Disclaimer: I made love to a tiger fish yesterday then toasted it over an open fire. See does anyone actually read this? Well whatever I don't wanna get in trouble with the lawman because I can't afford it because I'm not making money off of Naruto who is owned by Masashi Kishimoto. Dante's Inferno influences my own hell once more that sounds weird. Peter Binsfeld seven deadly brothers. Ah violent like normal. Mistakes mine. Plot holes mine. Gaara I wish was mine. That's right I have a crush on the psycho red head, he's my type.

"Tiger fish?"- Bold is Ijiwaru

"HAHA you don't have sex!"- Italics and bold is Daraku

"Fish taste gross"-Italics is Zaria's inner thoughts

(I didn't really! I just was curious if people read it!)-Anything in parentheses is me!

****It is true-The asterisks mean change of point of view

Tiger fish those are weird right? I use weird a lot…..as well as eyebrows.

Chapter 9: The Forest of Death: Is That Anything Like the Concrete Jungle?

The timing for me coming back could have been better when the first thing I saw was Ibiki taking off his hitai-ate.

"What the fuck? Where is the tenth question?" I said louder than I wanted. People around me turned in their seats to stare. There was one that I didn't realize was one of the undercover people.

"We already had the tenth question." He said staring at me like I was stupid.

"What? When?" I asked back.

"Like five minutes ago." His face was full of confusion. In his mind all he could think was she's been sitting there the whole time?

"Did I pass?" I went on and he nodded slowly. "Sweet." The whole time Ibiki had been speaking although everyone around me had stopped listening. They instead had tuned into mine. "So what was the question?" I asked curious.

"You didn't hear the question?" The boy asked blinking. I shook my head wincing touching my jaw slightly. I had bruised from Naamah in real life. Training in hell was sucking. "There isn't a real question. You were supposed to raise your hand if you wanted to leave and pass on the tenth question. If you failed you would stay a genin forever, not allowed to take the chunin exam again." He explained.

"But I thought there wasn't a tenth question?" I was confused.

"There wasn't."

"So it was a mindfuck? Not that good of one. It's just a title." I said with a shrug. The spy looked over to the blonde boy surprised. They were on the same team and had a similar answer. He glanced at her paper, blank except for doodles, she hadn't even put her name. Looking over to the side to her neighbour he held his shiver back. Gaara of the desert, the container of the demon Shukaku. The girl however was totally unphased by the aura that was being put out. She blinked and looked over to her teammate as he was shouting again.

"Hell yeah! Wish us luck!" Naruto screamed. Through the windows a person came in sending glass a crossed the room. Kunai were thrown to the ceiling and two were thrown to the ground.

"Norns what's up with the banner?" I asked and the other guy was stunned silent. A woman stood in front of the banner with purple hair tied into a ponytail. She wore a tan trench coat and under that was mostly fishnets.

"Don't celebrate! I am you examiner for the second test. Mitarashi Anko! Now let's go. Follow me!" She shouted.

"Someone decided to put extra sugar in their coffee." I muttered but the spy heard and had to hide his laughter in his arm.

"80! Ibiki you left….26 teams? That doesn't make sense." She yelled at Ibiki. Ibiki hadn't noticed either.

"Who didn't leave with their teams?" He demanded harshly. I gulped and looked anywhere but the front. Ibiki trained to notice such things pointed me out. "You! Why didn't you leave with your team?" He demanded. The spy grew confused. He was pretty sure the blonde was her teammate.

"My team is still here sir." I stuttered out. He raised an eyebrow. "My team has four members." I offered awkwardly. "But we aren't the only ones. Panda-boy over here has four too." I explained pointing to Gaara. Kankuro was waiting for his brother to kill the stupid Konoha kunoichi. She had called Gaara panda-boy! Afzal stared at me I could feel his gaze on my back.

"That is unusual for teams of four. You turned your paperwork in right?" Afzal and I both nodded. Ibiki nodded. "26 teams it is Anko."

"Then this test was too easy!"

"This time there are a lot of outstanding ones." Ibiki stated.

"Bah that's fine. I'll cut them down by half in the second exam. Ah I'm getting excited." A dark look took over Anko's face. She is utterly ridiculous. She reminds me of Naruto, must be related. Ijiwaru are kidding me. I've seen scarier shit on my paw than her.Right you live in hell. "I'll explain everything once we change places, follow me." We all got up and followed Anko out the door this time. She pouted about not escaping through the window. I finally caught up with my team putting my arms around Naruto's neck.

