DMN: Got any threes?
Shadow: Go fish!
DMN: DAMN IT!
Sonic: Hey look, they're back! (Everyone looks up)
DMN: Hey all and welcome to the next chapter. With me today are Shadow and Sonic the Hedgehogs. Hope you're ready. Sonic, the disclaimer please.
Sonic: Sure. Dragon Master Naruto does not own anything the laptop he's typing on. Got any threes, Dragon?
DMN: FUCK YOU SONIC!
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Chapter Nine: The Forest of Death
Naruto looked over his test with a frown. 'These aren't something a Genin can answer, this is more Chunin information. Something isn't right.' Naruto's eyes scanned the room watching as several others of the Genin teams look at the information with confusion while a few others were writing down answers rapidly. 'I see, so that's his game. He took several Chunin and placed them around the room as Genin. His lose a point rule is giving us permission to cheat, but we can't get caught doing it.' Naruto looked over his test again. 'Well, if we're gonna stick with the plan, I better start panicking. After all, I sucked at tests in the Academy.'
Sasuke, Sakura and Team Momoichi all had the same thoughts as Naruto as well. Sasuke grinned and opened his eyes, showing his Sharingan eyes under a Henge to give then their old look while Sakura went with the flow and started to use her smarts she was known for. Haku created a small ice mirror that was connected to another in the room above one of the hidden Chunin. Lacus and Ayame were doing the same as Sakura, having very good understanding of the questions as well.
X
Kakashi and Zabuza walked into the Jonin lounge when Kakashi found himself in a headlock. "Kakashi, my man, what's goin' on? You still look like an old dog!" Everyone looked at the Kumo Jonin while Kakashi chuckled to the man.
"Hello, Bee-san. It's good to see you again. I'm surprised you remember me." Kirabi smirked and let the man go.
"You never disguised your hair, you made yourself as plain as air. So, who're your brats? My kids could probably run circles around your rats." Zabuza noticed the silver haired Jonin twitch.
"Still rapping I see. Anyway, my students are Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Daitenshi and Sakura Haruno. Yours?"
"I got Yugito the cat, Samui, Omoi and Karui are the rest of my brats." Kakashi groaned and slapped his face.
"You had to bring her with you? I'm surprised you were able to keep her from running around," Asuma cut the Jonin off.
"I take it you know his team Kakashi?" Kakashi looked to the Sarutobi and nodded.
"Kirabi, this is Asuma Sarutobi, Zabuza Momoichi, Maito Gai and Kurenai Yuhi. They're the other senseis of Konoha's teams." Kirabi nodded with a smirk.
"Nice to meet ya all. I fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee, I am the almighty Kirabi the Killer Bee!" Everyone looked at the man with a sweat drop while Gai stood.
"Yosh! Your flames of youth burn brighter than my own, Kirabi-san!" Kirabi looked at the man before tilting his head.
"Huh?"
"Oh shit, someone actually confused you? He must be worst than you!" The Hachibi inside the dark skinned man groaned.
"Anyway, how do you think our teams are doing, Asuma?" Kakashi quickly change the subject and the man lit a cigarette.
"I don't know. We may be seeing them sooner than we think." Everyone in the room turned to the man. "Ibiki is the head proctor for the first exam this time around." Kurenai looked curious while Gai, Kakashi and Zabuza flinched.
"I knew we should have gave them the extra mental training." Zabuza mumbled out, still heard by everyone.
"They let that unyouthful man be the proctor? I'm glad I waited the year I did for my team."
"Yo, who's this Ibiki guy anyway?" Kirabi asked only to watch Asuma shiver.
"Ibiki Morino is a mad man. He's head of the T&I department and specializes in psychological warfare." Kirabi groaned.
"Yugito's gonna shit a brick. She hates mind games. I just hope Samui can keep her under control." Kakashi nodded.
"Ah, but I'm more concerned about how Naruto will handle it. It's a written test after all." Kakashi eye smiled while Kirabi looked at the man like he was crazy.
