บท 123: Chapter 9: Stage 1: Written Test
(Story Starts)
As soon as they entered, all eyes were on the new arrivals. Shinobi, most older than them, from all around the world watched as Squad Seven entered the building. Naruto remained calm under their stares, as did Satsuki, although he aggressively returned them.
Sakura seemed to be a bit shaken up, but Naruto quickly came to her side and whispered in her ear.
"Just put on your hood Sakura and ignore them, they wouldn't bother to cause trouble."
She quickly pulled on her hood and followed Naruto to the wall, before Satsuki notice it; so she followed her as well, where they decided to wait. With Naruko seeing them with a sighed of how the fact, her brother haven't chose her to be one of them.
"Hey, Naruko!" A platinum blond called, that made Naruko turn attention to see Ino around.
Naruto watched from under his hood as her team-mates arrived, seeing Shikamaru and Chouji again. They didn't really seemed to enthused to be here; one was staring off into space while the other was eating a bag of potato chips. Sakura remained quiet, trying to ignore her rival and friend until she loudly said her name.
"Ino, you're here." Naruko said surprising.
"Yeah, taking this exam that will never beat me within a inch if I will be with Naruto-kun." Ino stated, before asking then looked around to find her 'rival'. "So where is forehead-I mean Sakura." She giggled at her own joke, waiting for Sakura's usual angry outburst to announce her.
Naruto grabbed her hand as it shook with anger and calmed her. Being the first time the girl was able to resist Ino's teasing, the blonde was confused.
With Naruko silent about Ino's question, as the red-head girl looked at Naruto and Sakura with their hoods on with Satsuki. "Ino...you better asked them."
Which made Ino confused about what Naruko meant, as she followed her gazed which made seeing she recognized that uniform like before when during team assignments. She spotted the other two leaning against the wall besides Naruto and saw their leaf headbands across their biceps, but otherwise didn't know who they were. It even seemed as if she was afraid of Satsuki and Sakura.
As when Ino went to the male hooded man and spoke in surprised. "Na-Naruto-kun! I-Is that you...I...I never notice your outfit during the team assignment, h-how you doing?"
With Naruto respond and lift his head, only his mouth and replied. "I've been while in the past...and I take it you on the same boat?"
"Yes..." Ino replied nervously, before asking. "Where...where's Sakura? And Satsuki?"
"I'm right here Ino."
Naruto was a bit surprised Sakura spoke up, but she couldn't hide from her old friend forever.
The blonde looked at the dark red-white coat hooded figure and recognized the pink hair from beneath. Everyone realized it was Sakura at this point and was surprised by her new outfit, along with her companion.
"Sakura...is that really you?" The girl nodded and received a stifled laugh from Ino.
"What's with those clothes? Did you finally crack-" Ino shut up when Sakura was in front of her with her blade to her neck, making her shut up. With her eyes widen about it was rude to make of fun of Sakura's uniform.
Naruko and the others watched, frozen in terror to see what would happen next.
"What were you saying about making fun of our clothing?" Ino swallowed, she didn't know how Sakura was but it was obvious she didn't play around.
"N-nothing...nothing at all, Sakura?" She begged her friend to help who, even though she enjoyed herself seeing Ino squirm, did not want to see her hurt.
"Calm down Sakura, you know better than to get annoyed by something like that." Satsuki stepped in to calm her fellow assassin.
Sakura retracted her blade and fell back to where Naruto was. Before she shocked she had recognized that voice.
"Satsuki?" Ino exclaimed, as the Uchiha assassin lower her hood that made the Yamanaka heiress shocked about Satsuki wearing the same clothing. "Not you too."
"Yes, but thank Naruto-kun over here for some joining the group." Satsuki replied and explained.
"What sort of group?" Ino asked curiously.
"Can't tell." Satsuki replied, getting a frowned from Ino. Until two of Ino's teammates appeared.
"Why don't you three save yourself the embarrassment of flunking this test? Go die, okay?" Shikamaru said as he and Choji walked over to them. "So you guys are entering this as well, troublesome."
"Good to see you, Shikamaru. Chouji." Naruto greet, getting a smile from his two friends.
"So, I've heard you make more of those delicious heavens, Chosen One!" Chouji exclaimed. Since Naruto did cook some meals weeks when he taking part-time jobs, Chouza was insisted his ingredients.
"Yeah, good to see you too, buddy."
"Yahoo! Found you!" Kiba said, as he and Team 8 joined the other six rookies, making them the group of youngest people within the room. "Well everyone is here."
Hinata greeted everyone while Shino simply acknowledging their presence with a simple push of his glasses.
"Geez, you guys too?" Shikamaru whined, as he slightly looked around the room behind Team 8.
"The rookie 10 of Konoha!" Kiba said excitedly, explaining himself quickly at seeing the confused looks. "The first times in years since rookies have attended the Chuunin exams and we are the ones to do it. Hooo boy! This is going one hell of a showdown!"
Hinata put a hand on his shoulder to calm him down. As the Hyuuga heiress turn to Naruko and Ino, then she greet. "Hey, Naruko-san, Ino-san."
"Hey/Yo, Hinata." Ino/Naruko greeted, then wth the heiress eep for seeing Sakura and Satsuki had her hoods lowered.
"How are you doing, Hinata." Sakura asked.
"Fine, thanks." Hinata replied with her fingers pointed together.
"Same doing your fingers again?" Satsuki comment, that made Hinata 'eep' with embarrassing.
