When Karin agreed to take the chunin exams, she did not think that Naruto would be taking them too. It never even crossed her mind that the new graduates would be allowed to participate. Karin is good at fuuinjutsu. She knows she is better than many other Uzumakis ever were at her age, however, Naruto's skills outshine hers by a longshot. However, when Karin first sensed the Cloud ninjas nearby she did not expect them to be such pushovers.
The three Cloud genins arrived a few minutes ago, only to be insulted by Sai, who did not realize he was being insulting. As a result, Team Shisui is currently hanging from a tree, in a net, while Karin takes note of every weakness, mistake and general area of shoddy teamwork she can find in the Cloud ninjas' trap.
It will take her all of five seconds to dismantle the trap, free herself, kick their butts and take their scroll, and that is with only half her power.
But watching them argue is just too funny.
Shin is busy picking his nose and Sai is sketching a bird he saw in a tree nearby. They are both content to wait until the Cloud ninjas stop arguing or Karin busts them out. So long as her teammates are not in a hurry to get out, Karin is content to listen to two of the Cloud ninjas argue.
"But what if they don't have the scroll we need, and then we have to keep looking for a scroll," the boy with the lollipop says. "And then we search all over the forest and we can't find a team with the right scroll. What if we fail, and don't make it to the final round and B sensei is mad at us and makes us listen to a rap about how we failed, but we shouldn't give up? And then…"
"Oh my gosh, SHUT UP, Omoi!" snaps the girl. "We will find the scroll we need! Stop worrying about everything!"
"But what if we get knocked out and sensei makes us listen to her rapping…"
"That's….a depressing possibility!" the girl droops. "We can't risk sensei's rapping!"
"Then why did you make such a shoddy trap?" calls Karin, wanting to stir up some more arguing. This is great entertainment.
"Oh no," says Omoi, holding his head. "What if the Leaf ninjas break out because we didn't plan this through properly, and then beat us up? What if they're so strong we have to be rescued by the proctors because we are dying? And what if sensei comes to the hospital to see us as we are breathing our last breaths and raps for us, and the last thing we hear and see is sensei rapping?!"
Karin thinks that their sensei would fit in in the Uzumaki clan. She sounds like great fun.
"That sounds horrible!" moans the Cloud girl, looking like she is about to cry tears of horror.
"Karui, don't encourage him!" scolds the third member of their team.
"But...sensei's...rapping…." both Cloud kids look broken and down-hearted.
"Oh my gosh, surely it's not that bad!" snaps the third team member.
"You've never heard B sensei rapping," says Karui. "So you do not know how bad it is. There is a GOOD REASON Lord Raikage prevents B sensei from rapping in public. A VERY good reason!"
"Hey!" calls Karin, wanting to get the important things out of the way. "What scroll do you have? If we don't have the one you want, you can just go find someone else to entertain - I mean fight. Yeah, fight. Why would I say entertain?"
"Oh, we have the Earth scroll," says Karui.
"SWEET!" grins Karin. Then she draws her favourite seal on her hand and holds it to the rope net. "Fuuin: Wrath of Jashin!" a pillar of fire shoots out of the seal and burns through the net, searing away everything in its path and burning the ground below Karin.
The three Cloud ninjas dive out of the way, pulling out weapons and taking up fighting stances.
Shin, Sai and Karin drop to the ground, landing like pros and pulling out their weapons of choice. "Let's get this party started," grins Shin.
Naruto wonders just how stupid these Grass ninjas are. Don't they realize that they are in a seal they cannot escape unless they are all as powerful as Kage, combine their strength and attack the barrier in rapid succession to break open a hole large enough for them to get out through? Honestly, you would almost think the Grass ninjas think they are dealing with fresh genins…
Oh, that's right.
Ah well, Naruto is still gonna kick some grass. Naruto giggles at his own clever pun.
"What is so funny, boy?" asks the long haired Grass ninja. Naruto decides it is male, after all it has no boobies.
