A/N: Sorry for the delay in this chapter, life has been full on. I just haven't had time to focus on writing my chapters, so now that the worst is over I should have more time. And by the way, thanks for all the reviews. Also made another change, correcting the small village from Sand to Sound.

Normal

"Talk"

Think

Technique/Inner Character

Demon Talk

Demon Think

I do not own Naruto or any Naruto characters, nor do I own any one-piece references or characters that are mentioned in this story. I do own any OC's displayed unless I say otherwise.

BEGIN

It was a dark and stormy night, little boys were crying to their mommies to protect them from 'the big bad snake-man' and all the little girls were randomly punching anything snake-like to protect their brothers. All in all it was another dark and scary night in Konoha, turning the page we zoom up to a run-down apartment near the local ramen store. If one were to look in the windows they would see a young boy cling to the side of his bed tightly as he experiences one of many dreams.

WITHIN THE DREAM

"We're not going to make it Minato, the attack's to large" a younger Kakashi yelled towards a familiar blond, one that Naruto sees on the hokage's mountain every morning, it was the fourth hokage. The dreamscape Naruto gasped as he saw the hokage for the first time in his life clearly, his hand reached out wanting to touch him. But as all things dreamy his hands passed right through the legendary figure.

"Kakashi, what other choice do we have? I will do the sealing" The sealing? Those words made Naruto's eyes open in shock. This was the Kyuubi attack? Walking or was it floating? towards the nearest window he observed the scenery, or more particularly the Kyuubi.

After seeing it in the cage Naruto was not surprised by the size, nor was he surprised by the power. What did surprise him was the intelligence, where during the fight with the strawhats none of the bijuu and any intelligence whatsoever. This time the Kyuubi would attack and use a variety of moves it could not do before. Luckily it still could not speak, while he was staring at the Kyuubi the voices behind him again caught his attention.

"But you were fighting it to a draw!" Minato shook his head at his student antics,

"It looked like it, unfortunately I was running out of chakra and the Kyuubi just kept on attacking. The Kyuubi seems to have unlimited chakra, although I have noted something strange" Kakashi looked on confused but put the concern aside and spoke on more pressing matters

"But why Naruto? Why Kushina's son?" Minato sighed and placed a comforting hand on Kakashi's shoulder,

"Naruto is the best person for the job" Holding up his hand he prevented Kakashi from interrupting again,

"I know how you feel, but this is because of three reasons. First he is Kushina's son, an Uzumaki. Secondly the child must be under a week old, Naruto was born today. And lastly…"

DREAM END

Naruto's hands had grabbed the sides of the bed so hard the supports broke, causing his sleeping body to fall to the floor,

"What! What is it about me?" Naruto cried out to silence… or so he thought,

"Hey, you brat! Shut it up there and let the rest of us sleep and don't make me come up there!" Naruto yelled out an apology to man who lived in the adjacent apartment and looked at the time, 5am. Groaning he laid back into bed and tried to sleep, the key word here is tried. Unfortunately sleep would not catch him this time and Naruto was forced to think about what he had just learnt.

'What was the last reason? Why was it that I was chosen and who on earth is Kushina?'

Meanwhile at the hokage's tower the current hokage was again read his 'new favourite students novel of marvel' while a Kagebunshin was doing all the work.

"Hey owner, why is it I have to do all the work while you just use that ball of yours?" The hokage smiled and replied to 'himself'

"Its because you are a clone, and I am the original. You are programmed to do anything I say even if you don't want to" The clone groaned and glared hatefully at the original and then at the paperwork and got back to work.

After the eventful chat with the clone Sarutobi thought back to the chuunin exam, and how the supervisors for all three-rookie genin agreed to enter the exams. It was definitely not expected, but considering the large change that has occurred thanks to Naruto finding the scroll for Black-Leg he understood completely.

"Things are going to be interesting this exam"

Naruto walked towards the usual meeting place for team seven. Glancing he noticed the large increase of foreign Nin and tourists.

