Here is the next chapter of Kitsune Brothers

"Speech"

'Thought'

"Demon/summon/demon influenced speech"

'Demon/summon thought'

Jutsu

(A/N)

Nicknames

I don't own Naruto period end of story

The first exam

Kaoru sighed in annoyance as he once again had to step in to prevent the Iwa Nin from killing Kirabi, who was rapping…badly…again. "Damn it Kirabi we all know you suck ass so stop trying!" Kaoru shouted as he tweaked the large dark skinned man's ear.

"Yo I hear you loud and clear. Now be a dear and let go of my ear!" Kirabi suddenly gulped as Kaoru cracked his knuckles. "Sorry…" everyone could see him forcefully restrain himself from trying to rap.

The Raikage, Kirabi's older brother, was a man named Kakugi who was also rather large and had a dark skin tone. Sighing, he once again apologized for his brother's stupidity. "I'm sorry Kirabi's troublesome antics Namikaze-dono." He bowed slightly in a sign of respect.

Kaoru waved him off, "Bah don't worry about it. That damn squid…ox…whatever the Hachibi sealed within your Otouto was always a pain in the ass. He has a tendency to talk about sex a lot." He mumbled something else but no one heard him. Yugito Nii the Jounin-sensei of the only Kumo team attending the exams rolled her eyes at her fellow Jinchuuriki's behavior. Glancing back at Kaoru she idly rubbed her stomach.

'Finally we found a safe way to release you Eri-chan.' She thought happily she smiled despite herself when she felt her demon purr in response. 'Yes a truly delightful event. Now I can finally be of use to my people once more.' Eri paused as she took in the form of her new king. 'What a handsome man, Akane is a truly lucky girl to be his alpha.' She mumbled in half-disappointment.

Yugito raised an eyebrow. 'Isn't that a term used by canine based creatures?' Eri sent an image of her shrugging. 'It was adopted by us Youkai as well it makes it easier to identify social standings.' Yugito shrugged feeling as if it didn't concern her. 'It does concern you, you know that right Kitten? After all if you had bothered to pay attention you would know that releasing me will turn you into one of us as well.' Yugito froze in place as this line of thought processed in her mind. Noticing this everyone stopped to look at her.

Suddenly she had grabbed Kaoru by the collar and began to furiously shake him "What do you mean I'm going to be turned into a demon!" she shouted near hysterics not noticing in the least that she had wrapped her legs around him to compensate for his height advantage over her.

The Suna team watched this in amusement before turning a concerned glance to their youngest member. "Gaara is the Shukaku acting up at all?" the only girl, and coincidentally the oldest of the three, asked as she looked back towards their escort. Overall she thought he was a nice enough guy, a little scary taking his admittedly random 'switches' as he liked to call them. "Like an ideal Onii-san." She mumbled unaware that she had said it out loud. Her oldest younger brother glanced at her subtly

"Yeah…he does seem to be a guy I'd like to have as an Aniki." He smiled softly before turning to face the direction everyone was walking. "Anyways, maybe he has a nice Otouto you could seduce Temari."

Temari blushed as she looked away from him. "Shut up Kankuro, stop saying that bullshit." She grabbed her fan to emphasize her threat.

Gaara merely frowned as he watched Kaoru finally pry Yugito off of him and explain to her what would happen. "Shukaku is nervous…he consistently babbles about being punished for his unauthorized vacation into our deserts." Gaara for once seemed normal as he was not giving off his trademark I'm going to kill you' aura much to his siblings relief. Baki, their sensei, sighed and called out to Kaoru who was dealing with Kirabi…again.

"Kaoru-dono, how close are we to the gates?" he asked catching everyone's attention. Kaoru looked up at the sky and shrugged.

"Less than an hour away give or take ten minutes." He responded slowly as he went over the people he was escorting again. 'Okay one team from Iwa, one team from Kumo and their Kage and his Otouto, and one team from Suna. Kiri is still unstable and as such did not send any teams.'

Glancing up from his musings he smiled when he noticed the gates of Konoha coming into view. Turning around he bowed extravagantly and spoke loudly. "Welcome ladies and gentlemen…To Konohagakure no Sato!"

With Naruto

Naruto sighed contentedly as he lay there with Hinata and Haku on either side of him, naked of course. "I wonder if there's such a thing as too much sex…" he mumbled to himself. Glancing at both girls he noted that they were still out like a light, it was then he felt it, his brother's chakra "I see you're finally back Aniki."

Hinata began to stir as she groggily lifter her head and kissed him on the lips "Good morning Naruto-kun." She mumbled still half asleep.

Naruto smiled and kissed her on her forehead. "Good morning Hinata-chan, it's time to get up now, Aniki has returned." As he spoke he noticed Haku shifting into a sitting position as she rubbed her eyes.

