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"I've nominated you three for the Chunin Exams."

Naruto's eyes widened in surprise and happiness. Sasuke grinned. Sakura looked down nervously.

Itachi had explained to them what the Chunin Exams were earlier, and Team 7 were all surprised he'd nominated the three. Although delighted, Sasuke raised this question to his brother.

"We graduated from the academy only about a month or two ago... are you sure we're strong enough to be taking this Chunin Exams?"

"I have confidence in you," Itachi nodded. Besides... the other two teams that were made Genin this year were also nominated. It would be kind of funny if I didn't nominate this team.

"Yay!" Naruto cheered. "Itachi-sensei, I love you!" He jumped into the arms of the taller man. The former ANBU chuckled, and set the Genin down.

"Eh, it doesn't mean you're in," Itachi told his students. "I simply nominated you." The Uchiha man handed out three separate forms. "If you want in on this, you have to report back to the academy where you all were in before. Classroom 301. Tomorrow."

"301, huh? Got it!" Naruto grinned.

Sakura had a look of uncertainty on her face.

"Please let us through!"

Sasuke raised an eyebrow as he walked towards Classroom 301, Naruto and Sakura tagging along behind him. A Genin with a green jumpsuit was getting pushed around by what seemed to be two fellow Genin.

A crowd of other Genin had gathered to watch the two ninja attack the green-clad boy.

"We're just thinning the numbers of weaklings for this exam," one of them declared. "This exam is not easy. Even we failed it three times. There's no way a bunch of weak kids like you can take this."

"Hey!" Naruto exclaimed. "You will let us through!" He insisted.

"And also, you will remove the genjutsu surrounding this area," Sasuke smirked.

"That's right," Sakura shook her head. "Because this is the second floor, and not the third."

"So... you noticed."

The sign '301' became '201' as the crowd of Genin gasped at the revelation. They had all been tricked!

"But that's probably the only thing you can do... noticing!"

One of the two Genin bullies, one with a bandage on his nose, leaped towards Sasuke. Naruto frowned, dubbing him Nose Guy.

Nose Guy was soon thrown back by Sasuke's kick.

"If you can't fight, don't try to start one," Sasuke taunted. Nose Guy growled intimidatingly, getting back up on his feet.

"Stop!" The green-clad kid from earlier jumped into the middle, stopping Nose Guy and Sasuke before they could do anything more. There was a harsh exchange, but soon Nose Guy and his friend retreated.

As soon as they were out of sight, Izumo and Kotetsu undid their Transformations.

"So those were Itachi and Guy's teams..." Kotetsu chuckled, one hand still clutched to his chest, the area he had been kicked.

"The Chunin Exams this year are going to be very interesting, huh, Kotetsu?" Izumo mused.

"Are you sure you want to fight me?"

Sasuke stared at Lee, who had gotten into a taijutsu stance he'd not seen before.

"Positive!"

Naruto and Sakura regarded the stranger, whom Naruto had dubbed 'Bushy Brows', with uncertainty.

"He's going to get slaughtered," the pinkette whispered. Her teammate nodded furiously in agreement. He had seen Sasuke in action all the time. There was no way some green-wearing bushy-browed kid could beat him up.

"Sharingan."

Sasuke activated his Kekkei Genkai, and smirked confidently at Lee, before charging.

His eyes widened as in a second, Lee was right behind him. Turning swiftly, Sasuke launched a kick, but Lee wasn't there.

What?

"Leaf Hurricane!"

The Sharingan wielder's body slammed onto the ground, and he let out a cry of pain. Sakura shook her head in disbelief, while Naruto ran up to his teammate, who now had several bruises.

Naruto helped Sasuke up, while looking towards Lee.

Wow... Bushy Brows is fast!

"Is that all you've got?"

Lee sounded like he was taunting, but his face remained passive. Growling, Sasuke shook Naruto off.

Before he could use a jutsu, however, Lee was below him. Sasuke felt himself being forcefully pushed into the air by a kick to his chin. Lee appeared behind him, and the two sailed in mid-air.

"What is this?" Sasuke demanded.

"Dancing Leaf Shadow..." Lee started unwrapping the bandages on his arms.

Sasuke gasped as he felt the bandages wrapping tightly around him.

"Primary Lo-!"

"That's enough, Lee!"

A purple-skinned tortoise appeared in front of the four Genin.

"Ah... Ningame-sensei!"

"What do you think you were doing?!"

Sasuke had been unwrapped, and the Uchiha landed softly on his feet. He still felt pain from the kicks of Lee's Leaf Hurricane, but shook it off easily. Naruto and Sakura ran up beside him.

"Is that... Bushy Brows' sensei?"

"You idiot, how can a tortoise be a sensei?" Sakura shook her head.

"But... he just called the tortoise Ningame-sensei!" Naruto argued.

There was a puff of smoke, and a ninja similar-looking to Lee appeared. Naruto gasped. He had bushier brows than Lee!

After a dramatic exchange as Sasuke twitched at how he had lost to a 'weirdo', the newcomer had introduced himself as Might Guy, Lee's Jonin sensei, although Naruto was content with calling him Bushier Brows Sensei.

"So you three are Itachi's students!" Guy grinned. "How has he been doing?"

Sakura cringed. This guy was way too enthusiastic.

"He's been, uh... fine," Sasuke struggled for an answer.

"That's great! He has been shining with the Flames of Youth!"

Team 7 decided to get away quickly from the weird bushy brows. Sakura stared up at a nearby clock and informed the team it was time to report for the test. Naruto grinned.

"Alright! Let's go!"

Hopefully this is the last 'extremely short' chapter I can whip up. I think out of the 12 chapters in Team Itachi so far, this one has the less words (1,035, ouch). I'm not exactly the type of writer who likes to squeeze everything into one chapter, so, yeah. In the next chapter, the first test commences. Will my version of Naruto finally be able to think smarter to know the true purpose of the first test? :P See you all next time.