Steve: And here we go! The first real chapter of the Chunin Exam!

Yui: Should be interesting.

Steve: Yeah, it should be.

Hinata: Um... Steve-san...

Steve: Yes Hinata?

Hinata: Will I be appearing in this part?

Steve: Yup! Now, if you would?

Pen-Pen: (Wark Wa WAAK arrk waark)

Hinata: Translation is "The author doesn't own Harry Potter or Naruto". He just owns this story, the plot and his insane plot-bunnies.

Why me?Shinigami/Demon/Inner-Sakura

'Who?' Thoughts

-YO!- Animal speech

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Team Seven are walking towards the Academy with smiles. Sasuke gives Sakura an odd look at the sight of the large sword on her back, but shrugs while resolving to himself to getting one and learning Kenjutsu as well. As one, they enter the door and start upstairs. Doing so Harry sighs to himself making the other's look at him. "Just remembering the days we spent here, that's all." Sakura looks around herself before chuckling.

"Yeah… Those were the days, weren't they?" They all nod as they reach the second landing only to blink at the sight before them. For there's a large group of several Genin standing in front of Room 301. Looking back down the stairs, Sakura blinks before looking at Naruto. "Um… Aren't we on the SECOND floor?" Naruto nods with a chuckle.

"Yeah, we are… Kind of pathetic… I notice several Konoha genin who should know better." Looking at the two genin "Guarding" the door, he groans while shaking his head. "What are those two baka's think they're doing? That's not even a good henge!" Naruto's eyes narrow as they knock Tenten to the ground. Harry just sighs while shaking his head.

"Knowing those two, they became bored and decided to 'Test' us before we entered much like Iruka-sensei did a few days ago… Though I still say that casting a genjutsu involving him in a prison cell with Hisame was a bit much nee-chan…" Sakura just snickers.

"Maybe… But it was enjoyable… better then putting him with 'Bubba' like I was originally planning." All three males shiver at that which causes her to cackle. Suddenly Sasuke starts forward making her blink. "Um… Sasuke? What are you doing?" He looks at her with a snort before turning back to the group.

"Drop the Genjutsu now, we're going to the third floor and this is only the second." Everyone else on Team Seven groan at that before Harry and Naruto both smack him in the head while Sakura punches him in the shoulder, all three saying the exact same thing.

"BAKA! WHY'D YOU'D HAVE TO DO THAT!?" Harry point at the group who are now.

"I mean you call us dobes?! If you'd hadn't opened your yap we'd have a lot less people to deal with!" Sakura nods with a scowl.

"And you call yourself a genius? Hardly! I mean sure the temptation was there, but we WERE just going to walk away and let them miss the test, but nooo! You just had to tell them didn't you?" Various people starts snorting at Sasuke getting dressed down by the former fan-girl making him scowl. Naruto rolls his eyes before pointing at a Konoha team.

"I got to admit that as stupid as you were, at least you didn't fall for it like those bakas! I mean really! Didn't you guys go to the Academy? Surely you haven't forgotten how to make your way through it?" Kotetsu decides at that point to charge at Sasuke and launches a kick at him while Sasuke counter kicks… only for a genin with large eyebrows wearing green spandex to appear between them blocking their kicks with his own making their eyes widen. Sasuke just stares at him in shock.

'What!? How he just disappear like that!? He's not a wizard as well is he?' At that moment Tenten comes over and hit's the Bushy browed genin in the head.

"What are you doing Lee!? You were the one who suggested that we withhold our true strength!" Lee just rubs the back of his head and is about to say something when Harry and Naruto appear behind both of the "Genin" Who'd been blocking the door with their hands in the Tora seal and identical grins.

"Konoha's most ancient and supreme taijutsu technique: One Thousand Years of Pain!" And needless to say the two go flying with a yelp while their transformation fails. The gathered genin sweatdrop before Konatsu and Izumo get up while rubbing their behinds. They glare at Harry and Naruto and are about to say something before noticing the group of genin now surrounding them. They only have time to gulp before they jump the two. Harry and Naruto then snicker while eating a bag of pop corn as they watch the beat down. Sakura shakes her head with a sigh before turning to see Lee finishing saying something and giving her the good guy pose causing her to blink.

"Sorry, did you say something just now?" Lee just looks at her in shock before falling to his knees.

"NOOOO! Curse your cool and hip attitude Sakura-san! But I, Rock Lee, shall win over both you and your cool and hip attitude! And then you shall date me my beautiful cherry blossom!" Sakura just goes green and shakes her head.

