Making a Difference chapter eight
Another chapter, nuff said.
Disclaimer: I'll probably never own Naruto or any other pop culture references.
"This is the Forest of Death everyone. For most of you it will be your grave site, for others it will be the site of the second part of the exam. Your task is to try to find both a heaven and an earth scroll to succeed, when you have both you need to find the tower so you pass. You only have five days to complete this test though, which makes this way more interesting." Anko said as she started directing members of teams into a private booth. Hinatawas the last person to oame out, holding a heaven scroll in her hands. "Now that that is out of the way, let's start this party. And...go!" Anko yelled, making every one leap into the dangerous forest.
Nick was getting fancy with his tree jumping as he pulled off back flips and other tricks as Naruto and Hinata followed from the rear. "Woo! This never gets old!" Nick screamed as he spun on a branch and rocketed himself to a neighboring tree. He continued like this until he felt that someone was watching him. "Hey guys, stop." he said, silencing his teammates. They hid in the trees for a second and got rewarded with three rain ninja.
"I'm tired boss, can we rest here a bit?" one of them said cluelessly. "You idiot, if we rest now we'll get ambushed. We're lucky that no one has found us yet." the leader said. Nick chose this time to land on him and put him in a chokehold.
"Drop your weapons and your scroll or this guy gets it." Nick threatened while pulling out a kunai. The two stupid ninjas laid down their ninja pouches silently. "Alright, on your bellies." Nick said, feeling like a king. "Naruto, Hinata, search these clowns for a scroll if you will." Nick said loudly. The two came and patted down the rain ninja, finding a heaven scroll in the process. "Ah man. See that, that makes me a tad bit angry. I guess I'll just have to kill you guys." Nick said as he added pressure to the ninja's throat.
"Wait, don't kill us. We'll do whatever you say." the leader quickly said. "Alright, all three of you go through this forest dancing like chickens while making chicken noises. If a team finds you, tell them that your a bunch of chickens." Nick said childishly. The three ninjas nodded and started running off into the forest, jumping and dancing like chickens. "You think that was a bit harsh Nick?" Naruto asked the boy. "Naw, they'll be fine. Come on, let's go." Nick said as the three leaped through the trees once more.
They continued jumping until they heard a cry for help. Nick looked down and face-palmed at the situation. Kiba was knocked out while Ino watched Sasuke fight some weird guy. "Alright team, whose ready to take on a Sannin?" Nick asked, receiving shocked expressions from the two.
"Who?" Naruto asked stupidly. "Naruto you need to start paying attention to history more often. Let's just say that he is one of three of the most powerful ninja in the world." Nick said as he started to leap down towards the two combatants. "But what if w-we can't win?" Hinata asked, her fear slowly rising.
"Don't worry Hinata, we'll beat this creep like there's no tomorrow, believe it!" Naruto exclaimed as he and Hinata quickly followed their teammate, who had already reached the two fighters on the ground.
"Yo ugly, what's up?" Nick asked as he came between Orochimaru and Sasuke.
"What are you doing here? He'll kill you." Sasuke said, knowing from experience that this man couldn't be beat by a mere genin, no matter how skilled.
"You just relax while we take care of Orochimaru here." Nick said to the tired boy. Sasuke didn't want to admit it but he was glad that they came. He made his way towards Ino and sat against a tree.
"Hm, some more genin huh. Well I'll just have to kill you in order to finish with Sasuke-kun now won't I?" Orochimaru asked Nick.
"How about you come over here and find out. I want a piece of you." Nick challenged as he and his two teammates got into formation. Orochimaru seemingly vanished and appeared behind the three, surprising them with his speed. The Sannin then sent forth many snakes from his sleeves to attack them. They all dodge the attack, only for Orochimaru to do a flying kick on Nick's face. The boy skidded on the ground, making it look like he was unconscious.
"Looks like someone was all talk." Orochimaru said as he plunged a kunai into Nick. Said boy dissipated into smoke. "Shadow clone jutsu." Orochimaru said softly. He turned around to see Naruto run at him on all fours. From this position Naruto did a roundhouse kick, then followed up with a backflip kick that sent Orochimaru flying. Orochimaru got up with a smile plastered on his face.
