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June 21st, the sixth week
The alarm clocked blared right on time, rousing Sasuke from his sleep. Sighing, Sasuke shifted, arm reaching up to turn the loud obnoxious thing off. Turning over onto his other side, the Uchiha snuggled into his human teddy bears naked chest. Said teddy bear wrapped an arm around Sasuke's waist, pulling him closer, their bodies touching in several places. Stretching out, the human cuddle buddy held onto Sasuke's waist tighter.
"Mmn, Sasuke." Naruto whined. He nuzzled his face against Sasuke cheek, irritating him. "Let's not get up today." Sasuke opened his eyes and pried tan hands from his waist.
"Dobe," Sasuke calmly spoke, as if he had been awake for hours. "The exams start today." Once the Uchiha had escaped from Naruto's grip, he got off the bed and went straight to the bathroom. Naruto watched him go, heard Sasuke pull down his pants and started to use the toilet. When he was done, Naruto listened to the toilet flush, then the sink beginning to run. When Sasuke came out, he was wiping his hands dry by the legs of his pants.
"You know I think you're body got weeks mixed up." Naruto said, grinning happily he spread out on the bed, bones cracking against each other. Sasuke glanced over at him before walking past the bed towards the kitchen. "'Cause last week you were supposed to be peeing a whole lot and this week you're supposed to be a psycho with emotions but last week you got all emotional and this week you're peeing every five minutes." Naruto grinned and watched Sasuke walk past, enjoying the way his hips swayed fluidly. He didn't see the bird Sasuke was flipping him until Sasuke turned around, giving the blonde that knowing look.
"Dobe." Sasuke said, grinning. Naruto's grin widened, and he sat up, moving to get off the bed.
"Can't help it, Teme, you're ass is just so sexy." Naruto replied. He followed Sasuke into their small kitchen; took a seat at the table and watched as Sasuke pulled out a pan, butter, bread and eggs.
"Hn, we did it last night, Dobe. You're out of luck if you think we're going to do it again." Sasuke set the pan on the stove, turned on the gas and left it alone to heat up, spending the next few minutes buttering the bread.
"Mmh, we can always do a quickie." Naruto said suggestively. He grinned when Sasuke didn't turn around, he didn't give the blonde anything. Getting up, the blonde walked over and wrapped his arms around the Uchiha's waist. Letting the blonde hug him, Sasuke went on about making breakfast, he slipped the pieces of bread into the pan, watching them sizzle. Kissing Sasuke's neck, Naruto ran his hands down Sasuke's waist, smoothing out rumpled fabric of boxers with the Uchiha's fan symbol all over it.
"I said no, Naruto." Sasuke repeated. He grabbed a spatula and flipped the bread, the topside now golden brown. Sasuke sighed; Naruto's kisses became hickey sucking, the blonde's talented mouth pulling at his pale skin. Sasuke moved the browning bread again before pushing his lover away. "Go get plates." Sasuke muttered, when Naruto only lowered his hands again Sasuke used his free hand to whack the side of Naruto's head. The blonde realized only to late that Sasuke moved to hit him and received the blow full force.
"Ow!" Naruto called out, he released Sasuke to hold his head where Sasuke had struck him.
"I said get the plates, Dobe." Sasuke said again, not even feeling sorry for his lover's slow reaction time. He heard Naruto shuffle off to the side and open a cabinet door, pulling out two plates. He placed both of them on the counter and then wrapped his arms around Sasuke's waist again. "Thank you." Sasuke muttered. Naruto kissed Sasuke's cheek but didn't say anything as the Uchiha slid the toast onto both plates with practiced ease. Reaching over for the eggs he whacked them against the pans edge and pulled it apart over the hot pan. Tossing the eggshell into the nearby trashcan, Sasuke picked up the second egg and gave it the same treatment. Naruto watched silently as the eggs cooked, both enjoying the silence.
"A whole five days without you, I might not survive." Naruto whispered with a grin on his lips. Sasuke rolled his eyes and tended to the eggs, checking the edges to see how fast they were cooking.
"You just might starve to death." The sarcasm rolled off Sasuke's tongue easily and Naruto chuckled.
