Chapter 3: The Chunin Exams Begin.

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Flashbacks

Demon talking

Emotional embodiment talking

The day of the Chunin Exams had arrived and Naruto was ready to take them on. On his way to the academy he ran into Sasuke and Sakura who were waiting for him. However Naruto could see that from Sakura's interactions with Sasuke that she was a bit more unwilling to talk to the Uchiha. "You guys ready for this?" Naruto asked his teammates, while Sasuke gave an arrogant smirk and a humph Sakura just nodded her head and so they went inside and headed up the next floor where they saw a group of Genin trying to get through a door that was labeled 301 however two of the Genin one wearing a ridiculous green leotard with orange leg warmers with a black soup bowl hair cut and huge bushy eyebrows and a girl with brown hair tied back into two panda ear shaped buns with wearing a pink sleeveless blouse and blue pants but they kept getting pushed back by two older Genin however Sasuke being the arrogant and smug jerk he is was about to spoil the whole thing by revealing the truth but Naruto just elbowed him in the side. "Don't even think about it Sasuke." He said as he walked passed them telling Sakura and Sasuke to follow his lead, however his actions caught the attention of a young man with long brown hair and pail eyes wearing a tan shirt and black shorts.

"Tenten, Lee come on let's go." He said to his comrades who were a bit confused but then again this was Neji Hyugaa who was the top rookie of the year the preceding year however, Lee just stopped for a moment causing Tenten to look back at him.

"Lee are you coming or not?" She asked him.

"You can go on ahead Tenten I just want to check something first." Lee replied as his gaze was focused on team 7.

"Okay, but just don't take too long alright." Tenten said as she went on ahead.

Meanwhile Lee approached team 7 with a determined look in his eyes which caught Naruto's attention. "Hey you, are you Sasuke Uchiha this year's top rookie?" Lee asked his eyes focused on Sasuke.

"Yes I am so what's it to you?" Sasuke answered with a scowl on his face.

"I wish to fight you right and now to test my skills." Lee answered.

"Are you sure about that kid? You're way out of my league." Sasuke said and boasted which Naruto shook his head at.

"Oh great here we go again, Sasuke would it kill you for once to keep your mouth shut?" Naruto thought to himself before Lee turned his attention to Sakura with a twinkle in his eye that scared her.

"Also I would like to ask this youthful maiden, your name is Sakura correct?" He asked the bubblegum haired girl who nodded nervously. "Please will you be my girlfriend? I swear to you that I will protect you with my life." He asked and then declared however, just by looking at the boy.

Sakura was scared half to death at the prospect of being Lee's girlfriend and imagined herself wearing that hideous leotard and those leg warmers, by this point Inner Sakura had taken over Sakura and screamed; "NO WAY WHY IS IT THAT I ALWAYS ATTRACT THE FREAKS WHY?" She screamed causing Lee to sulk. Naruto just gave an exasperated sigh, walked over to Lee and put a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Don't worry about it Lee there are plenty of other fish in the sea so to speak." He told the mini Bruce Lee clone which did lighten Lee up a bit as he got set to spar with Sasuke. Naruto remained on the balcony to watch the fight while Sakura remained on the ground floor to root Sasuke on, however even with his Sharingan blazing Sasuke couldn't seem to keep up with Lee let alone hit him, unlike normal ninja who could use chakra to utilize Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, Lee was incapable of this so to compensate he focused his training solely on Taijutsu straight forward hand-to-hand combat but on an extreme level. The fight was less of a spar and more of a massacre of an ego if you were watching this from Naruto's perspective and just as Lee was about to finish it off as his bandages unwound themselves that's when Naruto saw it on Lee's right ring finger there was a green ring with a simple lantern design on the face. "Bushy brows is a Green Lantern but how?" He asked himself back to the fight suddenly a pinwheel caught Lee's tape and pinned it to the wall.

"I think I'm in trouble." Lee thought to himself as he got down on his hands and knees in a begging position.

