Only one thing that I'm confused about. Weren't each of the teams supposed to take a qualifying test? Or did the Hokage not do it for them since they've recently tested them and/or they weren't Iruka's classmates, who they were trying to appease? Oh, and a few paragraphing errors.

So Ayako ran into Gaara? Interesting. Looks like she really got scared by him. Then again, he can make an outright murderous aura. Hehe. She seems excited for the exams. Then again, as she said last chapter, it's bound to be exciting.

You know, I've always wondered how one wouldn't have noticed the trick. I mean, they can't skip floors, so shouldn't it be obvious? I've just never understood it. But now I'm curious as to whether or not anything changed with the canon plot since Izumo and Bandage Face weren't there since Team Shizen dismissed them. Doubtful, but there's also little things it may have taken out such as Lee versus Sasuke.

Sachida...... Does he play a bigger role? I feel like I've seen his name and was wondering if it was when I'd look at random updates for the old version of this. Anyway, he seems like a buttmunch. It would have been funny to see Ayako show him he didn't know who he was dealing with. And out of all the ones to tell them they're weak, it just had to be the one who dealt with that a lot as a kid. Haha. Yumika scared Sachida. And by flaring her cat eyes. Nice XD.

It was hard not to get upset and chide Team Shizen with their doubt in Sakura, but I blame Ryu (Cursed Saint main oc) for that one. It was interesting to read since they don't really know Sakura. I can't wait until they see her fight Ino and prove them wrong. Haha. Was Yumika really jealous? I was wondering if there'd be any pairings, and Yumika x Sasuke would be.... interesting, to say the least.

Hehe. Good ol' Naruto, always causing trouble XD. So, Kabuto didn't know about another Uchiha? Does that mean Orochimaru doesn't either? What'll happen when he finds out? And I'm just now wondering. Does Ayako want to kill Itachi, too? Because that's what Orochimaru is using on Sasuke. What would he do if he found out there was an Uchiha Child of Mother Nature?

Great chapter, TeamWorkIsKey (man I really need to think of a nickname for you XD).

Author's Response: I am honestly not sure about the qualifying test. I don't think so. I believe they just had to perform a minimum of eight (not entirely sure of the number) missions as a Genin, and I used the fact that it doesn't specify the allegiance to the village. I agree on the trick, but then again, there are newbies who are still quite gullible. I actually have it in my mind where the Canon doesn't change with this. Izumo and Kotetsu (bandage-face haha) try it again with the other groups. You've probably seen Sachida before in the other version after this. Irony with Sachida pestering Ayako... am I right? The last parts of your review I can't really talk about, mostly because they come out soon and those questions are hard to answer without giving away too much. I can only tell you they come up after/during the exams, well some of them. And their will be some strange pairings. I only say strange because they aren't expected I guess I can say. And I know, my name is a bothersome one. I have no idea why I called myself that. I'm bad at naming. I think I've mentioned that before. Feel free to call my by my real name: Monica. Or whatever you come up with, I'll answer to. Thanks for your review!