TenshiEren14: If the Earl is watching you there is nothing I can do. I fear for your life. Anyways, Gaara is also one of my favorite characters, second actually (Itachi is a badass!), and sorry, this chapter was supposed to have Team 7 kicking ass in it, however, I felt the need to end it where I did.

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kateg21: Could have sworn I explained this before. Just check up Millineum Earl from D. Gray Man...that gives me an idea for a NarutoxD. Gray Man crossover, although I never did finish that series' anime and I don't wanna read it's manga. I still like it though, Lenalee for the win! Now, lemons...I don't know. I've never actually written one before, and lemons can make a story better of ruin it. Mines will likely ruin it, as it would be my first time. Then again, you don't get any better without practice and criticism. YOU GUYS SHOULD TELL IN A REVIEW IF YOU WANT THEM. Sorry for caps, but I know some people skip over these and that was so people could read it. Insert smiley face here.

lilsan101: Already have a plan for Sasuke and Orochimaru. The people who were the first viewers of this fanfic know too, as it was in the description.

Jose19: Despite the fact that NaruHina has started, your question will remain slightly unanswered. The elders will NOT approve of Naruto and Hinata dating, despite the fact it's a MASSIVE power boost for them.

biofan09: I agree, don't worry. I didn't do as well as I wanted in the buildup nor the "climax" so-to-speak. It was not as good as others, I will openly admit. I wouldn't say Naruto conveniently did it, but yeah, it did seem a little like that. As for Hiashi she kind of did have to wait, as well, Hiashi would have hunted Naruto down and skinned him alive if he dated her without his approval. That's just the way I made him. Plus, Hiashi will still try and manipulate Naruto. Iruka did protest, I just didn't bother covering it.

The Chunin Exams Begin! A Master Interrogator!

Immediately as Team 7 walked in they were bombarded by intense killing intent. It was enough to put the Demon Brothers' killing intent to shame. However, their killing intent had only fazed Sakura, and that was a long time ago. Sakura didn't even flinch as they walked in.

"You call this killing intent?" Sakura asked. Sasuke smirked. "Please, Anko gives off more than this on a daily basis."

They went and walked to the back of the room, all three of them smirking.

'So they are here for the Chunin Exams," Temari thought as she looked at them.

'Mother wants their blood,' Gaara thought, a small, sadistic, and slightly crazed smile coming to his face.

"Sasuke-kun!" said a blonde haired kunoichi as she raced towards him, hopping onto his back. "I missed you so much. I know you must have missed me to, after all, you were stuck with billboard brow on your team, and the class dobe."

Sakura growled but Naruto paid her no mind, knowing the people that were real threats in the exam, and Ino was not one of them. He highly doubted she had actually stopped being a fangirl like Sakura and focused on her training. Looking at her now confirmed that.

"What did you say Ino-pig!" Sakura hissed. Naruto sighed. He couldn't blame Sakura for being annoyed by Ino though and retaliating. Honestly he had wanted to do the same thing, or at least he would have if he hadn't grown as a shinobi. Not to say the Sakura had not, she just still liked Sasuke and refused to let anyone badmouth her.

"You heard me," Ino said, a smirk on her face.

"Jeez Ino keep it down, everyone's looking at us, you're making it so troublesome," Shikamaru said, walking up. He yawned before he nodded to Naruto who nodded back. Choji smiled as he saw Naruto. "Hey Naruto how's it going?"

Naruto smiled. "Good. We're stronger than ever now, we're gonna win this." Choji laughed. "Yeah." Naruto looked at them. "What about you?" Shikamaru sighed. "Ino's basically forced herself into the leader position. It's so troublesome. She expects us all to follow her rules without any questions whatsoever, even when the majority of the time, they're troublesome."

Naruto laughed. "You guys sure had it rough didn't you?"

"Like you didn't, your team had three people who couldn't work together if their lives depended on it," Shikamaru counted.

Naruto smirked, shaking his head. "We're a solid unit now. You guys would have to work together to beat us, I'm sure of it." Shikamaru smirked. "Good thing we won't do that. It's too troublesome."

