"Who's that?" Shikadai asked. "I don't recognize him from the village."

Everyone agreed, by this point they knew all their fellow ninja but they've never met this guy. Something must of happened to him.

The stranger told them that they were standing around with cute faces. Ino asked who he was, mad that this stranger insulted them. The grey haired boy introduced himself as Kabuto Yakushi and told them to look around. The rookie nine did. Everyone one was glaring at them. After that the scene seemed to have skipped ahead. Standing at the front of the room was a bunch of Exam proctors. One with scars on his face introduced himself as Ibiki Morino. The man pointer to the Sound Ninja, they seemed to of been picking on the Rookie Nine. Ibiki threaten to fail them if they caused anymore trouble. Ibiki explained that, unless given permission from a proctor, there would be no fighting or killing.

"Killing?" Inojin questioned.

Ibiki said they were starting the first exams. He told the applicants to turn in their papers and they will get a number. The Genin must sit at that number. After that, a written test would be handed out.

"A test?"Sarada said. "They're taking a simple test?"

Proctors lined each wall of the testing room as the Genin sat down. Everything was quiet like most testing areas. They were waiting for Ibiki to start the test but before did that he explained more rules and wrote them on the chalkboard. All applicants are given 10 points in the beginning of the test. There are 10 problems worth one point. He then explain the test was a point deduction system. Each wrong answer costs a point. The Second rule was that passing or failing was based on the total points of the squads. That one got a reaction from everyone. Sakura asked why it was set up like this. Ibiki replied there was a reason and nothing else before carrying on. The third and final rule was that anyone caught cheating will lose two points. Ibiki explained that some in the room my be dismissed before the test was over and graded. Ibiki mentioned that they should all act like model Ninjas if they wanted to be Chunin. Ibiki said that if one person gets a zero on the team, the other two will fail as well.

"This seems complicated." Chocho said.

"They're take a ten question test." Boruto said. "How hard can it be?"

Ibiki said that the final question will be given after 45 minutes. The he started the Exam. Paper flipped and pencil lead taps were heard all across the room.

"Whoa!" Shikadai said. "Those aren't easy questions."

As if to prove his point, a lot, if not all pencils stopped moving.

"It looks like some are getting caught." Mirai said as she noticed proctors writing.

"Why would they cheat?" Sarada asked. "It has such a huge risk to it."

"I think that's the point." Mitsuki said. "Ibiki there said don't awkwardly cheat. I think they are supposed to cheat but those who get caught lose."

"It makes sense." Shikadai said. "Sometimes a ninja will have to go collect information from an enemy. If you get caught you are pretty much done for."

The eight looked around, looking at each one of the rookie nine, even Team Gai and the Sand Siblings.

They saw Akamaru moving his head around from on top of Kiba's. He barked quietly to Kiba from time to time. They were using Akamaru's vantage point to look at the papers around them. A bug flew passed them. They watched it land on Shino's finger and then flew in an eight pattern. Now that the eight knew that everyone was cheating they could see it, mostly. Something flashed in their eyes for a moment. They looked up. They saw a series of mirrors around a light.

"How does no one see that?" Sarada asked. "And how did they get there?"

They saw Lee move his headband, the mirrors stopped moving. Tenten was helping Lee.

Hinata slipped her paper under her arm. She was trying to help Naruto who still hadn't figure out the test. A kunai was thrown between the two Rookies, landing on the desk behind them. A proctor called out a number, saying the Genin made five mistakes and for him and his team to get out of the classroom. The boy was frozen with shock as his team walked by. He himself followed after them, still not believing he got caught. After that more numbers were called out, some didn't go quietly and had to be forced out. Naruto ended up refusing, saying he didn't need to cheat. He also didn't want Hinata to get in trouble for helping him. Sakura was hammering away at answered and Neji was using his Byakugan, Sasuke, his Sharingan. Ino had used her mind transfer jutsu on Sakura. More and more numbers were called out. A total of 13 teams had been eliminated. Gaara had an eye of sand in his hand. He sent it to go look at another paper and proceed to write the answers down. Kankuro went to the bathroom.

