[u.u] Chapter Four [u.u]
A/N: This chapter holds a special guest created through chakra paint. You know him well as the One-Winged Angel... just as a note, I do not own any mentioned characters, nor do I make any sort of profit from these fanfictions.
Three days passed since they had left Wave. The bridge was named after Naruto, and they had arrived into view of the village. They slowed down to walking speed, as they traveled up to the closed gate. Suddenly ANBU appeared and surrounded them.
"Momochi Zubuza, why are you here?"
"Maa, maa, Zubuza and his friend are with me," Kakashi told the ANBU, "just alert the Hokage for me."
"... Alright then Hatake Kakashi," ANBU Monkey said, and they vanished.
"With that done, Team Seven with requested back-up of Team Five, returning from S-Rank Mission..."
The two guards flinched, and stared at them. "S-Rank? I thought... wait, stupid question." He gazed at Zubuza. Zubuza gained an anger tick, as Naruto snickered before getting bopped on the head, lightly, by Adeleine.
"Ow," he pouted. The others sweatdropped, Daisuke face-palmed, and Adeleine giggled softly.
The gates opened, and they were allowed in. In no time, they reached the Hokage's office, as Sarutobi looked up.
"Hey! Ojiisan!" Naruto greeted the man. Zubuza stared at Naruto, then at Kakashi, who shrugged his shoulders.
"Naruto, you and your team returned. I was told of our guests..." He looked up at Zubuza, who then nodded slowly.
"I'm Momochi Zubuza, and this is my... precious person, Haku..."
"Ano, ohayo, Hokage-sama," Haku greeted nervously.
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Zubuza, who was given the rank of Jounin due to his skills but on probation, went and found himself a place to live at in the village, which ironically would be next door in the apartment complex where Maito Gai lives. As for Haku, finding Naruto as a brother she wishes to protect moved into the Mango household, in a spare room which was now made into her bedroom. She also adopted Naruto's last name.
It's been one week since Team Seven returned from Wave with the grateful help from Team Five, and that left just Naruto with the two girls in the living room at the Mango house after a tiring day of D-Rank missions with Sekai-sensei, and an encounter with a trio of Suna shinobi. The TV was on right now and some sort of shinobi-based anime was currently displayed on the TV set (Ninja Scroll). Haku and Naruto were playing Go, and Adeleine was currently drawing up a new portrait. Adeleine looked over at the knocking door, sets her ink brush down and walks over to the door and open sit.
"Yo," Kakashi greeted with his lazy wave.
"What's up, Kakashi-sensei? Where's Sekai-sensei?"
"He and Rin are on a mission currently, but that's not why I'm here though." The scarecrow-haired man pulled out two sheets of paper, "Sekai decided to nominate Team Five for the Chunnin exams. If you decide to partake in the exam then just go to room 301 at the academy in three days. Oh and there will be no team meeting during those three days so you can prepare for the exam. I have already told Daisuke the same thing."
Taking the application she reads it over before grinning. Naruto also had a grin on his face. She quickly looked up to her sensei. He was already holding a pen out. Both teens quickly signed their forms and handed it back to the man, before he waved goodbye and puffed away.
She closed the door and smiled. "Well, three days. That's gives me time to finish this new portrait. Can you help me with the color fill when I am finished with the outlining, Naruto-kun?"
"Of course!" he said, grinning still. Haku smiled to herself.
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As the three walked up two flights of stairs (Ground Floor, First Floor, Second Floor, ect.) three days later they heard commotion coming from above. When they finally got up the stairs they saw that a bunch of Genin was stationed outside the designated doors with two other Genin blocking the doorway.
"Come on let us through!" shouted one of the Genin angrily.
"Get lost you brats. The Chunnin exam ain't easy; we've even failed it three times in a row. Those that take this exam either quit being a shinobi or die in this exam. So, in a sense, we are helping you guys out," one of the Genin explained.
"B-b-but please, l-let us through," said one of the Genin, whom Naruto and Adeleine recognized.
