Hey guys, so here's the seventh chapter. And thanks for the reviews. Well, some people have complained about being confused about names of Naruto's childhood friends, mainly with Tsume. I want to explain that Hana took her mother's name to introduce herself, so yeah, just so you know.

I just watched Naruto Shippuuden's fourth movie, it's so cool! Especially the part where Naruto & Minato combine their Rasengan to form a legendary super Rasengan, Naruto getting covered with chakra which spins around him just like the Rasengan and how the attack looks like Inuzuka's Fang Over Fang, only coated with chakra instead. Although it requires for similar chakra between the two users to resonate and Naruto has a distinct type of chakra in my fic but still, I'm thinking about including that as a collaboration attack, which includes Naruto & Kushina(She would know how to do Rasengan. If she taught Minato about Sealing Techniques, then maybe he also taught her the Rasengan. It would be a blast, mother & son kicking the enemy's ass together!) or Naruto & Jiraiya(Just imagine the possibilites! In future, when Naruto is in sage mode and Jiraiya too, they could combine their Odama Rasengans forming a Super Oodama Rasengan!). I still don't know how to make Naruto's chakra match with Kushina( maybe Naruto and her both using Nine Tails chakra) or Jiraiya ( don't have the slightest of idea). So if there are any suggestions, please do tell.

Also, I think this movie marks a new pairing in fanfiction universe: NarutoXSara(The Puppet Queen, hehe), but I think she's really cute and would match up with Naruto pretty nicely. But enough of my rambling, here goes-

Chapter-7- A Dream To Be Accomplished

"T-This... m-my ... mother?", he stuttered while pointing a shaky finger at the transformed Kurenai.

He now completely understood what Ayumi was trying to describe about her, his mother was a definition of angel- a top quality one at that. He just didn't know how to describe her. Beautiful, amazing, breath-taking, hot, sexy, gorgeous- all these words were just not enough to describe her unearthly beauty.

'Holy mother of Rikudou Sennin! Damn! Never thought my mother would be so... well...so HOT!', thought Naruto before muttering about 'his father being a lucky bastard'. Even though he knew she was his mother, he couldn't help but think about her as a women.

Standing in front of him was a henged Uzumaki Kushina in skimpy civilian clothes- courtesy of Kurenai. She had long flowing red hair, heart shaped face, light violet eyes, all in all her face was just perfect. All the body curves were in right proportions, with D-cup breasts, milk creamy flawless skin, slim toned waist & legs and had a hour glass figure. A small portion of her forehead was covered by her red silky hair held by a clip, making her even more cute & beautiful. If Ayumi wasn't a bijuu, he surely would have thought of her as his mom's sister.

"Hehe, I kind of expected that kind of reaction", said Kurenai/Kushina as she had her hand on her hips. Naruto slowly lifted his hand to her face while moisture gathered in his eyes.

"K-Kaa-san...", he said shakily while streams of tears flowed down his cheeks as his hand cupped her cheek. Kurenai/Kushina blushed at the contact before leaning into his touch while she put her hand on his hand to deepen the touch. Meanwhile Naruto activated his Rinnegan, he wanted her mother's face to be forever burned into his mind. The Rinnegan could copy images or any form of writing, an ability he discovered during the training while reading the scrolls. Kurenai gasped silently when she saw his eyes, they were beautiful. His purple eyes seemed to have a glow to them, also the effects of his white chakra seemed to increase.

"It's okay Nauto-kun. I know you miss her, but life is all about moving on. She wouldn't want you to cry for her everyday, rather she would want you to accomplish your dreams & be happy. Did you know what was her dream when she was of your age?", she said as she cancelled the henge while Naruto wiped his tears with his forearm before shaking his head.

"When asked, she would always say she wanted to become the first female hokage, similar to your dream", she said while Naruto's eyes widened at the prospect of learning that their dreams were so similar.

"Accomplish your dreams Naruto-kun, fulfill her dream. I know you can do it", she said as she put her hand on his shoulder while he started to chuckle softly after coming over his shock.