Naruto turned to see Kiba with his hood removed, getting a blush from Ino and Hinata about of how he was handsome over those months, and asked. "Oh, so you decided to come, Kiba. You sure seem confident."
Kiba scoffed, and said with bursting confidence. "We did a lot of training. We won't lose to the likes of you."
"Is that...right, lad." Naruto stated with mature. With Kiba failed to notice about the girls new attires, and also with weapons as well.
"So what with those weapons?" Kiba asked. "And how those girls wearing those clothes the ones similar and unlike yours?"
"Its complicated, it better if 'everything is permitted'." Naruto replied.
"What is that suppose to mean, man!?" Kiba exclaimed.
"Man, your rookies sure are noisy." A man with a white ponytail, glasses and wearing a purple suit with a white shirt underneath, purple pants, blue shoes, and black gloves said as he walked up to the rookies. "You're drawing quite a crowd."
With Naruto's eyes narrow at the newcomer, but...he knew that person from his brother-figure. 'So...the traitor's right hand man and his spy...using deception to keep your skills as a jonin-level to be sure you attempt to informed it to your master.' He thought, as he closed his eyes and snaps open to activate his Eagle Vision, but the newcomer's aura is dark purple. 'I knew it! Maybe I will act cool to be sure without suspicious.'
"And you are?" Naruto asks the suspicious young man.
"My name is Yakushi Kabuto and you're so noisy." Kabuto introduce, adjusting his glasses up the bridge of his nose. "Take a look around you."
"Why?" Sakura asked.
"All the noise you're making is causing annoyance with the other genin." Kabuto said with smile. "I'd suggest trying to stay under the radar as much as possible. But an advice as your senior, you shouldn't act as if the exam was a picnic. These guys are best of the best Genin teams from the hidden villages which sent their representatives here."
He had a point, they thought as they looked around the room to see everyone glaring at them. Kusa, Taki, Ame, Suna, Iwa, Kiri and Leaf ninja of all ages were here and sizing each other up. Naruto even thought he could make out some familiar faces from their Kusa mission, but couldn't be sure.
'Luckily there are no assassins here, it would be unfortunate to fight them in this setting. I guess their villages have them on tighter leashes than regular shinobi.'
"Is that so..." Naruto started to spoke in getting attention from the rookies, until a familiar evil chuckle that made Sakura and Satsuki felt that they recognized that familiar aura surrounds Naruto, that made made the Rookies and include Kabuto sweat a little about what kind of KI is it and even they're nervous? With Naruto turn his head to everyone with a creepy laugh with a thick shadow miasma around the area, until a large silver hannya mask appeared in a thin air.
The other genins pulled back slightly, more out of confusion than fear.
With the Rookies had a different reactions; Akamaru hide under Kiba's coat for he did not lay eyes on that creepy mask along with Kiba had his mouth quivered then take a step back, with Hinata, Ino and Naruko hid behind Shino, with the bug user had sweats leak on his chin, then Shikamaru was frozen in fear that creepy mask is scarier then his mom, with Chouji had stopped eating about how Naruto can pull a on a trick, then Sakura and Satsuki were submission to resist the influence of Naruto's hannya mask. Then Kabuto was sweating a he tried to to keep a calm demeanor.
That made particulars frighten in fear, with several Konoha was scream in frighten about Naruto's hannya mask. After it ended the other genins turned away from the blonde, even the stone-faced Gaara having sweat drip down his chin, along with his siblings; Kankurou was terrifying about that mask, and Temari shaken the feeling that she can't hold her breath about how Naruto can put something like that.
Also the Oto-nin were terrifying about how the blond assassin can do. As for Kumo and Iwa were present about Naruto's demon visage.
Then Team Gai had a group hug tightly, quivered about of how when Naruto can put some sort of a genjutsu that frightens them. Now with the aura fades, causing everyone sighed in relief of how terrifying that mask is.
Naruto chuckled, seeing everyone what he can pull a 'demon visage', as he scratched his cheek and said. "Oh, oops. Went overboard, didn't I?"
With Kiba recovered from the shocked and exclaimed. "I'll say, what the hell was that anyway, Naruto?"
"What?" Naruto asked.
"The Hannya mask that you do that." Shino stated, before he recovered from Naruto's visage.
"Ufufufu, I don't know what you're talking about." Naruto chuckled, getting a sweatdrop from the rookies, minus Sakura and Satsuki with a sighed.
With the Rookies plus Kabuto recovered from Naruto's 'Demon Visage', but damn Ryu, he must gave him a little bit overboard. As he cleared his throat and on to the next subject.
"Anyway... Everyone's on edge, waiting to take the exam. I wanted to give you a heads-up before someone snaps and beats the crap out of you. But it's probably unavoidable. Like all rookies, you think you already know everything. I remember what it was like." Kabuto said as he reached into his weapons pouch.
"Kabuto-san?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah?" Kabuto asked.
"Are you saying that this is the second time you've applied?" Sakura asked.
"Not second… seventh, twice a year for… hm, going four years now." Kabuto said in answered about being in the exams.
"Wow…then you've got a lot of experience with what we can expect!" Sakura comment.
"I guess so." Kabuto said as he pulled out several cards "Okay… the least I can do is give you sweet little babies some vital intelligence on what you're in for... with these shinobi info cards."
"Shinobi info cards?" Sakura asked.
"To put it simply, they contain information about the skills we use, transformed into symbols and burned into the cards using chakra." Kabuto said as he put down the cards on the floor. He then took one of the cards and laid it down in front of the rookies.