'So it really is the chuunin exam' He had never really thought an exam would be involved in becoming a chuunin, although if there were a genin exam then it would make sense. Nearing the grounds he saw Sasuke already there

"Hey Sasuke, you seen Sakura-chan?" The black haired Uchiha shrugged his shoulders and stared at the water near the bridge. Naruto sighed and leaned on the other side of the bridge. This was the sight Sakura saw as she approached

'They look so calm' she thought to herself, looking at her own attitude she noticed she had as well,

'I guess I have come along way' gone was the shy, insecure girl that was teased. In her stead was a kunoichi, the pride of Konohagakure no Sato. Placing those comfortable thoughts aside she glanced at Naruto and noticed something strange

"Naruto, what are you wearing?" for as long as she could remember Naruto always wore orange, only this time is looked like standard issue shinobi clothes.

"Eh, This? Iruka brought it for me years ago. I wanted it in orange but the shop keeper looked at me weird and said they don't supply in that colour" To Sakura that made sense, but why Naruto? Before she could ask Sasuke beat her to it.

"Why now? You have always worn the eyesore orange" Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly.

"I kinda forgot about it, and since we could be entering the chuunin exam I thought we'd better be serious" Serious? Naruto? Sakura suddenly had a strange urge to buy a matching uniform, after all if Naruto of all people was going to take this seriously then she would.

"Sasuke-kun, Kakashi-sensei is due in two hours. Want to grab the same uniform?" Sasuke seemed to think about it, she could see he didn't really want to but he saw the logic in it. After all it was called standard issue for a reason, it had everything a ninja could ask for. Once Sakura saw Sasuke had nodded (although hesitantly) she grabbed his arm and ran as fast as she could to the nearest ninja-clothing store. (This, unfortunately, due to her large newfound strength caused Sasuke to be flung into the air and crashed around like a rag doll)

When Kakashi neared the genin the fist thing he noticed was the change in uniform,

'What on earth?' shrugging the thought aside he ruffled the three papers in his hands and 'poofed' on the bridge railing, after two loud yelled of 'your late' and his usual excuse he got strait the business.

"I have nominated you for the chuunin exams" at those words he was expecting Naruto to hug him and commit his undying gratitude, Sakura to smile hesitantly and Sasuke to smirk happily. What happened though was not that.

At those words the three grew seriously and Sakura spoke,

"I knew it" Naruto and Sasuke nodded in agreement, Kakashi wondered what was going on.

"What?" Naruto being the loud mouth that he is was the one who explained

"We have already met some opponents, from village hidden in the sand"

"Oh" was all Kakashi could say, he knew the Shukaku's host was in the exam and that he was part of village hidden in sand. No wonder they were serious, well then its no time for games.

"Sign that form and be at the academy at 9am tomorrow, because now that you have met the competition lets get training"

The next day arrived swiftly, excitement and preparation often does this. As Naruto walked towards the academy, he walked as he usually does now days; with his hands in his pockets. For those who knew him this meant he was on guard, and ready for a fight. For those who didn't… he was extremely relaxed. The memories of his academy days, Iruka and his friends made him almost run to his old classroom. Luckily before he could embarrass himself and his team (which was nowhere to be found) he was called over by a voice he hadn't heard in a long time.

"Naruto-kun!" it was Hinata,

'She's in the exam as well? Cool' after she had learnt his secret he felt a form of kinship with her, after all she didn't hate him or was she afraid of him like the villages were.

"Hinata! Your in this exam to?" At her nod he grew excited, mainly because if she was in this exam then…

"Naruto, have you forgotten about us already? Me and Akamaru really have to beat the crap out of you next time we fight" then Kiba and Shino were in the exam as well.

"Kiba! Shino! Wow, you are all in this to? This is so cool!" Naruto was giddy in excitement, now if Shikamaru and Chouji were in this exam as well then the entire gang would be there.

"Ok, I'll meet you in the exam room then. I have to wait for my team-mates here" It was sad, but he had promised to meet his teammates at the front of the academy, and he never goes back on his word.

At that was where his teammates found him, seated at a bench and staring at the sky. As if hearing them arrive he turned towards them, and with a raised eyebrow noticed that they all had matching uniforms again.

"Hey Sakura-Chan! And bastard" Sakura sighed, as always his attitude ruined any good mood that could have been. Turning to Sasuke she noticed his ticked off face.

"Naruto, we have to go" Naruto sighed dejectedly and calmly followed his teammates as they walked towards the academy.

It was crowded Naruto observed as he followed his teammates, he was also subconsciously sussing out the potential enemies. Interestingly his friend and trainer Sanji was taking a lot of interest in this exam, especially in all the older women.

