It may have taken two weeks for us to get here,but welcome my friends! It's time to actually take this test I've been speaking of so often, but of course there would be another distraction! I have a request for you lovely people.

So, I've been unable to write for two weeks because I've been participating in what is called the NCS (National Citizenship Service) which is operated in Britain. two weeks are spent at an outdoor centre camping and at a Uni respectively, while the next two weeks (the week which has just past and this coming one) will be spent doing an action project with the team you've been placed in. I'm team 6 (officially. We're actually team Tag along... I'm proud of it) and our project is Bridging the Generation Gap.

The elderly are becoming more afraid of the younger generation by the day and we aim to change their opinion on us young people. We want to achieve this by visiting independent living accommodations and building a bond with the elderly to show them that we aren't as bad as they may think. We will be spending 4 days with them and during our time we will be doing various activities with them such as painting. We care about the older generation because they are still human beings who enjoy people's company just as much as we do. Therefore, we are raising awareness for the older generations to show that we know they are there and we want to make them feel a part of the community. The young have the ability, but lack the wisdom, and the old have the wisdom, but lack the ability. We want to get them involved!

But I was hoping that you could like two pages for me: an instagram page called and a facebook page called NCS team 6 -bridging the generation gap. if you could do that, it would mean the world to us and it's fairly simple, right? Let's go to the awkward part.

We also have a JustGiving page called (this is a mouthful) We're raising £200 to help fund our NCS project to bridge the gap between the young and old generation. The money will go towards helping the elderly(or alternately, bridge that gap). if you could maybe think of adding to that, it would be absolutely magical! any money gathered would go directly to supporting the elderly we visit. Anyway, now that the admin stuff is done with, let's go!

Super hero time!

Ex-aid: No time for studying, you're going in the deep end!

Naruto: Don't worry, I've been studying from the super sentai 'Saiko!' pedia!

Ex-aid: Well, I guess I've just got to deal with a chronicle robot...

Naruto: Ouch... have fun with that!

E-a + N: Game start! Showtime!

"Now then, we shall start the first test of the chunin exam! Turn in your examination applications and you will receive a numbered card in exchange. Sit in the seat matching that number!" Ibiki instructed, a curt tone with the gravelly undertone adding to the serious nature of the man. 2After that, we shall hand out the papers needed for the written exam!"

It was a sound concept on paper as everyone filed out into their positions. Naturally, people would want to sit by their friends even in an exam, meaning they were likely to bunch up together to receive their numbers. That meant when they were receiving the numbers, they would be placed randomly around the room, leading to a greater chance of variety in the room. With a held out hand, the captain looked into the door, people filing into the second classroom that had been converted for the written test.

"Captain, why do we hold back?" Haku questioned, keeping her gaze strong against those that would come before them. Admittedly, their coloured garbs had earned them more than a few scoffs, a none too stealthy approach to clothing meaning that they had to compensate in other fashions.

"Okay, Hinata, I want you to go with Lee now." Naruto ordered, only a brief second of hesitation before the two entered the line. They would trust the boy in what he asked of them; he had yet to prove himself otherwise. "Right, now I join I want you to wait for about three people before you come in."

"Hey Naruto, what's the point?" Tenten whispered, the three standing between them in the line caring for little more than the potential questions to be asked. "What's with the weird division? We're going to be seated randomly anyway." Her answer was a smirk, the boy shaking the number plate given, white back facing the weapons user, as he entered the classroom, both her and Haku's eyes widening when they looked to their seats.

Number thirty one – Lee.

Number thirty two – Hinata.

Number thirty three – Haku.

Number thirty four – Tenten.

Number thirty five – Naruto.

It was clear on the other participants' faces that they had no clue how they had accomplished such a thing; to be honest, even the vast majority of his team had no clue as to what had just occurred, but the smirk remained firmly plastered on the blond's face.

'Just as I suspected, there's a trick immediately to this exam.' Naruto mused in his mind, leaning forward on his seat. 'If they wanted true randomisation, they would've just shuffled the numbers with no correlation, but there was a pattern immediately formed. A person would be seated next to the first two would be seated next to the one three people down, who would be seated next to the two three people down… a strange pattern, but one you can grasp in the right way. This exam was never going to be normal, was it?'

"Allow me to explain the rules. There will be no questions afterward, so listen carefully!" Ibiki declared, a piece of chalk quick to move its way across the blackboard positioned at the front. "You all begin with ten points in this exam. As there are ten problems to deal with, you will have one point per problem. This test is a point deduction system – you are deducted one point for each problem you get wrong!"