"You're very precious to me, so I'm not gonna lie to you Kurenai-chan. Although a large part of me understands the behaviour of the villagers towards me, but still a small part of me hates these villagers with passion and wants nothing more than to kill them. That part of me you can say that it is the negative Naruto, the one which was born through emotions like pain, hate, fear, loneliness & revenge, the part which I've surpressed within the deep recesses of my mind", he said while Kurenai was shocked that inside this bright Naruto, there existed a dark one wich wanted to get back at these foolish villagers for how they treated him since he was a baby. A large part of her totally agreed with getting rid of these ignorant villagers who couldn't tell the difference between a kunai & a sealed kunai.

"But...", he inhaled deeply, "But, I think there's still hope for the younger generation. Right now, their views are influenced by their parents, but I'll make them see the truth. Unless a miracle happens, I know that it will be very difficult to change the views of the elder generation, if not completely impossible. The Shodaime, Nidaime & the Yodaime would be ashamed of these people's ignorance. When jiji gazes upon his village from the monument, I see nothing but sadness, pity & shame in his eyes.

Sadness that he couldn't change the villager's views of me, pity at their ignorance and shame at what the people of this village have come to. Sometime ago, I thought about leaving this village thinking that becoming Hokage of these pathetic villagers be damned. But I've learned that a king doesnot chooses its people, but rather the people elect their king. The only thing the king can do is change their views towards him", he paused to regain his breath while Kurenai was stunned at the level of maturity that he was showing . To go that deep, he truly had the traits of an upbeat visionary.

"Hehe, it would have been the absurd height of cowardness to leave my village. Running from my problems, giving up on my dream, that's not the trait of an Uzumaki and I never back down from any challenge", he lifted his head to gaze into her eyes. Her breath got caught in her throat when she saw the fire in his eyes.

"From now on, no more Mr Nice guy. If they glare at Uzumaki Naruto, he will NOT smile back but return it thousand times stronger, if they attack him, he would not hold back to defend himself, consequences be damned!", he pointed his thumb at his chest.

"I WILL become the best Hokage of Konoha, and if anybody has a problem with that, well they can go eat their shit! I'm tired of trying to gain recognition from these stupid villagers. From now on, I'll treasure the precious people that I have. I'll fulfil my dream, for my precious people & most importantly my mother", he said a determined smirk while Kurenai smiled at him lovingly.

"I guess the Rinnegan did wonders to you, didn't it?", she spoke while he raised his eyebrows.

"Surprisingly, your guess is right. After the awakening of Rinnegan, I have a somewhat changed outlook of life. That's why I refuse to hide under a stupid mask or dress like a clown, I'll bust these villagers straightforward", he said with an evil foxy grin while Kurenai smirked.

'The villagers better watch themselves from now on', she thought.

'But, I'd better go Kurenai-chan. The overload of information may cause a headache to boss, he already has a lot on his mind lately", he said while she nodded before walking up to him and kissed him on the cheek.

"Take care Naruto-kun & be safe. In preliminaries, kick some ass for me", said a grinning Kurenai while a blushing Naruto grinned sheepishly. He rubbed his back head before giving her a thumbs up.

"Sure Benihime-chan", he said before dispelling himself while Kurenai smiled at where he was a moment ago.

"And I promise to you Naruto-kun, that I would always love you, remain by your side & help achieve your dream", she whispered to herself before gazing at the sky.

"You'll be proud of your son Kushina-nee-chan", she said while a few tears escaped her ruby eyes. She really missed her idol who she had always thought of as an elder sister.

'I'd better report to Hokage-sama. There's no use in tracking them anymore. They're already about to reach the tower', she thought before shunshining out the area.

Iwagakure- Tsuchikage's Office

Iwa's current Tsuchikage- Onoki of the Twin Scales, a shinobi renowned for his experience, flying & dust techniques was currently battling an enemy, probably a common enemy of all the kage's except the Akatsuki- paperwork.

"Damn! My back is killing me, if it weren't for my old age... ACK!", grunted Onoki in pain. If anyone outside the village would've seen him, his/her thoughts probably would've been on the line-

'This ol' shrimp mothafucka' is the Earth Shadow duns? Bet this baldy punk couldn't even bend to see his own scrawny rotten limpin' dick lol'.

Onoki was interrupted by a knock to his door.

"Enter", he said without looking up from his paperwork.

"Tsuchikage-sama!", a Chunin walked in with a scroll.

