𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

The Heck? What's The Head of T&I Doing Here?

The next day, Hanara went to the Academy alone. Her teammates decided that it would be better to meet over there and Hanara didn't complain, she lived closer than they did and she didn't fancy having to wake up earlier than necessary. She had made it to the second floor before she saw a large crowd. Curious, she walked into the middle of it only to see two chunins who looked suspiciously like Izumo and Kotetsu knock around Lee and Tenten.

"Please let us through! We're supposed to be in there!" Tenten begs.

'Isn't this the second floor?' Hanara thought, 'What's going on here? Why does it say room 302?'

"Byakugan," she whispered. She looked around and saw chakra everywhere. 'I see. It's a genjutsu. That must mean Neji's team is trying to hide their skill level. Might as well help them.'

Suddenly, Hanara heard a thud. It seemed like Tenten tried to push her way through but instead was pushed back onto the ground.

"Hey, that was a bit harsh, don't you think?" Hanara called out. Now, Hanara knew that Tenten could handle herself but she was going to help them.

"Did you say harsh? Don't kid yourself. These exams are going to break you, we're being nice by comparison," the Izumo look-alike said.

"Some of you won't survive these exams, others will go crazy. Being a chunin is a game-changer. It's always life or death for them. If you're going to play around, you don't belong here." the Kotetsu doppelganger said.

"Chunin are qualified to lead missions. Every day, the lives of your squad are on the line. Delicate little girls like this one don't belong here," the other man said, gesturing to Tenten, "We're doing her a favour by stopping her from entering."

"Real nice speech," Sasuke said, going up to the scene, "Now both of you step aside and let me through, and while you're at it, reverse the genjutsu, we can see through it anyway. We're going to the third floor."

"So you noticed the genjutsu, huh?" Izumo look-alike said.

"Go on Sakura, tell him. I'm sure you noticed it first anyway. You have the best analytical skills on our squad. You must have seen this coming from a mile away." Sasuke told her. Huh. He might seem like a jerk but he can actually give someone a pick-me-up when they need it. Of course, one look at Sakura's face was enough to tell that she did not notice the genjutsu.

"Huh? What? Oh sure! Of course, I noticed it! This is only the second floor!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Naruto piped up.

'Dammit Uchiha, did you have to say it in front of everyone? Now we'll have more competition.'

The Kotetsu look-alike releases the genjutsu with a hand sign before saying, "You noticed an illusion, so what? Let's see you try and deal with this."

The KLA moves to kick Sasuke and Sasuke was about to counter with a kick of his own but Lee intercepted them both with his hands.

Hanara body flickered behind Neji and Tenten, "I was under the impression you were trying to keep your skill level under wraps?"

He sighed, "We were."

Neji then turned walked up to Lee, Tenten beside him, and Hanara behind them, "What happened to the plan? Weren't we going to play down our skill level?"

"I know but-" Lee blushes and stares at Sakura.

Hanara sighed and shook her head.

Tenten cut him off, "It's over now, forget it."

Lee walks up to Sakura, "My name is Rock Lee, you must be Sakura."

"What?" Sakura asked.

'Oh dear God, this must be the scene Sharon was talking about. A bushy eyebrowed dude asking out a pink-haired girl... and getting rejected horribly but never accepting it,' Hanara giggled into her hand, 'After I see this though, I better get going.'