Hinata threw some kunai and shuriken at the now present Orochimaru, who only knocked them away as he walked towards her. She noticed the projectiles weren't working so she tried to engage Orochimaru in taijutsu. She threw a palm towards his chest, but he spun around her and kicked her away. She ran at him again, aiming a Jyuuken strike at his arm. Orochimaru was annoyed by this point, sending Hinata flying away.
"Hinata!" Naruto screamed as the girl started falling to the ground. Naruto pumped chakra into his legs and leaped forward, catching Hinata in his arms bridal style.
"N-Naruto..." Hinata tried to say, but the blonde just stopped her. " Don't worry Hinata, I got you." Naruto said as he put her down slowly. "Now where is that third one?" Orochimaru pondered. He turned around and blocked an ax kick from Nick. Nick added in another kick, only for that one to be blocked too. He was kicked away himself by the man.
" Your gonna pay for hurting Hinata you jerk. Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto roared as five clones came at his side. They all ran at Orochimaru from all sides, only for the man to seemingly go into the earth.. "Where did he go?" the Narutos asked each other. A giant snake then landed on all five of the clones while the real Naruto was eaten.
Nick stared straight at Orochimaru, ready to fight once more "Foolish boy, do you even know who I am?" Orochimaru yelled. "One of Pedo bears friends?" Nick asked him. Although Orochimaru didn't know what a 'Pedo Bear' was, he got the basic meaning of it being some sort of insult. He dashed towards Nick at an insane speed, punching him in the ribs in the process. Nick doubled over, not from pain, but from the feeling he was getting. 'Oh my god! I feel so...strong. I could take on anybody!' Nick thought as he made a fist.
"You still want a 'piece of me'?" Orochimaru asked with a smirk on his face. "Oh I don't want a piece anymore, I want the whole thing!" Nick yelled as he used his newly gained speed to grab ahold of both of Orochimaru's hands. He made a hand sign and waited for the inevitable to happen. "Looks like this is it." Nick said to the man.
"It is...for you." Orochimaru said as he dispersed into mud. Nick's clone got bitten by the snake he summoned and poofed into smoke.
Sasuke breathed heavily as he watched the fight between the two titans. "Just how strong is that dobe?" Sasuke wondered aloud as he he watched their separate clones disperse. Orochimaru came in front of him and started a biting motion, that is until Nick kicked him in the mouth with a chakra enhanced kick, sending the man away once more.
"He might try to bite you so watch out for his mouth." Nick yelled as he went back into the fray. Nick and Orochimaru exchanged blows for the longest, both of them scoring some decent hits on the other. 'He's too good, I have to use it now.' Orochimaru thought as he made his required hand signs. Nick stood still as Orochimaru made three coffins appear and open up, revealing the first, second, and fourth hokage.
"Where are we?" Minato asked as he noticed the new environment. Orochimaru took that moment of confusion to hit the first and second hokage with kunai wrapped with sealing symbols. Minato felt the man's presence though, so he jumped back to where Nick was. "Mind telling me what's happening?" Minato asked as he saw the first and second hokage look towards them.
"Well this is Orochimaru, a teacher of the third hokage. He became evil and is now attacking me and my team, which includes your son." Nick said. Minato looked at him happily. "Where is my son!" Minato practically yelled. Naruto chose to escape the giant snake with a hundred clones. "There." Nick pointed out.
When Naruto came up to Nick, he immediately started gawking. "It's the fourth hokage! I look up to you a lot sir and I...hey you look kind of like me." Naruto said as he examined the fourth. Minato chuckled as he ruffled Naruto's hair.
"I'm your father Naruto." Minato said while smiling. Naruto was about to get emotional until Nick decided to intervene. "Sorry to break up the family reunion but we got two hokages and a pedophile Sannin to take care of." Nick said, getting the attention of the two. "Right, what can you do exactly?" Minato asked.
"Anything you can do." Nick said as he put his hand on Minato's shoulder. He felt the information come to him as he felt even more powerful than before. "Ready for a Hiraishin." Nick said, getting a confused look from Minato until he passed him a tri-pronged kunai. Nick twirled it in his hands as he got ready for the final showdown. Both hokages charged at them while Orichamaru stood back and observed. Nick and Minato both threw their kunai and hit the hokages in the head. Nick teleported and kicked it deeper in while Minato teleported, took his out and stabbed it back into the Hokage's head.
