Author's Note: Naruto nor the characters of the story belong to me unfortunately and belong rather to Kishimoto Masashi. All I am doing is writing another version of his story according to my creative vision.
Wow! 28 reviews for 7 chapters? That's more than I expected but it shows that I'm doing something good.
Oboro-Kun: Yes, I did use your idea because it was such a good one and the more I thought about it, the more it made sense. Thanks man.
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Time for the story!
Previously on Namikaze Hokage...
Naruto was running at high speed through the forest in order to get to his friends when he suddenly stop as he saw someone appear a few feet ahead of him.
"Gaara." Naruto said.
"It's nice to meet you again, Namikaze Naruto." Gaara said with a smile.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked, as Gaara was the last person he wanted to face.
"I sensed your jutsu and saw that you've gotten much stronger from last time which is good because as of right now, Naruto, I really want to kill you." Gaara said and licked his lips.
Sasuke and Sakura were hidden in a tree a short distance away, both ready for an attack.
"Sasuke, are you all right?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke nodded, looking back in the direction they had come from for signs of pursuit. Sakura heard a noise and saw a giant snake near them.
"Sasuke! A snake!" Sakura yelled out.
Sasuke turned around and saw the snake and both quickly leaped out of the way.
"I was so distracted that I couldn't even hear it coming? Damn it, I have to get a hold of myself!" Sasuke growled and then tossed a couple of shurikens at the snake.
"Ninpou! Sakura No Mai! (Ninja Art: Dance of the Blossoms!)" Sakura yelled out and then some of her hair turn into petals that quickly carve up the snake.
Sasuke and Sakura both breathed a sigh of relief until a part of the snake's neck started to rise. Both genin watched in horror as the snake's skin split and the Grass shinobi rose out of the carcass.
"You guys shouldn't relax for even a moment. Prey should always be trying their best to run away, in the presence of a predator, that is," said the Grass shinobi and licked his lips.
Namikaze Hokage
Chapter 8: My name is Orochimaru
"Alert second test examiner Mitarashi Anko. Tell her we got a situation here." Said one of the chuunin examiners as they found three dead bodies near some Buddha statues.
"Yes." Another one with glasses replied and then left.
"Those three dead bodies, what the hell do you think may have happened?" Another said.
"Whatever it was, it's definitely going to cause some problems." The one who found the bodies replied as he scratched the back of his head.
"Yum, nothing is better than dango and juice. Now, once I'm done, I think I'll head back to the tower since in this program, the faster ones will be done in 24 hours." Anko said. She then threw a senbon into the three and then said, "Leaf Village Mark complete." as the senbons she threw over time looked like the leaf village's mark.
"Big trouble, Anko-sama." The examiner with glasses said as he arrived.
"What is it?" Anko asked.
"Bodies...three of them and they don't look normal either. You have to come!" The examiner replied
Anko nodded and before left to go to the crime scene.
"After examining their papers and personal items, they seem to be the Kusakagure shinobis that entered this exam and you can see, they have no faces, as if they were melted off." The one that found them explained.
'No mistaking it, this jutsu is his but why is he here, at the exam?' Anko asked in her head.
"Show me the picture of these three!" Anko ordered and when the examiners did, she immediately recognized the one she saw back when she was instructing the genins.
'So at that time, he was already there.' Anko thought.
"This is bad! Report this to the Hokage immediately!" Anko ordered.
"Huh?" The examiners said.
"Send some ANBU captains to the forest of death! I'm going after them right now." Anko said.
"Who the hell are you? What the fuck do you want with us?" Sasuke asked.
"My my, what a potty mouth." The Kusa-nin said.
"Answer me!" Sasuke yelled.
"I simply want your scroll and your life, boy." The man answered.
"You want our scroll, is that it? Well, you can have it then." Sasuke said, shocking Sakura.
"Sasuke, are you insane? If we give him the scroll then we'll never pass the exam!" Sakura yelled at the Uchiha.
"Shut the hell up, Sakura! If we don't give it to him, he'll just kill us and then we'll never get another chance!" Sasuke yelled, and then was about to give the scroll when he suddenly began to reminisce.
Flashback:
"Why, aniki? Why did you kill everyone for?" 8-year old Sasuke asked his older brother Itachi, who was dressed in his anbu uniform.
"Because...I wanted to test my capacity." Itachi replied without an hint of emotion.
End Flashback:
"To test his capacity...that's why he killed them all. How can I hope to make him pay for killing them if I simply give up in the face of death." Sasuke said.
"What are you saying?" The Kusa-nin smirked.
"What I'm saying is that I have a goal and that is to kick his ass, and if it means going through you, then I will fight you!" Sasuke said, and then gave the scroll to his teammate, "Sakura! I want you to leave now and find Naruto and get the scrolls we need to pass." Sasuke said.
"No way, let me stay and help, I'm not weak." Sakura protested.
"This isn't about that, it's about doing what is needed to move on. Right now, finding Naruto and getting the scrolls are more important. If you stay here, then you are more likely to die as well." Sasuke replied.
"What about you? I won't abandon my teammate." Sakura said, refusing to leave.
"Listen, this is my decision, and besides, I don't plan on dying. Now, go find Naruto and get the scrolls, please Sakura." Sasuke pleaded. Sakura gripped the scroll and nodded before leaving.