"Lee you know that using that jutsu is forbidden." Said of all things a red skinned giant tortoise which caused Naruto to sweat drop.

"He's talking to a tortoise…." He said to himself, before thinking it over. "Is it possible for a tortoise to become a sensei?" He asked himself before jumping back down and approaching Sakura who had caught Sasuke after Lee had dropped him. "Hey Sakura he's talking to a tortoise right?" Naruto asked curiously.

"Yeah of course he is why?" Sakura asked him.

"Well I was wondering if it was possible for a tortoise to become a sensei." Naruto replied as Sasuke was slowly getting back on his feet.

"How should I know if a tortoise can become a sensei?" Sakura asked back with exasperation in her voice. Meanwhile back with Lee and the tortoise.

"Prepare for your punishment Lee cause here's Gai Sensei!" The tortoise said as suddenly with a bang and smoke coming out of the shell of the reptile was a man that could pass itself as an older clone of Lee or his father that the resemblance was scary. The only difference was the Jounin vest that the older man wore but everything else was the same as Lee.

"How's everyone doing today hope you're all full of youth and vigor?" The strange man asked as team 7 just gawked, screamed and huddled closer together out of fear at the sight of this fashion crime excuse of a human being.

"WHOA LOOK AT HIS EYEBROWS! HE'S GOT THE BIGGEST ONES YET THEY'RE ALMOST ALIVE!" Naruto screamed at the top of his lungs. Guy turned his attention to Squad Seven which got our trio nervous; "Oh no he's coming right for us!" Naruto exclaimed.

"So you're Kakashi's squad am I right?" Guys asked

"You know sensei?" Sakura asked.

"Do I know Kakashi?" Guy laughed, "You might say he and I are eternal rivals. Gai boasted before team 7 looked at each other with uninterested and confused glances.

"Did Kakashi-sensei ever say anything about having an eternal rival guys?" Naruto asked his teammates.

"I don't think so." Sasuke replied

"If he had one it's not one that I know of." Sakura answered causing Gai to face vault.

"Damn you and your cool behavior Kakashi!" He screamed to the heavens before turning his attention back to the trio. "Yes he and I have been eternal rivals since we were your age; in fact I'm actually stronger and faster than Kakashi." Gai said giving the team his good guy look thumbs up and sparkling teeth and all.

"Are you serious?" Sakura gasped.

"No way that's true." Naruto said.

"That's impossible." Sasuke said

"Do not underestimate Guy-sensei he is the best." Lee started as Guy turned to his student with tears.

"Lee don't try to defend me like that I can handle myself." Gai said as tears started to pour from his eyes.

"Yes Gai-Sensei!" Lee said as the background changed to a high cliff overlooking the see during sunset.

"LEE!" Gai cried.

"GAI-SENSEI!" Lee returned.

"LEE!" Gai cried.

"GAI-SENSEI!" Lee returned again and it went on back and forth all while team seven was watching with nauseated looks on their faces.

"That is just wrong." All three Genin thought in unison as they moved on with Lee following right behind them however Naruto stayed behind for a minute or two and caught up with Lee.

"Hey bushy brow can I talk to you for a moment in private?" Naruto asked him.

"Of course my youthful comrade but would you mind telling me who you are first?" Lee asked.

"Sure I'm Naruto Uzumaki and I'm going to become Hokage one of these days believe it!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Well I will admit your passion and youthful drive towards your goal are commendable but what is it you wanted to ask me Naruto?" Lee asked before Naruto unwound the tape on Lee's right hand revealing the Green ring.

"How and where did you get that?" Naruto asked which shocked Lee who then came to his own conclusion about Naruto.

"You have a ring as well don't you?" He asked to which Naruto nodded and reached into his coat pocket and pulled out his own ring.

"So you're a lantern as well I take it." Lee asked to which Naruto nodded and explained that unlike Lee who was a green lantern, Naruto himself was a blue lantern then he asked how Lee came across his ring.