"I'm not responsible for what happens to your academy's classroom, dog." Kakashi's response was to pull his book from his pouch and begin reading, Zabuza shaking his head as he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
X
Yugito tapped her foot impatiently as she waited for the last question. She had gotten the answers through the Nibi sealed within her and now it was only half way through the exams. Her eyes roamed around the room, landing on a mob of blonde hair in an orange jumpsuit. She narrowed her eyes through her mask and released a slight growl. 'You're not Naru-kun. Naru-kun was a lot smarter and collected. I'll beat the old Naruto back into you.'
Naruto shivered at the feeling of dread that he had no clue of where it came from. He looked back down at his test and sighed. While it was part of the plan for him to be his old self, he still didn't like written tests. There was less than ten minutes to go now and Naruto decided to sleep it off.
Sasuke and Sakura looked to their teammate and sweat dropped. Leave it to Naruto to fall asleep in the middle of a test. Sasuke looked down at his test and nodded, happy with the answers and pulled a scroll from his pocket. Sakura was suddenly slumped over and a vicious smirk dawned on her face. 'Ino's mind jutsu.' The boy mentally told himself as he spotted the unconscious Ino Yamanaka behind the girl. Sasuke leaned back and continued to look through his scroll. The minutes passed and several teams were kicked out for losing all their points.
Ibiki looked around the room and spotted Naruto taking a nap, Sakura and Sasuke looking at scrolls, the Sand boy holding a hand to his left eye, a bug flying back and forth between the Aburame kid and the Inuzuka using his dog to get answers. "Five minutes left!" The man called out and teams rushed to finish up. Five more teams were kicked out when Ibiki smirked and called out to them all once more. "TIME! Pencils down maggots and listen up." Everyone looked to the man, even Naruto who had woken up from Sasuke throwing his pencil at his head.
"That hurt teme!" Sasuke smirked while Ibiki glared at the blonde.
"Shut up!" Naruto turned to the front of the room as Ibiki smirked. "It seems we have a lot of good candidates this year…. Or maybe a bunch of CHEATERS!" Everyone flinched back in their seats. "Now, it's time for the final question. However, I believe some new rules are to be put into place."
"WHAT? You can't do that!" Kiba yelled out only to get glared at.
"The next person to interrupt me will be kicked out with their teams! So shut up and listen up!" Everyone nodded to the man, no one daring to say a word. "Now, the new rules are these."
"Should any of you not want to take the last question, you and your team will lose all your points and be asked to leave. Should you take it and get the question wrong, then you will automatically fail and you will never be allowed to take the exams ever again!" Everyone stayed their voices in fear of getting kicked out which Ibiki smirked at.
"I know some of you are thinking that I can't do that but guess what? I can and I will make sure of it! You were damned the moment I stepped into the room as the head proctor! Now, if you wish to take the question, stay, if not, raise your hand and you and your team's numbers will be called." Everyone waited on edge until several teams started to stand a leave, their numbers being called out. Naruto's eye started to twitch as he raised his hand, slamming it down on the desk before him.
"Bring it on! I'll take your damn question and even if I fail I'll still become Hokage! I won't let you stop me or anyone else." Sakura and Sasuke slapped their foreheads.
'Maybe having him act like the old him was not such a great idea after all.'
"Are you sure? If you fail, there won't be any way for you to get promoted to Chunin or Jonin. No one can become Hokage without going through the ranks." Naruto flipped the man the bird.
"Sit and spin, teme! I'll become Hokage even if it costs me my life!" Ibiki sweat dropped at the kid.
'He's an idiot, but he dispelled all the fear in the room. Damned brat.' "Very well, if no one else is going to drop out, time for the tenth question." Everyone held their breath while Naruto just grinned at the man. 'The fucker knew what I was playing at. Son of a bitch.' "Congratulations to everyone still in this room. You have passed the first exam." Naruto leaned back in his chair with a grin while Sasuke and Sakura shook their heads with a smile, well for Sakura at least.
"What are you talking about? What about the question?" Temari stood and asked the man only to get an answer from the boy next to her.
