A/N: Don't own Naruto. The genius known as K-man does. I wish I had imagination like that...or that I was eating some onigiri right now. No! I wish I was in Konoha! YESH! Teh mother of all wishes! Aaaaanyways, here's the second chappie. Enjoy I guess...

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Ch. 2 Survival Tests Suck

When I woke up it was 6:30. Cursing to myself I took a quick shower, changed into a green shirt, grey vest, and black cargo pants and ran to the training grounds after grabbing my stuff, trying my new forehead protector around my neck and grabbing an apple. I arrived at about 6:56, giving me four minutes to catch my breath and eat breakfast before Kurenai-sensei arrived. Kiba, Hinata, and Shino were already there and were staring as I mumbled an apology and ate a quarter of my apple before stuffing it in my back pack and sitting down to wait like the rest of them.

Kurenai-sensei arrived with a poof at exactly 7:00 holding four scarves.

"Okay, today we're doing a sort of survival exercise" she announced. I heard Kiba groan and I think I knew why he was complaining. We did a lot of survival exercises when we were still in the academy, why were we doing more now, even though we've graduated?

"The purpose of this exercise is to find all four scarves before 9:00. You can use any means necessary to obtain the scarves but don't kill each other. Close your eyes while I hide them and you may begin when I say start" she explained as we all closed our eyes. I heard her jump into a tree and dash off to hide the scarves. I tried to listen to where she was going but the wind was blowing too much. Kurenai-sensei returned after a few minutes.

"Okay, start" she exclaimed as our eyes snapped open and we looked around the clearing. Kiba and Akamaru suddenly jumped into a tree as a kunai appeared right where they were standing. Hinata and I gasped as we looked at the person who threw it, Kurenai-sensei.

"Now, now, you didn't think it was going to be easy did you?" she asked semi-mockingly as she threw some kunai at us. Hinata flipped backwards before jumping into a tree as Shino went straight into a nearby tree and I dodged the kunais before running into the forest and jumping into a tree as well. I looked carefully for a sign of the brightly colored scarves as I jumped from tree to tree. Spotting 'Hinata' I landed quietly on the tree branch.

"How do I know you're really Hinata?" I asked out loud as I took out a kunai.

'Hinata' gave a small 'eep' before turning around quickly.

"H-how do I-I know y-you're r-r-really A-ashimakase?" she replied as she also shakily pulled out a kunai.

"Hm…okay, answer this. What did Iruka-sensei quiz us on last week?" I asked warily.

"T-the g-gu-guidelines of b-being a s-sh-shinobi…" Hinata responded. I sighed audibly as I put away my kunai. She was Hinata alright.

"W-wait…h-how do I-I know you're not K-kurenai- sensei?"

"Okay ask me a question" I said quietly, looking around for any trace of a scarf.

"H-here's one th-that you a-asked I-Iruka-sensei t-two weeks a-ago…w-when snow m-melts w-w-what does it b-become?" she inquired, shaking a little. I grinned, this was a question from one of my favorite manga.

"It becomes spring" I replied, sighing in relief as she put away her kunai. "Hinata…I have a question…you're a Hyuuga right? Can you use Byakugan?"

When Hinata nodded I grinned.

"Wanna team up? If you use your Byakugan you can look for the scarves and I'll defend you if anyone attacks and warn you if anything seems odd" I suggested, smiling when she agreed after a few seconds of thinking it over.

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Hinata had spotted a scarf some feet away and we were on our way to it. I was listening carefully for anything odd and looking around too just in case Kurenai-sensei ambushed us. So far nothing seemed out of place but I couldn't be too sure.

Attack at 3 o'clock

"Hinata watch out!" I exclaimed as I sped up to land in front of her. I flinched as some senbon pierced my arms which were in front of me to block the attack and a kunai sliced my arm slightly.

"Dang, I almost didn't get here on time" I muttered as I glanced over my shoulder at Hinata who had collapsed into a sitting position.

"Hinata, are you alright?!" I exclaimed as I spun around, ignoring the senbon in my arms.

Hinata nodded slowly and shakily got up, "U-uh…you're h-hurt…"

I waved her off.

"I'll deal with it, c'mon, lets get that scarf" I stated as I gently nudged her in the direction of the scarf. As we reached the scarf I took the time to pull out the last senbon needle in my arm as Hinata retrieved it.

"Great, now we've got one!" I said excitedly as I glanced around. I saw a flash of off whitish color a bit to the right.

Hinata noticed my gaze and reactivated Byakugan.

"T-there's K-K-Kiba" she stuttered as she moved towards him.

At her left!

"Dang it" I muttered as I ran to her left side and put my arm up, just to feel teeth biting into my arm.

"Are you kidding me?!" I yelled angrily, does everything have to attack Hinata?

"Oh, heh, whoops. Sorry Ashimakase" I heard Kiba apologize as Akamaru let go of my arm and started licking it in his form of an apology.

"Ashi, please, not Ashimakase. Did you find a scarf?"

"Yea-no"

I sighed as I waved my now sore arm, "We can work together, wanna help us?"

"Huh? Why?" Kiba asked suspiciously.

"'Cuz it'll be easier and like we're on a mission" I suggested as I waved my other arm, "of course if we could find Shino this would be a lot easier"

"Uh…sure I guess…" Kiba said slowly.

"T-thank y-y-you K-Kiba"

I grinned as I turned to Hinata.

