FINALLY UPDATED! This chapter's so long it's rediculous.

Memories of Nobody

Chapter 3: The Chuunin Exams

Years had passed, and the now 11 year-old Kisetsu Natsu was now a Genin. Today would be the day that they would be placed into teams. She couldn't wait!

BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. Natsu hit the alarm with her fist and yawned. She looked around, "Anoke-sensei?" No answer. She shrugged, "He must have gotten up before me." Natsu was now used to not having anyone home to greet her when she got up now since Anoke had been getting busier and busier as she had gotten older. Natsu didn't mind though, at least she had someone to take care of her.

Natsu yawned and got out her clothes from a trunk. Slowly but surely, she put on a fish-net top, a burgundy halter top, forest green cargo pants that puffed at the bottoms, and her dark purple sandals. She then got out from the kitchen table her fingerless grey tattered-fringed gloves and her matching dark purple hitai-ate. She then attached her kunai-holster to her thigh.

"Yosh!" She was about to leave out the door when she forgot –

"My red ribbon-dayo!" She rushed into the bathroom and searched through her stuff to find a single red ribbon. She brushed her long magenta hair and sighed – her hair had gotten longer. She pulled it into one strand that hung over her shoulder and braided in the red ribbon. Now she was ready.

Natsu and the new genin waited patiently in one of the classrooms to be placed into squads. Natsu tapped her fingers on the desk and sighed, she really wanted to get into her group now.

"Oi! Looks like Natsu's got some style now!" A girl in the back said.

Natsu looked back to see if the girl was joking. From the girl's expression, it didn't look like she was.

Natsu smirked in response.

Finally, an academy teacher waltzed in, "Alright genin! I'm going to announce teams and then you'll meet your sensei."

Natsu groaned, more waiting? It seemed that today would take forever. She didn't pay very much attention until the person said her name.

"Team 3! Kisetsu Natsu!"

Natsu looked around. Who would also be on her team?

"Koshia Sha! And Mokisho Kutai!" The teacher then pointed to the third row of seats, "Please sit there, if you would be so kind!"

Natsu sat down and looked at her other teammates. She shrugged – well, it could be worse.

"Ohayo, Natsu!" Natsu looked up at the girl who was named Koshia Sha. Sha was a very outspoken girl with dark purple hair that was pulled into two low buns that rested at her neck. Her dark blue hitai-ate acted as a headband of sorts on the top of her head. She had honey-hazel eyes that had a flirty shine to them. Her outfit showed a lot of her creamy brown skin. She had a fishnet halter top under her dark blue zipped up tube top with a matching mini skirt. She also wore fishnet leggings under the skirt and fishnet bands that went from her forearm to mid-shoulder. She also wore dark blue fingerless gloves and dark blue sandals. Her kunai holster rested on her right thigh.

Natsu then turned to the other group member who appeared to be Mokisho Kutai. From his looks, one could tell that he wasn't the most social of boys. He had long black hair in a long ponytail thrown over his left shoulder and beautiful dark green eyes. He wore a dark black jacket with a high collar with grey square buttons. His dark blue hitai-ate was tied around his left shoulder. He wore grey gloves and black pants. His sandals were blue and his kunai holster was on his right thigh. Unlike Sha, he did not give the two girls any greeting except a faint blush when he gazed upon Natsu, which contrasted hilariously with his pale, pale skin.

Sha looked at Kutai and waved a hand in front of him, "Oi! Are you awake?"

Kutai blinked at her, not answering.

Sha huffed and crossed her arms over her chest, "Not very talkative are you? Well, that's okay. I'll get you to talk sooner or later." She turned to Natsu, "So… how are you, Su-chan? Is my nickname okay for you? It doesn't sound too childish, right?"

Natsu shook her head, "You talk a lot, Sha-san-dayo."

Sha laughed nervously, "Y-yeah. I tend to do that when I first meet people." She smirked, "I'm thinkin' about callin' Kutai here, Ku-chan. Ya like?"

Natsu snorted and Kutai blushed yet again.

Sha smiled, "Aw, kawaii! He looks so cute when he blushes!"

"Ahem! I don't want to interrupt anything important now."

The three of them looked up at the source of the voice. Natsu couldn't help but gasp, "Anoke-sensei!"

Anoke chuckled, "I'm going to be Team 3's squad leader, ne?"