"Mhm, starve from a lack of touching, kissing and loving you." Naruto turned his head to kiss Sasuke neck again, working his way up to the Uchiha's jaw in kisses. Tilting his head back to give the blonde more access he set his hands on the counter, the spatula still in his hand. "You think I can sneak in during the second exam?" Whispering into Sasuke's ear, Naruto watched as his lover smiled and chuckled. "What about a blow job, Teme, I'll take a hand job or even just a make-out session if it means I can be with you." Naruto smiled when Sasuke leaned back into him and let his headrest on his shoulder.
"You'd get me disqualified, Usuratonkachi." Sasuke softly sighed. He checked the eggs again and stood straighter, sliding the spatula under one of the over easy cooked eggs and slid it onto one of the plates. Grabbing the second egg and setting it on the plate he turned off the fire of the stove, setting the spatula in the cooling pan.
"Ah! I'll just have to wait until you come back, then I'll have a whole month with you to do all the weird and kinky things." Sasuke rolled his eyes and picked up both of the plates, holding one back for the blonde to take.
"Table, now." Sasuke ignored the blondes comment and the two broke away, Naruto quickly finding his seat at the table, picked up his fork and engorged himself on the egg and toast. Sasuke was slower, sliding into his seat before picking up his toast and biting into it.
"So are you nervous, Teme?" Naruto asked through a mouth full of egg and toast in one hand. "About taking the Chuunin exam again." Sasuke looked up, still working on his first piece of toast. Naruto stopped inhaling the food and watched his lover think.
"I'm worried about going in with the baby, if I make the wrong move at the wrong time, it would be over." Sasuke muttered. He took a larger bite out of the toast and chewed it thoughtfully. Naruto frowned for a minute and then relaxed and swallowed a mouthful of food.
"You won't let it happen, no one knows and one of the last places they would go for would be your abdomen. Just don't die on me, I'll never forgive you if you do that." Naruto said before stuffing his mouth with the rest of his toast and egg.
Smiling at the blonde Sasuke finished his toast and started on the egg, savoring the yoke as it oozed out of the white. "I thought we went over this Dobe, I'm not going to get myself killed." Naruto grinned at his Uchiha after swallowing his food. The blonde stood up and took his dirty dish to the sink to wash them. Sasuke followed soon after, he dropped his dish into the sink and turned around. Surprised, Naruto watched his lover walk away, not knowing where Sasuke was going.
"Bathroom." Sasuke answered the unasked question, sauntering off without looking back. Grinning, Naruto turned back to the sink and started washing both of the dishes.
"We didn't even have anything to drink yet." Naruto called out, he turned his head to watch Sasuke walk away, chuckling when he saw the dark haired male flipping him the bird again.
"Fuck you." Sasuke replied. He disappeared into the bathroom and Naruto returned to washing the dishes.
"I thought you said no!" Naruto yelled. If Sasuke had a response Naruto didn't hear it over the sound of the water running and the clinking of plates. "He's really is pregnant." Naruto murmured to himself. With no Uchiha to distract him he finished the dishes quickly and grabbed a towel to dry them. Naruto heard the toilet flush and the sink run before he saw Sasuke again; the other male was coming towards him intently. Setting the dishes down Naruto watched as Sasuke came close and slipped his arms around the blonde's waist. Looking up into his lover's blue eyes he gave a small smile.
"I did say no." Sasuke murmured, he leaned up and gave Naruto a chaste kiss and before the blonde could deepen it he broke it off and slipped away. "And it's still no." Sasuke smirked as he walked away, hearing the disappointed moan coming from the other. Naruto followed Sasuke to the side of the bed and collapsed on it as Sasuke opened dresser drawers and pulled out clothes, including two pairs of boxers. One had ramen noodle bowls on them and the other was covered in Uchiha clan fans. Picking up the pair with ramen bowls Naruto stood up to pull his pants down.
"Stop." Sasuke called, glancing at Naruto before turning back to pull out shirts and pants. Naruto did as he was told, the boxers still in his hand. Closing the dresser drawers Sasuke tore the boxers from Naruto's hand and tossed them back on the bed.
"Hey!" Naruto exclaimed in surprise. Watching Sasuke pick up the Uchiha fan boxers and handed them to the blonde. Still not knowing what was going on Naruto held the boxers up and examined them closely. When realization dawned on him, the blonde lit up excitedly. "You're going to wear-" Sasuke grunted and gave the blonde a stern look, stopping the blonde from finishing his sentence.
