[That's as far as I got,] kaoru signed with an apologetic shrug between an innocently wide-fanged yawn. Sako frowned, her eye down at question 6 (If a ninja that possesses average chakra strength and average chakra usage has in possession only two kunais, one shuriken and a flash bomb, in what way can he utilize these items in a trap in order to maximise the effect on the target?)
[Look for others. Keep away from Kyocho, he's bound to be making stuff up.]
The panther stretched lazily, and made another languid trip around the chuunin exam room, avoiding the crazy scribbling of Kyocho. Damnit! His writing is interfering with my hearing, he thought, tail lashing with irritation. A chuunin looked at him suspiciously, and he let go of the thought. He purred softly and crept up to the chuunin, widening his eyes and meekly rubbing against the chuunin's knee. Chuckling softly, the man reached down and rubbed Kaoru's fur. The purring crept up a notch, but he pulled away and, as if losing interest in the ninja, moved away as if in search for other people to ask for a scratch. He had just heard an interesting scratch himself. A scratch that meant a person finishing the paper. A scratch that wasn't in Kyocho's direction. Ooooh, let's see...
Found ya! Kaoru bumped his head against the genin's knee. The genin stared down at the large feline, unsure of what to do. Kaoru purred gently, and rubbed his chin against his knee. The panther looked up as if asking "would you scratch me?" and placed an inquisitive paw on the leg like a kitten. The genin relaxed and began petting him. Oooh, not only is he smart, he's also good at petting, Kaoru purred softly and seemed to melt into his hand. The only hint that he wasn't truly asking for a scratch was a single golden slit that darted to and fro, reading the exam sheet quickly and storing it away. Then, once he was done, he committed himself fully to the rubbing-now-turned-massage behind his ears. Oooooooh, so delicious! he purred in ecstasy.

Oh jeeze, hurry up. I need to convey all this to Hebachii and Miso.. though god knows HOW I'm gonna get it to Miso. I know!

Once Kaoru had finished his free rub and masage, he finished conveying the last of the answers to Sako, before sauntering to her side and purring while she petted him. To him, she was another one to steal a rub off.
They did not see the two small pieces of paper she slipped to him, one in his collar, the other kaoru took off her hand with a lick of his raspy tongue.
[Mori first,] she signed, before returning a contemplative face to her exam sheet. Kaoru rubbed himself against her leg again before sauntering over towards Mori, occasionally pausing to get a rub from a few genins.
When he reached Mori, the genin reached down to give him a rub, but felt Kaoru's dry raspy tongue instead pressing something slightly soggy into his palm.
It read [Guide Miso]

Mori stared at the questions for a while. I can't answer any of these. I guess I have to cheat.

He reached into his pouch and pulled out a seed, then held onto it as he let hsi arm drop to the bottomright leg of his chair. A single, brown sprout came out of Mori's hand, and grew down the chair leg, and between the cracks in two floorboards. Mori continued to feed it chakra, and it continued to grow, through the floor, up the wall, and into the ceiling. In the middle of the room, a small bud forced it's way through. It quickly grew into an odd flower that appeared to have glassy center.

Mori loosened up on the seed he held, and let a second sprout grow along the inside of his arm. It grew into his shirt, along his shoulder, and behind his neck. As it grew along the left side his face, Mori brought up his left hand and placed it on his face, then rested against the table, making sure to look at his paper. He covered his left eye with his palm while the plant grew around it, creating another glassy substance in a bud.

This was a special plant created by Mori's family. It was used for spying. Mori could control the bud on the ceiling with his chakra, and get it to focus on specific areas, mainly onto genins who looked like they knew what they were doing's test. He began writing down answers.

When Mori saw Kaoru, he petted the large cat. When it licked something onto his arm, he saw the message.

How am I supposed to guide Miso? Mori wondered. He knew Miso had been given a braille version of the test, so he didn't worry about her at first. Now, with the impossible questions, he did.

