A lot of the people in had been failed. I could spot my team no problem. Luckily we were never called. "Alright listen up. Here's the tenth and final question."

Now this I don't get. Why have a final question said at the end? What is he planning on doing? I know I'm right. I know for a fact that the answers don't matter.

Kitty boy isn't even back yet. What's with him?

Ibiki continued talking, saying there are more rules when Kankuro came back. It's about time. Ibiki was talking calmly asking how his trip went and Kankuro tensed up. What's with him?

Kankuro dropped something on the girl that was with his team's desk before coming this way. He sat down and the chunin returned. I sniffed the air and furrowed my eyebrows. The chunin smells like . . . wood?

Kankuro noticed my smelling and my confusion of the chunin and he started sweating. Wait a second! Ninja's from the Land of Wind are masters at a lot of things, including puppet mastery. So that thing that was on his back was a puppet. And his puppet is posing as a chunin examining us.

I smirked at Kankuro causing him to sweat more. Well this is interesting.

I merely smiled innocently and looked forward, back straight, like a good, model, student. I know how he cheated~! Haha this is golden.

Ibiki started talking again in that weird tone. It's familiar. So . . . I wonder if . . . Ibiki? I remember him. Gramps used talk about him. I think I've even seen him a few times. Yes! At the Hokage's office! What did he call him?

"Ah! Ibiki the sadist!" everyone looked at me and I blushed. Ibiki raised an eyebrow at me. "Oh yes, I remember you."

Yes I remember him!

~Flashback six years ago~

I sat down I front of gramps and crossed my arms. Gramps sighed. "Miyu, we have to talk about this. That boy has three broken ribs and a hairline fracture to his arm."

I huffed. "So what? The punk started hurting Naruto first! So I decided to teach him a lesson. He shouldn't dish what he can't take."

Gramps sighed. "Miyu violence is never the way to go. What you did was wrong." I glared harshly at him, surprising him since I got along with him more than Naruto. "Why are we always the bad guys?!"

"Miyu-"

"No, why?! Why is it when they hurt us they don't get in trouble, but when we fight back we're the bad guys?! You're just like everybody else! I hate you, I hate the people here, and I hate this village!"

"Miyuna! This village is your home." Gramps said sternly.

"No, it's not! Home is a place where you live and everyone living in it loves you! It's a place where we feel safe and welcome. That's not here! This is just some place we're stuck in!"

Gramps was taken aback and had a sad look on his face. "You insolent brat I should skin you alive and throw you on a pile of salt!"

I flinched as a man suddenly appeared behind me. He wore all black and had a few scars on his face. What the?

"Ibiki! Miyu has a point. We're not being fair. Quit talking like that." Gramps commanded. Ibiki glared at me. And you know what I did? Despite me being afraid, I glared back, surprising him.

He then grinned sadistically.

He chuckled and shook his head before giving gramps some papers and poofing away. I glared where he once stood.

Gramps sighed. "That's Ibiki, the sadist." I didn't acknowledge that gramps spoke. He sighed again and we stood in silence until the door opened and the kid I beat up and his parents walked in.

He smirked at me as his mother and father glared at me like I was gunk on the bottom of their shoe. "Lord Hokage this child is a menace. You must do something about it!"

Ouch. I just gripped my yellow dress and stared at my clenched fists. Gramps blew out smoke from his mouth. He had been smoking his pipe prior.

"Yes, what Miyu did was wrong." The kid smirked more and the mom looked at me tauntingly. He always takes their side.

"But what your son did was worse." Everyone, including me looked at him in shock. "What?! Our son did nothing wrong! This monster-"

"SILENCE!" Gramps shouted and the father flinched back and shut upped. "Your son had attacked Naruto Uzumaki. He had attacked the boy and continued to beat him until Miyuna stood up for him. Your son tried to hurt her too but she wouldn't allow it. What she did was in self-defense so I will not punish her for it. Instead I insist you do something about your son."

Gramps.

