Yo! Sorry about not updating in forever, but I had a small case of writer's block, and went to overnight camp for a week, so no tech. So, I included an omake! And since this would be my first one, you know what comes next... (Collapses on the floor due to heart attack and hyperventilation. Again.)
Naruto:Not again. Anyway, LizandGen doesn't own Naruto, but...(flips through index cards) uh... her mom owes her $20. huh.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Demon/Summon Talking"
'Demon/Summon Thinking'
Justu

The First Exam

The weeks following up from the mission to the land of waves were filled with nothing but more tedious, boring D-rank missions for team 7. However, one day, Kakashi showed up late again, expecting to receive the usual screams from Sakura and the twins bashing her on the head before going back to sleep. However, Sakura seemed more subdued, and the twins weren't there for once. Suddenly, there was a huge chakra influx, and the twins popped in, covered in soot and coughing. Everyone gaped at the two, and they scratched the back of their heads nervously. "Gomen! For some reason, our chakra's been having influxes left and right, and before you asked, we got hit by Liz's (my) lightning when we tried to shushin, and got charred!" The twins chorused, bowing in apology. Kakashi waved them off, and went back to what he was about to say.

"The Chunnin Exams are in two days, and here are the sign up slips. It's your choice of whether or not you sign up. Remember, these are very tough exams held twice a year to see if you have even a chance of becoming a chunnin. Ja-Ne!" With that, Kakashi shushined away, leaving the slips in the grasp of the three excited genin.

"I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to do it. Now, I need to go find Konohamaru." Naruto said, and he ran off. Sasuke grunted, folding the slip and putting it in his pocket, walking off. Sakura considered running after him for a moment, but decided against it. After the Land of Waves and Naruto's birthday, she stopped obsessing over him as much, and actually thought about working on her career as a kunoichi. Walking off to train, she smiled, thinking about doing the exam for her team. Gen and Liz shared a look, nodded, and fell asleep in the clearing, completely disregarding the fact that their aura of potentially volatile chakra was keeping any animals from getting within a 4 mile radius of the two.

Naruto was walking down the streets of Konoha, ignoring the glares the villagers and even some ninja shot him with practiced expertise. Suddenly, he heard a familiar, childish voice cry out in fear and rebellion. Racing around the corner, he saw Konohamaru being held up by his scarf by a guy wearing purple makeup and dressed in a full body black suit with weird cat ears on top of his hood. Glaring at the small boy, a blond girl with a Suna headband around her arm sighed and shook her head, irritated over her brother's childish antics. Extending his senses, Naruto felt a concentration of raw, demonic chakra and killing intent in a nearby tree. 'That guy seems to be disturbing the twin's chakra, right Kyuubi? And don't lie, because I can feel your chakra fighting to get out, too,' Naruto thought to his tenant, curious about the murderous aura.

"Correct kit, and judging by the fact that nothing has exploded yet due to my chakra or the twin gakis, it's either the One-tailed Shukaku, or the two-tails. My money is on it being Shukaku, and if he comes out, tell him he owes me BIG TIME." Kyuubi answered, while he set his head down to sleep. With that, Naruto dropped the mental conversation and dashed over to the make-up guy, grabbing the fist holding Konohamaru, with his grip strong enough to make the ninja drop the small child, who then ran over to hide behind Naruto, shaking in his boots.

"I can tell you guys are here for the chunnin exams, so a word of advise. Don't try and beat up the Hokage's grandson here. Also, get the guy in the tree to get down here. I need to talk to him." Naruto said calmly, jerking his thumb when he mentioned the as of unknown ninja and releasing his grip. The brother and sister shared a fearful look, but the ninja jumped down, reveling a boy around Naruto's own age. The most noticeable fact was the giant tan gourd slung across his back. He wore the normal gear of a Suna ninja, but there was a tattoo on his forehead with the kanji for love and thick black outlines under his eyes, revealing his insomnia.