"Um sorry Lee-san but… your just to weird for my taste… sorry." She walks up and pats him on the head like he was a dog. "But don't worry, I'm sure that there's someone out there for you… Maybe." She walks off as he hangs his head. Hearing a scoff, he turns to see Sasuke, the sight of which causes his eyes to catch fire.

"AH! YOU MUST BE THE ONE WHO HAS BEWITCHED SAKURA-SAN!" He glares at Sasuke who scoffs again before walking off only to be stopped by Neji.

"And what is your name?" Sasuke looks at him be for snorting.

"It's only good manners to give your name first before asking of another's… URK!" He doesn't get anything else out as Harry grabs his the back of his collar and starts dragging him away.

"Come on Baka-teme, we got to go unless you want to get disqualified…" Neji just glares at them before it increases as both Harry and Naruto shoot him a one finger salute over their shoulders…

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Sakura staring in awed disgust at the busy browed genin in front of her as he points at Sasuke. "Ah, hello Uchiha Sasuke-kun. But I believe that it's only manners to give one's own name? I am Konoha's strongest genin, Rock Lee! And I challenge you!" Sasuke looks at him with a superior smirk.

"You know this yet your still foolish enough to challenge me?" Lee just looks at him in determination.

"I do… But first…" He looks at Sakura and winks causing a shudder to run up her body. "You are beautiful!" He starts blowing these heart shaped things at her which she dodges as if they were made from exploding tags. As the last one is about to hit her, she grabs her sword.

'Ok… I HAVE HAD IT!' Whipping out the blade, she uses it much like a baseball bat and hit's the last heart… making it hit Sasuke in the cheek snapping his head to the side as a kiss-mark appears there. She stares at him. 'He really doesn't have the best of luck with getting kissed does he?' Shaking her head (while trying to hold back giggles) she points at Lee. "What do you think your doing! Those could have killed me!" Lee just hangs his head.

"You didn't have to do that…" Not too long afterwards both Lee and Sasuke are fighting it out with Sasuke getting knocked around. Finally having enough, he activates his Sharingan.

'There… Now I'll see through whatever Ninjutsu or Genjutsu that he's using…' His eyes widen as Lee once again gets a hit in on him. "What!?… How?!" Lee just smirks.

"As you've no doubt realized by now, I am not using any Gen or Ninjutsu, it's all Taijutsu." He disappears again before reappearing with his fist in Sasuke's gut. "It's all speed Sasuke-kun. It doesn't matter if your eyes can track me if your body is too slow to react in time." Both Harry and Naruto nod at this before Naruto looks at Sakura.

"Now watch Sakura-chan. Lee's using the weakness of the Sharingan against Sasuke." Sakura nods as with a kick, he launches Sasuke into the air and reappears below him.

"In this world there are two types. Genius like you, and the hard working Genius like me… Now, it's time to finish this!" The bandages on his arm start to unwind as Sasuke can only look on in fear before a pinwheel comes out of nowhere and pins them to the wall causing both to fall to the ground below. While Lee lands on his feet, Sasuke gets caught by Sakura, who looks at him in shock.

'Was he so shocked that he couldn't catch himself?!' She shakes her head in time to catch Lee apologizing to a turtle. Naruto's next words cause her to giggle.

"Huh? His sensei is a talking turtle? Wonder which one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles it's related to?" Sakura actually stuffs her fist into her mouth to cut off the giggles. They stop however with the appearance of Gai, who hits Lee in the face before they start crying and a sunset appears behind them. Their little hug fest is cut off by Harry pointing at them and shouting.

"GAH! How dare you!" Gai looks at him in confusion and asks what he means. "You know what I mean! Human cloning is unethical… even for us ninja!" Gai blinks as he looks at Lee and then at Harry.

"Um… Lee-kun isn't my clone…" Finally recognizing them, Gai gives what he thinks is a rakish smile. "Ah! Harry-san! How good it is to see you and your youthful attitude!" Harry sweatdrops as the rest of the team looks at him. "If I remember correctly, you're on Kakashi's team right?" Harry's about to say something when Sakura does.

"You know Kakashi-sensei?" Gai just laughs at her before cupping his chin and giving her a shiny smile.

"We are what you would call eternal rivals." He disappears and reappears behind them. "We challenge each other and at last count we stand at 49/48 in my favour." Team Seven looks at him in shock… Well, Sasuke and Sakura do anyway. Harry, the familiars and Naruto all roll their eyes. Harry looks at him with a sigh.

