Insanity's Slip

Chapter Eighteen

By Boejangles

Naruto looked at the newcomer and looked to the floor understanding the insult. They just started the test and apparently they were already messing up.

"Hey what do you know about anything?" Kiba snapped to the older looking boy.

"Well I have experience, this is my seventh time taking the test. The name's Kabuto." The now named Kabuto said with a smile.

"So you're a loser that's only experience is failing?" Hinata decided to voice her opinion in the matter. The comment caused Kabuto to blush and Kiba to laugh.

"That may be, but I have inside information on the exam." This statement seemed to catch a lot of the genin's attention.

However one blond wasn't paying any attention. His eyes were locked onto jade green. Naruto had happened to look up and was caught in the stare of the redhead he briefly saw standing on a fence. He didn't know why, but he couldn't seem to look away or figure out why the other one was staring.

"Huh?" Naruto turned when his shoulder was shaken, "Oh what Aniki?"

"You seemed kind of dazed are you okay?" Sasuke asked looking into blue eyes.

"Yeah I'm fine." The blonde said giving a nod.

"Alright, just remember to keep focus on the exam."

"Yeah of course."

There was a small bang as the proctors for the exam entered the room. "Will everyone take your seats!" and so the first part of the exam started. "Alright this is the written part of the exam. Each time you are caught cheating you will lose two points, if you are caught five times you and your team will be thrown out. The final question will be given ten minutes before the end of the exam. You will be graded as a team; if you score too low your entire team will be disqualified. You can now turn over your papers and began the exam."

Naruto flipped over his paper and stared at the questions. What…what was this? Number One Given: Angle TRU and Angle IRN are vertical angles; RT/RIRU/RN. Prove: Angle T equals Angle I.

How was he supposed to know this stuff? Number Two suppose that the lady is not in room B. If she is not in room B, then she is in room A. If she is in room A, then both sign A and sign B are true. Sign A says that in this room there is a lady, and in the other room there is a tiger. Sign B says in one of these rooms there is a lady, and in one of these rooms there is a tiger. This contradicts the fact that once sign is true and one is false. Therefore, what room is the lady in?

Naruto blinked and then blinked again. He couldn't possibly begin to answer any of this. How did this deal with being a ninja? At least the second one had a fifty/fifty chance, now the only question was A or B?

"Alright time for the final question." Ibiki the proctor called out.

What! Naruto shouted in his head. Where had all his time gone? He hadn't written anything down at all. He looked around the room and noticed many people were missing and others were writing at the paper furiously. He wanted to scream at the clock for deceiving him.

"The tenth question is a competition within the three man team you've worked with. The three of you will compete for the tenth question, but one out of the three will fail. Those who fail will remain a genin forever and will never be allowed to take the Chunnin exam again." Ibiki announced.

Kiba jumped up, "Then why the heck have we been working together in these three man squads all this time?"

"I am the rule here! I will not allow any complaints! If you want to give up you may do so. It's also an option to give up this exam now and wait six months to retake the exam. Of course if someone within your team gives up, all three of you will fail. However, you will be allowed to retake the Chunnin exam again six months from now. Now, which will you choose?"

Naruto's eyes were wide. If he chooses to continue and take the tenth question then a member of his squad even him would remain a genin forever. How…how can you make that choice?

Teams were getting up and leaving and Naruto knew that he had to give up; if he were the one to fail Sasuke would be mad. If Sasuke failed he didn't know what would happen. And if Sakura failed he would feel horrible. He started to stand up.

"I give up." Naruto turned to look at where Sakura was standing up. She had given up even though she was almost guaranteed one of the passing spots. Sasuke growled slightly under his breath but got up and walked out of the room.

The redhead from earlier stood up without a word and followed the blond out of the testing room. His team followed shortly.

Naruto looked over at Sasuke who was obviously upset Sakura gave up, but seemed to be working it out in his head. They were being kept in a holding room for some reason. The blonde noticed one by one as the other rookie genin and many other teams entered the same holding room.

Ibiki looked over those remaining in their chairs with looks of determination. "Is anyone else giving up? Are you sure? Well then, to all those that are left, I declare you all disqualified! Scum like you have no right to become Chunnin! That is all."

Naruto looked up as the proctor walked into the holding room, "All of you in this room have chosen to fail and take the test in six months then to risk one of your teammates remaining a genin forever. You chose your teammates over yourself. You all pass!"

Sakura let out a whoop of joy while others were still very shocked. Sasuke took a few seconds to process before letting a smirk form on his lips. They had passed. Naruto let a huge grin take over his face, now Sasuke would be happy, he wouldn't have any reason to get upset. The blonde took another look around the room trying to figure out how many other teams there were.

"Hey everybody listen up!" Came the loud voice that was obviously female, "Relocate yourselves to area 77 immediately for the next part of the exam!"

When they reached area 77 the first thing they would notice besides a huge fence was a purple haired woman standing on a stage, "Welcome to area 77, better known as the forest of death. I hope you're ready to die."

A/N: Hello everyone. Quick update, yay! If your wonder about the tenth question for this exam its from episode 105 when Idate is remembering his exam. I always wondered what would happen if this bunch got that question. Alright leave a review they make me happy and want to update faster.