an:/ Alrighty Another slow update. That's okay, right? I'm starting to run out of time nowadays. My updates will be a bit slow. Thank you for all the reviews. Some replies:
The Keeper of Worlds- Aw yeah, a can of Kushina with a side of Naruto. Dessert will be Mikoto.
Battle neurosis- Checked the Wikia page. Rin is Nohara with no association with Inuzuka. I was a bit awkward with the scene at the end, I'm not really a romantic person (what?) lol haha but I'm trying to make it so that it doesn't seem rushed. Still, I figured that Sakura would instinctively look for comfort. The Naruto in this story doesn't seem like a one to run for comfort so Sakura made the advance first.
Now let's see how this advances.
Naruto continued to rock back and forth as he held Sakura. He felt her hold on his shirt loosen and her weight slack. Naruto looked down to see Sakura had fallen asleep. The sky was getting darker so Naruto picked her up and shunshined to the village. Naruto jumped from roof tops towards Sakura's home, mostly avoiding the busy streets by traveling in the shadows of the roof. He dropped Sakura off at her house, bidding her parents goodbye, before heading back home. It was a long day, hours of sparring with his mom, a jounin meeting gone sour, breaking bad news to genin, and comforting one that couldn't take the pressure. Naruto trudged back home, looking up towards the darkened sky.
Naruto sluggishly entered the Namikaze-Uzumaki compound, entering the main house where his family resided. He chucked off his shoes, walking past them before pausing and returning to put them in order properly. He plodded his way to the dining room where he dropped himself into a seat. Kushina exited the Kitchen with a pot of curry.
"Oh, Naruto! Okaeri!"
"Tadaima..."
"You seem exhausted. What's wrong?"
"Exhausting day. You shoulda been there for the Jounin meeting."
"Yeah, sorry, I had a couple errands for the hospital and academy. What did I miss out on?"
"An argument with none other than Uchiha Fugaku. He wants his damn son as chuunin as soon as possible. Practically forced me to submit my whole unprepared team to the chuunin exams."
"That damned Fugaku. I'll have to talk to Mikoto about that, give him a piece of my mind."
"I wish. He's clan head of the freaking Uchiha clan."
"That is only because he married Mikoto. In actuality, it's Mikoto that has the main branch blood, making her the head. She's just lazy so she gave the responsibilities to her husband. But, when she wants, she always assume the position again at anytime."
"Yeah, but I have neither time nor power to get him. I'm only a rookie jounin. He's a seasoned one, even the head of the police."
"Don't worry, Naruto. I've got this."
The way Kushina said it sent shivers down Naruto's spine. Kushina made it even worse by happily humming as she went back into the kitchen. Kushina only hummed when she was covering up her anger. Note to everyone, never piss off Kushina when she's humming.
Minato entered the house a few minutes later and plopped down on a seat next to Naruto in the same fashion. Naruto looked over to his dad.
"Long day?"
"Ha, I can say the same to you."
Both blondes sighed and shrunk even further into their seats. Kushina came back out with a pot of rice.
"Both of you now? I won't have two wilted dumb blondes at my dinner table. Lighten up, ladies."
Minato and Naruto groaned as they sat back up supporting their heads on their hands, resting their elbows on the table. Kushina took a ladle and in one hit, swept their elbows of the table, sending their weight crashing to one side.
"Elbows off the damn table. Did you forget your manners already?"
The two blondes groaned again and droned in unison.
"Itadakimasu~"
Kushina sat down as well and they began serving themselves. Kushina eyed Minato before speaking up.
"So, Minato, I heard there was a little dispute during the Jounin meeting today. An argument involving a certain red-eyed bastard and my son."
Minato sighed before taking his attention off the curry and looking at Kushina.
"The guy wants his son to be a prodigy. I can tell he isn't too happy that my own son is already a jounin. I have a feeling he's already forgotten that Itachi was not too far behind from Naruto at his age. Can't he be happy with just one prodigy?"
Naruto scoffed.
"If only. Though Sasuke is starting to open up, he's still got the arrogance running through his veins. It seems the only normal Uchiha was Itachi, geez."
"Minato, I need to talk with Fugaku. He's seriously pushing his son too hard. Chuunin exams aren't to be taken lightly! Sometime I even think the Jounin test is easier!"
Minato scoffed. In his head, he was running multiple solutions to this new found problem. One solution kept eating at his attention, one that seemed a bit stupid, but at the same time, the only way. Minato looked up at his son before bringing his attention back to his wife.