"What is it this time?", the Tsuchikage said in his old gruff voice, looking bored. Generally, these frantic interruptions were all about his granddaughter- Kurotsuchi, wreaking havoc in the village, mainly to test her skills or pass her time as most of the time she remained bored anyways.

"This is serious Tsuchikage-sama! We have received an urgent top-secret message from the Kazekage", said an anxious Chunin while Onoki raised his eyebrows.

"What does he want?", he pondered while taking the scroll, " You can go now", he said, the Chunin bowed before leaving his office. He put the official Tsuchikage's stamp on the scroll, the stamp mark glowed for a second, before the scroll opened with a 'click' sound. He then started reading the scroll, his eyes getting wider by the second before an unsettling small smirk formed on his old face.

'Well well, payback's a bitch, isn't it Konoha?', he thought with excitement.

Meanwhile: The Forest of Death: The Tower

Team 7 along with Kin had reached the tower a while ago, they had just entered the hall before Sakura fell to her knees, all sweaty & was panting heavily.

"Naruto... you're one... ruthless slavedriver", she said while panting. Meanwhile, Kin was still asleep while Sasuke hadn't woken up yet. Meanwhile Naruto was lost in his own thoughts, ever since the shadow clone had dispelled itself, the information that he gained had shocked him to his very core. He had almost dropped Kin due to the shock, but composed himself although barely. But his shadow clone couldn't hold his shock, and in the process dropped Sasuke. And he had to hold back himself from rolling in laughter, Sasuke was just waking up when he was dropped, resulting in his head hitting a branch and he again lost consciousness. Sakura didn't notice anything because she was in front of the shadow clone, already tired up and panting.

'Even nature didn't want to hear about his rambling about the Uchiha's pride', thought an amused Naruto. But that aside, he was really giddy that he had found his childhood friend after all this time- although in reality she was the genjutsu mistress, and most of all, he saw his mother's appearance today. Just thinking about her made him blush.

'What's wrong with me? She's my mother, and besides, it's not like she's going to come back from the dead', thought Naruto sadly while choking up his unshed tears, he would never be able to meet his mother again. However, he was dead set in fulfilling his mother's dream and telling those villagers that who was the boss now.

He was brought out his thoughts when he sensed his cheeks being pinched. He focused his vision to see Sakura staring intently at him while pinching his cheeks, hard!

"OW! WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING? IT HURTS...", he yelled as his whiskers marks were sensitive but was interrupted when she put her hand over his mouth while glaring at him.

"Shhsh! She's asleep, do you want to wake her up?", she whispered angrily, but had a faint blush on her cheeks due to the contact.

'Damn! Who would've thought he would become so handsome'.

"Mmph!", tried to say Naruto in muffled voice but couldn't remove her hand as his arms were busy holding Kin.

"What? I can't understand you", said Sakura while she leaned in close to hear him. 'Crazy girl!', he thought before creating a shadow clone.

"Get your hands off Boss Sakura-baka!", yelled the clone dramatically while she removed her hand, a sheepish expression on her face before the shadow clone's words registered in her mind.

"What! How dare you call me Sakura-baka clone-baka!", she yelled while pointing an accusing finger at him.

"Oh sorry, what was your name again? Yeah, it was Haruno Forehead", said the clone while he transformed into Ino.

"Why you Ino-pig...", she growled while advancing towards him.

"Yeah! Bring it on forehead. I'll-", the clone was dispelled before it could complete the sentence, courtesy of Naruto whose eyes were twitching dangerously.

"Sakura! Come over here", said Naruto authoratively which left no room for argument. Sakura gulped nervously before nodding. She had seen him what he could do if angry and wasn't going to risk it.

"Y-Yeah?", asked Sakura meekly under the glare that Naruto was weighing upon her.

"Open both these scrolls and don't do anything silly now. Kin is already injured and we have to treat her injuries as fast as possible", he said while handing her the scrolls. She took the scrolls before opening both of them at the same time. Smoke started arising out of the scrolls while Sakura blinked in confusion.

"These are summoning scrolls, drop them!", he yelled while Sakura threw them away from her. The smoke cleared for them to see Umino Iruka standing there with proud smile on his face.

"Congratulations you three! You have passes the second part of Chunin exams", said the academy teacher while Sakura whooped with joy. Naruto was just happy to see his brother-like sensei again.

