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"Kakashi-Sensei!" Naruto screamed but it didn't annoy me. I was pretty happy to see our sensei standing outside the door. "Hey guys." I could tell he was smiling under the mask and I couldn't help but smile to. "I'm glad to see you are all here."

I looked at my team and savored the moment of happiness. "Of course. We are a team." Sakura grabbed my hand and Naruto gave his signature thumbs up. Sasuke had his hands crossed over his chest but I could still see the excitement in his eyes. "As long as you guys stick together and work hard there is no limit to how far you can go." Did he really believe that? "You really think so?" I squeezed my friend's hand. I was still nervous underneath it all. "Of course I do. I wouldn't have recommended you if I didn't think you were ready."

I cracked a smile, "We are all gonna pass, Believe it Kakashi-sensei." I laughed but I knew deep down we were going to try out hardest. "I am proud of you. I couldn't have asked for a better team. Good luck." I would have become all sentimental but I didn't have the time. He moved out of the way and reviled the door to room 301. "We won't let you down Sensei." Sakura was right. We were gonna give it our all.

Sasuke pushed the door open and we all shuffled in. I immediately positioned myself in front of my team and took in the surroundings. There were a few familiar faces but many new ones. New tough looking ones. "Woah. What's this?" I could tell the others were just as surprised as I was to the amount of genin who were taking the exam with us. I just hide it better than the rest. The room eyed us for a little. "I didn't know there would be some much competition."

"Don't worry Sakura." She gulped and looked at me for reassurance. "Sasuke where have you been?!" My ears rang. Great of course she would be here. I watched the blonde, Ino if I remembered correctly, hug Sasuke around the neck. "You don't know how much I was hoping that you would show up here. I miss those broody good looks of yours. " He didn't look so pleased about it. His face was pretty funny actually. I had to hold back a small chuckle but it wasn't working well.

"Hey porker back off he is my teammate!" I flinched at her outburst. I forgot sometimes she could be like this. "So Miss Forehead, they let you in? Still got those big lines across that bill board brow I see. " I forgot this girl brought the worst out of Sakura. "Leave my forehead out of this!" I was ready for it all to be over. "Oh it's you guys" I looked over to see Choji and Shikamaru. I forgot they were on Ino's team. I bowed my head, "Hello Choji, Shika."

"I knew this was going to be a drag but I didn't know it was going to be this lame." Naruto rolled his eyes, "So all three stooges are here huh?" I smacked Naruto in his gut. "Hey you know what pip squeak— Oh forget it you're a waste of time." I scratched the back of my head. Looks like everyone was a little touchy today. "Good to see you came to keep your team in line Suiren." I nibbled my lip a bit. We were causing way to much noise for my liking. "I do my best."

"Well just back off cause Sasuke is mine." I sighed at the Ino. She should be paying more attention to training then a kid who doesn't even show interest in her existence. I was ready to push the girl off of him. Talk about embarrassing. "Well Well what do you know. It looks like the whole gang is back together again." That's the whole rookie nine that Sakura was telling me about. Kiba's team with ours and Ino's makes 9 plus out of place me. "Oh, hi Naruto." I couldn't help but smile at the shy girl. Naruto should really give the girl a chance. He only looked at her and the girl's cheek burst into pink. "Looks like you made it Suiren." I got a wink from Kiba and wasn't sure what to do about it. I knew Sakura was loving this. It was my turn to be slightly embarrassed. "You guys to huh. Looks like everyone is here for this stupid thing."

"Yep here we all are the nine rookies plus Suiren. This is going to be fun, at least for those of us good enough to make the cut, right Sasuke." I watched him push Ino off of him but she still lingered too close. "Make sure you don't get over confident Kiba." I snorted at his comment must have forgotten that ass beating he got like 15 minutes ago. He glared at me for a moment but that didn't work on me. "You guys better watch out we have been training like crazy, Right Shino?" I think he gave a nod but I wasn't sure. The kid was so quiet.

"Yea well so have we. What do you think we have been up to picking daisies?" Naruto pointed at the dog boy. Always picking fights, I swear to god. I watched Choji take a step forward but the quiet one, Shino stopped him. "What do you want?" He only looked down and we all did. There was a small bug on the floor that Choji was almost going to squash. "I didn't think you saw it. Wouldn't want you stepping on it." This was the most I've heard him speak and the tension in the air was getting thick. "Why you saving it for lunch?"

