A great day had gotten started as the team started packing up.
"Sakura! Hurry up would ya?" Naruto scowled.
"Shut up and mind your own business!" she shouted back.
Ariama turned to Kakashi and asked, "When are we having the Chunine exams?"
Kakashi dropped the book he was reading and said, "How do you know about the Chunine exams?"
"I researched some stuff on it and I skimmed past it while reading Step Ninja text book." she replied.
"I'm ready!" Naruto shouted.
"So am I!" Sakura shouted.
"Great now we must leave. Follow me." Kakashi said jumping from one tree to another.
ARRIVING AT THE HOKAGE'S MAIN QUARTERS:
"I have gathered all of your teams here today for one reason. And that is for a new mission and test." The hokage explained.
"Well what could that be?" Sakura asked.
The hokage turned around and replied, "The survival test."
"Survival?" everyone in the room began saying.
The hokage held up his hand to make them be quiet.
Then he explained, "The survival test is given to see if the team of ninjas can survive on their own."
"Are we beginning today?" Ino asked.
"Yes. The test will last a week. And your trainers will be grading, so in conclusion they will not be with you." he explained.
"Now leave. You must get ready and packed." he said having them turn around.
Kakashi had everyone go home and get some stuff they need.
"I'll go with Naruto. So he won't pick up anything stupid." Sakura whispered to Ariama.
Ariama nodded. Then she turned around and saw Naruto staring.
"Can I help you?" she asked waving her hands in front of Naruto.
"Um no...yes...maybe? I mean no I'm good." Naruto stammered.
Sasuke had left with Ariama and Sakura left with Naruto.
"I'll be back." Ariama said jumping from one tree to another, following Sakura.
"Heh! I forgot I live with you!" Ariama said laughing at herself.
"Ooh what's this!" Naruto said knocking over Sakura's favorite vase.
"EEK! THAT WAS SO EXPENSIVE AND YOU RUNIED IT!" Sakura screamed.
At that point Ariama started backing up. Sasuke had also come at the same point.
"Ariama whispered under breath, "The bomb is gonna explode!"
Sakura curled up her fists and...K.O! SHE KNOCKED NARUTO OUT!
"Ow..I'll never do that again.." Naruto said, who was stuck to the wall.
"Ariama!" a ninja called out.
"Yes?" Ariama said when the ninja appeared.
"I have some bad news for you.." he began saying.
"Your aunt and uncle who were sent on a mission to the Hidden Sound village were assassinated!" he exclaimed.
Ariama's eyes got as big as saucers as she yelled, "NO!"
"Who were they killed by?" Sasuke asked.
"The person who killed the Uchiha clan, Itachi Uchiha!" he boomed.
Sasuke's eyes got wide and his heart almost skipped a beat.
"I'll kill that person!" Ariama pledged.
"Um sorry to burst your bubble but we've got to go." Sakura said grabbing onto Ariama's arm and heading out.
AT THE CAMPSITE:
"Okay since I'll be grading you guys, you all will have to prepare on your own." Kakashi explained.
"I'll prepare the food!" Sakura volunteered.
"I'll set up the tents!" Naruto shouted.
"Count me out! I'll be pondering on my own." Ariama glumly said as she headed toward the river.
"Oh Ari..." Sakura solemnly said.
Sometime later when everything was ready Sasuke sneaked away hoping to find Ariama.
"I know you're there so come out." Ariama said clearing her tears.
"Are you okay?" Sasuke said appearing next to Ariama.
"Who are you and what did you do with Sasuke?" she asked.
"It's me Sasuke the real one, it may not sound like the other Sasuke but I am a bit concerned for you." Sasuke explained.
Surprised and shocked at the same time she asked, "Why are you concerned for me?"
"I know you don't have parents and this happened." Sasuke said staring into the night sky.
"But I never told anyone about that, well except Sakura and Naruto." she said looking up and narrowing her eyes at Sasuke.
"I uh was spying on you when you told Naruto." Sasuke let out.
"Heh, like I care." Ariama scoffed.
"Well come back to camp I guess it's time to go to sleep." Sasuke said taking a hold of her hand and leading her back to camp.
When they came back food was ready. Meanwhile Sakura and Naruto were happily scarfing down their share of the food.
"Here, rice with some veggies." Sakura said still trying to swallow her food and hand over the plate at the same time.
"Take it easy! You're gonna barf if you keep taking down food." Ariama scowled.
"Oh sorry! Forgot my manners." Sakura shamelessly said.
In the trees voices were being heard, those voices were the other teams voices. Ino, and her other two teammates. (CAN SOMEONE TELL ME WHO THEY ARE?)
"You guys go back to camp I'll be back with food." Ino said eyeing Naruto, Sakura, Sasuke, and Ariama.
Sakura quickly noticed and threw a ninja star at Ino.
Unfortunately she did not get hit but started screaming her head off.
"WHO HIT ME WITH THAT?!" Ino ferociously screamed.
"So Ino why are you here?" Sakura sneered.
Ino came out of hiding and smiled sweetly at Sasuke to get him to notice her.
"Like that'll happen!" Sakura thought out loud.
Ino got angry and threw five ninja stars at Sakura.
