AN: this was it for the contest like thing I had for the jutsu that killed Orochimaru. I'll name it in the next chapter, either in the actual chapter or in the AN.
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Chapter 20: The Second Test
Naruto got his scroll, it was a Heaven, and went to his chosen gate, 23. He looked at his watch, ten till noon. He sighed, 'why is this taking so long, I wanna get in there and start already.'
Finally noon came and the doors opened, all the genin ran into the forest. Naruto went in and started on his course to the tower. After a few hours he stopped and rested. When he was done he made four shadow clones.
"Alright, you all know what to do right?" the real Naruto asked.
The clones nodded and the five dispersed. The five went off in five directions, the real Naruto continued on towards the tower, the clones began scouting for other teams that Naruto could easily over power. One of the clones finally found one. This was definitely their first time at the exams and they were no doubt rookies at being genin.
The clone jumped out of the trees and confronted the group, "hey, which scroll you got?" the clone asked.
"Wh-why do you want to know?" a timid looking boy asked.
"It doesn't matter, we'll beat him," the girl said stretching her arms.
"Um, I'm asking because it'd be pointless to fight if we both had the same scroll," the clone said scratching his cheek.
"Earth," the other boy said.
"Why the hell did you tell him?" demanded the girl rounding on the boy who just spoke.
'She acts like Ino,' Naruto though watching the three.
"He's right, we have to avoid unnecessary conflicts, we got five days here," the second boy said.
"Well, we'll be needing to fight, I got the Heaven," said the clone before charging the three. The timid boy and girl were completely caught off guard but the other boy wasn't and dodged the attack and countered the attack with a kick to the side of the head.
The clone vanished leaving the group slightly stunned. "Where the hell did he go?" the girl yelled at the second boy.
"No idea, but he ain't here," he said starting to walk away.
A distance away the real Naruto smiled, he canceled the other clones and headed off to intercept the group of three.
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"That was kinda weird. The guy who vanished when you kicked him," said the timid boy.
"Dan, it was a clone, the guy probably sent out a few clones as scouts, be ready to see him again," said the second boy.
"Really? You think he'll be back," the girl said.
"Hey, you got an Earth scroll right?" said a deep voice behind the three.
They all spun around to see Ibiki standing behind them. "You're the guy running this exam right?" said the girl.
"That's right. You have an Earth scroll correct?" Ibiki asked again.
"Yeah, why?" the second boy asked.
"Turns out someone switched the Earth scrolls with fake ones," Ibiki pulled out an Earth scroll, "here's a real one," he said holding it forward to them.
"Wow, really?" the girl asked.
"I'm guessing you want me you give you ours," said the second boy.
"I don't care, we already know who did it. We just don't know what they did to the scrolls, if they just look like the Earth, or will cause eventual damage," Ibiki said as Dan took the scroll.
Dan shuddered and quickly reached into his pack and handed Ibiki their earth scroll.
"Ibiki smiled, have fun on the rest of the exams," he said and poofed away.
The three looked at each other and heard distant laughter.
"HA! I can't believe that worked!" Naruto yelled as he jumped from branch to branch, his newly acquired Earth scroll in his pack along with his Heaven.
It took Naruto another three days to reach the tower, he wanted to be sure that he avoided all other conflicts, and save his energy for the preliminaries. He got to the tower and entered his door. Once he was inside he opened his two scrolls, the smoke came out and summoned…
"Shino!" Naruto yelled as the Aburame appeared in front of him.
"Naruto, you already know about the scrolls and the message on the wall right?" Shino asked.
"Yeah," Naruto said putting his hands behind his head.
"Then I congratulate you and take my leave," said Shino before vanishing.
Naruto's arms dropped and he took a step forward, "Hey, Shino…" but the ninja had already vanished.
Naruto spent the last day and scattered hours sleeping and walking around the tower. Finally the end of the five days came and Naruto made his way to the preliminary hall.
When he got there he saw three other teams already there standing in their lines. A group of people stood on the stairs in front of them before the statue of the hand seal. Tsunade stood in the center of the group standing there. On her left were Ibiki, Kurenai and Neji. On her right were Kakashi, a leaf ninja Naruto didn't know, a ninja from the village in the Cloud and, 'oh crap,' the Grave ninja with the weird eyes.