"Kaoru-nii-san is back?" she asked cutely. Her new ways of referring to Kaoru had stemmed from the simple statement, 'I'm your future wife. He's going to be my in law anyways.' Naruto nodded his head with a smile. Slowly but surely the three made their way out of bed and into the showers, and from there into their clothing for the day.

Naruto sighed as he felt the sun's rays on his skin "What a great day" he murmured happily as he felt Haku and Hinata hug each of his arms. Grinning down at the two he spoke "Shall we go meet him ladies?" he was met with two quick shakes of the head.

"Let's go get some food first Naruto-kun." Hinata muttered as she buried her head into his side. Her statement was backed up when her stomach growled causing Haku to giggle before her own stomach did the same leaving her blushing as Hinata giggled.

Chuckling Naruto nodded his head and got up as the three of them began to dress for the day. "Hinata-chan you ready? If Aniki is back then the Chuunin exams should be starting soon." Naruto said as he pulled on a shirt with an orange spiral on its center.

Hinata nodded her head as she donned her trademark jacket "Yes Naruto-kun I'm ready I'm just a little nervous about it, that's all." She mumbled recalling many of the horrific tales some of the older Hyuuga members had told her about.

Naruto smiled and kissed her forehead. "As long as I'm near your side, I will nor let you get hurt." He mumbled softly into her ear. This of course made Haku pout as she finished adjusting her clothing.

"Come on you two let's go, I'm hungry." She mumbled irritably as she walked out the door with a twitch in her eyes indicating her mood. Chuckling nervously Naruto followed her followed shortly by Hinata.

On their way out they noticed Zabuza passed out on the living room couch with a can of beer in his hand, and several empty cans around him. Shaking their heads, the trio let him be, knowing that once he got over his eventual hangover he would clean up…he always did. "I never took Zabuza for a heavy drinker." Naruto commented idly as they walked towards a little café for breakfast.

Haku shrugged her shoulders in response. "Otou-san has always liked his alcohol it's just that he never had a chance to indulge himself while on the run." She smiled sadly remembering those harsh times. Patting her on the shoulder in a reassuring manner Naruto just smiled letting her know he was there for her.

When they walked into the café they noticed Kiba sitting there looking into a coffee mug with a contemplative look on his face. "Oi Kiba what's the matter with you?" Naruto called out as they took the open seats around the dog like boy.

Kiba smiled softly at them before he sighed. "I talked to Kakashi-sensei about training, and he admitted that the council was using blackmail to get him to exclusively teach the Uchiha. But that's not what's got me thinking. Sensei said that Kaoru was willing to train me in one field skill and I was trying to think what I want the most help in." Kiba sighed again and took a sip of his coffee which to the surprise of the trio was black coffee no sugar or cream.

"I didn't know you liked coffee Kiba-kun" Hinata mentioned as she ordered her favorite Cinnamon buns, Naruto and Haku opting for a simple omelet and water.

Kiba blinked before he glanced at his drink and shrugged "It helps me think, I've always drank coffee like this." He paused as he set his mug down. "I think I'll ask Kaoru to help me on my attacks in Taijustsu, it's more my style anyways." He said at last. Drinking down the rest of his coffee he stood up waved goodbye and left Akamaru jumping onto his head from his spot on the roof, having not been allowed into the café.

Naruto sighed as he began to eat his food. "The council…ignorant fools the lot of them…" his tone was venomous sending a shiver down the girls' spines "They think the Uchiha is the key to success so they give him everything on a silver platter, going as far as to blackmail a man who has the qualifications to be Hokage."

Both Haku and Hinata could tell that certain members of the council were the cause of his ire but they weren't sure which ones were Uchiha worshippers. "I unfortunately must agree with you Naruto-kun." Haku mumbled "He is undeserving of such treatment. This will most definitely lead to trouble in the future."

Naruto stared into his glass of water for a moment before he muttered. "Yeah…"

When they finished their food the trio made their way around the village, already too late to meet Kaoru and his group at the gates. As they walked they noticed Konohamaru running away his two friends, Udon and Moegi right behind him. They were followed shortly after by an angry Sakura who was shouting profanities at the little kids, about what Naruto didn't care, instead he followed making sure nothing over the top happened, Hinata and Haku following close behind curious about the whole thing.

The three picked up speed when they heard body smacking against body and an angry shout of "Ow that hurt you little shit!" followed shortly afterwards by Konohamaru's screams of terror. Turning a corner they saw Konohamaru begin lifted by the collar of his shirt by a boy who seemed to be wearing pajamas with something strapped to his back. "I'm going to enjoy punching you in the face you little snot nosed brat!" the boy shouted as he held his hand up threateningly.

