Uzumaki Twins

Chapter 15

~Gaara's pov~

It looks like the proctor has just arrived. But what's more is the mass amount of instructors alongside him. What's even more than that is that that girl is providing security to the exams. Chika Uzumaki, I remember you from when you came to the sand. What I did forget is how I originally thought you to be extremely weak. Such display of speed and use of chakra! How had she managed to make her chakra that visible? It looked so solid. Why did I assume her to be so weak? She could prove to be difficult to kill if it comes to it. But she could also prove my existence if I managed to kill her.

I smirked as I watched her standing down at the bottom with crossed arms and very affective evaluating eyes. Yes, Chika Uzumaki, you are going to prove my existence once I kill you.

I looked to the rest of what appeared to be her team. A man stood to the wall with crossed arms and very stern looking eyes. Eyes that reminded me of my father. I narrowed my eyes at him. He has brown hair spiked to his shoulders and eyes even lighter than his hair colour. I could see that he was a harsh and cold man, or is that a facade to us examinees? He wore the leaf village jonin attire and his head protector was tired around his forehead. Then there was the girl beside the window. She has sun blonde hair that was tied up with piercing green eyes, even darker in colour than mine. She looked younger than me. The other was a male right at the back of the room. He looked older with hair as black as the shadows and reached his shoulders with a wild look. He had matching eyes and he had his arms crossed. The two both had the same eyes as their sensei and I wondered again why she was with this team.

I thought her brother and his team were her team.

Is she not participating in the Chunin exams?

I looked back to her and saw that she was fiddling with a necklace. I widened my arms when I saw the glittery red symbol on it. The symbol of the sand village and the symbol of the promise we made to each other. The promise of proving whose existence is more effective. As if sensing I was looking at her, she looked up and locked eyes with me. Her cheeks reddened and she quickly dropped the necklace and looked away. She crossed her arms so she had something else to do with her arms. I smirked. Although I am perplexed as to why she was fiddling with it.

'It's time to begin,' the scar faced man spoke interrupting my thoughts. 'I am Ibiki Morino, your proctor, and from this moment your worst enemy.'

I narrowed my eyes at him. He thinks he's such a tough guy, huh? I'd show him if we were to ever fight. I'd easily be able to kill him. But right at this moment I could do nothing. I was told to stick to the plan and don't do anything recklessly. Seeing that girl Chika, I just want to do something reckless. I want to see if she's capable of subduing me like she did that sound guy. Had I known she was here I would have come sooner to see if I could fight her to get an estimate of her true strength. But as far as I can tell, she's not spoken a single word until the sound did something stupid.

He pointed his finger straight up to the top. 'First, you candidates from the village hidden in the sound, knock it off. Who told you, you could fight? You want to be failed before we've even begun?'

'Sorry, it's our first time. Guess we were a little jumpy, sir.' The hunched guy answered the proctor.

I wonder how Chika is reacting to that kind of answer. The proctor's smirking as if he couldn't wait to dish something out to him for being cocky. Chika looked angry. Her fists were clenched and she was glaring right up in the direction of the sound ninja. Interesting how she's quick to become angry. I wonder what kind of position she has in the Chunin exams. They were already here stationed throughout the room before we came in. I only saw the two of them. I didn't know about the guy at the back or Chika in the front corner until she moved. How had she managed to hide so efficiently?

'I'll say this once so listen up.' I turned my attention back to the proctor the moment he spoke. 'There will be no combat between candidates, no attacking each other without the permission of your proctor. And even then, the use of fatal force is strictly prohibited. Anyone who even thinks of messing with me will be disqualified immediately. Got it?'

Yeah just hurry up and begin already. This is getting extremely boring as it is. At least the sound spiced it up a bit.

A guy chuffed and I looked back to see it was the other guy in the sound team. 'Hm, no fatal force? That's no fun.'

The instructors chuckled at his statement and I wondered just what they were thinking. Amused by what was said or something different? I wonder what Chika is possibly thinking. She appears to be the easier to figure out but at the same time the hardest. She looked angry that was as much as I could see. But her thoughts are a complete mystery. She's prohibited from breaking certain rules otherwise she would have struck out already. Is that one of the reasons she's so pissed or perhaps something else? Girls are so difficult.

'Now if we're ready, we'll precede to the first stage of the Chunin exams. Hand over your paperwork, in return you'll each be given a number,' he said holding up a piece of paper with the number 1 on it. 'This number determines where you'll sit. We'll start the written test once you're all seated.'

So the first part is a written exam? Interesting.

'The… what…?' someone spoke out and I looked back to see that it was the blonde boy, Chika's twin brother. 'Did he say… written?'

An instructor held up a stack of paper and the sound echoed throughout the room. He had a smirk on his face as if it was the funniest thing to torment him.

'NOOOO, NOT A WRITTEN TEST, NO WAY!' the boy shouted.

I looked down at Chika to determine her reaction and I discovered she was smirking and shaking her head. Embarrassed and amused by her brother? It seems likely. A dimwit for a brother, how much more embarrassed can you get? I guess if he was completely fucked up she would be a lot more embarrassed. But Chika's a peculiar human. She always manages to surprise me and catch me off guard. It would be no doubt she'd apply the same when it involves her brother.