"It took me four years to collect all the intelligence needed for this exam. In all, there are almost 200 cards. They look blank, don't they? The only way you can read the data on the cards is by using my own personal chakra. Each set is linked to its possessor for example, cards like this one…" Kabuto said before channeling chakra into the card.
"What's he doing?" Ino asked before a map of the elemental countries appeared on the card.
"It's some kind of combination map and bar graph, in three dimensions! What kind of intelligence is this?" Sakura said.
"It shows how many applicants each shinobi nation is sending to this session of the chunin exams. There's a total of 153 applicants for the exams with 78 from Konoha, 30 from Suna, 18 from Ame, 9 from Kiri, 6 from Taki, 6 from Kusa, 3 from Kumo. 3 from Iwa and 3 from Oto." Kabuto explained.
"Do you also have dossier cards? Cards for each individual applicant?" Naruto asked.
"Ha ha…Why? Someone here you have a particular interest in? I'll admit these are far from complete, but I've burned a set of dossier cards for the current pool of applicants, including your team. If you share any data you have on this person who interests you, I'll be happy to look him up and let you know what I have so far." Kabuto said.
"Sabaku no Gaara from Sunagakure and Rock Lee from Konoha." Naruto said.
"You know their names? No sweat, then!" Kabuto said before taking out two cards.
"Let me see them." Naruto said and Kabuto laid down the card for Rock Lee first.
"First up is Rock Lee. He's a year older than you guys. Missions to date: 20 D-ranked, 11 C-ranked. His team's mentor is Might Guy. And his Taijutsu skills have grown exponentially this past year. He has no other talents worth mentioning. He was considered a standout among last year's Genin, but he didn't apply for the Chunin exam. He's a first timer, like you guys. His teammates are named Neji Hyuga and Tenten Higarashi." Kabuto said before laying down Gaara's card.
"Next is Sabaku no Gaara of Suna. 8 C-ranked missions…1 B-rank. wow! Not many rookie shinobi get B-ranked assignments! Since he's from way out in the desert, I have less on him… but it's interesting. He's come back from every mission completely unscathed. Without a scratch…" Kabuto said.
Everyone was shocked minus Naruto had his eyes narrowed about Gaara's capabilities. With his eyes rolled without turning his head its where Gaara was seating with cautiousness, as with his thoughts. 'Seems, it was Shukaku must've gave him...no...there is something else.'
"No way, without getting a scratch." Naruko stated. 'This must be the kyubi is talking about.'
"Word to the wise, if you run into him do not engage in combat just run or you will die." Naruto says never looking away from Gaara.
"You don't have to tell us twice Naruto." Kiba says. "Akamaru is scared of him."
"Anyone else want to try?" Kabuto asked to the rookies.
"I do." Gaara said as he appeared next to Naruto.
'I didn't even sense him.' Was the thought that was running through every of the rookies' minds.
"And who would that be?" Kabuto asked.
"Naruto Altair Cormac." Gaara answered in a mischievous tone as he nodded his head to point to Naruto.
"Here it goes." Kabuto said before doing his technique again and then two cards, one with Naruto's data appeared.
"Next is Naruto Altair Cormac, formally Uzumaki Namikaze, name changed because of neglect." Kabuto informed that shocks Iwa about the blond assassin was a former son of the Yondaime Hokage, but why he change his name. And even Kumo was curious about how the Hokage's son had his name change into something else.
With Kabuto continue. "He knows a few Ninjutsu and Genjutsu that he had not revealed. Taijutsu and Kenjutsu is kage level; as kenjutsu that he had wield a sword and knife. Mission stats 79 D-Ranks, 4 C-Ranks, 1 A-Rank and 0 S-Rank. So, the rumors says you have a ship here in Konoha?"
"Yeah, I had my ship that docked in my place." Naruto replied.
That shocks the rookies minus Sakura and Satsuki, with Ino asked. "You have a ship?"
"Yeah, I'll show it to you guys later." Naruto replied.
"Whoa, Naruto when did you get so strong?" Hinata said.
"Ugh, troublesome blondes, why can't they be normal?" Shikamaru said.
"I had some intense training." Naruto replied.
"Thank you." Gaara said with a smirk and then walked back to his team who were in the far right corner of the room but not before giving Naruto one last look and smirk. He returned to his team and sat down on a chair, relaxed.
==With the Suna-nins==
"I had swarm that he looks familiar," Temari said, making her brother head turn toward her. Until Gaara arrived back.
"What do you mean?" Kankuro asked.
Without taking her eyes from the blond assassin, she said, "I've seen his picture somewhere, but I can't remember it where."
Meanwhile, a grin had spread across Gaara's lips scaring the people around him as he spoke, "Mother wants his blood."
==In Iwa Team==
Three Iwa-nin wore Iwagakure uniforms; there 2 male and 1 female team; with Kurotsuchi spoke. "Did you hear that...this blond was the bastard's son, did you agreed, Akatsuchi, Bakutsuchi."
"Yes, Kurotsuchi, when it happen?" Akatsuchi wondered.
"We can't tell for sure, did you know he earned the moniker as the Dark Templar? So what's a Templar?"
"We'll solve this on the other time." Kurotsuchi said, which made her teammates nod agreed.
==In Kumo Team==
The team had 1 male and 2 females, wearing kumo uniform caring swords, minus one; a for male had dark-skinned Kumo-nin with short, spiky, white hair and dark eyes accentuated with lines curving upwards from the corners.
And other two females; one of them one is long, straight, blonde, hair bound with taut bandages and dark eyes. She wore a short-sleeved black and purple blouse and black pants, both of which had a design similar to clouds on them, purple fingerless gloves and a chain of blue beads wound around her left hand.