"As much fun as this is, I think that we should get going." Gai nods but as they pass Lee, he says something to them.

"Earlier I said that I was the strongest genin… that was a lie." He looks at them directly. "That title is for my team mate, Hyuuga Neji." Team Seven nods as they continue walking, but Sakura calls back over her shoulder.

"Your lying again Lee-san. The strongest genin would be either Harry or Naruto…" They soon disappear around the corner leaving Lee staring after them. Before he can say anything, Gai lays his hand on Lee's shoulder making him look up.

"Gai-sensei? What's the matter?" Gai looks down at his student with a serious look and then back in the direction that Team Seven just left in.

"Lee-kun… Heed my words." Nodding, Lee pulls out a notebook. "While Sakura-san may have been exaggerating somewhat, the point remains that the two she mentioned are powerful in their own right with their special Bloodline ability." Lee blinks before looking where his fellow Genin just left.

"So… They're like Neji and Sasuke-kun?" Gai shakes his head.

"No my adorable student. Quite the opposite. Harry-san's and Naruto-kun's Bloodline is different since it can manipulate an energy called 'Magic'. Watch out for it as it can do things only dreamed of by most shinobi. However the two are Hard workers much like myself and you." His lips twitch into a small smile. "In fact, the two despise all shortcuts." He claps his hand on Lee's shoulder. "Now go my youthful student and show the world your fires of youth!" Lee salutes as Gai vanishes before he makes his way back to his team to tell them what he has learned.

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Team Seven is approaching the exam room when they see Kakashi leaning against the wall. He waves at them with an eye smile. "Ah good! You made it just in time. And all of you came so I'll let you continue." Sakura looks at him before her eyes widen and she smacks her face.

"This was another of your inane tests wasn't it?" Kakashi rubs the back of his neck knowing that he's been caught. "Let me guess… Either the full team takes it or none takes it, right?" Kakashi nods as he gives her a proud look.

"Correct Sakura." He looks at each of the genin with the same pride on his face (as much of it that can be seen) and in his voice. "I told you that it was your decision so that none of you would be pressured to do it. I must say that I'm proud of all of you and good luck." And with those words he disappears in a swirl of smoke and leaves making Harry and Naruto grumble that they'll learn it eventually making both Sasuke and Sakura look at them oddly. Sasuke snorts at them.

"And why would you need it with your ability to teleport?" Both of them shrug while Harry's answer causes them to fall to the ground in a face-fault.

"Because it looks cool." Shaking his head, he opens the door and walks through. "Well? Come on then." They all walk through only to be confronted with at least a hundred genin from various village and clans glaring at them. Sakura is about to say something when a blur latches herself onto Sasuke.

"Kyaa! Sasuke-kun! You made it just as I thought that you would!" Sakura just stares at Ino and blinks.

'I… wasn't that bad was I?' She looks Ino up and down while taking note of her apparent weaknesses. 'It looks like she's still using diets to stay thin… and look at those arms! They barely have any muscle on them!' She shakes her head before placing her hands on her hips. "Ino-pig, get off of Sasuke this minute before I make you!" Ino turns her head with a sneer on her face.

"Oh get off your high horse… forehead?" She blinks as she sees the improved Sakura with her toned arms and legs as well as the HUGE (to Ino) sword on her back. "Wha… what the hell!?" Sakura is about to reply when Shikamaru appears with Choji behind him munching on chips.

"Man… you guys are taking this as well? How troublesome." Naruto shrugs with a grin seeing Shikamaru's eyes widen at the sight of Sakura's sword.

"You think everything is troublesome Shikamaru… Hell, if you didn't need to breath I'm willing to bet that you'd think that it would be too troublesome to do so." Shikamaru shrugs while at that moment Kiba makes his presence known.

"WAAAHOOO! Looks like all the rookies are here!" He looks at Sasuke with a massive grin on his face. "Heh! I'd be careful Sasuke because we've been training and we won't lose to you!" Sasuke just snorts at him.

"Keh. As if mutt." Kiba starts shouting at him as Hinata walks over to Naruto-kun and gives him a hug.

"Hello Naruto-kun. It's good to see you." Naruto wraps his arm around her and kisses her forehead making her sigh.

"And it's good to see you my Tenshi-hime." She blushes bright red as he lifts her chin up some and kisses her right there making more then a few people drop their jaws. Pulling away, he tightens the hug… Not that Hinata's complaining. He nods at Shino as a new person makes themselves known.

