Disclaimer: I do not own any character from Naruto; though I own the characters Kiyomi Yuzuki, Ryuu Zen and Rasen Chidori from this chapter.

[My name is Kiyomi Yuzuki. Hello there. Oh right, I'll be narrating this chapter since we agreed in separating the details so that everyone could have a chance on holding the microphone. Capiche?]

Apparently, flitting wasn't my idea of escaping. I would rather prefer to do something more easily, maybe hide and wreck those who were chasing me. But I –we- didn't have enough time to do so.

I ran swiftly, dodging everything in my way. Trees, animals, fallen branches, poisonous plants et cetera… I got myself worked out so much that I forgot what I was doing. I stopped and took quick breaths.

I heard a voice call out to me, "Kiyomi-chan! Don't' stop there! What are you doing? They're gaining on us already."

It was my teammate slash batch mate, Zen Ryuu. He flailed his arms and kept on motioning me to continue running, but I was damn tired. I'll explain what his characteristics are later on.

"Geez, Ryuu. I can't breathe! Hold on. Let me rest for a sec-" I said

He was practically 13 to 15 feet away from me, but his face was clearly visible to me. "NO! You will NOT rest NOW! We've got to get to the temple before we run out of time AND get eaten by our giant snake friends. I thought you convinced them to take us to the temple themselves. But I guess they didn't want humans to control them, eh? Right, get your feet moving, or I'll knock you out, cold!" He said so fast, I wouldn't have understood it without my skill of lip-reading.

I groaned then dashed after him. How could we be late? There were still lots of time before the 2nd Exams end. And I was very sure that I could take on another giant-snake-thinga-ma-bob. But I guess I was utterly wrong.

The giant-snake-thinga-ma-bob caught up with us. I was running, full speed ahead, with adrenalin pulsing through my veins. I caught Ryuu's eye and he stared at me and nodded as if nothing urgent was happening at all. I knit my eyebrows. Maybe he already experienced millions of life-and-death situations.

I squinted and saw my other teammate, exactly 17 feet from this distance. His name was Chidori Rasen. I'll also explain his characteristics since I'm trying to run away from a current life and death situation.

From here, we were already about 24 feet away from the temple. Now, I could already see the roof. I got closer and closer to it. I got very relieved when I already saw the fire symbol on the temple's wall. Excitement spread throughout my body, giving my heart a loop-dee-loop inside my chest, humph, I guess I WAS excited. But that's where it went all wrong.

"Argh," Ryuu's scream filled my eardrums.

[Ryuu that was a scream NOT a battle cry and I was pretty sure of that.]

I turned around, making sure that he was just pretending on tripping on a rock or branch, but my mistake: the giant-snake-thinga-ma-bob flunked aside like a little girl getting rid of her old rag doll for a new one.

Once it started advancing Ryuu, I called its attention, "Hey gutbrain! Over here! I thought I owed you a meal! Well, it's over here!"

At least one problem was already solved. Now, I just had to get rid of this enormous snake without dying.

Who would be very delighted honored to take my place, anyone? Oh don't worry; it's totally free, especially when you want a one way ticket to Death. Come on! Step right up. Oh forget it. It's completely hopeless.

[Yes Ryuu, I'm getting to that part now. Just be patient.]

Where was I? Oh yes, the one way ticket to Death. I was breathing in and out shakily. I've never felt this way before. The cold sweats, the feverish feeling, and the texture of the damp forest floor: It was all horrifying, and I wonder what Death would do when it met us.

Ryuu scanned the snake, finding its opening. Great, he has a plan. At least we weren't going to die… Unless, I was not part of the Survival plan of Ryuu. I stared at him, very confused.

He breathed in and let all the air out of his lungs. I got confused to the max when he made seals. His fingers were so fast, that they were all a blur. I was like, What the Hell? And he stared at me with a you-know-the-plan stare, but I didn't...

He breathed fire, the Fire Blazing Dragon Jutsu I guess... He learned that when he was still a kid, apparently, it was his favorite Jutsu.

Then the plan just entered my mind like an unexpected slap on the face. I managed to get up, and made my own seal, unfortunately, the snake caught me. It jabbed me with its head, sending me towards a huge tree. At least I thought it was a tree.

Ryuu's voice entered my eardrums again, "Kiyomi, NO!" the same voice I kept on hearing again and again at the back of my mind, it was the same voice that was telling me to go on and on, and on. Apparently, it wasn't enough. I passed out.

Once I woke up, I found myself in my room, with no injuries, my dog still sleeping at the foot of my bed, in my pajamas, with full strength. I scream at the top of my lungs. Ryuu and Rasen enter at once, leaving me more clueless than ever.

"What?" Ryuu says.

"It's what? 4 in the morning and you're already making me suffer." Rasen grumbles.

Ryuu rolls his eyeballs and approaches me. He touches my forehead, sits on the bed and stares at me.

"What is it? Another vision?" he asks.

"Oh please, stop doing that already. It's getting boring, Kiyomi. Is it really a big deal? Jeez." Rasen grumbles some more and trudges back to his room.

"What was it about," he catches me staring at Rasen, "oh, don't mind him. He's just being grumpy again."

"We are at the Chuunin Exam, I saw us dying in the Forbidden Forest in Konoha, being eaten by giant snakes. It was horrible, although I wish, no, I HOPE that it was just a scary dream." I say.

"Well, we are headed for Konoha at dawn tomorrow, so I suggest that you sleep." he says.

I nod and sigh as I heard him trying to be silent while walking out of my room.

I was very sure that it wasn't a dream: I have dreamt it before, all of this. It's the de ja vu thing again. I curled into a ball under my blankets, one- fourth trying to believe it was just a dream, one-fourth excited about the Chuunin Exams, one-fourth wondering if I'd really die in the Forbidden Forest, and the final one-fourth thinking if I'd feel the same pressure when I took the First Exam.

I guess I was to undergo all of that again. I wasn't sure though, because that's the magic of de ja vu. It's best at the element of surprise after all...

[I guess that's my cue. During this discussion, I wasn't sure how many times shinobi were being brought to the shinobi world, though I am sure that I am definitely part of the hundreds, possibly millions. I'll end this now and probably de ja vu will catch you too. So, this is Kiyomi Yuzuki, signing off for today or tonight, or whenever you are reading this.]