the exam was more bigger in scale and duration.
for the first stage they asked them to do information gathering,
and Unlike in the show and manga, they were directly ordered to search out a jounin from the hidden stone, obtaining as much informations as they can about them, then after doing so they must return to the exam base with the informations they obtained
fortunately their team was experienced in this field due to taking some mission on espionage with their sensei who is also excellent in tracking and stealth skills. so it wasn't hard for them.
But that doesn't mean it was an easy feat, in fact team Hayate had to build a small intelligence network to gather as much as they can of informations
and that is with using the transformation jutsu to associate and mix with the civilians to gather informations and sometimes even paying for it
The time duration of this information gathering exam was one week.
and them passing the exams relied on the quality of the informations they gathered of the jōnin adding the approval of the proctor assigned to their team
in the end they did pass and was given five days to rest and for the proctors to prepare the next stage
after those five days, they split the genin from the different villages for the next stage of the chunin exam.
two teams were chosen to go against eachother
one team will protect a client, and the other must kidnap the client at whatever cost, and take them to the exam base after that.
the First 10 teams to get to the said base with a client move to the third exam
to their luck, Hayate team was against a team from the hidden grass, which is not from a major village, meaning they were not that strong and killing them wasn't difficult by any means
and yet again, they passed the second stage
now all they have to do is to wait for the final portion who will take a place 6 weeks after the end of the second exam.
They were lucky enough to no stumble against kumo or Iwa ninja, but they knew it would not be the case anymore
leaning on luck will bring them nothing but possible loss.
So after returning to konoha they started training solo while learning new techniques of their own clan
since they can be against each other in the final portion, so the secretive was necessary
and six weeks is enough to grow more stronger
and no one will miss such a chance.
That's were the things begin to be competitive
as Hayate split himself to train the three of them separately, with yumiko taking most of his time since Seiza and Natsuki mainly train in their respective clans.
yumiko being feeded up with how many jutsus she learned the past years, she decided to start with training her body
she brought weight and placed them in both arms and legs
Hayate advised her not to put too much weight due to her growing body and yumiko ended agreeing to his advice
her taijutsu training lasted for two weeks with her focusing in her speed and agility until it was at satisfying level
And no, yumiko didn't train with might guy since his training is hell at another level and she don't want to experience that pain again.
after finishing, she decided to finally ask her sensei to teach her the shadow clones jutsu
and of course she begin with an indirect approach by asking how to make a jutsus stronger and larger
at first he told her about the yin and yang release and how to add more yin to the jutsus to make it more solid
adding the way to supercharge any elemental jutsus to make it bigger and larger.
Although it take some time to supercharge a jutsu, especially for beginners like yumiko
but that didn't stop her.
yumiko was surprised at the new information.
she knew about the yin and yang, but them making the jutsus more strong and big didn't cross her mind
and supercharging just? where that came from?
but she remembered the giant Rasengan that naruto performed it against Madara.
Well, that make a sense since she never asked about it...
although Hayate misunderstood her request, learning how to supercharge her jutsus and make them stronger with yin release wasn't a loss
so he showed her the way to build the chakra after doing the wind great breakthrough jutsu
then she released the jutsu with her extra chakra...
unfortunately That took her a whole five seconds! five seconds that can give her enemy the chance to split her throat!
Hayate explained to her that it was normal for beginners
and with practicing, supercharging a jutsu will be like a second nature to her, and of course he warned her to not use it when she was low in chakra
unexpectedly, learning how to supercharge a jutsus in a fast speed took her the rest of her supposed vacation.
of course she didn't focus entirely in it, that would be foolish from her
so instead, she started training medical ninjutsu at the hospital
that may seems not needed because of her Uzumaki bloodline
But yumiko isn't interested in healing itself but her control over the yin and yang chakra, who appeared to be more difficult to control than she thought
so all in all, yumiko in those six week learned how to add chakra to her elemental jutsus by supercharging them
and how to heal simple cuts
and her speed and agility progressed, simply because of her weight and the casual sparring session with Hayate and sometimes even genma who appeared randomly due to being busy.
also her control over yin increased unlike the yang who seem to be slower in progress.
Finally the time for the final portion came and team Hayate got together again, with each team members, excluding Hayate, with a new look and clothes.
that reminded yumiko of sasuke in the final exam and his change of style.
thank god she also brought new clothes or she will be the only one who stayed at their old ones... well they were not that old since she brought them before the exam begin.