"Say anything and I'll kill you, Dobe." Sasuke muttered. Standing up Sasuke pulled down his own pants, Naruto doing the same. Knowing that the blonde was watching him put on the ramen bowl boxers, Sasuke let his hands linger on the waistband of the boxers and let his fingers trail up his abdomen and chest. A short intake of breath was all Sasuke needed to hear to know the blonde was getting excited. Bending down, Sasuke pulled open the drawer full of pants, as he was picking up both pairs he felt Naruto's fingers wrap around his waist and pull him upwards.
He could barely keep a grin from forming on his face as the blonde gently lifted him up and setting him down on the bed, his legs dangling over the edge. Naruto leaned down and tilted his head and kissed the Uchiha softly. Bringing his hand up to Naruto's neck, he lifted his head to make it easier for the blonde to suck on his lips and felt the blonde push him down onto the bed.
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"Happy?" Sasuke asked, giving the blonde a knowing look. Naruto was breathing heavily as he grinned back, and leaned forward to hug the dark haired male.
"Yes, I'm really, really happy." Naruto sighed happily and tilted his head to kiss the Uchiha's lips but Sasuke frowned and placed his hand over the blonde's lips and turned away.
"Brush your teeth before you kiss me, idiot." Sasuke mumbled. Sasuke got off the bed and glanced at the blonde before disappearing into the bathroom. Sighing happily, Naruto followed him to the bathroom, finding Sasuke brushing his teeth. Looking up, Sasuke nodded to the sink and continued. Still smiling, Naruto picked up his toothbrush and the tube of toothpaste, turning to the mirror to do his business.
They brushed their teeth in silence, Naruto continuously glancing at Sasuke who ignored the looks. Sasuke finished first and left the bathroom, Naruto followed soon after to finish dressing. Both were in their normal clothes, the blonde in his black wife beater, orange pants and trademark orange jacket. Sasuke was wearing a tight fitting short-sleeved dark blue shirt and loose black pants that he tightened with his black wraps just below his knees.
"Did I mention that I love you?" Naruto asked, he turned and smiled a dazzling smile to his lover who rolled his eyes and sighed softly. "No Sasuke, I really do love you." Naruto grabbed Sasuke's shoulders and pulled him close for a searing kiss. Sasuke opened his mouth for Naruto to slip his tongue inside but the blonde refused, backing away slowly with a lip smacking sound.
"Don't kill anyone and please try to have some fun with it." Naruto whispered, smiling with an expression so filled with love Sasuke couldn't help but feel his insides start to melt. "You do know how to have fun right?" The blonde raised his eyebrows in askance, Sasuke smiled at the joke and nodded, putting his hand over one of Naruto's on his shoulder.
"Dobe," Sasuke rolled his eyes again and turned away, his hand dropping along with Naruto's to their sides. "I'll see you in five days." Opening the door the two males stepped out, Naruto shutting the door behind him while reaching out to grab the Uchiha's hand. Turning back to the blonde, Sasuke let himself be pulled into a kiss. It was slow and deep, this time Sasuke opened his mouth and Naruto slipped his tongue inside. It lasted for a more than a minute and when they broke apart both stared into each other's eyes, saying goodbye.
"Uh, you better get going, don't want to be late." Naruto blushed and looked away. Keeping his stoic expression in place, Sasuke blinked which was his equivalent of smiling in public. Sasuke watched as Naruto turned and started to walk down the stairs, looking back and blushing deeply. Without waiting for the end of the awkward goodbye, Sasuke turned around and jumped off the ledge, landing on the roof of the building next door. He was halfway there too soon for his liking and he slowed down, walking across rooftops before jumping to the next.
Before he knew it he was already at the designated building, young kids from different hidden villages walking away dejectedly. Nostalgia found it's way into Sasuke's chest; he remembered this trick from the first time he had to take the chuunin exams, when he had still been part of team seven. Deciding to skip the whole issue of walking past the young genin and explaining to them what he was doing here, he jumped onto the roof and opened the door that led to the roof and went down. He could easily see the genjutsu, it was a surprise he hadn't seen it the first time, the stairs were a different color on the landing below the one he was supposed to stop on. It had been obvious if you were looking.
