The rules were then slowly told by Ibiki Morino 'Each time you're caught, you lose points, eh?' Naruto thought while analyzing the information given to them.
'You just don't need to get caught, in fact, even if you don't answer any questions, you stay with 10 points out of 10, you can't lose what you don't have. The objective of this exam... it's simple, your ability to gather information, in 45 minutes, the last question will be released...' He concluded before removing a small part of the test's paper, there, he wrote 'Copy my movements -Naruto.'
Out of sudden, the paper appeared just beside Sasuke, that was thinking about the test 'Oh, so all I need to do is calculate how the Shuriken will arrive there to answer the test, I get it. Ah, I don't know how to answer this!' he thought funnily before noticing the paper.
Sasuke nodded 'These questions are of Jounin level, I don't have the knowledge to calculate it to such level, Sakura will do fine, she was always a smartass, after all, as for Naruto, he'll be even better' he thought and in an instant, his Sharingan activated, copying Naruto's movements.
Observing everything, the Jounins were looking through the students, occasionally pointing anyone that couldn't gather information correctly ''You and your entire Team, leave.''
''And you, and you!'' Tension rose to the air as Team after Team was removed from the Chuunin Exams and that was just the first Exam, however, the Jounins within the room were satisfied with most of the ones that were doing it correctly, Ibiki Morino was the most satisfied of them, his satisfaction hidden within his fierce expression
'For Genins, they are thinking of creative ways to gather information, that Haku, member of the Team that has an exception, the entire Team is doing good, Hyoton is surely being helpful for him, he knows exactly who has the most information and is doing it stealthily, he has experience...' Ibiki thought while looking at the almost 100% hidden Ice Mirror.
'Ordinary Jounins wouldn't be able to notice this, high information gathering experience, high control over his own techniques. There's also that Gaara of the Sand, Sakura Haruno, that pink-haired girl is doing the test with her own knowledge, lastly, Naruto Uzumaki, Jinchuuriki, his previous records within missions says all about his strength and knowledge and it is showing right now.'
Ibiki Morino thought with slightly narrowed eyes as the minutes passed by, as the one responsible for Konoha's Torture and Interrogation Force, he naturally knew about the Jinchuuriki 'Kankuro, member of the Sand Trio, disguised his Puppet as one of our Jounin, due to his courage and way of thinking, I'll let that pass.' he thought.
Hinata was sitting at Naruto's side while doing her test in a comfortable manner, she was confident that not only her would pass but that Naruto would be even better, they had gone to eat Ramen every now and then, she had gotten to know Naruto pretty well compared to her previous self.
''Good luck, Naruto-kun...'' Hinata's voice was barely audible even when she talks normally, not to mention whispering, however, Naruto still heard it and smiled slightly, somehow, it made him happy.
Noticing the Teams with a smile hidden underneath his scar riddled face, Ibiki thought 'There's also that Team with Uchiha Hensuke, if I'm not wrong, he's the younger brother of Uchiha Kinsuke, that became a Chuunin three years ago, he's gathering information correctly...'
45 minutes passed by in the blink of an eye, Ibiki looked over all Teams before he said ''The time for the tenth and last question has arrived, before that, I'll ask you if you want to do it, there's a special rule: If you choose not to do it, you will fail but if you choose to do it but get it wrong, you'll fail and won't be able to do the Chuunin Exams anymore, forever!''
''What?!'' Most of the Genins shouted, they felt that rule was way too exaggerated, some of them also felt fear of not being able to do it and being unable to do the Chuunin Exams for the rest of their life.
One after another Team chose not to do the question, leaving the room with a total of 27 teams, a total of 82 Genins as Haku is at Team 7, bringing the total number by one. [1]
''Good, since all of you chose to answer the question, all of you passed!'' Ibiki said as confusion hit most of the Genins
''There will be situations that you'll need to think and choose to save one of your Teammates while sacrificing the other, the life of a Ninja isn't peaceful, the first nine questions tested your information gathering while the last tested your braveness and courage. The ones that chose not to answer the tenth question will be a Genin for the rest of their life!'' He continued as many of the Chuunin Teams sighed in relief, thanking their mind for accepting to do the question.
Out of sudden, someone broke in the room through the window ''Your sexiest Kunoichi of Konohagakure has arrived, Anko Mitarashi! Stand up and prepare yourselves for the second exam, I'm your proctor!'' a purple-haired woman said before noticing everyone looking towards her.
Ibiki facepalmed ''I was still talking but whatever...''
''Hm? Ibiki, why are there so many Teams?'' Anko asked while looking at the 27 Teams before shaking her head ''Anyway, all of you, follow me! By the end of the Second Phase, more than half of you will be eliminated from the exam!'' she said with a wide smile before jumping out of the window, all of the participants of the Second Phase, despite dumbfounded, followed her.
'A troublesome woman with a troublesome personality along with a troublesome test, what a drag...' Shikamaru thought while Naruto somehow thought something similar 'What a bored woman with a boring personality along with a boring test, sigh...' the blonde teenager thought.
[1] Due to Uchiha Hensuke team being there, instead of the original 26 Teams, there are 27 Teams, a total of 82 Genins due to Haku.
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I keep forgetting that the Uchiha massacre from canon didn't happen in this AU.
Thanks for the chapter!
i swear shikamaru is naruto's bestfriend i mean he never treated him like sh*t and never was jealous of naruto's improvment like someone who is the bestfriend of naruto for some reason heck he even took his own revenge without needing help from a gay snakeman who want's childrens bodys
He probably finds treating Naruto like sh*t a massive drag
@Kurumi69 He also helped him when they were kids...
In canon, I mean
@ARFitS when and what did he do? i don't remember anything like that.
@Kurumi69 When they were still in the academy, some of the kids tricked him into sneaking out to look for something unique, I don't exactly remember what they demanded, but they told him to look for it in a place just outside Konoha, where he found a strange kunai. Problem is, that kunai also had all of Konoha's partol routes marked out in great detail on a piece of paper tied to it by a spy from I have no f*cking clue where.
The spies came back and attacked him and they could've also killed him or kidnapped him and no one would've known had it not been for Iruka showing up just in time to save him. Iruka, however, wouldn't have known where Naruto is, if Shikamaru hadn't overheard the trio's demand from Naruto and then openly told Iruka in front of everyone where that trio sent him to.
@ARFitS ah yea i remember that fight between Iruka and Mizuki. strangely i dont remember Shikamaru's involvement in that.
theres also major plot holes in where that kunai comes from, why the info was attached on it, and how it ended up in the hands of Naruto, but hey, it's not like Naruto isn't full of plot holes already, right?
@Kurumi69 That wasn't with Mizuki, at least I don't remember him being involved. Also, the kunai with the note was left there so that the ones who were supposed to deliver the message to their village would pick it up. Naruto just happened to show up before they got there and found it...
@Kurumi69