Wouldn't it just be easier to leave that out? After all, if you lose a point for every wrong answer, it's the same as getting a point for every correct answer, right? Why would it have been phrased in such a strange way?

"Any passes or failures will be determined by the total points of the total points of the three person teams, with suitable adjustments to those foolish enough to come with two or cowardly enough to come with five."

Ouch, that hurt. They made sure not to let the small sniggers that arose from that suggestion reach their faces, watching with the same rapt attention they had given it before.

"Finally, those who are deemed by the sentinels to have committed an act of cheating or an act that may be classed similarly will have two points immediately deducted for each act." A small smile inched onto the scarred proctor's face, the whole beginning with points system making sense. After all, it was most likely done that way to facilitate such a rule.

'But still, I know they would be smart enough to have any who cheated immediately thrown out under normal circumstances…' Naruto questioned in his head, only vaguely listening to Ibiki's threats. It was all of the normal stuff, don't screw your team over, act like exemplary shinobi if you want to be a shinobi and all that bish bash bosh. 'It's a good thing I made us seat as we did. Me and Lee would have no chance at cheating if we didn't know the answers, and Haku might be a bit more pressed in the act, but Tenten and Hinata would be easily able to use their skills to see answers and convey them to us.'

"And in the case that even a single person on your team ends up with zero points, regardless of the collective of the other two… we will immediately fail all of the team." Ibiki warned, more than a few teams immediately holding regret. The idea of having a dumb person paired with smart ones didn't seem to be so intelligent at that moment…

"Also note that the tenth problem will be given to you forty five minutes into the hour. And… begin!" Ibiki commanded, the sounds of pen to paper immediately calling out, alongside some not too subtle cries of despair. The first one had been fairly easy to work out, the code problem merely having to be translated into possible options until a whole alphabet of characters, or at least enough that he would feel confident to deal with, was available. The times spent translating various alien languages had certainly assisted with that.

The parabola B in the diagram illustrates the greatest possible distance enemy ninja A can throw his shuriken from a tree several meters high.

So it was just a mathematics problem then? That would be more difficult, but hardly the worst thing you could find on a test like this.

Predict and answer the enemy ninja's character inferred from the ellipse this shuriken forms. Also answer the longest firing range in battle on flat ground and explain your basis.

…What? An integrated problem based upon predictions of uncertain conditions and dynamic analysis prediction? The only reason he could say such fancy stuff about it was because Don had tried futilely to cram the knowledge into his books, and Naruto had only just began on them! There was barely anyone in the room who would be able to answer such a question! None of the other choices would offer a respite from the difficulty, many people grabbing hair in frustration and merely hovering over their papers.

Well, maybe it was time to use the system designed to invite cheating and discourage bad cheating. Use whatever you had to retrieve the desired information and like an exemplary shinobi, don't get caught. People were already happy to begin, Kiba's dog giving small yaps to the boy. He had a team of Shino Aburame and Neji Hyuuga, so right now, he was most likely the weakest link in their team. Sakura most likely knew the answers, and Sasuke probably could use his Sharingan if he's awakened it…

The tapping of Tenten's pencil had sounded – she had found the one who had the proper answers. They must've known that the strange mirrored light would be abused, but the small movements required meant it was easy enough for it to be ignored, the wires too thin to be seen in normal sight. Lee had placed on his Hitai-ite – he was able to see and copy the answers. Haku gave a small cough – she had been able to plant a miniscule amount of ice in front of her eyes and the one with answer's test for her mirror abilities to see. That had been one of the risky choices, but it seemed to have worked.

He had to question the strange sentinel sat at the side, scanning pupil-less eyes across the room. His movements were mechanical, clearly artificial, but the others made no move to react. Why? Well, maybe someone was copying a person who really did move like a machine, or maybe it was just that they had to cheat well enough, not good enough to fool everyone. It would explain why the mirror movements were allowed, or why they had the bloody thing in the first place.

Hinata hadn't been very good when it came to deciding a subtle sign, her pencil snap having Naruto's eyes move towards her paper, still keeping the main sentinels that had been proven to be the ones aiming at their table in place. With the Byakugan, she would be able to see through the body indicated, allowing her clear view of the sheet before him. What the person on the other side of Lee on the three man tables was doing, he didn't know, but the movement of the pencil upon the sentinel's paper was a clear sign that they were finding people. The trick was so simple, but it appeared that despite the importance of this test, they weren't even looking for people who were just glancing at another's paper.