"I said get lost!" Daisuke suddenly blocked the punch with his sword, and the guy cried out in pain, his knuckles broken from the collision. The other guy then found the sword pointed at his neck, the tip just digging into the skin.
"To assault such a fine young and beautiful lady, warrants some injury onto you and your friend... besides, you can get rid of the Genjutsu." He tossed the sword, and made a seal to shatter the Genjutsu on the above room marker, caught the blade and poised it once more at the man's neck.
"Daisuke!" Naruto yelled, pushing his way through the crowds, mentally grinning at the Shunshin Daisuke used, "please don't tell me you wanna let all these guys in just for the fun of kicking ass?"
Daisuke smirked. "Well Naruto, of course. After all, I need to scout for some potentials, and see if any of these Genin are worthy of truly casting the art of swordsmanship." KI leaked from a few of the other outsiders, before Daisuke glared at the two Genin. "Now that your task is no longer applicable, hit the dirt."
He walked off, sheathing his sword after picking up Hinata who got shoved to the floor by the Genin he had his weapon poised at, walking off to the real destination. Hinata's teammates followed, and the girl was blushing heavily. Naruto shrugged and followed, as did Adeleine and a few other Genin. Now, had the two stuck around, they would have seen the conversations held between Lee and Sakura, asking for a date and getting shot down in flames, then Sasuke getting his ass kicked but with his Sharingan active, had copied only a portion of Lee's movements before being stopped by a turtle and Gai-sensei, and Natsu staring in horror at the sunset that suddenly formed when Gai and Lee gave each other manly hugs... so that explains the sudden horror-filled cry.
Inside, there were the other Genins from other countries waiting, holding small talk or whatnot. However, the moment Team Five walked into the testing room they were blessed with the sight of Genin from almost every village glaring at them with great intensity. Each member felt the slightest bit of killing intent that was radiating from some of the more annoyed Genin. Ame were the most noticeable. Soon Adeleine joined her team, smiling a bit when she got pulled away earlier by Kakashi who was waiting for his team to show up. Morino Ibiki had some jobs to do for the Hokage, so Adeleine was asked to create a live sketch to fill in the First Proctor position. She had the perfect sketch for use, and now had it waiting.
The door opened, and in walked Vincent Valentine. "... Pathetic..." He simply moved back his coat, and exposed his golden gauntlet, with the clawed fingers, as the light reflected off the metal for a brief moment. Right away the KI faded, and Vincent looked at each of the Genin, his red eyes glowing eerily. He walked towards the back, laid against the back wall, and his eyes glanced over each Genin that were now sneaking glances at the Gothic-dressed adult who had no hitai-ate visibly seen.
"So, Hinata, before the interruption... you weren't hurt, were you?"
"N-n-no... but, th-thank you," she stuttered.
He smiled softly, making her blush more because of his smile. "No one should ever harm a lady whatsoever. It's immoral in my books."
Naruto snorted. "Seems someone's found himself a girlfriend..."
"Quite Naruto," Daisuke deadpanned.
"Yo, leave Hinata-chan alone!" Kiba shouted arrogantly at Daisuke, who simply looked at him. Akamaru barked.
"Hm... No. I can speak to whomever I wish to Inuzuka-san," he replied.
"Kiba... stop fooling around," Shino spoke up. Team Seven finally arrived, Sasuke looking like he had gotten his ass kicked badly.
"Sasuke-kun!"
Sasuke ducked. Naruto ducked. Yamanaka Ino crashed onto Kiba.
"Leave Sasuke-kun alone, Ino-buta!"
"So you three are in this too? Mendokuse," said a new voice. Naruto turned to see the ever lazy Shikamaru and his big boned friend Choji. Choji noticed Naruto and gave the boy a small wave as he and his friend approached Team Seven.
Ino had gotten off Kiba, as Shino continued to stare, before Ino and Sakura began to fight over Sasuke. "Yup, mendokuse with these two girls," Naruto pointed at the girls, who yelled and called him a baka. Shikamaru nodded, and yawned briefly.