Flashback last night

Lee was training in the traditional ridiculous and over the top style he and Gai had been known for over the years at the moment he was doing 3000 push up with one finger. "2996, 2997, 2998, 2999, 3000." He counted off before flipping back up on to his feet. "Well I think that was good enough for tonight I might as well head home and get some sleep." He said before letting out a yawn but as he walked away from his favorite training spot he spotted something coming right at him to his surprise it was an odd-looking green energy bubble that encircled him and flew him towards where ever it originated fromwith Lee screaming inside the bubble before finally he saw where the light had taken him. Lee saw that he was now at the rim a large crater, looking down inside the crater he spotted something in there and decided to investigate. When he entered the hole he found a peculiar sight. "What's this a space ship that's impossible!" He said to himself as he saw a being who looked like a human the only thing that would remotely sugesst that he was an alien was the fact that his head had a reddish hue to it. "Hang on friend I'll get you out of there." He told the dying alien as he kicked open a hole big enough for him and the alien to crawl out of the ship. "Don't worry my friend I'll get you to the hospital as fast as I can..." Lee said before the alien cut him off.

"No it's too late for me..." The alien said causing Lee to jump in shock.

"You speak Japanese?" Lee asked him.

"No the ring serves as a universal translator." The alien said as he continued to slip closer and closer to death. "My name is Abin Sur, please tell me your name." He asked the young ninja.

"It is Rock Lee of Konohagakure." Lee said with a tear or two coming out of his eyes.

"The ring chose you, take it...it is a great responsibility." Abin said as he dropped an emerald colored ring with a simple lantern design on the face in Lee's hand.

"What am I supposed to do with it?" Lee asked in confusion before Abin Sur pointed towards his ship.

"Place the ring in the lantern...speak the oath...and remember to use them to...protect... this world." Abin said as he breathed his last. Lee decided that whatever happened Abin had to involved some type of fight so he thought about giving the alien a proper burial but decided to reach into the ship and pull the simple looking jade lantern out of it first, climbing back down into the crater Lee re-entered the ship through the same hole he created the first time, grabbed the lantern, and then climbed out of the crater to prepare Abin Sur's body for burial.

"Okay now where am I going to find a spade?" Lee asked him when suddenly the ring slipped itself on to his right ring finger and formed a spade as if to comply to it's new owners request. Lee looked down and spotted the spade resting at his feet. "Well that was rather convinient." Lee said to himself as after about another hour he dug the hole he would use for Abin's grave, then carefully placed the alien's body in the ground, before climbing back out himself and then filling the hole with the dirt he had dug up. His task completed Lee grabbed the lantern and headed home.

When Lee returned home the first thing he did was have a nice hot shower and put on his long black sleeping pants and a green tank top before he picked up the lantern and stared at it curiously. "What oath was he talking about?" Lee asked himself in his head since Abin never told him what the oath was before his death shrugging it off, he placed the lantern on the table, sat down and decided to give it a shot extending his ring hand towards the face of the lantern. "I Rock Lee do here by solemnly swear to pledge my allegiance to a lantern that I was given by a dying purple alien in spaceship in a crater in the middle of the woods." He said but nothing happened so he tried something else. "I'm in the springtime of youth." He said but that didn't work either, so he tried another line; "To infinity and beyond." He said before he started to get a little fed up with the lantern as he tried again; "By the power of Greyskull." He said again before finally snapping at the lantern now normally Lee was a very friendly guy but if you got him mad and he would kick your ass. "What the hell, if you could fly me several hundred miles to the middle of a forest then you could at least have decency to tell what is the oath exactly?" He asked it unaware that in his anger his ring brushed the top of the lantern causing it to activate with a burst of energy that sent Lee back towards the sofa. "What the..." Lee asked before he made eye contact with the glowing lantern.

"In brightest day, in blackest night

No evil shall escape my sight

Let those who worship evil's might

Beware my power Green Lantern's light." He said rather slowly before the suit of the Green Lantern Corps began to manifest around his body.