The sandy blonde haired girl behind him coughed into her fist before she rested said hand on her hips in annoyance. "Kankuro we're not here to cause trouble, besides what if he shows up?"

Kankuro lowered his fist a fraction of an inch to look back at her "Temari which 'he' are you talking about? Gaara or the scary guy with multiple personalities?" the fact that his tone of voice indicated he was serious made it all the more funny for Naruto as he began to chuckle catching both of their attention. "What's so funny punk?" Kankuro shouted in anger.

Naruto rubbed his eyes as his chuckles died down and stared into Kankuro's eyes. "Nothing I just find it funny…you've met my Aniki it seems. Sounds like he's had a couple of 'switches' too tell me, what did he change into?"

Kankuro growled as he lowered Konohamaru to turn his attention fully on Naruto "His hair turned brown and he suddenly became a master of the Doton techniques."

Naruto smiled as Konohamaru hid behind him. "Ah, I see you've met Kaoru no gouki then. Truly an unwavering personality arguing with him is like trying to move a one-thousand kilogram wall of titanium steel with your bare hands."

Temari took her time eyeing Naruto and licked her lips 'Yummy' she thought to herself before she turned to the two girls behind him. 'Teammates or is one of them his girlfriend?' she asked herself. She of course had many boy troubles in Suna as all of the boys were scared of her, both because of her father and her youngest brother, so as one might suspect she had a rather sizable amount of pent up frustrations to work out once she was able. "Enough of the banter, who are you?" she called out having heard enough out of her younger brother's mouth.

"Kazama Naruto and these are my fiancés Hyuuga Hinata and Momochi Haku." Naruto said politely as he pointed out both girls.

Temari didn't show it but she was jealous of the two girls "Ah really? These two must be very lucky girls then." She said through clenched teeth a fact no one picked up on.

"Temari, Kankuro, what are you two doing? We are expected at the hotel in ten minutes." A cold monotonous voice said from above them.

Glancing up Naruto, Hinata, and Haku noticed a red haired boy, about the same age as Hinata, with the Kanji for love tattooed onto his forehead with black circles around his eyes similar to those of a Raccoon standing upside down on a tree branch staring emotionlessly down at them.

Kankuro and Temari shivered as they glanced at their younger brother. "G-gaara I t-th-thought we had m-more t-time." Kankuro stuttered out in fear. 'There may be a lack of killing intent, but he still scares the shit out of me.' He thought to himself as he turned on his heel and began to walk away.

Temari began to turn around only to stop and look over her shoulder. "By the way my Name is Temari." She smirked and walked away a little extra sway in her hips.

Hinata and Haku stuck their tongues out at her retreating back before they latched onto Naruto's arms causing him to chuckle. "Never a dull moment here, is there?" he asked jokingly to which the two girls giggled.

"No Naruto-kun never when you're around." Haku whispered into his ears as she ran a finger along his chest. Hinata, not one to be outdone, also began tracing his body with her hands. Blushing slightly Naruto simply chuckled as the trio began to walk again. They didn't get far however as an ANBU jumped down to speak with them.

"Naruto-san, you and Hyuuga-sama are expected at your team's training field." Staying only long enough to get a confirmation from the two the ANBU then sped off to complete his next task.

Naruto sighed before he kissed Haku "We'll meet up later, don't worry I'll be able to find you." When Haku nodded Naruto smiled and grasped Hinata's hand as they both disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Training grounds

When Naruto and Hinata arrived they noted that Shino and Kurenai where already there and Kurenai had three papers in her hand. Nodding to Shino Naruto and Hinata accepted a paper. Looking down at his Naruto raised an eyebrow "The Chuunin exams? Isn't this a bit early sensei?" he asked lightly.

Kurenai smiled and shook her head "I think you're ready for it. All of you have shown exceptional ability and I'm confident you will do well. On another note I have been told that Kaoru has been promoted to Chuunin already due to his recently completed escort mission." The three teenagers smiled though it was hard to tell with Shino as his coat covered his mouth.

Hinata glanced at her instructor and put the paper away for later. "Sensei, could you explain to me why Kaoru-san doesn't have to take the exams like we do?" Kurenai held a hand to her chin as she thought about the answer.

"Well for one, the only reason he was ever instated as a gennin was so that he wasn't a high up position right away. Another reason is that only teams of three are allowed to take the exams, if he was still on our team you guys would be barred from taking the exams. The final reason for his promotion is the fact that Hokage-sama wishes for Kaoru to be his personal bodyguard during the final stages of the exam, both of them are getting a bad feeling about this whole thing, or so they said."

