Naruto was sitting in his office looking through the entire list of potential Chunins who have entered into the Second part of the exam. Especially on files on the candidates from other villages. But most specifically a file on one team from Suna.
Team Haruka of Sunagakure:
Jonin: Akimichi Haruka
Missions Completed
S: 0
A: 0
B: 1
C: 5
D: 18
Genins:
Jinn Hikeru
Age: 13
Additional Info: Lost an arm during the Hidden Sword Rebellion.
Masashi Ema
Age: 13
Additional Info: Has a unique bloodline.
Zahiro
Age: 12
Additional Info: The Kazekage's adopted son.
"I'm surprised that they even made it to the Chunin exams," said Naruto as he finished with the file.
"Well, Uncle Hokage, considering that the parents of our current Team 10 has close relations to Suna, it was a wise choice to send them as an escort," said Riku.
"Well, good job on bringing Haruka's team here." Naruto look out of his window towards the statue of the past Hokages' faces. "It's been nearly 25 years since your Great-Grandfather's greatest battle against his own student, a legendary Sannin."
"Yeah," said Riku. "Around this time, Father would spend his time at Great-Grandfather's grave to remember what a great Hokage he was and hoping that he will be as great as both you and Great-Grandfather, possibly even greater."
Naruto smiled. "Well...Konohamaru needs some way to push himself to become the next Hokage after me. Oh, and Riku..."
"Yes, Uncle?"
"Tell your mother that your Auntie Hinata is inviting you guys for dinner at our place, ok?"
Riku smiled. Auntie Hinata's cooking is the best he has ever eaten. Even his Uncle Naruto and Cousin Yuki who are regulars at Ichiraku's ramen agreed. "Sure."
As Riku leaves the office, a file slipped off Naruto's desk, causing it to open when it hits the floor. Naruto picks up the file, sighing.
"Well, this is what I get for having a messy desk."
Naruto looks at the file. Info on Team Seven. Naruto smiled.
"I wish you luck in the Chunin exams, my daughters..."
Nanaya Aoi Hatake was sitting outside Naruto's office reading her favorite orange book.
"You seem pretty confident that your students would pass the Chunin exam, Nanaya."
Aoi looked up from her book to see a male Jonin standing in front of her.
"Nah, I just wanted to get them off my back for the time being," said Aoi. "Besides, I'm getting close to the ending, so I don't really want to be disturbed."
"You've been reading that book for the past two months since you started training your Genin students, the least you could do is show some concern."
"I'm surprised you cared that I should care about my students even though you think that I appear to care less to hide the fact that I am really caring for their well being, Sarutobi."
That last confusing sentence did not seem to catch the male Jonin off guard.
"Ok, Riku. I'm pretty interested to see how they progressed," admitted Aoi. "What about your team?"
Riku points at himself. "My team? I barely got the chance to know them properly because it was Miyabi who decided to enter them into the Chunin exams days before I came back. But after seeing how they went on their last mission...I'm very confident."
Aoi smiled. "How's your sister?"
"She's doing well in the hospital, though she did say that she needs to train by herself a bit more to keep herself from getting sloppy, considering that she was caught off guard by yours truly," said Riku. "I'm more surprised that she was the one who recommended that I should be my team's Jonin sensei instead of her."
Naruto G2 Vol 1: New Heroes of the Leaf
Chapter 3: The Chunin Exams - The Forest of Death
(Part 1: The Girl and a Vixen)
By: PikaFlash
Disclaimers: All character(s) and series belong to their respective owner(s)...
The Second Chunin Exam - Forest of Death
Aoi: The Forest of Death...in the past it was the perfect place for as it's large area surrounding a building will test the survival skills of potential Chunins. It was only recently used for this year's Chunin Exams due to the fact that a couple of years before, it was used as an intense battlefield which almost caused a fire that burnt a quarter of the forest down, forcing the higher-ups to stop using the area for exams until the trees and plants regrow and not to mention the danger with burnt out trees and their weak branches. Anyway, back to the story...
In a clearing, A Genin from Konoha dropped on his knees and fell to the ground, utterly defeated by his opponent.
"Nothing personal...just getting rid of the competition early on," said Garu as he checked his victim for a scroll. "Well, I've hit the jackpot. A Heaven Scroll."
"Good." Hikari suddenly sensed a change in the air. "I'm going off to look for Sanae. Something is going to happen to her and I want to make sure that she doesn't get hurt..."