End Flashback

"That's about it, however Naruto, I don't want anyone else to know about this alright?" Lee asked him, Naruto smiled and held his thumb up. "Of course Lee I'd never tell anyone about your identity if you do the same for me." Naruto said as Lee returned the thumbs up. "You can count on me Naruto to keep your secret safe." Lee said as they ran back to catch up with their respective teammates.

Meanwhile, Sakura was trying to console Sasuke after Lee had roughed him up in their sparring match. "You okay Sasuke?" Sakura asked Sasuke.

"I'm fine in fact I'm excited." Sasuke replied as they reached the third floor with a deep breath they opened the doors.

"Well guys this is it." Naruto said as he pushed the doors open to find various Genin of different ages, villages and so forth, Naruto whistled at the sheer number of candidates. "Wow I didn't think there would be so many taking the exams this year." He said to his teammates when suddenly a purple and blonde blur came racing toward them and grabbed Sasuke from behind revealing it to be their former classmate Ino Yamanaka.

"Sasuke!" They turned to see Ino Yamanaka Sakura's supposed rival for Sasuke's love clinging to Sasuke, "I've been wondering when you'd show up." She said before Sakura exasperated by Ino's behavior approached them.

"Ino let him go!" Sakura said without much of a fire to protect him which caught Ino slightly off guard.

"Oh miss forehead they let you here to?" Ino asked making Sakura angrier until the bleach blonde looked and spotted Naruto. "Oh hello Naruto I see you haven't changed a bit." She said snobbishly.

"Actually Ino I have changed for the better, however unlike you I've changed on the inside not the outside." Naruto rebuked shocking the bleach blonde girl when another voice spoke up.

"So you're all here too? This is going to be such a drag." Said another classmate and one of Ino's teammates Shikamaru Nara who was standing along side his best friend Choji Akimichi who was munching away at his standard issue bag of potato chips.

"Shikamaru your complaining knows no bound." Naruto replied.

"Well look at this," A voice said belonging to Kiba Inuzuka the cocky dog boy with his team of Shino Aburame the bug user, Hinata Hyugaa the heiress to her clan, and his faithful canine companion Akamaru sitting on his head. "Looks like the gangs back together again." He said

"Hi N-Naruto." Hinata greeted.

"Well hello to you to Hinata. " Naruto smiled making her blush.

Kiba frowned some more until a new voice called, "Hey you guys."

All nine kids turned around and saw a Konoha Genin walk towards them. He was wearing a pair of glasses, with a grey shirt underneath a purple no sleeved shirt, and purple pants. He also wore grey fingerless gloves and Shinobi sandals. He ran a hand through his silver hair as he smiled at them.

"You guys are all rookie Genin, right? Kids fresh out of the academy?" the Genin asked.

"Yes what's it to you?" Sasuke asked.

"I take that as a yes. Take it from someone who has taken this test a few times. Stop drawing attention to yourselves so much, especially if you want to live." The Genin explained.

"Good advice, but who exactly are you?" Naruto asked.

"Oh sorry, my name's Kabuto Yakushi. And like I said I've taken this a few times, actually would be my seventh time, so I've been taking it for three years so far." He said.

"Three years, I guess it's true about the Chunin Exams being difficult." Sakura said.

"Just what I didn't need to hear." Shikamaru sighed.

"Tell you what, how about I give you guys some tips with these, my ninja info cards." Kabuto said pulling out a deck of cards.

"What're ninja info cards?" Ino asked.

"Basically, they're cards that I channel chakra into, which then display information depending on what it is I want to see. I have over 200 cards containing info I've obtained over the last few years." Kabuto explained.

"Kabuto, can your cards show info on each individual applicant?" Sasuke asked.

