The Chuunin exam begins.

Written by: Kin-Ryu Chikara

I don't own anything from the manga/anime Naruto. It is Masashi Kishimoto that owns Naruto. This is a fan fiction based on Masashi Kishimoto's manga and anime: Naruto. It really doesn't have much to do with the story, other than some events. Warning, does involve spoilers to things that happens in the anime and manga.

"Ordinary conversation"

'thought'

"Kyuubi speech"

'Kyuubi thought'

Scene change and story perspective. Example: Tsunade's POV (Point Of View): Tsunade is telling the story. Hinata's POV: Hinata is telling the story.

Golden dragon speech

Authors note: a comment from me about the story.

Wordlist: Konoha one of the ninja villages, Suna another ninja village, Hokage leader of Konoha, Kazekage leader of Suna, Sandaime Third, Yondaime Forth, Godaime Fifth, kage shadow, bunshin clone, jutsu technique, Hijutsu secret technique, Katon fire element, Suiton water element, Doton earth element, Fuuton wind element, Raiton thunder element, Iton healing element(my creation), kawari replacement, shinobi ninja, Jounin high ninja, Chuunin medium ninja, Genin low ninja, henge transformation, KAI undo/cancel, shuriken throwing star, kunai throwing knife, Hai 1. yes 2. here, Yatta I did it, Honto really, Īie no, sugoi 1. amazing/wonderful 2. awful/terrifying, Nani what, baka idiot, dobe moron, gambatte do your best/try your best, obāsan grand mother, otosan father, okasan mother, onesan Big sister, 1.onosan 2. nii-san big brother/brother, imoto-san little sister, ototo-san little brother, sama/san Mr, Mrs, or Ms (formal), nesan elder sister(familiar form), Ero gaki perverted brat, Ero-sennin perverted hermit(Jiraiya), tenketsu chakra holes, Jyuuken gentle fist, Gouken iron fist, Katon, Goukakyuu no jutsu Fire element, Grand Fireball technique, Katon, Karyuu Endan no jutsu Fire element, Fire Dragon Flame missile technique, Katon, Housenka no jutsu Fire element, Phoenix fire technique, Katon, Ryuuka no jutsu fire element, Dragon Fire technique, Katon, Gamayu Endan Fire element, Frog Oil Fireball (can only be used together with a frog summon).

(A/N: I am not going to write down every jutsu name in Japanese. That will be too troublesome. So I'll only write down some of them, the rest I'll use the English translation.)

Ryu-ichizoku the dragon clan, Ryu-kuni the dragon country, Kin-ketto golden lineage, Infomeshon Information, Cymer Chikara's ninja helper, Mujaki Chikara's adoptive daughter, Namida-chan Chikara's pet name for his adoptive daughter, Taiyo-kun Temari's pet name for Chikara.

Chikara's summons(all are dragons): Kaji (fire), Chikyu (earth), Kaze (wind), Mizu (water), Kori (ice), Raimei (thunder), Seibutsu (life), Yugure (darkness). Chikara in his dragon transformation is called: Kin-Ryu.

Continuation from "Hello, my name is Chikara"


The next day, in front of the ninja academy

"Chikara! Hurry up or we'll be late for the exam." Sakura yelled at me, and rushed to me, grabbing my arm and pulling me towards where Naruto was waiting. Everyone was looking at the blind Genin, and wondered if he was going to participate in the exam. That is, everyone except the Genin who knew I was going to wear the blindfold to train my eyes. They just chuckled. Shino and Kiba wondered what was so funny. "Hey? What's so funny? Chikara is blind. How can that be funny? Poor Naruto and Sakura who has to baby-sit a blind man." Kiba asked Hinata who was standing next to him, giggling softly.

"I also would like to hear the answer to that." Shino said

"Both of you will be very surprised. Just you wait." Hinata said, still giggling, before she went over to me to deliver a message from her father Hiashi.

Kiba and Shino looked at each other wondering what that was about.

On the way to the first exam

"Hey. Blind bastard. Stop right there!" someone called after me, making Sakura stiffen. Naruto was angry that someone would refer to me as "blind bastard".