"MELORINE! All these beautiful ladies, I feel as though my heart is about to break! Ah, Naruto isn't that you're friend lee and the Bastard Marimo's student?"

Sure enough it was, and what he saw made his blood boil. Someone was picking on them!

"No, LEE! Why are you doing this?" Tenten cried as she watched Lee hit the ground with a thud! One of the two bullies spoke,

"We're doing you a favour. If you're to weak to beat us, then you have no chance at the exam. We have failed three times already" Ironically it was those words that would have likely saved their lives. Why you ask? Because Naruto was about to charge in all feet kicking, luckily what the two bullies said made him pause and think of something,

"Why aren't they fighting back?" for you see, Lee and Tenten never fought back. All they did was take the punishment. It was then that he felt Sakura touch his shoulder; out of the corner of his eyes he saw the room '301' change to '201'. Everything was clear now, turning to Sakura he saw her wink at him and point to Sasuke. The training they were given regarding genjutsu still fresh in his mind

FLASHBACK

Kakashi was squatting on a tree near his three students; in one hand was the familiar orange book, the other hand was in a pocket. Turning an eye from his book he looked at his students,

"Today we are going to learn about genjutsu" Sakura instantly spoke up

"But sensei, we already know all about Genjutsu, we learnt it at the academy" Kakashi nodded and then performed some quick seals with one hand. Instantly he disappeared in leaves. All three students just looked at where he was standing, looked at each other and it was Naruto who broke the silence.

"What just happened?" Sakura shook her head and Sasuke shrugged at the question.

"What ever, I'm out of here" as soon as he started walking away, a sound behind them made them turn swiftly. Naruto watched in horror as Kakashi flew backwards from the clearing, blood flowing from various wounds. Following the now dead body of his sensei several heavily armed villagers appeared yelling a determined cry of

"KILL THE KYUUBI" Naruto's eyes widened in shock, Sakura spoke

"What's happening? Naruto?" Naruto instantly jumped sideways dodging several thrown weapons. Looking at his teammates he saw Sakura and Sasuke dodging people left right and centre as they were attacked amidst yells of

"DIE KYUUBI LOVER!" Sakura had tears in her eyes; she began to scream at the villages

"Why? What is going on?" one villager grinned maliciously,

"The one you know as Naruto is in fact THE KYUUBI IN DISGUISE!" Sakura looked at Naruto,

"Is it true?" before Naruto could answer a lone kunai connected with Sakura's head. Naruto was shocked; the body of the one he loved fell to the floor forever silenced. To make matters worse the body of Sasuke followed soon after. He felt someone touch his shoulder. The entire surrounding became a haze,

'Is this death?' he thought to himself. When it all cleared he saw the comforting face of his sensei his one eye trained on his in concern. Looking on either side of him were his two teammates. So he said the only thing that made sense,

"Am I dead to?" Sakura gasped and even Sasuke had some concern, he barely heard Sasuke mutter

"What on earth did you see?" hearing a sigh, he turned to Kakashi. He saw regret in those eyes. After having his two teammates help him sit up, Naruto looked at Kakashi.

"What you all just saw was your own biggest fear" Naruto felt his heart; it was still racing at 100 miles an hour. Turning he observed his teammates, Sakura was slightly better of, but she still trembling. Sasuke though, was extremely bad. He was pale white and shacking, looking at himself he saw he was no better. Kakashi continued

"That was an A rank genjutsu, it manipulates the surrounding country side and played on your biggest fear. Each of you saw the worst thing you could possible see at that moment in time, these are the sort of genjutsu that exist in the world. Now do you think you are ready?"

END FLASHBACK

It was still the worst experience in Naruto's short life, following that Kakashi taught them of three ways to break a genjutsu.

1. Disrupt the chakra creating the technique by overloading or deflecting it with your own; this is called KAI.

2. Having someone disrupt the jutsu for you, either by using their chakra or hurting them.

3. Use techniques unique to doujutsu, i.e. sharingan and Byakugan.

In the case of both his own worst fear and the genjutsu for the academy floor someone had to disrupt the jutsu for him. Kakashi disrupted the jutsu and talked to him about what he had seen. This time though, it was Sakura.

