Chapter 2

AN: I am changing Tsume Inuzuka's gender. Kiba has a dad instead of a mom, Koga Inuzuka.

Over the past few months, Naruto and his team have been doing great. Thanks to Sakura not being there. Their new teammate, Sai was much better. Grandpa Danzo recommended him for the team. Team 7, or Team Kakashi, which ever you prefer, had taken many D-rank missions; so, much so, that Kakashi recommended their team for a C-rank mission.

'Oh, man was that a doozy of a mission.' Naruto thinks. The team ran into the "Demon" brothers, Chunin missing-nin from Kirigakure (which the Mizukage was grateful for), after the team defeated them they helped old man Tazuna build his bridge. Gato did not like this, so he tried to stop them with his hired thugs. Big mistake. The team took out Gato and his thugs real quick. They did not stand a chance. The bridge was called The Great Naruto Bridge; so, the last few months have been interesting to say the least. Now Naruto, Sasuke, and Sai are waiting for Kakashi to see what's next. Of course, he was late, as always.

"I wonder what this team meeting is about." Sasuke ponders. Sai just nods while drawing in his sketch book.

"I wonder if it has to do with the Chunin Exams." Naruto suggests.

"You are correct Naruto-kun. I am nominating you three for the Chunin Exams." Kakashi announces when he arrives.

"Alright! Let's kick some ass, guys!" Naruto yells in excitement. Sasuke and Sai nod they were also excited. Team 7 then went on to get ready for the exams.

-The Next Day-

Naruto ran into Konohamaru. Konohamaru wanted to play Shinobi, so Naruto started chasing him around the village. It helps him to build up his speed and endurance. They were having fun until Konohamaru ran into someone.

"Oh, sorry, mister." Konohamaru says.

"Watch where you're going; you little runt!" The male says angrily.

"I said I was sorry." Konohamaru says getting a little bit of an attitude.

"Oh, so you think you can run into me and then cop an attitude. I think I should teach you some manners." The male states grabbing Konohamaru's shirt and lifting him up by it.

"Kankuro, you need to stop." The female next to him says.

"No, I need to teach this runt a lesson." The male, Kankuro says.

"I think you should let him go before there's any trouble." Naruto says walking up to them.

"Oh, yeah, and are you going to stop me?" Kankuro asks mockingly.

"Well, we could, but you are guests to our village and you are threating the Hokage's grandson. This will look really badly for Sunagakure, right?" Naruto states as Sasuke, who was sitting in a tree, throws a rock at Kankuro's hand. Making him drop Konohamaru. Kankuro reaches for the thing on his back.

"Don't use Karasu here, Kankuro. He's right, we'll get punished for this if you continue with this." The female explains wordily.

"Shut up, Temari!" Kankuro yells as he continues to reach for Karasu. Naruto, Sasuke, and Sai (who showed up when Sasuke did) tensed ready for a fight. But Kankuro, was interrupted.

"Kankuro, you are a disgrace to our village. Stop this now, or I will have to kill you; and, I don't think even father would mind." A voice from the other tree branch calls out. They all looked up and saw a short red haired male, looked to be their age, hanging upside down on the tree branch.

'So, that's who I sensed. Gaara of the Sand, if I am not mistaken, the youngest son of the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa. My birth dad's, Minato's, best friend when he was alive.' Naruto thinks looking at the red head. Sasuke and Sai were shocked. They did not sense him there at all.

"We're sorry, Gaara." Temari says nervously.

"We won't do it again." Kankuro says pleadingly. Gaara teleports down using his sand.

"Make sure it doesn't happen again. We are guests here, act like it; or, I will have to tell mother and father on you two." Gaara warns. Kankuro and Temari stiffen in fear.

"Please! Don't tell mother!" They yell together. Gaara shakes his head.

"Then apologize to the boy." Gaara orders.

"I apologize for my brother's actions." Temari says.