"So, you decided to stay in order to stall me? How noble of you." The Kusa-nin said, 'It looks like I will be able to test his abilities after all.' The Kusa nin said mentally.
"Whatever, let's just dance." Sasuke said with his Sharingan flaring and two tomoes and then started to hop like Bruce Lee and then disappeared and reappeared behind the Kusa-nin and threw a punch but the nin caught it and threw him.
Sasuke recovered and then rushed toward the nin and threw a volley of punches to which he blocked. The Kusa-nin retaliated with a roundhouse kick but Sasuke was one step ahead and knocked him in the air with his right leg and then went up and perform his Shi Shi Rendan, but instead of using the final attack on the nin's stomach, he used it on his neck, and basically slammed him hard on the ground, breaking his neck. Or so it would seem as the kusa-nin turned into mud.
"Kawarini!" Sasuke gasped. Then the real kusa-nin ran up behind him and punched him in the face, sending him to a tree.
"My, my, Sasuke. I hoped that wasn't all you could do." The kusa-nin said as he walked toward the boy but then an explosion occured near his legs, causing him to stumble.
'What the? He must have put explosive notes when I struck him!' The kusa-nin thought.
"Now you're mine! Uchiharyu: Shoryuu! (Uchiha Style: Rising Dragon)" Sasuke said and then punches the kusa-nin extremely hard in the stomach twice that makes the kusa-nin cough out some spit and follows by a rising punch to the chin (basically Ryu's Shin Shoryuken for you SF fans), lifting both in the air.
"Ryuu Senpuu!" Sasuke yells and then delivers his version of the Konoha Senpuu, knocking the kusa-nin to a tree. He then takes out some wires and quickly pins the kusa-nin to the tree.
'A sharingan triple windmill attack!' The kusa-nin thought.
"Katon: Ryuuka No Jutsu! (Fire Element: Fire Dragon Technique)" Sasuke yelled, and then shot flames that advanced through the wires and struck the nin, making him scream in agony.
' I did it, it's all over now.' Sasuke thought as he breathed heavily.
But unfortunately, he was wrong as the kusa-nin freed himself from the wires and then did a seal, and Sasuke began to scream in agony.
'How did he survive all this? He should be dead.' Sasuke said in disbelief in his head.
"You're definitely worthy of the Uchiha blood, and you're definitely his brother. In fact, I might say that you eyes are keener than his." The kusa-nin said, with a part of his face melted off, oddily enough revealing a gray-skinned face.
"Who the hell are you? What do you want?" Sasuke asked he struggled to shrug off the paralysis technique.
"My name is Orochimaru, and as to what I want, it will have to wait." Orochimaru said.
"Then leave me alone!" Sasuke roared.
"Oh, but of course, but before I leave, let me give you a parting gift, Sasuke-kun." Orochimaru grinned and then did a seal and his neck stretched up toward Sasuke and then bit him on the neck, making the boy yell in pain. When He finished, he retreated his neck, and a mark appeared near the bite mark. Then, Sasuke yelled in pain and stumbled on his knees.
"What did you to me?" Sasuke asked as he was in terrible pain.
"Like I said, I left you a parting gift, a gift that will make you come to me, in search of power." Orochimaru explained.
"Fuck you if you think I'll ever come to you for power." Sasuke growled.
"Oh but you will, Sasuke. It's in your soul. Hmm, until next time, Sasuke-kun. Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha." Orochimaru said and then laughed as he melted into the ground. Sasuke then began to howl in pain and was about to fall into unconsciousness but before he did, he heard someone say, "yare yare dase."
"K...Kyo-senpai." Sasuke said and then fell unconscious.
Sakura was running in the forest when suddenly, she stopped as she heard Sasuke's scream.
"Sasuke. I have to hurry and find Naruto-kun before it's too late." Sakura said and then sped up.
"I don't have time for this! Now move!" Naruto said to the sand boy.
"I'm sorry but I just can't do that. You see, I came all this way just to kill you, Naruto. It would be a bad idea to leave like that without tasting your blood. Besides, what's the rush?" Gaara asked.
"I don't have time to mess with you! I have to find my nakama." Naruto exclaimed .
"Nakama? Why look for your nakama?" Gaara asked confused.
"Because they might be in danger and need my help, that's why!" Naruto growled, getting irritated by this sand shinobi.
"Well then, if you're nakama are in danger then that means they're weak, and if they're weak then they should die." Gaara smiled.
"What did you just say?" Naruto asked angrily as he clenched his fists.
"Well, it is true. In this world, only the strong live and those who are weak deserve to die, it's really that simple Naruto." Gaara said.
"How can you say such nonsense? What about your teammates! Don't they mean anything to you?" Naruto asked, a bit unnerved by this boy.
"I never had any friends ever since the day I was born. These so-called teammates or siblings of mine are nothing more than mere pawns that I need for this test." Gaara replied coldly.
"What is wrong with you?" Naruto asked.
'Wrong with me? I should ask what's wrong with you. You're strong and yet you want to protect those weaker than you. I just don't get it, especially when you are a jinchuuriki." Gaara said.
"Jinchuuriki? How did you know that?" Naruto asked.
"How? That's because I'm a Jinchuuriki as well and we Jinchuuriki can smell each other hence why I want to kill you. I want to prove that I am the stronger Jinchuuriki, simple as that." Gaara explained.
