Chapter 4: The Chunin Exam Test

Okayyyy so last time we experienced Haru finding his husband so now we will see what happened after he and Fuyumaru left for the Chunin Exams test. ENJOY!

The next morning, Fuyumaru was the first to rise, being quite an early bird.

He lifted his head with a yawn, looking over his shoulder to see Haru fast asleep on the couch. He smiled and stood up, stretching out before walking into the kitchen to grab some food to eat for that morning. He had bought a lot of groceries while Haru was out "not causing trouble" the previous day, and had bought himself a bunch of packaged meat. Unlike regular canines, he was a lupine, and he refused to eat any sort of dog food, only eating raw meat. He opened the fridge, pulling out a big package and opening it to eat on the meat until finished, putting the bag into the garbage. "Haru, wake up. It's time to eat before going to get your application for the exams." Fuyumaru said as he walked into the living room, nudging Haru awake.

With a slight groan, Haru awoke, tiredly sitting up and yawning, stretching as well before standing up and heading into the kitchen to fix him his usual breakfast. While he fried an egg on the new stove, he ate an apple and a banana for his healthy side of the breakfast. He ate his fried egg, cleaned the dishes, put them away, and went upstairs to get ready. Once he got dressed in his ninja gear, Fuyumaru turned off the TV and all the lights.

Haru got the key and unlocked the door, Fuyumaru walking out first as Haru closed and locked it back before putting the key into his pouch, climbing onto Fuyumaru's back, and heading to the application building.

They entered the building without a problem, but Haru stopped at the second floor as he saw a crowd of Genin at a door.

The applications were on the third floor.

This floor was the second floor, as Haru was paying attention to how many stairways they climbed.

It was a genjutsu on the floor number sign. It was supposed to be 201, not 301.

Haru sighed. ...If these are the Genin of this Chunin exam...I feel disappointed. He thought, before waving Fuyumaru on to follow him on up the stairway. Fuyumaru smiled at his smart student, proudly following. They eventually came across the right doors. 301. Haru moved forward to enter, but Fuyumaru quickly stopped him by walking in front of him. "Haru...listen, there's going to be many ninja in there much older then you. This year, you're the youngest to enter these Chunin exams, and the only one with a one-man-team. Please stay close...these are dangerous ninja." Fuyumaru said with a serious tone. Knowing he wasn't joking, Haru nodded once, letting Fuyumaru open the doors and enter first.

...The room was filled with many, many dark looking Genin.

Many of them turned and stared. Haru could feel many eyes on him, and he swallowed, glancing over the crowd of deadly ninja. Much to his unneeded surprise, he spotted out the red-headed Sand Genin. Just like before, his heart skipped a beat, and his cheeks flushed a little, causing him to lower his head again.

Fuyumaru, being ever so observant, caught sight of just who Haru saw and reacted to.

He likes the Kazekages boy? Gaara of the Desert? This...is certainly a surprise, but...Gaara...he's dangerous. I'll have to keep watch on both he and Haru to make sure nothing gets out of hand. Fuyumaru thought to himself. "We need to wait for the Jonin to hand out our seat numbers...ah, thank you." Fuyumaru stated, until a Jonin had walked up to them, handing Haru a piece of paper. "This is your seat number, Haru." Fuyumaru said as Haru opened the piece of paper, reading the seat number.

Fuyumaru read the number, and then scanned the rooms booths and people siting in them, calculating where he would sit...and once he found out, a small smile crossed his face.

He leaned by Haru and whispered. "Your seat just so happens to be right next to your crush..." He chuckled under his breath as he earned a barely audible nervous sound(?) from Haru. "Come on," He stepped back, and bumped Haru forward. Haru became very anxious, but swallowed and stepped forward towards his booth, not yet sitting down as he nearly froze in place. If he didn't know any better, he would think that someone put boiling oil on his cheeks they were so hot.

The Sand Genin remained silent...for a moment.

"...You..." Gaara suddenly said, looking directly at Haru.

Haru's lowered ears quickly perked as he turned his gaze from the floor to Gaara as response. He tried not to get flustered by Gaara's rather intense staring. "Where are you from?" Gaara asked in his usual raspy tone, eyeing Haru's wolf ears, making him even more nervous. "He's from Mount Shingetsu in the Land of Water. He's my student." Fuyumaru said with a smile, bumping Haru into the seat and making him sit. On his honest opinion, he questioned Haru's choice to like this one...he's just so dangerous with the mental state he has...

Gaara's eyes narrowed slightly at the large wolf he stared deeply back...but the staring contest ended once the procter entered, and got the classes attention. Fuyumaru was about to take his leave, but whispered to Haru first. "Listen Haru...there's a reason why you're a one-man-team...don't worry." He smiled, then walked back and sat by the ninja aligned with their booth.

