Man can you guys believe we're already getting close to TWENTY chapters? Heh, feels just like yesterday when I first started this story ^_^
Oh and before I start, I've gotten a good number of reviews asking to pair Sasuke with a female saiyan OC. I'll be honest, I'm debating on even pairing Sasuke when anyone at all TBH. But I promise to think about whether pairing him with someone or not.
Now with all of that outta the way, let the chapter begin! =D
As the four man cell of Team Seven made their way to their assigned classroom, they were approached by none other than Kakashi.
" ?" Gohan asked in slight confusion.
"Yo." Kakashi greeted with a small wave.
"What're you doing here?" Sasuke asked.
"I'm here to see all of you off. And it's funny since normally only a three man squad is permitted to participate in the exams so one of you could've just stayed at home but with special convincing from the higher ups, you were all allowed to take the exam." Kakashi explained as Sakura smirked.
"Not a chance. After these last few months of missions, if we just gave up, it'd make all of that useless!" Sakura said as Kakashi raised an eyebrow in shock before smiling behind his mask.
"It seems our little pinkette is slowly growing up…." Kakashi mused to himself before acknowledging her.
"Glad to hear it. And no matter what happens just remember, I'm proud of all of you. Gohan, Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura, kick ass in there." Kakashi eyesmiled as all of team seven smiled in excitement of the exams.
"Totally!" Naruto grinned as all four preteens slowly made their ways to the door before opening it, unaware of what the future had awaited for the four of them….
As they slowly entered the room, the four of them soon found themselves standing in a classroom where tens to over a hundred different genins lay in wait for them as they all glared at the group of four.
"W-whoa…so many of them….." Naruto gaped, jaw dropped at the amount of people lay in the room.
"Talk about a full house, huh?" Sakura muttered just as shocked.
Giving a Vegeta-like smirk, Sasuke couldn't help but grin.
"I'm…excited for some weird reason." Sasuke smirked.
Gohan meanwhile used this time to scan the Ki signatures of everyone in the room. While he was confident he could handle all of them, his eyes soon darted at Gaara with whom he noticed something…ominous….evil…in him….
"What's in him? It feels like….the nine tails in Naruto…" Gohan said as he observed….
"So it's that Son Gohan, prick." Kankuro grinned in excitement at the thought of wringing Gohan's neck.
Gaara meanwhile gave a slow excited smile putting both of his siblings on edge.
The tension between Gohan and Gaara continued before….
"HI SASUKE!" Ino grinned as she embraced Sasuke around his neck.
"Get…off…me…." Sasuke growled at her as she ignored him.
"I missed you so much!" Ino grinned wider as Gohan couldn't help but laugh at his friend's misfortune.
"Haha you look might comfy there, Sasuke!" Gohan grinned his father's laughing face as Sasuke glared at him.
"Screw you." Sasuke growled.
Gohan was sure if looks could kill, Ino would be nothing but a pile of dust.
"Oh, and if it isn't forehead!" Ino smirked.
"Hey, Ino Pig." Sakura smirked.
Ino couldn't help but raise an eyebrow as she noticed the lack of bloodlust from Sakura as she was hugging Sasuke.
"Uh forehead? You okay? I'm hugging Sasuke here!" Ino said.
"Oh yeah I see you." Sakura said nonchalant as everyone, even Sasuke, was shocked.
"Did…you hit your head or something?" Ino asked in disbelief.
"I wouldn't be surprised…" Sasuke muttered as he seemingly forgot about Ino before she got off him.
"Well if it isn't Gohan and the others." Shikamaru boringly mused as he made his way over to where Team Seven were along with Choji.
"Hey there Gohan!" Choji cheerfully greeted as he continued snacking on chips.
"Hey, Choji, Shikamaru!" Gohan cheerfully greeted his friends as Team 8 slowly made their way to where the others were.
"Heh, can't say I'm surprised to see you here, Gohan." Kiba smirked.
"Same here Kiba." Gohan smiled back as Hinata twiddled her fingers.
"G-Gohan…Hi." Hinata said while still shy.
"Hey there, Hinata!" Gohan grinned as Hinata fought the urge to faint. Despite gaining more confidence over the last couple of months, Gohan was still her week spot as since, not a lot of people knowing, she was slowly getting over Naruto and focusing on Gohan.
Not that the Son of Goku noticed…..
"Well, well I'm glad to see so many people here." The voice of Kabuto Yakushi announced as he walked over to the group of 12.
"And who are you?" Naruto asked for everyone present.
"The name's Kabuto Yakushi. And this is my seventh time taking this exam." Kabuto grinned as everyone stared at him in disbelief.
"Your seventh time?" Kiba asked.
"Well they're held twice a year and this will be my fourth year." Kabuto explained.
"Wow, you just suck huh?" Naruto blunty asked.
