Clicking the joint in her neck she began making her back to the Suna all the while thinking. 'That blonde kid has some skill. He might just win this exam.'
Next day
Two chunin gate guards stood as the entrance to the sand village as they watched over the horizon.
As they watched, three figured in cloaks that covered their body made their way towards them. The two guards readied themselves for some kind of fight but saw the kids' faces when they got closer and recognized them from the other day.
As the trio got near they took off their hoods as Naruto stood forward and showed the scroll they were given the other day.
"So you three actually made it back?" One of the guards asked looking a little impressed, it was one of the fastest times for the Suna survival exam. "You're the first team to make it back."
"Well don't we feel special." Anko said as her arms were a little sun burnt form where the sun has managed to get them. Naruto and Itachi were in a similar state.
Once the trio had suppressed the disguised Pakura, they continued their way through the desert though this time at a quickened pace as they now just wanted to get to Suna as quickly as possible. The desert quickly became one of their least favorite places.
After another night of camping and a lot more running, Naruto finally managed to sense the village nearby as he recognized the signatures there from the other day.
"So what do we do now?" Itachi asked the guarded as they pointed to the scroll in Naruto's hand.
"Open it up. Now that you have arrived at the gate you can now open the scroll." The other guard said as the trio looked at the scroll and shrugged.
Naruto opened the scroll before it began to shine. He place it on the floor in front him and took a step back. After a couple of seconds, smoke covered the scroll before it quickly got swept away and revealed a smiling Mikoto looking at her team with a proud look.
"Kaa-san?" Itachi said surprised while Naruto and Anko grinned at seeing their sensei. "Well done all three of you." She said as she quickly glomped the trio in a massive hug. "I knew you would all do it, but I was still so worried all the same."
"So since we made it back does that mean we pass?" Naruto asked with a hopefully expression while Anko did the same though Itachi was a bit more suppressed.
Mikoto laughed a little before nodding. "Yes congratulations, you have passed the second round of the chunin exams." She said as Naruto and Anko fist pumped the air while Itachi smiled.
After getting their stuff together and getting a well done from the gate guards, they made their way towards their hotel since there was another two days to go for the other teams to arrive before they would find out what was next for the third test. Naruto grinned happily as he walked through the gates of Konoha with the two chunin guards giving him a friendly wave as he walk past. Itachi and Anko walked beside him while Mikoto was behind them all happy to be home.
The two days they had off after the second exam was a welcome put stop for the trio since walking in the hot desert of Suna for three days had taken its toll on them.
After the entire five days were up, they were reported to the Kazekage office where they saw that to their surprise only two other teams had made it. One was the Iwa team while the other was a team from Kumo.
The Kazekage was a man in his mid-thirties with dark plum red hair with tanned skin and brown eyes. Around his eyes he had dark rings around them like he had not had enough sleep and wore the traditional Kage robes. As he congratulated them he told them all about the purpose of the Chunin Exams and that they were used as a deterrent of war so that it can help build better relationships between the shinobi villages of the world.
Afterwards they each had to pick a number in order to figure out who would fight who in the match ups. It was decided that since there were nine of them; the first three matches would be single matches while the fourth would be a triple threat match.
Naruto ended up picking number 8, Anko got 1 while Itachi got 4. When they revealed what numbers they all got, Naruto found out the names of everyone in the match while also saw who his opponent would be in the first match. Or in Naruto's case who his first two opponents would be.
Anko of Konoha vs. Raido of Kumo
Deidara of Iwa vs. Itachi Uchiha of Konoha Kurotsuchi of Iwa vs. J of Kumo
C of Kumo vs. Naruto U Namikaze of Konoha
vs. Akatsuchi of Iwa
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