"Not so fast!" Naruto said grabbing all the ninja stars.
"I'm not here to damage anyone but to get some stuff I need and leave this wretched place billboard head!" Ino shouted.
"Right, let's get this over with." Sasuke quickly said.
"Hmm good, fighting off enemies." Kakashi said writing down stuff on his clipboard.
Ino moved next to Sasuke and said, "Why don't come back to our team instead of miss billboard team?"
"I'd rather stay here because this team needs me! Sorry to disappoint!" Sasuke scoffed taking Ino's arm and flipping her over his back.
"Naruto! Now!" Ariama ordered.
"Okay!" Naruto nodded.
He sprinted towards Ino and grasped her arm, spun around a few times then let go of her making her fly all across the forest.
"Some work out that was!" Naruto panted.
"AHHHHHHHH!" Ino's screams could be heard all over the forest.
As her teammates were walking she landed on top of one of them.
"AH! MY SPLEEN!" He screamed.
"So got rejected?" He another scoffed.
"HMPH!" Ino huffed.
"I'll take that as a yes." the other one chuckled.
Back at camp everyone was getting ready for the night.
"Okay tomorrow we start our hike early." Sasuke explained.
"Since when did anyone put you in charge?" Naruto sneered.
"Ever since I had the brains to do so." Sasuke replied.
"Whatever." Naruto said turning around.
Soon night fell and everyone fell asleep.
After two or three hours some hissing and ruffling could be heard outside.
"Ariama." Sasuke whispered.
She nodded, "I know."
They both peeked outside and saw some snake demon thing.
"Look!" Ariama whisper-yelled as Sasuke examined it.
"What are you guys doing?" Naruto and Sakura asked.
Sasuke quickly covered their mouths and hissed, "Be quiet!"
Then they took a peek outside and silently gasped.
A snake was crawling onto Naruto and when Sakura saw it she tried to shoo it away.
Naruto and Sakura silently began wrestling with it.
Soon after the snake bit Naruto and he let out screams of terror.
"AHHHHHHH!" Naruto screamed.
The snake demon quickly noticed them and came out hissing.
"COME OUT COME OUT! WHEREVER YOU ARE!" It hissed.
Ariama and Sakura panicked at first but Ariama wasn't going to let her guard down so she stepped out.
"Here I am!" she shouted.
"Well, show me what you got!" it hissed throwing rays of poisonous venom.
Ariama quickly dodged the attacks and threw ninja stars as fast as she could.
What she didn't know was that there was a twin behind her, well a shadow clone to be exact.
"WATCH OUT!" Sasuke said over throwing Ariama to the other side.
The shadow clone's snake tail was grabbing hard onto Sasuke's neck.
"SASUKE!" Ariama and Sakura yelled.
Sakura got up and sprinted toward the shadow clone but got bit by one of the snakes that was being thrown towards her.
"SAKURA!" Ariama yelled.
She was left alone without her teammates and two of the snake demons.
"This boy is no use to us." The shadow clone said, and letting release of Sasuke and throwing him into the deeper depths of the river.
"NO!" Ariama yelled.
As the anger got the best of her she transformed and the Nine Tails' chakra was being released.
"Nobody. Touches. My. FRIENDS!" She roared.
Her back had sprouted five of the tails and her eyes turned red as hell itself, and the last touch was her blue and red highlighted hair was flowing in the wind.
"DON'T MESS WITH ME OR THEM!" She roared once again scratching the first snake demon and then the other.
Ariama then safely landed on her feet. But still in her Nine Tails' form.
She grabbed onto Sakura and Naruto and quickly brought them to the riverside.
Sasuke however was trying his hardest to get to the riverside as well except he stopped breathing.
Ariama let down Sakura and Naruto then leaped into the frozen water.
Quickly paddling down to reach Sasuke she dodged many things. At last she had grabbed onto Sasuke's hand then went back to the shore.
Ariama's transformation was changing. Instead of a ferocious Nine Tailed girl she was back to ninja, though her long hair was still open.
'Uh oh! Sasuke isn't breathing! Do I have to give him the "thing" that it said in the textbook?!' Ariama frantically thought.
But there was no time for dilly daddlying she had to save her teammates.
She bent down and put her lips on his and blew air into his mouth, causing him to wake up.
They kept staring until she finally let loose and got up.
Sasuke coughed a few times then got up and sat for a few minutes or so.
"What'll we do about those two?" he asked.
"Oh, right I almost forgot." Ariama said remembering about Sakura and Naruto being bitten.
"I'll do the revival justu." she said.
"What? How'd you learn that? Only sensei Kakashi knows that justsu." Sasuke reminded her.
"I'm doing it. It's for a worthy cause." she responded.
She did some finger signs then chanted, "Revival justu!"
A white light shone from Naruto and Sakura's chest and then faded.
"Ungh...What happened?" They both said rubbing their heads.
"Nothing. Lets go back it's almost dawn." Ariama said, then they left.
"Hmm. She let out her Nine Tails' chakra, out of anger or did it get loose?" Kakashi thought out loud to himself.
Well that's a wrap! Hope you guys liked it! Until the next chapter bye!