This is a challenge from Storylover213. I don't own any of it.
Chapter 7: Throw down in the forest of death!
The first exam went rather quickly. All the genin present had to take a written test. If they got a failing grade not only were they forbidden from continuing, but the rest of the team couldn't continue either. They were also informed that if one member of the team was caught cheating the entire team was dismissed. They had at least 2 hours to finish the test.
Even through it was against the rule all the genin had to cheat one way or another.
Sakrua didn't have to cheat because she had actually studied.
Sasuke managed to get glances at the answers from the guy sitting next to him.
Ami studied as well so she didn't have any need to cheat.
Ten-Ten used a series of mirrors guided by nearly invisible ninja wire to send the answers to her teammate Lee.
Neji used his Byakugan to see the answers of someone behind him.
Ino used her mind transfer jutsu to switch with Sakura and memorized her answers.
Shikimaru, being the genius that he was, finished quickly then used his shadow possession jutsu to take over Chouji's body and gave him the answers.
Hinata used her Byakugan the same way Neji did.
Shino had a fly roll around the room and get answers before relaying them to him.
Kiba had Akamaru read the answers of the guy in front of him.
Temari didn't need to study as she was actually smart.
Kankuro switched himself with a puppet and had it memorize the questions.
Gaara formed an eye with his sand and had it memorized answers from one of the other genin after he used a bit more sand to make him shut his eyes.
Over the course of the two hours multiple teams were thrown out by being caught cheating.
When the two hours were up Ibiki said, "Okay maggots time for the final question. Now you have a choice you can take this question or not. If you choose not to you can try again next year. If you take it and miss it, however, then you are forbidden from taking the exams in this village ever again!"
This was actually a major bluff since the man didn't have that kind of authority in the village. The genin didn't know that and immediately felt nervous. Some of them chickened out and left. Others, mainly the Konoha teams, the Suna team, the Kusa team, the Oto (sound) team, and a lot of other teams not really worth mentioning at the time.
"Okay," Ibiki said, "Are you all sure you want to continue?"
After getting a confirmation from all of them the man said, "Congratulations you pass."
Cue jaw dropping and the sounds of pencils hitting the desk.
"What do you mean we pass?" Kankuro said, "What about the final question."
Ibiki answered, "There was no final question. This whole things was a test on how well you could gather information without getting caught. The other aspect was how well you did while suffering from psychological torture."
The man then undid his bandana revealed his head which was covered in scars and puncture wounds. Everyone grimaced at the sight of the wounds on his head.
"How you cope with torture can affect the outcome of a mission," Ibiki said, "You need to be willing to take eh secrets of your village to the grave. Now then the next proctor should-"
The man was cut off when a large black object crashed through the window and spread out revealing a banner that read "Behold the proctor of the second exam! The sexy and shocking single Anko Mitarashi!
There was a large puff of smoke revealing Anko in all her glory. The guys blushed and leered at her while the girls seemed to glare at her for being so provocatively dressed.
Anko looked out among the group and said, "There are so many of these brats left Ibiki. Are you starting to lose your touch."
Ibiki said, "I haven't started losing my touch Anko. Besides we have a few special cases this year."
Anko simply shrugged before saying, "Don't worry your scarred head. I'll cut the amount of maggots in half by the time the second part is over. Okay runts follow me to the next exam."
The genin shifted uneasily and started to follow the woman. They eventually came to a large training area which was nothing new. What was new though was the fact that there was a large forest that looked more like a jungle. The place was surrounded by fences with warning signs and topped with barbed wire. Everyone was freaked out even more when what looked like a freakishly large centipede came out from the underbrush and gnashed its mandibles menacingly.
"Welcome to training ground 44," Anko said with a sadistic grin, "Otherwise known as the forest of death. This exam will be a survival exam. When instructed each team will get a scroll. If you have an earth scroll you need to get a heaven scroll and vice versa. When you gain both scrolls you are to head to the tower located in the exact center of the forest. Under no circumstances are you allowed to open the scrolls while inside the forest. You also have a time limit of five days. Is that understood?"
The special jonin got nods of confirmation.
"Good. Now get your scrolls and go to your appointed gates."
