3 days later, in Konoha
We see the group walking towards the Hokage tower, the new group looked around the place in amazement, they reached the office and walked in, Minato, who was working on the paperwork along with his clones looked up and smiled, seemingly happy to see them again "Welcome back Madara, thank you for bringing them back"
"No problem, now if you excuse me, I'm going to get some dangos to eat, which by the way you are paying for" Madara said "so cough up the money" he held his hand out towards the blond.
"I guess it's fair" he sighed as he handed him something, it was a piece of paper "if you show people this they will send the bill to me, this way you don't have to always come to me for money"
"Thanks see you guys later" and with a two finger wave, he disappeared in a swirl of red and black flames.
"You know he's going to make you bankrupt right?" Jiraiya asked
Minato's eyes widened in realization "I haven't thought of that" he started crying anime tears making the teens wonder how he became Hokage "What am I going to do" he wailed, the group sighed, this was going to be a long day.
At the dango stand
Madara was munching happily on the dangos, when he saw 3 people he knows entering the stand and sitting down on the stools, he blinked a few times before asking "so what are you 3 doing here?"
"We're here to buy a dog" Genki said sarcastically "I mean, what else do you do in a dango stand?"
"You don't have to get all sarcastic on me" he rolled his eyes "so how have you three been? I mean we haven't seen you around much"
"Busy, especially with the increase of missions" Michito said as he and his team ordered their food "what about you? How have you been?"
"Ok I guess, it's never boring at home since Mikoto became pregnant and Fugaku is acting like a mother hen around her"
"I would love to see that" Okahito said in a amused tone
"Well I took a picture of it" he took out the photo from out of nowhere and showed it to the trio, who took one look at it and burst out laughing.
"OMG, I can't believe that I see the day Fugaku would act like that" Genki said
"I know, anyways" he hopped off the stool and paid for the food "I gotta go and see the others, bye guys"
"See ya later" they all said
In training ground 8
The two members of team 8 and their sensei were all training, when suddenly Madara appeared, making them stop what they were doing.
"Ah Madara, good to have you back" Obito said
"So when did you get back?" Mirai asked
"About an hour ago, I also met up with Genki's team" Madara said
"Really? I haven't seen them in a while" Obito said
"Yeah, they said that they were busy with all the missions that flooded in"
"It's weird because it's so close to the Chunnin exams" Itachi said
"We'll worry about it later, right now it's back to training" Obito said
With Team 7
The four were all waiting for Kakashi to show up, Naruto and Izuna looked ready to fall asleep, Sakura was bugging Sasuke for a date and Sasuke looked ready to kill her, which was when Kakashi appeared in a poof of smoke.
"Yo" he greeted
"YOU'RE LATE!" Sakura yelled as she pointed at him.
"Sorry, I was lost on the road of life"
"LIAR!"
"Anyways, here are the forms for the Chunnin exams" he handed each of the teens a form (I forgot what happened next, sorry)
Day of exam (Jiraiya left the village 2 months ago)
Team 7 were all inside the room, looking at all the other genins participating in the Chunnin exams as well.
"Wow, that's a lot of people" Naruto said and the two males agreed while Sakura looked nervously around.
'They look strong' Sakura thought
"Hey guys" Ino greeted as she walked towards the three
"Yo, well look who else is here" Kiba greeted as he and his team walked towards them.
"Troublesome, it seems that all the rookies are here" Shikamaru said as he and Chouji approached the group.
"Greetings my youthful friends" Lee yelled, a big grin on his face as he and team walked up to them
"We didn't know you were entered for the Chunnin exams" TenTen said
"Well we're here aren't we?" Kiba said
"Good luck, I heard that Ibiki is in charge of the first part of the exams" Neji said
"You mean scar face?" the group shuddered at the thought
"How did he become an examiner in the first place?" Hinata asked
"Dad lost a bet with him" Naruto said with a sigh
"Can you lot be quiet," a voice interrupted them, the group turned towards it to see a silver haired teen with glasses "you're making a lot of enemies" he pointed to the side and they turned towards it to see everyone glaring at them, the group glared back as well as sending killer intent towards them except Sakura, making the room turn away "impressive" he muttered
"Who are you?" Kiba demanded
"How rude of me," he pushed his glasses up "my name's Kabuto Yakushi and these are ninja info cards" he showed them a deck of blank cards.
