This is a Naruto Fan Fiction only.

It seems both me and Sayomi had a much different view on what a romantic wake up would be. For me waking her up with a warm breakfast, and a good morning kiss would pretty much qualify as a romantic wake up call.

She on the other hand was happier if I skipped the whole breakfast part and just wake up with her in bed, and gave him a kiss to wake her up with me being nearby so she could hug me after the kiss.

I guess I should really consider myself lucky that she didn't hear what happened between me and the three children of the Kazekage. Last thing I needed was to explain to her that she had no reason to be jealous.

Finally the day came, the start of the exams. I got a feeling something was going to happen I was not going to like one bit. I guess this is what being in a relationship is like. You wake up with a wonderful surprise planned for your significant other, and it only ends up blowing up on your face cause a big argument with the same person you were making love with the previous night.

I saw that she was back to her Sasuke disguise and boy did she look upset. She didn't say a single word to great me as I walked near them. Of course that was not the cause for the pinkete no matter how much I may wish it was.

"Your late! I will have your head Naruto if I don't become Chuunin just cause you got here late!"

I walked towards he and I could see Kakashi's chakra up on a nearby tree so I decided to do something that would catch him and her by surprise.

"Sorry about that Sakura, I woke up early and I was on my way here, just that a black cat crossed my path. So I had to take the long way around to get here. I guess I kind of got lost on the road of life."

They both glared at me like I was insane.

"I guess we need to get the show on the road, come one Sasuke? What's the matter? Feeling a bit crankier than usual I see."

Sayomi smiled and pretended to glare at me. "You keep me waiting, and who wouldn't be cranky having to look at you every day dope!"

This made Sakura relax somewhat and as he said that I decided to begin walking in, well that was the idea except Sakura got in my way. "You are not entering first, let your betters enter first! After you Sasuke."

I began wondering how much damaged would cause to the Council and the old man's day if I just let this banshee die? That is when Kurama told me that it was not the way of a leaf ninja should act.

'I didn't raise you to betray your teammates, son. I understand she is a constant pain in the neck, but that is no reason to turn into another Orochimaru now is it? Just remember, after you are a Chuunin you can join the hunter division and then the chances of your meeting the banshee are slim to none.'

I guess I should let that motivate me, except I had an even better one. The second she is Chuunin Sayomi can finally drop her disguise. When Sakura and by extension Ino find out about this, it was going to be priceless.

As we walked up the stairs and reached the door where the first phase of the exams was to take place I looked at the sign and then at Sayomi. "Sasuke you are an Uchiha, an expert on genjutsus. So in your honest opinion which is worse the one that the demon brothers used or this one."

She looked at the sign and knew exactly what I was talking about. "This is pretty basic actually dope. I am surprised you even caught on to it." Sakura was just staring at he sign like it had a secret and she needed to know what it was.

"I don't get it what is this idiot talking about?" She clearly was talking about me.

"Sakura how many floors have we gone up?" She immediately said two, and that was when it hit her. The sign on the door read 32, which means if the sign was correct this should be the third floor, but it was the second.

"This is the exam to determine who is ready to be Chuunin. Our academy teachers were Chuunin for crying out loud. If you are so easily tricked by this, it makes me wonder if you really are ready to be a Genin."

I walked into the room and saw that many teams had realized how elementary the genjutsu on the sign really was. All the rookies of our year were present and it seems some of the people were from a village I never even heard about.

A glass wearing guy came close to us smiling, "Good to see that all my fellow leaf candidates made it on time. The name is Kabuto, this is my fifth time taking these exams, if you guys need to know anything I will be glad to share it with my fellow leaf ninja."

Sayomi was the first to ask him to clarify. "I have this special cards you see, if I focus my chakra through them I have information on all the people taking the exams. You can ask me about anyone and I will know some good info about them."

Sayomi decided to put him to the test. "Ok, since you are offering who am I to refuse free info. I want to know about Gaara, Naruto and Rock Lee."

Kabuto smiled and picked three cards and closed his eyes for a second. "Gaara from Suna, completed 150 D ranks, 40 C ranks, 20 b ranks, 10 a ranks, and 5 s rank missions. It says he never suffered as much as a scratch in all those missions."

"Now Naruto, Completed 160 D ranks, 50 C ranks, 60 b ranks, 30 a ranks, and 60 s ranks missions on his own. This can't be right it says he is the adopted child of a tailed beast. Has the panther contract and a lover named Sayomi."

That was when one of the ninja from the new village came up to us and grabbed the card that had the info on Rock Lee, and before Kabuto could say anything he tore it up into pieces.

"I heard that you tree hugging ninja were supposed to be honorable, but having a info sharing session and not inviting all the people in the room is not fair at all. Guess your village is just so pathetic that you need every advantage you can get."

