The Way Of The Ninja
EpilogueIt has been a century since Naruto Uzumaki became Hokage and died to protect the village, and things have kind of returned to normal, the Uchicha clan was saved by Sasuke Uchicha and Sakura Haruno, who married and "rebuilt" it, Konohagakure and Sunagakure formed another alliance, along with Kirigakure and Otogakure. Things seem to be very peaceful and quiet, as the Chuunin exams are about to begin, and they're being hosted in Kirigakure, but something just doesn't feel right to the Hokage's.
Part 1: The Chuunin Exam"Would all Gennins step this way please?", the examiner called, as she was ready to start the exam. "Ok, this is where th-…"
"KIRRU, IS THAT YOU!", Kirru turned around to see Sukotto, Maiku and Koorii running towards him" Oh shit, it is you man how you been doin", Sukotto yelled as they all jumped and hugged him.
"GACK, umm hey", was his reply as he hugged them back
Koorii looked at Kirru and thought, "Wow, he's gotten way bigger than when I last saw him, taller and more built"
"Ha ha, Maiku, you still wearing that mask, ey, jeez, I thought by now you would have st-…"
"Ahem", coughed the examiner, "Can we get started now?"
"Yes mam!"
"Ok, as I was saying, this is where the exam will take place, in the forest, and your goal is to get all the way through and out the other side, where I will meet you at a tower, but there is a catch, you must get there before others, for I will only accept up to eight teams, and there is fifteen teams here, so good luck, don't get killed, and see you on the other side………BEGIN!"
Kirru decided him and his team would run through this with Sukotto's team, so they could catch up on the times, "Sukotto, Koorii, Maiku, this is Trevurra and Denisu", he turned and looked at his team, "We're gonna run through this place with them, ok?"
"Yea no problem", replied Trevurra, eager to see these people fight, as Denisu said nothing.
"Ok, well, lets get moving then", yelled Maiku, as they all took off into the forest.
They were running for a while when they encountered another team, who was fighting off a giant bear, "Just keep going let them handle their own problems", Said Koorii.
After a couple hours passed, they stopped running, "Dude, how long has it been since this started", Asked Sukotto
"Umm, nine hours", was the reply
"K, thanks…umm which one of you said that?"
Kirru, already on his feet, said, "None of us, that's the problem"
The rest of them stood up, weapons out ready to fight, when a young girl stepped out of the bushes, "Umm, sorry, that was me, I heard you ask and yea…, I don't want no trouble", the girl replied to them.
"Ariisha, where did you go?", called someone
"Over here!" she replied, as two other girls came out of the bushes
"What are you doing over here?" asked the girl with a metal thing strapped to her back
"I felt like meeting some of the other teams, and they were right here"
"Well we might as well introduce ourselves", said the other girl, "I'm Keitorin, this is Seera", pointing to the girl with the thing on her back, "And you already met Ariisha"
Denisu looked at the three girls and decided to say something, "Umm, hi, yea, why are you way over here didn't you go through a different entrance?"
Keitorin looked at him and smiled, "We just picked a direction and ran"
Maiku decided someone had to introduce them, "Umm, yea ok time to introduce all of us, umm I'm Maiku, this is Sukotto", Sukotto looked at Ariisha and said hi, "Over there is Koorii and Kirru, Trevurra is the odd one kicking the tree, and Denisu is the one that just spoke to you"
They talked all through the night, finally falling asleep before dawn, but waking up to a loud scream. Denisu was the first to say something, "It came from over there", he said pointing towards the middle of the forest, "Up ahead of us"
"Lets go then", yelled Seera, taking off towards the screaming
When they arrived at the spot, all they found was a lot of blood on the ground, and a hand stuck to a tree by a knife, "fourteen teams left, hmm, the examiners job is gonna get easier I guess", Sukotto laughed nervously
"Who would do something like this, how could someone be so twisted?" Ariisha asked
Another scream echoed through the woods, then a loud roar followed it. Everybody just stood there in silence, wondering for a few seconds what the screams could be, before finally taking off as fast as they could towards the echoing screams, but again, as they arrived, all that was there was blood, and clothing, but this time there was a giant footprint of something, "What the fuck left this!", yelled Maiku, "This is fuckin crazy!"
