Naruto drummed his fingers on the desk in front of him. The test was unreasonably hard, causing Naruto to over stress till he noticed a small insect walking in different patterns at the corner of the his desk. Naruto smirked to himself as he copied the answers that Shino sent to him. Ibiki was now waiting for the last teams to finish before he would give them the tenth question.
"Now here is the true kicker," Ibiki said with a smirk. "You have to answer this last question correctly or you and your team fail here and now. Not only do you fail, but you also will never be able to take the Chunnin exams again!"
"WHAT!" Yelled half the class, mostly the younger Genin. Ibiki couldn't help but grin at the shocked looks.
"That's not true," Yelled a girl from Grass. "I know some Genin that have taken the Exams more than once."
"And if I was in charge during those exams they would not only be banned from the exams but," Ibiki said as he slowly exposed his teeth with a widening grin. "They would have forfeit their careers as Ninja as well. Now you have to make this decision right now, do you want to take the final question and risk, not only yours, but your teams Ninja careers?"
"You must not have heard of me," Naruto said as a couple of groups left the room. Everyone's eyes landed on him. Naruto slowly stood and slammed his hand on his desk. "I am Naruto Uzamaki, Tiger of Konoha! You are all welcome for being in my presence for I will be Hokage! This stupid test is just a small stepping stone to reach my dream! So do your best for I won't fail, I can't fail!"
"Heh," Ibiki said as a few students who were shaken now looked confident. "Seems I have no other choice then...You guys pass."
"WHAT ABOUT THE..."Ino shrieked from the back.
"It was all a test," Ibiki said. "We were watching to see how well you were at gathering information. After that, we wanted to see your cracking level."
"Cracking level?" Questioned a foreign Genin.
"Yes," Ibiki said as he undid his bandana. His entire bald head was covered with scars and burn marks. Everyone in the class took in a gasp of air. "You may find yourself in a difficult situation, where information is the only thing that will keep you alive. You must not give in to whatever happens."
There was a loud crash as the window to the left shattered and in flew what looked like a body bag that flopped down in front of Ibiki. After a quick flash of light and smoke bomb the room stared down in shock. Ibiki groaned out the wrapped person struggled to become free then there was a second figure that landed next to it. Anko put her hands on her hips and stared at the figure that was wrapped up.
"Damn," Anko yelled out as she tugged the wrappings over the other one reveling long dark hair and dark brown eyes. Haku looked up at Anko with a slight smirk. "I could have sworn that it would have worked."
"Clearly we over thought this one," Haku said softly. "I think we need to double check the wrappings next time. They seemed to have wrapped themselves the wrong way."
"Too right you are my young apprentice!" Anko said as she turned towards the class.
"WAIT!" Naruto yelled out. "You are kidding about the apprentice part right? Nee-san you will corrupt her! She's too innocent!"
"She came to me, Baka!" Anko shouted back as she raised her fist. This caused everyone who knew Haku to drop their jaw.
"Why would Haku do that?" Naruto shouted without thinking. Anko's head lowered and two Kunai appeared in her hands.
"Run!" Shino said as he looked over at the blond. "We shall tell you where the next test is."
Not giving a second thought, Naruto bolted out of the room as a series of Kunai ripped into his seat just seconds after.
"GET BACK HERE LITTLE BROTHER!" Anko yelled in a sing song voice as she gave chase. Haku who looked at all the kids in the seats looked back at Ibiki.
"72," Haku said as she raised an eyebrow. "She said you would have fewer than that."
"What can I say," Ibiki said as Haku turned back to the class. "Good group this year."
"Follow me to training ground Forty-Four," Haku said as she created an Ice Mirror and disappeared.
Naruto panted as he crawled his way back to his team. Senbon littered his back and he had healing cuts across his chest. Hinata looked down at him with a raised eyebrow, then proceeded to pick him up. Naruto nodded his thanks to her then looked around. They were standing in front of a huge gate and surrounding wall. Beyond that was a forest of trees that towered over them. Anko stood at the front of everyone as Haku passed out sheets of paper.
