Beginning of Change
Chapter 3: Chunin Exams Start
Naruto was woken up by sunlight streaming through his window. Slowly opening his eyes he turned to look at his alarm. 'Huh 8 o'clock that's good'... 'WAIT 8 o'clock I WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET MY TEAM IN FRONT OF THE ACADEMY AT 8:15" He thought. As fast as he could he shot out of his bed changed and ran out of his front door.
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Meanwhile at the academy….
"Where is he at" fumed Sakura while pacing in front of her two teammates.
Sasuke looked up and said "He will be here, he wouldn't dare miss this."
Kakashi looked up from his book "He is here"
"Sorry I'm late i woke up la-"
WHAM!
Naruto was immediately cut off by one of Sakura's punches, and was now being shaken limply by a furious Sakura while having swirlies in his eyes.
"NARUTO! HOW DARE YOU BE LATE TO SOMETHING THIS IMPORTANT, EVEN KAKASHI-SENSEI WAS ON TIME!" Shouted Sakura while shaking Naruto
"Alright, alright calm down, I just wanted to wish you guys luck and naruto remember not to show off too much you wanna save something for the next couple rounds." Said Kakashi immediately poofing away leaving behind an unconscious Naruto, a fuming Sakura, and a confused Sasuke.
Naruto quickly recovered though and looked at his teammates "Alright guys lets go in there and show those losers who team 7 is, BELIEVE IT!" said Naruto with a fist pump, and a determined look in his eyes
Sasuke smirked "Well said"
Sakura who was previously nervous and really only got that mad in the first place because she was nervous, stared at her teammate in wonder 'How could he be so calm and determined and inspire us with only a few words' sakura thought.
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The trio then proceeded into the the academy. Entering the academy they noticed that the sign said that the exams will be in room 305 so they proceeded to the room when they noticed a group of genin crowded around a room with an obvious genjutsu over the Door number that made it say 305.
Walking up to the group they heard a girl with two buns on her head say " Please will you let us in"
"No, you are all losers and don't deserve to enter
A boy in green Spandex said "You have no right to rate our youthfulness"
Suddenly sasuke spoke up "They are right you guys can't even tell that there is a genjutsu on the door sign."
"Huh" said a random genin "Kai" he said while holding a tiger sign
"Hey he is right, that door says 205"
The two genin looked angrily at him "We were trying to weed out all the weaklings and you ruined it."
Naruto looked confusedly at the two chunins. 'They look so familiar…..WAIT those two are Kotetsu and Izumo the Gate guards, no wonder they just made themselves shorter.'
"Hey who are you two trying to fool, you guys are just those gate guards that are gay for each other" said Naruto
"HEY FUCK YOU" roared the guard that looks like kotetsu
"Tch, you guys aren't worth our time" said sasuke.
"That's it" said Izumo while charging sasuke. Sasuke quickly reacted with a high kick, while Izumo aimed a punch. Before there blows could land a green blur stopped the two attacks.
"This is not how comrades should act" said the green spandex dude, subtly sneaking a glance at Sakura
'Wow he's fast' thought Naruto
Then Kotetsu came out of nowhere and aimed a Mid-kick at Sasuke. Sasuke's eyes widened since there was no way he would be able to block this attack, but this time a he was suddenly covered in smoke, and the next thing he knows he is standing next to sakura and Naruto was standing where he was blocking the kick with his arms in an X. 'He substituted himself with me in order to block the kick' Sasuke thought.
"LEE IT WAS YOUR IDEA NOT TO SHOW OFF, AND SEEM WEAK" Screamed the girl with two buns on her head
"Sorry Ten-Ten but I couldn't watch this unyouthfulness go on, plus there was someone who was watching" Lee said while glancing at Sakura again
Sakura this whole time was stunned by her Teammates they were looking so tough and ready for a fight, and Naruto's quick thinking really surprised her she would never have guessed he would be able to substitute himself that fast and was quick enough to block that quick with only half-a-second to it was genius to be able think of an idea like that in an instant.
"Pfft whatever just go to the right room already" said the short Izumo
Team 7 left, while glaring at the two chunins."Hmmm looks like the chunin exams are gonna be interesting this year." Said Kotetsu "yup" smirked Izumo.
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In another room…
Team 7 just entered this empty room when suddenly the Green spandex guy named Lee appeared.
