Sakura came to me like she said she would, training as hard as she could. I looked at her as she did push ups from a tree branch. I had taught her how to hold chakra in her hands like she does with her feet and now she does push ups from tree branches. I was standing on the branch above her and was looking her in the eye.

"You're done." I said, falling from the tree to land in a crouch on the ground. Sakura dropped down next to me with a frown. 

"Why? I've done less than yesterday." She asked.

"Chuunin exams are tomorrow. We need you in full strength." I stated, tossing her a water bottle from my backpack and grabbing a bottle of blood for myself. Sakura caught the water and took a gulp. "Hey Sakura?"

"Hm?"

"Why'd you come to me for help? i mean I'm flattered but there are lots of others that are more suited." I inquired.

Sakura got a thoughtful look on her face before answering. "Most simply, I know you. You are my teammate and could be obviously a higher rank but you stayed by our side and helped us." I smiled at the answer before slinging an arm over her shoulder. 

"Sure it doesn't have to do with the fact that a certain Uchiha has been hanging with me more?" I teased.

"I'm sure." Sakura said. "Sasuke likes Naruto. Why would I get in the way of that?" I froze at her words.

"How do you figure that?"

"It's obvious. And Sasuke has never shown any interest in girls." I began to laugh at that and Sakura joined me.  

"Ain't that the truth?" I smirked as a thought came to my head. "How much you wanna bet Ino faints when she finds out?" 

"1000 ryo." Sakura said confidently. We shook. 

"I bet half of the last D-rank's salary that Ino jumps on Sasuke's back the first exam if she's there." I offered. Sakura smirked.

"Deal."

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Skip++++++++++++++++++++++++++

The next day at the Chuunin exams outside, Naruto and I showed up last. 

"What took so long?" Sasuke demanded.

"I needed to get blood from the hospital." I said. Two days prior, I had gone to the Hokage and explained my predicament. He gave me an allotment of blood per month and I had a feeling that I would have to survive off of bunnies come the attack against Suna.

Sasuke and Sakura took this as an acceptable answer and we went it. At the second floor, Sasuke and Sakura noticed the Genjutsu straight away. Naruto took a sec but we just continued walking. Lee noticed us walking past and called out.

"Hey, where are you going? You're walking past the exam room."

"This is the second floor. The exam is on the third." I said, glancing back. The transformed chuunin tried to attack us in anger and I grabbed his arm before he got his leg half way up. "Stop acting like a child." I said to both the chuunin and Sasuke, who had brought his leg up in retaliation. Sasuke slipped out of his stance and we continued on our way. 

++++++The bit with Lee and Guy is the same so what ever.++++++++++++.+

We walked up to the door of the exam and Kakashi was waiting. "Congratulations on getting this far. I'm proud of you four." He said, standing aside and letting us in. We walked in and the killing intent was huge but came from so many points that it was pitiful. 

"Sasuke. Where have you been? I missed you." The annoying screech almost cost me my hearing. I glanced at Sakura who had facepalmed. 

"Ino." She muttered. Ino had jumped onto Sasuke's back and was clinging to him.

"You brought the money, right?" I smirked. Sasuke's face was seriously annoyed and if I had to listen for a second longer to Ino's blabbing, I was going to kill her myself. Naruto ripped Ino off of Sasuke as Sakura handed me the money. "Thanks." I said, pocketing the money. Ino looked surprised at Naruto's response but Sakura and I just shared a knowing look.

"Oh it's you guys." Shikamaru said as he and Choji walked up.

"Hey Shikamaru, Choji. What's up?" I greeted. 

"This is such a drag." Shikamaru complained as Choji continued to eat his chips. 

"Well well. What do ya know? All the rookies are here." Kiba said, walking up, Hinata and Shino behind him. 

Akamaru barked and jumped over to me from Kiba's head. "Guess you can smell the wolf, huh?" I muttered, scratching his head. They began doing an ego contest then Kabuto showed up. He did his whole watch out speech and I glared at him. 

"What do you want?" I demanded. Kabuto looked at me. 

"To impart some wisdom from a veteran." Kabuto said. I rolled my eyes and began to ignore everything as Kabuto began to impress the rookies. I sat down as he brought out the info cards. 

Sasuke requested some people. "Show me Lee of the Leaf, Gaara of the Sand and Allianna of the Leaf." The surprised looks on everyone's faces made me grin.

"Damn. You know their names. That makes it easy." Kabuto said. He flipped a card out and Lee's picture appeared. "Rock Lee. Genin, on a team with Tenten and Neji Hyuuga. He's a year older than you guys. He has completed 20 D-ranks and 12 C-ranks. His sensei is Guy. His taijutsu has improved drastically but not much else." Kabuto spun another card and Gaara's stats appeared.

"Next, Gaara of the Desert. Since he's a new comer, I don't have much on him. 8 C-ranks and a B-rank. Wow a B-rank as a genin. Also, he came back from every mission without a scratch." Gaara's card faded and mine appeared.

"Allianna Negro. Not much on her either. She came to the Village of the Leaf a few months ago. She had done several D-ranks and a C-rank, which was turned to an A-rank due to unforeseen events. She is good with Taijutsu, Kenjutsu, Ninjutsu and carries a gun. Her sensei is Kakashi Hatake." My information faded and I looked at the lying medic of Orochimaru. Before anything else could be said, Ibiki showed up. 

"Hm. Earlier than before. I wonder why." I thought to myself while listening to his speech. I grabbed my test and sat down at the very back to the room. The questions that followed were stupid and annoying so I began to count ceiling tiles. Seriously, this Village has tiny, little tiles instead of practical, larger tiles. It makes no sense but it gives me something to do. I got to 563 before the test actually started. I looked over the questions quickly before answering them. Then I went back to my counting. I finished counting at 2015. I took out my iPod and plugged my headphones in, turning on the album Wretched and Divine: The Story of the Wild Ones by Black Veil Brides. I Am Bulletproof began playing. 

Around half way through Nobody's Hero, the final question was asked and I slipped off my headphones once the explaining was done. I mean really, for a man who said he wouldn't take any questions, Ibiki was answering a lot of questions. I watched with a smirk as slowly people began to quit, muttering apologies to their teammates. Naruto raised his hand before slamming it down. 

"You can't scare me. It doesn't matter if I can never take the test again, I will still find a way to become Hokage. I won't every run away because that is my ninja way." Naruto's impromptu speech began to fill everyone with confidence so Ibiki finished the test and explained the exam. I just slipped my headphones on and continued to listen to Black Veil Brides. 

Anko showed up with her usual bang and banner. She mocked Ibiki and we left to the second exam. To the forest of death and where I would prevent Orochimaru from getting Sasuke.
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So first exam done. What's Allianna's plan for Pedo Snake? Let me know what you think. I wanna know if I'm predictable. Peace out and enjoy the last day of march break.