Once the genjutsu had cleared for Naruto, Sasuke saw the go ahead sign from Sakura. Bypassing all the genin located at the front door he saw out of the corner of his eyes the green spandex and three-sword-using genin walk away, join a third teammate and also begin to walk to the third floor.

'Hmm, so it was an act' joining up with his teammates he exited the area.

Climbing the stairs he saw Kakashi sitting their, reading his book.

"Ma Ma, looks like you're all here. Good" Sasuke watched his two teammates grin at their teacher, he couldn't help but almost join in… it came out more of a smirk.

"Ok, good luck" and with that the teacher was gone, turning to Naruto and Sakura he nodded at them. Together they entered, as soon as he had entered the room.

As soon as they entered, every genin team in the room looked at them, turning he saw his to teammates. Normally you would think they would all be nervous, especially Sakura. However, the Killing intent in the room was nothing. When Sakura was on a bad day she produced more than double the amount as this.

Not long after entering his fan girl senses went haywire. Cringing he felt his back get violated and a face with blonde hair happily yell right next to his ear

"Hey Sasuke-kun, you miss me?" Sasuke grunted a reply, luckily without fail his pink haired teammate grabbed Ino and removed her from Sasuke.

Sighing in relief he drowned out the noises of Naruto reuniting with friends, instead observed his future opponents. There weren't many opponents worth mentioning, the shinobi from Sand he saw the other day were confident looking and the shinobi around them were extremely scared. There were a couple of mist teams that might be a problem, and

'What on earth is that headband? A music note? Never heard of it.'

Before he could contemplate further though, a silver haired genin interrupted his thoughts.

"Quieten down, sheesh" The Silver haired glasses wearing genin walked over to the Genin.

"Can't you see your attracting attention" Sure enough they were. Sasuke looked at the teams of genin that were staring at them, most with anger in their eyes. He glared back; several teams flinched and turned away.

'Hmm, I'm getting better' turning back to genin who alerted them to that fact, he listed further

"Who are you?" Ino said annoyed, after all he had just interrupted her attempts on getting Sasuke attention

"Kabuto, since you obviously don't know and because your rookies as one Konoha genin to another I'll help you out" Kabuto paused at this point, waiting for questions. Sakura was the one who complied

"Kabuto, this would be your second time?" Kabuto, laughed uneasily

"Nope, my seventh" Sasuke had to stop himself from laughing; looking around he saw Kiba and Naruto had the same problem. Although, I would mean that this weak genin would have a lot of experience.

"So, you would know all about these exams?" Sakura asked, trying to make the genin feel a bit better.

"Yep!" Kabuto complied happily. He pulled out some cards, and shuffled them around in his hands.

"These are nin-info cards. Cards that use chakra to store information in them" Pulling a card out he lowered it to the ground and added chakra.

"They will only open with my chakra" Looking at the card, it had which participants were in the exam and which country they came from. Kabuto smirked

"Information means victory for shinobi" Sasuke saw an instant use for this

"You have cards for individuals?" Kabuto looked at Sasuke enquiringly

"Someone worrying you?" grabbing his pack he sorted through his cards

"Gaara of the sand" Kabuto smiled,

"You know his name. That will make it easier" Grabbing a random card he added chakra. Everyone gathered around it

"Hmm, Gaara of the sand. Mission's completed are Eight C-Rank and one B-Rank. Since he is a new comer from a foreign country I don't have much info on him. But I do have this, every mission he had been on. Including the B-rank, He has come back without a scratch" Every Konoha genin that heard the last part were nervous, more so those who have met Gaara themselves.

"Leaf, Sand, Rain, Grass, Water fall and Sound Many outstanding Genin from the various hidden villages are here to take the exam, well I don't know much about sound 'cause it is a small village created last year. But the rest are fill of talented youngsters." Every genin felt that impact them, Sakura was the one who spoke though

"So basically, all the people here" Kabuto finished her sentence

"Yep, they are all the elite genin from each village" Nearly all the rookie genin started to get nervous. Naruto though was shaking the hardest; Sasuke thought it was nervousness until he saw Naruto's face. On it was the biggest grin he had ever seen. Naruto lifted his head and began to speak

"So much challenging competition, this is going to be fun!" All the rookie genin began to gain their confidence again. Kabuto though just sighed allowed. Although the sound genin interrupted that

Two knifes flew from one Nin in the air towards Kabuto, jumping backwards he managed to avoid being impaled. However he just ran into a shinobi behind him. Luckily before the mummified Nin could punch him, a kick threw the sound genin backwards. Naruto landed right where the sound genin was, looked at all three sound genin and spoke

"Remember, Leaf looks out there their own" before the sound genin could attack again a loud voice penetrated the room

"QUIET DOWN YOU WORTHLESS IDIOTS" the front of the room, near the black board become covered in smoke. A scared Jounin with about 20 chuunin appeared in the room.