"I am sorry also." Kankuro says with a bowed head.

"Let's go." Gaara orders. They began to walk away when Sasuke stops them.

"Hey, what's your name?" Sasuke asks.

"Who? Me?" Temari asks in a hopeful voice.

"No, him." Sasuke says pointing at Gaara. Temari was disappointed.

"My name is Gaara of the Sand. What are your names?" Gaara asks.

"My name is Sasuke Uchiha, and these are my teammates Naruto Uzumaki and Sai." Sasuke introduces them.

"See you at the Chunin Exams." Gaara says as he and his teammates walk away.

"Well, this exam is turning out to be interesting." Naruto comments. His teammates nod in agreement.

-The Next Day-

Naruto and his teammates were walking towards the building holding the first test of the Chunin Exams. They walked pass the room that had a Genjutsu on it. As they walked, a guy with a bowl cut and amazing eyebrows, walked up to them.

"You are Sasuke Uchiha, right." The guy asks.

"Yes, who are you?" Sasuke asks.

"My name is Rock Lee! I would like to have a match with you." Lee says with a grin.

"Sorry, but save it for the exams. There is no fighting outside the exams." Sai explains.

"But…" Lee was interrupted by a turtle.

"Lee, you idiot! You were told no fighting anyone before the exam!" The turtle says.

"A summon, here?" Naruto questions. A man appears on top on the turtle's shell.

"Gai-sensei!" Lee cries.

"Lee!" Gai cries back. They do this back in forth for a few minutes while running toward each other with a sunset in the background. They then calm down.

"Ah, you guys must be Kakashi-koi's students." Gai says. Team 7 was shocked.

"Kakashi…" Sasuke trails off.

"…Koi?" Sai finishes. Naruto already knew this.

"Well, I look forward to seeing you guys during the exams." Gai says as he teleports away.

-Room for the Chunin Exams-

Team 7 walk into the exam room and saw many people, not only from their village, but also from different villages. They then saw some familiar faces.

"So, you guys are here as well." Kiba says walking up to them with Shino and Hinata behind him.

"So troublesome." Shikamaru mutters walking behind his teammates.

"You guys made it too, huh. Great the whole gang is back together!" Ino says excitedly.

"But, I won't lose to any of you." Kiba declares.

"Good, me neither, puppy." Naruto says smirking.

"Don't call me puppy!" Kiba growls. Naruto just laughs. The group was interrupted by a voice.

"I would quiet down. You do not want to work up the other competitors." The voice states. The group turns toward the voice and saw a male with onyx eyes hide behind glasses, and ash-grey hair in a ponytail. Naruto lights up in delight.

"Kabuto-nii!" Naruto shouts as he rushes and hugs the male.

"Nii?!" The group cries.

"Yep, this is Kabuto, and he is my older adopted brother." Naruto explains while cuddly up to Kabuto.

"Orochimaru-san, also adopted me when I was younger." Kabuto explains further. The group nods understanding now.

"What are you doing here anyway, Niisan?" Naruto asks.

"I am here to help the proctor of the first test." Kabuto answers. Naruto nods and then tenses. He could feel the sound waves coming towards them. Kabuto did not bat an eye. He dodges the attack easily. He turns toward the Otogakure village team and was about to retaliate when he was interrupted.

"Alright! Listen up you maggots! My name is Ibiki Morino, and I will be your proctor for your first test." Ibiki yells like a drill sergeant. He orders everyone to take a seat. He then goes onto explain the test. (We all know this right).

"Now that everyone knows the rules. Begin!" Ibiki instructs. Everyone flipped over their tests on their desks. Naruto looked over the questions.

'These are too far advanced questions for a Genin to know. Ah, I see now. We have to cheat without being caught. Alright, let's do this.' Naruto thinks as he signals to his teammates. Sasuke and Sai nod in understanding.

'Alright, Kurama, show time.' Naruto thinks to Kurama.