"Hey, you guys should keep it down." They all look to see a person in their late teens with silver hair and purple clothes adjusting his glasses. "After all, you don't want to catch so much attention being as your rookies." The group looks over to see most of the gathered genin glaring at them and focusing KI on them. Sakura looks at Harry and then Naruto as they nod at her making her smirk as she looks at them.

"Look, I know that I'm a sexy goddess but that doesn't mean that you have to stare at me." She punctuates this by releasing a massive amount of KI making several genin almost piss themselves. Naruto then points at them.

"Heh! And if you think she's badass then just wait until I kick all your asses!" The KI he releases actually causes more then a few to wet themselves. Looking around, he nods with a smug smile. "Now that's what I'm talking about!" Ino just looks between him and Sakura in shock.

'Wha… What the heck?! Sakura would never call them out like that!' Ino leans over and starts hissing at her. "What the hell forehead girl!? What do you think your doing!?" Sakura just glances at her before smirking.

"What else? I'm showing them who's boss that's all." She looks away as Kabuto reveals his nin-Info cards making her narrow her eyes as she notices Harry and Naruto do the same. 'That's… a little too convenient.' Inner-Sakura nods her head in agreement.

'Yeah! How'd the hell would he collect the info if most are here the first time… and why would he share the info with us when there's no need to? As Harry would say: "Something's rocking in Denmark."' Sakura sweatdrops at that.

'I think you mean that something is rotten in Denmark Inner… And I think that your right.' Inner-Sakura nods with a grin.

'Of course…' she then whispers to Sakura: 'Do you think that Naruto will give us some kisses?' Sakura blushes before a slight grin becomes apparent.

'Hopefully… I love my Naruto-kisses.' Shaking her head, she comes to just in time to hear Sasuke ask for info on Lee and Gaara.

"Aww. That's no fun, you actually know their names." He shrugs before bringing out the stats. "First up, Rock Lee…" Finishing, he pulls out Gaara's. "Now for Subaku no Gaara… Ok, anyone else?" Ino nods as does Sasuke.

"Yeah… Haruno Sakura." Sasuke speaks up again at that point.

"And Uzumaki-Potter Naruto." Kabuto looks up in confusion before shrugging and bringing up their cards.

Haruno Sakura: 67 D-rank… Huh, this is interesting it says she recently completed a A-rank where she made her first kill and awoke a emerging bloodline." Ino stares at Sakura with her mouth dropping open. "She's got good Genjutsu and three Medic-nin jutsu as well as improved Taijutsu and has learned Naifujutsu and Kenjutsu after her graduation. She's also known for high intelligence." Shaking his head, he looks at Naruto's and his eyes nearly bug out of his head. "Um… Uzumaki-Potter Naruto… 67 D-rank, 8 C-rank, 2 B-rank, 3 A-rank… WHAT THE HELL! A S-RANK!" Everyone looks at him and he shrugs. "And two more that which are classified? That's odd." Naruto just looks down at Hinata

"When did I do two classifieds?" Hinata taps her chin and snaps her fingers.

"I think that one was that time with the Nundu that somehow appeared in Kusa… and the other was the 'King in Yellow' incident." Naruto blinks before nodding.

"You know what? I totally forgot about those." Harry just stares at him in disbelief.

"I could ask how you managed that with how downright horrifying the King in Yellow incident was, but I'm afraid of the answer that I'd get. And I guess that Ojii-san must have classified our misadventures as missions." Naruto sheepishly rubs the back of his neck at the first part while nodding at the second as Kabuto clears his throat.

"Er… right. Um, he's known in Kiri as one of the two 'Yuurei no Kiri' and various bandits have termed him the 'Yoko no Konoha' after him and Harry killed over a hundred Bandits in Wave… As a after note they named the bridge connecting the country to the mainland as 'The Great Naruto Bridge' in his honour." Several genin stare at him as he rubs the back of his neck.

"Heh heh… I didn't know that they did that…" Kabuto shrugs and is about to say something when he gets attacked by the sound nin making Naruto frown. 'Hmm, you hear that Kyubi-chan? They used some kind of ultrasound to do that… that and I could swear that he was expecting something like that.' Kyubi nods as her own eyes narrow.

'You're right Naruto-kun… Look, even Sakura heard it.' He looks and sure enough Sakura is wiggling her finger in her ear with a scowl. 'As to him expecting it… I think your right.' Naruto's about to continue the conversation when Ibiki appears surrounded by several members of the Interrogation squad.