Sha whispered into Natsu's ear, "He's kinda cute, ne?"

Natsu turned a light pink, "Sha-san!" She exclaimed, shocked.

Sha shrugged.

Anoke looked at the two of them, "Are you both done talking? I can wait."

The two of them both shook their heads.

Anoke smiled, "Good! Alright, ore wa Fusashi Anoke. You can all call me Anoke-sensei or Anoke-sama…"

Natsu couldn't help but smile, 'I think this is going to be much better than the academy!'

"Su-chan?"

Natsu turned to Sha, "Nan deska, Sha-san?"

Sha tapped her foot impatiently, "Ku-chan needs to hurry up! If he doesn't show up… we won't be able to go into the Chuunin Exams!"

Natsu sighed, Sha was right. Today was the day of the Chuunin Exams. Anoke had told them that all three members would have to enter if they wanted to enter. Natsu crossed her arms, "Mataku, Kutai-san can be such a-"

Sha exclaimed happily, "Ku-chan!" She ran over and hugged the rather anti-social boy who sighed in response, "Domo, Sha-san, Natsu-san."

Sha let go and scolded him, "What took you so long? Me and Su-chan have been waiting for... FOREVER!" She sighed, "C'mon, let's go inside."

Natsu nodded and followed Sha into the building. A year had passed since she had first been placed in this team. Natsu had actually grown fond of the two of them. Kutai and Sha were nice to her, as apposed to the taunts and heckles she had grown accustomed to at the academy. Natsu even considered Sha to be her friend.

Kutai apologized, "Sumimasen, minna. I was trying to find Anoke-sensei."

Natsu was a little surprised, "Really? Did you find him?"

Kutai shook his head, "Iie."

Sha turned to Natsu, "Wait, why are you asking him that, Su-chan? You live with him, right?"

Natsu nodded, "Ee, demo… I haven't seen very much of him lately-dayo."

Sha frowned, "That's odd." She then gasped when they came into a large room where all of the genin were to be gathered.

This year, the Chuunin Exams were being held at Kirigakure. Natsu looked around at all of the genin. There were so many people from so many villages! Natsu then felt Sha poke her in the stomach and whisper, "We're gonna have to go against all of them, stay alert." Natsu nodded.

'And so begins the first part of the exams, da ne?' Natsu thought with a smirk. The examiner who had stepped before them was none other than Anoke. He had announced to them all that an obstacle course of sorts was waiting for them in a large forest just outside the room. Natsu and her team waited outside of a gate, and, when the gates opened, they dashed inside.

'This'll be a piece of cake,' Natsu grinned.

Team 3 was leaping through the trees when all of a sudden, large boulders started falling from the sky!

Sha yelled, "Look out!" The three dispersed and tried to dash away from the boulders. Natsu jumped onto a boulder and kept jumping up and up. She would keep doing so until she got to the source or when the boulders would stop falling, would just jump off. Sha and Kutai looked up at her and decided to do the same thing.

Natsu yelled down to them, "Try to hang on, minna-yo!" She jumped higher and higher until –

Natsu swore, "Shimata!" Natsu had suddenly realized (a little too late) that this was genjutsu. She felt her body freeze. Natsu winced, 'Why didn't I realize sooner? Now we're stuck!' She tried to break free from the spell, but it was no use. She craned her head to look at Sha and Kutai and noticed that they too were stuck in the genjutsu. Natsu then closed her eyes, concentrating on releasing the technique.

'Kai!' Success! However, the only bad thing was… now they were falling back down to the ground.

Sha screamed, "We're gonna die! There's no way we'll survive a fall like this!"

Natsu looked at her and said, "I'm so sorry! I should've known better!"

Sha shook her head, "Don't worry. You at least got us out of it."

Kutai shook his head, trying to come up with something – yes! He got out his scroll that he kept his weapons away and summoned a chain. Working fast (while falling, of course), he lassoed the chain onto a tree, held the chain in one hand, and swung, grabbing onto Natsu, who somehow managed to get Sha. The three of them stumbled onto the tree branch, panting and wheezing.

Sha embraced Kutai, "Aishiteru, Ku-chan! YOU SAVED US ALL!"

Natsu couldn't help but hug him, too, "Arigato-yo, Kutai-san."

Kutai blushed.

Having successfully survived the first part of the Chuunin Exams, Team 3 passed on to the second part.