"Chikara? What should we do? Continue walking?" Sakura asked. She was holding my hand, leading me as if I actually were blind. Just to make appearance. To answer her, I let go of her arm and turned to the voice. "What do you want? Come here so I now where you are. Only a coward hides from a blind man." I said to the room. A mist ninja came up to me, and poked my chest saying: "How the hell can you be a ninja if you can't see. I guess you don't even know what village I'm from, right?" he asked, grinning to his team mates.

"H…hey! Lea…leave Chikara-san alone." Hinata said, stepping up to the mist ninja, blocking his path to me. I wondered why she would put herself in a situation like that. I made a signal to Naruto and Sakura so that they retreated a little, pretending to be scared.

"Fine. I'll just beat you up then little girl" the mist ninja said, and raised a fist to hit Hinata. His fist stopped in midair. "It's not nice to ignore someone. You were going to fight me, right? Well then. I just stopped your fist, but I didn't see it. That shows how I can be a ninja without sight. Now, turn around and go to your team, if you value your arm that is." I said in a calm voice. The mist nin was clearly scared at my abilities, and walked away.

"Hinata." I said to the girl in front of me

"Eh, ye…yes? What is it?" the girl was stuttering a lot, and I noticed a blush on her cheeks. I figured it was because of Naruto seeing that she was brave enough to help me.

"Thanks for your help" I said and gave her a big smile. I then held out my hand to let Sakura take it. Surprising enough it was grabbed but by Hinata. "What? Hinata? Is something wrong? I look silly when I do that, right?" I said with a sweat drop in the back of my head.

"No, I just figured that I help you around for now. Let Sakura relax." She answered, again with a slight blush

"Well thank you. That's very nice of you." I said and let her escort me to where the rest of the leaf Genin I knew were sitting.

"Yo Chikara." Kiba said when Hinata lead me to a seat next to Ino. "Have you always been blind?" he asked with wonder in his eyes, wonder that I was blind at the dinner and wonder at why Hinata was acting like she was.

"Blind? I'm not blind. I see just as well as anyone in this room. I just see in a different way. When I need to, I can use my chakra to increase my senses, but when I'm moving around like now, I need a guide. If I didn't have a guide, I would make a complete fool of my self." I said with a smirk on my face.

POOF Suddenly a Jounin and some Chuunin appeared in the room, asking everyone to be quiet.

"I am Morino Ibiki. I'm your first examiner. This will be a written test. Come forward, and pick a number, and take a seat." He barked, making several Genin flinch.

"Hm, we are being separated. Hinata, can you lead me to the number box, and then to the seat I pick?" I asked the girl next to me.

"yeah, no problem." She said, and we stood up, and went to the line that had formed. When it was our turn, Hinata drew first, then she let me draw, and led me to my seat. By some coincidence I ended up next to Gaara from the Sand. He was participating again with his siblings Kankurou and Temari. He looked at me and said: "you're a friend of Uzumaki Naruto, right?"

"Gaara of the desert, right?" I asked. "What do you want with Naruto?"

"He is my friend. He showed me that you can have an existence not based on mindless killing. Because of him I now devote myself to those that are important to me. People like my siblings, Naruto and his friends. Those of them that don't hate me that is." Gaara replied, making me quite shocked. "I never thought I would hear the famous Gaara say those words. But to answer you question, yes. I am a friend of Naruto's. And if you want, I'm sure we could become friends too." I said with a smile. Gaara looked at me, and said: "There is something about you. You make me relax, and make me trust you. Do you have that affect on everyone you meet?"

"Pretty much. You could say that it is easy to trust me. Probably because I devote myself to my friends. You saw that girl leading me here?" I replied.

"Which one? The pink haired one or the blue haired one?" Gaara asked

"Both. I have only known them for a couple of days, yet they completely trust me. They would trust me with their life even." I said chuckling. "Not that I mind. I have never had many genuine friends, so if a friend of mine trusts me so much that they would lay their lives in my hands, I become happy. My dream here in life is to help my friends live a happy and fulfilling life. That's one of the reasons people find me so trustworthy. Hm, looks like the exam is going to start. Good luck Gaara." I said, also with a smile

"th…thanks. You too." He said, slightly hesitant about what I meant.

"I will now explain the rules.

1: there are 10 questions. 9 of them are in front of you. You're going to answer them. For every question you get right, you get one point. The team must have a certain amount of points to pass. But for those that passed the last Chuunin exam with me, it's not the same. The last question will be different.

