(A/N) Chuunin exams. This fic will not continue much after the Chuunin exams, probably just the Konoha invasion. Oh, and the founding of Konoha era people just reversed the jutsu to take them back, after summoning the scrolls, of course. To be clear, They were with the Founding of Konoha Era people for a little over a month, so that's the reasoning for any jumps in skill, slight changes in personality(I'm looking at you Sakura) and clothing changes. And immunity to Killing Intent.

When they finally walked back into the village, they were greeted by Hiruzen, who seemed amused for some reason.

"Cutting it a bit close, are we Kakashi?"

Kakashi chuckled, scratching at the back of his head through his hood nervously. "Accident, I promise."

"Hm, well, I guess I should be grateful you aren't late." The third Hokage chuckled, before handing the three genin slips of paper.

Naruto took one, examining it. "Oh, the Chuunin Exams! Kakashi-sensei mentioned them!"

Sakura and Sasuke copied Naruto, taking, then examing a piece of paper.

"If you wish to participate, turn those slips in at the academy tomorrow at 700 hours," The Hokage instructed. The three Genin nodded, and the Hokage smiled. "You're free to rest until then, Kakashi will fill me in."

The three Genin nodded again, and split off, each going off to their individual houses, ready to sleep for the next half a day. That trip had been tiring.

Kakashi nodded to the aged Hokage. "Hokage-sama."

"We can discuss in my office," Hiruzen replied, turning to walk towards Hokage Tower.

The next day, all three Genin showed up 20 minutes early, ready for the chunin exams, having slept for pretty much the entire day after they got back into Konoha.

Naruto and Sasuke were using henges for the time being, as it was easier(and cooler) then wearing cloaks. Sakura had, once again, hidden her tail under a thick belt, and pinned her ears under her headband.

Sasuke was still wearing pretty much the same thing as always, as neither Madara or Izuna had problems with his outfit.

Naruto was wearing the outfit Mito had gotten him, having decided he liked the orange t-shirt with the Uzumaki crest better than his jumpsuit. At the end of their stay, Mito had found him a long jacket that was grey with orange flames along the bottom. (Think that long coat Naruto was wearing during the fight with Pain. Except orange flames instead of red, and grey instead of black.) Somehow, Mito had managed to draw a sort of storage seal where Naruto's tails were. It wasn't a storage seal, more like an opening to a pocket dimension.

Sakura's teacher had scrapped the dress entirely, leaving her with a red t-shirt, black pants, and a thick white belt, for her tail to go under. Her teacher had also insisted upon a jacket, which Sakura was wearing tied around her waist, as it was a bit too hot for a jacket right now.

They walked inside, Naruto and Sakura flanking Sasuke so no one would bump into his hidden wings. That would have been awkward to explain.

Fairly early on Sasuke had realized a problem. Everyone else's tails allowed them to sit down, his wings did not. Luckily, the Hokage had been alerted to it, and had informed him that should there be any sitting down involved, he would be provided a tall stool to sit on instead. Now they were at the Academy, and Sasuke was so very glad that Kakashi had informed the Hokage of the sitting down problem.

They bypassed the genjutsu'd second floor, and went straight up to the third floor, arriving at the door they were supposed to be at, Kakashi leaning against the wall. He was clearly relaxed, as he didn't have a henge on.

"Hello, my cute little genin! I was expecting you all to show up, and you did. No problems, I hope?"

All three shook their heads, and Kakashi nodded. "Alright, go on in, and try and avoid any incidents." Kakashi disappeared in a shunshin, and Sasuke, who was leading, opened the door.

They were greeted by the other 6 members of the rookie nine, Ino almost immediately trying to latch onto Sasuke. Sakura stopped her, glaring slightly. "Don't."

Ino sneered at her. "What, protective of your boyfriend Forehead?"

Sakura smirked at her. "No, just respecting his preferences. He prefers it if idiot blonds don't latch onto him like leeches."

"I'm not counted in that, am I?" Naruto asked from the other side of Sasuke.

"Do you latch onto him like a leech?"

"No."

"Then no, you aren't counted in that," Sakura replied calmly.

"Oh, so you like Naruto-baka now?" Ino prodded, trying to get a reaction out of Sakura.

"I wish!" Naruto said, dodging the half-hearted swipe in his direction.

"Might want to pipe down," a silver-haired genin commented, walking over. "The genin here have a hair-trigger."

Sasuke remained staring out at the other chuunin hopefuls, entirely unphased by the Killing Intent. It was nothing compared to Madara's. Naruto had roughly the same thing going through his head, except Mito was the one who'd sent Killing Intent his way, not Madara.

Sakura, who wasn't entirely unused to Killing Intent, (she kept passing where Sasuke was training on her laps, and Madara kept blanketing the area in Killing Intent) was also mostly unaffected. The rest of the rookie nine was less lucky. They froze in place, frightened by the Killing Intent in the room.

"Alright!" The proctor barked, drawing everyone's attention, and stopping the KI. "Line up with your teams to get a seat number and test. Sasuke Uchiha, you're in that seat there." The proctor pointed to a seat a little ways behind the other desks, with a tall stool. Sasuke nearly sighed in relief, he hadn't been looking forward to attempting to squish into a proper seat, even if the Hokage had assured him he would not be forced into a seat like that. He had a right to be mildly worried.

The proctor, introduced as Ibiki Morino, handed out numbers and tests, explained the rules, and had them get to work.

Sasuke cast a genjutsu around his eyes, one Izuna, ever the mother hen, had insisted he learn after finding out he was the last Uchiha alive that was loyal to Konoha, and shamelessly cheated like that, copying the person in front of him.

Sakura figured out the answers on her own, ever the book worm, and Naruto just sat there, apparently doodling on his paper, but actually drawing a seal Mito had showed him that helped in information gathering. This was information gathering, even if it was to cheat on a test. The downside, it took forever to draw, so he had barely any time to scribble the answers down.

(A/N) See you next week for the continuation of the Chuunin exams.