Natsu shivered recalling back to the struggles her team faced back in the forest.

(Flashbacks.)

Kutai, Sha, and Natsu were running away from a gigantic boulder that looked as if it were about to flatten them. The three of them jumped into the air and stood on top of the boulder, struggling to keep balance.

Sha looked at Natsu, "Now what do we do?"

Kutai was searching through the water for food when all of a sudden a large snake wrapped itself around his foot and pulled him under.

Natsu looked around in worry, not seeing Kutai. She then realized he must have gone under. She signaled to Sha to go with her.

Kutai was being carried farther and farther away from them.

Sha decided to make some kage bunshins so they could get to him faster. Natsu then spotted the snake, dove under water, and tried to pull the snake off of him. Sha and a few of her clones helped bring Kutai to safety. Natsu then popped up a while after them.

(End Flashbacks)

Natsu sighed, 'We could have died so many times!' She then looked at the sheet of paper before her and sighed with relief. Compared to the 'Forest of Death, Doom, and Destruction', this test seemed like a breeze. Then Natsu actually took a look at the questions. Natsu felt her brain explode, 'WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!?! It doesn't make any sense whatsoever! So…' A thought popped into her head, 'I see! They want us to cheat!'

Kutai and Sha started to get the same idea.

Sha raised her hand, "Sumimasen, but… can I go to the restroom?" A man escorted her out of the room. She walked by Natsu and winked.

Natsu shook her head, 'Eew.'

Kutai, however, was going with a more 'subtle' approach. He attached some wires to the mirror and positioned it so that Natsu could copy off of him. Kutai, despite his appearance, actually got the questions.

Natsu just-so-happened to look up and saw the answers. Smirking, she copied them off one by one.

Sha was also getting back. The man that had escorted her looked rather flustered. Natsu watched Sha as she walked by and saw that she had a piece of paper in her hands. Sha turned to Natsu and winked once again.

Natsu chuckled, 'So she wooed him in to get the answers. Disgusting, but effective.'

By passing the second part of the Chuunin Exams, Team 3 was now able to partake in the third part – the tournament.

Natsu looked around her, 'There's not that many people, da ne? Well… at least there's less people to fight now.' She smirked, 'Ikuzo-dayo!'

As the first match raged on bellow the genin, a girl around Natsu's age walked over to her and Sha. "Yo!" she said to them, smiling.

Natsu took a couple of minutes to take in the girl's appearance. She was from Sunagakure. She had melon-red hair that went over her ocean-blue eyes that had a flash of defiance. Her hair was then tied into two buns, one by each ear, hair jetting out in all directions. She had a dark purple hitai-ate around her neck and resting beneath it was a flowing ocean-blue tunic that came to a point. She had a black sash around her waist and black pants that stopped at her shins. Her arms and legs were wrapped with bandages and she wore black sandals.

Sha grinned at the girl, "Konnichi wa! Watashi wa Koshia Sha da! I love your hair, by the way."

The girl chuckled, "Arigato, boku wa Hakumishu Zora da."

Natsu bowed her head to her, "Boku wa Kisetsu Natsu da-yo."

Zora nodded, "Yoroshiku."

Kutai looked at the large orange and green scroll on her back that matched his own. He said to her, "Are you a weapons master, too?"

Zora nodded, "Hai, I see that you are, too." She smirked, "I assure you I'm the better of us both."

"Next match! Mokisho Kutai vs. Hakumishu Zora!"

Zora shrugged, "Heh, I guess we'll just have to see, ne?"

"Ready: hajime!"

Kutai summoned a long chain while Zora summoned a sword. The two of them charged at each other and struck and struck.

Sha bit her lip, "I think they're evenly matched! I wonder how long this match'll go 'till?"

Natsu shrugged, "We'll just have to see, da ne?"

Zora then switched to projectiles, summoning a bunch of kunai and throwing them in Kutai's direction. Kutai easily blocked them with his chain, but one of the kunai had an exploding note on it. BANG!

Sha gripped the railing hard, "KU-CHAN!"

Kutai twirled a large staff, blowing all the wind away. There was a trickle of blood streaming down his cheek. He charged at Zora only to have to block several kunai and shuriken to get to her. Zora swore, "Tch." She summoned her own staff and the two of them dueled each other, swinging their staffs.