2: those that get caught cheating will lose 2 points for the team. Now, begin." Ibiki barked, making everyone start their test. I was still pretending to be blind, so I used my fingers to feel for the paper. When I found it, I turned it over, and used my fingers to stroke the question, as to feel the letters. When I had read the first question, I wrote the answer. I was wondering if all were as easy. Apparently not all thought that the questions were easy.

It took some time before I could read all questions and even more time because the first question was easiest, and it took some time before I had the answers I needed. Then I realised what Ibiki had said, and I understood that this was an info gathering exercise. So I used my eyes to see what other people wrote, and suddenly I felt sand on my hand. I looked over at Gaara and I saw that he had an eye of sand hovering in front of me. He was reading my answers, and suddenly he moved my hand as to write answers for me. 'So, Gaara of the Desert is helping me. Well, it would be rude to refuse.' I thought and let Gaara guide my hand to write the answers. It was about thirty minutes into the exam. So I figured I check up on my friends. Hinata and Neji used their Byakugan, Tenten and Lee used some sort of mirror trick, Ino and Chouji was also doing well, Sakura had apparently been taken over by Ino, and she had almost all answers down. Naruto was struggling. I decided to offer my help, and made some seals.

Naruto's POV

'This is total bull. I have only managed one question, and that was because Chikara spoke of the answer at the dinner with Tsunade-baa-chan. What should I do? Ibiki said the final question was different this time.'

Suddenly I felt something beside me. I looked over, and saw Gaara's third eye. Also a second later I could see a miniature Chikara on my paper. "Don't worry Naruto. This is a jutsu I have. I'm finished with my test, and Gaara is trying to help you also. If you look at your hand, he has put sand on it, and intends to move it, and write the answer for you. However, I think its best that you learn to gather info yourself. Look around you. Don't move your head to much. Try not to move your eyes too. Just shift your focus from one place to another. See if you can find someone that you can spy on, and copy from. Oh yeah, don't answer me with your voice. Just think. With this jutsu, only you can hear me." The mini-Chikara said.

I looked around, and saw one that was a little open with his test, and I could see some of his answers, so I started writing them down. I then had to find four answers. Suddenly my hand moved, and wrote down the last questions. "You should thank Gaara afterwards." Mini-Chikara said, "He just gave you the four last questions. Well, bye." And with that, mini-Chikara vanished.

After the test time passed, Chuunin came and collected our tests.

Ibiki barked: "okay, now the easy part is done. For the final question, you and your team will be called down here and will answer this question: If you receive a mission with only 20 chance of success, what do you do? But before we call you down, here are the rules:

1: if you chose to answer and your answer is wrong, then you can never again take this exam. If you chose to answer and answer correctly, then you pass, and will go with you're team mates to that room over there" he said pointing to a door,

"if you chose to not take the question, then you fail you're team, and must try again next year. Decide now." Ibiki used his skills as an interrogator to scare as many as possible.

I already had the answer, and I were now concentrating on my eyes. They told me that Naruto and Sakura had the same answer as me. Then I focused on the rest of my Genin friends. Gaara were bored. He had the right answer also. That went for his siblings also. Neji, Tenten and Lee also had it figured out. The ones that had doubts were Hinata, Ino and Kiba.

All three of them were looking at me. I formed the seals and spoke to Ino: "Ino. This is Chikara speaking. Only you can hear me. If you want the answer, then think 'yes'. Don't say anything, just think." I said. I needed to hurry, since Hinata were slowly raising her hand. The reply from Ino was immediate: 'yes. Please tell me.'

"The answer is to take the mission. If you can't risk you're life, then you're not cut out to be a ninja. But now I must leave, before Hinata gives up." With that I vanished into my favourite Hyuuga. "Hinata, lower your hand. This is Chikara. I can give you the answer if you like. Just think 'yes' if you want the answer. If not, then know that I'm proud that you got all other answers correct."

Hinata thought for a while, before replying: 'I…I think I would like to hear the answer. Please'

"The answer is to take the mission. If you are not prepared to die for Konoha and your friends, then you aren't worthy of being a ninja. And I already know you have made that choice at least once. So just feel secure in yourself, okay?"