"It's nice to see you again Iruka-sensei", he said with a smile while Iruka turned his head to him.

"N-Naruto? What the hell happened to you!", said a gobsmacked Iruka while Naruto sighed.

"It's an S-rank secret sensei, you just have to ask jiji about it", said Naruto while wondering how many times he would have to repeat that line today. Iruka could only nod dumbly, anything concerning Naruto just had to become an S-ranked secret.

'I hope Kyuubi has nothing to do with this. Who knows it might be influencing Naruto', thought Iruka, concerned for his favourite student before his eyes landed on a girl in Naruto's arms and an unconscious Sasuke on the back of another Naruto he presumed was a shadow clone.

"What happened to Sasuke? And who is she in your arms?", asked a confused Iruka, but on the inside was proud that his brother like figure was becoming a man. Sakura glanced at Naruto, not sure about what to say about Sasuke's condition.

"He got exhausted in a fight we had with another team for the scroll, but is otherwise alright & only unconscious", he then glanced at a sleeping Kin with a small smile on his face, which didn't go unnoticed by Iruka.

"We found her injured on our way here. She was alone, so we took her with us for treatment", lied Naruto calmly while Iruka nodded. Sakura was amazed that Naruto could deceive an experienced Chunin, masking his emotions like that was just amazing.

"But that aside, do you know the meaning of these scrolls?", asked Iruka in his lecture voice while Naruto paled at that tone. He really wasn't in the mood to listen to any lecture right now. Sakura would have listened intently to Iruka, she being the book smarts & all, but was tired as hell & wanted nothing more than to hit the bed.

Iruka however didn't paid them any attention, rather took the scrolls and put them on the the uncompleted message on the back wall. He then started explaining the meaning of it, all the while facing the wall.

"So in nutshell, you should concentrate on enhancing your mental & physical skills. Any questions?", asked a smiling Iruka, proud at how well he had explained the riddle. He turned his head to see nobody but a scroll on the floor.

Confused as to where they went, he opened the scroll and started reading it.

Sensei,

I already know the meaning of those scrolls, but thanks anyway for wasting your ten minutes explaining it. BUHAHAHAHAH! Spirits are always with you! (Guess where I took that line from)

Future Hokage of Konoha

Iruka-sensei,

Thanks for explaining whatever you did. We'll always remember it, although we didn't hear it. HAHAHAHAHA!

Shannaro!

Naruto: Sasuke is unconscious, but I know him pretty well. So according to me:

Servant,

Hn! You should be honoured to be my sensei. I've got my Sharingan to master & a traitor to kill, so I don't have any time to listen to your fucked up lectures. However, as your reward for your good-for-nothing efforts, I allow you to watch me fight like the elite I am.

The Great Uchiha-sama (Leader of the Emo-clan)

Silence, pin-drop silence followed after Iruka had read the scroll.

"Those...bloody...ingrates...", he hissed angrily with gritted teeth, his face red & his eyes screaming murder for team 7.

"NARUTOOOO!".

Meanwhile, team 7 along with Kin had found an empty restroom which were for the passing teams. The room was nothing special, but contained three single beds and the regular necessities which you find in a cheap hotel room. But in Naruto's opinion, it was much better than his apartment.

"Alright, you can rest here Sakura while I call for medical treatment", said Naruto while the doppelganger/shadow clone put Sasuke on the bed & dispelled itself. Naruto on not receiving any answer turned his head to see a loudly snoring Sakura on the bed, her arm hanging limply on the side of bed and drool escaping her mouth. He sweatdropped before chuckling lightly to himself.

'I guess I really worked her to the ground eh. I don't know what caused you to change so much Sakura, maybe Orochimaru's interference, but I'm glad you did. Hopefully, just maybe, we still can be friends', thought Naruto as he reviewed her behaviour in the forest of death after his training. So far, she had done nothing suspicious, but still...

He then turned his gaze to Kin, who was starting to wake up and slowly opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Naruto's oceanic blue eyes and his warm smile sending vibrations through her body.

"Morning sleepyhead", he said while she shyly smiled back making Naruto just want to kiss her & never let her go. She then noticed her surroundings.

"Did we reach the tower?", she asked while he nodded.

"How are you feeling Kin-chan?", asked a concerned Naruto while she again blushed at '-chan' part to her name. Nobody had ever addressed her with so much kindness & concern in her village.

