"I need to keep a mental note. Never teach Lee anything new at night. I'm suprised that I even managed to wake up this morning." chrono muttered.
"You're not the only one." a voice said.
Chron instinctivly magicked a ball of fire and was about to send it flying at the source of the sound when he saw that is was just Emerald talking to him.
"Did I scare you?" Emerald teased.
"Don't do that. The last thing I want to do is to send pillars of fire at you." Chrono mumbled as he stood up and put out the fireball.
"Naruto and Hinata are going into the next part of their test today." Emerald said as she opened the door for Chrono.
"I know. Lee told told me last night. I still can't believe he managed to summon enough magical energy to attack me last night. My best robes that Eliwood gave me for his cordinations is burnt to a crisp." Chrono muttered.
"Really? You must have really liked those clothing. Tell you what, while Naruto and the others are on their test, we'll go out and get you some new clothing." Emerald said as the pair left the room.
In the kitchen, Chrono saw Naruto's bag spread out on the table as Zabuza, Haku, Jaffar, Nino, and Kyushina looked at it's content.
"At the very least, he should have a first aid kit on him along with some bandages." Haku said with a hint of finality.
"Ok. With that settled, everything else is second pirority. Food can be found anywhere in that death trap along with water." Zabuza stated.
"At the very least, bring some extra kunais and tags. You'll never know when the extras could save your life." Nino chipped in.
"Always wear your weapons on you. In survival based areas, the quicker you have your hand on your weapon, the quicker you can ward off any danger. If you absoloutly need to rest, find a fellow team that you can trust and take shelter with them. If you don't meet into any friendly, set up traps and detections before you sleep." Jaffar muttered.
"I'm coming with you Naruto as your 'pet' fox" Kyushina muttered as she morphed from her human side to her kitsune side. With that, Kyushina jumped right on to Naruto's head.
"At least I know I have someone to rely on." Naruto said smiling as Kyushina yipped.
"Are you ready Naruto?" Chrono asked as he walked up to the boy.
"Yup. Kyushina and I are ready." Naruto exclaimed.
"Here's my advice. Get through your test quickly and never let your guard down. I let mine down back at Wave and look what happened to me." Chrono muttered as Naruto stared at Chrono's wingless side.
"Let's get you and Hinata over to the location of your second test." Chrono muttered as he started walking to the door with Naruto following him with his backpack.
As Naruto led Chrono to the next part of the Chunnin exam, the trio met up with Hinata.
"Oy! Hinata!" Naruto called out.
Said girl went red before looking over at Naruto and Chrono.
"Good morning Naruto-kun, Chrono-san." Hinata said.
"Are you set for the second part of your test?" Chrono asked.
Hinata nodded as she smiled slightly while Naturo smiled. Eventually, the trio reached the site of their next testing as Chrono looked around. Most of the fighters were aroung Naruto's age or a bit older. In front of the crowd, stood a fishnet covered lady in a trench coat.
"Welcome to training ground 10. Or as it's more commonly known as the Forest of Death." the protractor said.
"Who's the lady?" Chrono asked.
"She's Anko." Hinata replied as she searched for her team.
"Hmph. Forest of Death. There's nothing scary about it." Naruto stated.
Anko heard this and threw a kunai right past Naruto, cutting his cheek a little bit. Chrono was a little startled at the sudden action as Anko started to lick Naruto's blood off his cheek, despite Kyushina's yipping of disapproval.
"I like guys like you. Their blood is always tasty." Anko breathed as she continued to lick the blood off of Naruto's face.
Chrono sighed as he turnned to leave. It was then that he saw a Grass nin holding a kunai over Anko's shoulders with his tounge.
'Wow. Freaky.' Chrono thought as he wateched Anko take the kunai from said nin.
"Naruto, Hinata. Let me give you something." Chrono said as he picked up two stones and charged them with his energy.
"What is it?" Naruto asked.
"It's a simple stone with my energy charged into it. Should you run into an enemy with experience passing yours, don't hesitate to use that stone. Speak normally and I'll hear you. With that, I'll see you guys later." Chrono said as he left the area.