"Please sign the release forms then give them back," Anko said with a smirk.
"Great," Naruto mumbled. Haku approached them and handed them three papers.
"Good luck out there guys," Haku said with a smile. "Shino-kun, be careful."
"Hn," Shino nodded took the paper from Haku who huffed and walked away.
"Wow," Naruto said as he signed the paper. "When did we trade Shino for Duck-butt?"
"Naruto-kun," Hinata said as she looked at him with narrowed eyes. Naruto nodded and walked away.
"Shino..."
"I know," Shino said as he adjusted his glasses. "I will handle it at a later date. For now we need to focus on this exam."
"Wouldn't hurt to let her know that her attempts are for not," Hinata said as she crossed her arms.
"You signed your paper yet," Shino said as he held out his hand. "I will turn them in."
"I will grab Naruto's," Hinata said with a small smirk. Naruto who was pulling Senbons out of his back with a series of curses looked up at Hinata who sighed.
"Nee-san is getting better," Naruto grimaced as Hinata picked out a handful of Senbon.
"You need to learn to keep your mouth shut," Hinata said with a small smirk as Naruto nodded his head. "Let me get your slip so Shino can hand it in."
"You talked him down off his high horse," Naruto said as he signed his paper and handed it to Hinata who nodded slightly.
"He just doesn't understand why someone like her would like him," Hinata said looking over at Shino who was watching Haku hand out the forms. "He still a bit apprehensive about his bugs."
Shino approached Haku who turned to him with a glare. Shino huffed knowing he will never fully understand the complexity of what is our female counterpart. Nevertheless, Shino was willing to give bodily harm to get to know this one. Haku held out her hand without saying a word causing Shino to tilt his head. The temperature around them dropped a few degrees. Shino knew she was upset about him blowing her off in such a fashion.
"Lets try this again," Shino said just above a whisper. Haku looked at him wide eyed. Shino smirked a bit taking a step closer. Haku's face had a dusted blush, but she regained her composer. "I believe you wished me to be careful if I'm not mistaken."
"Y-yes," Haku stuttered out. Shino took another step closing the gap and took her hand in his. He reached up and pulled up his sunglasses covering his eyes to look her in the eyes. She gasped, not out of fright, but knowing the trust he just put into her. She stared into his eyes which were completely black. His irises of the eyes were dark red with a black pupal. He looked down at her then quickly covered his eyes. Haku smirked at him, knowing that simple act would change their relationship.
"I want to escort you to a dinner when I finish this exam," Shino said just above a whisper as he slipped the forms into her hand. "Would you be so kind to accept?"
"I would be honored," Haku said her dusted blush now a full blush. "But you have to make sure you don't do anything stupid."
"I do have Naruto on my team," Shino said as he turned and started to walk away. "I can't make any promises."
Naruto looked around the forest with a smirk. This would be a snap, all they had to do was find another squad with the Earth scroll and they can just 'Bamf' to the tower. Naruto was currently at following Hinata who was scouting ahead with her bloodline active. Shino was behind Naruto, sporting a forever pastured smirk. Something crossed into Hinata's view for she held up her hand to motion for everyone to stop. She quietly pointed to their left causing Naruto and Shino to jump into action.
Two teams where in a standoff battle as Naruto and Shino watched from their perch from above them. The Rain team turned out to be over powering the young Mist team. After the Rain team knocked out the last Mist Genin they started to seach their packs.
"Great another Earth scroll," One of the Genin said who had long brown hair tied back in a pony-tail. He took the scroll and flipped it in his hand.
"That's the third one we found," Said the only girl on the team. She was dark skinned with dark red hair that was cut short and spiked to the side. "Where the hell are the Heaven scrolls?"
"Maybe that's part of the test," Answered the last one who was bald and and had dark rimmed glasses. He adjusted them then muttered something under his breath.
