The Anbu Child - (Naruto Uzumaki Love Story) Chapter 8: The Chunin Exams Part 1, a naruto fanfic

(Bell's Point Of View)

It has been three weeks since there mission with the bridge builder and going to the Land of Waves. It was funny to see Minato-nii's expression when he heard that it turned into a B-ranked mission. He probably promised to himself that he will not get this mixed up again.

We are now on a small bridge with squad seven waiting for their more late sensei. They were sitting, taking to each other about what mission they could be getting next. Naruto and Sasuke hope they get a mission like last time but not Sakura while Bell just wanted everyone to be happy.

Suddenly, Kakashi showed up as Naruto and Sakura shout at him about being late. "I know this is a bit sudden but I recommend you for the Chunin Exams. All three of you.". He handed them three slips of paper that talk about the exams they are going to take.

"This is all voluntary, it's up to you to each of you. If you don't ready you can wait till next year. Who ever wants to take the exams, sign the application and come to room 301 at the Academy. It's at three p.m, five days from now. That's it."

With that, he disappeared and left the Genin's to think of they should take the exam. Sasuke scoffed then walked away from us and Sakura shouted and ran after him.

I sighed as I looked at Naruto and smiled at him, "Want to go get Ramen, Naruto?" He shouted in glee then grabbed my hand and started pulling me towards the Ramen shop.

Once we got there, we both ordered a large bowl of Miso Ramen then I pulled out my application.

Naruto watched me as I read over it and watched as my face went a little depressed. "What's wrong, dattebayo?" I looked at him and smiled.

"Well... I may be in the Anbu, but... I have never done any of the exams to go up in the ranks... I'm kind of scared" He looked shocked then gave me a smile and put a hand to his chest.

"I will protect you, Bell, you can promise me on that!" I laughed which made him look confused for which I answered, "I am the one who was supposed to protect you, remember? I am your protector!"

We both laughed as the ramen came in front of us and we chowed down, well at least Naruto did, and when we finished, I told him that we should go to the third to sign our papers.

He nodded so we ran to the Hokage Mansion, and when we got there, I grabbed Naruto and jumped up to the window next to the Hokage office.

The Hokage told us to come in for which I teleport us into the office which shocked Naruto.

Lord Hokage smiled at us as he looked up and asked me what we needed. "We got applications for the Chunin Exams, we need you to sign them, if you would, sir."

He laughed then motioned us to give him the papers for which he did. Taking out his pen, he signed our papers then gave it back to us.

"Now, Bell, we need to discuss your mission to the Land of Waves... Should Naruto leave or could he stay?" I shook my head, "He already knows my identity so he can stay."

He nodded then went into Hokage mood then called out my Anbu name which made me stand up straight which made Naruto watch in silence.

"Risu... I got your message about the real reasoning about Tazuna's mission... Well done... Kakashi was able to fill in what happened that you didn't tell me... Now, about your team knowing about you..."

I looked down then went down on my knee bowing which shocked Naruto. "I'm sorry, sir, I let him take off my bandage for which they say my Anbu Tattoo... Please forgive me..."

The Hokage was about to speak until Naruto started to shout, "It's not her fault! Zabuza got in between us and was to quick for her to dodge his attack... Don't do anything to her!"

I looked up at Naruto with shock then I softly smiled at him. I heard Hokage chuckle which made us both look at him.

"You didn't let me speak Naruto... Risu, rise... You are in no trouble... just no that the villagers will get suspicious if Naruto starts calling by your Anbu code name, so, Naruto, make sure that you call her Bell, got it?"

I stood up and smiled then bowed while thanking him, while Naruto shouted that he would keep his promise.

I teleport us both in front of the Hokage mansion for which I smiled Naruto and said thank you for standing for me for which he smiled then said, "Why wouldn't I?"

I smiled then told him that I would walk him home but he shook his head, "No, I need to walk "you" home." I shook my head then started walking towards my house.

Once I got there, I smiled and waved, saying goodbye to Naruto then walked into my house. I looked outside my window to see Naruto running towards his house so I ran after him to make sure that he gets home safely.

He got to his house without any problem so I walked back to my house with a smile on my face, knowing that tomorrow was going to be fun.

**********Time skip brought to you by having an F in Language Arts**********

It was the next day and team seven arrived at the Academy at three o'clock p.m, ready to take the Chunin Exams. We walked inside and two Chunin ninja were blocking the path to the door.