"He's not a baka, you bitches!" Adeleine yelled, and glared at the two. They were about to yell until they noticed one of Adeleine's portraits were let out, and settled for dagger-throwing glares when the Paint Kunoichi gave the two fangirls the double bird.
"You know you guys really need to keep it down." Teams Five, Seven, Eight, Nine who arrived around the time Adeleine gave the fangirls a two digit salute, and Team Ten turned to see a teen with white hair, wearing a strange purple outfit with glasses walking towards them as he fixed perching his glasses on his face, "You guys are rookies that just recently came out of the academy I have to guess, so I would recommend that you all just keep quiet."
"Who do you think you are?" Ino questioned, slightly miffed at the newcomer.
"My name is Kabuto, and before you get angry at me look just behind you."
All turned to see three Rain shinobi glaring at them, while sending out another wave of killing intent. Some members of the rookie nine shuddered under their glares while some others either ignored them or sent their own at them.
"Those three are from Ame; I hear they have rather short tempers," Kabuto muttered.
"Kabuto-san, that's your name right?" Sakura asked the white-haired teenager.
"Yes you are correct," he answered.
"Is this your second time taking this exam?"
"Oh no," said the boy while chuckling slightly, "This is actually going to be my seventh time in this exam."
"Seventh?" questioned Naruto, "That sucks."
"Naruto-baka!" scolded Sakura as she prepared to punch him only to stop when she heard Kabuto chuckle again.
"Yeah, I know... but this time will be different, I hope."
"So, do you know anything about this exam?" asked Ino.
"Why yes I do. See, even if I fail I have been doing some research on some information I've been gathering for these past six times taking this exam." He reached to his supply pouch and pulled out a stack of cards, "I call these my Ninja info cards or Nin-fo for a short but catchy term."
Holding out a random card he poured some chakra into it and the card changed from a blank white sheet to a graph showing all the shinobi counties. "This is a graph of all the shinobi that were sent here for this exam. However, in order to see these cards you must use my chakra otherwise it will look like a blank card."
"Do you have information on certain individuals?" Sasuke asked Kabuto, as he looked at the teen with curiosity.
"Yes of course, all I need is a name and it should be easy."
"Sabaku no Gaara, Rock Lee, Mango Adeleine, Durian Daisuke, and Uzumaki Naruto..." Team Five looked at Sasuke in curiosity while others looked just as confused as they. Kabuto only smirked before placing his hand on the deck of cards and closing his eyes. A few moments later he was holding five cards.
"Well, Rock Lee... his accomplishments so far are 24 D-rank missions, 14 C-rank. His Taijutsu has improved this year, and he has gained attention as a talented Genin but didn't partake in the exam last year so this will be his first time just like all of you. However, compared to last year his Taijutsu skills are almost off the charts, while his Genjutsu and his Ninjutsu are below average. His teammates are Hyuuga Neji and Tenten."
He pulled forward the next card in line. "Next is Sabaku no Gaara. His accomplishments are 10 C-ranked, 2 B-rank, and one A-rank, impressive. Not bad for a Genin. But anyway, since he is from another country I don't have much information on him. Although in all his mission reports, he has yet to receive a single injury since being in an active roster."
"Mango Adeleine: nicknamed the Paint Kunoichi." He was going to continue, had Daisuke not slice the cards up, holding the Galaxia Sword in his grasp. The ceiling lights glinted off the golden blade briefly.
"I rather not have our information read," Daisuke stated.
Kabuto frowned. "You could have asked instead of destroy three of my profiled cards."
"A shinobi never gives out information in a room filled with foreign Nins," Daisuke deadpanned, sheathing the sword. Sasuke was glaring at Daisuke now because he would never know anything about Team Five, if any.
"So... are all the people in this exam as strong as those two?" Naruto questioned, to get rid of the silence that came up around the group.
"Yes, well maybe... I doubt that most of these people have returned from missions without a scratch, but most of the Genin here are the top amongst other Genin from their village. Though I'm not too sure about Oto, since their village was just created late last year I believe." At that Naruto stared back at the crowd of Genin that were still glaring at him and the others, but not by much since Vincent was unleashing his aura to smother some of the KI in the room.