"Thanks or waiting, I am the first examiner. Morino Ibiki" Pointing at Naruto and the Sound Genin he continued to speak

"And unless you want to fail I wouldn't fight" The sound genin listed of several excuses. Ibiki just ignored them, instead talking about something else

"Since this is a good opportunity I'll tell you. There will be no fighting without permission of the examiner. Even if permission is granted, killing your opponent will not be tolerated" Several of the genin seemed to get a bit… annoyed when the examiner said that

"Those pigs that disobey me will be failed immediately. DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?!" Several genin jumped in their seats. Everyone one of them agreed, this proctor is not to be taken lightly.

"We will now begin the exam. Take a number then sit at the seats assigned to you. We will then hand out the exams" With those words Naruto was completely freaked out.

'NOOOO! A written exam. Sanji I am doomed. I can't do these types of things. What and I going to do!!!!!!! Oh, %Y^#$ (ninja swear words)" The voices in his heads had no answer.

After grabbing the numbers and sitting down, Naruto looked at the written test is dismay. That was until the voice next to him disrupted his depression

"Lets do our best Naruto" turning towards the best he saw Hinata.

"Hinata?" Smiling he again looked at the upside down test. The proctor began to speak again

"Do NOT turn your tests over. Listen carefully to the rules" Without looked at the board he began to write the answers. All the while looked at the collected genin, it was kind of creepy actually.

"The initial points are 10. Every time you do an incorrect answer you lose a point. It is also team based. Your total score is added out of 30. You all compete to see who has the highest points." Sakura nodded to herself

'So as long as me and Sasuke answer enough correct questions we can score enough to keep Naruto' she was confident that she and Sasuke would be able to score enough. But the next part almost ruined all hope

"But, if one of you fails all 10 questions then the entire team fails" Sakura looked at the Examiner like he was the devil himself.

'Don't fail us Naruto' both Sakura and Sasuke thought, both glaring at the (for the moment) weakest link. Naruto shivered

'What killing intent'. Ibiki continued

"Thirdly, if you get caught checking you lose 2 points. As a result of you get caught 5 times you and your teammates fail. BEGIN!"

Instantly everyone in the room turned over the tests. Naruto calmed himself down and began to look at the questions. Quickly he came to one single conclusion

'I can't answer this' he was still calm. The severity of it hadn't quite hit him yet. So he looked at the questions yet again. He looked at the clock, 45 minutes left. Then it hit him.

'AHH! I can answer this, I can answer this, I can answer this, I can answer this, I can answer this. Sanji what do it do?? The only way I could answer these is by cheating. And I cant do that or my teammates will fail AHH!!' he looked at the questions in horror. A kunai flew past him, the person behind him was finally caught 5 times. So was the person next to Hinata. Gulping, he again cried out. Luckily Sanji came to the rescue

"Then cheat you shitty brat" Naruto was about to tell why he couldn't when Sanji continued

"Just don't get caught, went you the one who managed to steal the ANBU's Porn collection and burn it without getting caught? What about the time that you stole the forbidden scroll?" Naruto paused, Sanji made it seem so easy. Glancing around the room he attempted to come up with a plan…

'Hmm, I could create Kagebunshin and then… no that wouldn't work. Perhaps I could… no not that either. What about? No. I can't think of anything!' He was literally trying to pull his hair out at that point. The problem with all his plans was that he knew no subtle jutsu, everything he had in his arsenal were flashy and the chakra build-up would alert the proctors. Luckily Hinata provided an outlook

"Naruto, y y you can c c copy of me" Naruto looked at Hinata, she shifted the sheet. He was about to comply when he noticed that one of the proctors was looked right at them. He shook his head

