"That cutie has never met my father, but after hearing what Naruto said, I doubt he'd ever agree to what Ibiki-san said," Temari said, "I choose to believe and side with Naruto."
And one by one all of the remaining Genin sided with Naruto. And with just that, the fear and uncertainty in the room was gradually dying down.
That kid boldly stood up to me as he saw through and called my bluff, completely wiped out everyone's fear, and got everyone to side with him, even those who would be his enemies, to take on what could have been a dangerous ordeal. This Naruto is truly Chuunin material. Anyway it's useless to wait anymore, Ibiki thought before shaking his head. "Everyone in this room…passes."
There was a deafening silence until…
"WHAT?!" a not so silent question came from all of the Genin in the room, except Naruto and Gaara.
"What about the tenth question?" Chouji asked.
"There was no tenth question. Or you can say the 'take or don't take' choice was the question. It was an impossible problem. Take it or don't. Live or die. You could say that choice was the whole point of this test," Ibiki said.
"What? But what was the point to those other questions then?" Temari asked.
"They served their purpose," Ibiki explained, "They weeded out those that are trash with no talent for gathering information. I'll say it again: you're here to become Chuunin. A Chuunin has to be able to get information. As you have noticed, the questions are difficult. To answer them, most of you had to cheat. Therefore, we planted two Chuunin who knew the answers to the questions. They were to be targets for the rest of the room. Those that cheated without regards for themselves or their teammates were kicked out. If you get bad information on a mission, then your teammates and village will be the ones to pay."
"But what about that tenth question?" a Kusa Genin asked.
"Let's suppose you become Chuunin. You will be sent in on missions with little or no information on enemy forces. Should you choose not to take the mission because of the uncertain factors involved? The answer is no. When you get a mission, you have to complete it, or the village will be in an unfortunate situation. We are shinobi, and we're sworn to protect our village. Those that believe 'there will always be next year' don't deserve to become Chuunin. But those still in this room demonstrated that they're willing to place their lives on the line. That's precisely what ninja do every day. Congratulations on passing, and good luck in the next exams."
As Ibiki finished his explanation, he, Naruto, and the more skilled Genin felt something flying towards one of the windows. Reacting quickly Naruto jumped back and landed near Hinata as he successfully avoided a black ball that flew through the window, sending shards of glass flying. The ball twisted and two kunai shot out of it into the ceiling, turning the ball into a banner hiding Ibiki from view. In front of the banner stood a woman wearing a brown trench coat, shin guards, fishnet clothes and a very small dull orange mini skirt. She had purple hair and brown eyes. The banner read, "The Second Examiner: Mitarashi Anko."
"This isn't a time to be celebrating! I'm the second examiner, Mitarashi Anko!" Anko yelled, pumping an arm into the air. Naruto looked at Anko as he studied her features and choice of dress. Everyone else also stared at the strange and loud examiner known as Anko. Ibiki's eyebrows twitched.
"Read the mood," Ibiki said, and Anko's mood deflated. She turned and faced Ibiki.
"Twenty-seven teams," Anko said sounding upset, "You let eighty-one people pass? The first test must have been too soft."
"There were a lot of excellent ones this year," Ibiki replied.
Anko replied as she turned to face the mixed group of Genin, "No matter. By the end of the second exam, I'll cut the number in half if not less."
Anko stopped when her eyes fell on Naruto, who was smiling toothily at her while holding his and Hinata's test papers which showed 4 tens written on the back of them. Hinata shook her head at Naruto's antics while everyone else looked at Naruto with confused expressions.
"What the hell are you doing, and what are the four tens for?" Anko asked.
Naruto explained enthusiastically, "It's the scores I'm giving you: 10 for the entrance, 10 for the landing, 10 for the outfit, and 10 for your sexy figure that looks even hotter with the outfit! A perfect score!"
Everyone looked at Naruto and wondered if he was for real.
Is he really the same Naruto that told Ibiki-san off just moments ago? the only red-haired female Kusa Genin wearing glasses thought.
He'll never change, Sakura mentally snorted.
"While I appreciate the praise gaki, I'm used to men complimenting and fawning over me like dogs in heat," Anko snickered.
"I'm sure you are! Over the years I've seen hot and great specimens in my in-depth research in Konoha, but damn how the hell did I miss such a magnificent specimen like yourself? And that orange mini-skirt of yours, with orange being my favorite color no less! I feel a sense of kindred spirit seeing you in that color and-"
"Naruto-kun," Hinata said meekly as she grabbed and tugged the side of his jacket a little with her left thumb and finger, "we're st-still taking the Chuunin Exams and you're k-keeping all of us from co…continuing."
Naruto looked back at Hinata who gave him a pleading look. The blond Jinchuuriki conceded and said, "You're right. I shouldn't be so selfish. I'll have to continue looking into this elusive specimen on a later occasion."
Sasuke thought, Hinata says I don't know Naruto as well as I think yet she subjects herself to tolerating Naruto's indecent behavior, and even during the Chuunin Exams he acts perverted in front of her and everyone else, even in front of those from foreign nations. He's even flirting with an older woman in front her! How long is Hinata going to stomach this?
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