Three Genin who heard this was about to attack, when a gloved hand grasped the arm of the Genin who was about to lead. "I would advise that you do not attack, lest you wish to be disqualified immediately," said a cool, yet dark voice.
When the kid was about to yell, the room was smothered in a field of KI, but it was directed at the kid with white hair. He whimpered, as his arm was freed from the man's grasp. "Get in the classroom now, or else."
As the Oto Genin team scrambled into the room, those in the front not sitting backed away as a man with long silver hair walked in. He had cat-like green eyes that seemed to have a glow within. He wore a tight black shirt, with two leather straps in X formation over his chest. He also wore a pair of tight leather pants, boots, leather gloves, and a black leather trench coat with white pauldrons on them. He also had attached to his hip a long sword.
"Sit down, now," he ordered calmly, as ninja filed into the room and positioned themselves in a fashioned order around the classroom. They did so, because for some reason, everyone felt a dark aura coming off the man, but only a few did not show fear, like Sabaku no Gaara. Naruto, Adeleine, Daisuke, and Vincent felt the trace aura of chakra paint in the man, and Naruto mentally smiled.
So that was why Kakashi-sensei wanted to talk to Adeleine-chan, he thought.
"Now, children..." When KI burst in the air when they were called children, he merely chuckled, before his eyes narrowed into an icy cold glare, lips in a light frown. Most of the group shivered. Right away, the three ninja from Ame screamed bloody murder and ran from the classroom, yelling that they quit. The KI was killed off in a snap and he barked another chuckle, "before I was interrupted... due to the circumstances of a spy within the village, Morino Ibiki would not be able to accept his duties as First Proctor of the Chunnin Exams, so I shall step in."
He slowly grabbed the handle of the katana, and slowly pulled out the weapon. Everyone stared as the seven foot long blade, highly polished and free of any blemishes, was freed from its scabbard, and placed on the desk for everyone to see the grace of the Masamune.
"Allow me to introduce myself..." He then smiled. It wasn't a friendly smile. No, it was a smile that promised death, a smile that frightened many. It was a smile that made Sasuke question if this man was more evil than Uchiha Itachi, his older brother and murderer of the Uchiha clan. It was a smile that to the twins of Gaara was more evil than the bloodthirsty grin their youngest sibling displayed to his enemies. "I am..."
Lightning flashed through the skies, causing a few to jump at the sudden flash, and flinch because Sephiroth's unholy eyes glowed brightly for a mere second.
"... Sephiroth..."
(He won't be around much longer, just a cool badass who's services was needed for a short while. Character belongs to Square Enix.)
The clouds opened with a loud terrifying clap of thunder, as the skies began to pour down with cold rain.
"Welcome to the Chunnin Exams..."
And then, more thunder echoed.
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"Wow... either that was on cue, or Adeleine's sketch is able to manipulate weather," Sarutobi spoke up, watching through the few cameras installed in the classroom, for the Jounins of the Leaf to watch.
Ibiki grinned. "I have to admit, even that scared me. Great idea using seals to implement our own KI and then attach them to the back of the live sketch hidden under that trench coat."
"Speaking of which, did you find anything on that spy in our village?"
"Yeah, he was working for Gato, but didn't know that the man was killed during the Wave Mission with Team Seven and Team Five as requested backup. He's locked up in prison for the rest of his life."
Most of the group continued watching events unfold.
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"Now then... no fighting whatsoever... those who do I will simply kill you, and toss your corpse out the window." A clap of thunder seemingly punctuated that statement, "and I do not care if you are of the last of any clan, or you demand respect because of your name. These are my rules. Failure to understand is elimination. Now, the First Exam... is written." He flashed his promises-of-death smile once more, which immediately cut off anyone from arguing or complaining, though Naruto scowled silently.