"Sorry Hinata, it wouldn't work. They would see right threw it" then he thought of something

"Hey Hinata, what made you think I was thinking of ways to cheat" Hinata suddenly grew nervous. Pointing her fingers together she whispered

"I I It's the point of the test. N N N o one could possible answer t t these answers" Naruto sagely nodded, although inwardly he was fuming

'It's the point of the test?? Man, why didn't I pay attention to these things in class??' his head fell to the desk in pain. That's when Hinata placed a hand on his arm in concern. She then whispered

"I I I its ok, I t think this m m may help" then the arm left. In its place was a small item; it looked like a contact lens. Making sure to grab it subtly, he looked at it in confusion. He then saw something, an image. And idea popped into his head; placing it on one of his eyes he saw an amazing sight.

Hinata smiled to herself as she saw Naruto place the contact lens into his eye, and then quickly write the answers. Using the Byakugan and a subtle genjutsu she saw Sakura and Sasuke look at Naruto in surprise. Eventually both of them smiled and got back to their own tests.

What she had done was, using her own spy equipment she placed a dart with a camera attached on the roof as soon as she figured out the purpose of the test. This was mainly because she couldn't activate the Byakugan silently yet. Placing a clear contact in on of her eyes she used chakra strings to move the camera until it was above a completed test (which was ironically one of the hidden chuunin), a signal was then transmitted to the contact lens and she was able to see the completed answers. It was as easy as taking pictures of Sasuke in compromising positions.

As such she decided to see what everyone else was doing, first she looked at her own teammates. Shino was working with bugs, as she knew he would and Kiba was talking to his dog. Not that you would know it, all you could hear was the dog wining and Kiba furiously writing answers. Ino was seemingly sleeping, and Sakura was studying her own answers??? Her cousin was using his Byakugan and a genjutsu to hide its use, just like she was. Naruto touching her arm and whispering to her pulled her out of her examinations.

Luckily Naruto's cheating was completed without the collected chunnins knowledge. Once Naruto completed the questions, he sighed in relief. Handing the contact lens back (this was seen by a chuunin, unfortunately he wasn't cheating at that point. So what could they do?) He thanked Hinata profoundly and then waited for the questions to finish.

He didn't have to wait long, after several more team failed and a few of them having a fuss the scarred proctor called the end.

"Ok! Time for the 10th question" every remaining genin looked at the proctor, he smirked

"But first, lets have the rules. The rules of desperaiton" Naruto studied the proctor

'Rules of desperation?' looking at the Genins confusion he elaborated

" You must decide to take it or not" The wind using sand nin yelled out

"Chose?! What happens if we chose not to?"

"You, and your teammates fail" Ibiki deadpanned. Some unnameable genin yelled out

"Well of cause we'll take it then. Idiot" Ibiki laughed,

"Now the other rule, if you take the question and get it wrong. You fail and can never take the exam again" there were several cried of outrage. Kiba though was the one Naruto heard

"Lose the right to take the exam? But there are people here that took the exam last year!" Ibiki laughed again, Naruto reflected that it was laugh he didn't like.

"You're an unlucky bunch, because this year I'm in charge. But I am going you a way out, you can chose not to take the question and try again next year" the choice was hard, Naruto couldn't cheat in this question so he had to answer it properly. That was when something popped up in his head, actually it was someone he hadn't heard in a while

"You know brat, the question should be easier" Naruto reflected on that, it made no sense, so Sanji elaborated

"If you are suppose to cheat on the original questions, and not on this one then they have to make the questions easier." That made sense, with renewed confidence Naruto looked at his teammates to see what they would do.

Sakura looked at Naruto, we was calm

'Why?' Naruto smiled at her, and made some hand Signes. To all who weren't Kakashi's students it wouldn't make sense, but to them it had a meaning. It meant

'Underneath the underneath, so there is a hidden component?' Since Naruto was obviously confident she decided to trust him. She knew Sasuke would be the same; Naruto just had that effect on people.

Knowing that his teammates weren't going to quite on them he looked around, Hinata was getting nervous. So he tried to cheer her up

"Hey Hinata, thanks for helping me earlier." Hinata blushed and poked her fingers together,

"Y your welcome" Naruto smiled and continued

"This question is bound to be easier, 'cause we don't have to cheat" Hinata kept looking at her paper, and then looked at Naruto. A smile was on her face, once again Naruto had worked his magic and Hinata was no longer nervous.