"Oh, I was just thinking how grass rhymes with ass, and how Imma kick your Grass ass," says Naruto.
"Oh, aren't you just an adorable little boy!" coos the Grass ninja.
A moment later, a clone of that ninja rises out of the ground behind Naruto and grabs him around the shoulders. "You are just precious," says the clone, licking Naruto's face.
Naruto feels a mother of all shivers run up his spine. This guy is creepy with a capital what-ever-letter-creepy-starts-with. Is it a 'k' or a 'c'? "STRANGER DANGER!" Naruto yells, throwing the creepy guy over his shoulder onto the grass. The clone turns to mud and sinks into the ground.
"What a weak clone," remarks Naruto. "Look what I can do: Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu!" 99 Narutos appear inside the seal.
"Oh, how adorable!" says the creepy Grass ninja. "You are just so cute, I could gobble you up!"
"My Grandma always told me to stay away from people like you," says Naruto. "But this is the chunin exams, so I better kick your grass-ass instead." Two shadow clones take Sasuke and Madoka out of the seal. Naruto and his clones draw on the ground. Once Madoka and Sasuke are safe, Naruto and all his clones lets off as many different seals as they could think of at the same time. "I call this move Maelstrom of the Whirlpool." The seal erupts in a storm of lightning, fire, water, wind, snow, ice, hail, spikes, earthquakes, whirlwinds, itching powder, paint bombs, a rain of weapons and some spitballs.
"Seriously?" says the clone beside the clone who unleashed the spitballs. "You let off that jutsu?"
"Yeah, you got a problem with that, buddy?"
The two clones start punching each other's lights out.
"Oi!" yells the real Naruto. "Break it up, you two!"
"But he started it!" both clones say, pointing at eachother.
"I don't care who started," yells the real Naruto. "Don't make me come over there and finish it!"
"You sound like Grandma!"
"Hey! I'm not old!"
"I ment that you're bossy!"
"Shuddup!"
"You shuddup!"
"NARUTO!" yells Madoka. "If you're finished arguing with yourself, how about getting that scroll?"
Naruto - all 100 of him - grins sheepishly and rubs the back of his head. Then he goes over to the three thoroughly knocked out Grass genins and searches them for their scroll. They have the Earth scroll - the one Team Seven needs. Naruto holds it up above his head and yells, "They have the one we need! We can head to the tower now!"
"Great, now lower that barrier, and let's be off," says Madoka.
Naruto releases the Shadow Clone Jutsu and lowers the barrier. "Who wants to look after this scroll?"
"Give it to Sasuke," says Madoka.
"But…" Sasuke tries to protest, but Naruto thrusts the scroll into her hands.
"Let's go to the tower!" Naruto fist pumps the air.
Deep in the Forest of Death, early in the evening of the first day of the Chunin exams, two teams lie, miles apart, in similar states of disrepair. One team is from the Hidden Cloud. The other team is from the Hidden Grass.
The Hidden Cloud team had a run-in with Team Shisui. At first they thought they would win and gain a scroll. However, they were no match for Karin Uzumaki and her team mates Shin and Sai. These three Leaf genin took all of five seconds to break free of the trap they were caught in and beat the Cloud genins to into the ground.
"Now B sensei is sure to write a rap especially for us!" moans Omoi.
Far across the Forest, in a newly made clearing, lie the Grass ninja. They had the misfortune to run into Team Seven. While Team Seven took longer to beat the Grass ninjas than Team Shisui took to beat the Cloud ninjas, Team Seven did a much more thorough job. The trio of Grass genins are lying in broken heaps on the ground, their hair and clothing burned, muddy, torn in uncomfortable places and thoroughly soaked. There is no movement from any of these genin.
No movement except a sporadic twitch.
Only the longhaired Grass genin is actually conscious, however he is too sore to move. Those adorable rookies did quite a number on his team. He seriously doubts that his team will pass this stage of the exams. Those Leaf rookies are too strong for most of the other contestants to beat.