"Oh? Do you have interest in a certain applicant? While it's far from complete, I do have cards that pertain at least some basic information on the Genin from this year's set of applicants, even you guys for that matter." Kabuto explained while Naruto squinted but knew there was no way this guy could know about him and Lee belonging to a pair of intergalactic peacekeeping forces.

"Give me what you know about Rock Lee from Konoha." Sasuke requested.

"And while you're at it give me what you got on Sabaku no Gaara." Naruto added.

"You know their names and villages? That makes it too easy," Kabuto took two cards from his deck and laid the first one down putting chakra into it exposing status on Lee, "First up is Rock Lee. He is one year older than all of you. His squad Leader is Might Guy, along side of his teammates Neji Hyuga and Tenten. He has completed 20 D-Ranked missions and 11 C-Ranks. His Taijutsu skills are amazing, and have improved drastically over this past year, however his other methods are very shaky. He was a standout among last year's rookies; however he didn't apply for the Chunin Exams until this year, meaning he's a first timer like the rest of you." Kabuto said.

Kabuto took another card doing the same thing revealing status on Gaara, "Ok now for Sabaku no Gaara. Mission experience 8 C-Ranks, and 1 B-Rank. Though there's not much information on this guy. He was a rookie from another land originally, but there is this… He survived every mission without getting a single scratch on him."

This provoked shocks out of the Genin while Naruto squinted across the room spotting Gaara in the crowd of candidates along side his team.

While in the crowd of Genin, the three Genin wearing headbands with musical notes on them were watching the Leaf Genin talk. The first of which was a girl who had long, black hair, wore a yellow sleeveless shirt, grey camouflage pants and a scarf, and black Shinobi sandals and armbands. Next was a strange looking man that had most of his face wrapped completely in bandages, except for his eyes, he wore a long grey jacket that had sleeves, which covered his arms. He had a large, fuzzy object on his back, and was constantly hunched over. The final member had spiky black hair, wore a grey camouflage scarf and pants like the girl's, and a yellow shirt with the kanji for death written on it three times.

"Shall we?" the spiky haired boy asked.

"Let's go." the bandaged one said.

The three Genin suddenly dashed forward and launched an attack at Kabuto. The one with spiky hair attacked high, throwing some kunai. Kabuto barely managed to jump out of the way coming face to face with the Genin with bandages on his face. He dashed forward with his arm extended and took a swing at Kabuto that he managed to duck back to avoid. However, when he returned upright, his glasses suddenly shattered.

"He managed to dodge that! How did his glasses break?" Kiba asked.

"Must've come closer than it looked…" Shikamaru said.

Kabuto looked at his glasses, and then suddenly dropped them to the floor. He fell to his knees, shaking violently and then he began to vomit. Hinata, Ino, and Sakura cringed at the sight, and the others stared on in with widened eyes.

Naruto turned to them frowning, "What was that all about?"

"Just checking out some of the competition. You know, you're pretty sad for someone who's taken this test for two years now." the female of the group said to Kabuto.

"Tell me about it… If this is the competition this year, then you better add this to your cards. All three of us Genin from Hidden Sound Village are going to make Chunin this year." the spiky haired Genin declared.

"Smart asses." Naruto frowned.

Suddenly, a large cloud of smoke erupted in the front of the room. As it cleared, a large man appeared in front of a group of Chunin. He was wearing a large black trench coat, a pair of black gloves and black boots. He wore a grey button up shirt, grey slacks, and a headband combined with a bandana tied on his head. His most standout feature, were the large scars on his face.

"Everyone shut up, now! You three from Sound! Knock it off or you'll be thrown out of this building faster than you can blink, got that?" the large man asked.

"My apologies. It's our first exam, and we just got a little carried away." the bandaged member of the squad said.