And the other dark-skinned kunoichi with long red hair and amber eyes, she is flat-chested. She wears a long, short-sleeved dress with frilly edges complete with the Kumogakure flak jacket, two simple yellow earrings, fishnet stockings, thigh-high boots with white soles and a forehead protector which she wears like a bandanna. She also carries a long sword on her back.
"So...this is the fame Dark Templar, I heard he had great skills in kenjutsu." A blond haired women comment.
"Yes, I can wait for fight him with kenjutsu." A dark skin women replied.
"I know about Cormac about this, Yugito, Karui, what if he will saw us to get us killed, but what if-"
"Will you shut it Omoi!" Karui exclaimed.
"I know, but that mask too, its scary." Omoi stated.
"Yeah, but MAN that was horrifying." Karui stated before Naruto pull a mask came out of nowhere.
"I agreed, but Nibi did freak out about Naruto Cormac." Yugito stated. "But be sure if it takes to make a lot easier."
==With the Rookies==
"Konoha, Suna, Ame, Kusa, Taki, Oto… this year every hidden village has sent outstanding Genin here to compete. I don't know much about Otogakure no sato. It's part of a new, small nation, so intelligence on it is lacking. Every other competing village is well-respected, home to some formidably powerful shinobi." Kabuto said.
'We are up against a lot of competition, but Naruto is keeping his cool. He knows best, I'll just follow his lead.' Sakura said to calm herself, rejoining with the assassin.
Naruto looked out into the crowd and began to recognize familiar faces, trying to follow their lip movements.
"You could say that... Anybody besides me suddenly feeling kind of outclassed?" Hinata asked.
No time to lose your cool now, we already in it to win it." Kiba stated proudly, although he too was nervous.
"What you're trying to tell us is… everyone here…" Sakura said.
==With Oto-nin==
And in their own corner, three sound ninja kept their eyes on Kabuto. After hearing him downplay Oto's potential, they were thinking about how to teach him a lesson.
"Why don't we show him what Oto ninja can do?" Zaku said, excited at the prospect of fighting.
"Sounds fine with me." Kin muttered.
"Yeah, time to teach him to not insult a village he knows nothing about. Give him something to put on his little card game." Dosu confirmed.
The three spread out in a lightning quick fashion, making their way through the group of shinobi with ease. Few even noticed the movement at all, but the few that did prepared to jump in if necessary.
Kankuro began to loosen his pack but Gaara signaled for him to stop. It wasn't their fight.
==With the Konoha Rookies==
Naruto watched as the three came forward, curious as what was going to happen. He noticed out of the corner of his eye that Kabuto had already noticed them but was playing dumb. What was his strategy?
"Hey punk!" Zaku leaped up into the air and threw two kunai at Kabuto, forcing him to slide backward to dodge.
That left him vulnerable to Dosu who ran up and sent a punch at his face. The silver-haired genin was fast enough to dodge and smirked as did the rest of the Leaf genin. It was only when his glasses broke did the rest realize that the attack got through.
Naruto could tell with his enhanced senses, it wasn't the punch, it was the sound generated from the bandaged ninja's arm.
'They're from Oto…' Kabuto thought before dodging the Oto-nin's arm, but suddenly his glasses shattered and he took them off while thinking. 'I see, this kind of attack…is…hmmm…'
Soon enough, he doubled over and puked while the Oto ninja stood in front of him.
"What's going on? He dodged the blow, but something broke his glasses!" Satsuki said.
"His nose probably got grazed… serves him right for acting all superior." Shikamaru said.
Kabuto then suddenly collapsed on his knees and vomited. Everyone in the room that saw it was taken off guard by it, having thought that the guy had dodged the blow.
"Are you all right?" Sakura asked as she got over to Kabuto.
"Yeah… I'm fine…" Kabuto said.
Sakura moved to help Kabuto but had her arm grabbed by Naruto. The tainted scent, Naruto could smell it on these three too, exactly the same as Kabuto.
"You're a pushover, aren't you? Pretty sad for someone who's been an applicant for four years now." The one who had attacked Kabuto said.
"Better add this to your cards. The three applicants from Oto will all make Chunin this year!" The one who had thrown the kunais said.
'I know Kabuto ducked that blow… so what happened to him? Why did he vomit?' Naruko thought.
Naruto narrowed his eyes further for a second and then smoothed his face. He looked at the Sound-Genin who had swung his arm at Kabuto. 'He is equipped with earmuffs and his arm has a metal gauntlet, he thought. The only thing that has physical ability to strike yet remain unseen is the air or the sound.'
Elsewhere in the crowd was Lee's team trying to figure out what had just happened.
"Lee, what did that look like to you?" The boy with white eyes, which must be Neji asked.
"Kabuto-san saw through the attack…so there must have been something else to it, some trick they used to make him sick." Lee said and suddenly there was a large puff of smoke at the front of the classroom.
"Would everybody please just shut up?" A voice came from the smoke and said smoke dissipated to reveal the first exam proctors.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting. My name is Ibiki Morino. I'm the proctor and chief examiner for the first part of the exam." One of the proctors said, he had several scars on his face and a black jacket over his Jonin vest and he wore his Konoha Hitai-ate like a bandana.
"You… the kids from Oto! You can't carry on any way you please when the exam's about to start! Or do you want to be disqualified?" Ibiki said.
"Sorry, sir… it's our first exam, and we got a little carried away." The Oto-nin that had attacked Kabuto earlier said.