"-and to think he had the nerve to so that! Right, Minato?"
"Uh, yeah"
"You weren't listening."
"Sorry, Kushina-chan. I'm just so exhausted. I'll find a solution to this problem."
With that, Minato lifted himself from his seat, brought his plate to the kitchen, then disappeared into the halls. Naruto followed suit.
"Don't worry, Kaa-san. I trained my genins well."
Naruto stifled a yawn before dragging himself off to his room. Kushina sighed and brought her own plate to the kitchen, then proceeded to clean up the rest of the table.
"Alright, twerps. 30 laps around the village. Hop to it!"
Konohamaru groaned before breaking out in a slow jog. Sasuke scoffed and starting running. Sakura looked at Naruto, unsure of what to do. Naruto gave her a reassuring smile which she returned shyly. She began her slow jog to catch up to the boys. Naruto sighed as he watched the three turn the corner and disappear from his sight. A poof was heard next to him and he turned to see his Sensei.
"Kakashi-sensei! What's up?"
"Not much. Hokage wants a word with you."
"Doesn't he know I'm on a tight schedule with training? Geez."
"It will be quick, it's kind of a mission in a sense."
Naruto groaned before forming a shadow clone. The clone saluted and Naruto and Kakashi shunshined away.
Naruto flashed into the office, followed suit by Kakashi. Minato looked up, shuffled some paper, and placed his hands together on the table.
"Namikaze-Uzumaki Naruto, you are here to take a solo mission. Are you up for it?"
Naruto nodded.
"What is it, Hokage-sama"
"As you know, your three genin are participating in the chuunin exams. Sadly, none of them are ready. And unfortunately, your misfortune doesn't end there-"
Minato's face hardened.
"We have reports that a certain criminal is after the heir of the Uchiha clan"
Naruto almost growled.
"Any reason in particular that my genin is being targeted?"
"He has motive"
"Motive?"
"Your genin has the motive to kill a certain someone. And that criminal is willing to him the power to do so."
Naruto's eyes narrowed.
"And so what are we going to do about this issue? Judging by the culprit of this scare, I don't think the Uchiha is the only goal this vermin wants to achieve."
"Correct as always, Naruto. The man wants to destroy Konohagakure...and kill the hokage"
Naruto's eyes pulsed red for a moment before going back to its ice cold cerulean.
"Wh-what are we going to do about it, Tou-Hokage-sama"
Minato could hear the breath caught in Naruto's throat when Naruto asked.
"I have quite a lot of ANBU looking after me. Not to mention, we've got a certain white haired pervert hanging around Konoha, undercover. Most people think the Sage is out with his spy network. Quite the contrary. We'll be ready. Now about your genin. I was thinking about giving them a body guard."
Naruto scoffed.
"Oh like that's gonna solve anything. Yeah, let's just send in some ANBU to stand around the Uchiha in PLAIN SIGHT! Good idea! Did I forget to mention this guys is practically an S-RANKED CRIMINAL?"
Minato laughed, only annoying Naruto even further.
"No, Naruto. He will be undercover as a fourth member of Team 7."
Naruto looked inquisitively.
"Undercover? Is there such thing as a fourth member of any genin cell?"
"It's happened before, still rare though."
"May I ask who this undercover guy is gonna be?"
Minato and Kakashi shared looks before turning back to Naruto.
(One month later)
The three genin waited as their sensei arrived.
"Late as usual, that asshole."
"I'm sure he has a good reason."
They looked over to two approaching figures. One of them was Naruto, but in full battle armor, mask with the bib and sword. Next to him was another boy, practically the same height. He had brown hair that was spiky like Naruto and Kakashi's. He had a mask that covered a majority of his face. The boy wore black framed lenses that were boxish and thick. The boy wore a trench coat and regular shinobi sandals. The posture of the boy screamed an unathletic and geeky.
Naruto walked up followed by the boy.
"Alright, Team 7. I've got news for ya. Please welcome your new teammate."
"A-Aoba Y-Yoki, p-pleasure to meet y-you"
The boy stuttered and looked away. Sasuke scoffed. Sakura gave a small warm smile and Konohamaru violently patted the boy on the back. Konohamaru hooked his arm around Yoki's neck.
"Welcome to Sarutobi Konohamaru's Entourage, Yoki. Let me introduce you to my cronies-"
Whack.
Naruto had whacked Konohamaru to the ground.
"Excuse this poor lame excuse of a student, Yoki. Team 7, introduce yourselves"
Yoki blushed a bit and smiled under his felt mask.