A kunai passed his cheek, Naruto taking a deep breath to ensure he didn't just randomly freak out as the metal passed his face. A wooden thunk was enough to draw the entire room's attention to the desk behind him, a single lone figure standing upon trembling legs.

"W-what was that for, sir!?" the boy nervously cried, one of the sentinels smirking as he exaggerated the final tick on his board.

"That was mistake number five. You're done for." The man scoffed, Ibiki giving a nod as he pointed to the far corner of the room, two scowling boys standing of their own accord and dragging away the crying boy with little mercy. It was as if that was the warning all of the sentinels needed, numbers quick to be called out around them as people were discovered cheating and their teammates forcefully failed.

"Number twenty three fails!"

"Forty three and twenty seven, you're out!"

"Hey, do you have proof that I cheated five whole times!? One particularly brave genin questioned, a hand slamming onto wood. "Really, are you guys properly checking this number of people?" the response was an elbow, more specifically, to the genin's throat as they collided with the wall, the bandaged chunin 'looking' to him with only the metal of his headband over the wraps.

"Listen here kid. Even among us chunin, we're elite who were selected for this exam. We don't even overlook you blinking once… in a matter of speaking, this strength is the proof you wanted." The man replied, letting him drop to the floor as the others began to write.

"Neji has activated his Byakugan too, and Sasuke has chosen to use his Sharingan." Hinata gently commented, never lifting her eyes from off of the paper. The flow of chakra to certain points would easily allow for the knowledge of what people were doing, so long as you knew what they were able to do. If they had a Hyuuga upon the sentinels, it was more than likely that a vast majority of the people would already have been found out, at least if they were properly policing this exam anyway. Tenten would be fine though, and they could've just formed an answer line across the tables.

"Number fifty nine, get out of here!"

"Oi, thirty six! Nine! Fail!"

That brought the failing number up to thirteen, Hinata still able to provide a running commentary as to how people were cheating. With the way the proctor watching them was whispering behind his clipboard, perhaps that was why there was such a number getting caught; you clearly couldn't be cheating well if a genin was able to catch you doing it. It was fortunate that the Hyuuga princess became quieter when she spoke of the others from Konoha, otherwise things would've gotten awkward incredibly fast.

"Ino's chakra has just entered Sakura's body. I'm fairly certain that she's using her family's mind transfer jutsu." Hinata informed, Naruto turning just enough to see the slumped over body behind him. With the way 'Sakura' appeared to be scanning over the answers almost fervently, it was obvious what the plan was. Until they had proof though, it was just a stupid girl taking a nap in the middle of a test and an overexcited one desperate to ensure her answers are right. With the strange make up wearing boy, Kankuro, gone to the toilet, they had reached the forty minute mark – five minutes until the final question was to be asked.

"I will now present the tenth question!" Ibiki roared over the silence, the entire room's attention drawn to the heavily scarred man. "However, there is one more rule I must explain before I give it. First, you will have to choose whether you wish to take the tenth question or not! If you choose not to, then your score will be reduced to zero. I hope I don't have to explain what that would mean again."

"That's ridiculous!" One genin yelled back. "Of course we're going to take the exam if the other choice is failure! That's not even a choice!"

"Then perhaps you should here of the second rule in place…" the joy Ibiki seemed to find in the protests put Naruto on edge, his lax position in the seat tightening unnoticeably. "If you happen to accept the tenth problem only to fail, then you will relinquish our right of taking the chunin exam forever!"

That was good enough to strike the fear of god into the people. A question where you risk your ability to ever move up in the world… it certainly explained why there was a full grown man, moustache and all, sitting at the front. It clearly had been good enough to deter people.

"What kind of ridiculous rule is that!?" Kiba declared as he stood from his seat. "We know that there are plenty of people here who've already taken the exam before, even many times!"

A low chuckle escaped the man, growing into full bodied laughter.

"Well, maybe you're just unlucky then." Ibiki proposed, a great chill falling upon every person in the room. "I am the one who makes the rules this year. But I did give you the option to go back! For those of you who are not confident in their skills, you can choose not to take it and take the exam next you, or the one after that."