"Think of it this way, Suna-san." Omoi put his feet on the desk, a sucker in his mouth. "When Ibiki-sempai asked us if we wanted to take the question or not with the possibility of never becoming Chunin, he was really asking if we were ready to take a mission in which we might not return from." Ibiki nodded.
"Very good, boy. I can tell you're about as smart as a Nara but not as lazy…. I hope. Anyway, he's right. Chunin usually get missions on which they have to carry vital information that may or may not be useful to your villages' enemies. That is what this test was all about, if you can gather information without being caught." Sasuke reached over and tapped a man on the shoulder.
"I suggest you react a bit slower next time. You acted too fast for a Genin." Ibiki sighed, shaking his head at his hidden Chunin.
"Now, while we-"
Crash!
A black ball came in through the window and unraveled, several kunai holding the cloth that a woman had hung on the wall upon entry. All the teams sweat dropped at the sign while the purple haired woman wearing a brown trench coat smirked to the all.
"Alright maggots, I'm the second proctor of the Chunin Exams! I'm the deadly, sexy and single Anko Mitarashi!" Naruto slammed his head into the desk.
"You're early Anko." The woman looked behind her as Ibiki took her sign down. The purple haired Jonin looked back to the front and started to count the teams.
"85! You let twenty eight teams pass Ibiki? You must be going soft." Ibiki sighed but smirked as he pointed to the blonde kid.
"Blame the Uzumaki kid. He's the one that stopped everyone from the fear I instilled." Anko looked to the brat with a smirk.
"Oh really, must have been the sake he drowned in." Naruto glared back at the lady.
"Go fuck a duck." Naruto growled, his eyes slitting slightly. He really didn't want to remember that night.
"Whatever brat. I'll cut all these teams down to more than half. Everyone follow me! We got an exam to start!" Anko rushed out of the room while Ibiki slapped his forehead.
"Anko, you're too hyper sometimes. Alright brats, I'll have a Chunin proctor escort the rest of you to your next exam. Good luck and watch out for Anko. She's a bit-"
"Nuts?" Kiba asked the man only for Temari to go next.
"Psycho?"
"Like Naruto?" Sakura finished up and Naruto hung his head. Ibiki sweat dropped.
"I was going to say random but ok. Now get going." Two Chunin stood and led the Genin out of the room. 'I need a raise. Being partnered with Anko doesn't pay enough sometimes.'
X
Everyone arrived at the training ground only for several Genin to start cursing up a storm. "Here? Why here? Why can't it be a god damn volcano or an underwater ruin? Why did it have to be this place?" Sasuke started yelling, getting several looks from the other teams while Naruto, Sakura, Lacus, Ayame and Haku all had twitches above their right eye.
"I see you guys are familiar with my play ground." Anko jumped out of the trees and landed in front of the Genin. The training ground behind me is known as the Forest of Death, Training Ground 44. For the next five days, you and your team will be staying in the forest. You objectives are thus." Anko held up two scroll, one for heaven and one for earth. "Each team will receive one of these two scrolls. You must battle other teams to receive the second scroll and head to the tower in the middle of the forest."
"Any teams that do not reach the tower at midnight of the fifth day will be disqualified. You must pass with your entire team. On the subject of such, I will now pass out these forms that must be signed or you cannot participate. These are so if you do happen to suck so much that you die, then we aren't responsible." Anko smiled to everyone while the Genin all looked at her with a sweat drop.
'Yup, just like dobe Naruto.' Sasuke and Sakura thought while Choji held up a hand.
"What about food?" Anko smirked to the kid.
"The forest has its own food, you just have to know where to look. However, there is the fact that if you were to enter the forest you would become prey just as well for some of the other animals in there." Everyone but teams seven and Momoichi paled. "You have ten minutes to talk things over with your team before the booth opens. Once you turn in your team's consent forms, there is no turning back so don't die. I don't wanna have to clean up your corpse. Also, I suggest you don't open the scrolls until you get to the tower. There might be a nasty surprise for those who do." Everyone turned to their teams while Anko walked over to the booth that was being set up.