"Lord Hokage! You're going to take the side of those two monsters?!" The mother shouted. Gramps glared at her and she flinched back.

"They are not monsters. And I am deeply ashamed of you and your family. These children have done nothing wrong. This is also their home. And in this home we treat each other with respect. You bring disgrace to our village." The family paled considerably.

I stared and Gramps in awe. He stood up for us.

After they left gramps sighed again and looked at me with a smile. "You may go Miyu. I'm sure Naruto wants to be with you. If you don't hurry Ibiki the sadist will come again."

I stood and quickly gave him a hug before running out.

~End of flashback~

So this is Ibiki the sadist. I can't believe I forgot a guy who threatened to skin me and throw me in salt. That jerk!

I glared harshly at him and he chuckled. He then continued to talk about the rules of the tenth question. That stupid jerk.

We are to choose to be given the question or not. But if we don't we'll get a zero and fail. However . . . "If you do accept the question but answer it incorrectly you will not only fail . . . you will be banned from taking the chunin exam ever again!"

The hell?! He really is a sadist! But I do remember something familiar like this. Where from? Ah, Kakashi! He threatened to drop us from the program.

Kiba started yelling at him. But Ibiki only chuckled. Calling us unlucky. I sweat dropped. He really is a sadist.

"Those who don't want to take it raise your hands. We'll write your number and you'll be free to go." I looked at Naruto and Sakura worriedly.

Naruto might raise his and he might not. And if he doesn't Sakura will. So what's going to happen? A few people raised their hands and quit.

Well it's only natural. I just watched Naruto. This test is going to hurt him. It'll hurt him and his dreams. I clenched my fists. No. I promised I'd always protect him and his dream. So what do I do? It'd kill him to have it taken away. But he would never put up his hand.

What do I do?! Naruto began to raise his hand. I closed my eyes. I don't care. I'd follow Naruto. He needs me.

He slammed his hand down on the table and my eyes widened. What? I smiled as he shouted is proclamation of never getting up. Although I was happy about how much he's grown, sadness dwelled in me.

He doesn't need me anymore. He's all grown up. He can take care of himself now. He's proven that time and time again. So what do I do?

"You've all passed the first exam!" What the? What about the tenth question? Apparently he was testing us on our guts, basically.

"Mhm. I figured it was something like that, that's why I kept my cool." Naruto said, nodding. I snorted. Liar. "Yeah, that's why you were shaking." I muttered.

Hinata giggled. You know I wouldn't mind Naruto eloping with her. She really, sincerely, likes him. But he's too dense to understand.

Ibiki started talking about the whole point of cheating. Naruto started talking about it and how he knew. I blinked. Incredible. This whole time and he never knew.

"The point was to cheat and not cheat clumsily." Ibiki took off his hat headband thing and I suppressed a gasp. He's bald and has scars all over his head. "It can be the most valuable mission in battle."

Scars of puncture wounds, burn marks, every type all over his head. No wonder he's a sadist.

Then Ibiki started talking about missions and how suicidal it is and we must not think about it and do it. Those who would falter are not needed as chunin. Therefore we passed the first test. And he wished us good luck and Naruto started cheering.

I laughed until I felt danger. "Naruto get down now!" Out of habit, Naruto did as I said and the windows shattered.

A young lady stood as she had a banner behind her that read; 'Here comes the Second Test's Proctor: Anko Mitarashi'. I sweat dropped. She's such a show off. She kind of reminds me of Naruto as she started shouting.

"You're early, again." Ibiki said coming from behind the banner she had put up. She blushed a bit in embarrassment. "How many are there? Ibiki you let all these guys pass? You test was too easy. You must be getting soft."

"Or it could be a stronger crop of candidates this year." He retorted. She looked at us doubtfully. For some reason her presence pisses me off but I can't hate her.

Then she tried to intimidate us saying once she was done with us more than half would be eliminated. Then she called us maggots and told us she'd let our squad leaders know where to meet her in the morning and dismissed us.

~~

So the next day we met outside a creepy forest. Or as Anko calls it, the Forest of Death.