With a tap of chalk to the board, Ibiki began to speak to the ninja. "Everyone, eyes front. There are a few rules you need to be aware of. And I won't answer any questions, so you better pay attention the first time around."

Haru perked his ears, pushing his nervousness away to listen.

Ibiki went on to explain the rules and how everything worked, earning a few protests in the process...but all this still left Haru confused as to why it was okay for him to be a one-man-team, especially after hearing the rules.

"We may have never used this before...but it's possible. Yes, I'm speaking to you in a telepathic way, do not be alarmed." Fuyumaru explained to Haru through his thoughts. Haru's brows raised in surprise as he glanced over to Fuyumaru, who only smiled in return. "I'm very well acquainted with the Chunin exam tests...which is why technically, you have the biggest advantage here. However, I will only guide you with questions, I will not give you straight up answers." He explained. "Like how three-man-teams have rules, you do too. Because you are only a one-man-team, the points you lose are tripled. Each time you get on answer wrong, it takes away three points, Which means you have to be very, very careful about this." He said with a serious tone. This rule caused Haru to get a bit uneasy, but Fuyumaru chuckled.

"Don't worry too much. This will be easier then you think." Fuyumaru reassured him. It was through using their spiritual chakra connection seal, Fuyumaru was able to speak to Haru in a telepathic way.

After Fuyumaru explained, the proctor continued.

"Rule number three: the sentinels you see positioned around the room are there to watch you carefully for any signs of cheating. And for every incident they spot, they will subtract two points from the culprits score." He gave a noticeable grin, seeing people quietly grumble and mumble all around the room. "Be warned: their eyes are extremely sharp. And if they catch you five times you'll be dismissed before the tests are even scored." Most of the Genin there were steadily beginning to get fed up after hearing all the ways to lose points, but Haru remained calm.

"Anyone fool enough to be caught cheating by the sentinels doesn't deserve to be here..." Ibiki grinned.

"I've got my eye on you guys..." One of the sentinels smirked, and the some of the ninja in that booth began to get nervous.

"If you want to be considered shinobi, then show us...what exceptional shinobi you can be." Haru could tell the entire room was in thought.

"One more thing: if any candidate should get a zero and fail the test...then the entire team fails." Ibiki stared hard into the crowd of young ninja, hearing many groan and even protest furiously. "The final question won't be given out until fifteen minutes before the end of the testing period. You'll have one hour total..." He said, and Haru's ears perked back to hear the ticking of the clock...

Tick.

Tick.

Tick...

"...BEGIN!" Ibiki called out, and Haru could hear everyone begin looking over their papers.

He began to look over his own as well, and his eyes widened within seconds.

The questions...were far too advanced for any Genin.

Haru swallowed with nervous sweat running down his face, looking over to Fuyumaru with the please help me look.

Fuyumaru audibly chuckled. "Explain to me each problem, and I will help you through this..." He said, and Haru did as told. But Haru slowly began to stop after they did three questions, his eyes squinting at the paper. Fuyumaru slowly smiled...

"...Do you know why these questions are so hard now?" The wolf said, Haru only smiling. Fuyumaru saw that smile from the end of the booth. "...Well then, since you know what the test is for, I leave you to it." Fuyumaru chuckled, leaving the rest to Haru.

Haru took a deep breath, closing his eyes, completely concentrating on sound. One of his greatest senses, thanks to his wolf ears, that were extremely sensitive to sound. He listened carefully for good penmanship...

"Him." Fuyumaru said as Haru's ears targeted a certain ninja. Haru nodded and grabbed his own pencil, concentrated and hearing the very movement of that ninja's arm...and soon getting in sync with it.

Fuyumaru was also hearing for a person, following Haru. He didn't want him to get one of the disguised Jonin, but to at least get a person that had some good answers. Being able to do so in such a fast pace granted Haru the time to sit back and relax a bit after he finished his answers. He took the time to also look around and observe how everyone else was doing...including Gaara.

He sneakily watched as Gaara performed a sand jutsu, watching as the sand formed a eyeball.

It actually reminded Haru of his own snow jutsu...until some of the sand drifted toward him. Haru leaned away from the sand, getting very confused as to why it drifted his way, until some of it went into his nose, and then...

"A-Ah...Aaah...ACHOO!"

He covered his mouth with his hands before he sneezed, shaking his head ans wiping away the sand. He sniffled a bit, not having sneezed in a long time. It kind of sounded...cute. Haru blushed a little, realizing that it could've been see that way...either way, there's still the last question...all he has to do now, is wait out the last twenty minutes.

Awesome going there Haru! And reaaaaal smooth Fuyumaru. Especially you Gaara, I swear, pokin' yer eye out all the heckin time...yeesh. NEXT UP: THE FINAL QUESTION! Also Haru's just a wolf puppy confirmed, he even sneezed like one. CASE CLOSED