The three gennin nodded their heads before they looked over their application forms again. Kurenai smiled before she spoke again "If you have no more questions then you're dismissed all of the information you need is on those forms." With wave she disappeared.

Nodding to Shino Naruto began to walk away Hinata not far behind him. Glancing at his fiancé Naruto asked quietly "Hey Hinata-chan, you ready for this?"

Hinata smiled up at him and nodded her head. "Yes Naruto-kun I'm ready." She paused as a mischievous glint appeared in her pale eyes. "I'm also ready for a bit of 'fun' with you and a certain Yamanaka heir"

Naruto stopped where he was and glanced down at his apparently nymphomaniac lover "Well…you certainly are eager." He stated in a matter of fact tone.

"Does that mean you won't?" she asked

Naruto chuckled "I didn't mean that at all…it's just that I don't think now would be a good idea, maybe later when everyone is supposed to be in bed."

Hinata pouted but agreed nonetheless. 'Ino-chan…time to play!' she thought to herself in a sing song voice.

The day of the exam

Naruto sat under a tree waiting for his teammates to show up in front of the academy, eyes closed attempting to rest his eyes a bit before the day started. 'Note to self don't make love the day before something important.' He mused to himself as he felt Hinata walk up to him Shino about five meters behind her. Opening his eyes he smiled "You guys ready for this?" he asked.

"Yes." Hinata said a determined fire in her eyes.

"Of course." Was Shino's monotone answer surprising Naruto 'thought he'd say affirmative or something like that.'

"Naruto…just because I don't speak often does not mean I speak in a militaristic manner, as such I do not say affirmative in non combat situations." His teammates stared…and stared…and stared.

"Shino…were you reading my mind or something?" Naruto asked slightly disturbed by how accurate Shino's accusations were.

Shino said nothing ad began to walk into the building "Let's go before we are late." He intoned in his monotonous voice. Naruto and Hinata had sweat drops on the back of their heads as they followed behind Shino.

When they arrived on the second floor they noticed a rather odd scene involving Hinata's cousin Neji and his teammates; a girl wearing Chinese clothing with two buns in her hair making her look like a panda, and a boy with a bowl cut hair style and a green spandex jumpsuit with orange leg warmers. "Hinata…why is your cousin's team playing dumb?"

Hinata shrugged and began to push her teammates passed the crowd of idiots who couldn't count the number of sets of stairs they had just walked up. "It's better just to ignore them." She mumbled

"Hey where do you think you twerps are going?" one of the two bullies shouted out looking at them.

Hinata waved back at him "We're supposed to meet my Teammate's Onii-san on the fourth floor, we're late so we can't chat…bye!" she shouted as she pushed her teammates around the corner and out of sight of the crowd.

Neji blinked in surprise as he idly stopped his teammate from continuing. Whispering just loud enough for his team to hear "Come on it's time we stopped acting." Dropping a smoke bomb they waited for the smoke to cover them before they made their way away from the crowd.

When Team 8 arrived they noted that none of their friends were there. "Looks like we're early." Naruto mumbled as he moved to a corner and sat down his team following suit. "Wake me up when something happens." He mumbled as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.

He was shaken awake a good hour later by Shino who gestured to a silver haired gennin talking to all of the other rookies. "Oi who's this snake?" he asked as he joined his friends. Unnoticed by the others the gennin flinched ever so slightly at being called a snake.

"Me? I'm Yakushi Kabuto; I've taken these exams seven times so I guess you could say I'm a veteran here. Also due to my long history in these exams I have extensive knowledge about all of the villages with teams here and other facts. They're all stored here in my Nin cards." He pulled out a large deck of blank cards and showed them to the rookies. "Just add a little of my Chakra and…presto the information appears." On the card he had demonstrated on a map of the elemental countries appeared with graphs showing how many participants were in the exam.

Sasuke eyed the cards in interest as he asked. "Do those cards have details about individuals?" he asked in his usual tone of voice.

Kabuto smirked "But of course just tell me who you're looking for and I can tell you about them."

Sasuke smirked before he looked at Naruto "Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee and the Kazama brothers." He said arrogantly drawing confused looks from everyone as one of the Kazama brothers, Naruto, was standing right there.

Naruto said nothing as Kabuto began to shuffle a bit before speaking to them again. "Well since you know their names it'll be easy to find their info just hold on a second." Pulling out four cards he lined them up on the floor before he placed his finger on the first one and put some chakra into it. "Alright then, Sabaku no Gaara: From Sunagakure no Sato, age twelve just like you guys, his teammates are his siblings Temari and Kankuro, since he's from a different village I don't have a lot of information on him, but get a look at this he's been on several C-ranked missions and even an A-ranked one and has returned from all of them without a single scratch."