"Zaria what happened to your cheek and your jaw?" She asked.

"Hell." Was the simple answer. Naruto caught my eye and I knew we would be having a conversation. Sakura just thought I was being a bitch although I kind of was. As we got closer to where Anko was leading us I noticed the trees that grew like giants. They reminded me of the skyscrapers of home. The sounds coming from the forest sadly reminded me of home as well. She led us to a large gate with a sign that said, "Danger! Stay Out!" Quaint.

"Welcome to the stage for the second exam, practice area 44." Where are 1 to 43? "Also known as the Forest of Death." Anko smiled spreading her arms out. Good name, cheerful. Daraku your commentary is hysterical.

"This is creepy." Sakura said.

"You'll soon find out why they call it the Forest of Death." Anko continued.

"Could it be something to do with death?" I asked sarcastically. Anko glared at me. Naruto beside me put his hands on his hips and bent his knees. He made his voice copy Anko's swinging his hips side to side.

"You'll find out why they call it the Forest of Death." After he had finished making fun of Anko he pointed his finger out at her. "You think that scares me? That's nothing! I'm not afraid!" Anko smiled but it wasn't a happy one, it was the kind I gave people on the streets of Philly. Move along or I will punch you in the face.

"You're spirited." She was moving for a kunai. As she threw it I threw my own sending hers sailing over to the side. Anko appeared behind Naruto and he was unharmed not a scratch. Anko seemed surprised by the turn of events. She was holding Naruto by the shoulder and neck.

"Kids like you are killed quickly." Anko tensed and gathered another kunai as a guy with a straw hat flipped his tongue out to hand her hers. Gene Simmons is a shinobi? Anko thanked him and I grew anxious with this happening so close to Naruto. He's fine he can take care of himself. Kurama…Ijiwaru was cut off and I was getting annoyed with Daraku always stopping him from explaining. Anko released Naruto and turned to the guy. "But you know don't sneak up on me like that or I'll kill you." She laughed. The guy also started to laugh.

"No I just get excited when I get close to death." The guy's tongue was grossing me out. "Sorry about that." He said and turned back to his group.

"Looks like we have a lot of blood thirsty ones this year. This should be fun. Now before we start the second exam I have something to pass out." Anko grinned and fanned out official looking documents. "You must sign these agreement forms. There will be deaths in this one. And if I don't have you sign these it will be all my responsibility. I'm going to explain the second test, than have you fill these forms out. And then check in each team at the booth." She explained. Naruto went up first to grab the forms before handing them to me and I passed them on.

"I will now explain the second test. Simply put you must attempt the ultimate survival. First I wil…" The words faded and I felt myself falling back. I kept falling till I hit the ground. I heard the wind howling above me pulling at my clothing and almost knocking me to the ground again.

"I was in the middle of something!" I screamed trying to be heard over the howling wind. The wind was catching people and blowing them back and forth. Fire was directed at me and even through the wind there was no stopping. I dodged to the side running towards the fire stupidly, but that was the only way I would find Asmodeus. The fire was coming from the mouth of a man which was situated between a bull's and a sheep's. Once more I would be fighting someone with a serpent tail. He was sitting on a leopard (it should be a lion but in the Inferno the leopard to some represents the sins of wantonness) with dark leathery wings and a neck similar to Daraku's. The man had a bulky human chest but his legs were that of a chicken. I could see why he decided to ride of the dragon leopard. "You douchenozzle!" I shouted at him. He grinned at me and the leopard moved forward at neck breaking speeds. I ended up dodging and not doing much else. Fucking cat. My thoughts echoed through the wind. The leopard must have heard as the growl that it produced meant death. With all the running it was impossible to think about my scythe. Running seemed like the best option at the moment.

Suddenly there was fire and I was running straight towards it. I skidded to a halt and rolled so I could run to the other side. A resounding crack filled the air and I was no longer running. A tail was wrapped around my ankle. Asmodeus had used his tail as a whip and was pulling me closer with it. His weapon of choice wasn't a sword but a ball and chain flail Morningstar. That was going to hurt like a bitch, though the leopard's teeth looked pretty painful. Grabbing a kunai I dug it into the ground to keep myself from being pulled closer while I used a shurkien. I threw it farther up the tail. Asmodeus growled kicking the side of the leopard. My kunai was no help as I was dragged a crossed the ground. I slid on the ground colliding with the wall side that made the fence around the second ring. I winced as I felt warm blood sliding down from my forehead down and between my eyes. I blinked and there was familiar feeling of passing out. The tail lifted and I scrambled for the ground and suddenly I was flying through the air among the other lost souls. I flipped myself so I could push off one of the few souls around me, speeding closer to Asmodeus. I had a kunai ready aiming for the human chest, but I met leopard's teeth. I yelled punching the stupid thing in the face trying to get it to release me.