"Alright children... I will now explain the rules of the written exam." When he heard no one speak he continued, "The first rule to this test is you will all start with ten points, equal to the number of questions on the written exam. However, as you go through it, if you get answers wrong, one point is subtracted from the score. The second rule is that you and your team are together, as in real life. Depending on your combined score of all three of your teammates, it determines whether or not you and your teammates pass. So each team will compete to see how many points they can hold on to from the initial team total of thirty."
In response to Sephiroth's last claim, Sakura shouted out. "Hold on a minute! I don't understa-"
A shink of the blade immediately shut her up. Since she was sitting in the front row, Sephiroth was in reach of her. She looked about ready to faint because the blade's tip nearly cut into her. He was almost a blur, hardly anyone caught Sephiroth grab his sword. It was just too fast for them to catch up, not even Neji or Lee could track the movements of the man.
"I warned you little girl. You will get one warning, and then the next time you interrupt me I will skewer your heart and toss you to the mud outside, and it will be your fault your teammates failed the exam before it begun." Sakura flinched at the coldness in the man's voice, before he slowly removed the blade. Once he sets the blade back on the desk, her table split in half.
He snapped his fingers, and two of the Chunnin replaced it with another table from a scroll. "As I was saying before a certain banshee raised her voice..." He turned to face them, "the third rule for this test is anyone caught cheating during the exam by the Chunnin watching, will automatically have two points subtracted from your score."
The Chunnin dared not to make any facial movements; the Proctor was scarring even them. "The forth and final rule: anyone who loses his or her initial points during the exam, those who don't answer any at all correctly, or are caught five times cheating, will fail along with both their teammates, and I get to toss you out the window." He walked over to the window, and with the blade, made only four fast swishes before sitting the blade back in full view on the table, and then gently pushes his finger against the spot. Everyone stared as a large portion of the wall, glass panes included slid and crashed to the ground outside, "And since your ninja, you can survive a four story fall out the window... if you don't like it, tough luck. Life is a bitch, so deal with it."
He walked back to the comfortable chair that only a Kage can afford, and casually sat down, leaned back a bit, and crossed his arms over his chest. His calm but deadly smile was still displayed. He watched, as the clock on the wall ticked, to 11:59. It was quiet, the only sounds from the rain is heard, along with the occasional clap of thunder and flash of the lightning.
"You have an hour time limit." He glanced over at it, hanging over the door, as the minute hand soon clicked over to the number twelve position.
12:00.
"Begin." He reached into his coat, and pulled out a magazine called "Swords of All Design" and began to read quietly.
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"I think the live sketch is taking the interrogation-styled speech a little too closely," Asuma noted.
"It almost hurt Haruno Sakura," Kurenai spoke up, "but did you see how fast it was?"
"I had my Sharingan out, to keep a track on its chakra levels. She made it too well because I couldn't track the movement of the blade to when it stopped in front of one of my students."
Sarutobi Sasuke, the Hokage, looked over towards a woman wearing a trench coat. "Mitarashi Anko, I want you to wait at Gate 44. I told Adeleine to have Vincent out to escort those who passed Exam One to be taken there."
"Aw... poo," she pouted. Ibiki, Sekai, and Rin snickered.
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The test had gone into the thirty limit mark. Only half an hour before the exams ended. So far, only a few Genins got caught here and there, and so far, Sephiroth had literally tossed six teams out the window much to their dismay. That made the situation over the exams more nerve-wrecking. One Genin felt a hard grip on his shoulder, and what felt like claws digging into his shoulder. Nervously, he looked up, and caught the gaze of red eyes... Vincent's eyes; the golden gauntlet is what is gripping the now terrified Genin. "The fifth time... you're out. The same goes with your two teammates."
Screams were heard as his two teammates from Waterfall got tossed out the window by Sephiroth, before he was dragged out of his chair. Everyone watched as he screamed, before literally, getting booted out the window. Sephiroth smiled, as the Genin crashed into the nearby open dumpster which was unfortunately filled with smelling trash and soaking rain which made it worse.
"Nice punt..."
"Hmph... thank you."