"Is that so… In that case let me set a ground rule or two for you and any other hotshots thinking they can just do whatever the hell they feel like. From now on all forms of fighting are forbidden, unless the examining officer says otherwise. Even then, anything that directly threatens the life of another applicant is still strictly forbidden. Anyone who breaks this rule is out of here. Any questions?" the large man asked. No one said anything, which he assumed allowed him the right to move on, "Alright then my name is Ibiki Morino, and I will be your first proctor. We'll now begin the first examination. Everyone line up here at the desk and turn in your application. We'll then give you one of these seating assignment cards," he held up a seating chart for the Genin to see, "Report to the seat that the card indicates. When everyone is seated, we will hand out the written tests."

'A written test?' Naruto thought, 'And here I was hoping for some fighting in the first half.'

The Genin all lined up and turned in their applications to the desk. After obtaining their numbers, they went to their assigned seats. Naruto ended up being close to the middle, while his team was spread out.

'Wonder what sort of questions we'll be asked to answer.' Naruto thought curiously.

"Naruto." A meek voice brought him out of his thoughts and saw Hinata next to him.

"Hi Hinata it's good to be seated next to a familiar face." He said.

Ibiki then started explaining the first part, "The rules are very important, so pay attention because I'm not going to answer any questions." Ibiki started

'Rules?' Sakura thought. 'It's a written test, what kind of rules do we need to hear for that?'

"Do not turn your papers until I say so, now let's start," Ibiki began, "Rule number one, each of you starts with ten points. There're a total of ten questions on the test, but the tenth one will be given to you when the time is up, each one worth a point each. For every question you get wrong, you will lose one of these points. Next is rule number two, the written test is still a team event. So in light of this, not only does your score count, but those of your teammates do too. In other words, all three members of you team's points will be linked into one final score. Now, the final rule, if during the exam one of your candidates does anything out of the ordinary, or in other words, leads a sentinel into thinking that you're cheating and you get caught, it will cost two points from each member on the cheater's team." Ibiki addressed to the sentinels stationed in the room.

"That makes sense." Sakura says.

"Glad you understand," Ibiki replied. "There's a good chance that during the exam, most of you will run through the total allotted points. In the event that occurs, you will be forced to leave. Also, since no team can pass this exam without all three members, when one of you leaves, the whole team goes."

There were various murmurs among the crowd as they looked at their tests before them and the sentinels that were scattered about the room. Naruto's eyes widened, 'I'm starting to hate this.' He thought.

Sakura thought, 'I feel sick.'

'Great, they just had to make a rule like that.' Sasuke thought.

"You all have one hour," Ibiki said. "You may begin!"

Immediately, the sound of papers flipping and pencils clacking began to fill the room. Naruto sighed in disgust as he flipped his paper over and looked it over. He hated written tests even before he got his change. When someone asked him a question or something, he could answer it as best he could, but when he had to write it down, his mind for some reason would go blank.

'Ok here we go,' Naruto thought to himself as he paused and his eyes widened in surprise as he looked at the first question. 'What the hell is this? No basic Genin in this room should be capable of answering these questions; it's nothing we were taught at the academy, what kind of joke are they pulling?'

'Alright I gotta relax and try to figure this out,' He thought until he thought of what Ibiki said, 'If your actions leads a sentinel into thinking that you're cheating and you get caught it will cost you. Cheating and getting caught? Hmm, maybe let me see,' He peered around the room to see the other students and noticed what they were doing. Most of the Genin from his class were using their own tricks to gain answers from others. Kiba was using his dog Akamaru as a spy to tell him the answers, while Shino was using his family's bugs; Neji was using his Byakugan, which made him deduce Sasuke was using his Sharingan to copy movements. 'So then they want us to cheat without getting caught?' Naruto thought, 'Too bad I don't have any real methods of cheating out in the open and my power ring is out of the question too. Guess I better just make the best of it, hopefully the answers will look satisfying enough.' He started writing what he could.

Soon enough the number of students had been drastically reduced from there once was, but in the proctors mind, that was still not enough. He cleared his throat, causing everyone to tense up for a moment. They pretty much figured he was going to give them the last question, so immediately every pencil went down to the final question on the test. What happened instead though, threw them for a loop.