Minato threw another kunai towards Orochimaru, only for him to catch it. Minato teleported behind Orochimaru and slashed him across the back. Orochimaru turned around, only for three Narutos to hit his unprotected back again. Orochimaru was about to end the game until Nick charged him with a sphere of chakra in hand. "Rasengan!" he roared, sending the attack through Orochimaru's arm. It got torn off but was quickly replaced. Orichamaru then pulled out the Kusanagi from his mouth and ran towards Nick, who pulled out a Kusanagi of his own. Orochimaru swiped at Nick's legs, only for the boy to jump above the slash and counter. He spun the sword around three times, each time separating a limb from Orochimaru's body. The man screamed as he lost one of his arms for good. Orochimaru finally had enough.
He used his remaining hand to form the seals to end the resurrection jutsu. "Naruto." Minato said softly as he disappeared from the world of the living with the first and second hokage in tow. "Five pronged seal!" Orochimaru yelled as he aimed for Naruto's stomach.
"Watch out!" Nick screamed as he dived in front of Naruto, taking the attack head on. He spasmed for a few seconds and then went still. 'I can't go on in this state. My chakra is almost gone and I can't use most of my jutsu.' Orochimaru thought as he made a hasty retreat. Naruto kneeled down and looked at Nick.
"Hey Ino, get over here and help me." Naruto said loudly as he waited for the girl to arrive. She ran to Nick and started picking him up with Naruto. Sasuke walked over as well and helped too. "Hey thanks Sasuke." Naruto said as he watched Sasuke's behavior.
"This isn't for you dobe." Sasuke said hatefully as he looked back at Nick. 'You better be worth it.' Sasuke thought as they carried Nick to Kiba and Hinata. When they arrived, they found that the two had two scrolls apiece. "Where did you get those?" Naruto asked.
"While you guys were fighting the snake guy, some other ninjas came and tried to steal our scroll. We kicked their asses and took their scrolls." Kiba explained. That meant that they could all just go to the tower. So they picked up their separate equipment and left the area. They made it to the tower by the time the sun was going down, only to find it being guarded by some other ninja. They all laid Nick down and observed the situation carefully. "Okay, I'll take the guy on the right. Sasuke you hit the other ninja on the right with a fireball. Kiba, you get the one in the middle so Ino and Hinata can carry Nick inside safely." Naruto planned, getting nods from everyone.
"Fire style: Fire Ball jutsu!" Sasuke yelled as he sent the attack towards his target. His target didn't know what hit him until it finally reached him, making him cry out. The other two looked in Sasuke's direction and threw some shuriken. The Uchiha dodged around all of them and threw a smoke bomb down. The two ninjas on the ground were confused until they saw Kiba come out of the trees with Akamaru. "Come on Akamaru, Fang over Fang!" Kiba yelled as he and his ninja dog became a mini cyclone and assaulted the ninja they were after. Naruto roared as he did a right hook, knocked his man down with a kick to the head, and finished him with a stomp to the chest.
Ino and Hinata quickly picked up Nick's body and hurried inside the tower, their teammates coming in as well. When they reached the interior, they were met with a sign of some sort on the wall with writing on it. None of them, save Nick, knew what it meant so they were stuck until Naruto made a suggestion. "I think we're supposed to open the scrolls now." he said.
"Smart thinking dobe." Sasuke said as both teams opened up their separate scrolls. Sasuke's team got Iruka, while Naruto's team got Kakashi. "Hi guys." the jounin said to the three. He noticed Nick and suddenly got serious. "What's wrong with Nick?" the scarecrow asked, worried about one of his students.
"We fought Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, he would have been defeated if Nick was still up but he blocked this jutsu that Orochimaru sent for my stomach. Something about a five pronged seal." Naruto finished. Kakashi had a grim look on his face, sadly it could not be seen because of his mask.
We'll need to see the hokage about this later. Right now he needs to get ready for the preliminaries" Kakashi said. "Wait, why are they starting the next part so soon? " Naruto asked. It couldn't have been a day or two since they've been in the forest.
"What do you mean, it's been five days in there. We thought you'd never come out of there. You barely made it." Kakashi said. They both were brought out of their conversation by the groaning sound of Nick.
