Insanity's Slip
Chapter Seventeen
By Boejangles
A/N: I am really sorry that it took me this long to update. School has been crazy and I have been sick. All winter break I was at relatives and lately I haven't been feeling at all good. Please forgive me for taking so long.
Naruto glanced over at where Sasuke was leaning against the wall before turning back and scanning the crowd. They were waiting outside the academy for Sakura.
A blob of red and pink came running through the mass of people, "I'm sorry my mom wanted to take pictures before the big day."
"Hello Sakura!" The blonde said with a wave.
Sasuke glanced at her before turning to walk inside the academy, "Remember to keep a low profile."
Sakura smiled and turned towards Naruto as she started walking. "Why are you wearing a long sleeve shirt? It's burning out here."
Naruto rubbed his arm slightly, "I didn't know what was on the exam and wanted to be ready. Plus I can always take it off if I get too hot."
Sasuke, who had glanced back to see why his brother had worn such clothes, nodded his head in approval to the answer.
Naruto's mind trailed off to Haku as they started up the stairs. He had left the white bunny in Iruka's care, because he didn't know how long the test was. He wondered if the bunny missed him. He was bounced out of his thoughts when he bumped into Sakura.
"Sorry," he spoke quietly before looking around her shoulder to see what had stopped them. There was an odd looking guy in green nursing a busted lip. A girl with her hair in two buns was helping the boy up.
Naruto looked from the scene to Sakura and tapped her shoulder.
"Yes?" Sakura asked turning to face her younger teammate.
"Are you sure this is the third floor? I only remember coming up two flights of stairs." He asked quietly.
Sakura thought about it for a second before grabbing Sasuke's arm and whispering in his ear, "This is only the second floor.
Sasuke looked at her then around at the other genin, they were all Konoha. He turned to the two blocking the door, "Nice Genjutsu, but this is only the second floor."
Naruto glanced at his older brother wondering what he was doing, before realizing he was trying to warn the other teams. He stepped forward, "I think if we go up another level we will be at the right room."
"Yeah?" One of the boys who was at the door asked, "Well you still have to get through us." With that he sent his leg flying towards Naruto's head.
The blond was able to duck in time, but it appeared he didn't have to since the odd boy in green had caught the others foot mid-kick.
The boy who had thrown the kick jerked his leg away and disappeared in a poof with his partner.
Naruto scratched the back of his head looking at the green clad boy, "thank you."
"A favor for a favor, it's the least I can do. I'm Lee." The green clad figure, now known as Lee, said extending his hand.
Naruto went to shake Lee's hand, but was stopped when Sasuke jerked him away, "And we are leaving." Naruto looked bewildered but let him be pulled.
Lee furrowed his brows before racing after the boys, "Wait Uchiha, I want to fight you."
Both Uchiha brothers turned to look at Lee; Sasuke with a bored look on his face, and Naruto pointing at himself bewildered.
Lee shook his head and pointed at Sasuke. Naruto shook his head as if trying to get the strange looking boy to reconsider.
The older Uchiha raised his eyebrow and smirked, "You're a waste of time." With that he turned and continued walking.
Lee became upset and continued following them, "Scared the great Uchiha will be defeated?"
Naruto felt Sasuke tense and whirled around to face Lee, "You want to fight an Uchiha? Then fight me, Uchiha Naruto."
Sakura looked from one boy to the other, "Guys we really shouldn't do this. We have to get to the test."
Lee evaluated Naruto. He had no idea that the blond had been the young Uchiha. He then looked at Sakura, "We have time."
Sasuke looked at the youngest of the group, "Otouto, don't be foolish."
Naruto turned and looked at Lee, "They're right. We want to be fresh on our game for the exam. I promise to fight you after the exam."
Lee nodded, "I will hold you to your word Uchiha Naruto."
Sasuke motioned for his team to get moving and they fell in step behind him.
Team seven stopped when they spotted a familiar silver haired Nin leaning against the wall.
"Yo!" Kakashi said holding up a hand in greeting, "Glad you all decided to come. I trust you guys." 'Make me proud.' He smiled and ruffled Naruto's hair a bit before sending them into the testing room.
Naruto looked around in amazement at how many people were actually there.
"Sasuke-kuuuuuuun!" a longhaired blonde hollered before latching onto the dark haired boy arm. Then it came, the high-pitched squeal as she refocused her attention. "Naru-chan! You are just as cute as ever and haven't grown an inch since I last saw you." She now had the young blonde in a tight grip swinging him slightly back and fourth.
You see Ino had decided that she was going to be Naruto's mommy back when she first met him and Sasuke in the academy. She had a rather uncontrollable mother hen side to her.
"Mean old Sakura hasn't hurt you has she?"
Sakura grabbed a hold of Naruto and jerked him back, "Let go of my baby brother pig!"
"He's my baby forehead so back off. You're hurting him." Ino pulled the blond back towards herself.
Sakura gave a mean tug on her teammate, "No you're hurting him pig!"
Naruto sent a pleading look to Sasuke.
Sasuke coughed to get the two girls attention, "Actually he is my otouto."
"Ah of course Sasuke-kun." Ino said and the both let go.
"Man you guys are troublesome." A skinny boy said walking over to the group. His brown hair was up in a ponytail on his head.
"Hey Shikamaru," Sakura greeting with a smile and a wave.
Shikamaru responded with a nod.
Naruto laughed slightly, "You still need to work on your vocabulary."
Shikamaru shifted to give a playful glare to the youngest Uchiha.
Naruto laughed, he knew very well that Shikamaru had a more complex vocabulary then all the genin put together; he just never bothered to use it. He had to be the most brilliant, yet the laziest person Naruto had ever met.
Next to approach the group was a slightly larger boy snacking on some chips, "Hello guys."
The blond turned and smiled at the bigger boy, "Hey Choji." Naruto had met Choji when he was watching the sun rise one morning to get away from everything. They had shared chips in silence, the blond just felt peaceful in the company of the larger boy.
"Ready to lose to me Uchiha!" A loud voice came over the crowd followed by Sasuke taking a light hit on the shoulder as a boy in a furry coat rushed into the circle, "It's here and now that I finally prove that I am better then you."
Sasuke looked at his shoulder then used his hand to dust it off, "Kiba even with your entire kennel at your back you couldn't beat me."
Akamaru growled and Kiba turned away, "We'll see who wins."
"Kiba don't start fights right now. If you were a female I'd say you were in heat."
"I didn't ask you Hinata!" Kiba barked before leaning against the wall and muttering under his breath, "bitch."
Hinata rolled her eyes, "Grow up. This is the Chunnin exam not preschool." With no one to look up to and no one to believe in Hinata cracked under the pressure of her family at a young age. Once she was broken it was simple for her father to mold her into the soldier he wanted.
Naruto looked at Kiba to Sasuke, glanced at Hinata, then focused his attention on Sasuke. He wanted to make sure his brother was still calm. "Well hopefull…"
"You guys should really settle down your bringing a lot of unwanted attention to yourself, you'd think you were all green." A voice broke into all the comments of the group as a boy with a gray ponytail walked towards the group. Even though his comment was a minor insult he had a weird smile on his face.
A/N: All right feel free to ask questions. Sorry it's short, but I thought you'd prefer an update now then wait for a longer one. Did I explain why Hinata is the way she is enough? I'll go in a bit more detail when it is needed. So what do you think? Leave a comment.