"Hn. Uchiha Sasuke"
"Haruno Sakura, pleasure to meet you too!"
Konohamaru cradled his head and pouted.
"S-Sarutobi Konohamaru"
Sakura eyed the boy suspiciously. There was something off about the boy. He clearly wasn't what he tried to perceive to be. The boy's posture was forced and the stutter was unnatural even for a stuttering person. Hanging around Hyuuga Hinata got her used to how normal stuttering sounded like. And the timing of his arrival is just too coincidental. Right around chuunin exams? Really? Now what were they going to do about teamwork?
"Alright, twerps. I got places to go. Tomorrow is the Chuunin entrance exams. Its gonna be at the academy at seven o'clock sharp. Be there on time or there's no telling how much punishment you'll get."
The four genin audibly gulped.
"Today you have the day off. Spend it wisely. I can't give you anymore information or knowledge from here on out about any jutsus or shinobi arts. Although I can give you some really important advice. First off, you'll be meeting plenty of foreign shinobi. Be friendly if you can help it. I know some will come off as total assholes but you gotta go through it. We are on a treaty so let's not start any wars over spilt milk. Second, the Chuunin exams are least to say, life threatening. If you do not take this test seriously, I assure you, you will get hurt. Stay alert, sharp, on your toes. Always have a weapon at your disposal. I'm sure you three have already gotten your specialty down in this past month?"
The three genin nodded, Yoki shuffled awkwardly.
"Yoki, I don't know what your 'sensei' has taught you, but I hope it works out."
Yoki nodded.
"Continuing on. Third, Keep to yourself. Don't draw attention. Considering you three are rookies and an Uchiha, Sarutobi, and Kunoichi, and a, well, you know, uh, moving on. You're already gonna attract some attention, don't make any of it worse than it has to be. I'll see you four right before you enter the first part of the test. Don't screw up. Don't be late. Now as for today. I don't advise you to train. Go restock weapons, seal them in scrolls, upgrade armor or attire, sharpen your kunai and shuriken, and don't make friends with the enemies. The foreign shinobi may well be your end."
The genin gulped again.
"Remember, I believe in you guys. You can do this. You've been trained by the almighty Shinobi no Inari! What could possibly go wrong?"
"Everything..."
Naruto whacked Konohamaru again and everyone laughed.
"I have faith in my students. I hope you the best, and good luck! Don't break a leg!"
Naruto chuckled as he flashed away. The four genin stood around awkwardly. Sasuke was the first to leave.
"See ya three losers, tomorrow."
Yoki let out a shocked expression at the name. Konohamaru did a quick wave and left as well. Sakura turned to Yoki.
"Well don't take it personally. We've just never met you before, they'll come around eventually. Well, you heard Naruto-sensei. Go restock and upgrade. See ya tomorrow!"
Sakura shunshined away. Yoki looked around and let out a deep sigh.
"Kai"
A poof appeared around Yoki, revealing Naruto.
"Damn henge, stupid idea, stupid team"
(flashback)
"May I ask who this undercover guy is gonna be?"
Minato and Kakashi shared looks before turning back to Naruto.
"...You."
"Hahaha. Even better! Blonde hair blue eyes are totally normal traits in Konoha! Not suspicious at all!"
"Under henge. You will have practically full coverage and a cover story to back it up. Think of it as a preparation for some A-ranked espionage missions."
"Ha, what a joke"
"It's to protect your team"
"Why me? Why not tell the team they're targeted."
"It gives away the fact that Konoha knows, we lose the element of surprise. If the genin act all suspicious now, then they'll know. Besides, you haven't taken the Chuunin exams. This will be perfect for you! Naturally, I'll make the papers say you achieved said rank before not to arouse suspicion but in all seriousness, you will be legitimately taking the test."
Naruto scoffed.
"This better work."
"Hello to you too, Aoba Yoki"
"What a lame name"
Minato and Kakashi chuckled at the boy's antics. Naruto took the papers of his cover story and waved goodbye.
Naruto sighed again before trudging back to the compound. Now he'll have to act stupid to play the part of Aoba Yoki. Covers weren't really his thing. Stupid chuunin exams.
On Naruto's way to the compound, he heard yells.
"Hey! Let me go!"
"Make me, pipsqueak!"
"I'm not a pipsqueak!"
Konohamaru? Naruto henged into his normal attire and walked around to corner to see what was going on. Naruto saw Konohamaru held by the collar by what seemed to be a sand shinobi. The boy had a kunai at Konohamaru's throat. A sand kunoichi next to him spoke up.
