one leapt forward and attacked. Kabuto leapt back to avoided it, only to be caught by the sound attack after it.
Suddenly, the examiner appeared with his Chuunin entourage and boomed, "No fighting in the first exam unless you want an automatic fail!" As he proceeded to explain the test, Naruto was panicking. Written tests were his weakness! 'Kyuubi! Quickly, how do I get out of this!'
'Very simple. I have been on this earth for more than a millennium you know. I will give you the answers.'
Relieved, Naruto went to take his seat where the Chuunin directed him. He sat down beside Hinata and started the test as soon as they were allowed. After going through the questions with ease, he slumped down onto the desk and pretended to sleep. In reality, he was sneaking glances at Hinata. 'she's so cute! Hehe.' Thought Naruto. 'Do I like her? But I like Sakura-chan! Or do I? Maybe I'll have to consider polygamy.' Pondered Naruto. He continued sneak glances and trying to figure out who he liked more.
Hinata, who figured out the point of the test, which was to cheat, had activated her Byakugan and copied all the answers when she noticed Naruto looking at her. Blushing, she thought, 'Naruto-kun is looking at me! Does he like me? Oh... I wish I could tell emotions like Neji-niisan. I hope he likes me…better yet, loves me! Hehe…but he likes Sakura-san…' For the remainder of the test, Naruto snuck glances at her and thought about her and she was deep in her thoughts on Naruto.
Abruptly, their thoughts were interrupted by Ibiki and he announced the rules for the final question. Many gutless genin wimped out until Naruto got annoyed. He slammed the table and yelled out, "I won't quit! If I have to stay a genin forever, Konoha will soon have their first Genin Hokage! I won't be a spineless coward!" After his speech, the people were no longer as undecided. Ibiki, annoyed that half of the purpose of the test had been defeated by the brat and he probably didn't know it, announced that they all passed.
Immediately after, Naruto felt a chakra signature hurtling at the window at high speeds. He quickly drew a metal kunai and flung it at the front of the room. As Mitarashi Anko broke through the window, she threw open her clothe curtain and grabbed the kunai. "Wow. Ibiki, you left a lot of people this time! But I don't really blame ya that much. The blondie that threw this woulda killed me if I were a Chuunin. Must be a good batch this year. Alright potential Chuunins! Meet me at the Forest of Death tomorrow morning! Dismissed!" At this, Anko flung the kunai back at Naruto, who caught it by the handle and put it away.
As the roomful of Genin filled out of the room, all eyes were on Naruto. 'When did the dobe get so good!' 'That's Naruto?' 'Wow! You're amazing Naruto-kun!' and 'who is that blonde kid?' were all thoughts that occurred simultaneously as they shuffled through the doors.
Several hours later, in the Hokage tower…
After reviewing Kakashi's observations of Naruto, the Sandaime wasn't quite so worried. He had just dismissed it as Naruto growing up and being more mature. However, after reading Gai, Ibiki and Anko's reports, he was very disturbed by the news of Naruto's newfound power. He decided that he would go visit the "Savior" of Konoha, Kyuubi's jail cell.
Jutsu:
Ketsueki Sattou Blood Rush
An original jutsu I created specifically for the Chosen of the Blood. It allows the user to increase the rate of blood creation in the body. Basic for the blood jutsus, since they all use blood. Once a chosen has enough practice, the Ketsueki Sattou jutsu effect will be permanently at triple speed. It can still be further increased though.
Ura Renge Initial Lotus
A self damaging attack that strains the muscles severely. However, its destructive power is even more devastating to the opponent. Last ditch effort attack usually.