Chumaru wasn't doing well. First he'd been late reaching the exam room. Shoulda followed Taiju. The he'd seen that he couldn't possibly answer the test questions. Shoulda studied this stuff. Then he'd figured out that he'd have to cheat and had no resources for it. Shoulda worked on that "Giant Illuionary Fox-demon Distraction" technique.

He slammed his forehead onto the desk. "Ah man, what'm I gonna do?" His team was nowhere near him and time kept ticking away. If those guys don't think of something, we're screwed.... Good thing I thought that and didn't say it, my mom'd kill me if she heard me talking like that.

Oh jeeze, humans, Kaoru thought with an inward sigh. Meeting Mori's eyes, he made a deal of rolling his own golden eyes and staring pointedly at the half of the face he was endeavouring to cover, as if stating the obvious. [use the plants, dummy] he almost seemed to say. As if that wasn't enough, he even slid a paw down to the chair leg and nudged the small green tendril that clung to it.
Then, to avoid further suspicion he rubbed his chin against Mori and left, getting rubs here and there, but wandering mainly in the direction of Hebachii to deliver Sako's answers to him.

Heibachii glared at the test. He had no idea that there would be a written exam! I should've paid attention in class, oogh... He thought to himself, sighing silently. He stared at the questions, each one seeming to get more difficult than the last, and he tightened his clutch on the pencil. He didn't write anything down, going through all the questions, and continuing to do so until he finally spotted something black out of the corner of his eye. He turned his head slightly, focus still towards the front. He drew from the movement that it was Kaoru, and instantly began thinking. Wait, if we're caught cheating, it's only minus two points, so no matter how it happens they can't intstantly fail you... Of course! Sako's got the answers somehow, or she's trying to... No. If she didn't have them, then why would Kaoru be coming here? Maybe he'll give me the answers. Ah, Sako, I trust you know what you're doing... he thought to himself, gulping as he brought his hand down and motioned to Kaoru with a "come here" gesture.

Dou looked over his papers. His heart dropped.

I can't do this. Any of this!

He looked around. A few people seemed to have it in the bag, Sako especially.

I guess it's come to this, then...

Dou raised his hand.

"Examiner! I have to go to pee!"

A nearby examiner came up to him. He was big. His presence was offensively large. Just being near him made you feel that there wouldn't be room for the two of you, even in a soccer field.

"Oh? Well, I'll tell you this, only one toilet break! And if you go, you go with this!"

The examiner snapped a pair of shackles over Dou's hands, and conencted the chain to one on his own ahnd. He then led the shackled Dou out to the bathroom, where Dou immediately gestured to one of the cubicles.

"Eh? I thought you were just going to pee!"

"Sorry, but I suddenly need to take a dump..."

"Ahhh, all right. But no tricks!"

The door closed, the chain running under it. Dou closed his eyes.

Well, this is it.

DOu brought his hands together, then looked at his thumb. He closed his eyes again, feeling the warmth of chakra entering his hands. He grasped his thumb, then slowly, gently, he dislocated it. Folding the dangling flesh and bone into his palm, he slid his hand out of the cuff, then gingerly reattached the appendage. He did the same for the other hand, then he cuffed the cuffs around the toilet to maintain tension and not give the game away to the waiting examiner..

Now for Plan B...

Dou molded chakra, and sent it coursing through his body. It tingled weirdly, and when he looked down at himself, the only thing he could see of his body was a nearly-transparent blur.

Perfect.

It was then a simple matter to adhere to the ceiling, flatten himself on it, and crawl slowly out, his mastery of chakra control allowing him to ration the precious power out slowly and efficiently, thus preventing excessive drain on his not-too-generous reserves. He entered the room as another person was leaving, and using chakra to deaden the sound of his footsteps, and he made his way to Sako swiftly.

Before that, however, he enacted a third jutsu, one that shut down his skin pores and thus eliminated his scent.

He looked at her answers. They seemed quite complete. He committed them to memory, but as he turned to move, he looked back.