Sakura and Sasuke along with Kiba and Shino ran over to the pair.
"What did Chrono give you?" Sasuke asked.
"Something that could help us later." Naruto retorted with a smile.
"A stone with his chakra infused in it." Hinata said.
"What good would that do?" Kiba asked.
"It could give up a energy boost if we need." Sakura said as she looked at the pulsating stone in Naruto's hand.
"He said that we can use it to talk to him if we need to." Naruto said.
"Oye. Grab your death waiver and sign it." Anko yelled out as she started handing papers out.
As the genins went to get their death waiver, Chrono was walking past the Hokage tower when Zabuza, Haku, Jaffar, Emerald, and Nino walked down the stairs.
"Chrono!" Nino exclaimed as she ran down the last few steps to meet up with Chrono.
"What are you guys doing at the Hokage's Tower?" Chrono asked.
"The Hokage wants us to become the judge for the preliminary fights before the third round." Jaffar muttered.
"Hmm. That would give all of us a reason to see Naturo's growth along with Hinata's abilities." Emerald said.
"It will give me an excuse to get out of the hospital." haku replied with a smile.
"Well, what do you think?" Emerald asked.
"I guess we can take the time to do that." Chrono replied.
"Good because Emerald volunteered all of us to judge the matches." Zabuza said.
"In any case, let's grab some new clothing for you." Emerald said as she grabbed Chrono's hand and dragged him into the nearest clothing store as the rest of the group left the pair for the apartment complex.
Thirty minutes later, Emerald came out of the store.
"Come on now Chrono. It's not that bad." Emerald said.
"It is too. It feels like I'm naked." Chrono muttered as he left the store with a black shirt, grey robe turned jacket and red pants.
"At least you get to keep the robe." Emerald said.
"I'm suprised they can tailor the clothing to let in one wing." Chrono retorted.
"Oh well. I think it looks good. Either ways, how about we head back." Emerald said as she linked arms with Chrono.
The pair walked back to the apartment when Naturo's voice erupted in Chrono's ears.
"Chrono, I need help." Naruto exclaimed.
"Emerald, head up first. Naturo, where are you?" Chrono said through the energy of his Sky Eyes.
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"Inside a snake. It got the jump on me." Naruto exclaimed.
"On us. You are supposed to keep me safe Naruto." Kyushina said with mock tears.
"Make it throw you up. Where's Sasuke and Sakura?" Chrono asked.
"I don't know. Kage bunshin no jutsu!" Naruto yelled as 200 clones poofed into existance, exploding the giant snake.
"Hurry. They could be in danger." Chrono stated as Naruto and Kyushina jumpped into the trees and rushed off toward the way he was blasted.
Soon enough, the pair found Sasuke shaken slightly as he backed up slightly from a huge snake and a ninja on it.
"Oye! Sasuke!" Naruto exclaimed.
The ninja, Sasuke, and beside the tree Sakura looked up to see Naruto and Kyushina there.
"Baka! Run!" Sakura exclaimed.
"Why? A hero always rescues everyone in the end." Naruto boldy exclaimed.
Kyushina sighed as she jumped and landed beside Sakura.
Back over at the apartment's roof, Chrono sighed at that line.
"Naturo, focus on the battle. First eliminate the biggest threat." Chrono muttered.
"Got it." Naruto exclaimed as he saw that the ninja on top of the snake was the biggest threat.
"Sasuke, move if you are not going to help!" Kyushina yelled as she jumped infront of the said ninja and the pair started to attack the ninja.
The ninja smirked as he dodged each attack from the pair and also managed to dodge out of the attacks.
"Is that the best you can do?" The ninja taunted.
Naruto grunted as he remembered a lesson from Jaffar.
*flashback*
Naturo and Hinata was watching a fight between Chrono and Jaffar, trying to memorize the movements the pair did to attack the other. What the pair didn't expect was Jaffar to suddenly vanishing and reappearing behind Chrono with several slash marks on said dragon boy.
"I didn't see that one coming." Chrono muttered as he deformed his sword.
