Little Monster [An alternate storyline]

Believe

A/N

Thank you to InjuMaihime for the beautiful artwork of Himika! I know 'Himika' isn't actually in this book, but she and Kana are technically the same. So yeah.

Naruto's hand went up, and both
Sasuke and Sakura stared at him in shocks, frozen and unable to speak. Ibiki went to call on him, but Kana quickly stood up without much thought.

"Naruto! Put that hand down or I'll come over there and force it down myself!" Kana exclaimed, glaring at him acusingly. "Or are you giving up now?"

"We're not ready..." Naruto mumbled. "We can't do it. I can't do it."

"Are you doubting your team and their abilities?" Kana asked aggressively. "Are you not believing in your own abilities?"

Naruto flinched, his hand shooting back down and his face contoring in what looked like painful realisation.

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto exclaimed. "I'm going to be Hokage one day! I'll take your question! And even if I don't pass, I'll just be the strongest genin to ever exist!"

Kana sat back down, an extremely smug expression plastered on her face as she watched everyone else in the room stop. Naruto had his spark back, his eyes had their fire back. He didn't look so empty.

Sakura gave Kana a thankful look, smiling at her knuckleheaded teammate as he stared down Ibiki. Ibiki grinned sadistically, but to everyone's surprise, his smile then changed into one of true happiness.

"To everyone still here, congratulations on passing the first part of the Chunin Exams!"

Cheers filled the room as the remaining genin celebrated, high-fiving and fist-bumping people nearby. But Ibiki wasn't done yet. With one swift pull, he yanked off his bandanna, revealing his horribly scarred and disfigured head.

"For those of you who didn't figure it out, this test was actually meant to test your information gathering skills." Ibiki began to explain. "You have to be sneaky when obtaining information because if you're caught, the enemy will do anything in their power to get it out of you."

After a brief pause, Ibiki opened his mouth to speak again, but he was cut off by the window to his right shattering. A blur crashed through the window before rolling and then skidding to a stop. In the blink of an eye, a banner dropped, and a tall woman with purple hair stood before it. Her attire was... Revealing, to say the least.

The sign read "Konoha's #1 sexiest Kunoichi, Anko Mitarashi."

The word "sexiest" stood out. Kana had learned a lot over the years, however, she didn't know what it meant. She put that on the back burner and decided to ask someone later.

"You're slacking Ibiki!" She exclaimed. "A lot of them passed! But don't worry, I'll cut them down by at least half by the end of the second test."

"You're early," Ibiki grunted. "And besides, more of them would've quit if it weren't for the blonde one and his white-haired friend from Ame."

Anko zeroed in on the two he mentioned and grinned.

"We got some tough one's this year!" She chirped. "Let's see how they handle my test! Those of you remaining, please follow me!"

Everyone stood up and followed Anko out of the room, Kaneki vanishing shortly after they departed from the Academy.

~~~~~

"It's my pleasure to welcome you all to training ground 44!" Anko chirped. "Other wise known as the Forest of Death!"

Every genin was soundness, listening carefully to Anko as she began to explain how the next test would work.