'th…Thank you Chikara-sama.' She thought with a blush. Ibiki obviously wondered why she was blushing when nobody spoke to her.

"I will leave now. Kiba also needs help. Oh, I think it's a little too formal of you to call me 'Chikara-sama'. But we can talk about that later, if you would be my guide to the second exam grounds. Well, talk to you later."

I decided to not enter Kiba's mind. Instead I made a little voice in his head that said: "Kiba. Don't give up. Hinata has the right answer. Don't worry. Have faith in her. …faith in her…" Kiba jumped as he heard the voice, and I grinned as I let the voice fade away. The result of my little helping was a massive headache.

Ibiki then began to call down people. First Hinata, Kiba and Shino. "Correct answer. Pass. Go to that room please.

Many teams were called down, some failed, and some passed. Then it was my turn. "Excuse me" I said as I stood up. "I'm blind, so I could need some help down these stairs."

Ibiki stared at me in awe. "How the hell did you pass the written part when you can't see?"

I waited for a Chuunin to come and said: "I used my fingers. Even ordinary ink leaves enough trace to be felt by a finger. That's how."

Ibiki blinked a few times before cheeking my name. 'Chikara eh? What? From Ryu-kuni? Wow. I need to talk to him afterwards.'

When I arrived next to my team mates, he asked in a low growl: "Okay. What's the answer?"

I smiled and said: "there are three people here. Who should give the answer on behalf of the team?"

Ibiki smiled: "You're a smart one. Why not answer, and I will judged if your team had the same answer."

"The answer is to take the mission." Before Ibiki could ask why I said: "because if you're not prepared to die for the village, then you don't deserve to be a ninja of the leaf."

Ibiki scanned Sakura and Naruto's faces and smiled: "Pass. Please go to the room." Then in a slightly lower voice: "I would want to talk to you later, Chikara-sama."

I just gave a shrug and let Sakura guide me to the waiting room.

In the waiting room

"I wonder if Naruto's group will pass." Shino wondered out loud to his two companions.

"Yeah, they will. After all, they have two really smart people in their group." Kiba answered

"Yeah, I suppose." Shino asked, as usual without any emotion in his voice.

"Kiba-kun is right…Shino-kun. Chikara-sam…Chikara-san came into my mind, and gave me the answer. He stopped me from giving up." Hinata said, correcting the fact that she had nearly referred to me as 'Chikara-sama'

"What? Then perhaps it was he who stopped me then." Kiba said thoughtfully.

"Why didn't he come into my mind then?" Shino sounded a little hurt.

"Because, you already had the answer. And that jutsu gives me a hell of a headache. I don't want to use it more than necessary." I answered, making them jump.

Sakura and Naruto laughed a little at this, while Kiba glared at us.

"So you can talk to people in their minds? How?" Shino asked

"it's part of my families bloodline limit. I will tell you about it later, but now we have a listener." I said, and mentioned to a grass nin standing pretty close, and listening.

He saw he was caught and walked up to us. "You! Blind dude. How are your fighting abilities? And what's this bloodline of yours called. I have never heard of a mind talk jutsu."

I looked at him, or at least in the general direction he was in. Sakura noticed this, and asked: "Chikara? You don't know were he is?"

"No. I stopped use chakra to increase my senses when we passed. I truly am blind as a bat now." I said with a smile. I had deactivated my eyes when Sakura took my arm and lead me here. Probably a bad thing to do.

"So, you don't mind if I attack you then?" the grass nin said, but then a female spoke: "But I do. There will be no fighting here. And you will do as I say, since I am the examiner for the second exam. I will formally introduce myself when Ibiki comes with the last team."

'she has a nice voice' I thought, and planed on activate my eyes to see who it was, but I could sense that she came over to us.

"Hello. What have we here then? A blind Genin? That's a first. Perhaps you should go home, little one. Sight is the most important thing in a battle. Just ask the Hyuuga's here." She said mockingly. This made my friends angry. Actually Hinata was the first to speak. "Chikara-san…"

"Can speak for himself" the examiner said, interrupting the shy Hyuuga.

"Indeed, but it is also rude to interrupt someone who is talking. You should know better, Anko-san!" I said with a dangerous edge to my voice.

"How…How do you know my name?" Anko said, with a slight hint of fear on her voice.