"Naruto!" Sakura scolded.
"No, no it's fine. However it isn't like I've been wasting my time. During these last couple of years I was able to get info on various candidates with these my ninja cards." Kabuto explained as he pulled out a deck of cards.
"With these cards you can store info on any and every genin." Kabuto added.
"Do you have info on a Sabaku no Gaara?" Gohan asked as Kabuto raised an eyebrow before taking a card out.
"Sure thing…" Kabuto said as he pulled the card out and twirled it until the stats of Gaara appeared on it.
"Wow, that's cool!" Naruto exclaimed.
"It says here that he's the son of the Kazekage and he's received not one scratch on all the missions he's been through." Kabuto explained.
"Seriously?" Gohan asked with a raised eyebrow. While he was sure he could handle Gaara, he couldn't help but be curious about the sand shinobi.
However, before any further talking could be done….
"Alright you baby faced degenerates, pipe down!" Before the voice of a loud bellowing man announced before a group of ninja appeared behind a poof of smoke.
"My name is Ibiki Morino. And I am your instructor…and your worst enemy." A scared man smirked.
"Ibiki huh?" Sasuke and Gohan asked.
"Man, this guy just screams 'creepy'!" Sakura muttered.
"I heard that you pink whelp!" Ibiki growled making Sakura tense.
"Now sit down for your written exam!" Ibiki smirked as Naruto's expression went from one of tense to utter fear.
"NOT A WRITTEN TEST NO WAY!" Naruto yelled as he was close to having a psychotic breakdown.
With the help of Gohan he was able to regain himself.
With everyone sat down, Ibiki then explained the rules of the exam, with a strict rule prohibiting cheating.
"You have one hour! BEGIN!" Ibiki said as the sound of pencils clicking rung through the room.
"Naruto, you'll be fine, don't worry." Gohan tried to reassure his friend who offered a wobbly smile in response.
"I don't know about all that, but thanks." Naruto sighed.
Gohan had a feeling his best friend would be fine and so he took to looking over his test paper.
"Now I remember reading about some of this in the textbooks and other books I was able to buy. Not to mention it also dealt with applied psychics, something Gohan had been studying since he was a toddler.
"With how hard these questions would be it's like…" Gohan thought before an epiphany hit him.
"Of course! That's the goal all along! We're supposed to cheat! I gotta tell the others!" Gohan thought.
"I wonder how Sasuke and Naruto are doing…" Gohan thought to himself before channeling some Ki in his head before going to Sasuke's skull.
"Hey, Sasuke!" Gohan laughed as Sasuke was shocked to literally hear Gohan in his head as common sense told Sasuke to speak with his thoughts.
"G-gohan?" Sasuke internally asked.
"How's it going?" Gohan cheerfully grinned as Sasuke knew exactly what he was talking about.
"So you can talk through my skull? Another Ki technique, huh? Rad…." Sasuke deadpanned.
"And as for the test I don't understand a single question on it." Sasuke reluctantly admitted as Gohan smirked.
"Don't worry, the purpose of this test is to cheat." Gohan said as Sasuke's eyes widened in realization.
"I see…." Sasuke replied.
"I have the answers and I'll give them to you." Gohan said.
"Thanks." Sasuke sighed as he began writing down the answers Gohan told him telepathically.
"Now I'll do the same with Naruto since Sakura most likely has it." Gohan explained.
"Okay." Sasuke replied.
"Hey Naruto. I see you're struggling with the test." Gohan said in his mind.
"You can talk in your head?" Naruto internally asked.
"Yeah. Now how about those test answers. We won't get caught like this since that's kinda the point of this test." Gohan said as Naruto was close to crying in happiness.
"Seriously! Please!" Naruto nearly begged.
"Hehe, sure. Just pull yourself together, man." Gohan laughed as he transmitted the answers to Gohan.
However the drop in numbers of genin fell and as half an hour passed before a little over half of the genin had been demoted.
"Huh, with all the time that's passed, you can all choose to drop out now. Although with the tenth question coming, you can choose to opt out. Though you should know, you'll be a genin forever!" Ibiki said as Naruto was confident with the answers Gohan had given him.
Although…the knucklehead felt for the ninja who wasn't blessed with Gohan and so he did the unthinkable.
"OH SCREW YOU YOU OLD FART! WHO SAYS WE NEED SOME TENTH QUESTION TO BECOME CHUNIN! IF SOME STUPID RULES ARE WHAT WE NEED I'D RATHER BE A GENIN FOR LIFE!" Naruto yelled as Gohan and Sasuke couldn't help but smile.
"This guy…" Gohan shook his head.
"Dumbass…." Sasuke smirked.
"Huh, is that so? And with that being said, does anyone want to leave?" Ibiki asked as Naruto's words had instilled…confidence in them…which they hadn't had before….