'So not only is he crazy and strong but also a container like myself?' Naruto said mentally.
"Now come on, all this talk is boring me. I want you to fight me now, Naruto." Gaara said, and then took the cork from his gourd, and then sand started to leak from it.
'He's not going to let me go until I fight him. Guess I have no choice.' Naruto concluded mentally, "Alright, I will fight you." Naruto said, and then did his seal for the Kage Bushin and then spawned 10 clones, who all headed toward Gaara.
"Too easy. Suna Shuriken" Gaara smirked and then small sand spikes headed toward the clones and struck them. But then Gaara's eyes widened as he saw Naruto finishing his seals for his jutsu.
"Fuuton: Kaze Ha Otoshi No Jutsu!" Naruto yelled out and then shot his wind blast technique at Gaara but the latter smirked and then his sand comes up in front of him and blocks Naruto's attack.
'What in the world? His sand just came up on its own and blocked his attack? Is that an ultimate defense?' Naruto asked mentally.
"Is that all?" Gaara asked.
"No. Fuuton: Rokujyuu Kaze Ha! (Wind Element: 64 wind waves!)" Naruto yelled and then did his Kaze Ha Otoshi sixty four times, unleashing sixty four blasts, but Gaara's sand blocks all of them.
"So that sand of yours, is it an ultimate defense?" Naruto asked.
"Hmm, you can say that since it protects me from all attacks." Gaara said.
"No defense is invincible, I'll find a way to break it! Fuuton: Shippu Ha No Jutsu (Wind Element: Hurricane Wave Technique)!" Naruto yells out and unleashes a high-speed hurricane at Naruto from his right fist at Gaara.
'That technique! My sand won't be able to block it completely.' Gaara said as he prepared to block the attack. The attack then struck Gaara and then make a huge explosion, taking out many trees.
"Did I get him?" Naruto asked.
The smoke cleared and Gaara stood, but his face was crumbling to the floor like sand for some reason and then his face looked clean again.
"What in the world?" Naruto asked, shocked.
"That was pretty good Naruto but not good enough. Now, it's my turn. Sand Spikes!" Gaara said and then spiked sand rose toward Naruto who jumps back to avoid them but then Gaara smirked and turned the spiked sand into a fist that punched Naruto right in the gut, knocking him into a tree.
"Eat this!" Gaara said and then multiple sand fists rose from the ground and then started to punch Naruto all over his body, making him cough blood.
Now, to finish this. Sabaku Kyuu." Gaara said and then sand fists wrap around Naruto.
"Now, let me your blood, Naruto! Sabaku Sou..." Gaara began to say but then was kicked hard by someone, and sent crashing down. Naruto, unconscious now, was about to fall to the ground when he was suddenly picked up by someone wearing a black cloak.
"Who's there?" Gaara roared as he stood back up angrily only to find himself alone.
"No! Where is my prey? My prey?!" Gaara roared.
"Gaara!" Temari said as she and Kankurou arrived on the scene.
"We've got the scrolls, Gaara. We can go back to the tower." Kankurou said.
"Hmm, it seems you guys are not as useless as I previously thought. Alright let's go, besides, I already had my fun." Gaara said with as wicked smile and then started to walk, followed by his sibilings.
'What does he mean by that? Did he already kill someone?' Kankurou asked mentally.
The person with the black cloak was traveling fast around the forest with Naruto in their arms when they suddenly run past Sakura.
'Hey, that was Naruto-kun?" Sakura said, and then changed course to follow that person, "Hey wait, that's my teammate!" Sakura said. The cloaked person then stopped and turned around to face Sakura.
"So he is your teammate? That's good to hear, he needs medical attention as soon as possible." The person said and juding by their voice, it was a female as old as Kurenai.
"What happened to him?" Sakura asked as she was horrified to see Naruto like this as he was covered with bruises all over his body.
"He was fighting an opponent that proved too difficult for him but don't worry, he's still alive." The woman said to reassure the girl.
"Thank you very much miss, but who are you?" Sakura asked.
"You'll find out another time." The woman said and then ran off.
"Naruto-kun don't worry, I'll take care of you but first, we have to find Sasuke. I hope he's okay." Sakura said as she thought back to her teammate, and then headed back to where he was.
'So, that was your son huh, big sister.' The girl said mentally.
'Why, why is here?' Anko asked mentally as she ran through the forest while Orochimaru was resurfacing from the a tree.
'He's close, I can feel him.' Anko thought as she sped up. She then then arrived at the spot where Orochimaru resurfaced.
"Ah, Anko. It's so nice to see you after all those years." Orochimaru said.
"This is no time to reminisce. You're an S-class missing-nin and it's fitting that I am the one to finish you off since after all, you're the one who taught me everything."Anko smirked.
"Now, that's amusing." Orochimaru replied, getting a rise out of the girl as she took out three needles. She was about to throw them when Orochimaru shot out his ridiculous tongue. She was able to avoid by jumping out of the way but then it reached her and grabbed the hand in which she was holding the needles and pulled her down but she was able to land on her feet.
"Sei'jasu (Hidden Snake Hands)" Anko yelled and then snakes materialized from inside the sleeve out of her trapped arm and then headed toward Orochimaru and grabbed him and she then pulled him back and smacked him into the tree and placed her left hand on his right hand and pinned it to the tree by stabbing through with a kunai.
