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Sorry for taking so long for getting this updated but I have been very busy with school and the like.

I hope its length helps to make up for it.

Chapter 13: Finish the First, Start the Second

A.K.A. I'm BACK!

Just Before the First Exam started

Team 8 just barely manages to get through the door in time, only to bump into the rest of the rookie genin who had all gathered near the back of the room. "Yo Naoko," Sakura calls out in a huff, "You guys are late!"

"We bumped into some rather strange characters," Shino explained as the rest of his team caught their breath. Sakura just gives him a look before turning back towards Ino, who was now hanging off of Sasuke's back, "INO-PIG, GET OFF OF HIM!"

"Yeah right billboard brow," Ino retorts, making a rude face at her, "I'm just staking my claim before any of these foreign kunoichi gets any funny ideas."

"He's not yours," Sakura yells as she pulls her blond rival off him, "So stop saying that he is already."

"Hey you lot, you should keep your voices down," A silver haired teen says as he walks up to them, "This isn't some field trip you know."

"And who are you," Sasuke glared at him.

"I'm Kabuto," introduced the silver haired teen, who then pointed towards the crowd, "But it's not me you should be worrying about. It's them."

The Rookie 9 look where he's pointing only to meet the harsh stares of practically everyone in the room. "Everyone here is nervous enough as it is, and nobody needs a bunch of rookies such as yourselves to just come barging in here like you own the place."

Everyone started to sweat, as the particularly evil gaze from a certain red head, who was sitting near Kankuro and Temari, passed over them.

The tension was finally broken when Kabuto says, "Well I guess I can't particularly blame you all for being eager. In fact you remind me of myself when I first took the Chunin Exams."

"Is this your second time," Sakura asked, happy to have an excuse to look away from the angry crowd.

"Nope this is my seventh," Kabuto replies.

Kiba laughs loudly, "Man, you must really suck!"

Kabuto shrugs as he pulls out a deck of cards, "Well I guess you could say that is also a good thing. Because I've taken this test so many times, I have quite a bit of information, including information on the actual participants of the exam. If you want, I guess I could share some information with you rookies, since I'm feeling generous. Just describe anyone you want info on and I'll see what I have on them."

Sasuke steps forward and says, "Rock Lee of the Leaf Village. The team from sand that has the blond girl and the makeup wearing guy. And finally anything you have on a guy named Draco from Void."

"Could you also look up Ursa from the Void," Ino added, a certain twinkle in her eye.

"Just give us the info on everyone from Void," Shikamaru says with a yawn, "it's less troublesome that way."

"Well since you know Rock Lee's name I guess I'll start with him first," Kabuto says as he pulls a card off the top of the deck, "Ok, says here that he's about a year older than you lot. Mission History is 20 D-Ranks Completed, and 12 C-Ranks. His sensei is Gai. He has no skill whatsoever in ninjutsu nor Genjutsu, but his taijutsu really skyrocketed in the past year or so. Like you guys, this is his first time taking the exam, and he is on a team with Hyuuga Neji and Tenten."

He places the card on the bottom of the deck and draws three more, "Next are the three from Sand. I don't have as much info on them as I'd like, but I'll give you what I have. First off is Kankuro. Says here that he's a fairly skilled puppet master type ninja. His Mission History is 19 D-Ranks, and 4 C-Ranks. Next is Temari, a kunoichi that specializes in futon (1) ninjutsu. Her Mission History is 23 D-Ranks, and an impressive 22 C-Ranks. Lastly we have Gaara, and I have nothing on him except for his Mission History of 8 C-Ranks and a B-Rank. As a side note, he came back from all of his missions without a scratch."

"Not even a scratch," Naoko asks in disbelief, "How the heck do you manage something like that?"

"I don't know," replies Kabuto as he puts the cards' back into the deck, "But if I were you, I'd avoid him. Anyways, you wanted info on those guys from Void right. I don't have anything but their names and who their team mates are. Those two, Draco and Ursa, are on a team with a guy named Falkner. Also, there's another team who arrived just today, so I don't even know their names."