Naruto looked over at Shino who nodded and they both lept from their spots as a hail of Kunai struck the tree limb. Naruto teleported himself in front of the bald man causing said man's eyes to widen and he jumped back in fear. Naruto smirked as he whisped away causing the bald man to raise his eyebrow. Then there was an explosion behind him and he was in a world of hurt as he was launched forward. Naruto appeared in front of him delivering a bone shattering fist into the man's sternum. Naruto had to hand it to Iruka. These gloves made his hits weighted, causing even more damage than a regular fist. The bald nin fell to his back knocked out with his eyes rolled back. Naruto scratched the back of his head hoping he didn't over do it. Naruto heard a shriek and turned to see the Red head nin fall to the ground after being a slashed across the arm by Shino's blade. Shino then turned and blocked the attack from the remaining Nin. Naruto smirked as Shino jumped back and landed next to Naruto.
"Hand over the Earth scroll," Naruto asked he noticed Hinata move into position behind the Nin.
"Like hell!" The nin said as he reached for a Kunai.
"I wouldn't waste anymore time," Shino said as he produced a vial of blue liquid. "Your teammate was injected with a poison that will slowly start to deteriorate the brain. She has another minute before anything serious becomes damage. I suggest you make your decision."
The nin looked over at his comrade who looked back with wide eyes as she tried in vain to heal her bleed arm. She was choking back tears as blood trickled between her fingers. The nin then looked at his other comrade that was knocked out on the floor in the distance. His clothes where burnt, but he would survive. Then he felt something cold touch his neck.
"I'd take his offer," Said a soft voice from behind him. The Nin didn't move, but stole a glance at the beauty besides him. He smirked to himself and held up the scroll for her to take. She took it quickly and jumped back to her team. "That's a good boy."
"Here," Shino said as he tossed the vial towards the the Nin who had to run to catch it in the air. He looked back, but they were already gone.
"So they not only completed the exam, but they shattered the previous record," Haku said as she watched Naruto and his team appear in front of the tower. She couldn't help, but grin as she noticed that Shino was alright. Anko nodded and looked at the list of names and checked them off.
"It's kind of cheating isn't it," Anko said as Naruto was celebrating. "Him and his stupid eyes. All he has to do is see the place and he's there. Must be nice. Iruka wouldn't be able to hide at all!"
"Anko-sensei!" Haku scolded but only received a grin from Anko.
"Hey don't forget you came to me to see how to get your guy to notice you," Anko said with a smirk. "And did it not score you a date?"
"Yes it did," Haku said with a blush.
"See," Anko said as she threw an arm around her shoulders. "Now the next step is to get him and mark him as yours."
Naruto sat on top of the tower looking out into the forest. It was the first night and something just felt off. He was reading his book and laughed pervertly as he flipped a page. His hands flashed and his attention turned to the moon when he heard someone land next to him. He looked over to see Hinata standing next to the large spire pool that jutted out the middle of the dome. Naruto smirked and patted the spot next to him. Hinata walked over and sat down pulling her jacket closer around her keeping out the cold breeze.
"Why are you up here?" Hinata asked as she stared off into the nights sky.
"The view," Naruto said as he leaned back. "But it just got better."
"Sure Naruto," Hinata said not convinced. "I will steal that book one day."
"Why can't you just embrace it?" Naruto asked with a smirk. "It could be beneficial for both of us."
"Naru-kun," Hinata said with a smirk knowing he hated that name. He groaned as he leaned on his elbows and faced her. They stared at each other waiting, almost daring the other to speak first. Hinata smirked as she scooted towards him and he wrapped an arm around her pulling her close. "Tell me."
"I just came out here to clear my head," Naruto said as he looked out into the forest. He leaned his head onto her's and inhaled her scent. "I just get this feeling that something big is about to happen."
"You worry too much," Hinata said as she placed a hand on his chest. He winced and looked down at her.
"Cold hands!" Naruto said as he retracted by moving away from her. Naruto looked down and saw that Hinata had her hand on his book. Naruto quickly grabbed his book and held onto her hand. "And trying to get my book!"
"I will change you," She whispered as she leaned forward slowly.
