DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN NARUTO! Thought you'd know by now...

(A/N): Hey hey hey! What's up guys time for the start of the Chunin Exams! Who's ready to get started!?

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 41: Exams Part 1

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While he checked his vitals Anko walked into the room. "Oh, hey Naru-kun." She said to her adoptive son. The boy whipped his head to his mother. "What's wrong with him!?" He asked.

Anko adverted her eyes and started poking her fingers together. "W-well...uh..I sort of told him...that...uhh...I'm...sort of...kind of...pregnant..."

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"WHAT!" Naruto roared. "I"M GONNA BE AN OLDER BROTHER!"

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Anko got a nervous smile and slowly shook her head in confirmation. "Y-yup, I guess you are," She said as she giggled nervously. Naruto looked at her with his eyes bulging making a good impression of a fish. He opened his mouth to say something but his eyes just rolled beck and he fainted.

Anko sighed. "Why are they so much alike?" She asked no one in particular.

A few days passed and Anko and Cole went to the hospital to get this whole pregnancy thing checked out. After doing a few tests the doctor came into the room and smiled. "Well, you are in fact one hundred percent pregnant Anko-sama. And from what the tests say you have been for almost a month."

Cole smiled and rapped Anko in a huge hug. "I'm gonna be a Daddy!...Again!" He cheered happily. Anko just smiled and accepted the hug. But after the initial explosion of emotion passed, she paled. "W-wait a second...this mean I can't be on active duty any more!" She wailed. "NOOOO! I can't go that long without breaking anyone over at I&T!" She continued to wail as she began to cry anime tears. The doctor and Cole sweatdropped. "W-well Anko-sama, as long as you aren't putting yourself through any physical labor or putting yourself in harms way, you can continue to work over in I&T." The doctor clarified.

Anko did a complete 180 on her emotions and caught Cole in a bone crushing hug. "Yay! I get to be a Mommy while I get to torture people!" She said and the only reaction she got was a sigh from the doctor and a choked 'Yay...' from Cole as his face started to turn blue fro m lack of oxygen.

"Oh, and one more thing," The doctor said as he began to leave. "Congratulations, it's twins."

Anko's eyes widened and she froze. Cole's reaction was to finally faint from oxygen deprivation.

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A few days passed and for Naruto, they were some of his happiest. He got to here that he wasn't only going to have one new family member, but TWO! And even better than that, he and Hinata started going on dates. They mostly consisted of going out to dinner, or picnicking on top of the Hokage monument. Nothing to big, but for them, it was more than enough.

Naruto was walking to the bridge where team seven usually met at before training and missions. They were able to get a week off due to their C rank turning into an A rank mission. They also learned at the mission debriefing that the reason Kakashi wasn't with them was because he was on his own A rank mission.

Assassinating Gato.

It turned out that the day the fight on the bridge took place Kakashi went in for the kill on Gato. The other Genin were surprised by that, but not Naruto. His father explained to him before he left to go to the mission what they were going to face and knew that the 'Oracle' had suggested to the Hokage that Kakashi be sent to assassinate Gato.

When Naruto got to the meeting point he found Sasuke and Sakura doing their usual thing. Sasuke looking off into space, brooding, while Sakura would try and fail to get a date out of him. "I guess some things never change." He mumbled to himself. "Hey guys," he called to get their attention.

Sakura stopped badgering Sasuke to turn and greet her other teammate. "Oh, hey Naruto." She said. She got a mischievous glint in her eyes and smirked. "So, you and Hinata huh? I guess Ino owes me fifty ryo." She said.

Naruto paled and his eyes widened. "H-how did you know!? We haven't told anyone yet!" He exclaimed breaking out in a nervous sweat. Sakura giggled. "Do you really think two clan heirs going on a date wouldn't go unnoticed?" She explained. In truth she had seen them heading into a restaurant and decided to stal-observe them. "Never found you to be a romantic type of guy." she said causing Naruto to break out into a nervous fit.

After a little more teasing Kakashi showed up in a poof of smoke. "Yo," He called giving them a lazy wave as he looked up from his porn.

Sakura turned and pointed at him. "YOU'RE LATE!" she yelled at him. The other members on her team face faulted and sighed. Naruto shook his head and looked at her. "Really Sakura you need to learn that he is who he is and no matter how much you yell at him he won't start showing up on time." he said trying for reason. She just huffed at him and crossed her arms. "I know that. It doesn't mean I have to accept it."

Kakashi raised his hands in defeat. "Now, now guys. I've got some news for you. The Chunin Exams are in two weeks and I am nominating team seven to participate." He said gaining their attention. Sasuke raised and eyebrow an smirked. Sakura looked a little nervous, but didn't react beyond that. Naruto had a huge smile on his face. "Not only am I going to be a brother, I'm gonna be a Chunin! Yatta!" He cheered and shot a fist into the air.

Kakashi's eye bulged. "Anko's pregnant!?" He said in disbelief. Naruto nodded. "Twins apparently." He responded to his older brother figure. Kakashi blinked a couple of times, processing the information. Sakura turned to Naruto and raised an eyebrow. "Congrats." She said. Sasuke looked away and just gave a grunt in reply. Kakashi shook his head and cleared his throat. "Well, anyway, here's the forms you need to fill out. And by the way, we won't be meeting from now till the day of the exams. You are to do individual training. Sakura, Kurenai wants you to meet her at training ground 8 to train you in genjutsu. Naruto I'm sure your father is going to take over training you. And Sasuke, I'll be training you personally. So, fill those out and I'll see ya around." He said as he passed out the forms. Sakura was a little shocked that Kurenai wanted to train her in genjutsu, but even more shocked that they weren't going to be doing any missions for the next xouple of weeks.