"So you guys came too huh," shouted a voice. The six members turned to see Kiba, Akamaru, Shino, and a now conscious Hinata walking up to them.

"Of course. You saw us in the hallway dog boy," Sasuke said. Kiba growled. "What was that Uchiha brat!?" Ino was about to yell at him but Sakura rounded on Sasuke. "Sasuke-kun, apologize. There was no reason to antagonize him like that." Everyone who wasn't on Team 7 immediately paused. Sakura had ordered Sasuke, Sasuke, to apologize. Sasuke hated being ordered around, unless it made him stronger. Yet Sakura had done so so brazenly. Was she sane?

Sasuke frowned. "Fine. You saw us in the hallway, you should have known that."

Sasuke listened, even if slightly!

Naruto laughed at their expressions. "The teme isn't a complete bastard, I think." Sasuke growled, releasing killing intent at Naruto. Naruto smirked, countering with his own. This made the room pause, their killing intent combined matched the entire rooms when they walked in. That was something that was frightening.

"Kiba they were right though, we saw them with Hinata on the way in, there was no reason to say that," Shino said. Hinata nodded. "I wasn't conscious, but from what you said I must concur with Shino-san, Kiba-san." Kiba frowned but nodded. He guessed it made sense.

"Hey, you nine should be quiet, you're annoying some of the more dangerous competitors."

The Rookie 9 turned, to see a teen walking up to them, a kind smile on his face.

The teen had a pair of black rimmed circular glasses. He had onyx eyes and ash-grey hair, which was kept in a ponytail that extended to his upper back, with his bangs framing either side of his forehead. He wore a dark purple shirt with a high collar, a white under-shirt, and dark purple finger-less gloves with armored plates on the back of the hand, a white cloth waistband worn at an angle, dark purple pants, blue sandals, and a shuriken holster on his right leg. He wore a blue Konohagakure forehead protector.

The nine narrowed their eyes, looking around to see a few more people who seemed to radiate power glaring at them. Naruto and Sasuke didn't seem bothered by them though, and the same was with Shikamaru although his was for a different reason. To Naruto and Sasuke there were only a few noticeable ones in the field. Gaara, Neji, and a group of Ame ninja.

Oh, and that guy who just talked to them.

"Hey everybody!" Naruto yelled. The room turned to him. "I hope you know you should just quit now! If you don't, I'll just have to kick all of your asses!"

Sakura bonked Naruto on the head. "Naruto!" Sasuke just smirked. "Sakura its fine."

Kankuro growled. "Arrogant prick!" Temari just smirked. 'He has guts too.'

'I'll kill that brat,' thought many shinobi.

"Naruto has bright flames of youth!" Lee said. "That's a word for it." Tenten said.

"It matters not. Fate will prove him wrong. He cannot beat me," Neji said arrogantly. His teammates frowned.

The Rookie 9 turned back to the teen. "Who are you? Judging from your headband you're a leaf shinobi, but I've never seen you around before," Sakura asked. The teen smiled innocently, almost too innocently. "I doubt you have. I work at the hospital after all, so it's no wonder you haven't heard of me, or even seen me. I stay there until very late at night helping patients. Anyways, my name is Kabuto Yakushi, and I thought I might want to help out some of the newbies as the Chunin Exams are no joke."

"You sound as if you speak from experience," Ino said. Kabuto nodded. "I do. I've taken this exam seven other times." Kiba snorted. "You must really suck then huh!" Kabuto blushed, scratching the back of his head. "Well, I'm not all that combat oriented. Anyways, even though I have failed a lot I have information on every competitors in here, including the newbies."

Sakura narrowed her eyes as he said that. 'I can understand him having info on older competitors, but the newbies, even ones from other villages? More importantly, if what he's saying is true and the Chunin Exams are as hard as he is making them out to be why would he be willing to give us any information, same village or not? It should be like survival of the fittest. He's suspicious.'

"Really," Choji said. "That's kinda cool actually." Kabuto nodded. "Anybody want information on somebody?" Kabuto asked. The majority of the Rookie 9 stood still, but Sasuke walked forwards.