Before anybody could answer him, the answer smashed through the trees, right at Maiku. That was it, everyone was off, jumping and attacking the monster, swinging weapons wildly, hoping for the best, but when nothing seemed to phase it, more came out, until there was about eight of them, "What the hell, is this meant for the exam?", asked Sukotto
"Futrino no Jutsu!", Keitorin called, whipping her shuriken at one of the things, causing them to roar loudly and run around blindly, "Now, get them, they're blind", she yelled
"What'd you do?", asked Kirru
"Her jutsu makes massive sound waves that blind and deafen her targets!", Seera answered for her
"Works for me, EEYAGH!", Sukotto yelled, as he whacked one of the monsters in the forehead, then flipping over and hitting it again, "Well then, my turn, Cherugaka no Jutsu!"
A massive rain of sharp icicles came down, shearing two of the blind monsters to pieces, just as Kirru was crushing one with his sand, and Denisu took off two others heads. "Just three left…wait ok two!", called out Koorii as he used his Renjaku no Jutsu, incinerating one of them. When everyone turned around, they saw Trevurra shatter ones skull with his hammer, "Wasn't there another one?", asked Seera
"GRAWR!"
"Look up", yelled Ariisha, as it was jumping down to crush them, when a big log came from the trees and smashed in the monsters rib cage, killing it on the spot.
"Now who the fuck did that?", yelled out Sukotto, looking off into the forest, as some short, dark haired guy with headphones in his ears came out, along with his two partners, one of which was an even shorter girl, with black hair and a black jacket with a really bright green shirt on under it, and the other girl was a taller, blondish haired girl, with a fuzzy jacket that Sukotto instantly ran up and started to pet.
"Hi, I'm Ariisha, thank you for helping us, and your names are?"
The short girl answered her, "I'm Ashurri, the one who launched the log is Diin, and the one you are petting", she said to Sukotto, "Is Jurria!"
Kirru couldn't take his eyes off of Jurria, and as she saw him staring, she looked away, blushing
Diin didn't seem aware that people were talking, for he had spaced out on his music and a floating leaf, which he didn't think was right, just the way the leaf was moving, but he said nothing, because his favorite part of the song came on.
"So, what brings you to this neck of the woods…ha I get it, ha ha ha!", Sukotto laughed at his own retarded joke
"We heard the screams and roaring, so we came to see what was going on, and we saw you guys fighting the monsters, so we waited, but Diin wanted to hit that last one.", Jurria answered
"You…have got…the COOLEST jacket ever!", Sukotto said to Jurria, "I have to steal it from you!"
"…Ummm, kay?", was her reply
"Sukotto, come here", Koorii said, as he and Maiku dragged Sukotto away
They all talked for a while, about basically anything, like why those things were there, to stuff like their favorite food…
"So, how long is this exam supposed to last?", Kirru asked
"Like three days, and we're on the third, so we gotta fly our asses there!", replied Maiku
So they all took off, cautious in case of more monsters, but the forest was really quiet, and it was beginning to get foggy, because the mist was rolling in again. But when they got to the end of the forest, the tower they were supposed to all meet at wasn't there, and there were two teams already waiting
"Well, she said she'd only take eight teams, and she got six, the woman will be happy, but where the feck is the tower?", Sukotto asked whoever was listening
"Good question, if she wants us all to meet at a tower, then there should be one", Ashurri said
Diin finally said something, "I knew something wasn't right, and look, this isn't right at all"
"What do you mean", asked Seera
"Well, earlier, there was this leaf that was floating odd, and now there is no tower, plus don't forget those things you all fought"
"Well shall we go over there and look for the examiner?", Asked Keitorin
"Sure, lets go", replied Koorii, who later would regret saying that, because when they got to the edge of the hill, they saw that Kirigakure was in ruins, with fires everywhere, and the monsters walking around the ruins.
"WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED!" yelled Sukotto
Maiku was already running down to the village as fast as he could, hoping some people are still ok.
"Shit, shit, shit, shit, SHIT!" was all that was heard from Koorii, as he ran to the village
But as they arrived, all they could see was blood and bodies everywhere, and a few of the jounins were still alive, and still fighting.
"Lets help them, quickly" yelled Koorii, running over to attack the monsters
"Shit, Koorii, wait up!" Sukotto yelled, running to help as well
But before they could even get close enough, aloud yell was heard saying, "Mentricka no Jutsu", and a giant curtain of darkness covered them.
"What the fuck, I can't see!" Kirru said
"Is everyone ok?" Called out Ashurri
"YEP!" was every ones reply
"So you are all that's left of this years chuunin examinees, amazing, I didn't think any gennins would survive, but there is nothing you can do to save this village, or any of the others for that matter, so I could just kill you now, but I'll torture you all one by one instead, starting with YOU!"
