Previously on Naruto…

"That's not possible, how has he never gotten hurt on a mission!" Peri gasp in disbelief

"What's the deal with this guy?" Naruto asked, shocked.

A large poof of smoke revealed a group of chunin with one tall man wearing a black trenchcoat. "Alright now pipe down! The exams are about to begin, I'm Ibbki Morino, in other words your worst nightmare." he grinned sinsterly.


"Alright. My name is Ibiki Morino. In other words, your worst nightmare." the proctor grinned sinsterly before pointing to the three ninja.

"Ninja of the Sound who told you could fight? Fighting is strictly forbidden without supervised vision. Anybody who even thinks of crossing me will be removed from the exams immediately, understand?" Ibiki said.

"Fighting with supervision? That's not fun." one of the sound ninjas said cockily. Ibbki just glared at the boy and that immediately shut him up it was obvious that he wasn't the person to mess with. Hinata flinched, hiding little behind Peri who sweatdropped a little.

"Now the chunin exams are about to begin. Hand over your paperwork and you'll get a number telling you where you sit. The written exams are about to begin." Ibiki instructed

A chunin waved a stack of paper in his hand.

Naruto and Peri began to panic. They were screwed.

Absolutely screwed.

-Academy Teacher Break Room-

In the teacher's break room Kakashi, Kurneai, and Asuma were sitting together eating lunch. "It's so quiet without the kids here." Asuma spoke

"Well, they got their hands full. I heard a man named Ibbiki is the proctor." Kurenai said

Oh no.

"Not that sadist." Kakashi groaned rolling his eyes

Asuma looked at Kurenai.

"You've haven't met him yet, but he's the head of the Interrogation Corps. And... he specializes in mental torture. He likes to mess with a person's mind until they break. That guy isn't somebody to mess with." Asuma explained.

(Maybe I should have listened to Guy. I hope Sasuke, Peri, and Naruto are alright.) Kakashi thought grimly.

-Ibbiki's Classroom-

Sasuke was getting frustrated.

Peri wanted to run out the room.

And Naruto just wanted to cry.

The first exam was a written exam much to Naruto's and Peri's horror. And to make things worse if one of their teammates failed the ENTIRE team fails.

Just great. Perfect. They were gonna fail.

(Okay just relax Peri relax. You answered four questions all you need to answer-MATH! Why does it have to be MATH?!) the Senju girl cried.

(IT'S HOPELESS! WHAT AM I GONNA DO!) Naruto walked, falling into an abyss in his mind.

(Each problem is harder than the last.) Sasuke was sitting in the back row reading the questions.

(And what's with the three chances before disqualification? At the Academy once you're caught cheating. Unless...they want to see if we can chest and not get caught.)

And it looked like he wasn't the only one who figured it out.

Shino used his bugs to cheat off the kid next to him.

Ino uses her mind transfer jutsu on Sakura.

Kankuro was spying on people with his puppet

Kiba and Akamaru were working together.

Hinata was using her byakugan

And Gaara was scanning over answers with his sand.

Sasuke activates his sharingan, but before he did anything a leaf landed on his desk. Strangely, there was something written on it, almost like a note. Without getting caught he read it.

'I figured it out! We have to cheat to pass. Use your sharingan and copy my notes.'

~Peri~

Onyx colored eyes connected to moon-gray colored ones. Sasuke picked up his pencil focusing his visual prowess on his brown-haired teammate and began to mimic her actions.

..

Naruto wasn't having a good day.

A written exam.

He could have done ANYTHING but this.

But no. Life hated him. And he had no idea where his friends were and didn't even know what the questions meant. "Ummm...Naruto?" a soft voice called

"Oh hey Hinata when did you get here?" he asked

"Oh..um..I-I just wanted to help you out. H-here look." the Hyuga heiress whispered secretly revealing her test.

A kunai flew past him, cutting off a tip of his blonde hair. The weapon landed on the desk behind the Uzumaki, scarring the boy behind him. "W-What was that for?!" the boy said

"You've been caught three times. You and your teammates are eliminated." the chunin grinned, watching the three genin leave the room. And soon afterward several others were estimated as well.

"Naruto please look at my answers." the Hyuga heiress whispered.

"Thank Hinata, but I don't want you to get in trouble." he smiled.

(He cares about me!) the blue-haired girl blushed.

(Oh man what am I thinking!) the Uzumaki wailed.

Ibbiki was silently observing the classroom; he could tell that a few managed to figure it out without getting caught. Extremely with the Rookie 11 fresh out of the academy. He had to admit he was impressed, and it was time to raise the stakes. "Alright then, time's up. I will now explain the final question." He proclaimed.

"Final question? What's this about?" Peri demanded.

"Calm down Princess and I'll explain. Up until now the first nine questions were only worth two points. For the final question you don't have to answer if you don't feel up for it. If someone decides not to answer the tenth question, the team will be disqualified, but will be able to retry next year." Ibiki began chuckling quietly.

"What's the catch?" Temari stood up from her seat, " What happens if we answer the question but fail to get it right?"

Ibiki grinned sadistically.

"If you get the tenth answer wrong…YOU'll NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE THE CHUNIN EXAMS EVER AGAIN!"

It was so quiet and tense in the classroom a pin could be heard. After a few minutes several teams left the room being disqualified one by one. It was better for them to try again next year.

(What are we going to do? We barely answered the first nine questions so what will happen if one of us gets wrong?) Peri bit her lip nervously. Suddenly, Naruto raised his hand much to her horror only for him to stand his hand down on the desk. "DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME! I WON'T QUIT AND I WON'T RUN! THAT'S MY NINJA WAY!" Naruto yelled.

Suddenly, it felt like the whole class gained a newfound strength. And just like that Ibiki told them that they all passed the exam by standing to take the tenth question even though it wasn't a real question.

Peri sat down and let out a sigh of relief. They pass the exam.

CRASH!

"Alright, kids ready to put your lives on the line? It's time to get ready for the second exam!" a purple-haired hyperactive woman yelled.

The Senju moped with blue lines squiggling over her forehead.

Why did the world hate her?


Author's Notes

Merry Christmas!

I want to thank you for being patient, I finished my finals a couple weeks ago and finally got a break from work. I've been working hard on this chapter and I'm writing the next one now.

Happy Holidays guys and stay safe!

~SenjuPrincess~