A new chapter! Now we're getting to the good stuff, and its time to ask these questions: will Naruto destroy Konoha? What will the parrings be? Who should fight who? Will I update soon? No one knows, includeing me!
Pillz-E: AndyougotapostcardfromItachi.
Really? Lets see. 'Greetings from the bahamas.
Dear author: Your chapters still suck, I'll be coming back soon, bla, bla, bla. Glad you're not here, Itachi.' Just what I would expect him to say. Anyways, enjoy. And I still don't own Naruto.
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Ch 9: Prepare for the exam.
Naruto walked to the first exam building with 2 new clones, getting dirty looks from most of the ninjas except a few who probably feared whatever powers he controlled. Then he crossed paths with Temari, Kankuro, and another with a sand gourd on his back. "Gaara, that's the guy." Kankuro whispered to the other. Gaara said nothing as Naruto walked past with his 2 clones through the entrance way. 'Hey kid, if I where you, I would watch out for that Gaara guy. Something's off with him that just seems…familiar.'
'I'll keep a eye out for him then.'
As they continued, Naruto also saw Sakura, a raven-haired boy, and one in green spandex, standing down a hall filled with other ninjas, full of commotion.
"Hey! Let us through!" "What's with the hold up?" "Hurry the hell up! I want to start this test sometime this week!"
The Narutos pushed their way through the crowd until they found the problem; 2 leaf nin.
"Hey, were doing you all a favor." Said one with wrapping's around his nose. His partner continued, "These exams will most likely kill you guys, if you're not disqualified first."
With a sigh, Narutos group approached. "Hey, didn't you hear us the first time?" Asked the bandaged nose ninja. "We said you couldn't go through."
"Listen." Said Naruto. "I'm here to take a exam, and I don't need any more crap than what I already got, so I'll make this fair for you. Move out of my way…or I'll open a refreshing can of whoop-ass. Your choice."
"Heh, listen to this guy. Here's my deal…" "Narachi." "Whatever. I won't move, and you're not getting through. I took this exam three times before, and if I failed so much, I doubt you will do better. But go ahead. Prove me wrong by getting past me."
"That's what I wanted from the beginning." And with a snap of his fingers, his two 'bodyguards' walked in front. They both grabbed one of the ninja, and threw them in opposite directions by a few feet. "Too easy." Naruto muttered as started to enter.
"Wait… You think we're done?!" Shouted one of the two nin. They pounced to Naruto with kunai out, but the shadow clones blocked either side and mirrored each other with a counter blow to the gut. Both leaf ninja fell to the ground, out of breath. "Yes," finished Naruto. "I think you are."
Everyone was quiet as they watched the strange ninjas entered the room, until some random guy broke the awkward silence by saying "I was about to do the same…" and walked into the classroom, and a few others followed. Things got back to normal as the spandex loving Rock Lee turned to his teammates. "Who are those guys? Their appearance is very unnerving, almost like that Gaara guy."
"I'm not sure, but I do know that the one who spoke is called Narachi." Said Sakura. "I met him once before when he saved the 'honarable' grandson of the hokage from Kankuro, while you where off training with Guy."
"Then I suppose he is not all bad then. Heh, he may also be a strong opponent. What do you think Sasuke?"
He only walked in without a word, much to Lees disapproval.
"…Argh! Sasuke, why must you act like Kakashi-sensei?"
"Why must you act like Guy?" Sakura retorted before following Sasuke, leaving Rock Lee to an empty hallway.
"Sakura…" Lee mumbled. "What do you see in Sasuke, to defend him from even the smallest insult, that I do not have? What makes him better period?" With a sigh he entered, only wanting an answer.
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"Alright, shut up all you useless vermin and get ready for the first exam! I will be your proctor, Ibiki Morino, head of the torture department." Said a large man with scars along his face once everyone was seated. "Now, the following test is a written exam, with a total of 10 questions, 9 of which are on paper. Each one correctly answered is worth a point, and you need 7 to pass. Anything lower and you instantly fail this exam. Get caught cheating and its one point from your score. Get caught 3 times, and you fail. Finally, notice that surrounding you are 40 ninja in grey. They are my eyes and ears. Now, the test is in front of you, it finishes in 1 hour, now begin!"
