(The epic Chunin Exam Arc has started! In the third chapter of this arc all the examinees buckle down and get to work on the written portion of the tests. Some teams are more prepared than others. Will anyone be able to pass the tests and move up in rank? I love feedback and constructive criticism, so please leave a review so I can improve my writing and storytelling skills. Enjoy!)
After everybody is seated and the test is handed out, one person starts to turn his test over. Chiaki stabs her kunai into the test barely missing his fingers, "Did I tell you to start yet?"
The boy is so scared he cannot respond.
"All right, all of you listen up. I am only going to explain this once, and I will not take any questions," states Chiaki before walking over to the board and starting to list out the rules, "One: You guys will all start off with 10 points. Two: This test is made up of 10 questions, each one is worth a point, and the test uses a subtraction system. Three: Basically, if you answer all 10 questions correctly, you keep your 10 points. If you miss 3 questions, you lose 3 points and will have 7 points. Four: Whether you pass will be determined by the combined scores of you and your team mates. Five: During the exam, if any of the testing officers catch you doing sneaky activities, namely cheating, you will have two points subtracted for every offence. All the seats are numbered, and the officers will call out your number if they catch you. Six: If you lose all of your points you will be asked to leave. As shinobi trying to reach the level of a Chunin, act as proud shinobi should. Seven: Those that lose all their initial points during the test will be failed along with their two teammates. Eight: The 10th and final question will be handed out at the 45 minute mark. The exam will last an hour. Ready, begin!"
Some of the participants don't even realize that the test is starting and others are still trying to figure out the rules. But most of them pick up their pencils and the scratching of lead against paper is heard around the room.
"Seat 7, first offense!" shouts out one of the officers almost immediately as the test starts.
"So they want us to cheat," deduces Ichimaru, "Giving us 10 points and then subtracting only 2 points every time we are caught cheating. That gives everyone 4 chances before they have to go it on their own. But if they want us to cheat then I bet they planted a few people in here that already know the answers. They shouldn't be too hard to find, I just hope the others figure it out in time to get a few of the questions right."
"Now, that is a kunoichi! I am going to be just like her someday," thinks Rame Tsu as she admires the female proctor instead of working on her test.
"Stop wasting time!" shouts Naoko mentally glaring at her teammate from above, "You can stare at her later, you are supposed to be figuring out a way to get me the answers."
Yui is sitting right next to Jando and glances at him and notices him not doing anything. "Wow ,I guess that guy is pretty bad," thinks Yui, "He is just sitting there. I kind of feel bad for Sakura now."
A few more officers shout out the seat numbers of more Genin. "I hope Ichimaru can come up with a plan to help me out," thinks Kenta, squirming in his seat up in the top row, "I am not going to be able to get all of the answers by myself."
The only one that seems to be not worried at all is Kuroda. He speeds through the exam and answers all the questions easily in five minutes. Curiously a small butterfly lands on top of his paper as soon as he finishes the ninth question. After a few moments of crawling around on the page the butterfly lifts off and flutters over to Sakura. "Did you get them?" hisses Sakura barely making a sound as the butterfly lands on her ear.
"Yes, I got all of the answers from Kuroda," whispers the butterfly.
"Good job, Papilio, let's get to work then," replies Sakura. Papilio feeds her all of the answers and Sakura scribbles them all down in under a minute. When they are done the butterfly takes off again and flies over to Jando to repeat the process.
Yui finishes a difficult question and then glances over to see Jando flying through the same question. "What the hell?" she exclaims in her head, "He was not doing a thing before and now he is breezing through the test like it is nothing. What is going on?"
"Seat 26, first offence!" shouts out an officer.
"Damn, that is me!" notes Yui cursing Jando under her breath.
Kuroda watches Papilio flutter back over to Sakura and land on her head, pretending to be a hairpiece once again. As soon as she is in place he raises his hand. Chiaki yells at him, "You better have a good reason for disrupting the exam."
Kuroda calmly explains, "My team is finished with the exam and I wanted to know if we can get the tenth question so we can leave."
Chiaki laughs and says, "There is no way you could be finished, let alone your whole team."
"If you don't believe me then grade my test," challenges Kuroda.
She smirks and replies, "You're one cocky kid. All right, I will grade your test, but if you get even one question wrong then your whole team fails!"
Kuroda nods, accepting the deal.
Chiaki laughs again, "You are pretty bold, kid," and then takes a look at his test.
She looks at the first answer and discovers it is correct. "Well, he has to get one right," she thinks.
She moves on to the second question and again discovers it is correct. "Well, he wouldn't have even tried this if he didn't get 2 of them right," she thinks.
She looks at the third question and finds it to be right also. "Pure luck," she thinks disregarding it.
Then she looks at the fourth and the fifth and the sixth. She reads it over multiple times and gets a shocked look on her face. "Impossible!" she thinks to herself, "This can't be possible. These questions are almost Jonin level stuff, how the hell did he answer them all right in five minutes? Who is this guy?"
She turns to him, "There is no way you could have gotten them all right in five minutes. A Chunin couldn't even do that!"
Everyone in the room perks their heads up, looking at the situation and forgetting they are taking a test.
"I assume that means I got them all correct," replies Kuroda dryly.
"You say that the rest of your team is done as well?" she asks.
"Yes," Kuroda confirms.
"Whoever is on this kid's team, get up here right now and show me your tests," orders Chiaki. The other two members of Team 3 promptly run up and hand her their tests. She takes Sakura and Jando's tests and looks at them; again she has a shocked look on her face.
"These tests are perfect as well," thinks Chiaki, "What in the world is going on here? They couldn't have stolen the tests, or gotten any information from their village about what was on them. So how in the world did they all get them right?"
Kuroda repeats the question he asked earlier, "So can we have the final question now so we can leave?"
Chiaki is furious and amazed at the same time but doesn't let any sign of it show on her face. In her usual intimidating tone she replies, "Since you completed the test so fast there is no use in making you stay for the last question. You can leave, but don't think that the next stage of the exams is going to be so easy!"
"We will keep that in mind, proctor," says Kuroda politely with a smirk on his face, "Let's go back to the hotel."
"Right, I can't wait to tell Kayo-sensei!" exclaims Sakura as Team 3 exits the room.
The other candidates start whining about the leaf team getting a free pass. "What is with that?" shouts one candidate.
"Why do they get to go?" cries another.
Chiaki scratches her nails on the chalkboard causing a horrible screech. Everyone immediately covers their ears to block the noise. "All of you shut up and get back to work!" orders the Proctor.
(That is the end of the chapter, what did you think? Stage 1 of the Chunin exams is ongoing, but Team 3 has already finished! They have made a statement to all the other competitors, but what kind of backlash will they face? Also, how will the other Hidden Leaf squads do? As usual, if you want more information on my characters you can see their bios on my profile page. Be warned, there may be some spoilers. Also I'm in the process of getting pictures drawn for the characters, but I have no idea how long that will take. If you're interested in drawing and have a DA account then send me a Message. Enjoy the next chapter, and please review.)