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The Chunin Exam was a place to show off your skills in front of Civilians and all five great Villages.
However nobody bothered to style because all eyes were on the children of the Hero's of the War anyway.
It wasn't like 30 years ago where everybody got equal limelight because hardly anybody know the Yellow Flash son was entering the exams even the last Uchiha child wasn't as huge as these kids back than.
So the children of the Heroes could be dressed in the worst low brow thing ever and a hundred pair of eyes would stare at them and want to speak with them, like they were wearing the latest clothes.
This is why it was so unusual that somebody dared to be glamorous here.
Lavi Bookman, the heir to the Bookman Clan was indeed glamorous.
Shikamaru appeared with Lavi speechless, because he was his sensei.
Everybody from different villages turned to stare.
Not only was his outfit extremely flashy but his looks too, he put the Genin that were supposed to come from a sunny place to shame because of his exotic look.
"Oh, hi guys" he said, to the Genin from the village. "Its been how long?"
"Months." said, Mitsuki. "Flashy as always"
"Oh, this. My grandpa gave me this because I'll be representing my clan in this" said, Lavi before he said. "So I'm not coming to greet you as a pal but as an enemy. If I go up against any one of you, I will show you hell"
He shocked all three of them, it was scarier because he smiled the whole way.
He waved as everybody gathered in front of the stage.
Yes, a stage.
What is this? A concert? The Chunin Exams have gone down hill...Lavi thought, as his barely sensei got up on stage.
"We will now begin the Chunin Exams" said, Shikamaru Nara on stage with a mike. "I'll remind you all to fully demonstrate the fruits of your training"
So many teens looked hella bored.
Are they even going to try? Thought Shikamaru.
"For round one" said, a ninja nobody cared to know the name of, the cloth behind them dropped. "You will answer a Yes or No Trivia question. You are to move to the side you think is correct"
And than the man said. "And the question is...The Shinobi password that appeared in Volume 5 'The Shinobi strategist detective story are 'moon is day', 'mountain is river' and 'Flower is Nectar'. True or False?"
Everybody began to whisper to themselves, no self respecting teenager would read a book that old unless they had to.
Lavi made a point to laugh creepily as he walked to the 'Yes' side without batting an eye.
Everybody stared at him as he said creepily. "Come join me. You might find success or face hell"
He enjoyed the weary looks he got.
"Wow, that kid is terrible. Usual the person who moves first is the most knowledgeable but he put doubt in their mind on wither he is right or just wants to see the world burn" said, the man. "He's an asshole. Who is his Sensei?"
And Shikamaru did not speak up for this.
However, people began to move, some went to the other side while other chose to stand with what could be the devil.
Everybody got going and nobody was left.
Now for the results.
"I see you've all decided" said, the man. "Those of you who are incorrect will turn black and not be able to advance"
Wait, black?
Suddenly the machine began rolling and everybody waited.
When they saw it, it was shocking.
It was true and false.
Suddenly the ground caved in on both sides and kids went tumbling into the black lake below, Lavi throw a flying knife on a string and it stuck to the wall, he dangle just centimetres from the black stuff.
He was not getting covered today and it was too early to reveal his Hammer.
He waited for all the losers to be swept down before the examinations helped the winners out and those who lost, were made to bow in front of the winners.
Lavi did not listen to the man who congratulated them, instead he looked at Boruto, the guy was touching his arm unnaturally.
Either Boruto had a serious injury or he was hiding something he shouldn't have with him.
Boruto did not look at all happy despite advancing, so the more shameful option was most likely.
The guy had one of the two hero's training him and miraculously he didn't jump in power to dominate the competition.
At least lose with dignity.
What a pathetic child.
Lavi walked home and entered.
"I see Boruto touching his arm. Its most likely a Ninja tool on there." said, Bookman. "Even the Hokage at that age, to win at least he used something he grow up with. The boy may make it to the finals, but he's an idiot if he thinks he can cheat in front of his father and so many legendary figures. The amount of shame knowing the Hokage own son is cheating, is unimaginable. The boy can deny that he's the Hokage son all he likes but reality doesn't care about feelings"
All they could hope was that Boruto wouldn't use it.
But the following day, Boruto did indeed use it, Lavi could not help but be disappoint that the moment Boruto saw he was coming up short, he cheated.
It was such a crime that his father was known for struggling his way up, now the man own son was cheating his way up.
Lavi set a trap before his three people showed up, shocked that they up against a single guy.
Lavi took out something to reveal Manga.
"What's wrong? Come at me" he said, seeing their look.
They ran to him thinking this was easy.
Lavi merely smiled and blew on the ground.
It revealed to be quick sand!
"DAMN IT! WHEN!?" yelled one person.
Their hands were encased so they couldn't even do hand signs.
Lavi merely turned the page.
#Camera room#
"Turning the ground into quicksand? When did he do that?" said, one of the watchers. "He's done this without hand signs just like Boruto Uzumaki. It looks like this kid and Boruto are the ones to watch in this exam."