"Sasuke Uchiha, I challenge you" He said
"Okay" Said Sasuke. His whole team sweat-dropped
"Ummm Sasuke-Kun don't you think you should at least ask him his name or why he wants to challenge you." said Sakura
Sasuke pondered this for a moment and was about to respond when suddenly Lee kneeled in Front of Sakura
"You must be the beautiful Blossom Sakura Haruno" said Lee, Sakura looked disgusted, but nodded anyway, "I am the Rock Lee the leaf's handsome devil, Will You please be my Girlfriend"
"Ewww No" sakura replied, the backed up behind her teammates, Sasuke looked indifferent, while Naruto Scowled Angrily.
"Hey, Bushy-brows back off from Sakura" naruto said pointing accusingly at him
Lee was glooming and laying flat on the ground when two other people appeared next to him. One team 7 noted was the same girl with two buns on her head who lee noted as Ten-Ten, the other was a boy with pale eyes and a dark ponytail, who stood with stoic indifference.
"Lee are you bothering these people" Glared Ten-Ten while tapping her foot impatiently
"Hey are we going to fight or what" said Sasuke obviously wanting to test his skills.
"Hmph You are an Uchiha right?" The pale-eyed boy said,sasuke nodded, "fate says you will lose"
Sakura responded first "Hey you don't know Sasuke-Kun he was this year's rookie of the year."
Sasuke looked angry, But Ten-ten cut in "Sorry about him he is very superstitious."
Naruto was studying the pale-eyed boy 'Hmmm he is a Hyuga like Hinata so he is going to have the Byakugan'
Lee who Recovered quickly stood up and got into a stance "Obviously Sakura-chan is impressed by you so in order to gain her respect I will beat you Sasuke-san"
Sasuke locked eyes with him and got into a stance, "Bring It"
They both charged each other at the same time. Lee punched first sasuke ducked under it, but didn't see the knee come up until it was in his stomach. The knee knock Sasuke up into the air a little bit in which Lee followed up with a jab-hook combo. sending sasuke sprawling back. Sasuke stood up 'Hmmm looks like I might need to use the sharingan' Sasuke activated his sharingan staring at lee.
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"Now I will be able to see every strike coming, before you even think about doing it" smirked sasuke. Sakura who had been worried let out a sigh of relief.
"Sasuke-kun is going to win for sure now, i knew my sasuke-kun could do it" she said smiling brightly
Naruto stared at her sadly 'Sakura-chan'
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Lee who saw sasuke activate his sharingan quickly thought back to the advice Guy-sensei gave him about dealing with the Sharingan. Thinking quickly he charged sasuke again then threw a jab. Sasuke smirked seeing the jab coming a mile away, but the smirk soon changed when lee stopped his jab and aimed a kick to his chin, kicking sasuke high into the air. Sasuke looked behind him to see lee appear at his back with two fingers pointed at his spine.
Down on the ground sakura seeing Lee kick sasuke in the air and pleadingly looked at naruto, "Naruto please do something"
Naruto looked at her and flashed a foxy grin, "Anything for you sakura"
Naruto looked up at sasuke and lee and saw lee unwrapping his bandages. Closing his eyes for a second he quickly reopened them, Sakura could have sworn she saw red in naruto's eyes, but only for a second because naruto then launched himself at lee and sasuke, and in a blur he was in between Lee and Sasuke.
Breaking them all three landed safely on the ground naruto standing protectively in front of sasuke.
Sasuke looked angry for a second, then looked as if he remembered something and frowned muttering a "thanks" that naruto barely looked surprised the blonde-haired one could move quick.
"YOSH, what is your name whiskered one I am immensely impressed by your show of speed" lee shouted
"Umm Naruto Nam-UZUMAKI" said naruto almost slipping up
"I will greatly be looking forward to competing against you Naruto-kun" Lee said bowing
Ten-ten was surprised never has she seen someone who could stop lee in a taijutsu fight.'Hmm he is strong and cute' she inwardly giggled
Neji couldn't care less, he really believed in faith
Sakura was also impressed she didn't think naruto would be able to move that fast. 'I guess he really did get stronger with Kakashi-sensei'
'Yeah and did you see him he looked so cool going in there as if it was not even a challenge' said inner sakura
Sakura inwardly sighed 'you are really annoying, sasuke is still better than naruto'
'maybe but naruto has a cuter butt, SHANNAROO' said inner sakura
'Whaaa' thought sakura 'thats it I'm ignoring you' cutting off the connection with her inner self
Suddenly there was a poof of smoke and a turtle could be seen."Lee what do you think you are doing trying that technique." said the turtle
"IT COULD TALK" All of team seven thought at the same time with wide eyes
"I'm sorry" lee said bowing
POOF
Another puff of smoke could be seen on top of the turtle. An older looking, taller lee wearing a vest was standing on top.