"That's enough! If you punks try anything else I'll see to it that your thrown out, Am I understood!?" Several of the genin gulp at the presence of the special Jounin making him smile. 'Good… I'm going to enjoy this…'

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The various sensei's of the rookies as well as Zabuza, Gai, and Anko with Tsuki bouncing on her knee (Who's wearing a lavender shirt and kaki shorts with a copy of the trench coat that her mother wears). Looking up from his book, Kakashi glances at the giggling half-Inferi (Origin in chapter four of the Lost Tales). "You know Anko, kids aren't supposed to be here right?" She just glares at him.

"And who would I get to watch her Kakashi-baka? Most of my friends are here." She points over to a giggling Yugao and Hana. She then looks down at her adopted daughter with a smile. "Besides… I couldn't leave such a Kawaii little girl by herself, now could I?" Tsuki giggles some.

"Your silly Okaa-san!" Anko smiles as she taps her on the nose making her go cross-eyed.

"That's because your Okaa-san is a silly person my Little Moon." Tsuki just giggles again as Kakashi shrugs.

"Oh, well… I wonder when we'll be seeing our Kawaii students again." Asuma snorts and goes to light up a cigarette, only for Anko to grab is and throw it away as she hits him with KI.

"Don't you DARE smoke around my DAUGHTER asshole!" Asuma just sighs as the other Jounin chuckle. He then turns and looks at the other Jounin.

"We'll probably be seeing them soon since Ibiki is proctoring the first test." Kakashi's eyebrow nearly meets his hair at that info.

"They're letting that sadist proctor the first test? Are they insane?" Asuma shrugs before pulling out a piece of gum and chewing it. "Guess we might be seeing them sooner then we think…" Kurenai looks between them totally confused.

"Ibiki? Isn't that one of your co-workers Anko?" Anko looks at her and shrugs.

"Yeah… Asuma's right to call him a Sadist, because he is one." Anko makes a funny face at Tsuki as she continues. "You probably don't know him seeing that you've only been a actual Jounin a short time, but he's the head of the Torture and Interrogation department." Seeing the look on her friend's face, she shakes her head. "You don't have to worry, he won't actually physically torture them… rather, he'll use mental techniques to break them." Kurenai still doesn't seem to be very pleased with this while Kakashi sighs.

"Hopefully my team will at least last to the end." Anko just snorts as she rolls her eyes.

"Kakashi-baka, if no one else would make it, Naruto and Harry would… If for no other reason then the fact that they've already experienced things that would break a normal person… Trust me on this." Kakashi just sighs as he turns back to his book

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Naruto and Hinata are sitting next to each other while Harry finds himself behind Haku, his familiars having taken off for the moment. Naruto looks over at Hinata with a smile. "Heh, just my luck to be sitting beside an angel, eh Hinata?" She giggles with a blush.

"Hai Naruto-kun." Both of them listen in as Ibiki explains the test, only for Naruto to sigh as he bangs his head on his desk.

"Yet another example of why Karma hates me… every time something good happens to me, some thing bad also occurs… Kuso! I HATE written exams…" With a sigh, he turns over and starts examining the questions only to frown. 'Wait a second… These are too hard for a Genin to know… Unless their Sakura-chan or Shikamaru of course… And the points taken off for cheating? In the Academy if you were caught cheating then you always failed… THAT'S IT! They WANT us to cheat… Now to figure out a way to do so…' After a few minutes of thinking, he nods. 'That… is just crazy enough to work.' He slips his hand down and slowly puts it into a holster before pulling something out and chanting under his breath before a small puff sound shows that he did something as Harry does the same thing. Hearing this, Ibiki looks towards them with a suspicious look to which they grin making him narrow his eyes.

'Those two are up to something… I just know it…' Unseen by Ibiki is the fact that they had summoned the Chibi-Chibi brothers and then disillusioned them allowing them to fly around unseen while Harry and Naruto copy the answers they see. Once the two are finished, Naruto puts his head down to take a "Nap" (actually he's chatting with Kyubi). While Harry pulls out a water filled Pail from… somewhere along with a fishing pole and starts to fish. This of course causes Ibiki's eyebrow to twitch.

"Are you two TRYING to fail the test?" Harry just looks up and shushes him.

"Shhhh! You'll scare away the fish Scarface." A vein pops out on Ibiki's forehead at this. "As to failing… we're not cheating so you can't fail us." And with that (and ignoring the icludeous stares) Harry turns back to his pail. Sakura just shakes her head at her team mates antics knowing they're doing it just to piss off the proctors.