Naruto walked up to the three lines and stood on the far right of them. He looked over at the other three, one was the Grave team, one was Konohamaru's team, Naruto smiled, 'he made it, alright.' The third team was from the Cloud.
The first boy in line was the tallest of the three, but like the Grave team, it was obvious they were 12 or 13. He had black sandals, dark green pants, a black open vest and black ninja gloves. His forehead protector was on his forehead, his eyes were brown and his head shaved.
Second in the line was the girl whom was the shortest of the three. She had blue sandals, black pants, a black sleeveless shirt, and blue ninja gloves. Her forehead protector was on her forehead. She had grey eyes and somewhat short navy blue hair.
A second boy was last in line and was middle in height. He had black sandals, blue denim pants and a black closed vest. His hands and arms were wrapped up and he had elbow pads over the wraps. His forehead protector was on his right upper arm, his hair was brown red, but he had sunglasses over his eyes. He also had a katana on his back.
"Congratulations to you all for passing the second part of the Chuunin Exams," said Tsunade.
"Whoa, we're all that passed?" Naruto yelled out.
"Yes, only you ten passed," Tsunade said.
"Hey, what the hell happened to his team?" yelled the girl from the Cloud pointing at Naruto.
"They are already chuunin, and it would be cheating to let them go again," said Tsunade calmly.
"What the hell happened to the three man team rule?" demanded the girl.
"There were no partial teams to put him on. It was discussed between the five Kages and determined he could go alone," said Tsunade.
"So all the crap about if a team member fails or dies doesn't apply to him?" the girl yelled out.
"Yes. But all the help a team member could have given, either in getting the information from the first task or in a battle in the second, he had to do alone," Tsunade said.
"This is bull-" the girl started.
"Coe! That is enough; it was decided by all five Kages. The Cloud has already approved of it," said the Cloud ninja on Tsunade's right.
'So the girl from the Cloud is named Coe,' Naruto though looking over at her.
"If I may speak now," Neji said walking forward towards the genin.
"Yes, go ahead," said Tsunade.
Neji nodded at her and turned back to the genin. "My name is Neji Hyuuga and I am the proctor for the third portion of the Chuunin Exams. Firstly, for this test you are alone, what happens with you team does not affect you. Secondly, this test is a series of one on one fights. Winner moves on, loser is done fighting. However, just because you lost does not mean you cannot become a chuunin.
"This means that all of you could become chuunin, or none of you. Winning only means that you have more chances to show off your abilities," said Neji.
"Hey, what about the preliminaries?" Naruto asked.
"Those are only held when too many people pass the second exam. Prelims usually take the number of contestants down to about ten, so it would be foolish to have them," said Neji.
"There haven't been preliminaries since the last time you took the exam Naruto," Tsunade said, and Naruto blinked at her, not quite grasping the fact that his first go at the exams were very unusual.
Kurenai stepped up to Neji and handed him a box and went back to where she was before. "You will all draw a number. The number will tell what order you fight in, and who. 1 will fight 2 in the first fight and so on," said Neji holding out the box so that each could take a number.
Naruto was number three. When the chat was finished Naruto got a look at it and saw several names he never heard of. Soel and Link were first. The winner would fight Naruto. Then there was Isis and Moegi. Then Udon and Vin. Then Coe and Dozez with the winner fighting Konohamaru.
Naruto looked over at Konohamaru Udon and Moegi. They looked somewhat scared and Naruto knew why. None of them knew who any of the others were, or their abilities, and the ones from the Grave looked extremely strong. Naruto sighed, at least they had a month to get stronger themselves.
"Okay, now that that's set, we want you to be at in top condition for the fights, so it'll be in a month. Use the time to rest and get a bit stronger if you feel it necessary. That's all," said Neji. The genin bowed and began to leave, their jounin leaders catching up to them. Naruto stayed where he was.
"Neji I didn't know you were proctor of any of the exams," Naruto said walking up to him.
"Yeah, well, I haven't seen you that much, I get a lot of missions," Neji said.
Naruto nodded and a hand clapped him on the shoulder. "Naruto, you made it. I have some training for you to do over the month," Kakashi said.
"Really? You gunna teach me chidori?" Naruto asked beaming.
"No, this is more important than a new move," Kakashi said and Naruto's face fell.