"I'd like a Big Mac with medium fries on the side." Nick said unceremoniously. His eyes snapped open when he noticed Naruto and Kakashi's confused looks. "Hey guys, nice to know I'm back." Nick said aloud, making Ino hear him.
"Nick!" Ino yelled as she flying tackled him. Said boy loved the attention, but he was being suffocated. "Ino...you mind...not suffocating me." Nick said to the caring blonde. She got off him and slapped him across the face.
"Don't you ever scare me like that again." Ino yelled angrily. Then Sasuke came over to see him. "Ino if you don't mind, can I ask Nick something private." Sasuke said, getting nervous from what he was about to ask.
"Sorry if you haven't noticed Sasuke, but Nick is already taken." Naruto said humorously. Sasuke gave Naruto a death stare before telling Nick to follow him. When they were in a private location, Sasuke spoke up. "I want you to train me." Sasuke said.
"I've been thinking about it as well, I guess I will train you. On two conditions though." Nick said, receiving a questioning look from Sasuke. "And they are?" Sasuke asked, not liking this by the minute.
"If I train you, I want you to not act like such an emo. Get around, know people, make friends, that sort of thing okay?" Nick asked. Sasuke hesitantly agreed. "Second thing, try to forgive your brother." Nick said. Sasuke stopped moving as his rage increased to high levels.
"What did you just say?" Sasuke asked Nick. "Look I know that he..." Nick was saying before he got pushed against the wall by Sasuke, who was ready to start pummeling the crap out of the boy.
"Never! He took everything from me. He killed my entire clan. He did it..." "For a good reason." Nick said calmly. Sasuke looked at him with a shocked expression. "What do you mean?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"I'll only tell you when you've reached a point in your training where I can trust you with the information." Nick told Sasuke, who now had an interesting choice to make. He thought about before finally deciding to do the smart thing.
"Fine, but this better be worth it." Sasuke grumbled as he walked out of the room angrily. Nick walked out too, still not believing what he just did. They both followed Kakashi to the next testing area, only to see the third hokage finish a speech and sit down. "That board up there will tell you who is going to fight who so pay attention." Kakashi said as the two genin gripped the railing in anticipation. Then the board stopped on Sasuke Uchiha and Akado Yoroi's names.
"Watch out Sasuke, Yoroi can drain your chakra if he touches you with his technique. If I were you, I'd stick to long range combat." Nick advised. Sasuke looked at his new mentor, not understanding how he knew the Yoroi boy's technique before he's used it. Sasuke shrugged it off as he walked down the stairs calmly. Akado was already down the stairs, standing next to the proctor.
"Scared to face me Uchiha?" Akado said arrogantly. Sasuke just walked right next to the proctor, facing Yoroi with a confident expression on his face. "Let's start this already, I have better things to do." Sasuke complained. The proctor looked at the both of them before saying begin. Sasuke back flipped away while simultaneously making hand signs. "Fire style: fire ball jutsu!" Sasuke said as he let the ball of fire fly towards Yoroi. Yoroi could only dive to the side to avoid the jutsu, but he didn't expect Sasuke to come from the side and kick him in the back of the knee. Akado screamed in pain, but Sasuke was still on his knee. Sasuke finally used the other boy's knee to push off it and into the air. He sped down towards his still crippled opponent, readying his final move. He performed an ax kick on Yoroi's head, slamming it to the ground and causing Yoroi to go unconscious.
The proctor walked over and observed Yoroi's unconscious body. "Winner by knockout, Sasuke Uchiha." Hayate decided, making a certain pink haired fan girl go wild. Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and calmly walked back up the steps. When he was passing Naruto, the blonde spoke up. "Hey, nice match." Naruto said hesitantly. Sasuke looked Naruto square in the eye, ready to make some snide comment. Then he realized Nick was staring at him intently.
"Thanks...Naruto." Sasuke said as he went to his new teacher's side. Then everyone stopped talking amongst themselves when the board starting flashing names again. Everyone waited patiently, save Naruto and Rock Lee, for the board to stop. Eventually it landed on two names. "Temari and Zaku Abumi, please make your way down here." Hayate announced.
And cut. Sorry if this chapter disappointed anyone, hopefully not. See you later.