~Chika's pov~

To think that my brother hadn't figured it out quite yet…

I smirked in spite of that. A dimwit he has always been and sometimes slow. In the midst of battle he's quick and uses his head for once but outside of it he just does whatever comes to his mind. And sometimes that's the stupidest thing. To think that he would shout it out that his weakness is actually written tests in the contents he did, you would actually think he would at least keep that to himself and actually assume he will be able to handle whatever is dished out to him. I guess sometimes even I am wrong about my brother. Nice to know…

I conveyed the reactions from the rest of the candidates. Some were worried and most were confident, especially those like Sakura. May hate her but she's smart; she'll be able to do this test without a hitch. It may be a bit difficult for even her but I am sure that she'll be able to pass this. Sasuke, I have no doubt he'll figure out the true meaning behind the exam and he'll pass it no doubt. It's just my brother from the team I'm worried for. Ibiki is a master at torture and interrogation. Torturing genin like this is certain to make his day. Well now he knows he can torture my brother with written exams, so yeah his socks will be rocked for the few hours he has with us.

The genin started lining up and giving in their papers and were given a number in return. It took a while but they all managed to find their seats and sat down within fifteen minutes. I observed Ibiki for a few moments as he stood just behind the proctor's desk. I wondered what he was going to do and how he was going to torture these genin to the point that they would be pissing themselves worried about failure.

He took a white chalk, stretched his whole arm and tapped the black board with it, gaining everyone's attention in the process.

'Everyone eyes front! There are a few rules you need to be aware of and I won't answer any questions. So you better pay attention the first time around.'

I looked around the room and saw that some were in disagreement to what he just said. No questions asked… Hmm I wonder what you're thinking, Ibiki.

He turned his back to the room and started writing on the board. 'Alright, rule number one is this. The written part of the exam is conducted on a point reduction system. Contrary to what some of you may be used to, you all begin the test with the perfect score of ten points. One point will be deducted for each answer you get wrong. So if you miss three, your final score will be seven.'

All is fair with those rules. Not so hard to understand now is it, everyone? I smirked at the lot of them and those at the front gulped and started to shake. I looked at them with wide eyes before I smirked with an eviler grin, just to scare them some more. It worked like a charm. Maybe I should go into Ibiki's unit. It seems I have a knack for torturing people, even if not physically.

'Rule number two, teams will pass and fail based on the total scores of all three members.'

Everyone gasped in shock with those words that I couldn't help but feeling a little pleasure over. It's not only that but some people looked like they were pissing their pants right because they were that scared. Sakura looked like she was going to throw something at the proctor with the way one hand was on the desk and her head was against it as if someone slammed her head on the desk.

She lifted her head and there was a red mark, dead centre. 'What? Wait a second! You're saying we all get scored…as a team?!'

'Silence,' Ibiki called stopping anyone from getting other thoughts. 'I have my reasons. So shut up and listen!'

I placed a hand over my mouth to stop myself from laughing out loud. Sakura just got to shut up! That is so freaking hilarious. That must have wounded her or she may not have paid attention to that and just focused on the rest of the words. Knowing her that is what she has done. Unfortunately, she wouldn't happen to look at other words if I were to tell her to shut or my brother. She'd hurt my brother but will become sad with me. What a weirdo.

'Rule number three, the sentinels you see positioned around the room are there to watch you carefully for any signs of cheating. And for every incident they spot, they will subtract two points from the culprits score.' One person said what and Sakura gasped. 'Be warned, their eyes are extremely sharp, and if they catch you five times, you'll be dismissed before the tests are even scored.'

He let it soak into their heads for a little bit. No one was happy.

'Anyone fool enough to be caught cheating by the sentinels doesn't deserve to be here.' Ibiki finished, still smirking.

'I've got my eye on you guys,' a sentinel with a bandage over his nose and spiky black hair said with a smirk of his own. The genin near him were startled enough to gasp.

'If you want to be considered shinobi then show us what exceptional shinobi you can be.' Ibiki was having his fun telling them all these damn rules. It's almost as if he's making it up as he goes along. But I know that he's had this all pre-planned. He let them all have a little thought to themselves before he spoke. 'One more thing, if any candidate should get a zero and fail the test, then the entire team fails.' He had that shadow part to his eyes when he finished that last part.

Sasuke flinched and his eyes widened as did Sakura.

'WHAT DID HE SAY?' she shouted, furiously.

I smirked.

Ah, Ibiki, you're too much. To think that he also had that up his sleeve, it's almost like he knew what Sasuke and Sakura were thinking. Poor Naruto, I could almost imagine what he's thinking right about now. He's probably thinking that Sasuke and Sakura were going to kill him if he scores a zero. He's right, they would. But my brother will somehow be able to beat this. I know he's that kind of ninja.

'The final question won't be given out until fifteen minutes before the end of the testing period. You'll have one hour total.' The clock on the wall ticked by and when it struck exactly three he yelled out. 'Begin!'