They were there, so tempting and inviting...

Dou couldn't resist. He reached for his target, and just when he was about to grab it, he heard the impatient tapping of the examiner's feet from the bathroom. I'd better head back, this has taken long enough already... Withdrawing his hand, he sprinted out of the room and back into the bathroom. Hands moving quickly, he uncoupled the cuffs, dispelled his jutsus, and managed to affect a pose of pulling his pants on just as the examiner peeked up over the door.

"About bloody time. Come on, you only got half an hour left!"

Dou smiled to himself as the examiner led him back to the hall.

Written test, in the bag.

OOC: since mr Viewtiful didn't give me a chance to respond with Sako, I will have to modify that little bit he did there.

Sako gasped, feeling pressure on her petite breast, and immediately knew the culprit.
"Dou!" she hissed, and her writing hand snaked out. She was a tad too slow though, as Dou had seemed to have gotten sly.
Damnit damnit damnit. I should've at least smelled him... pity I was concentrating on getting my message to Kaoru.
Still, Sako's eyes glowed with inner fury. There will be hell to pay when the next part of the chuunin exam comes up. She will bring the entire heavens down upon Dou if necessary.

Kaoru shook his head, laughing silently. That Dou, always trying to provoke Sako. Oh well, candidate number two! he saw Hebachii trying to motion him. Ah crap. He wants my answers too quickly. Such a fool. He will draw the Chuunin's attentions.
Still, he sauntered over there as if the only thing he wanted was a backrub.
And a backrub he certainly did get. Purring softly, he rubbed his chin on Hebachii's knee, softly but firmly pressing his konoha collar in such a way that it's folds loosened and the piece of folded paper dropped into Hebachii's petting hands. When Hebachii tried to turn away, he insistently rubbed more against his knee, as if saying [keep up the damned appearance. Don't let them catch on.]

Finished with the test for now (there was still the tenth question to go), Kyocho put his pencil down and wondered how the others were faring. For the second time, he glanced around and looked at what the other genin were doing. Several animals were surveying the area, and a few were even sending messages. He saw a couple mirrors here and there, someone was tapping their foot in some code, and two were even crazy enough to be mimicking someone's movements.

However, one thing they had in common was that most of them were looking at two genin.

Should he take a gamble and risk cheating off of their answers? Even now, as others were still being eliminated at a fast pace, would he risk being one of them? And why did he suddenly feel a powerful aura wanting to kill Dou?

Chumaru had been saved. Some idiots were tapping answers to each other with their feet. One doesn't live among books and scrolls without learning a few things, and Chumaru had read extensively on deciphering. Let's see, if I can break that code quickly, then I can probably get the last few answers. Hmmm. Chumaru listened intensely to what they were tapping. It seemed to be a simple code, with each tapping sequence representig a kana (OOC: or a letter, depends on if this's translated or not :) ). Chumaru worked from the most common taps to the least. With time running out, he understood enough of the code to hear the last answer they gave. That's how many ninja were in that picture? I coulda sworn it was less. With a paper that now wasn't completely blank, Chumaru proceded to doodle on the margin.

Heibachii gently slid the paper into his pocket, petting Kaoru at the same time. He concentrated his chakra into one hand and then placed it in his pocket, taking out the paper after Kaoru left. He unfolded it, making it seem like his paper was crinkling with his other hand, and then closed his eyes and sighed as he finally finished opening the paper. He moved one of his eyes to check the paper for a split second, quickly writing three answers that were all at least one question apart. He did this three times, leaving the last one blank for a while before writing it down. He messed with his test paper, refolding the answers with his other hand and slipping them into his pocket. he sighed silently again, placing his hands behind his head and making the most stressed out face possible, even though on the inside he was relieved. He moved his hair around a little bit and played with his hands some, attempting to keep the observers occupied.That's right. Think I've lost, think I'm cheating, think whatever you will. just stay focused on me.