"Very good…then you all…pass." Ibiki announced much to the shock of everyone.
"Uh….excuse me?" Tenten asked.
"You pass. The purpose of this exam wasn't the test itself but to see how well you could be in gathering intel. And I can say you all passed with flying colors." Ibiki smiled.
"But what was the tenth question?" Sakura asked.
"Simple. It was to see whether you would be willing to risk it all or not. Which you all passed splendidly. Now congratulat-"Ibiki tried to congratulate before.
A large crash fell through the window before a purple haired woman wearing an orange jacket and fishnet suit appeared.
"ALRIGHT YOU MAGGOTS! ONWARS TO THE TRAINING FIELD NOW!" The woman announced.
"…." Was the general reaction to everyone in the room.
"Uh Anko…you jumped the gun….again…." Ibiki whispered as Anko blushed in embarrassment.
"Just like Naruto. I wonder if they're related." Sakura and Sasuke deadpanned.
"Ahem well anyways…you've gone soft Ibiki…just look at this number…" Anko muttered to her colleague.
"In any case, meet me at the training field first thing in the morning maggots! The second exams begin tomorrow!" Anko announced as everyone left, satisfied with passing the first exam.
Soon the day of the second exam rapidly approached.
"Welcome to the Second Stage of the Exam. It'll take place in the Forest of Death." Anko smirked at the unnerved looks at the faces of most of the genin, sans Gaara and Gohan.
"The Forest of Death?" Sakura gulped.
"Now you guys better get comfy here since this'll be your home for the next five days." Anko added.
"Five days?" Gohan asked.
"What about food!?" Choji asked in utter horror.
"There's plenty of wildlife in the food for you." Anko's smirk widened at Choji's horrified expression.
"Now you'll all need to sign these waivers. Just in case you die, I won't be held responsible." Anko grinned as Gaara smirked excitedly at the thought of causing bloodshed.
"And there're no rules?" Gaara asked.
"None." Anko confirmed.
"And to pass this exam you'll need a Heaven scroll and an Earth scroll. However you won't pass if you fail to get both scrolls within the five day time limit, if your teammate gets incapacitated or dies or if you look at the contents of the scroll before you get to the tower. We clear on the rules?" Anko asked as everyone nodded in understanding.
"Okay. The exam begins in thirty!" Anko said.
As soon as half an hour passed with everyone getting their respective scrolls, the gates to the forest suddenly opened.
"Alright, maggots! The exam will begin on my countdown. Five…four…three…two….ONE GO!" Anko said as everyone went deep into the forest with the goals of passing in their skulls.
As Team Seven made their way into the forest they couldn't help but notice the anguished screams of some unfortunate teams caught in the horrible traps of the forest.
"Geez…this place sure is creepy…" Sakura sighed.
"Yeah." Sasuke said.
"I gotta pee!" Naruto announced before running off.
"Naruto! Get back here you idiot!" Sakura said.
"I'll be right back!" Naruto yelled back.
"NARUTO!" Sakura yelled.
"Great." Sasuke sighed.
"Heh, I'll go after him." Gohan said in good nature before going after the demon container.
As Gohan went after Naruto, three figures watched Gohan from behind a tree.
"So that's Son Gohan, huh?" A boy with short, spiky black hair asked.
"And he's alone, perfect…" A bandaged boy mused.
"Let's ambush him!" A girl with long hair said before all three went after Gohan.
"Naruto! Naruto where are you?" Gohan asked before deciding to take to the skies before…
"Wait…" Gohan said as he noticed something.
"Okay, you all can come up now!" Gohan said as three teenagers a year or two older than him came from the bushes behind him as he surveyed their appearances.
One was a teen with spiky black hair with a forehead protector and a happuri under the headband. Another was a bandaged teenager giving him the appearance of a mummy. And the third was a girl with long black hair with piercing black eyes.
Gohan took note of their headbands as he surveyed all three of them.
"If I'm not mistaken…they must be Sound Village ninja…" Gohan narrowed his eyes as the boy with the bandages pulled out his amplifier.
"Son Gohan….You'll be coming with us." The mummy look-a-like smirked under his bandages.
And the exams have kicked off with a HUGE hitch!
Sorry for being later than normally during the days when I would normally post a chapter! I would normally post the chapter like two hours earlier but I was bogged down with work! Oh well, the struggles of being a junior XP
But with that aside, I'm happy to be writing the Chunin Exams! Or MY version since where's the fun if I just rewrite canon? XD And speaking of writing I'm so happy I got to write Anko! She was always one of my favs! XP
I hope you like how Gohan's all alone right now and I hope this chapter was worth the wait to you all!
Thank you all for reading, kindly let me know your thoughts and I'll see you all in Chapter 18 coming October 25th! ^_^