"So, what do you think guys?" Sakura asked her team while filling out her form, Naruto and Sasuke doing the same.
"I say once we get into the forest we stop this stupid act. I think Ayame, Haku and Lacus all wanted to kill me when we walked in." Sasuke and Sakura snickered at the boy.
"I have to agree though. I forgot how it was to be the old me." Sakura shivered.
"Then we're all in agreement. We show these kids just who the real team seven is." The three nodded as Anko's voice called out.
"ALRIGHT BRATS! Turn those forms in and get to your assigned gate!" Sasuke took their team's forms and went up to the booth. He returned to his team holding a Heaven scroll.
"Gate fourteen, let's go." The three took off for their gate.
"So, who holds the scroll?" Sakura asked the teen and he looked at Naruto.
"Since everyone believes that Naruto is an idiot, they'll think we don't trust him with a scroll. He'll be the one that holds it." Naruto nodded and took the scroll, sealing it into the seal on his wrist. The rest of the time spent at the gate was in silence.
X Sound Team X
"Remember, our mission is to kill Sasuke Uchiha." Dosu told his teammates, causing them to nod.
"Yeah, so don't fuck up, Kin or I'll punish you myself. That red haired bitch isn't going to be able to help you since she's not here." Kin glared at Zaku as he leered at her.
'I've got some tricks up my sleeve, Zaku, and I don't need Tayuya around to use them to drown you.'
X Momoichi Team Gate X
"So, what do you think?" Lacus asked her teammates, getting shrugs.
"Not really sure. We didn't paint ourselves a target like Naruto-kun and the others did." Ayame tapped her chin while Haku nodded in agreement.
"I say we meet up with them and team up to give us better numbers." Haku got nods of agreements, causing the girl to smile.
X Kumo Team X
"So, your blonde friend that you keep saying is the best person in the world is a dumbass, eh?" Omoi asked his teammate only to flinch back at the glaring green eyes that could be seen under the mask.
"That was not Naru-kun." The girl growled, only for Samui to put a hand on her shoulder.
"Calm down. We'll track him down and get answers from him." Karui's eyes went wide.
"But Kirabi-sensei told us to stay away from him! He ordered us not to go near him!" Samui looked at the red haired girl with a glare.
"We have to listen to sensei or we'll get punished again." Omoi grumbled. He didn't want to go through another one on one, all out spar with the man, which the man used as an excuse to punish his team.
Needless to say it worked wonders.
"Fine, but this isn't over. This kid is going to answer our questions whether he likes it or not." Samui crossed her arms, growling at the boy. She hated it when Omoi had a point.
X Ame Team X
"Remember, the blonde one is the target, no one else." A man covered in red armor from head to toe and long spear in his hand told his teammates, causing them to snap to attention. His teammates were both covered in similar armor but green and had a shield and sword each.
"Sir, yes sir."
X
Team seven snapped their heads up when the buzzard sounded and sprinted into the forest when the gate opened. About five minutes in, the team stopped and each of them brought their hands together.
"Kai!" Three shouts and smokescreens later, Team seven stood in their normal attire with their weapons.
"Alright, let's get this show on the road." Naruto nodded and created nine clones that henged into the members of Team seven.
"You three go first. After ten minutes, the next team will go and then that last before us. Understand?" The clones nodded and the first set left the area they were in.
"I can feel several teams around us. Haku's team is moving towards us from our east." Naruto nodded and brought his hood up while Sasuke scanned the area. "We have a team moving towards us from our west." Sakura pointed towards the area and the two nodded.
"Do you recognize the chakra signature?" Sasuke asked the girl and she shook her head as the second set of clones left the area.
"No, and they're not from the Leaf. They'll be here in twenty minutes. Haku's team is looking at a half hour travel rate if they don't run into any one on the way." Sasuke nodded and vanished from his spot, Naruto and Sakura standing in the clearing alone, the last team taking off ten minutes later.