I smacked my face, what a group. "Hey you guys, you might want to try keeping it down a little. I mean no offence but you're the nine rookies right? Fresh out of the academy? I wouldn't go making a spectacle of yourselves. This isn't a class field trip." This guy read my mind but that didn't mean I liked him. I repositioned myself between this unknown ninja and my team. "Well who asked you? Who are you?" I wanted to punch Ino in her face but I wanted to know who he was just as mush. "I'm Kabuto Yakushi but really look around you. You've made quiet an impression."

He was right. Everyone in the room was still watching us. Not with looks of amusement either. "See those guys; they are from the hidden rain village. Very hot tempered. They all are." I only glanced at the ninja with the headbands containing four lines for a moment. "This exam makes everyone tense and you don't want to rub them the wrong way right now." He laughed for a moment. Kabuto. I didn't like him.

"But how could you know how things work around here. You're just rookies after all and you didn't even go the academy did you?" I didn't like the way he looked at me. Not one bit. "You remind me of myself a while back." I crossed my arms over my chest, chakra firmly wrapped around my core. "Kabuto right? This isn't the first time you have taken the exam?" Sakura must have moved from the back of the group to behind me. "No – it's my … seventh. The exams are held twice a year and this is my fourth year."

"Wow so you must be an expert by now." Or just a total failure but I bet it was something else. "Yea sort of." I leaned against the wall and soaked in the conversation. "Cool you can give us all the inside tips then." Oh Naruto. You will be just fine without any inside tips. "Seven times huh. I guess the rumors about this test were true. I knew this was going to be a drag."

"Well know hold on, maybe I could give you kids a hand with my Ninja info cards." I started zoning out when he started talking about stuff I didn't care about. I started thinking about anything that might be on this written test. I just wanted it to start. My ears perked up when Sasuke asked about individual people. Of course he would. I heard Kabuto say he had cards on all of us and I wondered if that was true. What the heck would he have on me I wondered?

I didn't want to waste my time on cheat cards but it was kind of interesting how he had cards of so many ninja. I glanced over at Gaara's card. There wasn't much info about him but that he was never injured. I wanted to make sure my team didn't run into those sand ninja ever again. "Looks like every village has sent exceptional Shinobi this time around. Of course the hidden sound village is small and it sprang up recently. No one know anything about it, everything is a mystery." All he had really done was ruffle our feathers. It was obvious the competition was going to be tough. Maybe tougher then the years before.

"We have our work cut out for us." I sighed a bit. "We get it we get it. Trying to scare us huh Kabuto?" I wasn't being playful at all. He eyed me up and down. Like he was sizing me up. Naruto was shaking a bit and I was second from smacking the back of his head before he spoke up, yelled actually and pointed to the crowd, "My name is Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to beat every one of you. Believe it!" We all had to smirk. Nothing every got him down.

"Tell your boyfriend to keep his big mouth shut!" I sweat dropped. What she really talking to me. "Excuse me?" If she got any closer I would punch her. "Of wait I forgot you don't have a boyfriend." I clenched my first but instantly cooled down with Sasuke by my side. "Don't." He said tugging a piece of my hair softly. "Fine." I whined she wasn't worth even an ounce of chakra.

"You wanna say that a little louder I didn't quite catch it." Kiba and his sarcasm. He was one I didn't really mind. "Are you trying to get everyone in the place to hate our guts? Are you stupid?" Shika was another one. He seemed like he would be alright. Over all everyone seemed easy going. Minus Ino, she just pressed my buttons to well. My mood lightened when I watched Sakura pull Naruto into a head lock, "Naruto you jack ass! Why would you say something like that? You obnoxious little –." She backed up still holding on to the boy. Everyone was probably getting sick of our antics at this point. I shifted slightly. On alert.

I gritted my teeth and crouched low. I noticed them even though they were fast. Kunai ready to protect my friends. "Enemies." I mumbled. Sasuke seemed to be the only one who heard me and flinched. His hand moving to his pouch. I watched a ninja from the sound throw two kunai at Kabuto but I flicked my wrist and wacked them out of the way with my own. That seemed to only be a distraction from the real attack though. One of this team mates jumped up ready to throw a punch. I caught a hand sign right before he pulled his arm back and nudged Saskue out of harm's way.

