Hmm..I may have made Tenten a bit depressed and angsty, not like her own smiley, happy, (basically Narutoish sans the loud voice and hyperactiveness) self. But then again, she's revisiting Konoha…

When Tenten woke up the next morning, she found herself to have overslept. Between all the traveling, crying and screaming she had done the night before, and the additional effects of the sleeping pills, the weapon mistress sure was sleepy. Still, that wasn't a good enough reason for her to miss the exam. Crap, she thought. She hurriedly put on her gear and tied up her hair, then rushed out the door like her life depended on it. Well, it did. If she didn't get there on time, she would have failed the exam, then in turn failed the mission, then get her ass whipped, fried and roasted by the ever-so-strict Tatsuta in a way that would have put Morino Ibiki's torture techniques to shame. Anyway, she ran into the building, only to find several crowds of people looking lost.

She approached a girl nearby and introduced herself. "Ohayou, I'm Tenten, from the Hidden Mist. Why is everyone looking so lost? Wasn't the exam supposed to start half an hour ago?" The girl's eyes widened greatly. "T-Tenten?" Then, as if she knew her strange behavior, the girl blushed slightly. "Gomen. I thought you were someone else, seeing you two have the same name. But, I know it's impossible, the poor girl is already dead and you are from the Mist. So, let's all forget about that. I am Sabaku no Temari, from Suna. Yes, the exam was supposed to start, but apparently the examiner is late." Tenten sweatdropped at that. She was about to ask a question when a 'poof!' stole her attention.

A silver-haired man with a facemask stood in front of the room, no doubt the centre of attention. "Yo. Sorry I'm late, there was an old woman carrying a ton of things and I had to help her" At this point, his voice was drowned away with a loud shout of "LIAR!" At that moment, everyone present could feel drops of cold sweat roll down their necks. Somehow, this man standing in front of Tenten seemed quite familiar. But she just couldn't remember who he exactly was.

The man laughed nervously and shrugged. "Hehheh. Anyway, I am Hatake Kakashi and I will be your examiner for the first part of this exam. There will be four parts in total, no more, no less. This part is relatively easy, the easiest of the four. Out of the 120 ninjas here, 15 of you will not be able to participate in the next part. All you have to do is go through several tests, then the 15 people with the lowest results have to say sayonara to the rest of the chuunins." Hatake Kakashi, Hatake Kakashi, where had she heard the name before? Suddenly, a very unwelcome and embarrassing memory drifted into her mind.

Flashback

"Kakashi, my eternal rival! I challenge you to a duel! If I lose, then I will do 100 rounds around Konoha with one hand and balance a one-ton boulder on each of my feet!"

End Flashback

The information clicked into her mind quickly. Of course! This was her weird (ex)sensei's rival, Hatake Kakashi! She and her (ex)teammates used to witness all sorts of funny duels he had with this man.

Her ninja instincts picked up everyone leaving, so she followed them quickly. Kakashi led them to a huge room with many rows of chairs and another door leading to somewhere else. He gestured to the chairs, asking them to sit down. Tenten chose a spot next to the Temari girl, seeing as she too was alone.

"When you hear your name called, go into the next room. I will be there with several others, to test you. When you are done, there is another room prepared identical to this one. Sit there quietly until everyone is done." With that, Copy-nin Kakashi exited the room, of which an average-looking rookie Jounin came out from, holding a scroll. "Shinara Ayane, Hidden Leaf" he called. A girl with long, purple hair stood up and went into the next room, the door closed behind her. There was an interval of about 5 minutes before the man called another. "Yamanaka Ino, Hidden Leaf" A blonde-haired, thin girl left the room.

After about 45 minutes of waiting, Tenten's name was finally called. "Tenten, Hidden Mist" There were several gasps at this from the other end of the room, but Temari gave her a wink and a smile. Tenten ignored the stares from several people she recognized, like Lee and Neji, and briskly walked into the room.

Kakashi was there, along with another guy, whom she recognized as the man who had refereed the preliminary round in her first chuunin exam. Also, there was a black-haired woman with red eyes and a brunette who looked slightly pissed. "Ah, Tenten-san. I see that you specialize in weapons." Kakashi said. Tenten gave only a nod in reply. She was told that she would be tested on her aiming, her ninjutsu, her taijutsu, her genjutsu and her ability at forming tactics.

A slightly tired girl left the examination room, hoping that her results were at least passable. She had no wish to suffer her sensei's ass-roasting again after she had failed that mission a few weeks ago. Hell, she wasn't even sure if it had properly recovered yet, or if it ever would. Needless to say, her aim was flawless. Her taijutsu was acceptable (She would have put Gai to shame if she failed because of it) and her ninjutsu excellent. She managed to scrape a few genjutsu she had learned over the years and the "kai". Her forming tactics, was just only passable, and it was only because she had gone on several missions with the Mist's best tactician.

Slowly, the room filled up; sometimes on occasion she'd see from the corner of her eyes someone she recognized. She would take refuge by engaging in conversation with Temari.

Then, Kakashi came into the room and reported the results. Tenten was very nervous, but a minute later she was smiling happily. Luckily for her (and her ass), she had passed the first test.

I don't know when I'm updating next, but it sure as hell won't be tomorrow!