Anko's speech was over and Team 7 prepared to wait for their scroll when they noticed Zaria hadn't moved, once. She wasn't even blinking her eyes glazed over creepily. Naruto waved his hand in front of her face confused. How long had she been like this? Was she poisoned? Anko was watching team seven the only other genin team with four people. The girl had stopped listening as soon as she was about to explain the rules. Not the girl's smartest decision, however there was something off with the aura around her. There was a frown on her face and her teammates seemed to grow concerned as well. The loud blonde waved a hand in front of her face and there was no reaction, not a flinch. That's when the blood that was flowing down between her eyes came known to everyone looking at her. Her frown was now a grimace and it seemed she was fighting something in her mind as her fingers twitched. The white bandages around her right arm started to tinge pink before turning redder. Her arm was bleeding even though all she had been doing was standing.

Naruto was freaking out because his friend was bleeding from wounds that he had no idea of how she got them. Even Sasuke seemed worried about the strange team member. Sakura put a hand to Zaria's face to feel her temperature although blood stained her hand. Sasuke saw that Anko seemed about to move towards them when Sakura cried out. Zaria was growling. She forced Sakura on to her knees using the arm that had been touching her forehead and Zaria had forced it behind Sakura's back.

I gasped and stepped back confused. Sakura's hand had confused me after Asmodeus had slit my throat and I "died". There was a wet feeling on my forehead. I blinked touching the blood dripping down my forehead. So some wounds did appear but it's obvious not all or I would be choking on my blood. I glanced at my arm, awesome leopard bite. I sighed unravelling the bandages and revealed a huge bite from the leopard, although to everyone else they didn't know what it was from.

"Where did you get that wound?" Sakura emphasised. I glanced at my concerned teams faces as Sakura rubbed her shoulder.

"Like I said last time hell." I answered back. This time Sakura didn't look at me as if I was a bitch, this time she looked at me as if I was crazy. Maybe I was. Anko came over and told us to finish filling out our forms and get our scroll or leave. Naruto once more was the only one who kind of understood what was happening to me. I asked him about the scroll as we headed to the curtained stand to get our scroll and hand in our forms. The man handed Naruto the scroll, Heaven. How ironic. That meant we would be trying to find Earth. We stood as another examiner made us follow him to our gate, number 12. This gate is where we would be starting from. When our examiner got us to the gate and unlocked it he bowed to us just as Anko yelled about thirty more minutes. Standing around anxiously I burst out laughing as Naruto flicked off our gate. He smiled at me seeing I was better, especially after I had used the bandages to wipe of the blood from my forehead. I joined in with the flicking off of the gate.

"The second part for the chunin exam begins….NOW!" Anko screamed and we all rushed in. After running from the entrance we stopped and started a brisk walk. We paused when we heard the screaming of other shinobi.

"It seems they found out why this is called the Forest of Death." I said and Sakura nodded but she was shaking.

"I'm getting nervous." Sakura said and Naruto put his hands behind his head.

"This is nothing Sakura." He said in a confident voice. Naruto shivered beside me and moved over to a hole right beside us. "I gotta piss." He said starting to unzip his pants. I laughed fondly at Naruto's ridiculousness as Sakura punched him in the back of the head.

"What are you doing in front of us ladies? Do it in the bushes!" Sakura screamed at him.

"Don't go too far Naru. There's something close." I added with a smile. Sasuke, Sakura, and I moved closer together just for safety. Something just seemed off but I couldn't put my finger on it. Naruto nodded and ran through the tall bushes. There was silence and the three of us stood awkwardly. The bushes were moving again and parting and Naruto appeared before us. I sniffed and froze as Naruto continued to talk. Sasuke glanced at me when I froze and I caught his eye. Naruto smelled wrong. I left taking out the imposter to Sasuke as I started running through the grass. Follow your nose pup!I turned and found Naruto laying down his eyes shut. There were louder sounds of fighting above us as a kunai stabbed the ground right by my foot and Naruto's eyes opened. He looked confused before he spotted the shinobi that Sasuke was fighting. He growled.