Before Hikari could leave, Shirai and Garu stopped her.
"Wait...just in case you run into some resistance," said Garu. "I'll lend you Yami to watch your back."
Shirai gave Hikari a small bottle. "And here's something just in case."
"Thanks. Now, you guys go on ahead."
Team Seven wasn't having much luck in finding a team with the other necessary scroll.
"No such luck!" Chi cried out. "Two teams we've taken out and we end up getting Heaven Scrolls. I want an Earth Scroll and I want it now!"
"Wait," said Rai. "I think this may be an advantage for us. Now that we have three Heaven Scrolls, it increases the chances for one of us to get both scrolls. Not to mention that we can use them as baits to get an Earth Scroll, thus saving us the time and energy to do things."
Sanae, Chi and Rai each took a Heaven Scroll. "What do you suggest, Rai?" asked Sanae as she keeps her Heaven scroll in her weapons pouch.
"Our first move is to gather food and scout the area for anybody with a scroll," said Rai. Rai took out his Kunai and made a mark on a tree trunk. Its getting dark soon and we need some shelter to hide from any enemies in the area."
Two foxes were hiding behind some bushes, watching a female blonde Genin walking towards the river.
"Is she the one I must watch?" asked the smaller fox.
"Yes," said the larger fox with white fur. "This exam will push her to the limit, but we do not want her powers to go berserk like the last time. Believe me; I was there when I saw it happen..."
Flashback
Yuki was walking back to Konoha with the same white fox following him.
"So...what name should I call you once we get back to Konoha?" Yuki asked the fox.
"I think I'll go by my pet name," said the fox. "If I use my real name, Setsuna would probably get mad at me for hiding from her and kill me a second time."
Yuki nods. "True."
"For your information, my pet name is 'Sankon'."
"I'll stick with Sankon for now."
At that moment, one of Yuki's relatives ran towards him. Nagi Hyuga, son of Neji Hyuga.
"Talking to yourself, Yuki?" asked Nagi.
"Nagi? What are you doing here?"
"Your mother's been kidnapped and I'm in middle of trying to cut off the kidnappers."
Yuki looked at the sky to check his get a bearing of his surroundings. "Erm...isn't Kumogakure northeast of Konoha? Why are the kidnappers heading west towards me?"
"I don't know, but we need to rescue Hinata-sama."
"I can handle it myself," said Yuki as he puts on a Fox mask.
"Wait..."
Yuki disappeared.
Meanwhile, Sanae was chasing after the Kumi-nins who have kidnapped her mother.
"Let go of my mother!" yelled Sanae.
"That brat is following us."
"Should we leave the woman and take the brat instead? She has Hyuuga blood in her."
"We're taking both...if she continues to follow us; she will fall right into our trap."
As soon as Sanae reached a clearing, she was suddenly caught in a shower of kunais and shurikens.
The leader stopped. "Stop! I want the girl alive."
Blood was dripping from the cuts she received. She was lucky that none of the weapons hit her vital organs. But Sanae's rage is building up faster than anything else could. "I warn you...if you do not release my mother...I will kill you."
The Jonin leader sensed the killing intent from the girl. "Don't make any sudden movements!" he ordered.
"No, I can take down this girl in a second," said one of the Chunins.
"No!"
As the Chunin tries to attack Sanae from behind, due to the fact that's where the Byakugan's weak spot is. Suddenly, a giant Fox tail appeared from the ground behind Sanae, impaling the Chunin as though the tail's fur was as sharp as a spear.
"What was that?"
The remaining 7 Chunins and one Jonin started to attack Sanae to avenge their fallen comrade, but eight more giant fox tails appeared from the ground and impaled anyone who dared to attack Sanae. Those unfortunate enough to survive getting impaled by the giant fox tails were about to face something worst. The tail that impaled them was not meant to kill them but to keep them from escaping from the true terror.
"Now, we have awakened a monster." said the leader as he watched his subordinates get slaughtered. Suddenly, an ANBU wearing a fox mask appeared in front of the leader.
"Kidnapping the wife of the Hokage, that will warrant a severe punishment," said the voice behind the Fox mask. "But this is also personal, since the woman you kidnapped is my mother."
Yuki knocked out the leader and quickly untied Hinata.
"Go to a safe place, quickly."
As soon as Hinata goes to a safe place, Yuki looked towards his sister. Sanae's loss of control now has made it unable for her to tell the difference between friend and foe. Seeing that he has no choice, Yuki prepares to do a few handsigns.