"You have to become my girlfriend first," Naruto whispered back as he leaned forward.
"I think that can be accommodated," Hinata said as she leaned forward. Inches away Naruto smirked with triumphant as he moved to close the distance.
"You ready to see fireworks," He teased one last time. The explosion that followed was not from the would be kiss but from a now smoking crater in the distance of the forest. Naruto broke away his eyes turned to his silver mercury, looking towards the explosion.
"That wasn't a Genin technique," Naruto said as he stared at the damage. "You head back and warn one of the Jonin. I'm going to check this out."
"Naruto!" Hinata screamed as he was about to 'Bamf' away. "You owe me a full night once this exam is over. Dinner, move I don't care as long as it isn't ramen! I also want you to be romantic and wear something other than your battle attire. If you wear any..."
She was silenced by a searing kiss that took her by surprise. Her eyes closed and she felt him pull her in closer. Her hands instinctively ran through his hair and a slight grin played on her lips as they danced across each other. She moaned a bit as he sighed against her lips and pulled away. He smiled down at her glazed over eyes.
"Now you see the benefits of such a book?" Naruto whispered with a perverted giggle as he 'Bamfed' away. Hinata shook her head out of the dazed state. She smirked and turned to walk away.
"Maybe I wont take the book away right away," Hinata whispered to herself as she ran in to search for a Jonin.
Naruto arrived atop the trees around the crater and looked down. Sasuke surrendering his scroll to what a female grass nin that seemed too calm for her own good. Sakura was nursing a wound on her shoulder while Kiba was holding an injured Akamaru. Kiba looked worse for wear as his head was bleeding and his left eye was swollen shut. The only one who didn't looked injured was Sasuke. Naruto watched as The grass nin chucked the scroll aside. Naruto huffed as he tried to remember the rules. There was no rule against going back out of the tower once completed. And it didn't hurt his team. Naruto watched as the grass nin sprinted towards Sasuke with above average speed.
"Ku..ku...ku..Come here Sasuke-kun I have something.."" The grass nin said as she ran towards Sasuke. Naruto's fist connected with the grass nin's face causing her to be launched into a tree. The Grass nin splattered into mud on the tree only to walk out behind it holding her jaw. Half of her face looked like the skin was hanging off. "That was a hell of a punch...ku...ku."
"Thanks," Naruto said nonchalantly. "Now I have to ask to please leave my comrades be."
"Naruto!" Yelled Sakura and Kiba at the same time. Naruto didn't dare take his eyes off the person in front of him, but gave a slight head nod.
"I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I can't accommodate your request," The grass nin said as she pealed off her face. The Snake Sanin stood in front of Naruto which caused him to gulp. "I have to give a gift to Sasuke-kun. Now, please, step aside."
"I will not allow you to harm my friends," Naruto said as he glanced back at the others. His confidence was a bit shaken, but he just had to hold him off long enough for help to arrive. Turning back towards Orochimaru he gave a foxy grin before assuming his unorthodox stance. "I am the future Hokage, known as The Tiger of Konoha!"
"I haven't heard of the Tiger of Konoha," Whispered Orochimaru as Naruto started to curse in the front of him non-stop.
"It's a work in progress," Naruto yelled pointing at Orochimaru. Orochimaru pulled out a Kunai signaling that he was done with Naruto trying to stall him. "Fine, I see you saw through my stalling. I still owe you an ass kicking for what you did to my Nee-san. Let's go!"
Hello Everyone!
I am so sorry for the long update wait. I was extremely sick and was actually hospitalized for half a week. SO with that now completely out of the way, I hope you guys can forgive me. I will hopefully be updating it quicker now that I've had a lot of bed rest...BUt i got a shit ton of school and a work to catch up on, so i could hopefully stay true to my word. I would like to thank everyone who reviewed the last chapter. Those where awesome to read while i had nothing to do. Next chapter will be a huge fight scene with the snake perv and a new suprise, but for now enjoy. Please Read, Review and Enjoy
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Take-It-Easy