Kabuto was faster than I thought and dodged the blow. That would have been nasty if it was hit head on. I winced when his glasses broke. "Oh I get it. So it was that kind of attack." I looked at Kabuto when he spoke and then back at the sound ninja. It had to be something in the air maybe? "Hang on I saw it, he dodged that attack how did that happen." I stopped the boy from moving forward. I didn't want him getting involved. Sometimes he was as bad as Naruto. "It must have come closer then it looked. Look at him acting like it didn't hurt. What a tough guy." I shook my head; Shikamaru was wrong because there was really no contact, I saw it.

We all took a step back when Kabuto fell to the ground. He started gagging and puked. "Kabuto are you alright?" Sakura and Naruto ran over to his side and of course that meant I had to stand in front of them, arms crossed eyeing the enemy. "Guess you're not so tough after all? Maybe that's why you're on your seventh try." The one who attacked him had his face completely covered in bandages minus one eyes but I was sure he had a smug look under it all. The other male in his group spoke up. He was much cockier, "Write this on your little cards punk. The Genin from the sound village will be Chunin when this over. Guaranteed."

I rolled my eyes, "Oh please. So you can manipulate something in the air causing a reaction so even if you hit him or not there is some kind of blow right? " I got a glare from them, sure I didn't know exactly how their justu worked but from one use I got the idea. "Way to show your justu before the exam even starts. Rookie move." I was sure I was going to get attacked for being so bold but I saw how much everyone was shaken up and I wanted them to relax.

"Alright you baby faced degenerates, pipe down and listen up!" our attention was brought to the front of the room. I was safe, for now. Probably just made a foe, go me. "It's time to begin. I'm Ibiki Mornino your proctor and from this moment on your worst enemy." Oh great he seemed sweet as pie. I looked at the scar faced man and all the people behind him. "First, you candidates from the village hidden in the sound, knock it off! Who told you, you could fight? You want to be failed before we've even begun?"

"Sorry. It's our first time. Guess we are a little jumpy Sir." Sasuke came beside me and the others. This was it. This was how it was to begin. We were ready. "I'll say this once so listen up. There will be no combat between candidates. No attacking each other without the permission of your proctor and even then use of fatal force is strictly prohibited. Anyone who even thinks of messing with me will be disqualified immediately. Got it?" This guy was doing really well at frightening us. "No fatal force well that won't be any fun." The cocky of the sound ninja looked at me for a moment. Great, just great.

"Now if you're ready we will start the first stage of the Chunin exam. Hand over your paper work and in return you will each be given a number. This number will determine where you will sit. We will start the written test once you are all seated." Naruto looked upset. I glanced at him, "No, not a written test!" Was he for real. "What kind of exam did you think I was talking about!?" He looked at me and back at the proctor and then back at me. Did he really not listen to me when I explained how this whole thing was going to work?

It wasn't long before we all piled in. I was nowhere near my team but I could see them scattered about. Naruto a few rows ahead of me to the left. The room was split into two sections and he was the only one of our team in mine. Sasuke was up head as well but in the other section of the room all the way to the right. Sakura was a row behind me but in the completely other section with Sasuke. I had to say I was glad when Shikamaru sat beside me. I didn't know the guy well but at least it was a face I recognized. He gave me a faint smile and whispered a good luck and I bowed my head in thanks. "You too." I mumbled, eyeing my surroundings as much as I could.

"Everyone eyes front." My heart started to skip when I looked ahead. This Ibiki guy was so intimidating. "There are a few rules you need to be aware of and I won't answer any questions so you better pay attention the first time around." I listened to him explain the test. How it was scored and that the teams would be grouped together. The last rule was about the people who were around us, there were going to watch for cheating and for every time you were caught you lost two points. The rules were easy enough but what was interesting was the fact that cheating didn't mean you failed, in turn that must mean they wanted you to cheat but to do it undetected. This was going to be interesting.

"If you want to become Shinobi then show us what exceptional Shinobi you could be." His face got dark, "One more thing, if a candidate gets a zero on the test then the whole team failed." I narrowed my eyes a bit. He was really laying it on thick up there. He then explained that the last question wouldn't be given until there was only 15 minutes left of the test.

"You'll have one hour total, Begin!"

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