"Shall we continue?" I asked as Hinata began scanning the forest for another scarf and/or Shino.

"O-oh, I f-found o-o-one…" Hinata stated as she began traveling in the direction.

"Great, let's get this over with!" Kiba exclaimed as he ran after Hinata.

Thanks Taishoku

No prob, now move before you loose them

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I had a feeling that something was wrong as we approached the last scarf. We had found Shino and he had joined up with us, telling us he had obtained one scarf, and together we found the second last scarf. Hinata had used her Byakugan to find the scarf, I defended us when we were attacked by Kurenai-sensei, Kiba and Akamaru ran distractions by attacking Kurenai-sensei, Shino helped Kiba and Akamaru attack and helped observed our surroundings with his Kikai destruction bugs which I just learned he had. They're actually pretty cool, but that's not the point. Taishoku had continued to warn me when we were being attacked and from what direction, but she was continuously getting impatient. And the sinking feeling wasn't going away.

Kunais at 7 o'clock!

Spinning around, I pulled out a few kunai and used them to deflect the ones hurtling towards our group.

Shurikens at 8!

I sped up and chucked some more kunai just a bit ahead of me. The attacks were increasing and I was getting pretty tired.

More kunai at 7! Dang, if you don't hurry up I'm coming out there myself!

Spinning around again I took out a kunai and blocked more of the incoming kunai, but winced as 2 of them hit my arm. I glanced out the corner of my eye to see Shino and Kiba deflecting kunais and shurikens as well and groaned. We must be extremely near the scarf.

Click

We all froze and glanced at Kiba who had just stepped on some nearly invisible wire.

"A trip wire" Shino breathed.

"Oooh crap…" Kiba and I moaned.

Shoot! Kunai at 4 o'clock, 7 o'clock, and 11 o'clock! Shuriken at 12, 2, 5, and 8! Senbon at 3 o'clock. Oh my god, a windmill shuriken at 9! Man, I'm taking over!

Wait, Taishoku…

I was hit with a dizzy spell and then everything went black. I woke up blinking and looked around. Dang, I'm back here again. Being inside your own head 'subconsciously' is a little weird.

Yay, you're back Ashi!

Oh, hey Renshi, what's up?

Not much, just watching Taishoku pull you into your subconscious and take over your body. Wow, when'd she learn that?!

I looked at where Renshi was looking. There was a sort of 'screen' where she was watching what was happening outside. Taishoku had put up a sort of chakra shield that deflected all the weapons and everyone else was staring at her/me in shock.

"…Couldn't you have done that the whole time?" Kiba accused.

"Hm…no not really" Taishoku said while tilting her head to the side. Kiba's mouth dropped open and Hinata's eyes widened as they heard the voice change.

"Oh, I surprised you huh? Well, Ashi never told you anyways. Heh, the name's Taishoku. I'm one of Ashi's alter egos"

"W-wha?" Kiba stuttered, confused.

TAISHOKU! I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!

Heh, you can't. Unless you master the jutsu that allows us to all be out at the same time.

Oh! Owned!

Shut up unless you want to be killed Renshi.

Oh, please do.

Shu'up.

"Anyways, the scarf is waiting" Taishoku stated as she gave a smirk. Shino relented and grabbed the scarf.

THERE WAS A REASON I DIDN'T TELL THEM BAKA! SOMETIMES IT'S GOOD TO HAVE SOMEHTING UP YOUR SLEEVE YA KNOW!!

"Hm…maybe we should go back to the clearing now…" Taishoku said with a smug little smirk in her voice as she started heading back, leaving my stunned teammates in the dust.

WHEN RENSHI COMES OUT AND WE'RE HERE TOGETHER I'M GONNA SKEWER YOU TO A TELEPHONE POLE! I'M GON-

I tried to struggle as Renshi covered my mouth with her hand.

There's pocky yo, if you calm down I'll give you some…

I stopped struggling and tried to calm down as Renshi slowly backed away. By the time I was fully calmed down Taishoku had reached the clearing as with the rest of my team.

Okay, I'm coming back now.

I felt the dizzy feeling and blacked out again. When I woke up again I was lying on my back in the shade, still in the clearing. Sitting up slowly I looked around.

"What?" I said softly.

"O-oh…A-Ashi's awake…"

"Yeah…what happened?" I inquired as I stood up.

"Taishoku came out" Shino stated as I turned around and twitched.

"And we passed!" Kiba cheered as he appeared, standing next to Shino. I grinned at Kiba as I pulled a sitting Hinata up.

"Great teamwork guys" Kurenai-sensei congratulated as she walked up to us, "Ashimakase, I must say though, I was wondering how you knew where and when the attacks were coming from"

I flushed as I looked away.

"Family trait…"

Kurenai-sensei nodded knowingly as she continued.

"We have our first mission tomorrow, you can arrive at 7:30, training is dismissed for today."

"Yes!" Kiba and Akamaru cheered as I gave him a high five. Hinata gave a shy smile and Shino …kept silent, I'm sure he was happy though. I'm really starting to like my team.

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Whooo! The second chappie is finally up. Thank Kami-sama. Sorry for the long wait, people who read this. I couldn't get the time to put it on...anyways, I hope I can get the third chapter up soon. Oh oh! I just noticed something! There's a little purple button right under all of this. I wonder what happens when you press it! Try it! try it:)

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