"Anyway, we have five teams going through" said, the other, wondering if he had seen this kids face before.
Impossible, being a red head was unique and he would surely remember a red haired kid from the past.
It never occurred to him that he should look at the only red haired man he had ever set his eyes on.
The word 'sexually active' would never be used in the same sentence as Gaara of the Sand because it was too ridiculous.
Lavi passed with flying colours and his grandpa was too cheap to cook something special.
However it was a sober tone in the house.
He passed the second test so in a few days, he would stand before all the Hokages and that meant being directly down below for Gaara of the Sand who would notice that he was the only red head in the group immediately.
The next few days was like a funeral, they were saying goodbye to the little peace they obtained.
And than came the day, everybody but him proudly stood on that stage in front of the most powerful people in the world.
Lavi tried his best to tilt his head at an angle where you could only see his red hair, however the moment he could be viewed every single pair of eyes looking from above found their eyes drawing to the red hair.
Lavi could feel his fathers eyes on his hair.
His hair wasn't just red, it was Gaara shade red.
"I believe you've all be informed about already" said, Rock Lee. "The third battle will be individual battles. That means your team mates who you've learned skills from, may be your opponent. There is no such thing as Team work here"
And than Rock Lee said. "This test will have 3 rounds and the final round will be a 3 man battle royal between the winners of each block A, B, C. Is everybody ready?"
Lavi who still refuse to lift his head yelled. "Yeah!" with the other teams.
And that's when Bookman decided to grace the audience with his presence, by going to sit down, the man was dismay by the lack of people he could see in the crowd and that he was the oldest one here.
The Chunin Exams have indeed gone downhill.
And than Bookman saw him, hiding his face in shame, the man was going to see it anyway so the old man said.
"BRAT! DO I HAVE TO COME DOWN THERE AND BEAT YOUR ASS!?" yelled the old man and Lavi flinched.
The old man continued to hurl abuse at some poor kid, all the parents who raised their children softly were shocked.
Suddenly Lavi yelled. "SHUT THE HELL UP, PANDA! I'M NOT WUSSING OUT!"
"HOW DARE YOU CALL ME A PANDA IN FRONT OF THE GREAT LEADERS OF THE WORLD!" Yelled Bookman.
"Have you no shame? Your yelling in public!" yelled Lavi.
"I WILL BEAT YOUR ASS IN PUBLIC!" Yelled Bookman.
Both of them were pretty much coming to blows with each other.
And that's when it clicked for Naruto and those who had seen Gaara as a child, now having somebody here to bring it up.
Lavi face even with the eyepatch and without dark lines around his eyes, looked very similar to Gaara face as a teen.
Looking around, Naruto wasn't the only one who realised the similarity's in looks.
However, the man didn't seem to realise this so they all shook their head and went into denial.
It was ridiculous to even think beyond the face similarity's.
Denial was a powerful thing, and they needed physical proof.
And besides nobody could imagine Gaara doing it with a woman.
But than as everybody was going to get ready for the match, everybody began to notice one thing.
Sand.
Sand began to leak into the stadium, the very sand from Gaara guard which he left at the Hokages office.
Everybody noticed it too late, Gaara eyes went wide and Lavi looked back to find Sand rushing towards him.
"Whoa!" he said.
He began to run, the sand followed him.
"Why is it following me!?" yelled Lavi. "Fourth Kazekage call it off! I'm to sexy to be covered in sand! Heeelllllllppp!"
He screeched.
A lot of them sweat dropped even the examiner.
"Idiot" said Bookman.
"He's funny" said Himawari.
Gaara called it off while wondering why his sand would follow the child.
Every war veteran was very interested to find out why the sand followed Lavi.
However no matter how many seals or blocks a person has, it can't suppress the instincts of a grandmother who realised she had another blooded grandbaby.
After that, everybody got ready, however the Hokage wife pulled her husband aside.
"What?" said Naruto.
"Naruto, I can't see his Chakra system at all" said Hinata dropping a bombshell.
"What?" he said.
"I can't see his System at all. There is something blocking it but his Eyepatch has teeth" she said, stunning him once more. "I can't see the old man chakra System either. I've never met anything that could hide their system so well. It's scary because I can't measure their power at all"
It was the worst thing ever, Lavi could either have the Chakra suitable for his age, have less chakra or the very worse option was that he had abnormal levels of Chakra and he was a massive danger to everybody around him.
"I'll keep an eye on Lavi Bookman" said Naruto. "However, if he does go berserk it's the Bookman Clan problem. However if his grandfather does not step in right away, than the Bookman Clan will be seen as a threat"
He didn't mind if they didn't protect the village but if one of their own went on a rampage and if nobody steps in than that's when he draws the line.
An unknown who held so much knowledge going berserk, would do the worst kind of damage to his village.
And scene!