"We found you!" Naruto looked over to find three people covered in full body armor walking into the clearing, the red one with the spear speaking.
"Who are you guys?" Naruto asked with a bored tone. The red one laughed.
"I'm a General Genocide. The two you see behind me are both Corp. Crushers. We are the soldiers of Zophar and have come to put you down!" Naruto narrowed his eyes, drawing his sword from his side while Sakura drew her sword and shield off her back.
"Zophar?" Naruto muttered, getting a surprise when a voice answered him from the back of his mind.
'Zophar is the Dark God. Where Althena gave life, magic and hope to her people, Zophar gave them hate, death and turned them into monster. The three before you are examples of the monster he created from humans of which they are no longer. You remember the Razor Wolves back in Wave? Zophar created them too.' Naruto's eyes were wide, his body frozen.
'Kyuubi… Please forgive me for everything. I was foolish I see that now.' Lemina frowned to the boy.
'You can prove your forgiveness later. For now, keep yourself alive.' Naruto blinked back into focus in time to watch the General monster run at Naruto with his spear at the ready. Sakura split off from Naruto, who turned to avoid the spear and kicked the monster away.
"You sure are foolish to not remember there are three of us." A voice from above caused everyone to look up as Sasuke floated high above them, his eyes closed and his wings wrapped around him. He snapped his eyes open, the green Sharingan glaring holes into the monster. He began to fall from the sky, opening his wings, Deathscythe igniting to life in his hands as he brought the glowing blade down on the stray Corporal, cutting right through the monster's armor before drawing the blade across in a horizontal slice, cutting his target into fourths.
Naruto smirked at the boy before rolling to the side, starting a line of one handed seals. "Wind Style: Wind Cutter!" wind coated the boy's blade and he slashed three times at the General. The general growled, trying to avoid the blades of wind but failing, his armored body too heavy for him to move fast enough, resulting in the attack cutting his stomach open, his left arm off and a deep gash across his leg.
Sakura used her shield to deflect the sword of the second corporal and leaned in to stab the monster. Her senses kicking in caused her to stop her attack and instead to roll around the monster and brought her sword up as she stood, her sword cutting through the monster's armor and severing it's spinal cord as her blade ascended the monster's back.
"That was too easy." Sasuke crossed his arms, his scythe on his back. Naruto nodded his head in agreement while Sakura searched the general's body.
"A little too easy. They have an Earth Scroll." Sakura tossed it to Naruto. Naruto caught the scroll only for him to freeze up.
"Oh shit. Sasuke, Sakura we head east! Some Grass ninja just took out a set of my clones in battle with too much ease. We need to meet up with Haku and her team. Lower your chakra and lets go." The two nodded and followed Naruto into the forest in haste.
X
Orochimaru growled in annoyance. Whoever made those shadow clones were strong. They made him waste over an hour trying to figure out if any of them were the real Sasuke or not. If he didn't find Sasuke Uchiha soon, he would have to change his plans.
He needed the Sharingan if he wanted to complete his quest for immortality.
X Team Eight X
Team eight hid behind some bushes with sick stomachs as they watched the red haired boy from Suna crush the team they were facing with his sand. Nothing the team did hurt Gaara at all and even the red head's teammates didn't have to lift a finger while the kid crushed them all alive.
"Temari, Kankuro, let's go to the tower. These fools, bore me." Gaara told his siblings and they agreed, jumping off into the forest while Kiba, Hinata and Shino sighed in relief.
"Ok, we need to get out of here. We have our scrolls so let's go." Kiba and Hinata nodded to the bug user and left the clearing several minutes later after collecting themselves.
X Team Seven X
"Quick, in here." Naruto muttered to his teammates as they came upon a small cave on their way towards Haku's team. Sasuke and Sakura nodded followed the boy into the cave.
"So what now?" Sakura asked and Naruto sighed.
"We wait for Ayame and her team. Ayame can help us create a new path to the tower or at least get us out of this crazy Grass ninja's way." Sasuke nodded and leaned against the wall of the cave while Sakura sat down.