"There's nothing on them" Sakura stated
"That's because I haven't activated them" he rolled his eyes "all I have to do is think of someone's name and then insert chakra into the card and then their information shows up"
"Can it be anyone?" Izuna asked
"Is there anyone specific you want to ask about?"
"Yeah, Gaara of the Sand"
"Ok then" he inserted some chakra into the cards and then the information showed up "Gaara no Sabaku, teams mates are Temari and Kankuro no Sabaku, this is their first time in the exams, they have completed 16 D-rank missions, 5 C- ranked and 2 A-ranked, each time coming back without injury. His Taijutsu is average, Genjutsu is low and Ninjutsu is high" the Konoha 13 stared amazed "is there anyone else?" he asked as the card became blank again.
"That's all"
"Ok then" just then Ibiki came in.
"Ok you brats" his voice boomed across the room "take your seats now" everyone quickly did as they were told "ok, my name is Ibiki Morino and I'm the examiner for the first test. The task is simply; you have to answer all 9 questions on the test before I say the 10th one, the only rule is that you can't cheat, if we catch you trying to cheat 5 times you and your team will be disqualified" some people gulped "ok, begin" and with that the genins turned their test paper over and started reading the questions.
In the Hokage tower
Madara, Iruka and Anko were all stood in front of the Hokage, fully decked in their Hunter Nin gear.
"Ok you three, I have summoned you all here because we have reasons to believe that Orochimaru have entered the exams" Minato said in a serious voice.
"What makes you think that Hokage-sama?" Anko asked
"Some Chunnins that were setting for the second part of the Chunnin exams found three bodies near a grave, their faces were gone"
"And you suspect that he is after Sasuke and Izuna?" Madara said
"Yes, I'm afraid he is" he sighed
"What should we do?" Iruka asked
"I want your team to scout around Area 44 to see is anything suspicious is going on and then eliminate Orochimaru if you can; I have already informed Ibiki on this"
The trio bowed and disappeared, before reappearing in the Forest of Death.
"Ok, here's the plan" Madara started "we start from the tower and then Anko will head north, I'll search the south, Iruka will search the East and Ibiki will search the West" the two nodded "Anko is in charge of the second exam so we'll search during the 2nd part, remember we can't interfere with anything unless Orochimaru is there"
"Hai!" the two saluted before all three disappeared again
Back at the exams
Ibiki had just finished explaining to them about the 10th question when Anko crashed through the window, a banner appearing behind her held up by kunais which read 'Anko Mitarashi has entered the building', Ibiki popped his head from behind the banner and sent a annoyed glare at her "you're early" Anko laughed nervously while one hand was scratching behind her head nervously and the other hand behind her back doing some hand signs, Ibiki nodded his head once discreetly.
"Ibiki, you're getting rusty there are 21 teams in here!" Anko said
"Maybe we have some talented genins this year" he retorted
"Well it doesn't matter, I'll make sure to cut it by a half" she grinned sadistically making the genins gulp nervously "ok follow me to the next part of the exams" she started walking out of the building with the teams following behind, the Chunnins also exited the room leaving Ibiki the only one there, who disappeared.
In the tower in the middle of the Forest of Death
Ibiki appeared, fully decked in his Hunter Nin outfit, in an empty room where Madara and Iruka awaited, "so what's the plan?"
"You will scout out the West side of the Forest of Death and remember we can't interfere will the teams unless Orochimaru is there" Madara said and Ibiki nodded "the exams should start any second now so we better get into position"