"Well that is maddeningly unhelpful," Naoko sighs as she puts her hands behind her head.

"I will tell you this however," Kabuto says as he straightens his glasses, "I have heard some rather nasty rumors about shinobi from the Void."

"Rumors," Chouji asks as he munches nervously on some chips.

"They say that out of all the Hidden Villages, Void Ninja are the most powerful. So powerful that one might call it… unnatural."

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With the Jounin

"Yo! How's it going Konoha Nin ," Amaya calls out happily as she and Shiro walk through the door.

Everyone just gives her a strange look and Kurenai asks, "What are you two doing here?"

Shiro just shrugs as he sits down on the couch opposite of her, "No idea. All I know is that Amaya heard that this is where the Konoha Jounin-Sensei's like to hang out during the exams. Then before you know it, she drags me here all the while saying 'Let's go meet the other Jounin! Come on, it will be educational!' And now I'm here when I could be out doing something productive."

"Oh come on Shiro," Amaya huffs, "how can you not… DOES THAT BOOK SAY BY: JIRAIYA?"

Kakashi suddenly found Amaya breathing down his neck as she read over his shoulder, but also surprisingly Shiro was looking on in interest as well. "Wow! I had no idea that Jiraiya wrote another book. Let's see here what does it say… WHAT IN #$ IS THIS? BLASPHEME!" She then quickly tore the book out of Kakashi's unsuspecting hands and threw it across the room, where it fell in a slump to the floor.

Amaya points an accusing finger at it and says angrily, "There is no way in HELL that… that… thing was written by the great Jiraiya, author of the single most popular piece of literature in Void, 'The Gutsy Ninja'!"

"The Gutsy Ninja? I don't think I've read that one yet- I mean, I've never heard of that particular book," Asuma began to say but quickly corrected when he saw the glare Kurenai was directing at him, "Anyways, why are you so surprised? It's common knowledge that Jiraiya-sama is a pervert. Having met the man once myself, I can honestly say that I find it hard to believe that he would right something not perverted, judging by your tone."

Both Amaya and Shiro looked highly offended. Amaya looked at Kakashi who had retrieved his book and was holding it like as if it was a newborn. She was seriously starting to consider beating him to a pulp but before she could do so Gai started talking, "This Gutsy Ninja sounds fascinating. Tell me more of this masterpiece of Jiraiya before he turned away from the path of youth!"

The two Void Jounin were more than happy to oblige.

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Back with the Genin

Ibiki had already assigned the genin their seats and was just finishing up his explanation of the rules, "The final question will be handed out 15 minutes from the end. Now…BEGIN!"

Everyone flipped over the papers in front of them and started reading over the questions. Almost immediately, Naruto and his team thought, "What the hell kind of questions are these?"

Raven sighs takes a quick glance around the room and notices that several of the other genin had either already started writing down answers or trying to cheat. Some were obvious, like this one brown haired Leaf genin sitting near the front, and some not so obvious, like the two Hyuuga using their Byakugan… which is ironic if you think about it. I mean, who wouldn't suspect a Hyuuga of using the Byakugan to cheat, I mean, it's what they do best!

Getting back on topic, Raven quickly realized that this was a test of their information gathering skills, and thankfully she just happened to be sitting near a girl with her hair tied up in buns, who was manipulating mirrors on the ceiling that no one seemed to question how they got there, with strings. Anyways, Raven used this to her advantage as she copied as many answers as she could before the mirrors moved so that she couldn't see them anymore. 'No matter,' Raven thought as she scribbled out the answer to number 6, 'I have other means of getting the answers; I'll just have to be sneaky about it.'

Anyways, while she was working on that, Daisuke had also figured out the meaning of the test, but unlike Raven, he wasn't exactly in any ideal spots to gather information. He sighs then thinks to himself, 'Looks like I'm going to have to risk being caught using my chakra here, but if I take my time preparing the jutsu then no one should notice.'