"Let him go, Kankuro. You'll get us in trouble."
"I would listen to her if I were you."
Naruto walked up to the three.
"Naruto-nii!"
"Huh? Who are you?"
"That's not important at the moment. What's important is that you take your hands off the boy"
"Not until he apologizes for running into me first!"
"Let me rephrase that. Hands off the Sandaime Hokage's grandson, now."
Kankuro dropped Konohamaru unceremoniously in shock. The kunoichi next to him stuttered.
"S-see Kankuro! Look what you've done, you could've gotten us in real big trouble!"
Kankuro snapped out of his shock and smirked a little.
"Yeah yeah, whatever, Temari. Well, if I can't have the grandson of the Sandaime Hokage apologize to me, maybe I can make a pipsqueak like you-"
Naruto flashed in front of Kankuro, sword blade ready at Kankuro's neck.
"I'm the fourth hokage's son, and a jounin. Unless you want to die, I suggest you shut the fuck up."
At this point, Kankuro had stepped back, beads of sweat forming on the boy's face. The blade followed Kankuro back and Temari started to panic as well. Naruto looked up to the tree.
"You too, redhead. Why don't you come out of your little hiding place. it's not good to go around leaking large amounts of killer intent."
Temari and Kankuro were both shocked to see the Naruto sense the third shinobi. A redhead walked out from behind the tree. He had dark circles around his eyes and red hair. His large gourd on his back leaked sand.
"Mother...demands your blood."
Naruto frowned.
"I hate to break it to ya, but nobody's gonna get my blood anytime soon."
"She wants it!"
"Gaara, enough!"
A sand jounin walked up to them.
"Excuse me, Namikaze-san. And please excuse my students."
The four walked away, leaving Naruto and Konohamaru alone.
"That was so cool Naruto-nii-"
"-Watch out for those three, Konohamaru. Especially that Gaara character"
"Wha-H-hai, Naruto-nii."
Naruto walked away and Konohamaru scurried back home. Naruto's eyes narrowed at the thought of the redhead. His mother demanded blood? What was with the sand? The other two Sand Shinobi were scared of him too. This was bad news. There were definitely some shady characters in this upcoming chuunin test.
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"RISE AND SHINE, BUTTERCUP!"
"..."
"THAT'S IT! I'VE TRIED BEING NICE, BUT CLEARLY IT DOESN'T WORK. GET THE FUCK UP, NARUTO~!"
"I'm up!"
Naruto slowly rose from his warm pillow. He looked at the alarm clock and almost shot through the roof. The alarm read six forty. He had twenty freaking minutes to get dressed and reach the academy before it was too late. He wasn't even following his own advice!
He quickly shoved on some anbu pants, a chain mail shirt, the awful looking grey trench coat, mask, and chunky glasses. He looked into the mirror, nodding before turning to the door, only to skid to a halt. He turned back to the mirror and saw his bright blond hair. He henged and made his hair the same brown spikes as yesterday. He quickly darted to the kitchen. Kushina almost yelped in surprise at the stranger but realized it was her son in disguise.
"I know you have a mission, but you're gonna scare the crap outta me! Cut it out!"
"Sorry, Kaa-san! I'll be taking this!"
Naruto grabbed the toast that Kushina was about to bite into and flashed away.
"NARUTO~! GET BACK HERE AND GIVE ME BACK MY TOAST!"
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Naruto had made it to the academy in record time, it was now six fifty and apparently his teammates were still not there. He coughed a little and got into his Yoki voice and repeated some sentences in his head. His thoughts were interrupted by three genin walking up to him. He looked up to see Sakura, Konohamaru, and Sasuke.
"E-everyone, g-good morning!"
"Yo"
"Hn"
"Hiya, Yoki-kun. Let's go in guys!"
The four genin walked into the academy, making their way up the levels. Yoki stayed behind the three, analyzing what they were doing, which did not go unnoticed by some chuunin around. Iruka was standing at the doorway of one of the levels. The group walked right through, seen as there were plenty of genin there as well. Iruka and Yoki made eye contact for a split second and Iruka's eyes narrowed. That kid ain't a normal genin.
Yoki watched as all the genin stood around the floor, doing absolutely nothing.
Come on team 7, stay alert! Can't you see the trick?!
Yoki started tapping his toes as he waited along with Team 7. Their dawdling was cut short when a girl was shoved to the ground. The girl had two buns in her hair and she wore a pink vest with green pants. Yoki recognized her as one of Maito Gai's student, Tenten.