"That bastard caught me off guard as I was pissing!" Naruto bellowed. Rule number three Naruto beware of bathrooms. He ran off and I rolled my eyes at the boy. With a sudden turn of my head I heard another person breathing. Much like a wolf stalking their prey I got low to the ground running without a sound. There was another shinobi hiding from us. He wore a grass headband in his black hair. It wasn't quite a bowl cut but it was close. His eyes were a strange purple blue colour. He was dressed in clothing that reminded me of military camo print blending in pretty well.

However, I had the nose of a wolf so not well enough to fool me. I moved forward twirling a kunai out from my pouch and jumped. He turned in time to stop my kunai. I growled at him much like a wolf. He blinked a little surprised of my sudden appearance. We moved apart from each other dust clouding around us. He charged and I flipped out of the way one hand touching the ground. The arm gave a little since I hadn't healed from the bite. I crashed to the ground and the other shinobi pounced. His kunai got my side tearing into my brand new clothes. I wasn't usually so crazy about clothing but these were a gift, I had never had one before. I punched the kid in the face and he went flying back. I threw my shuriken which pinned his pant leg to the ground and moved quickly and put my good hand to the ground and spun my leg so it connected with the side of his knee. There was a sickening sound as the knee blew out to the side. Small pieces of the kneecap were splintered showing through the skin. Blood was leaking from the knee and the other shinobi was crying.

I jumped back as the kid was clawing at the ground in pain. I hadn't expected my kick to be that powerful. There was another sound coming, it was heavy and running fast. It most defiantly wasn't human either. I didn't know if I was capable of killing anyone, when I was conscious and Daraku wasn't in control. I would leave the dirty work to whatever was coming. The grass nin seemed to realize this. He begged for me to kill him, but I blinked and tilted my head.

"Now why would I do that?" I asked and ran before I lost my courage. Although, I don't think I had the courage to kill the kid either. I ran back to where Sasuke and that other ninja had been fighting. Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke were sitting in a circle. "What the fuck guys? Having team meetings without me." I yelled at them and all three turned to me.

"You're the one who ran away." Sakura yelled back. I motioned to the shallow wound on my stomach.

"Sorry I was dealing with something." I snarled back. There was a high pitched screaming before silence. I turned to stare at where I came from. "It seems it's over." I added the other three looked confused. "There was another shinobi in the bushes. We played for a while and I let him meet one of the forest's pets." I explained.

"You played? You sound crazy when you say that." Sakura said back to me. I grinned and she rolled her eyes. Sasuke asked for our scroll as he stood up. I winced when something hit my cheek just as Naruto did as well. Suddenly there was an explosion right behind me and I was forced forward colliding with Naruto as we flew over tree trunks. We both got up and I brushed the dust off myself and then Naruto.

"Where did everyone go?" I asked when a shadow appeared above us. Naruto and I looked wide eyed. It was a huge snake with black spots.

"That's huge!" Cried Naruto.

"That is the king of cobras." I said. The snake lunged forward but I was used to tails trying to grab me so I moved out of the way, but Naruto was caught in the coil. "NARUTO!" I screamed as the snake swallowed Naruto whole. I grabbed my kunai and started chopping at its stomach. I could hear Naruto yelling trying to get out. PUP! RUN! I listened to Ijiwaru not even thinking about Naruto. My ears sharpened and I could hear the thumping of someone's footsteps behind me and their breath.

The two men that had been standing with Gene Simmons, Chi and Kei were watching the two other shinobi that had been separated from Sasuke. They had followed Orchimaru's words and found new prey. The black haired kunoichi seemed like an easy target and Chi thought that tattoo of hers would be a fun piece of skin to have. He licked his lips thinking of the blood that would be spilled. She didn't seem to notice while trying to get her teammate out of the snake's stomach, but suddenly she was off and running. They took off after her and she spun and twisted through the forest like she had lived in it all her life. She passed through a curtain of ivy and both men followed after but when they made it through there was no sign of her.

They turned back to the ivy curtain only to see that it was gone. Kei tried to go back but only found himself paralyzed. Chi stepped closer to him only to see Kei's eyes starting to bleed from the corners. The sclera had turned a darken shade of red and black was slowly encroaching the iris and pupil. Kei's fingers were twitching and soon his mouth dropped. Kei must have been in a large amount of pain as clear tears were falling down his cheeks, what Chi didn't know was that this was the conjunctiva had liquidised and was now leaking. Looking to the side of his team member and brother he saw that blood was now slowly coming from his ears, dripping onto his dark cloak. Kei's chest convulsed and soon he was choking. Chi moved in front of him and his reward was Kei coughing so hard that blood splattered across his face.