Opening the door and stepping inside, Sasuke found himself under the scrutiny of at least a hundred and thirty people staring at him. Panning his eyes across the room, he evaluated every single person in the room. There were a few his eyes lingered on, the ones that looked like they would be trouble for him in the second part of the exam. Closing the door behind him, Sasuke calmly moved to an empty space between two teams before starting to eye the competition again. Everyone was suspicious of everyone else and Sasuke definitely stared down a few as he watched. None of them looked to be a challenge to Sasuke but he didn't discount anyone, everyone had their secrets and if he wasn't careful they would put him in a tight spot and then he would really have to move.
In the corner of the room to the left of where Sasuke was, was a girl that caught his attention. She had been staring at him since he entered the room, not even glancing at any newcomers who opened the door like everyone else did. Turning his eyes to stare her down he took in her appearance, red hair pulled into ponytail that disappeared behind her back. Bangs were covering her village headband from view and it made Sasuke curious. Wearing only a plain green t-shirt and tan cargo shorts she was tanned lightly and looked out of place surrounded by pale Sound genin. Her bright green eyes stared intensely back at Sasuke, her gaze never wavered and Sasuke didn't know what to think about her. She seemed calm for a genin getting ready to participate in the chuunin exams. She also didn't seem to have anyone with her; no teammates around and no one else seemed to be missing a person.
Finding the minutes to be ticking by, Sasuke found himself growing annoyed with this strange girl and turned his stare into a harsh glare that made even Naruto look away. She continued to stare at him and didn't even seem to be surprised by the change in his expression. Suddenly her gaze dropped and Sasuke didn't know for sure but he swore she was staring at his abdomen. Activating his Sharingan briefly, Sasuke took in her appearance again before releasing it and glanced around, checking to see if anyone had noticed. The red head also looked away, turning her eyes towards her feet. No one gave him a second glance and he looked back to the redhead. He had noticed she had been using some form of jutsu having to do with her eyes; they were colored differently in his enhanced vision. There had been a lot of chakra focused behind her eyes and it seemed to be that the chakra was focusing on her retinas.
Sasuke could only assume she was using it to increase her eyesight, by the way she had been looking at his stomach, she would be able to see other people's chakra flowing throughout their bodies. This jutsu, however, was inferior to the Hyuuga's byakugan probably because the jutsu allowed them to see chakra, not where the chakra flowed from. Almost immediately, Sasuke went rigid, the baby was connected to his chakra and she would have seen the abnormality; that was why she was staring. She would have been trained to know what a pregnant woman's chakra would look like and he could only assume that his chakra flow was similar enough for her to make a connection. Sasuke couldn't stop the scowl that surged past his emotionless mask and he glared at the girl so hard she looked back at him, feeling his stare.
Activating his Sharingan again he was going to put her in a mangekyou induced coma for three weeks but she didn't look back up, her cheeks starting to burn bright red. She raised her hand and ran it over her braid. Deactivating his bloodline limit again, Sasuke watched her closely, waiting for his opportunity before she told anyone. He never got the chance, not a minute later Ibiki appeared on the other side of the room in a large cloud of smoke, all the proctors standing with him. The red head even turned her head to look, her whole face on fire.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm Ibiki Morino, proctor for the first test of the Chuunin Exam." Ibiki spoke loudly. He looked around; enjoying the looks of fear he was receiving from his scars and noticed Sasuke, eyes narrowing. "In the first test there will be no battles, competitions and the like. Any pig that screws with me will be disqualified immediately. Any questions?" Sasuke watched as Ibiki's eyes scanned the room, intimidating several people, out of the corner of his eye the Uchiha could see people shifting. "Now then, we will start the first test of the Chuunin exam! Take one of these number cards in exchange for your application and sit in the seat matching that number. After that, we will hand out the paper for the written test!"
Everyone moved at once, all slowly moving to the front of the room to trade their applications for a number. Sasuke tried to keep eye contact with the redhead but she wouldn't look at him, moving quickly past people until she was far ahead of him. Angry, Sasuke let people walk past him and found himself one of the last to swap his application and grab a number. Ibiki watched him walk up and then slapped his hand on the Uchiha's shoulder roughly.
"I expect you to try just like last time, Uchiha." Ibiki muttered. "You won't be able to get away like that blonde of yours did a few years ago." Sasuke shrugged the hand off his shoulder and picked up the last number in the bowl a proctor was holding. Briefly glancing at his number, he knew where he was, it was the only seat that hadn't already been touched, he saw the redhead already sitting down far ahead of where Sasuke's seat was. As he walked past, her she glanced over and he glared harshly, she didn't look away until he was past her line of sight.