"Now why would you want to do that, Naruto-kun?" The three teens looked up to see the Grass ninja Naruto talked about and the boy swore as the three of them drew their weapons. "Kukuku, I finally get to meet you, Sasuke Uchiha, I've been looking for you since the exam started." Sasuke groaned, shaking his head.
"I'm Sasuke Daitenshi, not Uchiha. Sorry but you have the wrong brat." Orochimaru's eyes flashed in fury as he watched Sasuke's green Sharingan come to life.
"Your eyes…. What have you done to your eyes?" The cave was filled with killing intent which all three Genin looked to each other before shaking it off.
"I have done nothing. What's it to you anyway? Why do you care about the Sharingan?" Orochimaru growled as he ripped the flesh mask off his face.
"Sasuke, that's Orochimaru, one of the Sannin!" Sakura called out while Naruto glared at the man.
"Regardless if you know about me or not, you must die!" Orochimaru sped through seals, Naruto doing the same. "Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The blast of wind rushed towards them, Naruto barely managing to use her own jutsu.
"Ice Style: Ice Wall Jutsu!" Water from the air condensed into strong wall of ice in front of the teens, only for the wall to shatter from not being completed in time and the three teens being blasted further back into the cave while shards of ice cut into them. Orochimaru growled as he planted several tags around the entrance to the cave.
"I'll find someone with the Sharingan and when I do, I'll have my immortality." Orochimaru walked away from the cave as several explosions rocked the area, the entrance to the cave being closed off from the rubble. The snake man vanished from the area to meet up with the rest of his troop.
Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura stood from where they landed and looked around in the darkness. "Hey, you guys ok?" Naruto called out, not being able to see them.
"I'm good. Sasuke, are you ok?"
"I'm fine, Sakura."
"We need some damn light." Naruto spoke up. Seconds later Sasuke's green blade lit up to show his teammates where he was. Naruto and Sakura walked towards the light while Sasuke looked around with his eyes.
"Well, we can tell Kakashi-sensei that my eyes allow me to see in the dark as if we were outside." Naruto and Sakura nodded.
"Sakura, can you sense any of the teams from here?" Sakura closed her eyes, spreading out her senses.
"I can feel Haku, Ayame and Lacus but other than that no."
'I sense something here Sasuke/Naruto. It's further in.' Kyuubi and Deathscythe told the two, getting nods from them both.
"Kyuubi says something is in here with us." Sasuke nodded.
"Deathscythe too. But what?" Sakura crossed her arms.
"Well, we can either go back the way Orochimaru blasted us from, or we can continue in." Sasuke and Naruto looked to each other before nodding.
"Let's head in. I'll send a shadow clone to try and reopen the cave's entrance since that explosion was most likely Orochi-teme." The two nodded and they started going deeper into the cave while a clone was sent back towards the entrance.
X
Haku and her team landed outside the collapsed cave and looked around. "Anything Ayame?" the brown haired girl pointed to the cave entrance.
"Behind those rocks. I sense a total of four people, three of them further in so I'm guessing the nearest one is a clone." The girls nodded. Lacus and Ayame walked towards the cave only to hear the sound of someone jumping into the clearing.
"Well, well, well. Look what we got here, Dosu. An all female team." The girls turned to the voice and found a boy with a sound headband standing in the clearing, sending a leer at all three of the girls. "Looks like their ripe for the picking in this forest, eh?"
"Keep your dick in your pants, Zaku. You can do that on your own time." A female's voice cut out from behind them as Ayame growled.
"We're surrounded."
"I agree with Kin, Zaku. You can wait until after the exams." Ayame faced the black haired girl while Haku faced Zaku and Lacus faced the mummified looking teen.
"Fine, I guess I'll just play with Kin after we take care of these girls." The leaf Genin glared at the boy while Kin grit her teeth.
"Whatever. Anyway, where's Sasuke Uchiha?" Lacus had her bow out with an arrow notched in seconds.
"There is no Sasuke Uchiha. The only Sasuke we know is Sasuke Daitenshi." Zaku growled as he held his hands out.