He whipped his face off first before noticing that his eyes were starting to burn. He whipped harder at his eyes and still the burning did not stop. Soon he was scratching at them his blunt nails tearing at the soft skin at his eyelids. He couldn't stop himself from scratching. The burning was so maddening. His nails tore into the jelly like substance of his left eyeball. Pulling his fingers back from his eye socket he fell to his knees and then completely to the ground where he repeatedly slammed his head against the tree. Soon all of his movements stopped.

Kei was also down on his knees as his own liquidised eyes slid down his cheek making red brown lines. Blood was still falling from his mouth and his lips were a dark cherry colour. The blood was now mixed with pinkish jelly like objects and bile. The unknown objects were his pureed insides that were forcing their way out. Kei was falling towards the ground his body finally going into arrest and he laid in his puddle of pulverised intestines and blood. The ivy moved gently before it changed colour and took shape of a spider the size of a large dog. It had been waiting for its prey to die. As it moved forward it gripped onto the fallen Chi. Its legs gripping onto him. Using its spinneret Chi was wrapped in silk and Kei soon followed. Using its fangs the spider bit onto the webbed covered Chi and the digestive tube prepared itself. Soon there was an exchange of digestive secretions and liquidized human.

I watched from a far unable to move from the horror that was happening right in front of me. I learned against a tree with a sigh of relief that I was no longer being chased. I was also worried as I had no idea of where I was or what to do if the spider came after me. I started moving again leaving the spider to feast on the two poor bastards. As soon as I passed from under the hanging vines I came to a halt in front of a beautiful lake. The water was like a crystal in the sunlight. I moved touching my fingertips to the water with a grin. Bending down I was about to take a drink when I spotted something out of the corner of my eye. There was a sign strangely enough next to the lake. Too bad I couldn't read the words what so ever. I ignored it and stepped in after removing my haori, obi, jika-tabi, and the bandages around my arms. The water felt great on my sweaty body and I sighed in relief once more before flinching. I quickly got out after feeling something biting me. It was the arm that the stupid cat had bitten.

However, something that looked very similar to an oversized slug was attached. Yelping in disgust I tried to brush it off but it was stuck. The large slug wasn't a slug at all but a leech. Looking into my pouch I found a book of matches and set the fucker on fire. It made horrible wheezing noises before it finally fell off. It left me with a lovely ringed pattern that was black in the middle and turned burgundy at the edges. (Think Ashitaka cursed wound from Princess Mononoke) It throbbed and I was tempted to put my arm back into the water. Whatever that creature was pup it wasn't good.You think? My sarcastic response wasn't meet with any comeback which worried me. This must be really bad. I quickly got dressed again deciding to stay far away from the lake.

Can I borrow your nose to sniff out my team? I suppose.Taking a large breath I started to follow the strong scent of ramen. The smell however tapered off and I was completely lost again.

Out of the corner of my eye I met teal pupil less eyes, Gaara. The blonde girl was standing farther back along with the brown haired boy, but the one in the turban was standing particularly close to him. I stopped awkwardly.

"Ummm hi. I'm just passing through." I said moving back the way I came ducking under a shuriken. I had the worst luck possible. The sound of rushing sand was at my back. My ankle was caught and I face planted into the ground. I was being dragged backwards and I felt a sense of déjà vu before twisting around so I was on my ass and being pulled forward. "Oh come on!" I growled and the throbbing of my arm came back. I blinked seeing that blue blackish opaque worm like creatures were wiggling from my arm. I scream sliding my arm against the ground as Gaara's sand was dragging me.

"Gaara stop." It was the female and I stopped looking at my possessed arm which had grabbed a kunai throwing it and had burst apart the sand. I was up and running in no time away from the other shinobi team. That creature has done something to you. I NOTICED! I was still running even though my legs felt like giving out but I was thankful that the worms were gone.

It had gotten so dark and I was so tired that I had to stop. I can't sleep no one is here to take watch. We can do that, sleep hatchling. I muttered to myself pressing closer to the tree trunk hoping no one would find me. Wake up pup! I blinked rubbing my blurry eyes, when something caught my eye and it was peeking just over the bandages. The wound from the slug had increased in size!