"Che, if you can't get past us, you don't deserve to be chuunin, let alone genin."
That Lee kid came around and helped Tenten back on her feet before turning to the two genin in front of the doorway of Room 345.
"Please let us through, that is the room for the registration and if we don't sign up soon, we won't be able to take the test! Please let us into the room!"
"Sucks for you! If you can't get past us, there's no need to sign up anyways. You're just not worth being ninjas"
One of the genin darted towards Tenten and aimed for a punch. At that very moment, Yoki walked in between the two, earning a full on punch to the jaw by accident. Yoki stumbled to the floor and grabbed his cheek.
"A-ah, sorry!"
Yoki jumped up, patted his clothing and bowed before hurriedly returning to Team 7. Everyone was shocked at what just happened. How did Yoki manage to get there so fast? And how come he was just punched to the side so easily? The chuunins were also shocked at the speed of the genin. Sasuke walked up to the two genin
"Hey, you two. Quit the genjutsu, we need to get to the third floor."
The genin were startled for a second but regained a stance.
"Heh, so you caught the genjutsu, that doesn't mean you'll get past us!"
The two genin charged, both fists cocked back, ready to punch the living daylights out of Sasuke. Once again, Yoki walked into the pathway of the punches and turned towards the genin. His facial expression read as scared shitless. Yoki was frozen as the two punches came zooming at him. The two punches came in full contact at either side of Yoki's face. Yoki was launched into Sasuke who quickly shoved him off and onto the floor.
"Aw man, I got punched once, now again? Could it get any worse? Today is just not my day. Maybe I shouldn't even take the test."
Yoki mumbled as he lifted himself up, brushing off the dust on his crummy coat. Yoki looked up at the genin.
"P-Please let us through, we need to take the t-test!"
The two genin scoffed and turned to leave.
"I guess you two deserve it."
The genjutsu dissolved showing that the whole floor plan was incorrect, the previous Room 345 was actually the staircase to the third floor. Apparently, the genin were still on the second floor. All the genin quickly charged through the doorway and made their way up to the third floor. Team 7 met up with Naruto (in this case a clone). Naruto smiled.
"I see you guys made it past the genjutsu. What did I say about keeping on your toes!"
The four genin groaned and trudged into the real Room 345. Yoki and Naruto looked at each other. Naruto nodded and yawned, walking away as Team 7 entered the room.
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It was least to say, crowded with shinobi everywhere. They were all grouped according to their countries. Konohamaru could make out at least a few of the hitai ate as he walked past them. Team 7 walked to the other rookies of Konoha. Yamanaka Ino ran up to the group and squealed.
"Sasuke-kun~!"
"Quiet Ino!"
"Shut it, Billboard brow!"
Sakura had been friends with Ino until Ino took a turn for the worst and became a fangirl. Ever since, Sakura and Ino had been fighting about ideals as a kunoichi and as a girl.
Sakura tried to maintain the advice Naruto had given the team on keeping on the down low. But Ino wasn't helping. If this continued, the whole room will have their attention on them. Shikamaru shot in to save the day.
"Ino, don't."
"Shut it, Shika! You're just jealous that you're not Sasuke!"
"If you keep going at it like this, you'll die first"
All the konoha genin looked up to see a teen. He was taller than them and wore round glasses. His silver hair was wrapped in a ponytail. Yoki's eyes narrowed at the boy but remained silent.
"I can tell you guys are rookies. I've taken this test seven times, and from what I saw, it's usually the loud ones that die first. But hey, I can help you. The name is Kabuto."
Kabuto took out a deck of cards.
"Name someone you want to know about and I have the information."
Sasuke stepped forward immediately.
"Aoba Yoki"
Yoki sweatdropped. Talk about lack of trust.
"Ah, your teammate. Aoba Yoki- well this is interesting."
Kabuto revealed a card that was depressing.
"It appears, this Aoba Yoki has no particular skill. All of his skill points are extremely low, lower than an academy student. The information on his missions say nothing other than he completed one D-rank. His jutsu include a Kawarimi, Henge, and Bunshin, Just your typical academy graduate"
Sasuke frowned along with everyone else. Who was this Aoba Yoki guy? Yoki inwardly sighed with relief. The cover story was pretty good and his father covered up a lot. But Naruto's relief was cut when Konohamaru asked for another name.
"There was one person Naruto-sensei said to be careful of. I believe his name was Gaara"
"A-Ah, Gaara."
