The people that wandered into the chunin exam stadium for the test they were inford was going to happen were surprised to see one Naruto Uzumaki, already sitting down in the center of the arena, decked out in a dark red muscle shirt and pants, hitae-ate as a belt, seemingly in a ditative state. As more and more people filed in a smattering of comnts regarding why the 'demon brat' was here and what the test was exactly. Naruto was seated under the tree in the arena currently resting. The five days of pranks prior to this were him actually training himself. He had been neglecting the basics of his ninja arts in exchange for power and jutsu, sothing he blad on his other side. After fighting Kabuto and rembering how he used to be he rembered the words told to him in his fomulative years, "The ninja with stealth and surprise on his side should be able to win without ever using a single jutsu."
He had spent the days progressively stepping up the difficulty of his pranks, and much to his delight he had never been caught once, even when deliberately provoking a response that alerted others of his direct location... Except for the pranks on Sasuke, no test was intended... That was purely for him, it was just sheer fun. Around 9 o' clock the familiar bear masked Anbu of Tsunade's arrived next to him. Naruto stood up to properly greet the man, "Hello Kuma-san. Baa-chan send you to get again?"
The Anbu nodded, "Yes, Hokage-sama would like to know if you would like her to tell you the rules of engagent prior to the beginning of your test?"
Naruto shook his head, "No, she'll just end up explaining it to everyone after they all arrive anyway, there's no need to make her do it twice so I'll just wait."
Kuma nodded and shunshined out of Naruto's space, leaving him to continue ditating until he would inevitably end up being interrupted again. The next interruption occurred at around 9:30 when Kurenai led her team into the arena. Naruto's focus was broken by Kiba loudly bragging, "Oh man, we're all fighting Naruto? What did he do to piss the Hokage off like that to get this to happen to him?"
Kurenai looked over to Naruto who waved back at her in indifference before returning to his ditation. She looked down at Kiba, "Kiba, do not underestimate him here. He already defeated you once already, you shouldn't do the sa thing twice in this instance."
Kiba smirked in confidence, "He got in a few lucky shots last ti. This one won't last nearly as long, and Akamaru will knock him out before he can start playing his gas."
The Kyuubi scoffed in Naruto's mind, "What a loud mutt. I hope you fight him first so you can shut him up and I don't have to hear him bark anymore." Naruto smirked slightly, 'Calm down Kyuubi. They'll all get my point in a few minutes.'
Shino looked over at Naruto who was still seated under his tree, "Kurenai-sensei, I don't understand why we're all fighting Uzumaki-san in the first place. You said all of the teams would be participating, that is illogical. Why would all of the teams be needed to fight just him?"
Kurenai looked at her sunglasses-sporting genin, "The Hokage gave him this option last week during a eting and he took it. I don't understand just why it's happening in the first place but all you can do is fight him at your best."
Shino nodded, "I wasn't planning on doing anything other than that." Kurenai looked at Hinata who was trying her best to look anywhere but at the blonde sitting under the tree, "Hinata. You will probably have to fight him too. Don't let anything cloud your mind on this. If you don't fight him seriously then there is a good chance that he will defeat you."
Hinata nodded, but her mind was a wreck, 'I have to fight Naruto-kun. I-I can't possibly bring myself to do anything to hurt him. What would I do if I injured him? Would I ever have a chance with him then?'
Soon after the entrance of Team 8, Asuma brought his own genin team into the fold, with Shikamaru leading the pack, "This is so troubleso. Why are we here? You got all gung-ho today about dragging us to the arena." Asuma took a drag of his cigarette as he brought his genin over near Kurenai, "You're here to fight Naruto. He'll be taking you all on one at a ti so it shouldn't be too much trouble if the order works out the way it should."
Ino looked over to her fellow blonde sitting under the tree, "Naruto? Why would we all be fighting Naruto? What's the point? He might be able to beat one of us, maybe two but that's pushing it. There's no way he can beat our entire team."
Kurenai chid in, "He's not really fighting your entire team, he's really supposed to be fighting everyone, your team, my team, Gai's team, and Kakashi's other kids." Seeing the stunned looks on the faces of Team 10 she glared at Asuma, "You didn't tell them this was happening?" Asuma shrugged, "Like Ino said, there's no way he could beat anymore than two of them at the most."
Shikamaru muttered out another 'troubleso' while Choji stood next to him eating chips.
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Naruto was now analyzing his upcoming opponents. He noticed that Shikamaru and Shino were subtly doing the sa of him and he ntally groaned, 'Man I hope the dumb, stupid ones fight first so I can get them out of the way. No matter when I fight Shino or Shikamaru it's going to suck because they're already thinking on how to beat . I hope I get soone like Kiba or Neji first, they might still underestimate and I can just run right through them.' Kyuubi was seemingly getting excited as the ti for the fights drew nearer, "Hey kit, are you going to use the trigger?"
Naruto paled, 'Hell no I'm not using the trigger! Not here in front of all of these people, and not on genin! Are you insane? That would kill them!'
Naruto could feel the grin on the Kyuubi's face, "I know."
Naruto shook his head free of thoughts just as an unmistakable shade of green entered the scene.
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Gai, glistening smile included, ambled into the stadium with Rock Lee on crutches, an uncaring looking Neji, and Tenten who actually waved at Naruto. Eyes widening, as he didn't really expect that, he gave her a small smile and waved back to her.
Kurenai was still mad at Asuma for taking this so casually, "Gai, I hope you inford your students about what was going on today."
Gai gave her a thumbs up, "Of course I did. It would have been a cri not to let my adorable students know that they would have an opportunity to fight today. My only regret is that Lee-kun here could not have a chance to test his flas of youth against Naruto-kun!"
Neji ignored the continued ramblings of Gai and Lee and looked over to the placid blonde under the tree. Taking note of his new look and the sword strapped to his back Neji narrowed his eyes, 'Why are we all here just to fight Naruto?'
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