'Suspicious or not it's a good way to get information,' he thought. He turned to Sakura who nodded to him, expressing her thoughts. They were thinking the same thing.

"Sabaku no Gaara of Sunagakure, Neji Hyuuga of Konohagakure, Rock Lee of Konohagakure, and," Sasuke turned to Naruto, a smirk on his face. "Naruto Uzumaki of Konohagakure."

Naruto laughed. "I don't know why you're asking for information on me. You probably know more about me than he does."

Sakura blanched, as Sasuke wanted to do but held it in. 'That's the point you idiot! Don't you realize that Kabuto is suspicious?'

Sakura looked at Naruto her eye twitching, but as Kabuto looked down he winked at Sakura. Her eyes widened. 'Playing the fool are we,' she thought, a small smile forming on her face.

"You know their names though, so you made it less fun," Kabuto said as he looked up. "Anyways, Sabaku no Gaara, otherwise known as Gaara of the Sand Waterfall. His exact techniques are hidden, with the only knowledge being that he uses sand. He has taken several A and B-ranked missions, with few C or D-ranks. However, it is known that after every mission, including the A and B-ranks, he has come back without a scratch, unlike his two teammates, and family, Temari Sabaku, Kankuro Sabaku."

Kabuto was about to continue but Sasuke snapped his head towards Gaara so fast you could of sworn he got whiplash. Sasuke didn't know why but he felt like the teen was watching him, assessing him, finding out his weaknesses so he could savor the moment when he killed him. No one had unnerved him that much, not even Itachi.

"Continue," Sasuke said as he looked back over to Kabuto. Kabuto nodded. "Neji Hyuga, a branch member of the Hyuga Clan." Hinata frowned. "He is considered a prodigy of the Hyuga Clan despite being a Branch Household member. His dojutsu surpasses even some of the Main Household members, like Hinata Hyuga," Kabuto said glancing at her. Hinata frowned and blushed, looking away. Naruto growled protectively. Kabuto instantly continued, ignoring anything that had to do with Hinata.

"He was last years Rookie of the Year and he is stellar in taijutsu. He knows rather few ninjutsu and genjutsu, preferring to get up-close-and-personal when fighting. His teammates are Rock Lee and Tenten Higarashi. Next up we have, Rock Lee. He is an expert in taijutsu, although he was last year's class dobe. However, he has no talent for ninjutsu or genjutsu, which is pretty pathetic for a ninja." Naruto growled again, and this time Sasuke frowned clenching his fists. Both of them knew Lee was an impressive ninja. They both respected him, as a rival in Sasuke's case, and as both a rival and a friend in Naruto's.

Kabuto again decided to stray from dangerous territory. A wise idea. "His sensei is Might Guy, a high A-rank shinobi, bordering S-class. His teammates are Neji Hyuga and Tenten Higarashi."

"Naruto Uzumaki." Kabuto said louder than he needed to. Many people in the room turned, eager to gain some information on the kid who had so brazenly said he was going to kick their ass. Kabuto snickered to himself lightly, but Naruto paid him no mind, a confident smirk on his face.

"He was this year's runner-up for Rookie of the Year, being bested ever so slightly by Sasuke Uchiha. He uses the Krav Maga martial arts style, and is proficient in Fuuton and Suiton ninjutsu. He was personally trained by Kakashi Hatake, otherwise known as 'Sharingan no Kakashi (Kakashi of the Sharingan', and Anko Mitarashi, otherwise known as 'The Snake Mistress.' Both of which are fairly impressive A-rank shinobi, with Kakashi Hatake being on the genin team of the Fourth Hokage," Team 7's eyes widened at that information. He had never told them that. "And Anko Mitarashi being the apprentice of Orochimaru of the Sannin. He is close with the Third Hokage, on a personal level, and is an orphan. He assisted Kakashi Hatake and Sasuke Uchiha in defeating Zabuza Momochi. He has above Kage level chakra reserves, and when going all out his eyes turn crimson."