"It's time for the final question," Ibiki announced. "However, before I give it out, there is one final, absolute rule that must be announced first."

'An absolute rule…' Sakura thought.

"First…" Ibiki said, "You must choose rather or not you accept this question."

"Choose?" Temari shouted from the back of the room. "You mean this question is optional?"

"Correct… Know this though. If you choose not to answer the final question, you and your teammates will automatically fail the exams." Ibiki said

"What?" Kiba shouted. "What kind of baka would choose not to answer it?"

"One who knows of the other half of this rule," Ibiki shot back making Kiba feel like a baka, "If you choose to attempt to answer the final question, and get it wrong, then you and your team will still fail the test. Also, you will be banned from ever taking the Chunin Exams again, being forced to remain genin forever."

A chill ran through the air at those words. Various whispers were heard among the genin in the room. The choice had basically come down to either you fail and wait almost a full year or you fail and never get to do it again. Even Sasuke was slightly tenser than he was before. Suddenly Kiba slammed his hand on the table in anger, causing all the attention in the room to be focused on him.

"You gotta be kidding me!" he shouted. "There are plenty of ninja here that have taken this exam more than once, we know there are!" He concluded.

"Well, I guess you're just outta luck, ain't ya?" Ibiki grinned. "I wasn't making the rules in the past, but I am now. Either you take the failing grade, leave now and take the exam next time, or you try, fail, and never take it again. It's your choice." He said with glee.

'Talk about a no win situation…' Sakura thought. 'What do we do?'

"Ready? Then let's begin." Ibiki said. "Those who do not wish to partake in the final question need only to raise their hand. Once their number has been confirmed, they may leave the room with their number is confirmed."

Almost immediately after saying that, several genin began to raise their hands and left. Naruto couldn't believe that the man had shaken them up so bad, all though truth be told, he had his doubts too. Like all the others, he was faced with a lose-lose situation. He sat quietly, thinking it over.

'Oh man if I risk it and blow it I can never move on from genin, but if I walk away I'm only looking like a coward. What do I do?' he thought until he recalled his training with the Blue lantern ring and that he promised no matter what he wouldn't give up because that's one of the things that the being a blue lantern was all about. He then slammed his hand on the table grabbing everyone's attention.

"No way in hell!" Naruto shouted, "I'm no quitter! I'm a ninja, and a ninja would never give up in any situation. Even if I'm stuck being a Genin forever, I'll still be the best shinobi there can be. So all I got to say is bring it on!" he declared glaring at Ibiki that made the proctor himself sweat...

Inspired by his bode of confidence the other Konoha genin and several other ninja stuck around. 'No one else is leaving…' Ibiki thought. 'Not that I'd expect them to after that, but still… Let's see, that brought us down to… Seventy-eight candidates still left.' The proctor broke into a hearty laugh. Everyone looked confused at him for a moment, before he regained his cool and suddenly smiled brightly at them. "Congratulations to those of you who are left. You've just completed the first part of the Chunin Exams!"

"What? What you mean we're done?" Sakura asked in shock. "What about the last question?" She asked again before Ibiki smirked.

"Heh… There is no tenth question past the whole 'accept or reject thing!'" Ibiki chuckled until he paused as he looked over to the window. "That time already, huh?" He said to himself.

A large black shadow began to make its way to the window. The glass shattered to pieces as a woman jumped through the window. A banner launched from behind her, which had her name and shinobi rank painted on it.

"Alright maggots, listen up!" the woman announced. "It's time for the second test of the Chunin Exams! I am the chief proctor, the hot, sexy, and still single, Anko Mitarashi!"

Ibiki sighed, "Anko you're early again." Anko looked incredibly awkward especially after pulling such a stunt. She looked about the room at the remaining genin, and a slight scowl came to her face. She looked back at Ibiki and rolled her eyes at the scarred man.

"You passed this many teams this year, Ibiki you've been getting soft!" Anko frowned.