'Those two… must they always do this?' She stiffens almost unoticeably as she feels someone enter her mind, but allows her shields to drop somewhat to see what's going to happen. She then smirks as she realizes that her visitor is none other then Ino, who's copying her answers down. 'Might as well let her… After all the longer she stays in the better chance I have of facing her…' A few minutes later finds Ibiki staring down the class.

"Now, time for the tenth question. I'll give you a choice: Either you take it or you don't." One Genin shouts out that of course they'll take it making him snort. "Let me finish. If you take it and fail the question, then you'll never be able to become a Chunin." He grins at the shouts before slamming his hands down as someone points out that there are people there who have taken the test before making him snort. "They've never had to deal with me, now have they? This is my exam and what I say goes! Understood?!" Naruto looks up before yawning and leaning back as he watches people leave. Harry just continues to fish ignoring everything. Finally sighing as he notices Hinata looking more and more nervous, Naruto raises his hand before slamming it down on the table hard enough to make everyone jump.

"Go ahead and give us the answer Scarface! Give it to us and I'll answer it." Ibiki snorts with a smirk.

'Gaki's got some brass ones for sure…' He looks directly at Naruto and focuses some KI on him only for Naruto to grin. "Are you sure about that? If you fail here you'll never become Chunin." Naruto's grin just becomes savage.

"Give me your worst. I'll still become Hokage even if I'm a Genin… And then I'll stick you with working with the Kindergartners at the Academy." All the Konoha nin there shiver except for Harry (still fishing) and Naruto. "And besides, you have no say in what happens in other village's exams, not to mention battlefield promotions and just working at the Academy for a few years. So stick that up your ass and smoke it!" Ibiki just stares at him before sighing as he notices that Naruto has broken all tension.

'That kid… with only a few words he managed to put some steel into their spines…' He then looks at a proctor who nods with a wry grin. Nodding, he looks back at the waiting Genin. "Well then… Looks like you all pass." He chuckles at the shouts as he notices Naruto leaning back with a smirk. 'Impressive, the gaki isn't shocked at all.' As someone shouts about the tenth question, he shrugs. "There was no tenth question… Or rather, the choice I gave you was the tenth question." The shouts continue until Harry yells at them.

"Will you all just shut up! Your scaring away all the fish!" Almost everyone just stares at him icluderously. "The whole question boiled down to this: Are you willing to step into the unknown? Even if by doing so your future comes into jeopardy? If not, then you don't deserve to become Chunin. Correct Scarface?" Ibiki grunts as he nods before glaring at Harry, who shrugs it off.

"As a matter of fact, yes… And don't call me Scarface." Harry just shrugs with a grin.

"Sure Scarface." Ibiki just sighs at him.

'BIG brass ones… the two of them.' He looks at the rest of the Genin. "They're both right. Those not willing to take that step are undeserving of being Chunin. Chunin are squad leaders, and if you become one you'll be forced to make some hard choices. Let's say that your given a mission to retrieve a scroll containing information needed by your village. There's not much intelligence on the location… You have no idea how many traps, what type, or the number of guards. Do you take it knowing that you might be killed, or worse, captured?" He looks around as a small smile comes to his face as several nod (Harry, Naruto, Sakura, and Hinata among others). Kankuro hits his desk as he stares at Ibiki.

"Then what was the point of all the questions we had to answer if the tenth was the only one that mattered?!" Ibiki snorts at this.

"I never said that the others didn't count." His gaze sweeps the room as he smirks. "This portion was also to test your information gathering skills… In other words your ability to cheat. We placed several plants here for you to cheat off of. Those that were too obvious were thrown out. Some of you used your bloodlines." He looks at Sasuke and the Hyuuga's as he says this. "Some used your villages techniques like doll boy over there." Kankuro starts grumbling. "Some of you were actually smart enough to answer the questions on your own, which speaks well of you." He then reaches up and starts to undo his bandanna. "In the ninja world, information is a precious resource that some will do anything for." He pulls away the cloth to reveal his scarred head to the group, some of whom turn green. "However, you all passed so I hereby announce the first phase to be complete-" He doesn't get any farther as a large cloth ball bursts through the window before four kunai pin the corners to the ceiling with the words "Say hello to the sexy proctor, Mitarashi Anko!" Anko appears with her arms spread out.

"Okay maggots! Follow me!" Silence descends on the room as Ibiki smacks his face with his hand.

"Once again, your too early Anko." She sweatdrops before clearing her throat.

"Heh! Who says that I'm early? I'm just in time!" She looks around the room and whistles. "Whoa! 78 Genin left?! Your losing your touch Ibi-chan!" Ibiki's eyebrow twitches at her nickname for him before he shrugs.