"Above Kage level," Kankuro whispered. "The only other person I know who has that is Gaara, and that's for specific reasons." "What is he?" Temari whispered.

Gaara looked at Naruto with a hungry look in his eyes.

Naruto's eyes narrowed. Even if some was outdated or the fact Kabuto was suspicious he knew way too much about him compared to the other three Sasuke had asked for. He had become Naruto was going to be cautious of for the rest of the exams.

Naruto still couldn't help his laugh, which made many people raise an eyebrow. "It's funny…because while yes some of that is accurate, some is outdated."

Kabuto raised an eyebrow. "Care to enlighten us all then?"

Naruto smirked. "Sure. For one thing, I'm not telling you guys jack shit, what do you take me for, some kind of idiot!?" Naruto yelled, stomping his foot on the ground. His eyes widened as he felt the vibrations shoot through his body.

"Ouch!" Naruto said, rubbing his foot. The shinobi watching all shared similar thoughts.

'Idiot.'

A puff of smoke in the front of the room drew the attention of the competitors.

"Shut up and sit down!" roared a man.

The man had a large, imposing figure which he complemented with a rugged head and face covered with old wounds and scars. He had a black bandanna covering his head. He wore a black trench coat, black shinobi pants, a mesh shirt under a black armored shirt and black shinobi sandals.

Naruto smirked. "Ibiki! Or should I say my next target?" Ibiki turned to Naruto, a large frown on his face as he saw him. "Brat? You're here, I could have sworn that you didn't pass the genin test with how pathetic you are," Ibiki said, trying to get a rise out of Naruto. Naruto growled.

"You know damn well how strong I am you dickhead! Besides, call me what you want if you include what you just said you got pranked hard by a talent-less, no good failure."

Ibiki was quiet after that, not having a good comeback. That damn brat was born with a smart mouth, and Ibiki knew one day he would have to wipe it off of him.

"Shut the hell up and sit down." Ibiki said. Naruto smirked and cockily walked over to a random seat and sat down. The ones who were standing moved to find seats, being forced to split their team in order to do so. In the end Naruto got lucky by Hinata sitting next to him.

"Hey Hina-chan!" Naruto said. Naruto was about to continue before he got hit in the head with a book. Naruto blanched turning to face Ibiki.

"That hurt scarface!"

"I wouldn't have done it if you shut the fuck up!"

Naruto pouted, causing many of the chunin-hopefuls to face-palm. The teen had the maturity levels of a freaking five year old.

"Now that the brat is finally quiet I would like to say congratulations, you have all begun the Chunin Exams, otherwise known as hell. Give yourselves a good pat on the back, because for the rest of the first exam, I, Ibiki Morino, the proctor of the first exam, am your worst enemy."

Ibiki leaked the barest amount of killing intent although it was so well refined, so well controlled that many genin passed out then and there.

"Those who passed out fail, remove them, and that includes their teams." Ibiki said, as the chunin that were were him quickly did just that. The remaining ones immediately tensed. This guy meant business if he got rid of people that easily.

"Continuing, if any of you want to be smart-asses like the blonde over here will be disqualified immediately got it, and this rings true for you too brat!"

Naruto paled. 'Shit,' he thought as he felt to killing intents rage down on him. Sakura and Sasuke would not take any of his smart-ass remarks for now. They were not failing before the exam even started.

"Now this first exam is a written test, so I hope you all are not ready."

Naruto paled even more as the killing intent intensified. "Written," he whispered fearfully, yet the entire room heard him.

"Pay attention, there are rules, and questions are a no go. Now here are the rules: Rule number one, the written part of the exam is conducted on a point reduction system. Contrary to what some of you may be used too you start this test with a perfect score of ten points. One point is deducted for each question you answer wrong, understand? Good. Rule number two, teams will pass or fail based on the total scores of all three members."

Naruto felt crushed by killing intent.

"Rule number three, the sentinels you see positioned around the room are there to watch you carefully for any signs of cheating. And for every instance you get caught they will reduce two points from the culprits score. Be warned, their eyes are extremely sharp, and if they catch you five times you will be disqualified. Anyone foolish enough to be caught cheating doesn't deserve to be here."