"Chrono-kun, what was that?" Hinata asked.
"The cuts or Jaffar's last attack?" Chrono asked.
"His last attack. It was so cool." Naruto exclaimed.
"Everyone has it. It just comes out when you are not expecting it." Jaffar muttered.
"But training has made it so that if we need to, we can call on the conditions that makes us perform that attack. What those conditions are is a mystery for each person." Chrono muttered.
*flashback end*
"I'm not done yet. I'll beat you!" Naruto exclaimed as his charka flared.
"Naruto!" Sakura and Kyushina exclaimed.
"I'll not let you give you the chance to use that jutsu!" the ninja exclaimed as he rushed in and thrusted with a kunai.
Naruto's form hazed and dissappeared as the kunai missed him. On both sides of the ninja's arm, two clones of Naruto appeared and siezed the arm.
"Let go!" the ninja snarled as he went to punch a clone.
The clone poofed to form 2 new clones that siezed the other arm.
"Here I go! U-zu-ma-ki Kage Bunshin Suramu! (Uzumaki Shadow Clone Slam)" Naruto yelled as he jumped into the air and made a hand symbol.
Twenty more clones poofed into existance grabbing the next clone's legs until it made a chain to the unknown ninja.
"Now!" Naruto yelled as the clones lifted the ninja off of the tree.
With one quick rotation, the clones of Naruto lifted and slammed the ninja right into a tree, leaving an indent on the said tree.
The clones dispersed as the real Naruto landed on a branch nearby.
"How's that?!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Kukuku. Not bad at all. If Sasuke wasn't my first choice, you would be my first choice. But that large chakra pool is annoying." the ninja stated as he thrusted out from the crater and slammed a hand into Naruto's stoumach, knocking the air out of him
Naruto's grip on the stone sliped as it flew out of his hand, cutting the connection from Naruto to Chrono.
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"Naruto? Naruto!" Chrono exclaimed as he summoned wind to lift him to the roof of the apartment.
"Great. The stone must have slipped from him. I got no choice now." Chrono muttered as he sent energy into Hinata's energy stone.
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Hinata, Kiba, and Shino stared at Akamaru who was shivering.
"He's been like this ever since we saw those sand ninjas." Kiba said softly.
"Akamaru..." Hinata murmured before Chrono's voice came to her head.
"Hinata. Can you here me?" Chrono asked.
"Chrono-kun?" Hinata asked.
"Hinata? Are you ok?" Kiba asked.
"Hai. Chrono-kun is talking to me through this stone." Hinata said as she pulled out the stone.
"Ok. Get your other two party member to touch the stone." Chrono said.
Hinata relayed the order and soon enough, Shino and Kiba where talking to each other via stone energy.
"Chrono? How are you talking to us from far away?" Kiba asked confused.
"Trade secret. I'll tell you another time. I just lost contact with Naruto and team 7. Can you go to their aid?" Chrono asked.
"Why? What happened?" Shino asked.
"I don't know. But from the sound of what Naruto was telling me, they might have ran into a really stong enemy. In any case, meet up with them and if needed, provide them support for defense if needed." Chrono said.
"Why should we help them?!" Kiba barked.
"Because if you don't, I will roast you right where you stand." Chrono threatened.
"We'll aid them." Shino said calmly as he stood up.
"Ok. Make sure you provide them defense before I check in tommorrow." Chrono replied as he cut the energy off.
"Well, might as well get started." Kiba muttered.
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Back at the apartment rooftop, Chrono sighed.
"I'm very thankful they took the bluff. I can't send any bolts of lighting to their location." Chrono muttered as he jumped off the roof and floated to the ground via wind magic.
The dragon boy entered the apartment to find Haku and Emerald sitting at the table talking causally.
"I told Hinata and her team to check on Naruto." Chrono muttered.
"That's a relief." Emerald sighed.
"Either ways, do you think the leaf teams will make it?" Haku asked as she stood up.
"It's either that or death in those woods. All I can hope is that they make it through the round." Chrono muttered as he stared out the window, looking toward the general direction of the deadly exam grounds.