More than three weeks have passed since Asuki and Menma returned to Konoha, after passing the genin exam, they were assigned to the seventh team along with Sasuke Uchiha under the command of Kakashi, since then they had the opportunity to complete several missions, mostly simple D rank missions, however they finally got a C-rank mission to escort the bridge builder to the land of the waves, with time the mission changed to B, after fighting Zabuza and dealing with Gato, team 7 returned to the village.

"Chuunin exam?" Asuka asked

"Yes, there are exams twice a year, I think it's high time you took it, here are your applications"

"But sensei, do you think we can handle this?"

"You won't know if you don't try," replied Menma

"Menma is right"

Next day...

Asuki, Menma and Sasuke went to the academy where the first stage of the chuunin exam was to take place, after registering, they went to the designated room, where they met the rest of their year as well as genins from other villages taking the exam.

"Wow, I knew a lot of people would take the exam, but I didn't think that much" commented Asuki

"Well, the more people to beat, the better for me," added Menma with a confident smirk

Soon Ibiki arrived in the room, beginning to explain what the first stage was all about, all the genins were seated in designated places.

"The first stage will be a written test, each question is worth two points, a maximum of twenty can be scored, cheating is strictly prohibited, anyone caught three times he and his team will be kicked out of the room," explained Ibiki

"But there are only nine questions here, and you said there was a maximum of twenty points to score?" one of the girls noticed

"You will hear the last question fifteen minutes before the end of the exam, so if you don't have any more questions then go to work!"