'Man I'm good'.

All around him, people started to chicken out. Several people just couldn't take the pressure placed on them. Luckily none who mattered to Naruto were showing any Signes of giving up. When the weak people had finally left, Ibiki looked at the remaining Genin, 16 Teams in all, which was 48 genin.

'Well, I can't drag this out any longer.' Ibiki thought to himself, grinning and seemingly changing personalities he spoke to the remaining genin.

"Congratulations, you pass!" Several Genins looked shock at this revelation, one even called out (which was Sakura)

"Passed? What about the 10th question?" Ibiki smiled,

"There was no question, or that was the question" Several genin looked at the proctor confused, especially the whiskered idiot. Another blonde called

"Then what were the first nine questions for? They were pointless?" Ibiki's eyes filled will amusement

"They were not pointless, they served their intended task, It was to test your information gathering ability" Naruto sighed in relief, he was right

"Hey, I'm the one who came up with the idea" the scarred special jounin continued

"As the rules explained, success is based on the whole team doing well. This puts pressure on each member to not mess things up for their teammates. But the questions were to hard got Genin to answer, because of that most people came to the conclusion 'to pass I have to cheat' As targets we had two chuunin who knew all the answers mix into the crowd" When one of the chuunin put their hand in the air, Hinata gasped. Then motioned to Naruto that this chuunin is whom they cheated of off.

"This is because information is more important than life, and on mission and the battlefield, people risk their lives to get their hands on it" during that sentence Ibiki removed a bandana on his head, it was horrendously scarred

"EWWWW!" Naruto heard several girls complain, even he was a bit freaked out about it. Ibiki then placed the bandana back onto his head.

"There is no guarantee the information will be accurate either. But I will tell you this, Important information in your hands can be a powerful weapon for you comrades and your village" The blonde haired sand nin spoke yet again

"I still don't understand the question" Ibiki sighed, then answered her enquiry

"Question 10 was the true purpose of the test. Let me explain, the 10th question the 'take it' or 'leave it' decision. Obviously these were painful choices. Those who choose the latter fail along with your teammates, while those who choose to take it could lose the chance to ever take the test again. A true leap of faith" Several of the genin were still looking confused, once again in his life Ibiki cursed the ignorance of Genin,

"Think about these two choices. Say you become a chuunin, your missions to steal a secret document, the amount of ninjas, abilities etcetera, are unknown. There could also be traps all around you. Now do you accept or not accept? Because you don't want to die, because you don't want you're comrades hurt. Can you avoid the dangerous mission? The answer is NO! No matter what the Danger there are missions you cannot avoid. The ability to be courageous and survive and hardship THESE ARE NEEDED TO BECOME CHUUNIN!" Everyone was uplifted with those words. Before Ibiki could continue though the window smashed and two kunai were lodged to the roof, unveiling a banner revealing a woman, who caused Naruto a headache

"AHH! MELORINE! MELORINE! Who is this beautiful woman, A flower amongst thorns" Sanji became nothing but a rabid dog. The newcomer quickly introduced herself

"I AM THE EXAMINER FOR THE SECOND TEST, MITARASHI ANKO! FOLLOW ME!!!!!" Every genin in the room looked at her strangely, Sakura and Ibiki hit themselves on the head, although for different reasons and Naruto was grabbing his head in pain

"AAAHH! ANKO-TWAN! MELORINE! MELORINE! AH! I am trapped with the brute, SAVE ME MELORINE!"

'SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!'

'Not her, anyone but her'

'This examiner is Naruto-ish'

Ibiki looked at the second proctor and said two words

"Bad timing"

END

A/N: In case you are wondering why I didn't include Sasuke show of and tell the world about the hidden genjutsu. Originally (from my understanding) it was done for Sakura's stead. She didn't believe she was ready after all. This time she knows she is ready, while Sasuke may have wanted show off, he doesn't have an excuse to. For reference I have also gone and looked at chapters 1–13 ands made them easier to read, and put them up-to-date with canon. (For example 9 strawhats now, and the 8th bijuu)

NEXT TIME: The second exam! Beat that snake man!

Please Review and honesty is appreciated. Thanks, The great David