Naruto could already see the fear welling up inside of many of the participants, though a small amount of pride also came when he saw his own crew sitting in silence. There was no doubt that they were waiting for the question to be given, the thought of ever giving up the chance to continue on barely given the light of day.

"Those who will not be taking the question, raise your hands! Once I confirm your number, I'll ask you to leave!"

That was the trigger phrase, hands shooting up alongside groans of disappointment and anger. There were bound to be those who had been put in before they were ready, whether carried by their teammates or chosen under false assumptions. Naruto let little cross his face as people exited the room swiftly, fears of never being able to become more than they were proving strong enough to have their feet moving out of the door. A scan of the room revealed that none of those selected by Konoha had quit yet, a thought that gave just a small bit of hope to Naruto.

'We're going that small way to prove that our village is better than the others…' the red captain remarked mentally. 'Well, I suppose I'll have to do what the red rangers of past have been practically expected of… Let's make a show of this!' he just wanted to make sure that the ones who truly didn't belong here, who would only be mown down at a later point needlessly by those who were more experienced or skilled than then, had already left before he did the gesture no one had been expecting.

He raised a hand.

And promptly slammed it back down again.

"Well, this has been all fun and games but, I think you shouldn't be looking down on us like that." Naruto tutted, an incredulous eyebrow raising upon Ibiki's face. "I made sure to wait until those who would only end up getting hurt had left before doing this, but that sort of ploy won't work on us! Do you honestly believe putting up such a flimsy excuse over your horror tactics would work on everyone? All of those who sit in this room right now have worked hard to earn their recommendations, been through enough to have their leaders think them appropriate for this exam!"

"Even if we did turn out to be genin for the rest of our lives, we'll simply become the greatest genin to have ever existed! There are bound to be those who would believe our rank would make us weak and we would show them the pure folly of their ways! So tell me now, all who would sit in this classroom. Are you to be like the others, quitting before even knowing what you're to be faced with!? Of course not, so Ibiki, hurry up and pass us already! As those who I hold the legacy of would say, boku-tachi o… namero na yo!"

There had been those who were sitting in the room were waiting to raise their hands, now stone at their sides as Ibiki let a smirk appear upon his face.

"Well then… you all pass!"

Anchors aweigh! I don't know if there was anyone who wasn't guessing that a Naruto motivation speech was coming, but there it is. I'm not exactly the best at them though, so let me also give you this. Like Mightydimension, I've been thinking of another Naruto story, so this is a snippet of project Giant, On the shoulders of giants!

"Child, Naruto. We can assist you in your strife. We can help you grow strong, we can help you grow powerful." The booming voice declared, the motherly voice remaining quiet as the boy's interest was piqued. "Right now, they do not understand the treasure they seek to destroy. They never can until you show them the folly of their actions!"

The footsteps grew closer, the mumblings hidden under a wave of each other's noises gradually becoming easier to understand, the same choice insults and threats coming to his ears as they always did.

"Naruto, there's no time for hesitation anymore. You can either let yourself fall victim to evil once more, or you can allow yourself to grow stronger as we want you to." The feminine tone declared, Naruto giving a small intake of breath. "All we need you to do is say my name."

"But I don't know your name…" Naruto reasoned, a fair response considering that he had no idea where the people he was even talking to were, let alone who they were.

"Do not fret Naruto, for deep in your heart, you recognise our voice. There are few who would be able to do so, yet I know that you are one of those people." The mothering voice urged, the boy's heart slowing down as the world stopped. Not even an insect was able to move from their place, the moon frozen in its celestial arc.

'A name…' digging deep into his mind, he struggled to pull anything up that wasn't related to those closest to him. What did they expect him to do, just invent a name on the tip of his tongue at all but a prompt? But that was when it hit and the world became water.

Even the very trees became liquid suspended in shape, grass becoming an ocean Naruto stood proud upon. The stars were drops waiting to fall upon the earth, refreshing it and letting life continue to grow. How on earth could he ever forget that name, the one that flashes in his mind? It was far from usual, such an odd designation that it seemed better fit for the myth books than an actual title. Placed alongside legends and the reverent titles humanity gifted to them, it fit perfectly, a master of the waters and ice, a single song bringing all to their greatest bliss and never letting them leave.

"Yes, that is I. Please Naruto, all you have to do is call upon my power. Call upon my power and I can help you!" the feminine tones begged, a sudden strength entering Naruto's body as the waters started to tremble around him.

"I will… Help me… Siren of Souls, Clarent!"