Sephiroth's eye noticed the cat man-like Genin with the paint marks on his face raising his hand. "Yes?"
"Restroom," he said.
Sephiroth snapped his fingers, and one Chunnin escorted the teenager out of the room. Twenty-five minutes later, Sephiroth looked at the clock, and noticed that the limit was nearing, so he snapped his fingers, gathering the attention of those remaining. "Now then... for those who have finished, I am certain you noticed question ten..." He smiled, as he returned to his seat, and sat down.
"The reason for it is... I shall give you that question, right now." Pencils all snapped to the desks, Sephiroth grinned, "Good. I hope you enjoyed playing with your doll." Kankuro was frightened as he returned through the door at that moment minus the Chunnin, that he said nothing but quickly returned to his seat.
"Question Ten: Will you decide to take it or not?"
Seeing the confused looks, he elaborated. "If you decide to answer the question, but fail..." He jabbed a thumb to the open window, where the rain still fell, but the thunder and lightning more or less ceased. He smiled, "if you wish not to take the question, simply raise your hand and get a chance to actually walk out instead of getting tossed like spoiled food... at the acknowledgement of never entering another Chunnin Exam until death."
Many began to shout, but once Sephiroth grabbed the handle of the Masamune, everyone's mouths clamped shut. He stood up, and sheathes the blade very slowly, until the sword clicked shut. "Now... any takers...?"
For awhile, there was a dead silence, that the only noise was the soft rain from the open window. Sephiroth watched as a few more teams decide to cut loose and left on their own manpower instead of getting a ticket out the window. His cat-like eyes glowed softly as he eyed Haruno Sakura slowly about to raise her hand, until his ears perk up at the shout.
"Yo, Sakura, don't you dare raise your fucking hand! I'm not going to coward my way out of this exam! Even at the risk of getting killed by a psychopathic maniac!"
Naruto, you fucking idiot, Sasuke hissed mentally, for once feeling quiet scared about what would happen to the dobe. Sure he doesn't like Naruto, but he doesn't want to see the idiot get killed for shouting out at the psychopath standing before them all.
"Hmph..." A slow, but amusing chuckle left his lips, but he calmed down soon after and gazed upon Naruto, determination shining in his eyes, not to mention the facial expression.
"Well... Uzumaki Naruto... You are aware of what is at stake, correct? It is your very honor of the shinobi code."
"I'll do whatever it takes! I made it my dream to be the Hokage of the Hidden Leaf! So that I can make my parents proud of me, whoever they are, watching me from heaven..."
"I see..." He smiled one final time, "Pass."
It took only three slow seconds before a collective "WHAT!?" echoed. He kept smiling.
"What about the tenth question?" Ino asked.
"Oh... there never was a tenth question Yamanaka Ino. The entire test is to determine your skills as a shinobi. Information gathering... whether you got them right or wrong doesn't make a difference. Life is always deception, that is the shinobi way. To live for your life, for the people in your life, the village you serve... in hindsight: to be a shinobi, you must always be willing to take risks that could otherwise be the end of your life."
Vincent then pushed himself off the wall, as he walked towards the door. "Let's go kids," he said with a soft grunt, "the reason I'm here, is because I am the escort for the Second Exam."
"Vincent-san... I need to use the restroom," Adeleine spoke up, beginning her part.
"Do you know where Gate 44 is?" He asked her, knowing what the answer is. When she nodded he allowed her to leave and she did, "follow me kids." He walked off, and everyone began to follow after Vincent. Team Seven wondered why Adeleine's portrait was taking them to the Second Exam but Naruto knew, because Adeleine needed to collect Sephiroth once the classroom was devoid of life.
Sephiroth watched as every last Genin who survived left the academy, before the silver-haired man poofed into smoke. There under the table was a sketching of Sephiroth, which Adeleine returned to grab, as she left a different way to go back home, and plan to frame one of her finer works of art instead of risking any battle damage. Then, she went to Gate 44, collecting Vincent half-way into his portrait after he brought the kids to Gate 44.