The wind blew and I smelled ramen, sakura blossoms, and angst, but there were seven other smells intertwined. Forget about my arm, my friends came first. I was off and running with my eyes closed somehow making it over rocks and roots. Soon Sakura's smell was a lot more potent. SAKURA! I burst through trees and bushes not caring about the sounds I was making and what they would attract. Not even noticing the three shinobi in the bushes, I burst out standing in front of the sound ninja again. Everyone was stunned by the change of events. Sakura was covered in blood and I growled. Naruto and Sasuke lay side by side each other passed out. Sasuke however smelled strange like a snake. From the side of his neck a deep purple steam seemed to be erupting.

"What the fuck do you think you are doing to my teammates?" I demanded to the team of three. The one with the pointed hair grinned and threw kunai at Sakura which I knew I would be unable to stop. I didn't need to when Ino-pig appeared in front her stopping them. She grinned and the sound nin were once more confused by more people appearing. Ino stood between her two team members, the one with the pineapple shaped head and hair and the plump one. The pineapple held tight to the white scarf of the plump one.

"I won't let you show me up in front of Sasuke-kun." Ino announced. He's passed out! How would he even notice? The female sound shinobi grumbled and I turned to her with a sneer. The plump one was shivering and complaining. But before he could actually say anything, I attacked while the sound ninja was distracted. The female sound was going down first. I spun on my left foot my right heel coming around nailing her in the face. She went careening into the nearest tree. There was another Konoha shinobi fallen on the ground in a green spandex outfit that freaked me out. The two males turned to me ignoring the other team and Sakura. I gave a wolfish grin and cocked my head to the side.

"You're the kunoichi from the first exam." The one with his face covered announced. I rolled my eyes at the two of them. Kill them! I paused that wasn't Ijiwaru or Daraku that was Abaddon. The other male charged leaving the leader nin standing in the back. He stabbed me in the tattooed shoulder and I grinned holding onto his hand. I twisted his wrist left, breaking his grip from the kunai. He brought his other arm up but I lifted my leg straight up then straight down. This forced most of his body to the ground but I still gripped his wrist. The strange tentacles erupted from the wound once more and my tight grip became stronger and you could hear the bones in his wrist grinding together.

I turned his arm around but was unprepared for the force of sound pushing me backwards. I grabbed at my bleeding ears wincing, but that wasn't the only reason. Ijiwaru was growling and whimpering in my mind. TOO LOUD!I lost my extra senses after that and I was back to when I had first gotten here. I couldn't use my tattoo there wasn't time. The roundhouse kick sent me tumbling to the side causing dust to form around us. I rolled to my side just as the boy punched the ground making it splinter around his fist. He flipped his hand and the sound pounded into my body and I created a dent in the ground. I coughed up blood and shut my eyes trying to gain control of the pain.

"ZARIA!" Sakura screamed and I moved knowing he was coming back, but I was slow and the kick had me flying backwards. I saw the other Konoha team staring as I passed them and hit another tree. Using the tree I pushed myself up and ducked just as another blast was sent my way. I moved back to where everyone was sliding over the dirt to change directions as the female threw three kunai my way.

"Oi bitch I'm busy." I yelled at her and she growled attacking me at the same time my other opponent did. I grabbed the boy's hand spinning just as he let out another burst and his own teammate went sailing. He moved his other arm and I caught it and pulled it under my arm before jumping and flipping over his head. He cried out as both arms broke at the shoulder.

I released his arms behind him and took a shuriken, as I was out of kunai, and gripped it knowing it would cut my hand. I moved forward and thrust the shuriken forward into the sound shinobi's back. He screamed out in pain and I couldn't help but smirk. Make it hurt! Abaddon encouraged and the burning increased in my arm. The strange wound was curling further up my arm as I removed the shuriken and stabbed him again. This time there was a lot more strength behind it, and I knew I had went farther than before. The sound boy fell to his knees gasping and squirming. However only his top half was squirming as I had severed the spinal cord somewhere between the C-7 and T-1 vertebrae. I kept going till the female sound shinobi came running forward into a spinning kick and I moved leaving the bleeding boy on the ground.

I can no longer let you continue. WHAT! Daraku what the fuck are you talking about! You have gotten out of hand. Are you kidding me! NO. Suddenly my body was shutting down on its own. You can't do this! I'll die! You will if you continue using the strength behind that curse. No charge of mine will be weak willed! Daraku shouted and I winced. I wasn't relying on the curse's strength that was all me. The severing of the spine? Since when did you become such an expert on human anatomy? It is Abaddon's doing. Daraku finished growling.