"Ah I got you. Now, let me borrow that hand out of your for just a sec." Anko grinned and then used Orochimaru's left hand and started to do seals with it using her right hand along with his left hand.
"That hand seal..." Orochimaru said as he recognized it.
"That's right, you and I are going to die together. Ninpou: Twin Snake Sacrifice..." Anko began to say but was cut off by the laughing of Orochimaru.
"What's so funny?" Anko asked.
"What's so funny is that you will die alone, Anko my dear." Orochimaru said as he then turned into mud.
"That was my kawarini." Orochimaru said as he appeared behind Anko and then took off the face he was using, revealing his real one. He then started to laugh at her misfortune, "Of course, you're one of the elites now, huh? Would look bad if you were using a technique I taught you." Orochimaru said as he walked toward her.
Anko takes her kunai out of her hand and throws at Orochimaru, who catches it between his two fingers. Orochimaru then smirked and does a seal, and Anko falls to the ground as she was clutching something on her neck.
"Why are you here? Are you here to assassinate Hokage-sama?" Anko asked.
"Killing that old geezer will take more followers. I came here for something more simplistic. You see, I heard that Uchiha Sasuke, the last of his clan, was participating at this year's exam and thus I just had to see him for more own eyes. When I did, I was so impressed that I decided to mark him with the curse seal." Orochimaru replied.
"The curse seal? Are you insane? That boy won't survive!" Anko said.
"That is true, there is only a 2 chance that anyone can survive the seal but that boy will definitely survive because his need for revenge will allow him to. What's the matter, are you jealous, jealous that this boy has more potential than you? Are you still sad that I threw you away like trash, huh Anko?" Orochimaru asked.
"You won't get away with this!" Anko said.
"And what will you do about it? Hmm, don't worry, I am not going to do anything else for now, however, if the Hokage or anyone decides to cancel this exam, I will attack this village and destroy it. Hmm, until next time, Anko." Orochimaru said and then disappeared, leaving Anko all by herself.
In one clearing, Neji, Tenten, and Lee were relaxing slightly. '
"The sun should be up in less than an hour," Neji said and then continued, "We've spent a day gathering provisions to supplement what was in our packs. Most teams are resting, making this the best time to attack and steal their scrolls. Let's split up and spend 20 minutes scouting the area. But, whether you find another team or not, we return here in 30 minutes, got it?" Neji finished talking and he stabbed a kunai into the ground point first.
"Okay," Tenten said.
"Roger!" Lee said as he saluted Neji. All three of the genin leapt off in different directions.
Meanwhile, Team 7 were in another clearing not too far from Neji's team. Sakura had put the two boys on the ground in a small cave-like entrance so that they could rest while she looked over them.
'What happened to Sasuke? And who were those two?' Sakura asked herself mentally as she remembered finding Sasuke on the floor and a guy who looked like him but older sitting next to him, smoking. That man nodded and then disappeared. Then there was also that woman she found when looking for Naruto.
'If only I was strong enough, then maybe those two wouldn't have been so badly injured.' Sakura thought.
On the edge of the clearing, three figures peered over the bushes at Team Seven. The sound nin trio had finally found their targets.
"Heh heh, there they are!" Dosu said, the one with the bandages, "As Orochi-sama commanded, we attack at daybreak. Our target is Uchiha Sasuke!"
"If the other two get in our way we can kill them, right?" Zaku, the other boy asked.
"Of course," Dosu replied.
Dawn broke over and Sakura was a bit dweary but still awake. She had healed the boys of their wounds and they were both sleeping peacefully. She then suddenly heard a rustling sound, and took out her kunai in case of danger, only to find a squirrel.
"Hmm, only a squirrel. Huh?" Sakura said as she noticed coming over. She then frowned and threw a kunai at the squirrel, making it stop and go back.
'Someone planted an explosive on that squirrel but who?' Sakura said mentally.
"I thought for sure that would have worked. Did you think she saw it?" Zaku growled.
"No, that's not it," Dosu said.
"What do you mean, Dosu?" Zaku asked.
"We'll probably find out when we get closer, so, let's go!" Dosu said as he cleared the bushes in front of him and then they jumped in.
"Who are you two?" Sakura asked.
"Us? There's no need for you to know who we are, all we want is Sasuke." Dosu said.
"Sasuke? Why, what do you want with him?" Sakura asked as she prepared to defend her comrade.
"Our master, Orochimaru, told us to find Sasuke and fight and to kill anyone who gets in your way which means you little girl. So, if you don't to die, move." Zaku said.
"Why don't you make me, asshole?" Sakura smirked.
"That's it, I'm going to kill her then Sasuke." Zaku said and started to walk toward her when Dosu stopped him.
"Wait Zaku," Dosu told his teammate.
"Huh? Why?" Zaku asked.
Dosu walked forward and knelt down. "You're not very good, a recently overturned stone, different colored dirt, grass were it would never grow," he said as he felt the ground. Sakura froze as Dosu lifted up a part of the ground and continued, "A booby trap is pointless unless it goes unnoticed."
"Pft, stupid," Zaku smirked.
"So the kunai you threw earlier was to keep the squirrel from springing the trap?" Dosu asked. "Kill her!" He ordered.
