enigmaofbishieness

Just before question 10 of the first Chuunin exam, Sakura, misguidedly taking Naruto's dreams into account, quits the exam, taking the rest of Team 7 with her. Naruto, disappointed in Sakura, as well as his own inability to answer the other exam questions, goes off and improves himself. Clearly, this will affect the entire Exam arc. Does Naruto still wind up learning Kuchiyose? Does Sandaime still die in the invasion? Will Tayuya make Shikamaru her monkey boy? You decide.

Can be NaruSaku, but obviously there are more important things than relationships in this challenge.

I got this idea completely randomly, but I'm still curious as to why I've never seen this done before. Hope someone takes this challenge. Oh, and even if it doesn't relate to this at all, if anyone has a story of Tayuya making Shikamaru her monkey boy, gimme =). Because Tayuya's awesome. She and Anko need to get together, and maybe take on a genin team or something. That would be a story in itself.

Well, this challenge may or may not be new, but anyhow...

Time frame can start anytime after the chuunin exam, and Tsunade is Naruto's mother.(which means she and the Yondaime, and....yeah...)

She may or may not know that Naruto's her kid(memory wipe, supposed miscarriage, any other form of plot device), but Naruto doesn't find out.(immediately)

And seeing as how we don't know who Naruto's canon mother is, this doesn't necessarily mean AU.

And of course, a little Narusaku won't hurt...(but I guess the focus won't really be on them)

Good luck, and thanks to anyone that tries!(I'd try it myself, but I'll have to finish my other things first...)