Author's Note: And here is chapter 2! I forgot it in the first chapter so here it is for everyone to see, one time only...

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The Epitome of Eccentricity presents,

The Eternal Exam

Light streamed through the blinds of the window in the apartment of Nakago Yaiba. As the beams of sun danced across the boy's face, it slowly scrunched up, his nose wrinkling as he frowned. Dust particles danced in the seen light, fluttering around one's vision. Cautiously, one eye opened. It was bloodshot, signifying the previous nightmares of it's owner. Nakago groaned softly, wondering if the pounding in his head was what a hangover felt like. If it was, he vowed never to get drunk.

Sitting up, he rubbed the sleep from his eye with his left hand, his blankets pooling by his middle. He let out a long, troubled yawn, before pushing the blankets further down. After freeing his legs, a process that took longer than it should have for a ninja, Nakago would push himself to his feet.

Idly, his hands flashed through familiar hand signs, his right hand drifting up, a green coat of chakra layered over it. He pressed the hand to his eye, reducing any chance of infection or further injury. It wouldn't do for the boy to have another set back in his career beside the obvious gaping hole where his right eye once proudly stood.

It was then that he mulled over his thoughts. "That was some dream... It felt so real." he thought to himself as he relieved himself in his toilet, before taking a bit of toilet paper and wiping the seat off, removing an little residue that remained. He didn't bother to close the lid- he was the only one who lived here now. There was no nagging mother to get upset over 'falling in' anymore.

"At least it's over now. The Chuunin Exams are today, and finally... Finally I'll be free." he thought wistfully as he brushed his teeth, gargling the extra before rinsing his mouth out good. Once again, he had forgotten to floss. As he left his bathroom, he looked back, idly remembering it. He stared flatly at the floss for a second, before moving on. One day without flossing wouldn't kill him, would it?

And so Nakago found himself sitting at his table, dressed in only boxers still, with a bowl of cereal on the table and a spoon in his left hand. Mindlessly, he went about the task of eating, his brain still puzzling over the dream he had last night. Obviously, he was still alive. They were just some pre-Exam nerves, is all. Nakago was sure he'd do fine. He'd been a Gennin for a year now, after all.

After disposing of his empty bowl in his sink and vowing to do his dishes when he got home, the young man began to get dressed for the day. His hair was already set, and he had thirty minutes. Absently recalling his previous dream, Nakago decided to wear a black, long-sleeved shirt today, coupled with navy blue pants. He also slipped on his standard issue ninja boots to compliment it all, also in navy blue. A smile made it's way to his face. Already he was showing it was just a dream. He wasn't wearing the same clothes today, and he was positive he had flossed too. He didn't remember flossing in his dream.

Nodding to himself as if it would clear the little bit of doubt in his head that the dream was a bit realistic for a dream, Nakago Yaiba headed out for the Chuunin Exams, not even realizing he left his ninja tools behind.

Nakago hated his team.

Those words are the first to enter his mind as he stood sullenly in the room that the first exam is to take place in. He looked to his left to examine the female member of his team, such as it was, Misami Tagochi. Cropped black hair topped her angry head. Angry, from the eternal scowl that made up her countenance. Her green eyes narrowed, lips upturned just slightly and a pouting snarl. Her arms were crossed across her flat chest. Today, she was wearing a long-sleeved plain black turtle-neck. She never really cared for fashion, being a tom-boy more focused on her career than her looks. Her plain black pants are tapped at the bottom, revealing her black shinobi sandals. Her foot is tapping impatiently as she waits for the exam to start. The light in the room reflects off her hitai-ate, causing Nakago to blink sudden tears from his eyes as he looks away from the flash of reflecting light.

He blinks. Something about this isn't right... Looking around a bit more cautiously, he takes note that everything seems to match up with his dream, up to the silver-haired gennin being attacked by some weirdos. Nakago was beginning to get scared. What was going on? How was this turning out exactly like his dream? Before he could speak up and yel, he was forced along with the crowd of ninja, pushing for their chance to sit down

Sit... Down. Calm... Down... Nakago needed to calm down. Taking a deep, shuddering breath, Nakago managed to calm himself down. There was no need to panic, this all had to be a coincidence, right?

It was then that he saw his paper, idly noting in his mind that the Instructor had relaid the exact same instructions as he had from the dream. Nakago stared at the paper in front of him. He stared in fear at what this meant. For there in front of him, was an exam paper. The exam paper. The exact exam paper from his dream.

Down

to

the

very

last

question.

"KAI!" He yelled, his hands placed in a ram sign. Chakra burst from him, disrupting quite a few cheating ninja. The boy who sat next to him's ninja dog fell off his head with a yelp, and suddenly a kunai striked the feral gennin's text.

"Number 263, you're out. Number 41 and 166 please go with him."

The boy, who Nakago recognized as one of the rookies, yelled and raged in anger. Nothing he did mattered, though, as the boy and his team were kicked out, the girl in tears and the other boy silent. Several more gennin were also kicked out, like a boy with pineapple hair and a fat kid when their team mate's jutsu failed when he pulsed his chakra. Only one rookie team remained.

Nakago, though still shaken up, knew this wasn't a Genjutsu now. This was real. Pushing all thoughts about the dream he had away, along with the growing doubt that it was a dream, Nakago persevered through the test, and just like last time... He passed. He completely ignored the act of the attractive Special Jounin who flew through the window this time.

Even at the entrance of the Forest of Death, Nakago was still numb, idly signing his death waiver and idly turning over his scroll to Misami. It was when the gates opened that he realized he didn't have his ninja tools. Rather than bring it up to his horrible team mates, Nakago continued to remain silent, as was normal for them. He couldn't even look at them right now, for if he did, he knew he'd see their

blood flashing by falling dripping everywhere sand all around fear die die DIE

Nakago found himself on his knees, quivering. "I... I don't want to go in there," he muttered. Misami snarled at him, marching forward to grab him by his shirt.

"Listen here, you ungrateful little shit! We're going to pass this exam, no matter how useless you are! So get up and get moving!"

Barefoot Akuto let loose a bark of laughter. "Ha! Tell him, sister!" He joked, before glaring at Misami when she turned her glare at him. Nakago just sighed, letting loose a shaky breath, before following them.

It wasn't much longer until they came across the bandaged guy who attacked the silver haired man from before, who by now Nakago remembered seeing around the hospital. "Kabuto, his name was..." It didn't matter now, because these guys were here.

"Do you have a Heaven scroll?" the gruff bandaged guy asked.

"What does it matter Dosu? I'll blast them away anyway with my Decapitating Air Waves!" He boasted, before lifting his arms. There were curious little holes in them, and the scientist in me wanted to know about them. And then... There was pain.

I was suddenly looking up at the trees and my ears felt wet and everything was spinning, and when I looked around was that my leg and then I saw that kid's face again one last time before my final thought bubbled out of me like a fountain of insanity as my head was blown off-

I actually hadn't flossed today.

I didn't even know what happened to my teammates because once again, I was dead.

Author's Note: At the end of each chapter, I will be putting it back in first person just to better show how Nakago experienced it all.