With their objectives in mind each team went to a nearby shack that was covered up so no one would know what scroll they had. Team 7 had an heaven scroll. Upon leaving the teams went to their gates and waited.
Anko's voice sounded over an intercom as she said, "Okay maggots the second exam has officially begun!"
The gates flew open and each team entered the deadly forest.
A few minutes after running in team 7 stopped and landed on a branch.
"Okay," Sasuke said, "We're going to need a plan here. I suggest we wait here and try and capture a team."
Ami nodded as she pulled out a scroll and unsealed it revealing a bunch of tools, wood, ninja wire, and a few other things.
"Good thing that I'm a fast worker," Ami said as she cracked her knuckles and got straight to work.
A few minutes later…
The three genin were simply sitting around when a trio o Ame nin wearing yellow jumpsuits and breathers landed around them.
"Apparently Konoha is just as arrogant as we thought," the leader said, "Looks like we got easy pickings boys."
The three then ran at the Konoha genin. They would have continued running, but they hit a carefully placed trip line.
The dirt in front of them gave way and a huge platform with multiple spikes shot up.
"Scatter!" the one with his ears covered yelled.
The three split in different directions. The one with his eyes covered stepped in a pile of leaves and wound up tied up in a pretty effective ninja wire net. He would have moved, but if he did move a lot the wire would cut him.
The one with his ears covered jumped on a pile of leaves too, but he fell through a hole that was very well covered and placed. The impact at the bottom of the shaft broke the Ame nin's leg.
The third one, however, wasn't as dumb as his partners and ran at his enemies directly. He apparently thought that this was going to be easy. He was proven wrong when he was slammed in the stomach by Sakura's fist, cut across the back by Sasuke's naginata, and then electrocuted by a sudden burst of lightning chakra from Ami.
The boy fell to the ground with a thud.
"Good work," Sakura said, "Now lets see what they got."
Fortunately for them the Ame team had an earth scroll.
"Now lets get out of here before something else goes horribly wrong," Ami said as she placed the scrolls they had in her bag before they ran off.
They would have done so in haste if not for the fact that a giant snake came out of nowhere and tried to turn them into a menu item. The group quickly dispersed to avoid the snake. Sakura and Sasuke took out some kunai with explosive notes tied to the ends. The pair threw them at the snake piercing its scaly hide. They stood for a few seconds before going off. The snake hissed in agony.
The three then decided to get out of there since there may be more than one of those nasty things around.
They basically ran for what they thought would be the center of the forest. Good thing too because they wre actually heading for the center of the forest.
Meanwhile…
Naruto winced in disgust as he looked down at a trio of bodies. They were three Kusa nin who looked like they had their faces melted off.
"Yuck," Naruto said, "Who the heck could have done this?"
Next to him Anko scowled and said, "No doubt about it. This is his jutsu."
Naruto looked at his fellow jonin confused before the purple haired woman made a dash for the forest of death.
"Anko!" Naruto yelled out as she ran.
The boy mentally cursed before running after the woman.
Back in the forest of death…
Sasuke panted heavily as he kneeled before this woman. If he could call her that.
He and his team had been attacked by a single Kusa nin. She displayed incredible strength and prowess that were far above that of a genin. Sasuke wasn't really that surprised at this since a jonin was in fact a person his own age.
Sakura and Ami were off to the side cowering. The woman had unleashed a vicious amount of killing intent that had the three frozen in fear. Naruto may have trained them to be strong, but he never trained them to go into a fight like this. Sasuke had managed to break through the fear by stabbing himself in the leg with a kunai.
The boy had tried to fight her off using a few tricks and one of his fire jutsu, but it didn't work very well as she had replaced herself with a mud clone.
The Kusa nin seemed a little confused when Sasuke didn't try to activate his Sharingan during the entire duration of the battle. While Sasuke's teammates were currently incapacitated the woman walked over to the Uchiha and moved his neck to the side revealing the seal that was suppressing his Sharingan.
'Damn!' the woman thought, 'I can't believe the old monkey sealed away his bloodline! I knew I should have studied more about seals! Oh well. I can always take him back to the village and learn from there.'