The gennin except Naruto all shared uneasy looks having heard about the difficulty of A-ranked missions. 'Unscratched…that sounds like Shukaku's sand armor at work there, maybe I should double check on that later.' Naruto thought to himself as Kabuto shifted to the next card.

"Rock Lee: He's a Konoha Nin just like you guys, this is also his first time taking the exams however, unlike you guys he isn't a rookie he's been a gennin for about a year now. His Taijutsu is off the charts, yet his Ninjutsu and Genjutsu are basically nonexistent. His sensei is one Maito Gai, self proclaimed green beast of Konoha, and his teammates are Hyuuga Neji and Tenten. He's done several D and C-ranked missions nothing out of the ordinary for a decently skilled gennin who has been active for a year."

There a few nodding heads as they processed the information on the eccentric gennin. 'I think I've seen those two out training in the morning once or twice.' Naruto thought to himself as Kabuto once again shifted.

"Now for the interesting people…Kazama Naruto, he's not from Konoha like most of us are; he was raised in a foreign country with his Onii-san. The Country's name was never once mentioned in any public records or conversations so that is a blank for me. Anyways he and his Onii-san came here about a year ago to become Shinobi; their reasons were that they wanted to follow their Otou-san's footsteps. His teammates are Hyuuga Hinata, and Aburame Shino with Yuuhi Kurenai as Sensei. Rumor has it that both of the Kazama brothers were born here but due to various circumstances were raised out of the village. It's assumed by many that the only reasons they ever went through the academy was so that others didn't see it as them getting preferential treatment. Other rumors are that both were involved in some sort of experiment gone bad, and both now have demon like features such as multiple tails. Stepping out of rumors and into facts; Naruto's skills are well balanced but it has been noted that he likes large area destructive techniques and that the only reason he doesn't use them often is due to Kaoru-san's intervention. Officially he's done seven D-ranked missions and one A-rank mission. It has also been noted that he practices Polygamy and is currently engaged to four women: Hyuuga Hinata, Yamanaka Ino, Inuzuka Hana, and Momochi Haku." By the time Kabuto finished speaking everyone was staring at Naruto having only known about half of what was said.

"What? Why is everyone staring at me like that?" he asked quietly right before Hinata tweaked his ear.

"Why didn't you tell me you were engaged to an Inuzuka!" she whispered harshly. Ino also looked upset as she walked over and tweaked his other ear causing him to wince as Kiba patted him on the shoulder.

"Yeah…good luck with my Onee-san Naruto, I think she bought a new leather outfit just for you." He smiled at Naruto which did nothing to comfort him.

Many of the others chuckled as Naruto tried to explain himself to the two irate Kunoichi.

Coughing into his hands Kabuto recaptured all of their attention "May I continue?" Chuckling nervously the three nodded their heads and rejoined the group.

"Alright Kazama Kaoru, age eighteen, as of recently he has no team. By running a solo escort mission for the participating teams from the other major villages he has been promoted to Chuunin. Like Naruto his skills are balanced though unlike Naruto he prefers stealth over destructive force. In his own words when I managed to speak with him on one of his off days he said 'The quieter I get in a fight the more serious I'm taking it.' Many of the rumors surrounding him are the same as Naruto's, however, some other rumors about him are that he is secretly running an underground kingdom of special operatives, there have been some sightings of him speaking to shadowed figures, but any attempt to investigate led to nothing. It's also rumored that he will be acting as Hokage-sama's personal bodyguard during the third exam which will be a spectacle of sorts for the visiting lords. He is currently in a relationship with Mitarashi Anko and Yuuhi Kurenai both of whom seem to be happy whenever he is there."

Everyone blinked slowly for varying reasons: Sasuke because he was angry that some nobody was promoted before him, Naruto, because of all of the information Kabuto had on them and everyone else because the information was surprising. "There are teams from everywhere in these exams, even the new village Oto, though…I'm not really sure about them." No sooner did he finish speaking then the sound team charged forward and took a swing at him.

Dodging quickly Kabuto smirked before he suddenly fell to his knees and vomited. "What?" he muttered as he tried to get up only for a sense of vertigo to take hold and forced him onto his knees again.

"Put this into your cards, The Team from Oto…will definitely be promoted to Chuunin!" the mummy like one spoke in an arrogant tone.

Suddenly there was an explosion in front of the room as a large bear of a man and a bunch of others appeared. "You little punks from Oto who said you could fight? If you want to fight you need the proctor's permission you disobey this rule again I'll you're your asses disqualified before you can say Mama!"

The mummy boy chuckled in what appeared to be a sheepish manner "Sorry it's just that this is our first time and we're a little jumpy."