"Is that so? Then it's high time that someone laid down a few ground rules. From this point forward, there will be no more fighting without the express permission of the examining officer… and even if that permission is granted, anything that dangers another applicant's life is strictly forbidden. Any of you little piglets who break that rule are out. Disqualified. No second chances. Got that?" Ibiki said.
"So this is a test for little girly men?" One of the Oto-nins said.
Ibiki smirked, there was always at least one squad like that. He'd enjoy the time they spent together very much so.
"Any use of force against other candidates is strictly forbidden unless allowed otherwise by your instructor. Even then, lethal force is not allowed under any circumstance. Are we clear?"
Zaku smirked and whispered. "No lethal force? Well that's no fun."
"Now hand over your papers to my fellow proctors and you will receive a number card. This determines where you will sit. Once you are all seated, we can begin the written exam."
"Did he say...written exam?" Choji shuddered to think about it.
"Get your seat numbers and shut up!" Ibiki yelled, and everyone obeyed, taking the numbers by his assistants.
"The rules of the exam are as follows, and there will be no questions." He tapped the chalkboard at the front of the room and rules appeared.
:Chuunin Exam Test 1:
Rule #1: Test Takers start holding a perfect score of 10 points. The test itself is worth 10 points and for each question answered incorrectly; one point deducted from your overall score.
Rule #2: The Test is a Team Event. The passing score for each team calculated by overall points that each person in the team, added together equals.
Rule #3: Those caught cheating will lose 2 points for each offense.
Rule #4: Those who lose all of their points during the exam or does not answer a single question correctly, fails, along with their teammates.
"I expect nothing but the best from you ninjas trying to become Chuunins," Ibiki said with a smirk, "The exam will last 1 hour. Begins!" When the second hand reaches the 12 and the examinees flip over their tests and start.
'Lets see if it takes to tortured my mind...' Naruto thought.
==Meanwhile inside the Academy lounge==
Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai, Asuma, and Kushina were all relaxing, "I wonder how our students are doing?" Kakashi asked his fellow Jonin.
"The Chunin exams are definitely no walk in the park." Asuma added.
"I know, but hey we all managed to pull through and we were younger than our Genin." Kushina reminded them.
"Yes exactly what I told Iruka, but in a way he was right about one thing. Our students aren't like us." Kakashi admitted to what Iruka said.
"Well they'll need to be strong since Ibiki's the proctor." Gai noted.
"That guy always knows how to get under an enemies skin until he's able to make them crack." Kurenai added.
"That's right, since your just a newly appointed Jonin." Asuma says. "Well Ibiki Morino is the head of the T&I Department. He won't harm them to badly just play mind games and make them feel like they won't be able to do it even if they could. The only one's who can handle it will pass this first part. Kakashi's right his team will be able to handle this a lot easier then our teams could."
"Hinata has a hard life as well." Kurenai argues getting a little hot under the collar.
"That's true Kurenai, but Hinata is too timid. Her will is weak and Ibiki won't have to try hard to break her." Kakashi said.
"He's made half the nukenin we've captured throughout the years spill even their deepest secrets." Asuma put in.
"By now he's sure to have eliminated half the participants and is ready to pull out all the stops for his grand finale." Kushina finished. As she thought. 'Lets hope sochi and musume will pass the test.'
==Time-skip; Academy Room 301==
After reading the exam Naruto summarized its real meaning; these questions were too hard for Genin to know, meaning it was about information gathering; there was nothing to worry about with his teammates, Sakura was smart and could answer them easily, while Satsuki could with the use of his Sharingan copy the answers; that left Naruto wondering on the best way to collect his answers. And lastly is Naruko was nervous about the find some answers, after all...she had her mother's air-head persona after all.
With the rest of the rookies were having time to use their clan capabilities; start with Team 8; the tracker squad: Hinata using her bloodline, the byakugan; then with Kiba and Akamaru with a excellent partnerships? He had Akamaru sat on top of his master's head, scouting out the answers and telling them to him, and also Shino; he uses his bugs to scout for answers and gave them to him, but being a Aburame is specialized in insects.
Next is Team 10; the 2nd generation of Ino-Shika-Chou; just like their parents: Ino uses her Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind transfer) to over Sakura's body to memories Sakura's answers, then Shikamaru uses Kagemane (Shadow possession) on his best friend Chouji to mimic the answers.
Now lastly is Team 3; the support and bodyguard squad; With Neji had the same boat as Hinata, then TenTen uses mirrors in the ceiling, letting Lee to copy her answers by adjusting his headband over his head.
Now the rest of the participates are Suna, since Gaara uses his sand to create a eye to peek the answers, while Kankurou were on the bathroom with one of the chunins; but that was his puppet disguised as a proctor to copy the answers. Lastly Temari, she was waiting for Kankurou to gave the answers.
Then the Oto-nin can listen the pencil writing movements to and hear for answers.
Now its been minutes before the test starts, as Ibiki looked around until he notice three hooded figures conceal their heads. He knew they're Team 7.
'Now that we've weeded out the worst of the slackers…let's move on to the most important question. 45 minutes have passed. The time has come.' Ibiki thought before he spoke. "It's now time for the 10th and final question."
"But first those who..." He is interrupted by the door opening, when Kankurou. "Just in time, take your seat. We enjoyed the puppet show."
"Now as I was saying, the final question you have the option of taking...is absolute." Ibiki says.
"First… you must choose whether to accept or reject this tenth question!" Ibiki said.