'Sure thing, kit. My knowledge is yours.' Kurama answers as he feeds Naruto the answers. Sasuke and Sai see this and start copying his answers. Sasuke with his Sharingan and Sai using his ink ant.

-With the Senseis-

While their students were taking the test, the Senseis were watching their students. Kakashi was sitting cuddled up to Gai, almost sitting on his lap. Asuma was keeping a close eye on Shikamaru, and Kurenai was just watching all of her students. Kakashi then gasped when he saw Naruto's eyes.

"The Kyubi." Kakashi says in shock. The Senseis tense, but then noticed he was not acting any differently.

"Kakashi-koi, did you teach him how to access the Kyubi's power?" Gai asks his lover.

"No, I did not." Kakashi answers.

"Then who did?" Kurenai demanded.

"It was probably Orochimaru-san." Asuma guesses.

"I will have to ask him about what all as he taught Naruto-kun over the years." Kakashi comments. The other Senseis nod in agreement.

'Naruto-kun, you keep on surprising. Just how strong are you really? I need to ask Orochimaru-san soon.' Kakashi thinks as he continues to watch his students.

-Back with Naruto-

The test came to an end with quit a few teams being caught and disqualified.

"Now it's time for the tenth question." Ibiki announces.

"Tenth question?!" Temari exclaims.

"Yes, and if one of your teammates gets it wrong. Your whole team fails." Ibiki warns. Naruto could see his Genin brethren were shaken by this news, and started to waver a bit. Naruto takes action.

"We all know being a Shinobi there will be tough decisions we will have to make; but, I am not going to run away with my tail between my legs! I will never give up! That is my Nindo way! So, bring it on!" Naruto declares with flare just like his dad, Jirayia. Kabuto shakes his head fondly.

'He never changes. And I hope he never does.' Kabuto thinks fondly. Ibiki looks around the room and sees the students' resolve harden by Naruto's words.

'This kid is interesting. His words have brought up everyone's resolve and confidence up. It seems your son is going to be a great leader one day, Orochimaru-sama.' Ibiki thinks. "Alright, you all pass."

"What?!"

"Yes, this test was to test you on your Intel gathering skills without getting caught." Ibiki explains then he shows them the scars on his head from being tortured for information. Naruto was impressed by how strong Ibiki was for living through that. Naruto then perked up as he sensed something, or should I say, someone coming.

'This chakra signature is…' Naruto's thoughts were interrupted by a figure busting through the window. A woman stands in front of the room with a sign behind her stating "Here comes the second test's proctor; Anko Mitarashi."

"You guys ready for the second test! Good let's go!" Anko yells not letting them answer.

'Sigh, just like Anko-onesan to do something like this.' Naruto thinks while shaking his head. The Genin follow Anko till they were standing in front of a deadly looking forest.

'Ah, the Forest of Dead. My second home. This should be interesting.' Naruto thinks as Anko goes onto explain the second test. After explaining the test, Anko starts looking around.

"By the way, where's Naruto?" Anko call out. Naruto steps forward as everyone looks at him.

"I'm right here." Naruto answers. Anko lights up and squeals. She runs over to him and draws him into a hug. His head was pushed into her breast.

"Naruto-ototo! I missed you so much!" Anko whines.

"I saw you this morning, Anko-onesan." Naruto comments used to this behavior.

"That's too long to go without seeing my cute, ototo." Anko states. The Genin were in shock.

"She is your sister, Naruto-kun?" Hinata asks.

"Yes, Anko is my older sister. She was adopted into the family also. Onesan, can we get back to the test now?" Naruto asks reminding her why they are there.

"Oh, right." Anko says. She then starts handing out the Heaven and Earth scrolls.

"Alright, now that everyone has a scroll, you may enter the forest. Good luck!" Anko says. As they began to walk into the forest Naruto had a really bad feeling.

'Something big is going to go down. I can feel it.' Naruto thinks wondering what was going to happen.