All three sound shinobi leapt into the air, at which point Sakura's face grew a smirk that. With a quick flick of Sakura's kunai, a wire was severed and a giant log swung down towards the shinobi in mid-air.
"Another trap above? No!" Dosu exclaimed. As the log swung closer, the bandaged shinobi slammed his arm with the metal device on it against the log. With a loud BAM, the log exploded before it could hit the three sound shinobi, causing Sakura to gasp. She hadn't thought sound waves could be so powerful.
"Frankly speaking, you have very little talent. People like you have to work harder. A weakling like you shouldn't mess with guys like us!" yelled Dosu.
"Hmm, actually, I have more talent than you think." Sakura smirked.
Then, all three ninjas found themselves in Sakura's Senbonzakura genjutsu.
"What? A genjutsu? That means those traps were just diversions in order for her to activate her genjutsu! That girl's tougher than she looks." Dosu said and they then cancel the genjutsu.
"Ninpou: Senbonzakura No Mai" Sakura yells out and then 1000 cherry petals head toward the trio.
"Like petals are going to hurt us." Zaku smirked.
"Zaku! Those aren't normal petals! Blast them now!" Dosu warned as he saw some of the petals cut through the trees.
Zaku nodded immediately formed the hand seals for his attack as he yelled, "Zankuuha (Air slicing blast)!" and a powerful gust of wind shot out of his palms, blasted the petals away and slammed Sakura into a tree trunk. The girl pulled herself out of the tree and shook her head to clear it. The trio were about to advance on her when Lee appeared and kicked all three of them before landing in front of Sakura.
"Who the hell are you?" The girl named Kin asked.
"My name is Rock Lee, the green beast of Konoha." Lee said.
"Lee? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked confused.
"I was on my way to get some scrolls for my team when I heard noises of fighting around here, and then I saw you fighting them and I knew that I could not let a fellow comrade all by herself and thus I decided to come and help you, Sakura-san." Lee explained.
"Thank you Lee but I don't need your help." Sakura said.
"No Sakura, allow me to help you please. Let me prove myself as a worthy comrade." Lee said.
"Zaku, you get to kill Sasuke while I handle that taijutsu guy with the freaky eyebrows." Dosu said as he handed Zaku the scroll, and then dashed for Lee. Sakura threw a kunai but Dosu jumped out of the way.
'Alright Gai-sensei, I have found someone to protect and therefore will use this technique, the Lotus.' Lee thought as he undid his bandages. Lee then disappeared and reappeared below Dosu and kicked him into the air like Sasuke does for his Shi Shi Rendan. Once Dosu is in the air, Lee then performs the Kage Buyou and wraps Dosu around his bandages, and then starts to go down spinning.
"Oh no Dosu. There's no way he can break his fall." Zaku said and then performed seals for his technique.
"Omote Renge." Lee said. and then slammed Dosu to the ground or so it would seem as Zaku was able to perform his technique on time and cushion Dosu's fall.
"Looks like I got you just in time. That would have been a hard fall if it wasn't for me." Zaku grinned.
"What? No, that cannot be." Lee said, breathing hard as he saw Dosu get himself off the ground and shook himself off.
"That's one frightening technique you got there kid, nearly took me out even though I landed on this soft dirt. Now, it's my turn." Dosu said as he prepared his gauntlet.
"Oh no! My body has not recovered from the Lotus yet." Lee said mentally, fatigued.
Dosu then ran toward Lee and swiped his hand and even though Lee, he started to feel some distortion in him.
"Lee!" Sakura said.
"Your jutsu is fast but ours are even faster because they travel at the speed of sound so yours are useless. Now, let us show you the wall that hard work cannot overcome." Dosu said and his teammates grinned. He then saw blood coming Lee's ears and smirked, "You see, my gauntlet allows me to send vibrations to any part of your body. Being able to ear something means your eardrum catches the vibration in the air, and the human eardrum will shatter at anything above 150 decibels, causing the opponent to lose his sense of balance, disabling your movement for a little." Dosu explained.
"Your outdated taijutsu will not work on us. It work for a little while but not anymore and I already showed you my technique. I can control supersonic waves and air pressure and I'm capable of destroying a rock. I can alo send air to the ground and make it cushion like I did to stop your technique." Zaku smirked as he explained and then underneath his arms were two small holes that shot out air.
"Damn it." Lee thought
Dosu then ran toward Lee and threw a punch with his gauntlet and even though Lee blocked it, he was still affected by the vibrations.
"Even if you block my attack, my gauntlet implifies the vibrations, like a speaker. Also, I can add my chakra into it and send it to another target, thus not limiting myself to my hand only." Dosu laughed.
'Why do people have to get hurt to protect me? Why can't I help them?' Sakura thought as she remembered when others used to protect her from bullies when she was little.
'If you don't want them to get hurt, then let me have some fun." Inner Sakura said and then Sakura slumped to the floor.
"Sakura!" Lee said while gritting in pain.
Sakura then got back up and started to laugh, startling everyone.
"What's so funny, you little bitch?" Dosu asked.
Sakura then lifted her head and everyone was shocked as this Sakura had a wilder, meaner looking face then before.
"Nothing, just thinking about how I'm going to kick your ass." Sakura said and then punched Dosu right in the face, so hard that it sent him crashing him to a tree.