"We just had a lot of talent this year I guess." Anko snorts as she turns to him.

"No worries, by the time that my portion's complete, they'll be cut in half!" She's about to say something else when a shout draws everyone's attention to Harry, who's fishing line is rapidly playing out before it goes taunt.

"Kuso! It's a BIG one! Gahhh!" He places both feet on the side of the desk and leans back only to start to be dragged towards the pail. "Nii-san! I could use a little HELP right about now!" As Naruto rushes over, Kabuto shakes his head with a snort.

"Ah, you two aren't fooling…anyone? What the hell!?" The last bit bursts from his mouth as the two Genin are dragged into the bucket. The entire group stares at it as Kankuro continues to try and dispel the genjutsu they must be under. Just as one of the proctors leans over the two Uzumaki-Potter's leap upwards into the air from under the water with their legs peddling… only to be followed several seconds later by a massive shark causing several of the Genin to scream as Harry's legs shoot out, preventing him from being swallowed.

'Crap. Crap! CRAP!' At that moment, Sakura grabs her sword and in one movement throws it, spearing the shark through the head killing it. It starts to sink before Anko grabs the hilt and drags the shark from the pail. She looks at the shark and then at the two heavily breathing Genin before shrugging.

"Eh… Looks like shark tonight I guess." Everyone face faults hearing this. Ibiki gets back up and is about to say something when he hears something fluttering by his ear. He strikes out and grabs it.

"Okay, who are you?" The girls go starry eyed as the disillusionment charm drops revealing Chibi-Harry in his grip making him blink as Chibi-Naruto appears. "Okay… What are you?" Chibi-Harry wiggles out of his grip as the two do their introduction. Once done, everything's silent before Anko squeals and rushes up and grabs Chibi-Naruto and hugs him to her chest as Haku does the same with Chibi-Harry making all the boys sweatdrop…

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Sakura and Naruto are walking along the road to her house while talking. Finally, Sakura sighs making Naruto look at her. "Something wrong Sakura-chan?" She looks at him with a smile as she shakes her head.

"No… Nothing's wrong Naruto. Just thinking about stuff." Seeing Naruto's raised eyebrow, she chuckles. "I'm just amazed that I managed to pass that first test… As well as thinking about when to rub our relationship in Ino-pig's face." Naruto laughs a little as he shakes his head.

"That's your decision Sakura-chan, no one else's." Reaching her house, he nods at her and is about to head to his apartment when Sakura grabs his hand. "Yes?" She blushes a little as she jerks her head to her door.

"You can come in you know, I don't mind." He looks at her as if deciding to do so when she smiles at him making him sigh before nodding. "Thanks!" Walking in, Naruto's about to remove his sandals when Sakura pushes him against the door with a kiss. His eyes widen before he leans into the kiss. A few minutes later, they break apart to the sound of clapping. Blushing, the two teens turn to see Momo there with a grin.

"Very nice, very nice indeed!" Sakura scowls at her mother for ruining her private time with Naruto only to squeal a little as Naruto grabs her around her waist and pulls her against his body. She bites her lips as Naruto kisses the bottom of her ear making Momo chuckle. "Ah, young love… it's so beautiful!" Sakura tries to glare only to find it impossible as Naruto nips at her pulse point. Giving up, she twists in his arms and faces him before giving him a soft kiss before she smacks him lightly in the chest with an embarrassed grin.

"I think that's enough mister. I'll see you soon." Naruto chuckles with a grin as he salutes before vanishing with a crack, making Momo jump before she mumbles about never getting used to it. Sakura just looks at her mother with a sly grin. "Well, maybe you should try… just in case." Momo blushes before dragging her daughter to the couch and giving her an inquiring look.

"Okay, spill: How good of a kisser is he on a scale of one to ten?" With a dreamy look on her face Sakura replies that he's a eleven for sure making her mother squeal as they continue to chat before Sakura gets ready to go.

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The gathered Genin are in small groups talking to each other. Sakura and Harry are having a discussion of what they packed when Team Eight and Team Ten walk over followed by Haku and the Demon Brothers. Watching them, Harry waves at them. "Hey guys! What's up?" Kiba shrugs nonchalantly as he starts.

"Eh… Nothing much, just wondering if you had any idea what's going to happen here." Harry looks at the forest and back at Kiba before shrugging.

"I'm thinking survival exercise most likely. Thankfully here me and nii-san's training will pay off as we're one of the few most familiar with the infamous 'Forest of Death', so we got an edge." Hearing the name, Ino gulps.

