AN: Ok ok ok ok, so, it's, i know, I said it was gonna be a two parter, but I lied, to myself and all of you. It's gonna be a three parter and nothing more I swear, and then we are gonna be in the home stretch, probably. I'm gonna get this story done and I'm not gonna write anything for chainsaw man til then. I hope. Also a shout out to my friend and co-host on that podcast i plugged a while ago for throwing some naruto ocs my way.

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"This feels really easy right?" Sakura double checked the newest scroll they'd got. "Like, we have three days and we're already good to go."

"What did you want for some crazy dangerous guy to jump us?" Sasuke was perfectly fine skipping the free for all part of this exam.

"I mean no, but I feel bad if we win our first try and it's this easy you know?"

"I don't feel bad, I kinda wanna go find Kabuto and take his teams scroll" Naruto really didn't like that guy.

"I mean, it would make the next rounds easier if we took out more teams now" Sakura could see some tactical appeal to this plan.

"So we're going with the plan to bully a nerd?"

"When you put it like that it feels really unnecessary" Sasuke wasn't fully onboard with this. "Like, what if we just head to the tower and if we happen to run into anyone we can take their stuff?"

"That is probably the more efficient strategy."

"And Naruto can bully that guy in the next round if gets there."

"Hm it would be more fun to do it in front of everyone else."

With that settled team seven headed straight for the tower. It took them all of five minutes before they crashed into another team.

"Hey you're those kids who beat up Zabuza right?" Sasuke checked their headbands, they were from the mist, maybe this would get them out of a fight.

"Yup."

"So if we kill them it's like an indirect win on Zabuza?"

"Not how that works" he should have expected it wouldn't be that easy.

"No I think it is."

The two teams circled each other. Sasuke hadn't seen too many people from the mist village, but these three only added to his belief they all kind of dressed oddly.

"Do the shoes offer any benefits?" the bonus height had to have been canceled out by the one platform.

"They look nice" he didn't seem to have issues balancing on them.

"Is the orange some kind of land of fire camouflage?" the girl with the most normal outfit of the three of them pointed at Naruto.

"It's my color ok, is plain white and some mesh really any stealthier?" Naruto was notoriously defensive of his jumpsuit.

"Well you got me there."

"Pink hair" the smallest of them pointed at Sakura.

"This is true?"

"Pink arm" following that a claw made of pink stone came out of their empty right sleeve.

"I see."

"So" Sasuke felt like they'd been circling each other for awhile now. "How do you guys like Konoha so far?"

"This giant forest for murder purposes is kinda nice?" the girl seemed a little confused by the question.

"Not a lot of water" the tallest one shrugged when saying this.

"Yeah I guess we don't have any lakes in the village."

"So we're gonna fight right?" Naruto cut into the conversation. "Like, it seemed like we were gonna, and now I'm a little unsure."

"Oh yeah totally, just you know."

"Yeah yeah, we're just vibing."

"Exactly."

"I kinda want to fight actually" the tall one stopped circling. "I feel like we can just do that now right?"

"I'll fight you, I'm getting a little dizzy" Naruto stopped circling too.

"Cool."

"We can just watch them fight?" Sasuke was fine avoiding a fight with these weirdos.

"Whoever loses their team gives up a scroll?"

"Yeah that works for me."

"Sasuke we could probably beat these people" Sakura pulled him aside. "Like, I know I'm not the strongest around but, Zabuza didn't kill us and they're all genin."

"I hear you I do" his moral was still low after Lee knocked him down. "But now we can save our energy for a less agreeable group later on."

"What about Naruto?"

"He'll be fine, he's got loads of chakra and is tough as nails."

"No I mean look at him."

"I'M FUCKING DROWNING!" Naruto was on the ground clawing up at the air as if he was underwater.

"Goddammit."

"He knows we're in a forest and there's no water right?"

"I'm sure he does, but he still can't figure out genjutsu" Sasuke usually compensated for him in that aspect with his sharingan.

"Which scroll did you all need?" Sakura looked into her bag.

"We've got a heaven one so earth right?"

"Yeah, can your friend let him out of that now" she passed the other girl the scroll.

"Cool, let's get going!" she put it in her own bag. "You can stop messing with that kid now."

"Oh ok" he dropped the genjutsu.

"Oh my god I'm alive" Naruto scrambled up a nearby tree.

"It wasn't real you idiot, and now we need another earth scroll" Sakura dragged him out of the tree.

"How was I supposed to figure out it wasn't real!"

"We're in a fucking forest!"

"Hm. Right."

"As your punishment, you're gonna be bait for our new scroll."

"I was bait for the first scroll, this is bullshit!"

"Too bad!"

"Let's just go camp by the exit" Sasuke was a little annoyed they lost that scroll, but didn't think it'd be too hard to get another one. "Other teams will either be doing the same thing or we can jump them as they get there."

"See Sasuke's plan doesn't involve putting me in danger! Why can't yours do that?"

"I said you could use a clone last time, but you didn't want to!"

"Guys I really don't think we should be yelling and standing still, so maybe we stop doing one of those things?"

"No!"

Not wanting to get hit by whatever assholes ambushed the two of them, Sasuke went a bit away. He liked his teammates, but they could get a bit too loud for him.

"Well look who it is" he of course wandered right into another team.

"Goddammit."

"Just give us that scroll and we can let you off easy enough pretty boy" he didn't know who these people were, and now he felt kind of weird.

"First of all, I don't have it" he didn't recognize their headbands. "And secondly, I was gonna say the same thing you guys."

"You think you can beat me? Zaku of the sound?"

"Who?"

"Me!"

"I dunno you said your name like you were some famous guy."

"I am!"

"No you're not you're just some kid."

"Well so are you."

"I mean yeah but I don't lie about being famous."

"Just shut up Zaku, we're gonna kick your ass now kid" Dosu rolled up his one sleeve.

"This fucking sucks" Sasuke was gonna give Naruto and Sakura hell for this later.

Before the sound team could move in on him a giant water bullet crashed into them. His relief at Naruto and Sakura backing him up was immediately put aside.

"You used me as the bait! And you didn't even tell me?"

"It works better when the bait doesn't know" Sakura dropped a net on the sound team before they fully recovered from Naruto's attack.

"It's still rude as hell" Sasuke went through hand seals for his only lightning technique. "Lightning Bolt."

With the three of them thoroughly soaked from Naruto, and then trapped by Sakura, it was a perfect execution of their team combo water zappy zap, named by Naruto. With them taken down, and probably not dead, Sasuke checked them over for their scroll.

"We got an earth scroll again!" he tossed it to Sakura. "Now let's get to the tower before we lose it again."

"Yeah yeah you're a little scaredy cat we know" Naruto lightly jabbed him in the ribs.

"You lost us that last scroll."

"All cause you two didn't help me! We could've easily beat them!"

"Hey I said we should fight them too!" Sakura ganged up on him as they headed to the tower. "Mr. Pretty boy over here though."

"Hey don't call me that! It's mean spirited."