"What the fuck, let me go, NOW!" Sukotto yelled, as something was dragging him off, "Don't fucking touch me, let me go, get off, AUGH!" his scream of pain echoed throughout the area
"What are they doing to him?" yelled out Maiku, come on guys we gotta find him"
"But we can't even see each other, how are we supposed to find him?" asked Keitorin
"ARGH, AUGH, HELP ME, PLEASE GYAH!" Sukotto was yelling
"Fuck this, Treppata no Jutsu!" Diin yelled, and vines came out of the ground in front of him, "Find him, and kill who ever is hurting him!"
The vines took off, and next all you could hear was trashing and loud noises, then one final, death scream, and Sukotto was done screaming. The darkness lifted and they saw Sukotto lying on the ground, all cut up and bleeding.
"Sukotto, are you ok?" they all yelled, running to help him
"Hmm, not bad for a gennin, guess it's time to reveal ourselves" the voice said, as seven people popped up in front of them
"Mom, dad, is that you?" Jurria said, tears filling up in her eyes, "I thought you were dead?"
"No dear, we just couldn't stand you or the village, so we left"
The next two people removed their cloaks and hats, revealing Maiku's parents
"What the fuck, you're supposed to be dead, I don't get it?" Maiku yelled
His parents said nothing, as one of the other people took off, their cloak and said, "Hey Sukotto, longtime no see, hahaha"
"You mother fucker, why are you back here, you tortured me didn't you?
"Ya, that was me, fun wasn't it, I enjoyed myself!"
"I'm gonna fucking kill you, you bastard" yelled Sukotto, as he tried to get up, but falling over in the process
"No, Sukotto, you mustn't try to get up" Ariisha said worryingly, catching him and holding him
"Your pathetic Sukotto, this is exactly how I got your eye last time we saw each other!"
Another person took off his hat, revealing the only person to survive Kirru's attacks after they killed his parents
"YOU, you're still brave enough to find me after what I did to your partners?"
"Heh, those two were pathetic, and were nothing compared to me, you didn't even scratch me!"
"LIAR!" he yelled, running to attack, but being thrown back into a building
"Pathetic!"
The last person finally revealed herself, turning out to be Ashurri's sister
"Hello Ashurri, remember me?"
"But your dead, I watched you die?"
"But you never made sure, you didn't even stop and check if I was ok!"
"There was nothing left of you!"
"Substitution, you dumb bitch"
"Shit the Hokage's coming, let's get out of here, we need him alive for now" said Sukotto's brother, as they took off
"Are you all ok?" yelled the Hokage, coming over to help them, "Aw, shit they got away, did you all get a good look at their faces?"
"O-ya, we got great looks!" replied Koorii viciously
"I'm sorry, I was caught up fighting off those…things, but I'm here to help now, and you all look like you could use it!"
"Hey, hey you, hey, OLD GUY!" Kirru yelled to the Hokage, "What the fuck happened here, you said you were prepared for anything?"
"We were, but they were already in the village, there was nothing we could do, but enough of that, lets get you guys all healed up"
Sukotto said nothing as they all were escorted to the hospital; neither did anyone else, except Kirru, who was still arguing with the Hokage. After they all were treated, they sat in the rooms, talking and thinking about what happened.
"So those were your parents?" Kirru asked Jurria and Maiku
Yea, but they're supposed to be dead, I killed them myself." Replied Maiku
"So that's what happened." Koorii said
Ashurri looked at Jurria, upset that she couldn't say anything to make her feel better.
The Hokage walked back into the room, looked at all of them and said, "I trust you have all talked and had a very exciting day, but we need to clear some things up." he said, "We know who those people were, and we know why they came, and you need to know that it isn't safe here, but since this and Otogakure are the only villages left"' at this, the others cried out, "We have nowhere to send you safely, but you have to leave here, and I know that when you all leave, you'll go searching for all of them, and we can't stop you, but be careful, and we will give you all the helpful items we can"
"You mean we have to leave, and your letting us go after them?" yelled Sukotto
"Yes, but only because we know you may be the only ones that can stop them!"
"Us, you say we're the only ones that can stop them, yet you're the fucking Hokage, what are we, like super Sannin-Hokages?"
"No, but you've dealt with them before, and it's not our battle" he said, as he turned to leave
"This is insane!" Denisu spoke, for the first time in a while, "We can't even come close to matching them, and we're supposed to kill them?"
The Hokage turned around and said to all of them, "We trust you, and our hope lies in all of you!" he turned to leave again, but stopped at the door and said, 'Oh yes, you've all passed, your Chuunins now!"