"humph" I just said, and started taking of my blindfold. My Genin friends were shocked, and when Anko stepped back in fear, they began to wonder what she saw. "I know because of my family's bloodline ability. I can read minds. Now, if you have nothing else to say, please go away, and let me and my friends in peace." I said dryly, before replacing the blindfold.

Anko however did not move. "Can you please tell me your name, and the name of those eyes?" she asked, ever so sweetly

I turned my back towards her and said: "Sorry, but that information is currently stated as S-class classified information. You will probably hear the name soon." With that, I fell silent, trying to meditate. Anko stood there for a while, apparently deep in thought, before she walked away.

"Um… Chikara-sama. Why did you act so harsh towards the examiner?" Hinata asked timidly while playing with her thumbs.

I shook my head, and remained silent.

"Hey. Hinata-sama spoke to you. Answer!" Neji said, walking up to me angrily.

Sakura also were angry that I didn't answer, and she was about to say something when I smirked and said: "I have my reasons for keeping my identity a secret. Also Hinata, didn't I say not to call me 'Chikara-sama'? It's too formal."

At that moment Ibiki came in with the last team. "Now, congrats to everyone in this room about passing. But the fun doesn't stop here. Now you will receive a map, and you are to make your way to the area that is encircled. You have 20 minutes. Those that are late will fail the test." Anko said

"I will list some teams that will have to stay behind. Team 7 of Konoha, team 8 of Konoha, team 10 of Konoha and the team from Sand." Ibiki said, making Anko look at him question. "Everyone else. You have 20 minutes. Go!"

"So, what did Chikara do to you guys in the exam? I saw you flinch for a moment when he turned his focus on you." Ibiki said

No one wanted to answer, or so it seamed

Then Gaara stepped forward and said: "I don't know what he did to the others, but to me he just spoke friendly, only trying to be a friend. Is there something wrong about that?"

Ibiki turned to the Konoha Genin and repeated his question. I then stepped forward and said: "I won't explain everything here, since it is S-class classified information, but I can tell you this." I said to both Ibiki and Anko at once. "My name is Chikara of the Ryu-ichizoku. My family has a bloodline limit. One of the abilities is the ability to read a persons mind. We have a jutsu that enables the user to enter a persons mind and speak freely to that person. I used this ability to help my friends with their answers. Also, to answer your next question, Anko: No, I'm not blind. Another bloodline ability that my family possesses is an eye similar to the Sharingan and the Byakugan. It can see chakra, jutsu, slow down an enemy's movements, see through things, and if I focus hard enough I can learn taijutsu from the user. For example, I am the only non-Hyuuga able to use the Jyuuken. I can see the chakra circulation system. Again only if I focus enough. The reason I wear my blindfold is training. When I can see through the blindfold perfectly, then my sight without it also is better. Also it creates the illusion that I'm weak. Many Genin in this exam is now underestimating me, and I can use that to my advantage." I said.

Ibiki and Anko stared at me in awe. Ibiki gathered his head first and said in disbelief: "So you have the abilities of the Sharingan and the Byakugan? And you used those eyes of yours in the exam?"

"Yes and no. I don't have all the abilities of the Sharingan and the Byakugan. I can't copy ninjutsu or genjutsu, but I can learn taijutsu twice as fast with my eye as without. I also like the Sharingan have hypnosis abilities, and like the Byakugan I can see chakra levels. In fact, when I have the eye activated I can see chakra all around me. Strong and weak. But that is quite enough. You don't need to know anymore about my eyes. Just know that they are called 'golden eyes'. Now was there any more you wanted?" I was beginning to lose patience. The 20 minutes was soon up.

"Just one last question." Anko said. "During this exam. Did you use them all the time?"

"No, not all the time. I used them we came into the room to see the chakra levels, and I used them to get the last three questions, and to help my friends."

"Alright, now we better be of. Or we will be late." Anko said and we left.

Before the forest of death

"So, everyone has signed their forms and every team has got a scroll. Now, let the second exam begin." Anko said cheerfully.

With that everyone went into the forest. We would have three days to get the heaven scroll before the Chuunin and Jounin teams were sent out to stop those that weren't good enough. The rules had changed slightly since. Now instead of simply get the scroll and get to the tower, now we might encounter Chuunins and Jounins.