"Forest of Death… You're kidding right?" Harry shakes his head making her pale before she turns to Sakura. "So what's up with you Forehead? You look different. New diet?" Sakura chuckles before winking at Ino.

"Actually no. I'm just taking my duties as a Kunoichi seriously." She looks around and then starts to use a stage whisper. "Besides, I'm actually eating more then I did before and thanks to all the training I'm putting in, I'm better looking then I ever was." Ino looks on in shock before someone starts yelling.

"Kiba! KIBA!" The group look over to see a twelve year old girl run over. Some of the guys in the vicinity stare at her beauty with her long black hair and tanned skin (She's of Native American descent, See The Lost Tales Chapter 5 for her origin) . Kiba looks at her before grinning as the two embrace as they start exploring each other's throats. Breaking away, Kiba notices the shocked looks and wraps his arm around her waist as he brings her over.

"Guys, I'd like to introduce my girlfriend Raven." She reaches out and shakes hands with each person as they introduces themselves only to blush as Harry gives her a knowing grin.

"So you two finally stopped beating around the bush and got together huh? About freaking time. And about time that you took him up on his offer and came to Konoha." Raven looks at Kiba with a blush before looking back and smiling as he gives her waist a squeeze.

"Oh, trust me, we had a little…help, with that. Didn't we Kiba?" He grins with a nod.

"Yup! A little furry help." Harry and Naruto both nod at this as the others look puzzled… well, except for Team Eight that is. Before anything else can be said, Anko appears with several Chunin with her.

"Ok maggots, enough talking now!" Looking around, she grins. "Now, I got to explain a few things to you, so listen up! Firstly, welcome to Area forty-four, affectionately called the 'Forest of Death' since there's a lot in there that can kill you." Naruto snorts a little at this.

"'Forest of Death' Ha! I played in there as a kid." A whistling sound is heard as a flying kunai cuts his cheek before Anko appears behind him, pressed against his back as she licks his blood from the cut making several guys gulp.

"Mmm, as always your blood tastes great… I wonder what else of your's also tastes good?" Naruto just chuckles at this as he looks at her with hooded eyes.

"Why don't you try and find out Anko-chan?" She grins as she disengages from his back.

"Perhaps later." Suddenly she swings around and nearly hit's a person who'd snuck up on her with a kunai held by a long tongue. The girl (?) in question giggles a little as Anko tells her to watch out next time.

"Sorry, but I love the sight of blood and your kunai cut my beautiful hair making me excited." Anko looks at her for a moment before nodding.

"Very well. Just make sure that it doesn't happen again." She starts walking back to the front of the group with a frown. 'Why the hell does that girl feel so familiar…?' Shaking her head, she pulls out a stack of paper. "These are disclaimer forms. Before any of you go any farther, you've got to sign these which dissolve Konoha of all responsibility for your deaths… And there WILL be deaths in this portion. Once you have all of the forms in your team filled out, one of you will then proceed to the stand behind me to pass them in. They will then give you one of these two scrolls." She holds up a brown one with the Kanji for earth on it and a white one with the Kanji for heaven on it. "One is the Heaven scroll and the other is the Earth scroll. Once you receive one you will proceed to the gate you assigned to. Upon entering the forest, you'll have to fight among yourselves for the sister scroll to the one you got. Only then can you proceed to the tower in the middle of the forest and thus pass to the next stage." One by one the gathered Genin Teams gain their scrolls and head to the gates. Sasuke takes the scroll stating that he's the leader making the others roll their eyes at him. Harry then shrugs and explains his plan.

"Anyways, I've got a plan guys." They look at him and motion him to continue. "I'll send Row, Sal, and Hedwig in various directions to hunt for other teams as scouts. If they can, they can grab a scroll. Once we get both, we'll just teleport to the tower in the center." They all nod at the plan (though Sasuke snorts at the same time) before their gate opens sending them into the forest…

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Steve: There our intrepid heroes go! What dangers await them in the forest? What enemies will they face? An-(empty beer bottle hits Steve in the head, knocking him out)

Yui: (Looks towards Pen-pen) Did you really have to do that?

Pen-pen: (Shrugging) War. Wa ark waarrkk warrkk waarrkkk.(Yes. He was getting really annoying.)

Hinata: (Looks at the knocked out Steve) Um... He's not moving... Is he dead?

Yui: (Looks at the motionless Steve) Er... I don't know actually...

Hinata: (Sigh) I'll go call 911 then...

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