Naruto blinked for a moment as he looked at the woman, she looked so different then he had remembered. The most major change of course was that her scales were gone; she now had completely unblemished and healthy skin. She must have gone in and seen Tsunade early this morning or some time yesterday, and the cure must have been easier then thought, since most operations of this nature usually took a lot longer time do. She was also out of those rags she had worn before, and was now in a yellow sun dress that complimented her skin. It hugged her enough that Naruto could see that despite not being a kunoichi, she had a very nice figure. Naruto assumed she got it from all of the swimming she used to do.
Naruto's mind rebooted as he registered the question and he smiled at the girl, "I'm doing good. And how about you? I see you went to see Tsunade."
Isaribi nodded, "yeah I went in early this morning, apparently the process was easier then she had initially thought it would be…" Isaribi blushed a bit in embarrassment, "she gave me an explanation, but I didn't really understand any of it. Afterwards she said I could work here, while Shizune-san works at the hospital."
Naruto gave the black haired woman a foxy grin, causing said woman's blush to spread further across her face. "That's awesome; to be honest a lot of her explanations would go way over my head as well. It's good see that you got a job already, I guess this means you're going to stay?"
Isaribi nodded, "yeah I mean I don't really have anywhere to go and…" she looked at Naruto with a blush.
Naruto knew what it meant but pretended not to notice it, "I'm happy for you. So I take it baa-chan is in?"
Isaribi giggled at the nickname as she nodded, "yes she is, she had actually sent an Anbu to find you. Though since you're here and they aren't I guess they're still looking."
"Thanks," Naruto said as he walked to the door, without even bothering to knock he threw it open. "Hey baa-chan I heard you were calling for me?"
Tsunade who was sitting at her seat sighed at the name; she looked up at Naruto and covered up any guilty emotions as she began to speak. "Yes I did, I am not sure if you're aware or not but in one month the Chunin Exams will be coming back to Konoha."
Naruto tilted his head to the side, "I was not aware of that, I take it you have a mission that involves the Exams for me? I hope it's not another invasion," Naruto spoke in a dramatic fashion at the word invasion.
"Don't even joke about things like that gaki," Tsunade said, though there was no real malice in her voice. "But yes I do have a mission for you involving the Chunin Exams," she handed him a scroll. "You along with two other Jonin will be acting as proctors for the Chunin Exams."
Naruto raised an eyebrow in surprise at this, he had not expected to ever proctor in the Chunin Exams. He had always been a fighter type shinobi, point him at the enemy and let him go kind of guy. Still it was an order, and if he was honest with himself it did sound fun. "Alright I guess I can do this, so who are my partners?"
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"Man… that woman drag you into this troublesome job too?"
Naruto looked over at Shikamaru, who was apparently going to be one of the proctors for the Exam. "Yeah she did, I'm surprised she would choose you for something like this though. I mean you're so lazy…"
"Mah Mah Naruto, you know you're also something of an oddity for this mission," Kakashi said as he flipped a page of his book.
"Yeah but then again so are you," Naruto retaliated with Kakashi conceding the point. They of course knew the reason Naruto and Kakashi had been chosen, it was to show the strength of Konoha. By having two such prominent figures such as Kakashi No Sharingan and the Nidaime Kiroii Senkou it would make a huge political statement about how powerful Konoha is. This would in turn make more clients want to higher them, knowing that two powerful shinobi were a part of the leafs forces.
"So anyway there are usually three parts in this exam," Naruto said as he looked at his mission scroll. He had already memorized it, but it never hurt to read it over again.
"Yep," Shikamaru said in a lazy drawl, "the Chunin Exam is always three phases. The first is a written test to test a shinobi's aptitude of looking underneath the underneath' as the old adage goes. Then you have the second stage, which is a test in the Forest of Death. This one can vary in difference from test to test however one thing remains the same, it is a test of teamwork and to see if they have what it takes to survive in a harsh environment. After that if there are too many people who passed, we will have to hold a preliminary round to get rid of a few genin. And the last test is always a one on one tournament, which is designed to show potential clients the strength and skill that the genin who passed the other exams possess."
Naruto looked at Shikamaru for several seconds before speaking, "Shika I think that's the most I've ever heard you speak in a single go." Naruto grinned when he heard a mutter of troublesome, "so who's going to take which parts? Personally I think you Shikamaru would be better at the first part, with your IQ you could probably create a test with so many twists and steps that the genin will end up failing on principle."
Shikamaru nodded, "that does sound like its right up my alley, plus I won't have to do as much troublesome standing."
Naruto sweat dropped as he listened to Shikamaru's main reason for wanting the first test, shaking his head he turned to Kakashi. "What about you? I mean I figure we could go either way with the two that are left, which one do you want to take?"
Kakashi looked up from his book for a second in thought, "meh I think I would be good for the second test. I have an idea that I think would work well with it, plus having you as the third proctor would allow Konoha to display you better to the clientele."
"Ugh, great just what I need," Naruto groaned, "I almost feel like a trophy wife."
"Well," Shikamaru drawled with a smirk, "you're certainly troublesome enough to be one."
Naruto narrowed his eyes at the lazy Nara heir, "you may want to be careful Shika, after all if your mom were to hear you say that…"
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