"You two. We need to hurry. I don't want to fight Gaara and his siblings." I said to Naruto and Sakura who after all were on my team.

"Gaara is approaching?" Naruto said enthusiastically

"Bingo. And I don't want to fight him. If we fight him here, then the demon inside him might get released again, and this whole situation will be troublesome." I said and made some kage bunshin. "You three go and follow Team 8. Interfere only if Gaara shows up. You two go follow team 10. Same rules. You two go follow team Neji. Same rules." I said and sent the bunshins out. Naruto looked at me. He probably was impressed by my kage bunshin. I then removed my blind fold, and activated my eyes. "Sakura. How long can you keep going with twice the speed we use now?" I asked as serious as ever

"What? Twice the speed we move at now? Is that necessary to do that? But I think I can go on for a couple of hours at least." Sakura looked at me, clearly not wanting to run as fast as I proposed. Naruto didn't bother with the running. He knew his stamina was superior to Sakura, and close to mine.

'Only a couple of hours. Jeez. I guess I have to increase her stamina when this exam is over. But if she gets tired, either I or Naruto can simply give her a piggyback ride.'

"Okay. Let's increase the speed we move at. I want this stupid mission to end soon. Let's go find that scroll and get to the tower. The only thing that should slow us down is if our friends get into trouble and need help. Okay?" I asked, not really expecting an answer.

They both nodded and increased their speed. I used my eyes to try and find some team's nearby. "Ah, the training has paid of I see." I said after some time. Both Naruto and Sakura looked at me. "What do you mean? Can you see something?" Naruto asked while running besides me, staring at my golden eyes.

"No, not yet. At least not anything I didn't expect. I can see the chakra of the forest, and things like that, but I can't see any teams, but I smell one." I told the blonde Genin

"Smell?" Naruto and Sakura both smelled into the air. "I don't smell anything"

"That's because you two have normal senses. We of the dragon clan always have had heightened senses, and the training I put myself trough also improves my smell, hearing, taste and feeling. Not just my sight. I can smell that a team came through here about ten minutes before us. Let's catch up to them." I said and moved faster again.

"Wait." Sakura said. "So by playing blind, you get the ability to fight without using you're eyes?"

"Yes. That gives me an advantage over people who rely on their eyes. For instance, in the mist that you two experienced when you fought that Zabuza guy. In that situation I would just put on my blind fold, and go with hearing and smell. It would be good for you two to also train your senses. But now we have our team. Let's see what scroll they have."

We had found the team resting, and it probably was a good thing, since Sakura was seriously tired. I used my eyes to see who had the scroll and what scroll it was.

"They have the scroll we need. Now here's the plan. Naruto create three kage bunshin, and let two of them transform into me and Sakura. Let the bunshin start the fight, and distract the team. While the bunshin do that, you stay and guard Sakura. I will fetch the scroll and when I signal, you follow me, and let the bunshin fight a little more. Be careful so that they don't get hit. When they figure out what happened, we will be long gone."

Naruto nodded, but Sakura was about to protest when I shook my head and said: "Sakura, you are too tired to fight. Rest here, and climb onto Naruto's back when my signal comes. I don't think you are weak; you just have little stamina, and need to rest. Don't argue. Now let's go."

Naruto made the bunshins and started the fight. I crept up to the one with the scroll, and tapped a spot on his spine. He went limp, and I took the scroll, all in a matter of seconds. As I retreated, I confirmed that it was the right scroll, and sent the signal to Naruto and Sakura. Soon after they appeared besides me, Sakura resting on Naruto's back. He didn't seem to object. I could see a blush on his face too, but I didn't say anything.

"Naruto. You see what can be accomplished with a good plan? We got the scroll and didn't have to fight. A ninja should always try not to fight. Fighting is the last solution, but an extremely important one. Now, we are about an hour away from the tower if we move even faster than we do now. Let's go." I said and we speed on. After a while I said: "Sakura. I'm going to deactivate my eyes. You have to look out for genjutsu. Okay?"

She nodded and started looking around more, still riding on Naruto's back. "Chikara, we are in a Genjutsu now. I think I can cancel it out. KAI!" she yelled and said, "Okay, I cancelled it. Can you two do it also?"

Both Naruto and I nodded and cancelled the genjutsu and continued. I created some kage bunshin and sent them to distract the followers.