"Sonic Blast!" Ayame stomped on the ground, causing earth to shoot up and protect the girls from all sides.
"Fire Style: Fire Arrow!" Arrows started to rain down on the sound ninja, causing them to scatter.
"Ice Style: Ice pick jutsu!" Dosu cursed as he leapt to the side to avoid a giant ice stalagmite from piercing his chest. Kin threw a senbon into the tree and pulled on the chakra string attached to the bell, hoping to catch them in a gen jutsu only for her senbon to come flying back at her.
"Headhunter Jutsu!" Ayame's voice cried out as she shot her hands out of the ground and grabbed onto Zaku, pulling him neck deep into the earth. Dosu smirked under his wrappings as he rushed at the girl only to jump aside to avoid a lance taking his head off. Ayame started a line of seals and slammed her right hand on the ground.
"Earth Style: Diamond Staff!" Ayame raised her hand and a staff rose with it, the teen taking hold of it once it reached its full length. The entire staff was eight feet long and four inches in diameter. The brown haired girl rushed at Kin, who started to dodge arrows from within the forest.
Lacus looked down from her location and spotted the Zaku boy smirk before the ground around him exploded. She notched and arrow and shot it into the smoke. "Shadow Clone Arrow Jutsu!" The one arrow turned to dozens and then hundreds as it rained down on the smoke screen that had covered the boy's escape. Lacus cursed as she jumped off the branch to avoid a blast of wind meant to crush her.
Haku brought her lance down on the bandaged boy only for him to hold his left arm up. Haku's lance smashed against the metal device under it and Haku collapsed to her knees, holding her head from the unbearable pain the device created. "This is the melody arm. It can amplify sound waves into a weapon of my usage." Dosu kicked the girl away from her lance and towards the area where Zaku had trapped Lacus with his constant use of his Sonic Blasts. "Kin! Hit me!" Kin nodded and tossed a senbon at the boy, hitting his melody arm and causing both the girls to fall in pain, blood leaving their ears.
Zaku smirked and turned his aim at the staff user before firing his attack. "Super Air Slicer!" The blast of air burst from his hands and managed to hit both Ayame and Kin, sending them both into the same tree. Dosu walked over and tossed Ayame to her mates, knocking a kunai onto his melody arm to cause her to become disoriented. Zaku stomped over to Kin in rage and kicked the girl in the chest.
"You stupid bitch! You're completely useless! You can't even take care of a fucking weak whore!" Kin gasped out in pain when Zaku kicked her again. Dosu was about to open his mouth to stop Zaku when he notice a kunai with a note attached to it. Picking it up he frowned. "Zaku! Change of plans, Orochimaru-sama is resending our mission. We're dropping out of the exams." Zaku growled and turned to Kin.
"What do we do with her? She's a useless whore." The girls recovered enough to look over at the girl and paled at what Dosu decided.
"Kill her." Zaku smirked while Kin looked up in pain and fear as the boy pointed one of his hands at her.
'I can't defend myself! He broke my hand with that jutsu!'
"Ultra Sonic Sound-"
"Wood Style: Briar!" giant thorny vines burst out of the ground around Zaku and the man went wide eyed in fear as they dug into his skin. Team Momoichi looked to the cave where the voice came from only to see Naruto standing outside of the cave in, his hands pressed against the ground with a murderous look on his face. Clenching his right hand, the vines closed in around Zaku, crushing him with a sickening squelch and a painful scream from the boy. Dosu glared at the boy and readied his Melody arm only to go wide eyed at the sword coming out of his chest.
"You should have been watching your surroundings, Oto ninja." A second Naruto drew his sword from the boy and watched him fall to the ground, bleeding out while the first walked over to where the Sound girl sat against the tree, gasping for air as she stared at the only part of her one time teammate that could be seen. She coughed several times, blood painting the ground and her hands. "Are you ok, Oto-san?" The girl looked to the boy and shook her head.
"Please, don't kill me." She tried to back up further into the tree only for Naruto to sheath his sword and knee down next to the girl, his eyes showing his concern for her injury.