"Sakura?" Lee gasped.
"This is so much fun!" Sakura laughed.
"Why you little bitch!" Zaku roared and prepared for his technique and then unleashed.
"How dull. Sakuraheki (Blossom Wall)" Sakura yawned and then a wall of blossom petals blocked the wave.
"No way! She blocked them with her tiny petals!" Zaku growled in disbelief.
"What the hell is she?" Kin asked.
"Your worst nightmare. Ninpou: Sho-Sakura-Satsu (Rising Blossom Murder)" Sakura said and then a wave of highly sharp blossom petals rose from the ground, cutting Zaku in multiple places, not killing him but knocking him out cold.
"Zaku!" Kin said, and turned back to look at Sakura, only to see the girl right in front of her, "Stay back!" Kin yelled out and tried to hit her with her kunai but Sakura caught with her right hand.
"Now scream for me." Sakura smirked evilly and then did a seal and Kin started to scream for a while and then went down unconscious. Sakura then clutched her head in pain.
"W...what happened?" Sakura asked.
"What do you mean what happened? You do not remember?" Lee asked.
"No I don't. One moment I was on the ground and the next all three of these sound nins are on the ground beaten up." Sakura said.
'She really don't remember.' Lee thought in surprise.
"S...Sakura." Naruto said as he started to wake up and so did Sasuke.
"Naruto-kun! Sasuke!" Sakura said happily as she saw her teammates wake up.
"What the hell happened? Where am I?" Sasuke asked as he looked around. He then remembered that Kyo was here and looked around but he was nowhere.
"Where is he? Where's Kyo-senpai?" Sasuke asked.
"And how come Gaara isn't here? Where are we Sakura and what did happen here?" Naruto asked.
"Sasuke, we were ordered to fight you but your teammate proved to be too strong. Next time, we will make sure she does not interfere." Dosu said as he took his teammates and then left, leaving two startled boys.
"I don't know what happened. One minute they were about to beat us and then they are on the ground, I really don't know what happened. As for your questions, a woman rescued you Naruto and brought me to you and as for you Sasuke, I found you where you left me and there was a man there. He saw me and then disappeared." Sakura explained.
"I see," Sasuke nodded and then went touch the part of his neck where Orochimaru has bitten but he didn't feel anything, 'Kyo-senpai must have taken care of that curse.' Sasuke said mentally.
"Hmm, Lee, why are you here?" Naruto asked.
"I saw Sakura-san in danger and tried to help her." Lee answered.
"And then you ended up getting beat up." Ten-Ten said as she and Neji were up in a tree.
"Hey guys. How did you know I was here?" Lee asked.
"We never saw you back at our original hideout and so we started to look for you and found you here using my Byakugan. Now come on, let's go, we have the scrolls we need. By the way Sasuke, it looks a girl had to save your sorry ass." Neji said to Lee and the last part to the Uchiha with a smirk.
"Shove it, Neji." Sasuke growled.
"Alright then fellow comrades, I will see you later and Sakura, thank you for saving me. I owe you my life." Lee said.
"No...No problem. " Sakura said, still oblivious as to what she did or her other self did.
Ten-Ten helped Lee get back up and then they and Neji headed back.
"Alright then, let's get the last scrolls so we can pass this test." Naruto said and the others nodded.
On their way, they met Kabuto, and with his help, they were able to overcome the genjutsu of a rain ninja team and able to get the scrolls needed to pass this test. Though despite helping them, Naruto still had some suspicions about Kabuto (AN: Sorry if I am being lazy about this part but I really didn't feel like writing it. It's pretty much like in the original to be honest) They finally found the tower and found Kabuto's two team mates waiting. "You're late, Kabuto," said one, who wore Shino like sunglasses over his eyes.
"We ran into some trouble, sorry," Kabuto said as he scratched the back of his head.
"But it was thanks to you that we were aware of those ambushes and were able to anticipate them!" Sakura said.
"No, it was all thanks to you three, that we got through those so easily. You and Sasuke were really great at the end, Naruto," Kabuto said
"We are going through this door," Kabuto said to the genins,
"Good luck to all of you!" Sakura said to Kabuto's team, and the two teams separated.
"How was the harvest?" a voice asked once the door had closed behind Kabuto's team. The three walked up to a man leaning against the wall of the room.
"It was above expectations," Kabuto said, "I've written down all their data from the second test. You want this right?" The silver haired genin said and held up and their info cards.
"Heheh, so you're that interested," the man said as he took the cards, which were for Team Seven ,"So how did it go?" he asked.
"Orochimaru-sama," Kabuto said, not quite sure what the former Konoha senin wanted from him.
"I want to know your opinion as our spy," Orochimaru said
"That's unnecessary," Kabuto as he passed his hand over his face, "Since everything will be decided by you." Kabuto said, lowering his hand and as he did the wound he had across his face from the battle had alongside Team 7 was gone, with no sign it had ever existed.
Orochimaru disappeared in a puff of smoke, though his voice lingered to say, "Heh, I like that intelligence of yours, good work."
Once inside, Team 7 saw a scroll on the wall with some writing on it.
"What is that?" Sasuke asked.
"Let's see here. If you do not possess Heave, go and gain knowledge and power. If you do not possess earth, run through the field and gain strength. If you possess both, dangerous paths turn into safe ones. This is the secret of something something. It will lead you on your way." Sakura said as she read it.