The man growled at them once before he spoke again sending a chill down everyone's spine "Don't let it happen again…or else." The amount of killing intent he poured into his glare was staggering and in an instant it was gone. Grunting he turned and addressed everyone in the room "Alright maggots get in line to get your seat numbers if you aren't seated in 30 seconds you and your team fail!" he roared at them sending them all dashing into a line to get their numbers and immediately sprinted to their assigned seats.

'Damn that guy is good.' Naruto thought to himself having also been compelled by the force of the man's voice to get into his seat in 30 seconds or less.

"All right you little shits, my name is Morino Ibiki and I am the proctor for the first exam. In here my word is law and if any of you little shits have a problem with that I'll have your asses ejected from these exams do I make myself clear?" he swept the room with his eyes. "None? Good! The first exam is a written exam, however, it is slightly different than other tests…In this test you start with ten points, and for every right answer you get to keep one of those points. The tenth question will be given at the last fifteen minutes of the test. Also, there will be absolutely no cheating allowed! For every time you get caught you will lose two points, get caught five times and you and your team automatically fails." He gestured to the sides where there were many Chuunin with clipboards. "These Chuunin are some of the best of the best and they will mark you down for cheating if they catch you. If there aren't any questions than you may begin."

Immediately pencils began moving as everyone began to look over their tests. Naruto frowned as he looked over the nine questions in front of him unable to answer any of them much to his own surprise. 'These are not Gennin level questions.' He thought to himself as he leaned back and stared at the ceiling.

Glancing around discreetly he noted what everyone else was doing. 'Hinata and Neji are using Bykaugan, Oto guys are using sound waves it looks like, Kiba has Akamaru to give him the answers, Shino is being helped by his bugs, Gaara is doing something with his sand, Haruno…she actually knows this stuff? Anyways ignoring freakishly smart useless girl, Uchiha is using Sharingan, Kankuro seems to be looking around, Temari seems to be waiting, Shikamaru is sleeping, Chouji is eating, and Ino-chan is waiting for Sakura to finish it looks like, and Neji's teammates are using a mirror system.' Glancing around one last time, this time to identify interesting people he noted that the members of the team from Kumo was twitching 'Signals?' Naruto asked himself before he gazed back down at his paper. As all of this was happening the Chuunin watchers were busy marking away and calling out teams that failed.

Sighing Naruto laid his head down to think 'Do I even have any information gathering techniques?' he asked himself. His answer was a resounding 'NO!' banging his head against his desk he groaned 'Damn it! I make decisions based on the information given to me, I don't get it myself!'

Outside the window looking into the classroom Kaoru sat quietly munching on some Dango he had picked up for a morning snack. "This is what you get for skipping out on lessons that day Otouto." He mumbled out loud. Hearing a rustling sound he turned towards it and blinked when he saw Anko setting up what seemed to be a giant banner. "What are you doing Anko-chan?" he asked as he finished his Dango.

"Oh, Kaoru-kun you're back!" she shouted in joy as she hugged him tightly. "I'm setting up my big entrance for when the first exam is over!" she was laughing by now as she thought about the reactions everyone would give her once she introduced herself.

Kaoru blinked once before he decided to offer his help "Can I do something to help?" he asked nicely as he wrapped an arm around Anko's shoulder affectionately.

Anko smirked as she grabbed Kaoru's hand and led him to the banner "As a matter of fact…"

It had been forty minutes into the exam when suddenly everyone shivered, glancing around no one could identify the cause. Shaking off the feeling of dread they all glanced at the clock on the wall waiting for the last five minutes to tick by.

Five minutes later and Ibiki clapped his hands together "Alright maggots, pencils down! It's time for the tenth question…I see you've finally returned from playing with your dolls, hurry up and sit down." Everyone turned to see Kankuro ho had left to use the rest room earlier walk down the aisle and take his seat. Only Ibiki and a few of the Chuunin noticed him drop a roll of film onto Temari's desk, but they let it slide seeing as it was a pretty good way to gather information. Ibiki glared a little longer at the Suna Nin before he continued his explanation.

"Alright as I was saying before doll boy came back is that this tenth question will be harder than all of the other questions combined, however do not fret you can choose not to take this question."

Kiba looked up and narrowed his eyes "What happens if we decide not to take it?" he asked suspiciously.

Ibiki smirked evilly at them "Then you and your teammates fail!" he shouted as loud as he could sending a wave of anger through the crowd.

"What the hell is with that? Of course we're going to take the damn question if we fail if we don't!"

Ibiki chuckled evilly "Well then maybe you should listen before you open you're big mouth. If you choose to take the question and get it wrong…then you will be barred from taking these exams ever again! You'll be a gennin for the rest of your life!" Ibiki glanced around one more time as Kiba rose to his feet and shouted.

"That's bullshit! There are a tone of people here who've taken these exams before!" everyone nodded in agreement.

