"Whhoooaaa look at all the people here!"

I looked to the entire testing room full of contestants trying out for the Chunin Exams. Yeah, I was here at the Academy now. When I heard Shikamaru was going to be our proctor for this test, I just got so excited! I even did my hair back to the standard pigtails for this! Well, for practical reasons of course… who could stand having your hair in a giant hair-holder the whole entire time?

"Hey, Naruko. I don't think they're all that friendly." said Sasuke.

"Hey, I'm Naruko and I'm going to beat you all!" I said, throwing up a point to them with one hand on my hip.

I laughed heartily.

"Hey, you shouldn't brag about yourself like that." said a male's voice.

I turned to see Kimishi Sarutobi, a boy who I recognized from Team 9.

"Hey, Kimishi! What's up?" I said.

"Owwah? You still remember me after all these years? I'm flattered."

"I knew you'd be here… you don't try hard enough." I said.

"You and your team are all still Genin? Ha, you went far. You're one to talk!" said Kimishi.

"So is the rest of your team here?" said Sakura, waving herself into the conversation.

"Pfft… they're here. They're just hiding in the shadows… I think." said Kimishi.

"Then just stick with the cool kids and we'll be the best team alliance there is!" I said.

"Sorry, but I'm too cool for you." said Kimishi and I made an angry anime face. "I do want you to meet the motley crew, however. You might remember some of them from the Academy, doll-face."

He gave some sort of signal and a bunch of stupid looking guys came out of the crowd.

One was tall with medium length blond wearing black Kimono shirt sort of like Jiraiya's only short sleeved then the other two looked like brothers with red hair and freckles. Those two wore track-jackets on the waists and white Konoha T-shirts. Those three looked like my own personal fan club with the way the first one had blond hair and the other two were dressed.

"Introducing the Sasuke/Naruto Fan Club!" said Kimishi, like I couldn't have guessed.

"Wow, so cool to see you again, Sasuke and Naruko!" said the blond as Sakura glared for attention, "And you too, Sakura. Remember when we were all kids? Sasuke, I was your best friend."

I highly doubted that.

"Wow… you guys too? I guess this is-" I said but Kimishi cut in.

"Rojiro and Hideki are the only ones left of our class that are still Genins. That 13-year-old kid is Soren with an E of course… not like my teammate Sorin. His brother Korin is doing great as well."

"Riiight." I said.

"That's enough!" said a familiar voice.

"Shikamaru?" said the group. He had just appeared in a puff of smoke.

"That's right. I'm your proctor, Shikamaru-san! But from now on you will only refer to me as Proctor Shikamaru." said Shikamaru getting into a lazy, wide-armed stance.

"Now, everyone, sit down properly in your chairs and we will begin."

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As I was stressing out about the questions, I saw two heads in front that Sasuke was struggling as well. We didn't really work on our brains all that much in all those years, but something tells me that these questions were way harder than our level. I couldn't even answer the first one! Well, it's not like I'm smart enough to anyway…

That's when Shikamaru stopped to explain something after the time was up.

"Now, I want you to know that I have to problem failing you. You will either answer the tenth question in front of everybody and pass the whole entire class, or fail to answer it and fail the entire class. Anyone not willing to take the tenth question please raise your hands."

A few people raised their hands, but I stayed motionless. "Alright, if you still want to raise your hands then feel free because I'm going to let you decide who takes the tenth question. And one more thing, you will all not be able to participate in the next Chunin Exams or any other following Chunin Exams if you do not answer this within 5 minutes. You will basically be banned and all stuck as Genin forever."

I was stressed beyond belief by now… what if I was the only one willing to do it? What if I was the one who would fail the entire class permanently? I started to raise my hand. But then I thought… it couldn't be just a ruse, could it? I mean, Shikamaru wouldn't just ask a random knowledge question in front of the whole class… that would be ridiculous! It had to be some kind of other question. However, I didn't know…

I stood up with my arm raised high.

"Pathetic. The one with the most spirit out of all of you, the one who I know personally as the next in line for Hokage… couldn't even handle…!"

I smiled. I placed on the table and sliced in half with my wind chakra.

"I'm Naruko, daughter of the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze… I will crush all of you by answering this question because I don't care if I'm going to stay a Genin forever. I'm going straight to Hokage, even if I fail!"

"Ha!" went Shikamaru, "I commend you, but what is the answer to the question?"

"That no ninja should ever go back on their word, Dattebayo!"

"Very good! You all pass."

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(Author POV)

Shikamaru was busy collecting the papers to the previous test itself, his mind wandering back to where Naruko was sitting and how Neji would fare taking care of her rambunctious ass. Naruko had sat at this desk, he was sure of it. It's probably because of the large cut in the middle of it. He didn't appreciate that even if it was out of her crazy doings.

"No answers huh? That's quite strange, but not for Naruko. You really had no hope until you came out on top, as always…"

"Heh…" he said.

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