'Accept or reject…? What's he getting at?' Satsuki thought.
"Ch-chose? What happens if someone doesn't accept the question?" Temari asked.
"If you reject the question and don't even try to answer it, you'll lose all your points immediately… and fail! And both of your teammates will fail right along with you." Ibiki said.
"Say what?" A Taki-nin yelled.
"Then why would anyone choose to reject it?" A Suna-nin that sat next to him yelled.
"Because…of the other rule." Ibiki said.
'Oh, come on. What more can he add?' Sakura thought.
"What?! How is that possible? There are people here who have taken the exams plenty of times." Kiba yells.
"Well they were just lucky that I wasn't their proctor then." Ibiki says. "If you decide not to take it then feel free to leave and better luck next time."
"I'm sorry guys I don't know if I will be able to continue on." A Genin from Grass said.
"Very well 23 and 97 go with him." Ibiki called and they leave the room.
"Anyone else?" Ibiki asks and more and more teams start to leave. And all of the genin that were still in the room prepared themselves for what was to come. "Alright, all of you who stayed to hear the last question, pass!"
Her eyes widened, pass? They passed?
"But we didn't do anything!" Sakura blurted out
"What do you mean we all pass?" Temari asks. "What's the final question?"
As Naruto spoke in about the 10th question. "There was no tenth and/or final question, it was a decision-making test, if one of the three in a team decides not to take it, the whole team fails, and if they decide to take it and fail, then the whole team fails. It's basically a life or death situation, am I right Morino-san?" Naruto explanation.
Which everyone on this room stared at Naruto about he knew about this test.
"He's right. That was the final question. Whether or not you accepted it." Ibiki stated.
"So the other questions were a complete waste of time then?" Temari asked.
"On the contrary." Ibiki begun to explained. "The other questions were to see if you could cheat and not get caught. The object was to see how well you could gather information. As Chunin you may be required to do things in the name of your respective villages and entrusted with it's secrets'." He taking off his headband and reveals scars that make some of the Genin throw-up a little.
"This is the result of not giving up any information and by taking the question you essentially took a mission. Those who left don't deserve to be Chunin, because they put their lives before the village. Sometimes you must accept the mission even if knowing that you may not return home." Ibiki finished.
'Teamwork and trust...I guess we do have that.'
Suddenly, Naruto disappeared into a puff of smoke and Sakura felt someone poke her in the arm. Turning to her right, she saw Naruto waving at her. She was shocked, how did he do that?
Many of the proctors and other students looked in amazement too, how had they not noticed?
"Second Tenant of the assassins, 'Hide in plain sight.'. I allowed my clone to act as me while I mimicked someone in the crowd, letting me sit next to you and get your answers."
Sakura realized it must have been some sort of genjutsu that only he knew. There was still a lot she had to learn, but then she understood why Naruto's clone said what it did.
"It will all work out Sakura."
"Well anyway..." Ibiki coughed to get attention back to him. "That concludes the First exam, now we just have to wait for-"
Suddenly, something crashed through the window and four kunais were imbedded into the walls of the room to reveal that it was a banner and in front of it stood a woman.
Before Naruko face-fault and wonder. "Hey, is this part of the test!?"
She had black hair in a ponytail, she had slightly pointy ears, she wore a light-brown trench-coat with a fishnet shirt underneath and she wore her Konoha Hitai-ate on her forehead stood in front of the class, smirking.
On the banner it said. "Newly arrived second chief examination officer Mitarashi Anko". With Naruto and Ibiki (while he was behind the banner) face-palmed. '*sighed*You always jumped the gun didn't you, Anko/-neesan.'
"None of you are in any position to celebrate. I am the second examination officer Anko Mitarashi! Times a-wastin', people. Let's go! Follow me!" Anko yelled.
'This new officer almost reminds me…of Naruko, or Kushina-sensei.' Sakura thought as Anko noticed something.
"You're early, again, Anko." Ibiki said and as he stepped out from behind the banner.
Anko blinked in confusion and said with a embarrassing mood. "Oh? Whoops, my bad." She then faced the crowd and walked forward with a smirk and looked at hooded Naruto saying loudly. "Well look at that, my little bro pup is here."
That cringes Naruko about Anko being Naruto's older sister, she is also one of few people besides Itachi.
Naruto sighed and stated. "Ah, c'mon Anko-neechan, I thought I told you I don't like it when you call me that."
Anko chuckled about how he looked embarrassed. As she glance at the class seeing how many teams were quit.
"79 of you are still here? Ibiki! You passed 26 teams? Obviously you went way too easy on them." Anko said.
"This year…we have applicants of exceptional caliber." Ibiki said.
"Yeah, right. I'll cut down the number by half before the next test is done." Anko said.
'Cut us down…by half?' Satsuki thought, wondering what the next exam was going to be.
"Ooh! I get charged up just thinking about it! I'll explain things in detail as soon as we move to our next location… so Meet me at Training Ground 44 in one hour. If you're late you fail."
She leaped out the window and after a short silence everyone quickly followed her to find the Second Exam starting place.
==Later==
With Ibiki collect the papers, until one of papers that belongs to Naruto...but there is a message on the 10th question, but this one is blank with no answer. As the Interrogator pick it up and read:
To: Ibiki-san
We have a spy on our village, the so-called 'genin' Kabuto Yakushi. He has information about us that even most jonin don't know, so I had pretend to act I was friendly without suspicious. It's something that only a Hokage should know about it. Please run it by him. Plus...I did smell him, he reeks of snakes that I was able to smell him unlike the Inuzuka. Please Look into it.