"Well then it's just your bad luck that I wasn't the proctor back then now isn't it?" he chuckled scaring many of the gennin "Alright then…those of you who wish to back down you may do so now by raising your hands."

In an instant many ands began rising as the proctors began announcing numbers as the teams began to leave. Ibiki waited until no more hands were raising and sighed. "Are you all sure you don't want to back out?" he asked to double check. No one raised their hand. "Alright then…you all…pass!" Ibiki smiled partly as congratulations and partly because he found their shocked expressions humorous.

"What the hell? What about the tenth question?" Kiba shouted out loud as many gennin nodded with him.

Ibiki smiled as he began explaining. "There was no tenth question, or rather the choice whether or not to take the risk was the tenth question. Think about it like this, you are given a mission to steal a document from an enemy stronghold, the number of enemies and their abilities are unknown. There is also a chance that they may know your coming, can you drop the mission saying 'I don't want to risk the lives of my squad'? Can you say 'Let's not do this and live to fight another day?' the answer is NO! As a Chuunin you must make difficult decisions that could dictate either your success or your demise. Those unwilling to take the risk do not deserve to be called Chuunin"

Temari groaned and spoke out "So the other nine questions were pointless?" she asked in irritation.

Ibiki glanced at her before he began pacing. "No, they were to test your information gathering skills. Good information can make the difference between life and death." To prove his point he removed his bandanna to reveal a heavily scarred skull turning many a slight shade of green. "These scars of mine…are results of bad information. Anyways congratulations to you all for passing the first exam!"

As soon as he finished speaking a black object came crashing through the window. As it landed it began to unfurl as the person inside threw kunai into the four corners, followed by four more attached to a rope. Everyone who had ducked expecting some sort of explosion slowly peeked over their desks to see what was going on.

"There's no time to celebrate the Super Sexy Mitarashi Anko is here!" Anko shouted happily as she held up her two hands in a V shape. Behind her the gennin could see another figure tied up and gagged, wearing a shirt that said 'Property of Mitarashi Anko' on it. The figure was thrashing in his bindings seemingly trying to yell at the proctor.

"What was that dear?" Anko asked holding her hand up to her ear. As Ibiki stepped out from behind the banner.

"Anko…your early." He noticed Kaoru and kindly removed the gag. "Kaoru-san what are you doing here, and in this situation no less."

Kaoru took a deep breath as he kept his glare on Anko "WHAT THE FUCK ANKO! I OFFER TO HELP YOU WITH YOUR SET UP AND YOU GO AND TIE ME UP IN ADMENTIUM ROPE IS THIS HOW YOU TREAT YOUR BOYFRIEND? SEE IF I EVER BUY YOU DANGO AGAIN!"

The force of his voice was enough to knock Anko on her butt as she chuckled "Ah come on Kaoru-kun what did you think would happen after I trained with Tsuki?"

"I THOUGHT YOU'D GET BETTER WITH A SWORD NOT BONDAGE!" was his rather…extreme answer. Everyone else just stared at the still tied up Kaoru as sweat drops began to appear on everyone's heads

Ibiki sighed once and tapped Anko on the shoulder. "You were saying something to the gennin who passed." He muttered loud enough for her to hear. Blushing Anko turned away from Kaoru and laughed.

"Right…hey…there's 78 of them! Ibiki you're going soft!" she exclaimed after a head count. Everyone rolled their eyes. "Well it doesn't matter after my exam over half of them will be gone either way."

The gennin glanced at each other uneasily as they muttered. "Half?"

Grinning like a Cheshire cat Anko stood up and pumped her fists into the air. "Alright maggots follow me for the second exam!" she then proceeded to jump out the window…conveniently leaving Kaoru tied up in the room.

"ANKO GET BACK HERE AND UNTIE ME!" he roared out the window as he continued to thrash around in his bindings. "Fuck it how the hell can these Kunai hold for so fucking long?" he swore as he continued to struggle.

Ibiki sighed "You're Jounin senseis will have the needed information for the second exam. You will meet Anko at the designated place at five sharp tomorrow morning."

As everyone began to file out of the room Kaoru had calmed down and was now just hanging around…literally. "Uh…Ibiki-san could you…uh…get me down?"

Ibiki turned away as he began collecting tests. "I don't see why I should…you're part of Anko's mess she should clean it up." He stated as he walked out of the room.

Kaoru blinked in surprise as the doors were slammed shut. "Hey man this isn't funny!" he called out "Get me out of here I'm serious!" he shouted out. He tugged at the ropes again and sighed "Please?" he mumbled.