"Ummm, Kakashi-sensei? Why aren't we training as a team? The exams are a team competition." She asked as she filled out her form. Kakashi tilted his head thinking. "Well, Sakura, your teamwork is already pretty good. In all actuality, I just need to get you guys caught up with Naruto." He said while scratching the back of his head. Sasuke glared at him. "Hn, like I need to catch up to a Dobe like him. I already have my sharingan, so now there is no way he could beat me." He growled. Naruto just sighed and shook his head. Kakashi quirked an eyebrow. "Really, when did you unlock it?"

"When I was fighting that fake Hunter nin on the bridge. It helped me dodge and block a lot of his attacks." He clarified. He turned to Naruto and gave a arrogant smirk. "So, how about it Dobe. Feel like getting your ass handed to you by an Uchiha?" He asked with a boisterous tone.

Naruto just gave him a flat look. "Sorry Teme, did you say something?" He said mimicking Kakashi's voice. Sasuke ground his teeth and Kakashi was feebly fighting off an all out laugh. "Fight me dammit!" the last Uchiha roared activating his sharingan for added effect. Naruto sighed and shrugged his shoulders. "Fine, but it's going to be the same whether your eyes are different or not." He then jumped from the bridge to the water running underneath. He stood on the water and looked up at Sasuke. "Once you can do this I'll fight you. But for now, I'll see ya around." He taunted Sasuke, knowing he couldn't walk on water yet. He then disappeared in a swirl of leaves.

Sasuke roared in frustration. "Dammit that Dobe!" He then looked at Kakashi. "Well!? Lets get started!"

Kakashi sighed. "What have I gotten myself into..."

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"So you guys are competing too?" Naruto asked Hinata. They were sitting on top of the Hokage monument watching the sun set over the village. She sat between his legs leaning her back against his chest. He had his chin rested on top of her head as they sat there. "Yes, Kurenai-sensei nominated us. I think team 10 and Neji-niisan are also competing." She said as she snuggled up against him. Naruto gave an amused hum. "Looks like there will be some challenge in this after all." He said. "You know...from now until the exams start my dad is going to be training me. You wanna join us? I think mom could help you with you taijutsu and I'm sure dad could help with something." He asked. Hinata gave a thinking 'hmm' and smiled. "Sure." she said. "I'll join you in training. I have to get stronger after all, and I can't let you get to strong without me." She said with a giggle. Naruto just smiled and hugged her again.

Not so far away from the young couple two Kunoichi were watching from a hidden location.

"Aawww, they're so cute together." Ino cooed. She gave a mock sniff and wiped away a fake tear. Sakura just looked at her. "I think you owe me something?" she said while holding out a hand. Ino sighed and handed her a wad of Ryo. "You know, when you told me Hinata liked Naruto and we made this bet, I was thinking it would be a little longer before this actually happened. Not the day after you told me." She said in mock anger. Sakura just shrugged. She looked back to the young couple and sighed. "If only Sasuke was like that."

Ino sighed as well. "Yeah, if only."

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After the two weeks before the exams passed Naruto was making his way to meet with his team.

While walking through town he heard a yell. "Jeez watch it brat!"

"Hey! Put me down!" a second voice said. Naruto decided to investigate and found a older boy in a cat suit and make up holding the Sandaime's grandson off the ground preparing to punch him. Naruto dashed in to stop him.

Kankuro was about to teach the brat a lesson when he felt cold steel pressed against his neck. "Put the kid down make up man." A voice came from behind him. He got a tick mark on his forehead from the name calling. "It's not make up! It's war paint!" He roared. The blade pressed even further against his throat drawing some blood. "Drop him!" the voice commanded.

"Kankuro let the kid go." His sister said. He looked over to her and saw there was a sword pointed at her too. He huffed and let the kid go. "I was just tryin' to teach the brat some manners." He said as he turned to look at where the voice was coming from. He saw a shorter boy a little younger than him sealing away two black swords. He was giving him a piercing look with his cerulean blue eyes.

"Well, some people would have killed you without question for threatening the Hokage's grandson." the boy said as he walked over to Konohamaru. "Yeah, you better watch yourself you make up wearing freak!" the little boy said as he stuck a tongue out at him. Naruto bopped him on the head. "Apologize." He ordered Konohamaru. The little boy rubbed his head and sniffed. "Sorry!" he said as he ran off. Naruto sighed. "Sorry about that. So, why don't you get the Ichibi out of the tree so we can trade names." He said as he looked up into the tree to look directly at Gaara. The two other sand siblings stiffened and paled. They didn't know that Gaara was there and the also had no idea why the blonde boy knew about Gaara's tenant.

Gaara landed in a swirl of sand in front of his siblings. "You know about me? Mother is calling for your blood. But that has to wait. I am Sabaku no Gaara." The red headed boy said in a gravely voice.

Naruto smirked. "Uzumaki Naruto. Kurama says hi and a complementary 'fuck you' to Shukaku by the way."

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(A/N): And that's where we'll end for today.

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