Taking a seat, he gave the redhead's backside one final glare, noticing that her hair was braided with a black sharply studded strap braided into her hair. It was a smart idea and she could grow her hair out as long as she wanted, he had to give that to her. Ibiki took his place in front of the desk and crossed his arms and started his speech about the rules of the test. Sasuke ignored more of it; he knew the rules already and was too caught up on making sure that girl didn't talk to anyone. He could feel the whole room still, heard the murmurs of disbelief but he never saw the girl move. She never turned her head to anyone and she didn't react to anything Ibiki said.
"Begin!" Sasuke heard Ibiki bark. Almost immediately everyone started flipping papers over. Sasuke let his gaze linger for a few more seconds before he looked down and flipped his own paper over and glanced over at the questions. They were the same questions as last time and Sasuke had the urge to roll his eyes before activating his Sharingan and writing the answers down like he had four years ago. The Sharingan was a gift and a curse; he could never forget anything he had seen with his eyes.
After about five minutes he finished and deactivated his eyes, flipping the sheet over and looking up. Several pairs of eyes turned to him when he flipped his sheet; at least two of them were proctors. Deciding to do as Naruto suggested he looked over to one and smirked at the older male, watching said man freeze up and look away. Turning to face the front again, Sasuke looked up to see Ibiki grinning madly back at him. Sasuke knew the older man was just trying to intimidate him so he diverted his eyes to the back of that girl's red head.
Seemingly sensing that he was staring at her again she shifted, raising her pencil to her neck and tapping it in a sort of rhythmic beat. At first, Sasuke was too busy trying to find away to knock her unconscious; he almost missed the familiarity of her tapping. There was a weird flow to it but it was a message, in code. Sasuke had studied it in the academy, going beyond the basics Iruka had taught in class and reading more complex versions of the code Konoha ninja used. Watching closely he memorized each movement and dissected the message, wondering how she knew the specific version that belonged to Konoha.
'-Need-to-talk' was what he caught after missing whatever she had spelled out first. Then came a bunch of babble that made no sense, he assumed she was doing it to confuse the proctors. 'Dola-co-fanwi-s-tupim'. Discarding the useless information he averted his gaze enough to look like he was staring at the wall while still being able to see the redhead's pencil tapping against her neck.
'I-am-not-your-enemy'. Was the last of it, she tapped her pencil through another round of nonsense before shifting again, bringing her hand back down from her neck. Sasuke didn't know what to think, he didn't even know what village she was from and she was claiming she wasn't an enemy. Since there was nothing he could do without catching the attention of the proctors, he decided he would wait until the second part of the exam, where he could easily do away with her if she was lying. Naruto said not to kill anyone but that didn't mean Sasuke couldn't paralyze someone and let the animals of the forest take care of the rest.
Leaning back in his chair, Sasuke looked around and watched his opponents. At first glance it looked like everyone was just taking the test but upon closer examination of everything and everyone it was easy to see several people blatantly cheating and others carefully going about their deceptions. Noticing a sand genin working on a crude trick he watched him complete it, a proctor close to the boy opened his mouth and spoke loudly. "Number one hundred and three, you fail."
"N-no way!" The genin stood up in complete disbelief. The proctor smirked.
"You've been caught five times, now you and your teammates all get out of the classroom, right now." Sasuke could hear the three chairs scraping across the floor and them leaving.
"Number thirteen, you fail."
"What?" One genin cried. "That's bullshit! I didn't cheat!" The young male cried out. Before he could continue to prove his innocence a chuunin grabbed the kid by his shirt collar and threw him into the wall.
"We don't miss you blinking your eyes, you cheated five times and now you fail." The chuunin murmured. "Out!" He barked, let the genin go and stared down the boy until the younger gave in and angrily walked out. His teammates following him dejectedly out the door. Sasuke didn't watch the team leave, the commotion had caused several different people to cheat simultaneously.
"Ninety-six, you're out." Before the door was even shut by the first team several proctors were calling out numbers that had failed the test. A wild flurry of actions happened, people getting up to leave in anger, more people using their skills to cheat and find the answers.
"Number thirty four, you fail."
"Seventy eight you've been disqualified." Through all the commotion Sasuke noticed a fake genin sitting in the row behind the redhead. He didn't glance up when people moved, just kept on writing down the answers as if nothing was happening at all. Real smooth.