"You have a broken rib and a pierced lung. I can help you." The girl looked to the boy in fear while team Momoichi was being taken care of by the other Naruto.
"I can't explain much right now but we're both only clones. Boss and the others are trying to find another way out of the cave while a third clone is working on getting that cave cleared. Had to use the hidden mole jutsu in order to get out here." The girls nodded as the clone's hands worked over their ears with a green glow.
The clone that was trying to help Kin finally just knocked her unconscious before starting to help her as well.
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The trio had been walking for what had to be hours now and Sakura sighed. "Let's take a rest guys, I'm getting a little winded here." The teens nodded in agreement and took seats around each other.
'Deathscythe, are we anywhere near whatever you told me about?' The scythe ignited lighting up the area a bit.
'Take a look.' Sasuke turned and gasped at the giant structure that the group was just a few feet away from. Naruto and Sakura looked towards the teen and looked upon the massive building in shock and awe.
"What is that thing?" Naruto asked only for no reply to come back. Sakura blinked in confusion at the tugging she could feel in her soul.
"Let's check it out. The building is made of some type of ore that doesn't seem to break down at all from what it seems like." The two boys nodded and followed the girl up the stairs. They came to a stop before a door with carvings of several round disks that had different designs.
At the 12 o'clock position was a yellow disk with three triangles and three circles, the triangles pointing inward towards the center. The next one to the right was a green disk with four crescent shapes, giving it a pinwheel look to it. The third was red with a three fingered claw. The fourth disk was blue with six diamond shapes. The fifth disk was orange and had the look of a yin yang symbol on it without the color. The final disk was purple and had an upside down triangle with three circles, one on each side of the triangle. In the center of the circle of disks was a set of three, golden triangles, creating a pyramid.
"What is this place? A temple?" Sakura asked what the three were wondering as she placed her hand on the carvings only to flinch back as the door started to shake and lower towards the ground. The trio walked into the entrance and looked around the room. There were several pillars standing around the room with seven doors leading to different places. Sakura walked to the middle of the giant room where a large tablet stood.
"What's it say, Sakura?" Sasuke called out as Naruto walked up and looked at it.
"Sages six to seal the sword.
Line of Heroes ye be born.
Try your luck and you may succeed.
Your birthright awaits the Master's Creed."
Naruto looked from the tablet to Sakura and blinked. "You actually understood that?" Sakura looked to Naruto and tilted her head to the side in confusion.
"You couldn't?" Naruto shook his head. "Huh, I wonder why. I could read it perfectly." Sasuke walked up to the tablet and took a look himself, shaking his head when he couldn't understand it.
"Nothing. All I see is a bunch of symbol." Sakura frowned and looked back at the tablet.
"There's more." Naruto nodded as the teen started to read the rest out loud.
"To reach the blade of evil's bane,
You must master the six planes.
The winds of the forest calls your name,
Watch the birth of friendship in the blazing flames.
Water's Image you must tame,
Sands of Time show the spirit's bane.
Shadows hide from plain sight,
Light shows the path that's right.
Master these, and show no fear,
There are none that stand against Time's Heir."
The three looked to each other and shrugged before Naruto looked around the room.
"So, which way?" Sakura looked around the room and pointed to the green door to the northeast corner of the room.
"I guess that one would be a good start." The trio nodded and moved for the door, missing the figure hiding in the shadows smirking behind the black and white mask he wore.
'I shall have another ally for my master soon. Soon, I will have my revenge against Althena.'
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DMN: Well, that's chapter nine. Hope you all have enjoyed. Well, gotta run. Pikachu, if you will please.
Pikachu: PI! Pika pi! Chu pika! Pikachu!
DMN: ….. Should have asked Stone Cold instead.
SCSA: You called, bitch?
DMN: (Cowers) C-C-Can you give the good bye?
SCSA: Stop cowering like a bitch (Looks to the readers). All of you better review! BECAUSE STONE COLD SAID SO, AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE!
