Previously on Naruto…

"That's not possible, how has he never gotten hurt on a mission!" Peri gasp in disbelief

"What's the deal with this guy?" Naruto asked, shocked.

…

A large poof of smoke revealed a group of chunin with one tall man wearing a black trenchcoat. "Alright now pipe down! The exams are about to begin, I'm Ibbki Morino, in other words your worst nightmare." he grinned sinsterly.

"Alright. My name is Ibiki Morino. In other words, your worst nightmare." the proctor grinned sinsterly before pointing to the three ninja.

"Ninja of the Sound who told you could fight? Fighting is strictly forbidden without supervised vision. Anybody who even thinks of crossing me will be removed from the exams immediately, understand?" Ibiki said.

"Fighting with supervision? That's not fun." one of the sound ninjas said cockily. Ibbki just glared at the boy and that immediately shut him up it was obvious that he wasn't the person to mess with.

Hinata flinched, hiding little behind Peri who sweatdropped a little.

"Now the chunin exams are about to begin. Hand over your paperwork and you'll get a number telling you where you sit. The written exams are about to begin." Ibiki instructed

A chunin waved a stack of paper in his hand.

"NOOOO! NOT A WRITTEN TEST NO WAY!" Naruto wailed

Absolutely screwed.

-Academy Teacher Break Room-

In the teacher's break room Kakashi, Kurneai, and Asuma were sitting together eating lunch. "It's so quiet without the kids here." Asuma spoke

"Well, they got their hands full. I heard a man named Ibbiki is the proctor." Kurenai said

Oh no.

"Not that sadist." Kakashi groaned rolling his eyes

Asuma looked at Kurenai.

"You've haven't met him yet, but he's the head of the Interrogation Corps. And... he specializes in mental torture. He likes to mess with a person's mind until they break. That guy isn't somebody to mess with." Asuma explained.

(Maybe I should have listened to Guy. I hope Sasuke, Peri, and Naruto are alright.) Kakashi thought grimly.

-Ibbiki's Classroom-

Naruto just wanted to cry. (This is horrible, I don't see the others and I'm by myself. This is the worst)

Five rows behind him, Peri was watching him fall apart, "Normally I wouldn't panic with a written test, but Naruto is terrible at this stuff, this is the worst!" she sulked.

"Alright, is everyone seated? Listen up, because I'm only going to say this once." Ibuki said tapping on the chalkboard with a piece of chalk.

"You all are given ten points from the start and one point will be deducted for each question you get wrong. Each team will pass or fail depending on the total points of all three or four members."

"Hold on! Are you saying that we're gonna be graded as a team!" Sakura screamed (This is terrible, that idiot Kiba is going to cause us to fail!)

"Silence! I have my reason so shut up and listen!" the proctor barked.

"To stop any acts of cheating I placed chunin all over the room to watch your every will deduct two points if you get caught. Anyone caught by the sentinel isn't worth being shinobi.

(Everyone's test grades will be based and graded on average score. There's five questions each worth ten points. Ten multiplied by five is fifty and multiplied that by five is two hundred and fifty, so each question is worth two hundred and fifty points in total. With two hundred and fifty beng the average we have to aim for. Sasuke and I should be okay, we should be able to pull through even if Naruto just gets one answer right.) Peri analyzed.

"One final thing. If any member fails their test, than everyone on that team fails!"

Sasuke choked.

WHAT DID HE JUST SAY?!" Peri screamed loudly

Naruto felt a cold shiver down his spine (Sasuke and Peri are going to kill me!)

Yep. They were screwed.

"You have exactly one hour to finish your test. And begin!"

-Seven minutes later-

(This isn't good, he's just sitting there, he's gonna choke.) Sasuke thought.

Naruto was trying, he really was trying his best he really was, but every time he heard the clock tick felt the clock of doom ending his life. "What am I worried about, I've done harder things than this. I just gotta take my time, read all of the questions, and answer the ones I know. This will be easy." he whispered, grabbing his pencil.

(These are questions based on integrated problems based on predictions and the theory of principles of advanced mechanical energy is the Quad Mechanical Theory! Really advanced stuff that the ones who could really get this are myself and Shikamaru, and maybe a few others. All I can do is hope that Naruto and Sasuke can pull through. ) Peril thought before starting her test.

-Twenty-five minutes later later-

(Line B in the diagram demonstrates the greatest possible distance the ninja Enemy Ninja A can throw his shuriken from a tree seven meters tall. Describe and formulate the trajectory path required if C were positioned at points d, e, and f. Also explain and formulate the trajectory path of your answer based on the theory.) Sasuke read the question over and over.

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He put paper down on the desk and bit his lip. (Funny, I can't begin to understand any of these problems.)

(HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO SOLVE THESE PROBLEMS!) Kiba and Choi wailed internally

(Man I don't get any of this!) Ino silently cried

(I'm not sure what to do.) Shino muttered

(What a drag) Shikamaru groaned, writing down the answer.