Once the door slammed shut, silence resumed. Genin had stopped their movements for the time being, knowing that the proctors would be scrutinizing them closely. Sasuke glanced up at the clock, there was still another twenty-five minutes left for the genin to cheat their way into the scare of their lives, the tenth question. Not all of them knew that though. Then it hit him. That urge, the need that would only continue to grow until he felt as if he was going to explode. Sasuke had to pee. He could try holding it but he knew there would be no break in between finishing the first test to going to the second one, if he was going to go it would have to be now. Placing his hands on the desk, Sasuke stood up and caught most of everyone's attention. Staring right at Ibiki Sasuke muttered a single word.
"Bathroom." Ibiki didn't react, he just kept staring at Sasuke with a blank look on his face as a proctor stood up and made his way towards the Uchiha.
"I'll be taking you to the bathroom." The proctor muttered. Nodding in response Sasuke let the proctor lock his hands and lead him out of the room, headed for the restrooms. The proctor was a familiar chuunin who often operated one of the gates of the leaf village, bandages over his nose and stiff black hair. Neither male spoke; the older held open the bathroom door for Sasuke and walked up to the urinals with him, standing on the other side of the metal barrier separating the two.
Not wasting any time Sasuke started his business, finding the situation just a little embarrassing since he recognized the chuunin. The sound of Sasuke going to the bathroom made the situation that more awkward, other than that there was silence. Once he finished he resituated himself and moved to the sinks to wash his hands. The chuunin followed him and watched with little interest, the sound of the faucet running making the situation seem a little less awkward. Done using the restroom, Sasuke turned around and let the chuunin lead him out of the bathroom. Silently they walked back to the room, a team of Konoha genin walking out of the building and all three of them looked furious.
The chuunin opened the door of the room and walked inside, letting Sasuke follow with his hands up and ready to be taken out of his cuffs. With everyone glancing over at him it felt like he had just come back to Konoha all over again, everyone watching him and handcuffed so he wouldn't attack anyone. Sasuke wouldn't care for the situation to ever happen again. Once he was released Sasuke stalked back towards his seat and rigidly sat down, not caring for the looks most of the proctors were giving him. He could see almost half a dozen genin had left while he was gone; there were maybe seventy-five people left. Ignoring them, he crossed his arms over his chest and stilled himself. They would keep an eye on him until the end of the fifty minutes so he wouldn't be able to cheat, even though he had already finished. Sasuke watched as time passed, kids continued to cheat; some had finished and were waiting for Ibiki to ask the tenth question. The redhead seemed to finish and straightened, Sasuke could hear her put down her pencil and flip her paper over.
"Twelve, you fail." Another number was called out and another genin cursed angrily. Sasuke watched as they left, five minutes before the tenth question would be asked. Sucked to be them.
By now a large majority of the teams have been disqualified, there were only twelve people sitting ahead of him, one of them was actually a jonin, there were a lot less people finishing the first exam this year than there had been when he had taken it the first time. When the fifty minutes had finally passed Sasuke watched as Ibiki stood up and addressed the room again. Everyone had already finished the rest of the test and watched Ibiki's every move, most of them wondering what the tenth question was going to be.
"Here is the tenth question!" But first, I'm going to add some rules for the last question. These are the hopeless rules." This seemed to have the rest of the room frozen in fear again, a male in front of him started shaking. "First you must choose whether or not you will answer the tenth question." Several people in the room gasped, some started to fidget.
"What do you mean by that? We can choose not to hear the tenth question?" Someone behind Sasuke asked.
"If you choose not to take the last question, then your score will be zero. You will fail and the same goes for the two others in the same group." Ibiki smirked, giving the room his darkest look yet. The person sitting next to Sasuke was gripping his pencil so hard it snapped in two. Looking over at him Sasuke could see the boy was shaking in fear. "There is one more rule. If you choose to take it and are unable to answer it correctly, then you will have to," Ibiki paused, letting the tension in the room rise. "Relinquish your right of being a ninja forever!" Ibiki barked. There were cries of surprise and disbelief, some people even stood up from their chairs and put their hands on the desks. Ibiki didn't back down, just continued with his ploy.
"That wasn't a rule last year!" A genin spoke up, anger prominent in his voice.