Kabuto snapped out of his slight shock from lack of information and pulled out a second card. Yoki was proud of Konohamaru at his attentiveness and information gathering. Yoki inwardly smiled.
"Gaara no Sabaku. Unstable psych. His power is his sand which is chakra infused. Most of it comes from his gourd but he can make sand anytime from any rock. He's killed a lot of people, though most of it were covered up by his father, the Yondaime Kazekage-"
Sasuke interrupted the information and called out a new name.
"Namikaze, Naruto."
Naruto tensed as Kabuto brought out a card. He just interrupted some really important information that could help him! Besides, couldn't Sasuke just trust his own Sensei?
"Ah, Son of the Yondaime Hokage. W-well, his stats are off the charts, that's for one. The amount of A and B ranked missions are astounding. He's got a few S ranked under his belt. He's got exactly two C rank and zero D rank. It seems his four years of training with a sannin paid off."
Yoki wanted to scoff but held it in. The other genin were shocked at the stat levels. His speed was on par with the Yondaime, strategy and intelligence close to that of a Nara, and another category was listed under the name.
"Fuuinjutsu? Underneath has a list of some of his jutsus-"
Yoki quickly made hand seals and lit the card on fire and then grabbed Kabuto's wrist. His eyes narrowed at Kabuto who was taken back.
"Don't you have a bit too much on the information of this Jounin? Actually, I find that your extremely large amount of information on a lot of the shinobi here is quite suspicious. If you don't want me to report to a chuunin about those card of yours, I suggest you remain quiet."
"V-very well, Yoki-san."
Kabuto gulped as Yoki's grip tightened around his wrist. At that moment, a very large man entered the room.
"Alright genin, knock it off. You'll get plenty of time to kill each other later."
A bunch of Chuunin and Jounin chuckled. The man looked at Yoki and narrowed his eyes. He knew who Yoki really was, the real question was, why was he threatening that genin? The man stepped forward some more.
"Alright, enter the room next door for the first portion of the test."
The genin filed out to the next room and Yoki stayed behind. The man turned to Yoki.
"What's up, Blondie. Any particular reason that genin is a threat to you?"
Naruto scoffed.
"That genin has some of Konohagakure no Sato's s-ranked secrets along with plenty of information on every shinobi and Kunoichi in this village. I have a feeling that this genin isn't a genin at all."
"I have a feeling you aren't a genin at all."
Naruto chuckled.
"Just like how I'm not really blonde, Ibiki-san. But of all seriousness, have your men look into that kid, he's suspicious."
"Roger that, Namikaze. Now get going, Aoba Yoki, you're gonna miss your very first chuunin exam."
Ibiki smirked which came out more like a grimace. Yoki chuckled meekly, scratching the back of his head. He left the man in the room and headed towards next door.
"That kid, just like his father."
Ibiki turned and snapped his fingers. Two ANBU came out and kneeled in front of him.
"You heard him. That Kabuto kid, a 'konoha' genin has been found suspicious by the son of the Hokage, himself. Snap to it."
"Hai"
The ANBU shunshined away and Ibiki's eyes narrowed.
Looks like there was more trouble than they thought. Moles in the very exam itself could arise some serious problems. But considering the Yondaime sent his son in undercover, he probably already thought of this happening. Ibiki chuckled a bit. Just comes to show how intelligent the Yondaime is.
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an:/ so slow. Alright, we've set the chuunin exams into gear. Not much to say other than the fact that there will be blood (and some narusaku). The chuunin exams will really set the narusaku in motion too. Patience is virtue, amiright? Anyways, I tried fanfiction's proofreading and I just wanna say that it sucks. Don't use it. Or maybe use it a little but don't rely to heavily on it. It takes away the writer's voice in the writing, makes words "simple" so readers can understand. I mean come on, you guys know what "maintain" means amiright? And it underlines every freaking japanese word. NOW IT WON'T SHUT OFF! DAMMIT. On a completely different note: Review!
POLL (not much of one considering I have a feeling of what you all will choose):
What's gonna happen to KABUTO?
a) he's been forced by Orochimaru, get's freed by Naruto
b) Killed by Naruto (or someone else, you can specify)
c) Imprisoned, goes through Interrogations dept.
d) runs away like series.
e) Dies in chuunin exams during the forest of death
f) Kabuto has no affiliation to Orochimaru other than he's a sound nin
So many options. If you want my opinion, I don't like Kabuto at all. That snake bastard. But I won't let my opinion change your choice. The next chapter won't include what's gonna happen to Kabuto so you'll have a long time to choose. Choose wisely!
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