They were talking about how they were going to get through the door to the test until Sasuke spoke.

"Real nice speech, now both of you aside and let me through. And while your at it, reverse the Genjutsu, we can see through your illusion anyway. We're going to the third floor. Go ahead Sakura, in sure you saw this before anyone else did. You have the sharpest eyes and best analytical skill on our squad. You must have seen this coming awhile away."

Sakura was confused then looked confident. "Well of course, sure, I spotted it right away. This is only the second floor." Naruto agreed and the Genjutsu disappeared, "Well aren't we the smart one, you noticed an illiusion, let me see you deal with this." One of the Chunin jumped up and went to kick Sasuke and he went to kick him but a guy in a green suit stopped them.

Two people went up to the green guy and started to talk to him. "Hey, what happened to the plan? I thought you were the one who said to keep a low profile, and not to let anyone see our skill level." He tried to reason but the girl said that it doesn't matter and the dude looked up at Sakura. "My name is Rock Lee... You are Sakura, right? Please be my girlfriend! I vow to protect you with my life!"

Sakura looked stunned and said "Definetly... Not!" Rock Lee asked why and Sakura said was because he was a weirdo. He looked down depressed as Naruto just laughed at him and the other two came up to Sasuke. The boy with white eyes asked what Sasuke's name was which got Naruto interested.

"Its common courtesy to give your own name before asking someone else." The boy asked if he was a rookie and how old he was. "I'm not obliged to answer." Sasuke turned around to look at Naruto and Sakura and they started walking. They got to a big open area of the building before they got stopped by Rock Lee, again.

Sasuke asked what he wanted he said that he wanted to fight him. "My name is Rock Lee... You said it was common courtesy to to give his own name first, right... Sasuke Uchiha... I challenge you!" Rock Lee got into a fighting stance and started to speak again. "I have heard a lot about the Uchiha Clan and how great they are. I want to see if it is true, you will be a good test for me, and also... Oh Sakura... I love you!"

Sakura started screaming about how those giant eyebrows can't be real and started shaking. "You are an angel sent from heaven!" He blew out a kiss which made a heart fly past Sakura but she dodged it. Then he sent many of the hearts towards her which she barely dodged then said to keep his valentines to himself.

"You have heard of the Uchiha clan, yet you are challenging me. You must be even more psycho then you look... If that's even possible... You want to know more about my clan, then I will teach you, the hard way." Sasuke said with a playful glare as Rock Lee said to bring it on. They both got into a fighting stance as Sakura looked at the clock.

She said that there was no time because they have to register by three o'clock which was less then half an hour. Sasuke scoffed and told her to relax because the fight will only take five seconds, which I highly doubt. Sasuke ran at Rock Lee and went to punch him but he disappeared and appeared above him.

He used a Taijutsu move called Leaf Hurricane for which Sasuke dodged, but Rock Lee used his hand to come back and kick him in the face. Sasuke was on the ground confused because he had his guard up but Rock Lee went right through it. Sasuke smirked as he said that he has been waiting to try his Sharingan out, so he opened his eyes to show his now powerful eyes.

Sasuke jumped at him at went to attack him but Rock Lee went up and kicked him in the face. "You see, my technique is not Ninjutsu or Genjutsu... " Lee went up and started kicking and punching him for which he dodged until Lee nailed him in the gut. "Don't you get it now... I am using Taijustu which means no tricks, Sasuke."

Lee used his speed to get behind Sasuke, "Its just straight martial arts and nothing more." Sasuke back punched him but Lee dodged it by jumping a few feet away. "I know your technique, but should forget it. It will not work... not on me... I know you can see through your opponents Jutsu. That Sharingan gives you the ability to read the persons Chakra and desire ones hand signs. You can guess what he is going to do before he even knows himself. The problem is that Taijutsu is just a little bit different."

Sasuke asked what his point was and he said that he doesn't try to hide his moves because he didn't have to. "Even if you can read them, you still cannot stop them. You are to slow. Your eyes may be strong enough to get one step ahead of me but if your body cannot keep up, then what good does it do you." This got Sasuke mad as he kept speaking.

"You know what, here is what I believe. There are two different kind of ninja. Those like you who are born with talent and do not have to work at it and those like me who have to train everyday of our lives." Sasuke ran up to him and blindly started to throw punches. "Your Sharingan is, of course, no match for extreme Taijutsu. Here is what I mean."