- Naruto Cormac
P.S. We had Code S, I repeat, Code S...and he's here as well. Just keep it secret without the eyes and ears will learned about our move.
Ibiki glared at the note and quickly shunshined out of the room to informed the Yondaime 0f Naruto's observation. If what Naruto said is true, then Konoha would be in even more trouble then it thought possible.
==At Masyaf==
With Naruto, Sakura and Satsuki arrived to the Assassin Stronghold, with they had manage to construct ships for his fleet. With the Morrigan had docked on the largest lake, as for the before now, its like the size as lake loch ness. And also Masyaf has a dry dock as well.
With Naruto's Mokuton to create a docks for the ships. Now with the Morrigan is on the first dock that look like the docks of Great Inagua. That island is used to be Edward's new home and also the Assassin's new base.
Now with the ship that Naruto had succeed, with the apple of eden had manage to revived one of the greatest legendary Man-O'-War and had the same wood as Naruto's Morrigan and completely customized: the ship is first-rate, larger then a Man-O-War.
The color paint is red halls with metallic-black plate armored; carries 104 broadside cannons in 52x2 were extremely powerful that will rip through armour like it was paper, 10 carronade cannons fires explosive shots with about 5x2, then with a large ice ram like the Morrigan and lastly is an extremely dangerous flammable mortar attack that will not only deal serious damage on impact, but will also leave burning oil on the water and trees.
This ship maybe slow, but its fastest and most maneuverable vessels, equal then El impoluto (The Pristine). Then three mast with black sails, and the figurehead is a old Jackdaw, that figurehead in-honored the first Jackdaw of Edward Kenway. Lastly...has wings underneath the ship; the 4 of wings in each pair; extendable.
The ship is called...The Storm Fortress, the Leviathan's Ship of the Storms...
Now with the other ships had able to revived in process, but with it, now the Assassin will had its own fleet for sure.
Now the rest is, Naruto had use the Apple of Eden, and his Assassin Apprentices like Sakura and Satsuki about the Apple, so with Naruto had use an apple to create seed to plant the tree that was same material as the Morrigan...the Treasure Adam Tree, named after the Patriarch of the Human race besides Eve.
With his Mokuton that able to make it to create a forest for building more ships, so...with a normal wood like Konoha will create normal ships. Then now he will had summoned Shipwrecks to start working. Now as for the ships, he manage to summoned...Experto Crede; Adewale's Brig Ship.
Experto Crede was once a Slave Brig when Adewale had commandeer after his old Brig, the Victoire (Victory) was wrecked from the storm. So this ship is adjusting the Ironclad Ram with Ice breaker, 46 broadside cannons in 23x2, 4 chase cannons with chain shots, fire barrels in the rare and two Naval Mortar Cannons, also had 4 Swivel Cannons; 2 on bow and helm.
The ship is well armored like Adewale's and Edward's Jackdaw. Now the figurehead is a Aries Goat and the color is dark green halls with gold and white linings. As for the sails is liberty (its a white with brown and gold linings with a chain broken links) and the Wheel of binding (this wooden with iron melted with slaves' shackles, this wheel reminder of captivity). As for the flag on the pole is a same as the Liberty.
Now this ship is now owned by Mutsu Mikogami, after when he was a slave, he is also did learned how to sail a boat or ship. Good thing he had sailing experience. So Naruto and Mutsu will be ship sailing instructors on the future.
Now with Naruto and his girlfriend; Sakura, and his sister; Satsuki were planning to take the Morrigan to the Chunin Exam, so with his spiritual godfather Gist will sailing his ship, if he'll allowed his sister-figure; Anko will gave a sail to the Tower, faster.
As they are now on the docks its where his Morrigan, also...there is someone on the docks to prepared to sail. It was Haku, now he is wearing his old Hunter-nin attire is now adding with a hood with a beak tip on his haori and his footwear is replaced his sandals into dark blue with shinguards. Also he his arsenals is hidden blade bracers (one is a normal on his left arm, and other is a pivot blade on the right arm), then with the left hidden blade is a senbon launcher, that fires a poison needle with a kill a victim, silently. Then he had blowpipe on his back. As for his sash is added with a Symbol of the Assassin on the center.
As a new additional Agile Assassins besides Satsuki, but also he is the first Stalker Assassin with speed, he will use short blade. Now he had a short blade, that look like a unfamiliar knife sheathed on his small sheathed, the "Kowareken" (Broken Sword).
With Naruto had crated a the "Broken Sword" Knife that owned by Connor when he crafted it from his acquaintance. So...the blond Mentor Assassin will make his own "Broken Sword" Knife, with the acquirement he obtained it, now he called it the same named by a translated as "Kowareken".
Then Haku will learned with a knife and hidden blade combo like Connor does. Right before Naruto had recruited him. as he was under teachings of Zabuza, he will be the kenjutsu instructor like Hayate and Yugao.
"Yo, Haku." Naruto called, which made Haku respond to see Naruto and the co. arrived.
"Naruto-shishō, how was your exams with your comrades." Haku greeted.
"Its great, but we passed, lad. We had prepared to had the Morrigan to sail to Training Ground 44." Naruto informed. "And informed Matsu to prepared to portal."
"Hai! I will informed Gist-san to prepared." Haku replied and understand, as she disappeared via mizu shunshin (water body flicker).
But now...since Masyaf is unlike Konoha, with Naruto had his clones to extended the area along with increases the genjutsu to maintain the surroundings and also a sensory as well, just like Konoha. But also...Naruto did improved the economy from the Town of Masyaf. Also the stronghold and the town will had electricity for so long when Assassin was around.