Naruto looked at his paper and almost choked himself after reading the questions, all being impossibly hard. "Th…There's no way I can do this! These are made for someone of a I.Q. of…400. Impossible for any one here, unless… It has a double meaning. Maybe there's a clue in the proctors words."
As Naruto thought long and hard, he came up with one solution. Cheat. But who will be his 'target?' Temari and Gaara might not be suitable, Kankuro wasn't even close to his top 1000 list, and what about Sakura? She didn't seem like the type to fight, so she must excel in intelligence.
Doing a quick hand sign, he muttered "Reverse Shadow Posession Technique." His shadow lurched out and using the cover of desks, found its target. 'And to think that this move was completeley useless.' Naruto found himself smerking as he mimicked the girl with her answers. Comeing across this move was luck while he looked through his scroll some time ago.
Basically, It's exactly whats its name suggests. It allows the user to mimic others, while said user can cancel it at any time. Its mainly used to copy documents, forge writing when needed, and as Naruto found out once, a dangerous way to copy some ninjutsu.
Naruto finished writing down his answers and canceled the technique as Ibiki started up again.
"Alright, put down your pencils, and prepare for the final question." He overlooked the final 85 students and allowed himself a small chuckle. "Alright, now here are some last minute rules. This is a pass or fail question, the others didn't matter. If you get this wrong, than no one in your group can become ninja at all. If you wish, leave now, and you can still have the chance to be chunin."
More than half of the group began to get up until they heard laughter, coming from Naruto.
"Whats so funny?" growled Ibiki.
"This whole test idea. 'Fail and you cant become a ninja?' What a load of crap."
"How so?"
Naruto thought for a second. "For starters, to fail, lets say, everyone, the homeland will receve less protection, workers, and all around strength if another village attacks."
"We have more than enough strengh to combat any attack."
"Maybe, but I don't buy it. Next, to fail the students of other villages will cause them to think that you are denying them, you don't see them as equals, so that leads to retaliation. Right?"
"Er, well-."
"And finally, this 'last question' is only a gamble. If you'r going to be a ninja, you must learn to take your chances if you cant do anything else, if that's whats needed to finish the mission. So, I think I'll take my chances and finish this game as such."
Ibiki looked around and saw that most of the students sat back down, so only 12 left.
"Is that everyone who's going to leave?" Ibiki asked. "Then you all pass." And even Naruto was caught off guard.
"Wait, what the crap? Was there even a question?" Naruto shouted.
"Nope."
"So I wasted a perfectly good speech for nothing?"
"Of course not. Not only you proved to me that some kids still use their brains, but you gave them enough hope to wait, and proved the point of this exa-(WHAM!)." A big black ball bust through the window, smaked the proctor in the head (sending him crashing into a wall). The ball poofed open in smoke to reveal a purple haired woman with a banner that read 'CONGRATULATIONS!'
"Alright, Its time for the second-."
"ANKO!" yelled Ibiki in pain. "Watch where your going you crazy bi-."
"Yea, yea, that's fascinating." The woman named Anko said, not listening at all. "Wow, there's a lot of people here than last time. Did you even try?"
"I think you cracked my skull…"
"Alright everyone, the second exam starts tomorrow at the entrance to the forest of death. Get there at 9 a.m sharp for your next task."
"Oh don't mind me. I'll just lie in the corner and bleed."
"Suck it up and be a man!" Anko shouted, still not looking. "Everyone, dismissed."
--Endofchapter-AuthorsNote--
Well, I hope to have caught some of you off guard too. But seriously I need your help. I need paring ideas, who would fight who, ect. And C2 communities who would accept my story, 'cause I don't know where it will fit in, but I want it to be noticed, even if its a little bit more. I appreciate any help anyone would give. Thanks, and I'll be back as soon as I can.