Suddenly the figure spoke "LEE YOU IDIOT" followed by a punch straight to Lee's face sending him into the opposite side wall.
Team 7 sweat-dropped and unfortunately watched a sickening scene of a man hug with a sunset background.
Finally the taller lee, now known as Gai, approached team 7. "YOSH YOU GUYS MUST BE KAKASHI'S MOST YOUTHFUL STUDENTS" He exclaimed with a loud voice
"Umm yeah Older bushy-brow sensei" said naruto
"Haha well then i wish you all luck as well, but know this that my students will triumph over Kakashi's" he exclaimed with fire in his eyes "and if they don't then I will do 1000 push-ups, and if I fail to do that i will do 2000, and if I fail to do that, then I will do 3000-"
"This guy is going to take forever so lets go" said sasuke, the others quickly agreeing not wanting to spend any more time with this band of weirdos
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Main room….
Entering the main room team 7 quickly noticed the amount of people in this room, which was a lot.
Sakura got nervous, she really didn't like how some of these people were looking at her, like what would be the best way to kill her. Sasuke was surprised, he didn't expect this many felt the uneasiness from his teammates and felt he had to do something.
"HEY EVERYONE, YOU BETTER LISTEN UP MY NAME IS NARUTO UZUMAKI AND I AM GONNA BE HOKAGE ONE DAY SO YOU ALL BETTER BE READY FOR ME." Naruto then gave his best fox grin causing most of the kunoichi to grow blushes on their faces.
WHAM!
All the ninja in the room sweat-dropped as the blonde- idiot was laid out by the pink-haired girl.
"YOU BAKA" Sakura yelled
"Hey you guys are here too" they heard a gruff voice say
Turning around they saw team 8 walking their way. Team 8 consisted of Kiba and his nin-dog akamaru, Hinata, and Shino.
"Woah naruto is that you" said kiba
"N-Naruto-kun" stuttered hinata blushing heavily
"Hello" shino said
Suddenly a shrill "Sasuke-kun" was heard followed by a purple blur and suddenly Ino Yamanaka was hanging off of sasuke, but the weird thing was that sasuke actually had a small smile,that nobody noticed, on his face.
"Hey Pig get off of Sasuke-kun" yelled Sakura
Ino scowled angrily " Go Away forehead"
" You guys are so troublesome" Said Shikamaru walking up with choji at his side.
"Hey guys, How is it going" said Naruto
Ino looked at Naruto and couldn't help but blush, "Wow Naruto, you actually are pretty hot"
Sasuke growled, Ino gently squeezed his arm with a bright grin
Naruto blushed "Haha gee thanks"
"Hey you guys should really quiet down you are all attracting unwanted attention" Said a silver haired teen, " the names kabuto and I have taken this exam 6 times already."
"HAHA then you must be a real loser" Said Kiba
"Well I don't think so since I have information on everyone in here" Kabuto replied taking out a deck of cards, " and I will give you guys a fair warning on one guy though his name is Gaara no Sabaku and he is probably the most dangerous shinobi this year. His missions completed are 30 d-ranks,16 C-ranks, 6 B-ranks, and 2 A-ranks,wow a genin with this kind of record, His Ninjutsu is extremely high, while his Taijutsu and genjutsu are almost nonexistent, but it seems that he has the ultimate defence.
All the genin were shocked hearing this, what kind of genin has that kind of record
"Yeah I have info on pretty much every ninja, except for the sound village, but I hear they are weak anyways" Kabuto said
Suddenly three figures rushed Kabuto one with a metal gauntlet and bandages all over his face, another with gravity-defying black hair, and a girl with black hair.
The gauntlet guy swung at kabuto, but kabuto dodged it, and jumped back. Kabuto smirked then turned pale and threw up on the ground.
"ha that will show you to mess with sound" said the bandaged guy, but suddenly he was punched in the face by naruto, "Ow What the Fuck" he exclaimed
"Hmph Leaf sticks together no matter what" Naruto said
"ALL RIGHT MAGGOTS GET READY FOR YOUR EXAM" A deep voice suddenly announced
End of chapter 3
Authors note
First of all I thought i would explain somethings. More than likely I will skip the first test, because I find it boring. Second as for Kurama befriending Kurama he will befriend him earlier in the series, but not soon, because i think that would make naruto too strong and i really don't want to do a godlike naruto, because it takes out the fun of a fighting scene. Thats about it so until the next chapter