"What the hell does that I have to do with anything?" Sasuke asked.
"It's probably referring to the scrolls, which means in order to understand the full depth of this message,we have to open them." Naruto said and Sasuke and Sakura each took one. They looked at each other and then at Naruto and opened them all at the same time. What was inside the scroll was a large kanji inside of a circle.
"What in the world? All it says is Person, Jin." Sasuke said as the team were dumbfounded by what they discovered. Then, the kanji in each burst.
"That's a summoning inscription. We probably just activated it. You two, let go of the scrolls now!" Naruto said and both Sasuke and Sakura did as told, tossing them away. The smoke then cleared and it revealed to be Iruka-sensei.
"Yo, how it's going?" Iruka said.
"Wait, what's going on?" Sakura asked.
"Looks like you went through alot of trouble." Iruka smiled.
"Why were you in the summoning technique, Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked, intrigued.
"It's our responsability as chuunins to welcome the examinees at the second of the test. I was give the job to give you guys a message by chance." Iruka explained.
"A message?" Sasuke repeated.
"Phew, you guys made it in time." Iruka said as he looked at his pocket watch. He then put it back into his pockets and stared at the genins, "Everyone, you have officially passed the second test of the Chunnin Exam." Iruka said. The genins breathed a sigh of relief and all fell to the floor, relieved to have passed.
"Finally, we made it." Sakura said.
"One question, Iruka-sensei. If we looked into the scrolls, what would you have planned to do?" Naruto asked with a smirk.
"This exam tests your mission completion ability. We wanted to see if you go, retrieve an item, and return to the tower without looking at the item and instead just focus on the mission. If you had indeed looked, then I would have been ordered to knock you unconscious until the completion of the exam for penalty. Iruka explained as he picked up the scrolls.
"Just as I thought. That's why Anko didn't answer Sasuke's question earlier." Naruto said, referring to when Sasuke had asked his question to Anko before this test.
"Oh by the way sensei, what does this writing on the wall means? It seems to be broken and we can't understand it." Sakura asked.
"I'm glad you asked Sakura since that's my other mission. The writing on the wall is the principle the Hokage wrote that you should keep in mind as a chunnin. The Heaven in the text points to the person's head and Earth points to the body. If you don't have heaven, go and seek knowledge. If you don't have earth, go and seek bodily strength. And if you have both, dangerous paths will become safe for you and it can become much easier." Iruka explained.
"Then what about that missing letter?" Sakura asked as she pointed to it.
"It's the letter that symbolizes a chuunin. The human letter that was in that scroll was what goes there." Iruka said as he pointed to the kanji in the scroll.
"Hence why we could not open them until we reached the tower and saw the message." Naruto added.
"As perceptive as always, Naruto." Iruka said.
"The survival exam you guys took in five days tested the basic abilities of the examinees as a Chuunin and you guys completed it. A chuunin is a commander-class. He has the duty to lead a team. Deeply inscribe in your heart the importance of knowledge and strength in mission. Never forget that principal and go on to the next step, but please don't push yourselves too hard in the third exam." Iruka said.
"Don't worry about a thing, Iruka-sensei, we'll be fine." Sasuke said.
"Besides, we're shinobis now, not academy students and this headband is the mark of this commitment." Naruto added to what Sasuke said.
"Gomen, you guys. I shouldn't underestimate your abilities and worry so much." Iruka said.
Team 7 then entered the door and found themselves in a large arena where all the teams that had passed the exam, including the Sand Siblings and the sound team. Zaku was bandaged up and the girl had recovered but still was not 100.
'There were 78 people that took this test and only 21 passed. Not bad but I was hoping that ten would be left, not twenty-one.' Anko thought with a smirk as she and all the jounins,chuunins and Hokage were standing in front of all the participants.
'It looks like Sasuke-kun's team passed. I'm so glad.' Hinata thought as she saw Sasuke and his team.
"You team is good after all, Kakashi. Perhaps they were lucky. But as long as my team is there, they won't go futher since in this stage, personal abilities are critical. Youth is sweet and sour and you're too strict, Kakashi." Gai said as also saw Team 7.
"Huh, did you say something?" Kakashi asked Gai
"OH MY GOD!" Gai yelled out in a dramatic fashion.
"Hokage-sama will now explain the third test. Listen carefully," Anko said. Sarutobi stepped forward and started to explain the true purpose of the Chunin exam.
"Excuse me Hokage-sama," said a Jounin that appeared in the middle of the arena, "From here on, as the referee, will you allow me, Gekkou Hayate, to explain?"
"By all means," Sarutobi said as he gestured for the Jounin to address the gathered Genin.
"Hello everyone, I'm Hayate," said the man as he turned around to reveal a sickly looking face, "umm, before the third test, there's something I'd like you to do. Umm, it's a preliminary for the third test, to decide who gets to participate in the main event."
"Preliminary?" Naruto asked.
"Why do we need one? This sounds too troublesome." Shikamaru asked.
"Umm, because the first and second tests may have been too easy this year, we have a bit too many people remaining," said Hayate. "According to Chunin Exam rules, we must have a preliminary round reduce the number of participants for the third test. As Hokage-sama said, there will be many guests at the third test, so the fights could take too long and we're limited in time." There were murmurs running through the small crowd of Genin at this announcement, everyone was suddenly realizing they wouldn't get a chance to go to the third round. "umm, so anyway, those who are not feeling well and those who feel like quitting after hearing these explanations, please come forward now, since we will be starting the preliminary immediately."