"Sankon, we have to use the seal now!"
The white fox released his Henge, revealing three fox tails instead of one. "This is why my pet name is 'Sankon'! I'm a three-tailed Kitsune."
Sanae made a charge towards Yuki, only to be trapped within a seal on the ground.
"Yuki, I can only hold the seal for a short time," said Sankon. "Use the charm we got!"
Yuki takes out a charm that appeared to be made from foxes' tails put together to form a fan and points it towards Sanae. "Forgive me, Sanae."
The fox-tail charm begins to glow as Yuki concentrates his chakra into the charm...
End Flashback
"From a group of ten was reduced to one," said Sankon. "She's not aware of it, but once she is, she will be able to use it as thought its natural to her."
"But why me, brother?"
The elder fox smiled. "Though you've been a fox longer than me, you only have one tail while I have three. And not to mention that I'm the smart one."
"You think Brother Saikoro will be a fox too?" asked the younger fox.
Sankon looked towards the sky. "No. He is the only one left who can release our clan from this curse. Even if it means betraying every living being in this world to do it. Now, go, Ina...go and guide Sanae to her destiny."
Sankon surveys his surroundings. "Crap...I hope Ina didn't get my bad sense of direction. Now I forgot which way I came in."
Shikami, Inoryou and Chohi were sitting in a cave.
"Ok, what's our situation like, Inoryou?" asked Shikami.
"Simple...find a team with a Heaven Scroll, since the scroll we have is an Earth Scroll" said the blonde Genin. "And maybe find some food along the way."
At that moment, a small fox walked up to the entrance of the cave. With the appearance of the fox, the mention of food within the minute and the Genin with perpetual hunger in the group don't make a good combination.
"FOOD!"
'Uh-oh,' thought Ina. The fox runs off with Chohi in pursuit...
Inoryou sighed. "I pity that poor fox. Oh well, if Chohi can catch it, I hope fox meat is edible. By the way, have you heard a rumor about Riku-sensei?"
"No, and I'm not interested," said Shikami.
But Inoryou continued. "Riku-Sensei's parents...some say that their marriage was more of a political move. After all, a daughter of the Hyuuga Clan Head and the grandson of the Third Hokage in an arranged marriage would certainly add more power to the Hyuga Clan."
"What's your take on it?" asked Shikami.
"From what I see in Riku-Sensei's personal life...those rumors have no grounds. In fact, I was spying one time on sensei's personal life and all I see is one happy family."
Shikami shakes her head.
Sanae was washing her face by a river. "Now that was refreshing..."
Sanae was suddenly pushed into the river. "Okay, that was uncalled for!" Sanae looks for the culprit that pushed her into the river. An unconscious fox was lying near the bank, due to the fact that it collided with Sanae from behind. As Sanae was about to check on the fox when a larger-sized Genin arrived.
"Thank you for stopping my dinner!" said Chohi.
"You're going to eat that cute little fox?" asked Sanae.
"Well, it's the only piece of meat in a kilometer radius!"
'A kilometer radius? I thought this guy would run that distance to kill the guy who would call him the "forbidden word".'
The little fox looked at Sanae as Chohi picked it up by the tail.
"Time for dinner."
"NO! Don't eat poor little Ina!" screamed Sanae as she took the fox off Chohi.
Chohi gave a strange stare at Sanae. "You name the food you are about to eat?"
Sanae quickly take the Heaven Scroll out of her weapons pouch with her free hand. "Here, I'll trade you this scroll for Ina."
Chohi looked at Ina being hugged in Sanae's left arm, then at the scroll in Sanae's right hand. One is dinner and the other is the very thing that his team needs to get out of this deathtrap ASAP.
"You sure about this?" asked Chohi.
"Rai and Chi each have a Heaven scroll, so I'm sure they'll understand..."
Chohi had a disappointed look. "I hope you made the right choice."
"You idiot! I'm not going to eat her!" screamed Sanae.
As soon as Chohi leaves with the Heaven scroll, Sanae looked at the fox. "How did I know you name and what possessed me to give my Heaven Scroll to Chohi?"
The fox looked at Sanae.
Behind a tree, a shinobi was listening in on the conversation. "Two Heaven scrolls? Perhaps Keiko could try getting one of those scrolls."
Another Shinobi was sitting on a branch above. "Well...she has to do it herself, since she's the one who needs to be a Chunin."