He starts forming hand seals under the table slowly so as to make as little movement as possible. After about two minutes of doing this the jutsu was ready. 'Kamereonjutsu: Deme (2),' he thought to himself as his pupils expanded and his eyes protruded ever so slightly from his head. Now that his jutsu was activated he could look in different directions at the same time, while not as useful for spying or info gathering as the Byakugan, it was good for fooling people who were only looking at one half of his face. Since he was seated on the right side of the room, he used his left eye to freely look at the papers of people next to and in front of him, and all with minimal movement of his head. Daisuke quickly obtained all the answers he needed and then cancelled out his jutsu to avoid any further suspicion.

Finally we come to Nemar, aka Naruto. If you know how he reacted Canon wise, or are familiar with the feeling of walking into a big test that you didn't study for and have no idea what it's about, then you can probably imagine how much he's freaking out right now. 'Shit, shit, shit,' he mentally cursed as he started sweating buckets, 'I'm no good at these sorts of written tests! If only I had paid attention to Scar when he was explaining how to decrypt codes I could have probably have at least figured out number two, but all these other questions are completely out of my league! Mighty demon I may be but genius I am not! What's worse, is that if I want to pass I'm probably going to have to cheat, and all the Jutsu in my arsenal are either ones that take time and ample space to pull off, or is just obvious that I'm using them. I can't think of anything I can do in this situation. NO! Don't think like that Naruto, you have to pull through this somehow. Hime's safety is possibly, no most likely, no IS ON THE LINE HERE! You can't give up; you just have to approach it calmly and rationally.'

Unfortunately for him, 45 minutes had already passed and Ibiki was ready to announce the last question. "Alright everyone put your pencils down and listen up," Ibiki calls out, "It's time for the last question. Before I tell you what the question is, I must tell you that this last question will have its own unique set of rules. Rule one, you have a choice whether you want to take it or not. Rule two, if you choose not to answer the question then you and your teammates are immediately disqualified. And finally, rule three, if you get the question wrong then not only will you be disqualified, but you and your team will also be banned from any and all future Chunin Exams."

The room immediately burst into cries of outrage. "Hey what gives," Naoko shouts as she leaps to her feat, "My otousan would never allow such a rule!"

Ibiki gives her a smile that sent shivers down her spine. "Is your otousan the proctor of this exam? No he isn't! As long as you remain in this room, still taking the test, then I am Kage, not anyone else got it. If you have a problem with it you can leave and try again next time, if your sensei even considers letting you attempt taking this exam a second time. Now sit down and shut up. Everyone has exactly 10 minutes to decide. Those that still remain will be given the last question."

Naoko grumbles as she sits down, crossing her arms defiantly, not willing to move an inch. After a minute or two, several teams had already thrown in the towel. Some even ran out of the room crying.

'I can't take this,' Hinata sobbed mentally, her eyes starting to water, 'I can't take the risk of failing and my friends not being able become Chunin because of me. I'm sorry… everyone…'

Her shaking hand started to slowly go up. Naruto quickly took notice of this, and thought to himself, 'I have to do something! I know that if she gives up now she'll be out of danger but, I just can't let all her hard work go to waste! I have to do something!'

He leapt to his feet, knocking over his chair. His eyes were full of rage. He punched the table in front of him causing a huge fissure to form in it.. The people on either side of him fell off their chairs and were looking at him, their eyes full of fear. Finally, he just looks at Ibiki, and says to him, "You can go #$% yourself! We've come too far to back down now! I don't care how good you think you are when it comes to your little mind games, but I won't stand for it! You'll have to drag me kicking and screaming from this room, my chakra sealed and my limbs bound before you can even think of trying to make quit. So give me your best shot you scar faced bastard! I won't back down! Not now! NOT EVER!"

Everyone just looks at him with a mixture of awe and fear. Meanwhile his teammates were mentally screaming, 'You idiot! You'll blow the mission!'