Just as the woman was about to grab the Uchiha a familiar voice cried out.
"Hidden Shadow Snakes!"
A pair of snakes shot out of nowhere and nearly took the woman's arm off. The girl jumped back and drove her legs into the tree branch before glaring angrily at the Anko who was glaring at the her.
"Drop the charade pal," the snake user growled, "I know who you are!"
The Kusa genin chuckled slightly before reaching up to her face and ripping it off like a mask. When it was gone the new face was pale with yellow eyes and purple makeup under the eyes.
"Anko-chan," the now revealed Orochimaru said, "How long has it been?"
Anko yelled, "Shut up! You're going to pay for what you did to me!"
Anko launched herself at the man and smashed her fist into the man's jaw. Orochimaru didn't even flinch before smashing his own fist into Anko's stomach and sent her flying back.
"You couldn't beat me before Anko-chan," the snake sage said, "What makes you think you can beat me now?"Orochimaru turned to the Uchiha only to find him gone as well as his teammates. The next thing the pale man new he was sent flying away by a punch that felt like it was from Tsunade.
Orochimaru caught himself glared at the offender. His look turned from angry to shock when he saw Naruto standing there his brown eyes turning blue.
Orochimaru chuckled and asked, "Who is this Anko-chan? An apprentice? A new plaything maybe?"
Anko snarled at the man and sent a fierce glare his way.
Naruto said, "So you're the snake sannin. In all honesty I thought you would be more impressive. Anyway as a ninja of Konoha I have to bring you down! This is also payback for you ruining the image of the great and talented Michael Jackson!"Orochimaru snarled before shooting forward and attempting to smash his fist into the disrespectful blonde's face. He was shocked when Naruto ducked under his punch and his eyes turne dgreen.
"Great Whirlwind!"
A sudden gust of razor harp wind knocked the man upward and sent him flying upward while cutting him all over.
The blonde's eyes turned red and he yelled, "Overheat!"
A huge blast of white hot flames fired from the boy's mouth and nearly burned the snake sannin to a crisp. Fortunately for the snake sannin he switched with a nearby log. When Orochimaru appeared again Anko shot out and wrapped the man up in snakes.
Naruto charged again with his eyes glowing brown and a powerful punch cracked his jaw sending him into the side of a tree. As Orochimaru's vision started to clear he saw Naruto going through a lot of hand signs while his eyes glowed brown.
"Earth Style: Ultimate Technique: Wrath of Asura!"
The arth started to focus around Naruto. The stones formed armor around the boy's hands, forearms, legs and feet. They also formed two extra pairs of arms on his back situated on his shoulder blades.
Naruto let out a roar of fury and started unleashing a vicious beat down on the pale man. The beateing continued for a few minutes until the armor on Naruto's legs shattered followed by the extra arm pairs. Down to his own two fists Naruto repeatedly punched the man until the armor on one arm broke. Naruto then drew back his arm and focused all the earth chakra he could. He then let out a fierce yell as he slammed the fist Orochimaru's body and sent the man flying straight through the tree.
The man crashed into the forest floor forming a crater.
Naruto slumped over and breathed hard for a second. Anko went over to him and caught him. The purple haired woman asked, "What happened to the kids? Did those three run of?"
Naruto answered, "I had some shadow clones take them to the tower. I think they deserve to pass for going head to head with the snake sannin and getting out of it with a few scratches and some mental trauma. If I were in their shoes I'd be lucky to get out alive."
The snake using woman nodded in understanding before heading for the tower herself.
Meanwhile down in the crater something shifted. A medium sized white snake appeared and slithered out of the crater. The snake looked in the direction and thought, 'With the Sharingan temporarily sealed away I might need to find a new body. That blonde boy…might just be what I'm looking for.'
After that thought the snake slithered off into the underbrush.
Cut! Sorry for the short chapter people, but I tend to be with the Chuunin exam chapters. I decided to show how Ami was coming along in her trap making and she is actually going very well. As you can see Sasuke has apparently been humbled due to his Sharingan being sealed away. Will he stay good or will he eventually turn to the dark side? You'll find out won't you? Okay bye.
