Naruto & Gohan: Legends Will Rise

Chapter 22: Chunin Exams Begin!

Goten met with Gohan, Kai, and Videl in front of their shared house. They had decided that because it had been a while since all four were together that they would at least go to the exams together.

"So Kai, how've the C-ranks been?" Gohan asked.

"Not bad, lot's of bandits though." Kai said, "I've gotten a lot better at using my runner abilities too, especially with four other runners to grow with." He smiled, "How's the chakra going?"

"I'm not the best, I can use one B-Rank, three C-ranks, and like seven D-rank Raiton, and two C-rank with four D-Rank Katon." Gohan scratched the back of his head and smiled.

"I've been training mostly Taijutsu, especially with my team, but my Katon is going pretty well." Videl said, "I use it a lot like I use ki so I guess that makes it easier."

"I can make lots of fireballs, or make rocks fly super duper fast at people, and I can make rock walls and even a wall of fire!" Goten shouted, "How cool is that?"

"That's really cool buddy." Kai smiled at the boy.

"Can you use chakra Kai?" Goten asked.

"A little, I can use a few Fuuton jutsu but that's it." The God-runner answered.

The group continued their small talk until they arrived at the academy, then bid each other farewell to go and visit their respective teams.

"Hey" Gohan waved as he walked towards Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke.

"YO!" Naruto smiled.

"Hello Gohan." Sakura said.

Sasuke grunted.

"You guys ready?" Gohan asked.

"YUP!" Naruto shouted.

"I think so." Sakura said.

Sasuke grunted again.

The four went inside, going past a Genjutsu easily and continuing to the door that they were told to go to. Inside they saw a genin with a white ponytail and glasses, telling people information on other genin.

Sasuke walked up to him, "Who is the favourite to win the tournament?" He asked.

"Ah, Sasuke Uchiha." The genin smirked, "My name is Kabuto." Kabuto smirked, "And to answer your question, the favourite is Sabaku no Gaara."

"Who is he?" Sasuke asked.

Kabuto pointed to a Suna genin with red hair, wearing magenta robes with a large gourde on his back, "That is Sabaku no Gaara, a genin from Suna who has completed all of his mission without a scratch, including one B-ranked mission."

'A B-rank, without a scratch!' Sasuke was dumbfounded, no normal genin could accomplish that, even Sasuke himself might get injured on a B-rank, before his recent training of course.

"TAKE YOUR SEATS!" A loud voice echoed through the room everyone took their assigned seats. A tall Konoha jonin with a bandana forehead protector around his head stood at the front of the room. Beside him were two chunin, "I am Ibiki Morino, and I am the proctor for the first test in these chunin exams."

Naruto looked beside him and saw Hanabi -who smiled brightly at him- and to his left there was a familiar white-haired genin from Konoha who was wearing a black t-shirt with a pair of dark shinobi pants and black boots.

"You ready Hanabi?" He asked the Hyuga.

"The question is are you ready Naruto." She said, "It's a written test you know."