Kutai pulled back, summoning a ball with a chain, twirling it around. Zora pulled back, summoning two small katanas. The two of them once again charged at each other.

The two shinobi were panting, exhausted. There still hadn't been a victor. Zora was leaning on a large staff she had summoned, Kutai barely standing, kunai in hand.

The examiner stepped forward, "Because the two shinobi appear to be evenly matched and have not made progress during this 45 minute battle, this match will end in a draw. The next match shall be Koshia Sha and Shi Zen."

Once Kutai and Zora were moved into a room to recuperate, Sha and Zen jumped down and faced each other.

Sha looked at Zen, a faint blush came to her light brown skin – Sha found Zen rather cute. Zen had blond hair that swept to his right side. He had forest green eyes and golden earrings. He wore a dark purple muscle shirt, black fingerless gloves that went up to his wrists, and a golden necklace. His black hitai-ate went around his hips on top of his forest green pants. He had black sandals and his kunai-holster on his right thigh. He was from Kumogakure. (Village Hidden Among Clouds)

Zen then looked over Sha, a slightly perverted smile appearing across his face. He then got into a battle position, smirking, "I don't go easy on girls, sorry."

Sha smirked, "Che, I didn't say to."

When the examiner said to begin, the two of them disappeared with amazing speed and began to throw punches and kicks at each other.

Kutai and Zora made their way up to where Natsu was standing. Natsu glanced at them, "Daijobu ka, Kutai-san, Zora-san?"

Zora nodded and stood next to Natsu, Kutai by her side. Zora was shocked, "Sugoi! She's really fast!"

Natsu nodded, "She's the taijutsu-specialist of the group-dayo."

Zora turned to her, "Soshite anata ka?"

Natsu smirked, "I'm the genjutsu-specialist, though I'm pretty good at taijutsu, too."

The two of them then went back to watching Zen and Sha duke it out. The two of them pulled back, both now sporting visible brushes. Sha disappeared and so did Zen. The two of them then reappeared fighting in the air. Zen had managed to grab hold of Sha and tried to throw her back to the ground – it didn't work. Sha appeared behind Zen and kicked him swiftly in the back. Zen swooped around and the two of them began another barrage of punches again.

Zora sighed, "I hope this battle doesn't end up like ours, eh?"

Natsu shrugged, "It probably will."

Unlike the battle before it, there was a victor… but it wasn't by very much. In a futile attempt to end the battle, Sha had put all of her remaining chakra in her fist and attempted to punch Zen. Zen luckily dodged the attack, leaving Sha with no chakra and thus no strength.

Zen helped Sha up and the two of them walked over to the medic room.

The examiner stepped forward again and announced, "The winner is Shi Zen! The next match shall be between Kisetsu Natsu and Gisei Watanau!"

Natsu jumped down and faced her opponent. He was a tall and lanky guy with dark grey eyes. He wore his blue hitai-ate around his forehead, dark brown bangs going slightly over it. The rest of his hair was pulled into a low ponytail. He wore a long black shirt that opened in a V at the end to reveal a fishnet top. His sleeves were overly long, thus you could not see his hands. He wore long black pants and blue sandals. His kunai-holster was over his right knee. He was from Konohagakure.

Watanau bowed to her, "May the best person win."

Natsu bowed, "Ee."

Gisei flipped over into a handstand and began to kick Natsu with powerful swings. Natsu managed to avoid the attacks and jumped up into the air. She concentrated on making her hand signs, "Sinu Ame Sakuhin!" (The Art of Death Rain)

Gisei swore when sharp red-colored senbon needles were flying at him in all directions. He couldn't avoid all of them, wincing when a few of them were lodged in his thigh and shoulder. He jumped up at her, surprising Natsu, and let punches fly at an amazing speed.

Natsu was having trouble blocking all the punches, some of them connecting into her stomach and face. She then managed to connect a few of her own. She then kicked him hard enough to escape.

Natsu swore, 'Kuso! He's more skilled than he appears.' She bit her lip, 'This might take a while.'

After the all-out melee tournament part of the Chuunin Exams, the winner was Gisei Watanau. However, six people had become Chuunin: Shi Zen, Hakumishu Zora, Gisei Watanau, Koshia Sha, Mokisho Kutai, and Kisetsu Natsu.

Natsu smirked, 'I guess I'm not a nobody after all.'

Longest chapter I've ever written.