"What are you doing?" The blonde girl, Ino-pig, screeched at me. I laughed dully as the tentacles moved back into the mystery wound, which also stopped its traveling.

"I'm tired." I whispered and I truly was feeling the exhaustion. The female from sound moved forward as well as the one with most of his face covered. I closed my eyes as my legs gave up and I hit the ground heavily. The footsteps seemed to echo throughout the forest, but they stopped. I looked up and pineapple was standing staring at the mummy, while Ino was slumped in the plump one's arms. The female had stopped and was shouting.

"It's over now! If you guys move an inch I'll kill this Kin girl. If you don't want it to end here, then leave your scroll and get out! When I can't sense your chakra any longer I'll let the girl go." The words were coming from the sound female. Had Ino somehow taken over her body? When did they find out her name? The boy I had taken down moved on the ground using his arms, which I had no idea was possible. The amount of pain he had to be in had to be dizzying. His arm moved up and Kin went soaring to the side. She coughed out blood as she was flying and blood dripped down Ino's mouth. Pineapple cried out her name. The broken sound boy coughed out in pain.

"Are you confused?" He asked breathing heavily, sweat pouring from his face. The leader mummy guy took over after he laid his head down to the ground.

"Our goal is not the scroll nor the safe completion of the exam it's Sasuke-kun!" He said. I looked over to the fallen Sasuke. Pineapple looked worried when the shadow connection started to draw back.

"Ah looks like five minutes is this jutsu's limit. That girl's jutsu looks like her spirit can enter her opponent's body and take control but from the looks of that internal bleeding it seems killing Kin would kill her." The leader laughed but was cut off by someone else entering the area. I tensed not liking my inability to sniff people out anymore.

"Some minor sound nin bullying these second rate ninja and declaring victory." It was a boy with hair longer than any female I had seen. Actually it was around the length of Kin's. His eyes were a milky violet colour, so I immediately ruled out being blind. They were much like that other Konoha shinobi that I had seen during the first exam. A brown haired kunoichi was kneeled down in the same tree. Her hair was in two buns and she wore a pink sleeveless top and back pants. "They keep coming out like cockroaches." The boy continued. "You made a mistake. That knocked out freak is from our team and you're going to pay for that!" He cried the veins around his eyes becoming more pronounced and I grimaced it was rather gross. "If you are going to go any further I'm going all out." Jesus this guy really liked to talk, he was almost monologuing like a villain.

"If you don't like it so much then stop acting cool and come down here!" Leader said.

"No it seems that won't be necessary." The violet eyed boy said. I was confused when I heard Sakura give a cheer for Sasuke. However, I shivered. The aura around him was chilling and disgusting. There was a strange pattern covering half of his body much like the barely noticeable one I had. What the fuck had happened to him? Or Naruto for that matter. Please let me at least move to Naruto. Fine. Pushing myself shakily from my spot I slide and tumbled trying to get closer to Naruto. Sasuke was staring at his hand the one covered by the black marks.

"Don't worry I feel power overflowing from within me. I feel great. He gave it to me." Who the hell is he? Wait is that what I was doing with my curse? "I finally understand it. I am an avenger. Even if I must eat the devil's fruit I am on the path where I must gain power." Sasuke continued and I was worried. What was coming out of his mouth was madness. "It was you guys." Sasuke set his sights on the only two sound ninja that were of consequence. You're not much of a ninja when you can't move your own legs.

Pineapple called for Ino to return to her body and Choji, the plump boy, to come over so they could hide. The marks around Sasuke's body were steaming and I had finally made it to Naruto. I laid down beside him checking him quickly, unsure of what had him passed out.

Kin moved forward even though the leader guy called her to stop. She cried out a wind jutsu that forced the air around us to almost explode. It didn't hit its intended target, Sasuke had moved out of the way and appeared behind her sending her crashing away. He inhaled and soon flames were heading towards Kin. Leader appeared to throw his hands out ready to blow them away when shuriken appeared in the flames. He moved out of the way but the poor disabled sound shinobi took the blunt of the damage. While the rest of the people were looking over at the mess Sasuke had caught the Kin girl by her hair. He pulled her back as she struggled to escape. He put one of his arms around her neck performing a chokehold as the girl's nails ripped at his arm. Her body went slack and she had passed out. Sasuke turned to leader with a smirk.