"I make the rules this year. But if you don't want to answer the question I did give you the option to go back." Ibiki glared at the boy who interrupted him. "For those of you who aren't confident, you can quit now. So, let's begin." Ibiki chuckled eerily before looking deadly serious again. "Anyone who will not be taking it, raise your hand!" When people realized that the scarred man wasn't joking, silence settled in the room, no one knowing what to do or what to say. Finally someone behind where Sasuke sat sighed heavily and raised his hand.
"I quit." The boy said and immediately his teammates groaned in response but didn't fight, they all left the room, dejected.
"Anyone else?" Ibiki asked, chuckling at the scared genin's faces. Several more people stood up, claimed that they were done and left the room, including the boy who sat next to Sasuke. Ibiki waited longer but no one else seemed to want to give up here. Sighing, Ibiki placed his hands on his hips and addressed the whole room again. "Congratulations, those that are still here, you've passed the test." The room was filled with sounds of surprise again. This time Sasuke couldn't help but smirk, the reaction seemed laughable now that he knew the whole point of the exam.
"What are you talking about?" One of the younger genin asked, Sasuke looked back at the people in the seats behind him. There were still about fifty people in the room, almost two thirds of the genin that had come in were gone and half of who was left would fail the second test.
"The choice you had to make was the tenth question, the rest of the questions were to test your abilities to gather information individually, and it was designed so that you had to cheat to get the answers. With that being said I had two chuunin in the group who knew all the answers from whom you could cheat off of." People started murmuring and Ibiki quietly waited for them to stop so he could finish his explanation. "Those who foolishly cheated were disqualified quickly, that's because…" Ibiki stopped mid-sentence so he could untie his headband and show the room his badly scarred head.
"Information, depending on the time and situation, will be more valuable than life. In a mission or on a battlefield, you will always have to risk your life to fight for it!" Even now the burn marks and nail punctures made Sasuke inwardly cringe, he could imagine how other people were reacting, seeing it for the first time had been a cold hard awakening. "Just remember this, to be given the wrong information can bring a catastrophic blow to your friends and village. That is why we tested you on collecting information-that is why we weeded the weaker ones out."
What about the tenth question then?" Another genin asked, Sasuke listened to Ibiki explain the tenth question, his eyes moving to the redhead again. She seemed to be watching Ibiki, listening to him like the rest of the genin.
"So when does the next part of the exam start?" Another genin asked, a girl this time. Sasuke turned around to see what he knew was coming. Just as he suspected a brown bundle broke through the window, spraying glass everywhere. The bundle opened and kunai dug into the ceiling and floor and the brown tarp expanded, hiding Ibiki from the classroom.
"Everyone! Don't start your celebrating just yet!" Anko yelled as she posed in front of everyone, the tarp revealing the words 'Second exam proctor-Anko Mitarashi!' written hastily in white paint, Anko spread her arms and grinned cheekily. "I'm the proctor for the second exam! Anko Mitarashi! Let's move onto the next stage, now!" She yelled. Her intense gave grazing over everyone's faces. It seemed the room was stunned into silence; everyone seemed frozen staring at the jonin who had made such a random and surprising entrance while Sasuke tried not to smirk at the spirited woman. Anko looked around the room, not sparing Sasuke from a smirk of her own.
"Alright! Let's move maggots!" Anko barked then turned to walk out the door, the remaining genin and Sasuke getting up to follow her without a single complaint. "Fifty three Ibiki? You seem to be losing your touch." Anko muttered to the scarred man as she passed, Sasuke just happened to be close enough to hear her.
"Each generation seems to be getting sneakier Mitarashi, we even have some older, more promising candidates with us and others with special qualifications." Ibiki responded, eyeing Sasuke before letting his dark eyes drop to someone ahead of Sasuke. Following the older man's sight he saw the red head, she was watching Ibiki and Anko talk same as him.
"Mah, I'll drop two thirds of them by the time I'm done with them." Anko flippantly said. She spoke loudly; making sure the whole room heard it. Then she opened the door and walked out, letting the genin follow her. Slowly everyone walked out of the room, crowding around the door and eyeing each other warily.
Following the older woman, Sasuke was out the door before people started to crowd around it, only a few people ahead of him, including the redhead. Once outside, Anko strutted forward, heading for the outer areas of the village towards the forty-fourth training field. Sasuke watched as the redhead slowed her pace once they were outside until she was walked side by side with him. She walked with confidence and didn't look at him once, as if it were a random happenstance that she was walking next to him.