Lee kicked him straight up into the air then he jumped up with him and started to unravel his bandages on his arms. "My point is hard work because of natural talent... Your finished." Suddenly a pink shuriken appeared and stuck his bandages that he unraveled to the wall. They all looked over to see a talking turtle who told Lee to stop fighting.

"You... You were watching us the whole time?" The turtle answered saying that he was and that the last move was forbid and he knew it. Naruto was shaken up on how he was talking to a turtle and how the turtle was talking back to him. The turtle asked Lee if he was ready to take punishment and Lee agreed.

Suddenly smoke appeared and a man who looked like a lee appeared and his name was Gai-sensei. I started to laugh because I should have known by the outfit and how he acted that he was Might Gai's student. I was so stupid that I did not see that coming.

Squad Seven looked surprised to see such eyebrows on him as he asked how everyone was doing. Naruto started to talk about how they were both weird because they both had bowl cut hair and bushy eyebrows. This made Lee mad because they were insulting Gai-sensei but his sensei told him to give it a rest.

Gai-sensei said that it was time for his punishment so Gai-sensei punched him square in the face. He fell about ten feet back and when he fell Gai-sensei knelled down next to him. "I'm sorry Lee, but it's for your own good." They both started to cry and saying each other's names which me smile, knowing that my friend has not changed at all.

Naruto said that it was actually kind of sweet how they are all hugging and stuff. Sakura called him crazy as Gai-sensei said that Lee was not a boy but a man. "Now take off! I want you to do one hundred laps around the field! Show me what you got! Run into the setting sun and suffer, that will make you superior. Let us go!"

Naruto said that they couldn't leave yet and Sakura agreed with him by asking about the Chunin Exams because there was no time to fool around. "Oh right, I forgot about that. Lee, you not only disobeyed the rules about fighting, but you disrupted the Chunin Exams. I think that, that rewards a slightly bigger punishment, don't you? Lets say five hundred laps, how does that sound!"

Lee agreed with him as they started talking about youth as squad seven looked defeated and annoyed. Gai-sensei looked over at them and asked how Kakashi-sensei was and my team looked confused and asked if he knew him. "Do I know Kakashi... Well people say... that he and I are arch rivels for eternity."

They looked shocked as they denied it and Lee got mad at them, again, for not believing him. "Let it slide, Lee. A ninja's actions always speak louder than words." Suddenly he disappeared and reappeared behind Squad Seven. "Our arc is at 49 losses and 50 wins which is one better than his by the way. The fact is that I am stronger than Kakashi and faster!"

My team looked surprised as Lee spoke, "See, Gai-sensei is the best there is!" Sasuke looked pissed as Gai-sensei spoke. "I'm sorry for the trouble we have caused you... look into my eyes and accept my sincere apology. Also notice my handsome features. Lee, you should accompany these fine ninja to the classroom, right now."

He threw a kunai, knocking down the shuriken that was holding Lee's bandages in place. Naruto looked over at Lee and looked at his hands to see that they are really beat up like he has been training for a long time. "Sasuke, actaully I haven't been totally honest with you. I said I wanted to test my skills and that is true enough, but you are not really the person I wanted to test them against." Sasuke did not looked pleased.

"I lied to you when we were fighting before when I said that I was the top genin here, but there is another top ninja... Someone on my own team. I came here to defeat him, you were just practice. Now you are a target, I will crush you! There you have it, consider yourself warned." This got Sasuke mad as Lee jumped away.

Naruto started to mock Sasuke and Sakura got mad at him and Naruto looked down. "You saw his hands, didn't you... When he took of the tape. I bet all that Bushy Brow has been training until he drops. Day in and day out. He trains harder than you. That's all I'm saying." Sasuke turned not looking at them then scoffed.

"This is starting to get interesting... The Chunin Exams... I can't wait to see whats next. Lets get going... Naruto... Sakura... Bell!" We agreed with him and they started to walk towards the classroom.

They made it to the third floor and stood in front of room three hundred and one and there stood Kakashi-sensei. "I'm glad you came Sakura... and the others. Now you can all formerly register for the Chunin Exams. You see, only groups of three are allowed to apply for and take the exam. That's the way its always been."

Sakura told him that he said that it was a choice to take the Chunin Exam. "That's right, I did.". Sakura asked if it was a lie and Kakashi looked to the side.