I just about had it with this guy, true I don't feel as loyal to the village as others do but this was also making fun of both Sayomi and the few precious people I had.

I decided to act, "Since you are so much tougher than us, how about we get in a friendly sparing match? That should relax us for the first phase of the exams."

I knew he was up to something as he practically jumped at the chance to attack me. I quickly began using the fighting style mother taught me since I could walk.

The fight should be a friendly sparing match, quickly it turned into a fight where I was beating down an idiot who kept trying to kill me. It was clear that these guys used sound waves to distract and confuse their enemy, also that their main goal was to kill as many leaf ninja as possible.

They didn't attack or bully any of the ninja from the other villages, which means to me that they were targeting only ninja from the Hidden Leaf.

As I tripped him again, and he hit the ground for the tenth time a man covered in scars finally showed up. "Alright ladies, enough rough housing. You guys can play after you pass my exam and that is if you pass."

"My name is Ibiki Morino, I am the Head of the Torture and Interrogation Division of this village. The exam is quite simple you will be asked 9 questions, and points shall be taken off for each wrong answer, get caught cheating three times and you and your whole team are out."

He looked at the group of people seated in front of him and I knew that look quite well. "You know what I hate having people get a chance to retake these exams, so I decided if you fail my exam you and your team are banned from ever taking these exams again. That's it, you pass great, you fail you are Genin for life!"

This seems to caused a reaction I very much expected. Panic, Fear, and Anger spread through the people taking the exam. 'I should know better, I should expect something from Scarface Morino. That was to scare them into doing something stupid.'

I began to read the paper and tried very hard not to laugh. I could answer these stupid questions in my sleep. I answered each and every question while keeping my answers secret from those that tried to cheat.

Since I finished the exam in ten minutes, and had some free time I decided to get out a pack of cards and called two of my panthers. I started to play cards with them. 'This should get Ibiki's attention. I need to warn him about Kabuto. The guy smelled like he sleeps in a pit of vipers. That is something I should make him aware of.'

As I asked for three cards Ibiki finally came to see what I was doing. "Naruto mind telling me what the heck are you doing? You have a test to complete and you are playing cards with these panthers?"

I looked at him and then at the two panthers playing with me. "I will have you know Miro and Mulak are some of the best poker players you will ever meet. Now if you will excuse me. Darn with this bad hand."

Ibiki finally decided to sit down next to me and knew I was up to something else. "Well alright deal me in too. I am as bored as you are."

I handed him five cards and smiled. "We should really go hunting again. I think we might be able to catch that black python, you know the one. The one that is 3 by 7."

"You don't say, I seem to remember you screaming in terror when you saw it that first time." I looked at him and pretended to look upset about what he just said.

"You are one to talk, you said that you couldn't hear yourself think for a month cause of the noise your teeth were making. Anyways the exam should be over, but I want another game. I plan to recover everything I lost today."

He took the money and he laughed as he walked away and my panthers went back to their realm. I intentionally left a message between those bills. I hope Ibiki reads it as we go to the next phase. The Hokage needs to know that I think Kabuto is a spy for Orochimaru, and that means the traitor was going to attack.

I sat down on my seat and waited for Ibiki to tell us what happens next. "Ok, here is the final question. You are tasked with retrieving a scroll from an enemy base, chances are you will not survive. Your choices are simple, go through with the mission or go home running for your mamas."

I waited to see half the guys in the room say that no mission was worth dying for. They all walked out and didn't even bother to listen when he said to them that they could try again next year.

I guess he had a change of heart when we were playing cards.

"I would take that mission, no matter what! The Hokage wouldn't have sent my team on such a mission if it wasn't vital for the survival of the village. I will take the mission, but I will also make it back alive. As long as we work together as a team nobody has a chance against us!"

Ibiki was smiling as I said that and several of the remaining people were nodding their heads in agreement.

"That is the purpose of the final question. Chuunin are leaders of men and if you are not willing to risk your life for others, then you have no business leading anyone. I conclude the first phase of the exams and declare all those present in this room as having passed. Congratulations and good luck on your next phase."

Just as he finished someone threw a large ball of cloth and when it opened the cloth was pinned against the wall. The black cloth had something written on it with bright golden paint. 'The beautiful and sexy Anko Mitarashi present."

She was standing by Ibiki who did not look happy about her entrance. "This many passed? Ibiki you are going soft in your old age! Off your butts and follow me boys and girls. You are going to love the second phase of these Exams."

We followed her to my favorite part of the village, at least my favorite grocery store. A woman from Kumo was pretty close to me. We were at the wired gates that lead to the Forest of Death. I almost felt like I had come home, that is how happy I was that the next phase was here.