Sakura was writing down the answers, however Sakura then stopped all of the sudden and looked down at a question confused. (Each of these questions are getting harder and harder than the last.) she thought.

(IT'S HOPELESS! WHAT AM I GONNA DO?!) Naruto walked, falling into an abyss in his mind.

Peri dropped her pencil. She and Shikamaru were the first ones to finish the test. "Don't look!" she snapped semi quietly.

Luckily nobody heard her.

"Peri stop being a drag neither of us needed to cheat. They want us to cheat without being caught, I'm sure you already figured that out so let's just focus on helping our teammates." the Nara said lazily.

-Thirty-five minutes later-

(And what's with the three chances before disqualification? And the two point dedecuction? At the Academy once you're caught cheating that's the end of it.. Unless...they want to see if we can chest and not get caught.) Sasuke thought to himself

And it looked like he wasn't the only one who figured it out.

Shino used his bugs to cheat off the kid next to him.

Ino uses her mind transfer jutsu on Sakura.

Kankuro was spying on people with his puppet

Kiba and Akamaru were working together.

Hinata was using her byakugan

And Gaara was scanning over answers with his sand.

Sasuke activates his sharingan, but before he did anything a small piece of paper landed on his desk. Strangely, there was something written on it, almost like a note. Without getting caught he read it.

'I figured it out! We have to cheat to pass. Use your sharingan and copy my notes.'

~Peri~

A soft tapping caught his attention and onyx colored eyes connected to green ones. Peri was sitting two rows in front of him gesturing to him to get ready. Sasuke nodded and picked up his pencil focusing his visual prowess and began to mimic her actions.

…

Naruto wasn't having a good day.

A written exam.

He could have done ANYTHING but this.

But no. Life hated him. And he had no idea where his friends were and didn't even know what the questions meant. "Ummm...Naruto?" a soft voice called

"Oh hey Hinata what's up?" he asked

"Oh..um..I-I just wanted to help you out. H-here look." the Hyuga heiress whispered secretly revealing her test.

(Wow Hinata's risking a lot to help me out. But if she's willing, how can I refuse~I've got to thank her after this.) the blonde boy smiled.

A kunai flew past him, cutting off a tip of his blonde hair. The weapon landed on the desk behind the Uzumaki, scarring the boy behind him. "W-What was that for?!" the boy said

"You've been caught three times. You and your teammates are eliminated." the chunin grinned, watching the three genin leave the room. And soon afterward several others were estimated as well.

"Naruto please look at my answers." the Hyuga heiress whispered.

"Thank Hinata, but I don't want you to get in trouble." he smiled.

(He cares about me!) the blue-haired girl blushed.

(Oh man what am I thinking!) the Uzumaki wailed.

Ibbiki was silently observing the classroom; he could tell that a few managed to figure it out without getting caught. Extremely with the Rookie 10 fresh out of the academy. He had to admit he was impressed, and it was time to raise the stakes. "Alright then, time's up. I will now explain the final question." He proclaimed.

"Final question? What's this about?" Peri demanded.

"Calm down and I'll explain. Up until now the first nine questions were only worth two points. For the final question you don't have to answer if you don't feel up for it. If someone decides not to answer the tenth question, the team will be disqualified, but will be able to retry next year." Ibiki began chuckling quietly.

"What's the catch?" Temari stood up from her seat, " What happens if we answer the question but fail to get it right?"

Ibiki grinned sadistically.

"If you get the tenth answer wrong…YOU'll NEVER BE ABLE TO TAKE THE CHUNIN EXAMS EVER AGAIN!"

It was so quiet and tense in the classroom a pin could be heard. After a few minutes several teams left the room being disqualified one by one. It was better for them to try again next year.

(What are we going to do? We barely answered the first nine questions so what will happen if one of us gets wrong?) Peri bit her lip nervously.

Suddenly, Naruto raised his hand much to her horror only for him to stand his hand down on the desk.

"DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME! I WON'T QUIT AND I WON'T RUN! THAT'S MY NINJA WAY!" Naruto yelled.

Suddenly, it felt like the whole class gained a newfound strength. And just like that Ibiki told them that they all passed the exam by standing to take the tenth question even though it wasn't a real question.

Peri sat down and let out a sigh of relief. They pass the exam.

CRASH!

The window crash right next to her forcing her and Shikamaru to dive underneath their desk.

"Alright, kids ready to put your lives on the line? It's time to get ready for the second exam!" a purple-haired hyperactive woman yelled.

The Senju moped with blue lines squiggling over her forehead.

"Why did this lady try to kill me?"

Author's Notes

Merry Christmas!

I want to thank you for being patient, I finished my finals a couple weeks ago and finally got a break from work. I've been working hard on this chapter and I'm writing the next one now.

Happy Holidays guys and stay safe!

~SenjuPrincess~