The only ones who seemed unaffected by his little outburst were Falkner, Gaara, and Ibiki. The latter of which was holding back a smirk. 'This kid is good,' he thought, 'Not only has he completely wiped away the fear that I had been carefully instilling in them, but now it looks like their getting over the shock of his outburst and now are growing confident once more. This kid is both temperamental and aggressive, but he has the aura of a leader about him. I'm guessing that no one else will be willing to leave now, which means it's time."

"In that case," Ibiki says, the grin that he was trying to hide finally breaking free, "That everyone still in the room… Has passed the first part of the Chunin exam!"

"Say what," was the collective answer of everyone. Ibiki chuckles and begins his long sermon on the meaning of sticking to the mission no matter the odds that everyone has most likely either seen, heard, or read so many times that they probably know it by heart by now, so I'll leave that part right out and get right to the part you all want to see. That's right it's the one, the only-

"Mitarashi Anko is in the House," yells out the purple haired special jounin as she stands before the black banner that just came crashing through the window, "I'll be your proctor for the second test so let's get started."

Everyone just sort of… looks at her… while Naruto was freaking out. 'NO! NOT HER! ANYONE BUT HER!'

Thankfully this was all internal so no one noticed because they were all busy starting at the scantily clad women in front of them. "You're early," Ibiki says to her, causing her to sweat drop.

Ibiki was collecting the papers after everyone had left when he noticed something strange. It was a paper with no answers written on it whatsoever. "Nemar huh," he chuckles as he looks out the window at the sun as it started to go down, "Looks like we have some interesting people this time round."

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Training Field 44

Anko had just finished explaining how the test would go down, when she called out to someone off to the side, "Hey Iruka-kun, are those papers ready yet?"

Then Iruka comes running onto the scene, carrying a stack of papers, "Right here Mitarashi-san. All 84 copies just like you requested."

Anko gives him a feral grin as she takes the stack, "Thanks a bunch, and please call me Anko," she then leans in and whispers something in his ear that Naruto was able to pick up with his sensitive hearing, "And later I'll be sure to thank you properly," as she licked her lips hungrily. Iruka quickly runs off, his face beat red. "Ahh man," Anko whines as she turns back to the crowd of genin, "The cute ones are always runners, but that just makes it more fun. Anyways, I need you all to fill out these release forms saying that in case of your death I am not held responsible in anyway."

After handing out the forms to everyone they broke up into their teams to do some last minute planning.

With Team 8 we have Naoko asking the question that was on everyone's mind, "What the heck is up with Iruka-sensei?"

Funnily enough it was Hinata who answered, "Well um, you see Naoko-san, just before he had to leave, Naruto was just telling me about a prank he pulled about a month or two ago …"

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Flaskback

Just outside the Konoha Hot springs

"Heh, heh," Naruto chuckled as he puts the finishing touches on his latest prank, a special one use seal that would propel anyone that walked over it through the air, "This will teach that Prick not to mess with my Hime (I won't say what he did but I will say that it was something perverted). He should be coming along any minute now."

Sure enough, Mizuki comes walking around the corner a few seconds later carrying his bathing supplies (you know, all that stuff you see people in Anime carrying around when they go to a hot spring.) and dressed in a robe. Naruto quickly hid himself in a nearby bush. Mizuki was steadily walking closer and closer to the hidden seal when suddenly he stopped when a familiar voice called out to him, "Hey Mizuki wait up." Then Iruka ran around the corner towards Mizuki carrying a large stack of papers.

"What is it Iruka," He asked.

"You dropped your soap back there near the entrance, I would have picked it up myself but as you can see my hands are kind of full," Iruka replied with a sheepish grin.

"Thanks Iruka," Mizuki says as walks back around the corner.

"Well I better get going, I don't want be late for the meetiNGGGG," Iruka was saying as he accidentally stepped on the seal, sending him soaring into the air, papers flying, and as he came back down, he landed with a mighty crash into a nearby Dango shop. Mizuki comes walking around the corner again and noticing all the papers lying around simply shrugs and continues walking.