"What should we do, about that Sasuke kid who Anko said was given the curse seal by Orochimaru?" asked Ibiki as he recalled the information the special jounin gave to them after her encounter with Orochimaru.
"We should remove him from the exam and have the ANBU watching over and protecting him," Anko said.
"No, he won't agree to that easily," Kakashi with a small smile. "Sasuke wants to prove himself worthy of being an Uchiha and he won't give up."
"I don't care! By just releasing chakra the curse becomes active and forcibly pulls out chakra. It's a forbidden jutsu which eats at the user's body. It's amazing that Sasuke has held on for so long, he should be dead!" Anko exclaimed.
"If the curse begins opening and releasing power, then jump in and stop him," Hokage said. All the Jounin nodded.
"Umm, I'm going to quit!" Kabuto said as he raised his hand.
'That's strange.' Naruto thought as he stared at Kabuto
"umm, you're Yakushi Kabuto from Konoha, right?" asked Hayate as he looked through a pile of papers, presumably one each per genin in the room. "You may leave now. Oh, umm, I forgot to tell you that from here on it will be individual battling. You may raise your hand based on your own judgment."
"Kabuto-san, why are you quitting?" Sakura asked.
"I'm sorry, but my body is all beat up. Actually, I haven't been able to hear out of my left ear from the time I got attacked by the Sound shinobi from the first round, and now that we'll have to risk our lives, I just can't go on." Kabuto explained.
I've seen him before, didn't he quit during the final round last year? What's he thinking?" Sarutobi asked.
Anko looked through her folder containing the history of each participant in the third round and said, "Yakushi Kabuto's data, he's failed six straight times." Anko said.
"What kind of record is that?" Kakashi asked he raised one eyebrow.
"He's an average shinobi since his academy days, 14 D-rank and two C-rank missions, but it's his record from before the academy that is interesting, Do you remember the story of the boy found at the Bellflower pass" Anko said
"I remember now, that young boy who was brought back from the battle at Bellflower pass. Apparently, a Jounin from the medical team brought back a child of the enemy who survived the battle, so he's that child." Sarutobi said.
'You sure are devoted, let me handle everything, is what I'd like to say but,' Kabuto said mentally as he stared at the only Hidden Sound Jounin present, 'Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun, I would have liked to play with you a little longer but, anymore and the old blood will start boiling. I am a spy after all, I can't reveal my true face here.' Kabuto thought
The Sound Jounin gave a barely noticeable nod of his head.
'Perfect, if you will be watching them my job of gathering information is done, Orochimaru-sama.' Kabuto thought.
'You've been a spy, hiding in your fake self since you were a child, look like you are trying your best to hold down that boiling blood,' Orochimaru thought. Disguised as the Sound Jounin, the Snake Sannin grinned inside his head at the way his spy had played his role.
Kabuto exchanged a few words with his dark spectacled team mate before waving to Naruto and his team and walking out of the arena. 'I'll save the fun for some other time, Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun,' thought Kabuto as soon as no one could see the evil smirk on his face.
"Um, now let's begin the preliminary. This preliminary consists of one on one fighting. You will basically be fighting as if your life is on the line in a real life confrontation. Since we now have 23 contenders, one lucky person will receive a free pass to the next round with the winners of the other twelve matches. There are basically no rules. The fight continues until one of you is knocked out or admits your defeat. Umm, if you don't want to die, admit your defeat quickly. But when I decide a winner has clearly been established, umm, since we're trying to decrease the amount of corpses, I'll jump right in and stop things. And the object that controls your destiny is.." Hayate said.
"Open it," Anko said into her microphone headset. A panel in the wall moved up to reveal an electronic scoreboard.
"Is this electronic scoreboard which will show the matches for each fight," Hayate said and then added, "Now, this is sudden but let's announce the names of the first two contestants."
Everyone watched the scoreboard while wondering if they would have to go first. The board suddenly revealed two names: Uchiha Sasuke and Akado Yoroi.
"Sweet, I'm first." Sasuke grinned.
"Will everyone but the participants please move to the observation balconies?" Hayate asked. Everyone did as the sickly Jounin asked. The other Jounins stood by their teams but Kakashi however had stopped to talk to Sasuke.
"Don't use your Sharingan, got it?" Kakashi whispered.
"So you know about it, huh? Don't worry though, senpai fixed it for me so I'll be just fine." Sasuke smirked.
'Senpai? He is talking about that Kyo guy? I may have to tell that to Hokage-sama soon.' Kakashi thought, "Alright then, go get him but I will butt in just in case it gets out of control" Kakashi then said to his student and then went up meet the rest of the team.
Sasuke then walked up and met Yoroi face to face.
"Now, let the first match of the prelimanaries begin!" Hayate said.
To Be Continued...
AN: Alright guys, the second exam is over and now we move on to the third. Hope you guys will enjoy the fights.
BTW, I would appreciate if someone could come up with some original jutsus for Ino since she will be fightng Sakura and in her current form, she would get stomped by Sakura so I need a few jutsus or ideas to make her better than her original self.
As always, read and review!