He crossed his arms and looked at Naruto emotionlessly, and said in a monotone voice "What's you're name? I am Gaara, and the two over there are Temari and Kankuro, my… siblings. We are going to participate in the Chunnin Exams"

Naruto nodded, and said "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I'll also be in the Chunnin with my team. Anyway, I already know about your special 'condition', which I have also, and I would prefer to talk somewhere private, if that's okay with you." Gaara nodded and waved his family away, and the gladly accepted, the looks of joy barely being concealed from their faces. Taking the rooftops, the duo took off to where Liz and Gen were napping, Gaara exuding a stead stream of K.I. When they got to their destination, they saw the two sprawled out in the middle of a field, their demonic chakra aura killing most of the plants and keeping animals away. Naruto walked over to the two, and shook them awake. Immediatly, the aura diminished to a faint outline, and they both smiled at Naruto, disregarding that he broke the number one rule of twin naps: Never wake them up unless you want immense pain brought to your face. Looking around, they spotted Gaara standing off to the side a bit.

Immediatly, they said "Who's that guy?" while their chakra flared, breaking the genjutsu they placed around themselves to hide the ears and tails. Instantaneously, Gaara's eyes widened a bit at the sight of the fox ears coming out of their bandanas, and the eight swishing fox tails whipping behind them. Suddenly, they realized that the disguise was broken, and ran to hide behind a tree. "Naruto, please make sure your unstable jinchuuriki friend doesn't try to kill us for being kitsune!" Naruto looked between the three, confused, then a look of understanding passed over his face. 'Two species fighting against each other. My guess is, Bijuu can really hurt normal demons, even if they're eight tails.' Naruto sighed, then went over to placate the twins, who were keeping a wary eye on Gaara and hugging each other fearfully, as if the other might disappear at any moment.

"It's alright. I just wanted you guys to know who was causing your chakra flare up. This is Gaara, he's taking the Chunnin exams. Gaara, you can leave now if you want. By the way, can you try and reduce the amount of Shukaku's chakra pouring out, and pass on a message for me. Kyuubi said that Shukaku owes him BIG TIME. His words, not mine." Nodding, Gaara left, wondering why there were so many kitsune around here. As soon as he left, the twins glomped Naruto, while singing a chant of thank you. Looking at them curiously, they moved off, then re-casted their genjutsu.

When the duo was satisfied with their work, Gen said "Since we know who, or what to be accurate, is causing the influxes, we can work on fixing it. Oh, and I get the feeling that you and your friend will be seeing a lot more of us in the exams." With that, they shushined to their apartment, eager to take yet another nap.

The next day, team 7 met outside a random building they were told to report to for the start of the exams. Naruto planned ahead, and brought one of his smaller falcon summons, which he could pass off as a baby. His name was Jishaku, and he was a black color with blue-gray wings that had small black spots on them, and was about the size of Naruto's fist, where he was perched. Walking in, they saw a huge group of genin yelling at what seemed to be two more genin blocking people from entering the room. Nudging their way to the front, they saw a bushy eye-browed genin dressed in a tasteless green full body suit lying on the floor, staring at the guards. A brown haired girl wearing a pink chinese shirt was quietly asking the guards to let them pass. While the two left, Naruto left his group to walk up to the boy, help him up, then stare at the guards blankly. Finally, the two looked at his nonchalant, albeit slightly annoyed look at the two, and asked "What's wrong with you? Sad that we hurt your wimpy friends, or that you're all too weak to compete in the Chunnin exams?"

Naruto shook his head, and responded nonchalantly "No, that so many people here were fooled by a small genjutsu. I mean, it's the second floor, not the third. You just cast a jutsu over the door number. For pete's sake, we only climbed one set of stairs!" Naruto then looked over to the girl, and told her "Good idea disguising your power levels. See you later." With that, he walked back to the vaguely surprised Sasuke and Sakura, then prepared to climb the stairs again. However, before they could make their way to the real testing area, the odd boy from before rushed in front of the group and held his hand out in a good guy pose.