"I'm fine Naruto-kun, thanks to you", she said with a small smile while Naruto looked away with a small blush.

'Man I gotta control myself, but she's so cute, so irresistible...', he thought while mentally slapping himself.

"A-Alright, I think it's mainly due to my chakra. Now I'm gonna slowly stop the flow of my chakra on your rib region, then tell me what you feel. I have a theory to confirm", he said as he slowly lowered the amount of chakra he was constantly giving to her. He watched as her face scrunched up until he completely stopped the flow.

"So, any difference from before?", he asked expectantly.

"I'm suddenly feeling tired, my body is still sore from the injuries, but surprisingly there's very little pain in my ribs which was damaged the most, but... how is that possible?", she asked in confusion while Naruto's eyes widened.

'Great! Looks like apart from acting as a painkiller, it enhances & accelerates the body's immune system & healing factor. Guess there are some abilities of my doujutsu & chakra which I have to find on my own', he thought, excited that he could somewhat treat injuries with his chakra, although much slower than a medic could, but still it was damn useful!

'It's the exact opposite of youki nature, which is harmful to our chakra coils, but still as much strong & potent'.

"I can't tell you much, but just that my chakra accelerates healing factor of one's body. You can refer it as a sort of a bloodline", he said while her eyes widened in surprise.

"That's so cool!", she exclaimed excitedly while Naruto grinned at her. He noticed that some of her personality traits matched his, mainly when she was excited about something.

"Alright, I think you should rest up a bit as we have two days until the second exam ends. Meanwhile, I'll look for a medic to completely heal your injuries", he said as he laid her on the third bed( Not that way you perverts!) while she nodded, albeit a bit sadly on losing his warmth. Naruto, on seeing her gloomy face bent down & kissed her on the forehead.

"Don't worry Kin-chan! I'll be back as fast as you can blink", he said while grinning as she blushed a scarlet red.

"Hai", she said happily before Naruto left the room. Several minutes later, he found a medic nin before sending her to their restroom for treatment of injuries of Kin, Sakura & Sasuke while he decided to roam for a while.

'Oh man, I forgot my cape with Kin-chan. I think I look kinda cool with it', he thought while walking before he bumped into someone round a corner of the corridor.

"Ouch! Hey, watch where you're going idiot".

"Like you were watching... hey, you're that girl from the sand team. Um, what was your name,...Temari right?", he said while helping her to stand. She looked up and immediately blushed furiously upon seeing him.

'Holy mother of pure wind! I mean...wow!', she thought while covering her cheeks with her hand to hide her blush leading to Naruto having a sweatdrop.

"Hey, are you alright?", he had just offered to help her stand, and she was blushing like he was demanding her virginity. Did he do something wrong?

'It seems I have a knack for meeting weird people today', he thought dejectedly.

"Y-Yeah, thanks. But, who are you?", she asked in confusion while Naruto blinked in surprise.

"We just met some days ago. I'm Uzumaki Naruto, remember?", he asked expectantly while she pondered if she had heard that name before, she did ...but where? After sometime of racking her brain, her eyes widened in surprise.

"You mean to say that you're that idiot, annoying, loudmouth ninja wearing that kill me orange jumpsuit?", she asked before quickly clamping her mouth shut with her hands while his eyebrows twitched.

'Was my acting that natural? Well, I did dig my own grave'.

"I-I'm sorry. I didn't mean to..."

"Don't worry, it's cool. Sometimes I do tend to act like an idiot", said a grinning Naruto.

"But what the heck happened to you?", she asked.

"That's a secret Temari-chan", he said teasingly while she blushed.

"But where's that clown paint & blood thirsty brother of yours", he asked jokingly while she giggled.

"Hehe, Kankurou is sleeping right now & Gaara... well you know, just trying to sleep", she said nervously, not wanting to reveal her brother's secret while Naruto nodded. He had sensed the evil aura of youki that Gaara seemed to be radiating constantly, thus he knew that Gaara too was a jinchuriki like himself.

"Oh well, I'd better be going. It was nice to meet you Temari & goodluck for the preliminaries", he said while walking past her.

"See you soon Naruto and... Hey wait! What do you mean by preliminaries?", she asked frantically.