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A woman in a brown trench coat, in a fishnet shirt, a barely legal skirt, and boots, grinned at the Genin that gathered at the Gates leading to the Forest of Death. Though, from where they, all seventy-eight people left in the Chunnin Exams, were standing it didn't look too much like a training ground. In hindsight, it looked like the devil's playground in disguise of a giant forest, with trees that rivaled the size of the some the buildings seen in Konoha. All in all: the place looked rather menacing to most people in the crowd.
"I'm Mitarashi Anko, the Second Proctor for this exam! This is second stage for the Chunnin exam, Training Area 44: Also known as the Forest of Death," said Anko in a menacing tone.
"… Looks fun," said Naruto, while trying to not show how nervous he was at the moment. He was still a rookie after all.
"It is... and you're about to see why it's called the Forest of Death," answered Anko with a grin.
"Oh yeah? Just kiss my ass, lady. This little forest doesn't scare me," Naruto retorted.
Anko just continued to grin at him. The next thing Naruto knew, she had thrown a kunai at him which grazed his cheek. That was also when he felt a hand grip his head to hold him still while a tongue went to lick the blood off his cheek. Adeleine snarled at seeing the woman lick Naruto's cheek. Anko caught this and smiled.
"Kids like you are the first to be killed," said the woman as she happily licked up his blood, "Yup the first to spill this lovely red blood I love so much... oh I'm sorry, am I in your boyfriend's personal space?"
The woman watched in amusement as the boy in her grasp was shocked speechless at her speed and a tad freaked at her licking his blood. She noted, with a bit of disappointment, that the cut she had given him was already healing up.
"Hands of him you slut!" She snapped, causing her teammates to stare at her in bewilderment, the other Leaf-nins to stare in shock, and Daisuke to arc an eyebrow.
She was in shock, and Naruto got yanked out from her grasp by Adeleine, who continued to glare at the woman. Before she could say anything in replying to the word the otherwise brave Genin said, she felt a presence behind her and drew another kunai... to face a woman with a sakkat and an overly long tongue holding out a kunai with said tongue... which got batted into a tree in her rage at being called a slut.
"Back off," Anko snapped before taking going over and getting her kunai back from the tree it lodged into, "Though next time, I would recommend that you don't sneak up on me, unless of course you have a death wish."
"Sorry I don't, its just I get excited whenever I see blood. Besides you cut a bit of my precious hair and I couldn't help myself."
This improved her mood a bit, though she snuck a glare at Mango Adeleine. "Well, I guess we got a lot of blood thirsty ninjas this year. This could be fun, unlike last time." Anko reached into her trench coat, and pulled out a stack of papers from one of the pockets.
"Before we begin the second exam I need you all to sign these forms. There'll be deaths in this exam and if you don't sign them, it'll be my responsibility. I don't really like dealing with paperwork, it's too fucking troublesome for me." Shikamaru sneezed, "But before you do that, I'm going to explain the second exam...."
She went into a detailed explanation about the course of the second exam, the rules of the game, and the like. Each team would be given a random scroll of either Heaven or Earth, while the teams also handed in their forms of responsibility. She also explained that if at any time they were opened during the course of the exams, well... she didn't explain, but madly grinned that frightened a few of them. When Chouji complained about food, she said to either go cannibal on each other or hunt for their own food.
"This is a survival exam! All I can say is to survive and hope you're still alive after five days! In the center of the forest there is a large tower-like building. That is the destination once a team has both scrolls of Heaven and Earth. Further instructions you get there. Now then... line up you shitheads!"
After everything was settled, the gates snapped open, and the Second Chunnin Exams began. For the next five days, Team Seven would get attacked by Orochimaru, who then escaped after marking Uchiha Sasuke, but was disappointed that Uzumaki Naruto wasn't part of Team Seven. A dead body would soon be found on Day Four, a spy for Orochimaru who gave the Sannin misinformation. Team Five would come to their rescue, along with Teams Ten, Nine, and Eight, and Sasuke would be knocked out before all of them but Team Nine decided to travel to the tower together, and pass the exams.