"You're the only one left I hope you let me have more fun." Sasuke said and I flinched. What is wrong with Sasuke he sounds like Abaddon? And you. Daraku said and I felt so ashamed of myself. I turned to Sakura who had pushed herself up and ran towards Sasuke.

"Sakura!" I cried worried for the girl. She threw her arms around Sasuke's middle holding him tight.

"Please stop." She begged Sasuke. The markings on his skin slowly started to disappear and he fell to the ground Sakura helping him on his way down.

"You are strong we can't defeat you this time." Leader said holding out the scroll. "Here's a gift please let us go. This seems convenient but there is something we must find out now. But I promise you we will see you again and we will not flee." He continued. Blinking he slit the other boy's neck as he fall limp and picked up Kin and prepared to leave.

"Wait!" Sakura yelled after him. "Who is Orochimaru and what did he do to Sasuke-kun?" She demanded. I was confused by the name.

"I don't know we were merely told to kill Sasuke-kun." He replied back before leaving. He was lying. He at least knew somewhat was going on. I stared at the dead ninja on the ground blood having pooled around him. I had killed another person and no one was controlling me, I had killed him. Hatchling…Stop Daraku I know. Biting my lip I sighed and turned to Naruto and rolled my eyes at the stupid look on his face.

"Naruto wake up." He gasped and we hit heads. "God damnit." Naruto had other plans and grabbed me around the waist forcing me lower to the ground shouting and telling everyone else to get down. Asking where the guy went. I was worried, he must be talking about the man who caused the markings on Sasuke. Once more he was shouting to Sakura and Sasuke and running towards them with me being carried like luggage.

"Sakura-chan what happened to your hair?" I hadn't even noticed now that he mentioned it.

"Oh this I'm trying out a new look. I like it longer but you know in the forest it can get caught." She explained but something else had happened I knew it, that split moment when I had smelled more of her. It wasn't just because of her blood. Naruto nodded believing the story.

"Where were you Zaria?" He asked turning to me. My team looked at me as well, ignoring the blood on my being.

"When you got eaten these two guys attacked me so I ran. They were with that long haired sound guy before I just freaked, sorry. But as I was running they got caught in a spider web and then I was merely lost." Not going to explain how I had watched them melt before my very eyes and then be eaten like human milkshakes. "So I backtracked and found Sakura fighting those other sound douches." I explained quickly. Naruto looked at Ino-pig and the others confused.

"What you guys doing here?" He asked.

"Explaining to you is a waste of my time." Pineapple said.

"Everyone came to save us." Sakura said rubbing the back of her neck. "After Zaria fell." She added and I glared at her. Sasuke and Naruto looked over to me then at the dead body, and I winced. That was my doing, I had killed another person. I had taken someone's life blood and had been totally okay with it. Zaria stop! What? You said so yourself I'm weak. Leave her alone Daraku.Ijiwaru complained panting slightly. Ijiwaru are you okay? The blast may have only effect you that one time, but I could hear it every time. There was a whine in Ijiwaru's voice. Shut up you stupid hound! I need to speak to Zaria without your interference.

I froze and moved into a more comfortable position in a meditative pose. Shutting my eyes I calmed my breathing and the air had a sudden chill. Something was wrapped around my middle and when I opened my eyes it was Daraku's tail. I couldn't look him in the eyes but the tip of his tail forced my chin up. I stared at his big blue eyes and felt tears already running down my chin. Do you know you are my first charge? He asked and I shook my head no. Yes you are my first charge although I have seen others with a Tomo. I have hated your kind since they first made contact. I blinked unsure of where this conversation was going, was he going to say I proved him right? The Tomo's have not always been kind to us, believing us to be lowly creatures. There have only ever been two that I have not loathed, and that was your great grandfather and mother, and I still did not like them. But you, you are different. Minos has been defeated before and no one has cared about his wounds, but you did. I am not supposed to be attached as I am, neither is the mutt. This curse will not help you achieve your dream it will pull you down. I do not want to see you in the rings after you pass my dear child. Daraku finished and I blinked before running towards his middle and squeezing. He snapped his jaw and I stepped back surprised and scared. His clawed arm came forward and pushed me close once more. There are many things I will have to get used to. Thank you. I was sinking into the ice as I bowed good-bye. I closed my eyes when the ice chilled my skin and the water went over my head.

Opening my eyes again I was back at the clearing. Naruto was in front of me waving a hand in front of my face. I smiled softly at him poking the scratch on his cheek. He poked the wound on my shoulder but I slapped his hand away. He pouted and sat beside me in silence.