"You'll see!", he yelled over his shoulder as he rounded the other corner and disappeared out of her sight leaving a perplexed Temari.

Timeskip: Two Days

After his meeting with Temari, two days passed quickly for Naruto. Kin was perfectly alright after the medic had treated her & Sasuke too awoke after sometime. The first thing after waking up he did was attack Kin and surprisingly for Naruto, she was easily able to hold her own until he arrived and stopped Sasuke. And not so surprisingly, the emo-king started demanding that Naruto teach him those jutsus that he used in the forest of death. The result being Naruto kept ignoring him, something that enrages Sasuke even more than his brother's presence. So as expected, Sasuke challenged Naruto to a rematch right there & then while Sakura tried to play the peacemaker. Naruto just kept ignoring him, not wanting to waste his chakra. Eventually, Sasuke gave up and started doing what he does best i.e. brooding.

Aside from that, Naruto again went to his mindscape & met Ayumi. They spent quality time with each other, Ayumi telling Naruto about his mother and all her experiences, she was a 'who-knows-how-much-old' demon after all. Naruto too enjoyed her company very much. After twelve years of loneliness, he had finally found a friend and he would be damned if he let this opportunity go to waste. He too shared his experiences, jokes, his pain and she understood him very well as she had seen his memories. He had finally found a shoulder to cry on, someone to hug when he was lonely, someone to embrace when he was asleep. He also changed his mindscape from that of a sewer to that of a beautiful landscape with lush green grass, dense forests, mountains and anything in nature that you could relate to peaceful & beautiful. To ensure that she wasn't lonely when he wasn't there, he created several animal species in the forests, especially foxes. She always played with baby kitsune and several other animals, to see her this happy, his heart leaped with joy.

She had also informed him that they could contact with each other telepathically when he was not in his mindscape but the seal was still strong for them to do that. But there was a solution, if he could find the key for the seal and weaken it just a little bit, not only would they be able to talk with each other telepathically but Naruto could access more of her tails. This led him to take a mental note to ask jiji about it, but he had to tell him about Ayumi first. However, he wasn't going to forgive the old man so easily for keeping his friends away from him, oh he will pay for it, believe it!

He also learned that the time frame was displaced whenever he was in his mindscape, but not on the level of Tsukiyomi. So he had spent more time with her than he expected and you could say that they were close to each other now.

Naruto had also spent time with Kin, getting to know more about her, about how she was treated in her village. He was shocked at how similar their life was up until now and he too told her about his life, though not about him being a jinchuriki. She too was surprised at how he was treated but eventually they became good friends. Kin also told him about her only best friend in her village- Tayuya. Naruto learned that although Tayuya had a foul mouth, she was a caring person, fierce & brute on the outside but soft & fragile on the inside and thay they supported each other in their difficult times.

Naruto tried to find team 8, he was eager to meet Hinata after all. His mask thrown aside, he could finally act normally and atleast be friends with her first and get to know each other better. He was also surprised when he heard that team 10 & Kin's team had passed the test, well he certainly didn't expect a lazy and a crippled team to pass. He also noticed that Ino looked a bit down & sad, but he didn't pay any attention, maybe she was sad because her Sasuke-kun lost to him in the forest.

On the final day, with two hours left to complete the test, all the teams were led to a big arena having a huge stone-made ram seal in the middle while there was an elevated railing platform on either side of the arena. Upon reaching there, Naruto noticed that the teams which had passed were- team 9, team 10, Kin's team, Kabuto's team and the sand team.

Except the passing teams, no-one else was in the arena right now while he noticed the surprised stares he was getting from Kabuto's team & Kakurou. Apparently Gaara was only interested in giving blood whoever his mother was. Naruto was however, more watchful of Kabuto, he had a bad feeling about that guy ever since he met Kabuto. He then noticed that there was still no sign of team 8 and sighed sadly.

'I guess Hinata-chan's team couldn't pass the test. But still two hours are left, there might be some hope', thought Naruto optimistically. One hour went by and Naruto began to lose hope when suddenly, he heard some rustle outside of the arena.

"C'mon guys! I knew we'd pass, right Akamaru?", asked an ecstatic Kiba followed by a bark of approval from Akamaru while Naruto smirked as he definitely knew that voice.

'Looks like they passed the test eh?', he thought but was brought out of his musings when he heard an all too familiar soft & an angelic voice.

