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

(A/N): Ok! Time for chapter 42!

TO THE STORY!

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Chapter 42: Exams Part 2

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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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Gaara's eyes widened and he took a step back. "Temari, Kankuro, we're leaving." He said as he began to turn and quickly walk away. The two other sand siblings were too shocked to move. Not only had the blonde kid been completely unaffected by the killing intent Gaara was radiating at him. He knew about the Ichibi and insulted it. And the worse part, Gaara seemed afraid of him. Once they got over their shock they hurried after their younger brother, stealing glances behind themselves to make sure the blonde wasn't following.

Temari decided to ask Gaara what was going on. "G-Gaara? W-what happened back there?" she asked, fear tainting her voice as she wondered just how the boy got to Gaara like that. Gaara turned to look at her, but it wasn't his usual hate filled glare. It was a look of utter fear. "M-mother said to stay away. His existence is too much for me...Mother said he would take my blood."

He then put his hands to his head and crouched on the ground. He started to shake and then disappeared in a swirl of sand.

It was safe to say that the sand siblings were done right terrified at this point. They had never met anyone who could scare Gaara like that. Hell, he made it sound like Shukaku was scared of him. They continued on to their hotel to tell Baki the news, still looking behind themselves to see if the boy was following them.

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Once Naruto was able to ditch Konohamaru, he made his was to where his team would be meeting for the pre exams send off from Kakashi.

Once he got to bridge he saw his team, minus Kakashi, waiting as usual. Sasuke and Sakura didn't look any different, but Naruto decided a change in wardrobe was in order for the occasion. Instead of his mesh shirt he had on black shirt with the Uzumaki spiral in the front. He switched his trench coat out for a shorter grey sleeveless jacket that had a high pop up collar. He still wore his orange bandages on his arms and legs with his black pants. He also wore a intricate belt with seven different straps that each held three different scrolls. He was also carrying a huge scroll on his back that was nearly the same size as his torso.

Sasuke and Sakura noticed all the scrolls and raised their eyebrows. "The hell is with the scrolls Dobe?" Sasuke asked trying to hide the intrest in his voice. Naruto grinned and held up a 'V' for victory. "Oh, just showing off the fact that I've become a registered Fuinjutsu master!" he claimed happily.

While Sakura looked impressed Sasuke just scoffed. "Hn, I bet if a Dobe like you could master it, then it couldn't be either that hard or useful." He said trying to deny the fact that the 'second best' was better at anything than him. Naruto huffed at him. "Like to see you come up with a perfect sealing matrix that could hold back a pocket dimension filled with demonic chakra..." he mumbled to himself. Sasuke and Sakura heard him but juts shrugged it off, not knowing what the hell he was taking about. They waited there for Kakashi each doing there own thing.

After about ten minutes Kakashi showed up. "Yo," he greeted the team, waiting for Sakura to yell at him. When that never came he blinked a couple of times as the others looked at her. Kakashi cleared his throat and just went with it. "Alright, you guys ready to head off to the exams?" he asked. The three members of his team looked at him with determined eyes and nodded. He gave them his trademark eye smile. "Alright then. Go and meet at room 303 at the academy." he said before he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Naruto smirked and turned towards the direction of the academy. "Well, lets get going then."

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When they got to the academy they started making their way to the meeting room but stopped when they saw a crowd being stopped by two older Genin in front of the room. Naruto stopped his team. "Genjutsu, lets go around." he whispered as he began to walk towards the stairs to the third floor. Sasuke only scoffed and looked at the the crowd. "Hey drop the Genjutsu!" he yelled at the two older Genin. Naruto turned to him with his right eye twitching. "Seriously Teme, what the FUCK!"

The two older Genin smirked. "So you saw through it huh? Well if you want to get passed us you'll have to take me down!" the one on the right said as he rushed and kicked at Sasuke. Sasuke went to block the kick with his own but they were both stopped by a boy clad in green.

"YOSH! This behavior is most unyouthful! Lets save the fighting for the exams!" The boy said as he dropped both of their legs. Sasuke just grumbled and walked away.

A girl and boy walked up to the boy in green. "Dammit Lee! What happened to not showing our strength!?" the girl yelled him. They continued to yell at the boy while team seven continued up the stairs.

They were walking down the hall when they were stopped. The same boy from before had stopped them. "YOSH! You are Uchiha Sasuke, correct?" The boy asked. Sasuke smirked. "Yeah, ad what do you want freak?"

The boy just struck a 'nice guy' pose and acted like he didn't get insulted. "My name is Rock Lee, and I challenge you for the affection of Sakura-chan!" Lee exclaimed with a salute and a wink towards Sakura. She shivered at the thought of going out with a guy like that. With his weird outfit and bushy eyebrows. Not to mention the horrid bowl cut he had. "Yeah no thank you." she deadpanned.

Sasuke smirked at the green clad boy. "Fine I'll fight you. I've been wanting to hit something stupid ever since I saw Naruto today." he said, simultaneously insulting both Lee and Naruto. Naruto growled and looked at Lee. "Kick his ass for me will ya?"

The two Genin walked into a open space and faced each other. Sasuke activated his sharingan and smirked. "I hope your ready to be beaten down by an Uchiha!" he said as he charged. Naruto shook his head. "Unlocking his sharingan just put him back to the arrogance he had before. Hope Lee can knock him down a peg or two before I have to." he thought to himself.

As Sasuke charged he brought a fist back and launched it at the still unmoving boy. At the very last second Lee twisted his hand around Sasuke's fist and flipped him into the air. Sasuke was able to right himself and land on his feet but couldn't dodge Lee's kick which buried into his stomach sending the last Uchiha sliding across the floor.

Naruto snorted. "Seems like the almighty Uchiha has bitten off more than he can chew." he laughed mentally. Kurama even joined in on the laugh. "Yeah, can you think up some popcorn for me? I want to enjoy the show." He laughed as he watched the beat down.

After about four different attempts to hit Lee failed and Sasuke decided to use a ninjutsu. He went through the hand seals. "Katon: Gobyaku no Ju-" before he could finish his technique he was kicked into the air by Lee. Lee jumped into the air and rapped Sasuke in what looked like the bandages on his arms and was about to use his technique when a green blur separated the two. "Ah hell no there's two of them! That's it I'm out!" Naruto thought as he turned and left.

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Naruto walked down the hallway and saw Kakashi waiting outside of room 303. "Yo Kakashi-niisan," Naruto said as he gave him a lazy wave. Kakashi looked up from his porn and quirked an eyebrow. "Where's the others?" he asked confused. Naruto shrugged his shoulders. "Fighting some weirdo in green spandex. He was getting his ass handed to him and I felt like it was time to leave when another one showed up." Naruto explained.

Kakashi audibly gulped. "I feel bad for him. Gai and Lee...quite the pair." He said as he sighed. A few minutes later Sakura and a bruised Sasuke showed up. Theirs eyes were wide and they were twitching every few seconds. Naruto quirked an eyebrow. "The hell happened while I was gone?" he asked his team. The only answers he got were a complied grouping of statements that didn't make sense. Things like, 'M-My eyes,' and, 'Couldn't dispel it...couldn't dispel it...'

Kakashi walked over and flicked them both in the forehead. They were instantly snapped out of what ever illusion they were caught it in. "So are you all ready?" He asked his team.

They all nodded and he eye smiled. "Well then I wish you luck." He said as he opened the door for them.

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(A/N): BOOM DONE!

Alright guys! Time for the exams to finally kick off! The first two will stick pretty close to Cannon save a few...minor...changes. But I won't tell you much else, it's your job to find out when I give it out!

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