Ibiki gave the tenth question as expected, and he reacted pretty much as expected. What Ibiki said next made him want to die of mortification however.
"Can someone please go check Hokage-sama's paper." Ibiki said instead of giving the "You Pass" speech he'd given the last time. "It has been decided that he will not be allowed to pass with a blank test this time."
He turned bright red and squirmed in his seat as the attention of the entire room turned to him once more. Several of the people in the room including a number of the proctors gave him shocked and incredulous stares. After what seemed like an eternity, one of the proctors got up and came over to check his paper.
"It isn't blank." the proctor said. "He got number three wrong though."
Several of the proctors snickered behind their hands at this. The Genin in the room, a couple of whom were actually older than him despite the fact that he was nearly twenty weren't nearly as restrained. The two genin who comprised the rest of his "team" sat in their seats laughing their little asses off at his expense. Seeing a Hyuuga laugh like that was exceedingly creepy. He pretty much expected it from Kiba's cousin though.
"Now that that business has been taken care of, I am pleased to inform those of you left in the room that you pass this part of the Exam." Ibiki said.
There was a collective "Huh" at this from everyone but Naruto and three of the guys in the back who had probably gone through this part of this particular exam before based on their ages. At least it stopped the laughing.
Ibiki then launched into the same speech he gave seven years before about how you couldn't refuse a mission no matter how risky it was, and how important information was, freaking out the poor little Genins who hadn't seen the spectacle before by removing his bandana and showing off his rather impressive scars.
If Anko came bursting through that window right now, he was going to be very pissed.
Anko came bursting through the window.
He was pissed.
"You're paying for that!" he yelled at the woman as he stood up, bringing his full height - which still wasn't all that impressive - to bear. "There isn't enough money in the Academy budget to be replacing windows every time one of you morons forgets to use the door!"
"Whatever." Anko muttered.
"I heard that!" he yelled.
"It seems that the Naruto Effect influenced this group as well. Sorry for giving you crap about that the last time Ibiki." Anko said. "Well, we'll be correcting this soon when I more than halve your number."
"Please tell me that we're not going into the Forest of Death." he groaned.
"I would..." Anko said. "But, I'd be lying. Meet me at Training Ground 44 in an hour."
He was most definitely going to kill Tsunade.
After a great deal of grumbling, he shuffled out of the room with the rest of the Genin and raced home to pack some supplies after advising the Hyuuga boy and the Inuzuka girl who rounded out his team out of necessity due to the rules to take the opportunity to do so as well. There was no way in hell that this trip was going to go like the last one.
After he'd gotten most of the essentials including several dozen cups of ramen and his favorite tea kettle packed, he raced into the bathroom and grabbed several rolls of toilet paper. This trip into the forest most definitely wouldn't be going like the last one had, and not just because Orochimaru was dead.