"Darn," Naruto cursed as he walked out of the bushes, "Stupid Scar, had to come along and ruin a perfectly good prank. That seal was a pain to make too… oh well. I guess I will just have to go with plan B, "Trick Prick into walking into a Hot Spring full of Over Weight Transvestites." It's less physically scaring than being thrown into the woman's hot springs but its easily five times as mentally scaring." (The reason he didn't go flying into the hot springs like originally planned was because the seal was designed to fling Mizuki not Iruka so because of their different height, weight, and overall body shapes he was sent flying into a different direction)

Meanwhile, with Iruka

Iruka's vision was coming back into focus, and he was getting his thoughts back together. The first thing he noticed was that was laying on something soft, and that he was covered in something sticky. Licking his lips to taste the mysterious substance he had only one thing to say, "…dango sauce?"

"Hey buddy," the soft something he was laying on says to him, "I normally only let a man be the one on top e after the third date… if they even survive that long."

Gulping, Iruka looks down to find that he was laying on top of was in fact Konoha's resident Snake Mistress, Mitarashi Anko. He quickly jumped off of her, apologizing over and over in hopes that she wouldn't skin him alive. Anko just looks at him for a few seconds before thinking, "Well at least he's sorry, most men are usually too scared to even defend themselves when they find themselves in awkward situations with me. Plus he's not all that bad looking all covered in sauce… yes I think this can work to my advantage."

"Tell you what," Anko says in a seductive voice, "I'll give you a 15 second head start."

Iruka didn't need to be told twice.

End Flashback

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"Ahh, That would explain it," Naoko muses as she and her team follow the Chunin who was leading them to their designated gate.

"Just wait for the signal to go then you can head through the gate," the Chunin explains as he leaves them in front of the gate.

"Heh," Naoko laughs as she stretches out, "This will be piece of cake. All we got to do is find ourselves a Heaven scroll and head to the tower. With two trackers on our team and with my kickass ninjutsu we'll be done before we know it."

Shino simply shakes his head and straightens his glasses, "Naoko, I may not a be a superstitious individual but I would still like it if you didn't jinx it for us."

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"Alright, each of us will be going after our own objectives once we are in the forest," Falkner explains to his team as the they stand in front of the gate, "We will then meet up at the tower."

"Two problems leader," Draco respond with a feral grin, "one, Sensei explicitly told us to refrain from killing as much as possible. Second, what will do about the Earth scroll that we need."

"We will only be gathering intel on each of our objectives, not outright hunting them down. As for the scroll, just leave that to me ," Falkner reply's with the slightest hint of an evil smile on his face.

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"So what's the plan Nemar," Daisuke asks.

"The plan is simple," Nemar replies as he straightens out his bandoliers, "we find ourselves a heaven scroll then we run clean up to make sure the other team from Void doesn't deal to much damage."

"Tell me again," Raven asks as she sharpens a butcher's knife, "Why are you the one calling the shots when you almost blew our cover in the first exam?"

"Because, Raven, Kyuubi put me in charge," Nemar says as a loud shot is heard, and their gate flies open, "Now, no more questions. Let's go!"

And with that, all the teams run into the forest.

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Bonus Bio:

Name: Draco (First Name unknown)

Age: Mental (about 16), Chronological (about 60)

Species: Salamander (the amphibian not the mythological creature)

Tails: 3

Known Relatives: Salamander Clan

Hobbies: Cooking, Fireworks (Making and launching)

Favorite Technique: Katon: Matsuri Hikami (3), Kasai no Yaiba (4)

Draco is a member of the Salamander clan which is known for its sensory techniques. Unlike the rest of his family which is all Water element, Draco is a fire element, which had lead to being ostracized from the rest of his family. He has an unhealthy obsession with fire, which has lead to the creation of his own signature technique, Katon: Matsuri Hikami, which allows him to eat other peoples fire justu.

Inspiration: Natsu from Fairy Tail anime/manga, only more evil.

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(1) Futon / Wind Release

(2) Kamereonjutsu: Deme / Chameleon Art: Protruding Eyes

(3) Katon: Matsuri Hikami / Fire Release: Feast of the Fire God

(4) Kasai no Yaiba / Fire Sword