At that moment, both Shinobis felt a chill in the air.
"That Chakra...of all the worst possible times," said the Shinobi sitting on the branch. She quickly jumped off the branch. "Takeshi, if that Chakra tells us who we think it is..."
"Our top priority right now is protecting the Tsuchikage's sister, Keiko," said Takeshi. "And if we come across another team, we'll have to knock them out for their own safety if necessary."
A Shinobi team from Sunagakure was walking through the forest without a care about their surroundings, since they're confident that anything they come up against will be easily eliminated. However, as though a sudden chill ran through the entire forest, the leader of the team, with the distinctive Japanese Kanji 'Ai' (meaning 'love' and the very same kanji on Gaara's head) on the back of his shirt, stopped.
"Did you feel that?" he asked.
The female of the group looked at the leader. "It felt as though all my fears have come true for a second, Zahiro."
"That fear you felt is actually Chakra emitted from a person with a strong killing intent," explained Zahiro. "I know, because I'm familiar with it."
Zahiro is the adopted son of Gaara, Kazekage of Sunagakure, former prison cell of the One-Tailed Tanuki. Zahiro is the complete opposite of his father at the age of 12, as Zahiro adopts a belief that love is something that unites people so that everyone can work together (or something to that extent), and as a reminder, Zahiro even requested that all shirts he wears would show the kanji 'Ai' on the back.
"Whatever it was, it certainly sent a chill down my spine," said the third Suna Genin.
Zahiro looked at his teammates. "We have to warn the Konoha Teams," he ordered. "There's no way that Chakra would come from any of the Genins participating in the Chunin exam. We all would have felt it when we were together."
Rai was sitting at the designated meeting point when a Shinobi walked into the area. Rai looked up and notices that this man does not have any symbol on him that represents which Hidden Village he's from. Rai came to the conclusion that this person is not here for the Chunin exams.
"You don't look like a Genin," said Rai. "In fact, you must be after something we have."
"It depends...are you Setsuna Uchiha's little brother?" asked the Shinobi.
Rai didn't flinch at the mention of his sister. Either this guy is an acquaintance or an old nemesis. ('I'd pick the latter,' said Inner Rai.)
"What if I am?" asked Rai.
"Then, this will hurt her more than it hurts you," said the Shinobi.
'Now I'm in trouble,' said Inner Rai. 'I wonder what Aoi-Sensei would say about this…"
An imaginary Aoi appeared in Inner Rai's mind.
'I would recommend that you should run...unless getting gutted like a fish is part of your agenda today,' said the imaginary Aoi.
Inner Rai nodded in agreement.
'I'm going to die today and my inner self comes up with an idea that Chi would pick...' thought Rai.
End of 03
Post-Fanfic Segment and Next Chapter Preview
A pink-haired Uchiha was at a desk with the daughter of Kakashi, Aoi Hatake.
"Hello and welcome to a new segment in this fanfic. I'm your host, Setsuna Uchiha together with our first guest, Nanaya Hatake."
Aoi scratched the back of her head. "Of course, to those lowly peons, I'm known as Aoi Hatake to them."
"Care to explain that inconsistency, Nanaya?" asked Setsuna.
"I'd like to blame Miyabi Lee on that part," explained Nanaya. "You see, Miyabi and I were talking about names and it just so happened that our full names were compared. 'Nanaya Aoi Hatake' against 'Miyabi Midori Lee'. Green brains thought that someone stole her name considering that 'Aoi' means green (to Miyabi) when actually it was chosen by my mom because I have the same blue eyes as her, since 'Aoi' also means blue. That resulted in a one-on-one challenge of rock-scissors-paper. Winner gets to be called by the other name by their own Genin team."
"So, are you happy you won?" asked Setsuna,
"Yes and No," answered Nanaya. "I'm not happy I won because I won't be using Nanaya by my team anytime soon. But I'm also happy because I get an excuse to be in a terrorizing mood to my students." Nanaya smiled under her mask.
Setsuna looks at her watch. "Anyway, before we end this segment, would you reveal the preview to the next chapter, Nanaya?"
Nanaya looked at a script.
"Next time on New Heroes of the Leaf, will the Team Seven survive their encounter with this mysterious Shinobi, while at the same time trying to survive the Second Chunin Exam? Plus, the new Shika-Ino-Cho trio unite and Suna-nin Zahiro shows off a little bit."