'Damn it.' Sasuke thought. 'Naruto alone makes our chances slim, but they're trying to make it near impossible to not get points reduced.'

"I've got my eye on you guys," said a sentinel, causing many of the genin to pause.

"If you want to be considered shinobi," Ibiki said. "Then show us, what exceptional shinobi you can be. I have three more things to announce. One, if any candidate who is on your team gets a zero and fails the test, then the entire team fails."

Naruto almost fainted, and would have done so if Hinata hadn't stopped his head from hitting the desk.

"The final question will be told fifteen minutes before the end of the testing period. You'll have one hour total. And finally," Ibiki smirked. It was time to reveal what he knew would trip many of them up.

"The point of this test…is to cheat." He said, with a smile on his face. Many of the examines all raised an eyebrow or outright yelled. "But you just told us not to!" Ino said, smacking her hand down onto the table. Ibiki smiled but said nothing.

Naruto narrowed his eyes. He doubted many other people knew it, but Ibiki was playing mind games with them. By saying, "'Anybody foolish enough to be caught cheating doesn't deserve to be here,'" he had effectively cut the notion of cheating out of their mindset. Yet now he came back and said the point of the test was to cheat. He didn't say how hard the questions were, but he had intentionally and subconsciously implanted doubt in the genins mind. He had created doubt about how hard the questions would be, along with worry over how they could cheat without getting caught, along with the sentinels having arrogant smirks on their faces and making smart remarks. Add that on to the small killing intent they were leaking that was refined to the point of insanity, plus Ibiki refusing to answer anything proved it. They had planned this out perfectly, and executed it perfectly. No, that wasn't right, Naruto caught a surprised look on one of the sentinel's faces before it returned to normal before anybody but he, a person with such great senses, could see. Ibiki had even hidden this tidbit of information from his sentinels. They hadn't known, they had just put up good facades. That was just like a master interrogator. Confuse even your allies to make sure that the enemy was confused as well. Then again, that was to be expected of Ibiki. He was the head of the T&I Division for a reason.

That reason was showing now as he played mind games with the genin and even the sentinels.

The only reason Naruto knew he could pick the plan apart was because of the fact that he knew Ibiki too much to pay attention to much when he wasn't giving orders on the battlefield. Along with a fair good bit of luck when he caught the sentinel. Still, he didn't even trust him when the bastard had trained him. Include the fact that Anko was also part of the T&I Division, making sure he was used to this type of thing, although she was better at the torture part.

"Begin!"

Didn't see that coming. Hey guys it's Kuma Akuma, and yes I know that goes against what the first stage was meant for kind of, but I don't give no donkeys...donkeys...ehehehehe. Annnnywwayyyys, I got an idea for a NarutoxMagi crossover, and the pairing for that will be NarutoxMyron (you know Muu's sister. The really hot one. Hehehehe. By the way you do not have to have read Magi to understand it), so I'll be writing that for the next couple of days. For that there will be arcs even after the war, and if I do a lemon in this one there will probably be one in that one, although it will be strictly with Naruto and Myron, while this one could be Sasuke and Sakura, or Naruto and Hinata. Inspiration has just been leaping at me for the past couple of days...for everything other than my original fiction. I haven't even finished chapter one of that damn it! Anyways, I just made Ibiki quite literally screw with their minds, but I made him give a hint about it to them. I wonder which one of you will find that hint. This one won't be so obvious, you'll have to look. I also like Ibiki by the way, so he will not be sidelined like after the war as I personally thought he was. He's a cool guy. Anyways, Ibiki is making things almost infinitely more intense forour young heroes, along with Gaara being the best character ever with scaring the crap out of Naruto and Sasuke. Yeah guys I'm warning you now my own creations, and yours as well, will begin to pop up a hell of a lot more from here on out, hence, all of your opinions from this part are invalid! Along with any facts you think you may now that apply to my universe. Prepare yourselves, it's gonna be a hell of a ride. See you guys later and avoid the Earl.