Ibiki called out it was time for the tenth question. By now at least half of the room was empty. Ibiki said he was going to add some rule, Kankuro choose that moment to come back. Ibiki called him out on his puppet subtly and told him to go back to his seat. As he walked past his sister he dropped a tiny, rolled up paper onto her desk. Ibiki called the new rules the Hopeless rule.

"First, you guys have to choose whether or not you will take the tenth question." The man said.

Temari asked what would happen if they choose not to take the question. Ibiki explained that the score would fall to zero, eliminating the squad and that they could try again next time. Ibiki add another rule. He said that if they choose to take the question, but was unable to answer it then they should relinquish their right of taking the Exams forever.

Kiba called the man out, saying there were people here who have taken the Exams multiple time. Ibiki started laughing. Ibiki said that they were just unlucky, he made the rules and gave them a chance to go back. Ibiki asked those not wishing to take the question to raise their hand and confirm their number. The man next to Naruto quit first, he apologized to his team and they left the room. After that, more and more people started raising their hands. Naruto raised his hand. That shocked the eight watching, the seventh seemed to stubborn to accepted defeat, but it looked like Sakura was about to raise her hand as well. Naruto got a determined look in his eyes and slammed his hand down on the desk, standing in the process.

"Don't underestimate me!" the Blonde yelled. "I won't run!"

Naruto glared at Ibiki.

"I'll take it. Even if it means I'll be a Genin forever! I'll be Hokage no matter what!" The blond yelled. leaning slightly forward on the desk, "I'm not scared!"

"I'll ask again." Ibiki said, more to Naruto than anyone else. "It's a choice that will alter your life. If you want to quit, now's your chance."

"I'm not going to take back my words." Naruto said. "That's my Ninja Way!"

The Blonde's words seem to have sparked something in the remaining teams. No one else raised their hands. Ibiki looked at the other proctors, they all had smiles and each gave him a small nod.

"I like you determination." Ikibi said. "For those of you left. The First Exam. You have passed!"

Sakura asked about the tenth question. Ibiki smiled, saying no such thing existed and that the choice to stay was what they could call the tenth question. Temari asked about the nine other question, calling them a waste of time. Ibiki told her it was to see who could gather information without being too obvious that they were doing it. Ibiki explained that the test was set up so the pressure of failing your team was there, and that the question were above the abilities of Genin knowledge making most of them have to cheat. He revealed two chunin within the test takers.

"However, those who just foolishly cheated were naturally disqualified" Ibiki said.

The Head Proctor took of his bandana headband. He had no hair, his bald head was scared. Ibiki said depending on time and place, information in more valuable than life. They they would have to fight for it. The scars on his head frightened the eight, this man had been tortured, probably more then once, yet acted like a normal person. He put the headband back on. He explained that wrong information is given if you are caught, and wrong information and lead to death and destruction of those around you. Ibiki said the main issue was the tenth question. Sakura asked what he meant. Ibiki explained that it was because they wouldn't be able to avoid dangerous missions. Showing confidence in tight spots can change the outcome of a mission, those who hesitate are lead to death. Ikibi gave a final 'you passed' speech before something broke through the window. Kunai were thrown into the ceiling as a person came out of the cloth ball that smashed the window.

"It's Anko-Sensei." Chocho said. "She's so pretty."

Anko was yelling That those who passes shouldn't relax, and that she was the Second Exam proctor. She wanted them to move to the next phase and to follow her. No one moved. Ibiki peeked out from the side of the cloth she hung, telling her to read the air.

"78?" Anko said. "Ibiki! You let 26 teams slide by!"

"Why is that bad?" Inojin asked. "So many have already been dropped."

She called the first exam easy, mocking Ibiki. Ibiki countered saying there were a lot of excellent people taking the test.

"Ah well." Anko said, facing the remaining Genin. "I'll drop more than half in the next round."

Anko said she was getting excited. She told the remaining teams that they will be relocating. They will get the information of the time and place from their squad leader and that they were dismissed.

The Scene faded.

"What do you think she meant when more than half will drop in the next round?" Chocho asked.

"Who knows." Shikadai said. "The Exam already looked harder then what we had to do."