A/N: Thank you for the reviews! I'm glad you guys are liking this story!! Like I said before, Gaara shouldn't really be out of character in the next few chapters.

Disclaimer: I do now own Naruto, just Ami and her family.

The Tricky Test and the Tenth Question

Everyone instantly got to work. I looked down at my paper. 'What is with these questions?' I thought. 'These are easy for me for the most part. But probably only a few people here other than me can answer them.' I answered the ones I knew and when I finished, I looked at the ones that were blank. 'Hmm. He told us we can't cheat. And if we get caught, then the whole team fails. But then why would they make these questions so hard?' Then it hit me. 'Thats it! They want us to cheat! The whole point of being a ninja is to be sneaky!' As soon as I realized this, I closed my eyes and tried to find someone who had the answers. This was one of my special abilities. I was able to search peoples mind. It came in pretty handy in a lot of situations.

I smirked, finding someone who had the correct answers, and started writing with my eyes shut. I opened my eyes and looked at the clock. There was about 20 minutes until the last question. More people started getting caught and kicked out. I looked around for Gaara and saw him a few rows in front of me. He was using his third eye. 'So, it looks like Gaara figured it out.' I thought smiling.

Finally, when the 20 minutes were up, Ibiki said "Alright. Listen up! Here's the 10th and final question. But before I give you the question, there are some more rules that you need to be aware of."

'More rules? You've gotta be kidding....' I sighed.

"These rules are unique to question 10." Ibiki continued. "Listen carefully and try not to let them frighten you."

I scoffed. 'This guy is so full of himself.'

"Very well then, rule number one. Each of you is free to choose not to be given the final question. Its your decision."

'What?!' I was shocked. "Woah wait! So what's the catch?" I asked confused. "Lets say we decide we don't wanna do it? What happens then?"

"If you choose not to take the tenth question regardless of your answers to the other 9 you'll get a zero. In other words you fail. And that means of course both your teammates fail as well." Everyone immediately started to get worried. I couldn't blame them. Ibiki closed his eyes. "Not so fast. You didn't let me finish."

I groaned. 'What now?'

"If you do accept the question but answer it incorrectly, you will not only fail.....YOU WILL BE BARRED FROM EVER TAKING THE CHUNIN EXAM EVER AGAIN!"

'What?!' I thought outraged.

"Hey that's bull man! That's ridiculous!" the boy with the dog yelled. "What kind of bogus rule is that?! There are lots of people here who have taken the test before!"

Ibiki chuckled. "I guess you're just...unlucky. I wasn't making the rules before. But I am now. Of course if you don't wanna take it, you don't have to. If you're not feeling confident then by all means skip it. You can come back and try again next year." He laughed.

I groaned. 'Great. This is just perfect! Why did we have to come to this stupid thing anyway?!' I looked over at Gaara. He seemed unphased by this at all. 'I can't quit. Then Gaara and Kankuro would fail too. Besides, we have a mission to do.' I grimaced at the thought.

"Now then. If you're ready. The 10th and final question. Those who don't wanna take it raise your hand. Your number will be recorded and then you're free to go."

After a few minutes, a few people stood up along with their teammates. Then suddenly I saw Naruto slowly raise his hand. I looked at Sasuke and saw the surprised look he had. I looked back at Naruto. All of a sudden, he slammed his hand down on the desk (A/N: I don't feel like writing his speech thing but you should know what he says.) nd said his speech about never backing down. I smiled. 'Good going Naruto.'

Then Ibiki said, "Well then, I admire your determination if anything else. For those of you remaining, there's only one thing left to do. And that's for me to tell you....That you've all passed the first exam."

'What?' I was highly confused now.

"Hold on!" Sakura said standing up. "What just happened? What do you mean we passed? Where's the 10th question?"

Ibiki laughed. "There never was one! A written one at least! Choosing to stay or leave was the 10th question."

"Wait a second!" I yelled. "So the other 9 questions you gave us were just a waste of time is that what you're saying?!"

"Oh no not at all. Quite the opposite." Ibiki said. "The first 9 questions had an important overriding purpose. To test your ability to surreptitiously gather strategic intelligence under the most adverse circumstances."

"Oh well that clears up everything." I said sarcastically. Ibiki explained about how we were supposed to cheat without getting caught and about being a ninja.

Then all of a sudden 2 kunais flew through the window and attached to the ceiling and a banner came down that said "Here comes the Second Tests Proctor: Anko Mitarashi."

Then a lady with short purple hair jumped through the window and said "Heads up boys and girls! This is no time to be celebrating! I'll be your next proctor Anko Mitarashi. You ready for the second test?" She threw her fist in the air. "Good! Then lets go!! Follow me!"

'Well she's perky isn't she.... ' I sighed.

"You're early. Again." Ibiki said. Anko got a sweatdrop and looked around.

"All these ninja passed? Man Ibiki, you must be getting soft." she said.

"Or maybe its just a better group this year." he said.

"They sure don't look it. Trust me, when I'm done with them, more than half will be eliminated." Anko said.

My eyes widened. 'More than half?'

"Alright you maggots have had it easy so far. But things are gonna be different starting first thing in the morning." Anko said. "I'll let your squad leaders know where you're to meet me. Dissmissed."

I sighed standing up. Well, looked like my brother was wrong. This test was WAY more than just hard.

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