Turning towards Sasuke, he shouted "Uchiha Sasuke, I, Rock Lee, challenge you to a battle! Let us see how a natural genius fares against a genius of hard work!" Turning towards Sakura, he tried to blow a kiss to her, which she furiously dodged. Naruto looked between the two, sighed, then walked away.

When everyone looked towards him curiously, he said "I don't care what you two do, but I'm not tiring myself out BEFORE the exams. It's suicide. Lee, you can battle him later." Nodding, Sasuke followed him, smirking at Lee while he thought 'That guy was lucky. I would have destroyed him.' When they got to the main room, they were astounded at the amount of genin in the room. Almost immediatly, they all glared at the new guys and tried to release their attempt at killing intent. Naruto chuckled, then sent out a burst of KI, causing all of them to pale considerably. Walking over to their group from the academy, Sasuke just hung around while being harassed by Ino, Sakura was talking with Hinata, and Naruto was listening to Kiba bragging. A few minutes later, a white haired man wearing glasses walked up, smiling innocently. "You guys might not want to cause a commotion. The teams here can be pretty vicious with rookies." He told them, while Naruto conversed with Kyuubi in his mind. 'I don't like this guy. Your thoughts.?' "He reeks of snakes. I wouldn't trust him with anything. Don't give anything away, and keep a wary eye on him. Now let me sleep!" With that, Kyuubi laid his head down on his paws to sleep, while Naruto turned his attention back to the matter at hand. It seemed the genin, Kabuto, had failed more times then you could count. Taking out a large deck of cards, he bragged about his information, while offering it up to anyone who wanted it.

Sasuke walked up to him and asked "Do you have cards on Rock Lee and Uzumaki Naruto?" Taking out two cards, Kabuto read off the information on Rock Lee, glanced at Naruto's card, but before he could list off any information, Naruto sent a blade of wind and sliced the cards into pieces.

Naruto glared at Kabuto, and said "I don't like information of me being offered to the public. Now, it's my turn. Do you have cards on the twins Gen and Liz?" Seeing Kabuto's slightly confused look, Naruto gave him a brief physical description. A look of realization dawned on his face, and two cards appeared in his hands again.

Kabuto cleared his throat, and read "These cards are practically the same, so here it is. 10 D-ranks, 15 C-ranks, 2 B-ranks, and 3 A-ranks. These two work as interrogators, and it seems that the girl focuses on mental damage while the guy prefers to make them bleed. Not much else is known except for having an unknown, presumed deceased clan with a secondary chakra bloodline, and… well this is interesting. It seems they both have very dangerous split personalities, and ended up having their second chakra sealed to fix the problem, as they were 'An extreme danger to both enemies and themselves.' Seems that the chakra thing ended up having the two nearly kill each other.(1)" Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura looked at him with a mix of shock, intrigue, and slight fear. However, before anyone could respond, Ibiki came in and yelled for everyone to shut up and take a seat.

