'This exam was strange.' Naruto thought, as he and his entourage entered into the tower in the middle of the forest. As Sasuke opened the scrolls, Naruto thought back to what had happened a few hours ago.

"WHAT?!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke's eyes widened slightly, and Sakura looked close to fainting.

"It's true, Naruto-kun." Hashirama said. "There's a man hiding in this forest, and he wants Sasuke to have his babies."

"B-But!"

"Hush, Naruto! It's the damn truth!" Madara hissed. 'Well, it's not really the truth, but they don't need to know that.'

"B-But Sasuke's a guy! He can't have babies!" Naruto screamed, causing everyone (aside from Sasuke, but he was still processing the fact that some man wanted him) to cover their ears.

"We get it Naruto, you don't need to shout!" Naruto squeaked and blushed.

"Sorry."

"It's alright Naruto-kun." Tobirama said, placing a hand on the blond's shoulder. "Don't worry about that man. He won't get within a kilometre of Sasuke. We'll make sure one of us is with him at all times."

"...preferably me." Madara grumbled. He may not know the other Uchiha very well, but from he was told, Sasuke was the only Uchiha within sixty kilometres of Konoha. He was practically the only Uchiha left. And Madara wouldn't have that. The Uchiha needed to be brought back, and only Sasuke can do it currently.

"Well," Naruto started, looking down. "I guess it's good now..."

"Don't think anymore of it, okay? We'll handle this."

"Who are you, huh?" Naruto said, glaring at the grey-haired shinobi a few metres from him. The shinobi lifted his hands in surrender.

"I'm Kabuto, Yakushi Kabuto. I got separated from my team."

"Right, likely story." Madara scoffed, rolling his eyes.

"Now Madara, what if he's telling the truth?" Hashirama said. "I mean, look at him. He looks so... pathetic." He was right. Kabuto had several cuts and bruises, was covered in dirt, and his clothes seemed torn.

"Ah, I've gotten into a few fights. Luckily I always managed to escape." He smiled softly.

"You suck at lying." Madara said, a glare easing onto his face. Kabuto shook his head.

"I'm not lying, I swear!" Madara made to respond, but was cut off by a glare from Tobirama.

"Ignore him." Tobirama started, returning his attention to Kabuto. "He's just wound up from before."

"Oh, I see. What happened?" Kabuto prodded.

"Nothing too important. Just a fight with another team."

"Yeah, we're not allowed to fight, so our precious little genin got all ruffled and hurt!" Hashirama sighed dramatically, earning a soft giggle from Naruto.

"I... uh... see. Um, can I stick by you guys until we reach the tower? I have an extra Earth Scroll if you need one." The three younger genin looked at each other. They did need that Earth Scroll... they shrugged.

"Sure Kabuto!"

They had parted ways at the tower. Kabuto's teammates had been waiting for him since he had gotten lost. They waved and walked off down the hall. Team 7 and their extras made their way into the room before them. Sasuke flung open their scrolls.

"It's a summoning scroll!" He called, backing up. A large poof of smoke came, and slowly dispersed. A series of coughs came from the smoke, along with a familiar voice.

"Yeesh, I was enjoying my book... oh. Oh no, nuh-uh, not you guys!" Naruto's eyes lit up.

"Kakashi-sensei!"