Naruto: Fourth Hokage

(Two Weeks Later)

Naruto was heading to the building where the first part of the Chuunin exam was to be held. He soon came to see Team 7 making their way in as well. Sai turned to see Naruto making his way towards them.

"Naruto-san," Sai greeted. Sasuke and Sakura both turned to see Naruto walking up to them.

"I'm surprised you were allowed to take part of this exam this early in your training dobe," Sasuke remarked.

"You should talk," Naruto replied with a smirk, "Why Kakashi-niisan allowed you to be here is beyond me. If I recall, I'm the one who had to save and rescue both you and Sai from a girl you the great Uchiha couldn't beat."

Sasuke was seething bloodlust at Naruto but the blonde ignored it and walked passed him. Quite frankly Naruto was getting fed up with being insulted and called "dobe" repeatedly by Sasuke. Sakura wanted to run up and clobber and punch Naruto in the face, but instead she said in Sasuke's defense, "That Haku girl just got lucky that time! If anything Sasuke-kun could have taken her."

Naruto simply shrugged as he continued on his way into the building.

"By the way," Sai inquired, "Is Haku-san taking part of this exam?"

"No," Naruto replied, "Kaa-chan figured that she'd be of better use as a medic-nin and Shizune-neechan's assistant."

"But you're not part of a three-Genin cell team," Sakura pointed out, "And yet you were allowed to take part of this exam?"

"I'll tell it like I told so many others," Naruto retorted as he stopped to turn and looked back at the others, "Don't underestimate me."

Saying nothing more, Naruto went into the building with Team 7 following close by. They walked up the flight of stairs until they got to the second floor. Upon arriving though, they saw a crowd outside a room with the number 301. Suddenly a boy wearing a green spandex with a bowl haircut and very large eyebrows was knocked by two older boys standing in front of the door, guarding it.

"And you're going to take the Chuunin exam? Pathetic," one of the boys said.

"Appreciate the fact that we're doing this. The Chuunin exam is extremely hard. You weaklings would just be slaughtered," the second said.

"Let us in you stupid jerks! We're here for the first part of the Chuunin Exam," yelled a familiar looking girl wearing a pink shirt and having her brown hair in two buns on her head that Naruto recognized as Tenten. Naruto saw Tenten holding Lee after he was knocked down by the older shinobi. It was surprising to Naruto because of what he knew about Rock Lee and his Jounin instructor Maito Gai.

Lee is holding back a great deal against those two, Naruto noticed as he, Sasuke, and Sakura approached the group, Even those among the Chuunin ranks would have been bested by him with his speed, strength and knowledge on Taijutsu combat.

"Give up. The Chuunin exam is way too difficult for any of you. Even we failed three times," the second older boy guarding the door said.

"Have you any idea how many like you we've seen killed or injured for life by this exam," the first one asked.

"A Chuunin is a team captain. Both the safety of the team and the success of the mission all depend on the captain. And you're trying to become that? Spare us the nonsense," the second one said. Naruto looked at Sakura, who snorted at the two older shinobis.

"What's your problem punk," said the other shinobi standing next to the one who struck down Lee in the beginning of the brawl.

"Quit wasting our time," Naruto said with annoyance as he stepped forward towards the two boys, "And step the hell out of our way! Also you're preventing us from heading to the third floor to take the exam seeing that this is the second floor."

Several people wondered what Naruto was talking about.

"Your pathetic excuse of a genjutsu that any simpleton shinobi could see is up over the door," Sasuke cut in, "Sakura, you saw through the genjutsu I'm sure, right?"

Sakura nodded in agreement though she didn't go outright to insult the older more experienced shinobis in front of them as Naruto and Sasuke did. Though Naruto wasn't as strong in genjutsu as his mother or Kurenai however, he had a measure of knowledge about them based on what he learned from Tsunade. The sign shifted and revealed 201.

"So…you both saw it. But that isn't enough," the first kid said and moved to kick Sasuke and Naruto. Sasuke responded by moving to kick back, but Lee moved in between and stopped their kicks with his bare hands.

Impressively fast…, Naruto thought.

"Oi…," Neji said, walking up to Lee.

"It was your idea that we hide our strength. And you go and do this," Neji scolded and Naruto noticed that the bruises Lee had were gone. Lee looked at Sakura and blushed. Tenten shook her head.

"Oh no," Tenten muttered as Lee walked up to Sakura, a faint blush on his cheeks.

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