"Welcome, gakis, to the first test in the chunnin exams. I will be your examiner, my name is Ibiki, and here are a few rules you WILL obey. Rule number 1: The test will have a total of 10 questions. The 10th will be given at the end of test. Every question you get wrong will deduct 1 point. Rule number 2: No cheating. If you are caught cheating twice, you and your team will be kicked out of the exams." At this, multiple groans rang throughout the room. "SHUT UP! Rule number 3: NO TALKING. Now, let the test begin." With that, everyone flipped over their tests and began. Naruto was freaked out at the question that no genin could answer, except maybe Sakura. However, something seemed off about Ibiki, he reviewed the rules in his head. 'If you get caught cheating twice, your out. Hmm… wait, caught? He wants us to cheat! Now I'm really glad I brought Jishaku. Now I just need him on my shoulder.' Almost as if he heard his thoughts, the small kestrel(2) jumped off of his wrist and flew quickly up there, putting on a small show of acting like it was a better perch. Slowly, it scanned the room until he found one of the hidden chunnin, then quietly made a few chirping noises only Naruto could hear. Seemingly random, it was actually morse code, and Naruto finished the test in 25 minutes, leaving a half hour for him to stare off into space. Sasuke was using his sharingan to copy the movement of the pencil in front of him, and Sakura used her surprising knowledge to finish it. Kiba was using Akamaru in a similar way Naruto used Jishaku, but Akamaru was louder. Hinata and Neji used their Byakugan. Tenten used her mirrors to send the answers to Lee, and Shino used his bugs. Many teams were kicked out due to being caught, and by the time the test was over, less than half of the original amount of genin remained. "Alright, time's up! Pencils down, time for the tenth question. New rules, though. You can choose whether or not to take it. If you don't, take it in another 6 months. If you get it wrong, you can never take the Chunnin exams again." At this, many genin dropped out, worried about their carriers. Naruto shook his head, muttering something about spineless idiots under his breath. "Is that everyone? Well then, you all pass!" At this, everyone shouted, confused. "The first part was to test your cheating skill, or information gathering. The second part might be confusing. Look at it this way. On a mission to deliver information to your village. However, it's extremely dangerous. You can either take it or deny it. If you deny it, you avoid danger, but lose the rewards. On the other hand, you can face danger and either die or reap the rewards. You have to deal with these decisions as a chunnin, and anyone to cowardly to answer a question isn't good enough to be a chunnin." Sometime during his speech, he took off his bandana/forehead protector, revealing various scars, scaring most of the genin witless. After the little revelation on their passing, a large black ball broke in through the window, tossed two kunai into the air, and revealed Anko and a small person hiding behind her. Ibiki just shook his head at her entrance.

"Alright gakis, are you ready for test number 2? Wait… 72 kids, Ibiki? You're slipping…" She said, shaking her head.

However, before the genin could follow her out, a small, cute voice shouted "IBIKI-KUN!"

Omake

Everyone looked towards the source of the cry, only to find a chibi Liz running towards Ibiki, glomping his leg and clinging to his shin. Everyone sweat dropped, and Ibiki started shaking his leg rapidly in the hopes of dislodging his rather clingy girlfriend. "Liz, not that I don't love you, but why the heck are you chibi?" Everyone stared at the scene taking place in front of them, trying to hold back their laughter. Liz quickly climbed to the top of Ibiki's head like a small child, laid on her stomach, and prepared to explain.

"Okay, I made this new jutsu that can make you chibi, and I wanted to try it on you. Plus, I'm bored, so play with me!" She said rather quickly, while clinging to Ibiki determinedly.

Ibiki sighed, responding with "It seems like a side affect makes you act like a 6 year old. Anyway, shouldn't you be…"

"Shush! Don't spoil it! The authoress wants it to be a secret! Anyway, I don't have to be there for at least 4 days, so I don't need to be there yet! Now play!" Liz responded, sitting up and crossing her arms while puffing up her cheeks adorably. Every girl cooed at the two, while Ibiki repressed his need to blush.

Regaining his composure, he gave in, saying "Fine, just stop breaking the forth wall! What do you want to play?"

Liz grinned in a creepy manner and told him "Torture!" Ibiki brightened up immediatly while Liz returned to normal and jumped into Ibiki's arms, him catching her bridal style. The two poofed to the ANBU head quarters laughing like maniacs, scaring most of the genin for a long time while Anko sighed, thinking about her own boyfriend, the evil grin on her face effectively creeping everyone out. They all thought the same thing. 'WHY MEEEEEE?'

I'm done! I'll work on finishing the next chapter, so... time to explain stuff. (1)=Remember chapter 8? That chakra test. Also, remember what Kabuto said, since it comes into play later. (2)=A kestrel is the smallest breed of falcon, very stocky, and the one I was talking about is an american kestrel, smallest breed. yup, I'm THAT specific. Anyway, reviews are like sugar and coffee, so more review=quick update~ while flames=My entire 5th grade year. So bad I went to counseling. please, no flames! Seeyalaterbye!