It wasn't until the next morning that he managed to loosen the Kunai and pull himself off the wall. However, he never managed to get the cuffs off his wrists. "Lousy Anko and her stupid cuffs…" he muttered angrily as he made his way towards the next exam location…the Forest of Death.

End

Kaoru no gouki – Kaoru's fortitude

Alright I know I haven't updated in a while but, well school is hard right now. I'm not going into any details about this.

Anyways I want everyone to know that I am a very slow updater during the school year, for those who hadn't already figured it out yet.

Future story ideas: (note: all of these won't be considered until after I actually finish one of my current stories.)

Flee to Shinjuku – a Ranma/Get Backers crossover sequel to 'With New Neighbors Come New Adventures'. After fleeing Nerima after certain events Senshi and Ranma befriend the Get Backers and form an agency of their own, the T.R.A.P corps, the Transportation, Retrieval, Assassination, and Protection Corporation.

Note: if anyone has a better idea for a title I'm all ears. Also if you want a different name for the corporation Ranma and Senshi create the restrictions are that it has to be an acronym; meaning that it has to form a word using the initials of the actual title like my T.R.A.P corps. And the words used should be job types that they can do like transporter, retriever and the like.

Challenge: Ranma/Get backers crossover where Ranma and an OC form their own agency and the major arcs should deal with both Ranma's and the OC's past. Non-Yaoi The name is up to you. OC should be laid back and fun loving.

Summons one half – Naruto/Ranma multi crossover featuring the Naruto personality from my story Kitsune brothers. Happosai tries to summon a demon to put Ranma in his place; however he gets more than he bargained for when the demon he summons takes Ranma's side. It only gets weirder, when the Sailor Senshi get involved.

Note: I may need help with Sailor Senshi names (who is who) and their attack names, both for the Senshi and their enemies

Challenge: Naruto/Ranma crossover where Naruto is a demon. Naruto should be somewhat playful with a love of pranks. No Yaoi

A dragon's Summon – Naruto/Ikki Tousen crossover. The Naruto personality from my story Kitsune brothers somehow gets teleported into the Ikki Tousen world where fighters are called 'Toushi' having nothing else to do he hangs around and watches. Too bad chaos loves him as much as he loves Ramen

Challenge: Naruto/Ikki Tousen crossover where Naruto is an observer not actually aligned to any school but still manages to get targeted, and he has a fetish for assertive girls. No Yaoi

The killer, the protector, the negotiator – Rosario/ multi cross. Meet Naruto a Shinobi banished from his home for succeeding in his mission, meet his best friend Ranma a teen looking for a better life, meet Tsukune the only thing keeping the other two from ripping each other's throats out. "I am the sword" "I am the shield" "And I am the hand that guides them."

Note: if anyone has a cooler catch phrase the three of them can say together than I'm all ears.

Challenge: Rosario/Naruto/Ranma crossover, where Tsukune, Naruto, and Ranma are friends. Ranma and Naruto should have abilities where if they said they were human then no one would believe them. No Yaoi

Sensei's sensei – Negima/multi cross. To further Negi's training in the arts of combat. Konoemon Konoe asks two combat experts to come and teach at Mahora academy with Negi. Naruto, a millennia old demon, and Ranma a twenty-one year old martial arts instructor of the highest caliber. "You want me to jump three stories into the air?" "And you want me to work on silent casting?"

Challenge: Negima/Naruto/Ranma crossover Naruto is a demon and Ranma is smarter than cannon storylines. Naruto and Ranma should be able to competently teach whatever subject they get assigned to if any at all. No Yaoi

Do I have to? – One Piece/Naruto cross. Kami-sama calls in a favor Kaoru owes her. The favor? Make sure Luffy becomes king of the pirates. Unfortunately for him she sets a lot of restrictions on what he can and can't do. "Why do I have to hold myself back this much again?" he asked. "Because…it'll be funnier that way" was her simple response. Will start after meeting chopper but before Alabasta

Note: any one have a better idea for a title for this story? I couldn't think of one.

Challenge: Naruto/One piece crossover, Naruto has full range of his abilities from the Naruto universe (and any others you add on) and he's really lazy. (Lazier than Zoro)

Officer Kitsune – Sequel to No Need for Summons Naruto/Tenchi muyo GxP it will follow the anime series closely with the added interactions of Naruto with the cast.

Challenge: Naruto/Tenchi muyo GxP crossover. It's never been done before so I want to see what you guys might come up with. No Yaoi

The Artist - Naruto/Sumomomo momomo crossover Basically Naruto meets Inuzuka Koushi, becomes his friend gets a chance for a peaceful life as an artist, and then Momoko shows up ruining that opportunity as he once again has to step up and fight.

Challenge: Naruto/Sumomomo crossover. Like the Tenchi muyo GxP it's never been done before so why not?