"Sort of... It is an individual decision but it effects all of you. I didn't tell you before because I didn't want the other guys pressuring you. At the same time, I didn't want you feeling obliged to participate because of any feelings you have for Sasuke or Naruto. I wanted you to come to a decision on your own free will."

"Wait a minute, do you mean that if the others have shown up but but I decided not to come with them...". Kakashi-sensei finished what she was going to say by saying that it would have been the end of the line.

"Well, your all here... Sakura... Naruto... Sasuke... Bell... I'm proud of you! Couldn't ask for a better team... Good luck!". He stepped aside as they opened the door to see many other Genin from other villages who were all staring at squad seven.

"Sasuke where have u been!". Ino appeared and glopped Sasuke and started to talk to him but Sakura got mad and started to yell at Ino. Shikamaru and Choji came up and said that they were happy to see that they got past the Genjutsu.

Three other people showed who were squad eight who consisted of Hinata, Kiba, and Shino. They were all talking pretty loudly so a silver haired man came up to them.

"Hey, you guys! You might want to try keeping it down a little. I mean no offense, but you're the nine rookie's, right? Fresh out of the academy... I wouldn't go making a spectacle of yourself's. Just cool it... This isn't a class field trip.". Ino shouted at him, asking who he was.

"I'm Kabuto Yakushi, but really... Look around you, you've made quite an impression. See those guys, there from the Rain Village, very touchy... They all are. This exam make everyone tense and you don't want to rub then the wrong way, right now. You can't help it... I mean, how could you know how things work... Your just rookie's.". He looked down then back up.

"You remind me of myself awhile back.". Sakura started at him and asked if Kabuto was his name and asked if this wasn't his first time taking the exam. "No it's... My seventh... Well there held twice a year so this will be my fourth year."

"Wow, a veteran! You must really be an expert by now!". Sakura said as Naruto said that he could give them the inside tips but Shikamaru said that he has never passed so Kabuto said that seventh time is the charm.

"Hang on, don't give up hope just yet. Maybe I can help you kids out a little... With my ninja info cards. These cards have been Chakra encoded with everything I've learned over the past four years. I've got more than two hundred of them, so you see, I haven't been completely wasting my time. They may but look much to the naked eye, in fact... They appear blank. Don't just want anyone setting this stuff."

He put his finger on the card and it started to spin. Sakura asked what he was doing and Kabuto answered. "You see, I'm using my chakra... To reveal the secrets. Life this for example.". Suddenly smoke appeared and the card showed a map.

"It shows the geographical distribution of all the candidates who have come to take the Chunin Exam. What village they come from and how many from each village. Why do you guys think they all come here to take the exam together at the same time. It's the foster friendship between Nations of course. International brotherhood and all that and it's true enough as far as it goes."

Sasuke stared at Kabuto and said that there was another reason. "Yeah, you see, the important thing is that this way they can carefully regulate the total amount of Shinobi that end up in the village. Thereby maintaining the balence of power."

The card turned back into a blank canvas. "If the balence isn't maintained... One nation could wind up with many more Shinobi then it's neighbor's, and it might be tempted to attack them, so they try to maintain the status quo, makes sense... I suppose."

Sasuke took a step forward and asked if he had any info on the candidates. He said he might and asked if he had anyone in particular and Sasuke said that he might. "Well, I can't promise that my infomation is complete or perfect, but I've got something on just about everyone... Including you guys, of course. So which one is it, tell me anything you know about them, a description of where there from, or whatever. Anything at all."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he called out the names Garra of the Desert, the Anbu Child, and Rock Lee from the Leaf Village while he's at it. I looked confused at Sasuke because he already knew who the Anbu Child was, so why would he ask.

"Man, that's no fun, you already know there names! That makes it easy." He swiped his hand so fast that the cards didn't move as he took the two cards out of the deck. "Here they are." He said with a special look.

Sasuke said to show them to him and he puts the card on the ground and channeled Chakra into it. "First up is Rock Lee." Smoke appeared and Rock Lee's picture appeared and he started to say the information.

"Looks like he is one year older than you guys. Mission Ranks: eleven C-Ranks and twenty D-Ranks. His squad leader is Gai and in the last twelve months his Taijutsu has radically improved, but his other skills are pretty shaky. Last year he got a lot of attention as a Genin, but for some reason, he chose not to participate in the Chunin Exam. This will be his first time as a candidate, just like you guys. His teammate are Ten Ten and Neji Hyuga."

Hinata looked happy when that name was called so he was probably a friend or a relative.