"W-Wait for us Kiba!", he heard the muffled yell of Hinata.

"I'm telling you Hinata, we are probably the first team...to pass...the ...exam", choked Kiba mid-sentence when he saw a total of six genin squads staring at him in amusement. Meanwhile, Naruto sighed, shaking his head in amusement, "What an idiot", he muttered while chuckling lightly to himself.

"Dobe, what are you laughing about?", demanded the Uchiha with his patented scowl while Sakura frowned at Sasuke's behaviour. She had been constantly observing his behaviour for the past three days and found that Sasuke was the reason for most of their fights. Sakura's admiration for Sasuke was constantly being degraded as she watched him for the first time with a 'sane' person's perspective. Progressively, she stopped taking Sasuke's side, unlike previously. She still cared for him and thought that maybe the curse seal was affecting him, but sometimes he just got on her nerves.

"What? Do I have to ask for your permission Uchiha-sama?", asked Naruto sarcastically with a roll of his eyes while Sasuke narrowed his eyes in anger. But before he could make his 'emo' remark, Sakura stepped between them.

"Please Sasuke-kun, all the teams are watching. This exam is about teamwork remember? If we're going to have conflicts in our team, then how can we become chunins?", she said using her smart brain as she knew he would stop at the prospect of advancing in ninja ranks and gain more power while Naruto was satisfied with Sakura's interruption, he didn't want to fight now as they would get disqualified.

"Hn! You better stay out of my way loser", grunted Sasuke as he went to the wall, leaned against it and started brooding, probably making devious strategies and plans on how to defeat his brother while Sakura sighed in relief.

"Thanks Sakura", whispered Naruto while she nodded with a smile. Meanwhile, all the teams were watching this show in amusement, they couldn't fathom that how a team like that could've passed the second exams but team 10 knew all too well. Shikamaru muttered 'troublesome' at Sasuke's behaviour while Chouji sighed at their antics.

'How could I ever have felt something for an idiot like him', thought Ino with a frown as she watched Sasuke.

"What a bunch of losers", said Kankurou wih a confident smirk while Temari was busy blushing when she saw Naruto again.

'Mother wants your blood Uchiha', thought Gaara with a psychotic grin leading to a nervous Kankurou and Temari stepping away from him.

Meanwhile, Zaku was busy glaring at the Uchiha, his eyes seeing only one thing- REVENGE! Kin had joined her 'so called team' while Dosu was constantly glaring at her. Neji had an arrogant smirk on his face, Tenten was busy sharpening her kunai while Lee was doing one hand vertical push-ups, all the while yelling about his youth crap.

Kabuto was also keeping a close eye on Naruto, he could feel that Naruto's power had somehow increased drastically during the second exam. On the other hand, Hinata & Shino had just reached the entrance where a dumbfounded Kiba was standing. However, Shino & Hinata weren't surprised at all to see the six passing teams, they had already predicted this as they did completed the exam just before the time limit.

They became scanning the teams & as expected Hinata became ecstatic when she spotted team 7, but was confused when she didn't see any orange.

'Where is Naruto-kun?', she thought when she didn't see him anywhere in the arena. However she did found someone she hadn't seen before, who was wearing a white cape with his back towards her, who she dismissed as a possible Yamanaka proctor because of his blonde hair, his blonde hair made her suspicious but she just ignored it. She also noticed that Sakura was talking to Sasuke about something before he went towards the wall. Worried about Naruto, she approached team 7, Sakura to be specific.

She timidly poked Sakura on her shoulder, "Umm Sakura-san?", asked Hinata while Sakura turned towards her.

"Oh, Hinata. Congratulations on passing the second exam", she said cheerfully while Naruto was busy in his own thoughts, so he didn't notice that Hinata was standing besides him, neither did Hinata as she was worried about Naruto.

"Th-Thanks, but d-do you know w-where Naruto-kun is?", asked Hinata, wondering where her favourite blonde is.

Yes, I know I know! I promised that preliminaries would start in this chapter and you can flame all you want. Really sorry, but I just got caught in other things which I thought to be necessary, mainly for character developement & all. But next time, they'll start, believe it! Aside from that, please review. If you didn't like this chapter, just tell me so and don't hesitate.

So see you next time, Ja Ne!