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Naruto laughed as the ANBU chasing him ran smack dab, face-first into a solid mud wall that had been disguised by a Veil to look like a continuation of the normal street.

Yes, it was to laugh for.

Submerging himself into a puddle (one of several made by smashing a water barrel - he'd learned from the mistake of the Demon Brothers) he let his pursuers pass by, then doubled back the way he'd come.

Suddenly having techniques, Naruto had felt the urge to use them, and you did not get better battle-like conditions without the threat of actual death than you did by having the ANBU chase you around the village for having used a creatively shaped Earth Style Wall technique to fashion an arm on the Hokage monument to have the beloved First Hokage picking his nose.

An Earth Flow River to reshape the Second's face so he was staring at his own golden prize in gleeful fascination, and the Third Hokage eating his own booger with a look of joy over the taste of it.

He'd even used those above techniques to give the Fourth Hokage two hands and sink his face palm-down into them over the other Hokages' antics.

No, life did not get much better than this.

Water surged up out of toilets to drench kunoichi and add them to the chase when the ANBU were not a sufficient challenge by themselves.

Laughing, Naruto took off running pell mell, chased by most of the kunoichi from the restroom, who in turn drew the ANBU back to following after him. Soon the group had him cornered, or at least so they'd thought, until the boy disappeared with a soft 'pop' and a puff of smoke.

Veins bulging they took off searching for the real one amid angry mutters about a Shadow Clone, and Naruto, who'd used a simple Body Switch to change places with one, joined the chase as just one more angry kunoichi while they all began running after a second Naruto clone.

A second later he was switching back with a copy to leave two of the ladies who'd once been teachers at the Academy submerged up to their necks in the dirt of the road, while he left other clones to doodle on their faces and play with their hairstyles.

By the time the massive chase group returned from their false hunt, those women had freakish hairstyles and were covered in scribbles down to their exposed necks - And this time Naruto was back among them, this time in disguise as Kakashi, and suggesting they all go and search the training grounds... where Naruto had previously set up multiple pie traps.

Yes, life really didn't get any better than this.

Chunin Exam Day, Chapter 11