"Alright, the Anbu Child... Her code name in the Anbu is Risu... Mission Rank: fifty D-ranks, and one hundred fifty C-Rank, five hundred B-Rank, three hundred A-Rank, two hundred sixty S-Rank, and fifty-eight SS-Rank...

She has been in the Anbu all her life and was trained by Danzo Shirma who took her into the Root, but was taken out by the Third Hokage.

She excels in her dodging skills which got her the name "The Dancing Anbu" and also knows all five Chakra natures... That's all I know about her."

I narrowed my eyes wondering how he got all that information but I was brought out of my thoughts when he talked about the last person. I see that everyone was shocked by this information and Choji asked if she as in the Chunin Exams and Kabuto said that he didn't know that either.

"Alright, now for Gaara of the Desert."

"Mission rank: eight C-Ranks and, get this, one B-Rank as a Genin! There's not a lot of information on this guy. He was a rookie from another land, originally, but there is this... He survived every mission, without getting a scratch on him."

Shikamaru was shocked to hear this as Naruto asked what the deal is with this guy. Kabuto pulled out another card and it showed a map. "Leaf... Sand... Rain... Grass... Waterfall... Sound... From the looks of it, they've all sent exceptionally skilled candidates to the Exam this time around. Of course, the Hidden Sound Village is small... Its spring up recently so no one knows anything about it. Those guys are a mystery."

He put the cards back on the deck, "Well you get the point... The competition is going to be intense, this year." Sakura asked if it really was going to be tougher this time and Kabuto answered.

"Oh yea, in the four years i've been coming... I've never seen a crop of candidates with as much potential as this bunch." Suddenly two kunai almost hit Kabuto but he barely dodged it. One sound ninja went to hit him but Kabuto quickly dodged it, but his glass in his glasses broke into pieces.

"Oh it get it, it was that type of attack." Sasuke asked what happened and Shikamaru said that he is just acting like a real tough guy. Then, Kabuto fell to the ground and coughed up blood which made all of the Rookie Nine freak out, even Sasuke. Naruto and Sakura ran over to him to make sure that he was okay.

The Sound Ninja started talking about how the Sound Shinobi were great ninja and a great village and so on and so forth.

Suddenly, smoke appeared and a man with scars all over his face and Intel ninja told everyone to pipe down and listen. "Its time to begin... My name is Ibiki Morino, your proctor, and from this point, your worst enemy." Everybody suddenly looked tense at what the man said and how he looked.

I smiled, seeing another one of my friends from when I was younger. He may be way older then me but I still counted him as one of my friends.

"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 even begun!" The Sound ninja who's face was covered with bandages apologized and said that this was there first time there so their jumpy.

"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 the use of fatal force is strictly prohibited. Anyone who even thinks messing with me will be disqualified immediately, got it?" Everyone stayed quiet until a sound ninja said that no fatal force was no fun.

"Now if were ready, we will start with the first stage of the Chunin Exam. Hand over your paper work, in return you'll each be given a number. This number will determine where you will sit. We'll start the written test."

Everyone got there numbers and sat down. They passed out the tests and everyone looked tense about the test.

"Everyone, eyes front. There are a few rolls that your need to be aware of, and I won't answer any questions. So you better pay attention the first time around. Alright, rule number one, the written part of the exam is conducted on a point reduction system. Contrary on what some of you may be used to. You all begin the test with a perfect score of ten points. One point will be deducted for each answer you get wrong, so if you miss the then your total score will be seven.". I see Naruto nodded his head, thinking about something.

"Rule number two, teams will pass or fail based on the total score of all three members.". Sakura started shouting in his that wasn't fair and Ibiki silenced her.

"Rule number three, the sentinels you see, positioned around the room are there to watch you carefully fur like for signs of cheating, and for every incident they spot, they will subtract two points from the culprit's score. Be warned, there eyes are completely sharp, and if they catch you give times, you'll be be dismissed before the tests are even scored. Anyone fool enough to be caught cheating by the sentinels doesn't deserve to be here. If you want to be considered Shinobi, then show us what exceptional you can be." He said with a smile.

"One more thing, should a candidate get a zero and fail the test, then the entire team fails. The final question ain't be given out before fifteen minutes before before the end of the testing period. You'll have one hour total. Begin!"

Naruto started to freak out as he's stared at his test when they flipped it over. I crossed my fingers, hoping that he would know that it was to cheat to the answers.