Next...is a transportation devise is like Kamui or Kaguya Ootsutsuki's portal, but better thank Desmond for a better idea, but with the knowledge that Naruto had obtained from the Apple itself, so it better to not reveal its eyes of the greed. And so...Naruto did brought few slaves that between connection to were also friends of Issei, Natsu, Haru, Miya and Karasuba.
"How can I get myself a ship, Naruto-nii?" Satsuki asked.
"As soon as possible, imouto." Naruto replied to Satsuki, but with a smile. "Until the time came..."
==Later==
Now Naruto had on his wheel, with Sakura besides him on the left, and Satsuki on the right, will since Gist had retired for being his first mate, so he will be taking his new life, as he did revived as living bring now, all thanks to the apple, now he will be going step foot on the living as a second chance and new life. So he will be the take command of the Storm Fortress that just entered service.
Now the 'Morrigan' in need a new first mate was Sakura, and to her surprise her beloved chose her for the job. With Gist is prepared to left the Morrigan after the service of Shay Cormac, is now standing in the docks. As he said. "I'm sure you'll make a fine first mate, if the captain thinks you're fit for the job, then I think so too. Like I was Shay's first new mate after his old friend, Liam."
"Doesn't change the fact that it's going to be first time doing this sort of thing." Sakura fidgeted nervously as she stood beside the ship's wheel. With Satsuki amusing for taking a job, if she will learned how to sail next time.
"You'll be fine." The man reassured the rosette. "It will take some time to get used to, but just remember to stay positive and confident."
"I will." The pink-haired nodded. "Thank you Gist-san."
"Anytime, now if you'll excuse me, I have a new ship to captain." Gist concluded.
"Good luck."
"You too." With that Gist glance at the lighthouse on the hill and waving a signal for the portal.
At the lighthouse tower; a female with long red hair with side plaits and wearing glasses, she also wearing the same wear as Haku's Assassin Attire is now White haori with Light Pink trimming and red sash with the same symbol as Haku. As for Matsu went controls before notified by Haku, while she was reading 'Icha-Icha'...she maybe a pervert, so she will be the operator for the new teleportation device. (AN: Matsu is also from Sekirei, so inspired their names and personalities will be useful.)
Now as Matsu took out a brass glass sphere is like the white crystal ball. Now she is on outside of the lighthouse, with a brass sphere on her hand, then she approaches a panel on the ground that connects to the lighthouse, as to thank Naruto again for new developments. Then Matsu place the sphere on the ground, until the golden linings glow, as the line races to the tower that started to activates, now as the beam shots out in the tower, then hits the direction on the wall of the cave, As a long yellow energy lines then opens wide that shapes of a giant triangle portal doorway, the portal's size is about 100 ft tall and 68ft wide. (AN: Based on Treasure Planet and Stargate portal...or Groundbridge from Transformers Prime.)
Then the display of the portal's location is now at outside of Konoha. As a green project an orbital it looks like a list of locations. Then with Matsu smirked that move the project move around then pick the location with zoom in to select a location without anyone being seen, now the location is found is training grounds 44.
With Matsu gave a wave to signal for okay, then Naruto's ship the Morrigan on the docks is ready to depart.
"Now..." Naruto started, as the two lovers looked at the crew with Satsuki and also Naruto had recommended brought Mutsu, Issei, Natsu, Haru, Miya and Karasuba, as they awaited their orders. the blond assassin nudged his lover a bit, making her look nervous but was reassured by a nod from him.
"Half-sails!" The rosette beauty ordered. "We sail for Konoha's training grounds 44!"
With Matsu seeing the sails unfold, which gave her signal for open the portal, due informed by Haku the coordinates. With one touch on one of the projected destinations then the door closed and now opens that reveals to be on the Forest of Death.
Then Sakura called again. "And take flight!"
Now Naruto place his hand on the sphere within the inch. As the ship is now in flight mode with the wings flapped and descends on the air, then now the Morrigan is pass through the portal, then with Matsu deactivate the portal, then the door vanished with a flash of light.
With Gist standing on the docks staring to where the Morrigan departs with a smile and said. "Good luck, lads...godspeed."
==Chapter Ended==
==Omake - New Recruit; Matsu==
Before Naruto and his team arrived back, Matsu with a pervert giggle about how she read Icha-Icha that wrote by Jiraiya himself, she couldn't help of how she loved reading those on her age.
Until a splash of water appeared causing Matsu quickly hid her book for causing trouble, until seeing Haku with a frown and asked with guessed. "Continue reading Icha-Icha? I would you want shishou will gave you punishment."
That made Matsu 'eep' for shocked for she had forgotten about her sensei when her friend Miya will joined the Creed, along with the others, as for her nature as a pervert when comes of dirty minds, can't say when she had brought Icha-Icha after all, she got caught by Miya before informed by Naruto, he did use his Hannya mask that creeps her, so if Naruto will taught Miya 'that', then its game over for her and replied to Haku. "Come on, Haku-tan, it wasn't that bad!"
Haku sighed. "But you better, now will you get the portal ready to open."
"Why?"
"Naruto-sensei will taking the Morrigan." Haku replied. "And he informed you that the coordination will be in Konoha, and training grounds 44."
Matsu tense, then a nod without hesitation.
With that. Haku mizu-shunshin out, until with a sighed for relief from Matsu. And sadden. "Guess I better get to work."
(Omake Ended)
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