"Or maybe we just have an interesting collection of candidates this year." he countered.

"Well that's gonna change! By the time I get done, this whole group will be cut in half!"

"Cut in half?" Sakura asked herself.

Anko smirked and addressed everyone in the room, "I'll explain the details of the exam at the next testing area tomorrow. You all return and rest up, your squad leaders will then explain where you are to meet for the second part of the exam!" Anko announced. "Until then later!" She said as she poofed away in smoke.

Taking the hint the others started leaving. Once they were outside Naruto called, "See you two tomorrow."

"See you tomorrow Naruto." Sakura said as she and Sasuke took their separate paths home. As soon as he got home, Naruto decided it was time to get down to business of a different kind.

"Okay time to confront that fox." He said as he entered a lotus sitting position, closed his eyes and entered his mind, the inside of Naruto's mind looked like a massive sewer with ankle deep water running through it. "Damn I really need to clean this place out at some point." Naruto said to himself as heard a low growling sound coming from one of the corridors of his mind, as he turned the corner their he saw the seal that the 4th Hokage had placed on him to keep the fox contained the day he was born and then he saw it with it's fur and rage of crimson red but somehow there was something else Naruto didn't expect inside him a familiar blue glow that took the form of three headed bird that had a body in the shape of his lantern corps sigil.

"I was wondering when you would finally decide to show up in here kit." The fox said with arrogance in his voice.

"So I take you're the Kyuubi correct?" Naruto asked the beast with a blunt tone.

"I am now what is it that you want kid?" He asked Naruto snapping his jaws at his host from behind the bars of the seal.

"Given the situation you're in no position to make threats fur ball; I came in here to try and work out a rental fee, you're in my body and in exchange for letting you stick around in here you have to give me your chakra when I feel like I need it the most but only as an absolute last resort." Naruto demanded causing the demon to chuckle.

"You've got balls to demand something like that from me kit. Fine but remember I'm only going to give you what chakra is able to slip through the seal any more than that when under severe emotional stress will cause a cloak of chakra in my shape to appear around your body and if you let your anger control me it could hurt or even kill you and if you die I die as well." Kyuubi explained before making one last request. "Oh and one last thing; stop calling me Kyuubi that's only a title not my name!" The fox demanded.

The fact that the fox had a name alone did catch him slightly off guard as he looked at the beast. "Okay then so what is your name?" Naruto asked the bijuu.

"If you must know it's Kurama." The fox said.

"Okay then I'm glad we've come to an understanding Kurama. However there is one other thing that's bugging me is; who's the three headed bird in there with you?" Naruto asked the fox but the bird beat Kurama to the answer.

"I can answer that one young man; I am Adara the universal embodiment of hope." The bird said. Which shocked Naruto to his core.

"Wow, I didn't think emotion had a physical embodiment of any kind." Naruto said his eyes wide with wonder.

"Well you would be surprised, in any event Naruto do you understand why you have been chosen as my torchbearer at all?" Adara asked.

"Well other than being an individual that can instill great hope in others no." Naruto replied causing the great bird fall over in the cage.

"Okay listen carefully I chose you because while you are filled to the brim with hope you also have the willpower necessary to keep it alive and it's your mission to not only bring that hope out in others around you but everyone in this land that feels oppressed and defeated, do you understand that?" The bird asked again.

"Sure I understand I mean why else does the end of the oath say when all seems lost in the war of light look to the stars for hope burns bright." Naruto said as the bird nodded at his answer which Naruto decided was his cue to return the world outside his mind. As he went to sleep he couldn't help but feel something itching at the back of his mind. "I've got some suspicion that something wicked is coming this way." He said to himself as closed his eyes and let sleep take him.

Well there you have it chapter three of this story is now in the books. Will Naruto's gut feeling be proven correct? What evil heads his way and what does it want? Find out next time until then read and review. Before I get jumped on yes I based how Lee got his ring and the scene with the oath on the scene from dissapointing GL live action movie that came out last summer