"Naruto" - Person Talking
'Naruto' - Person Thinking
"Naruto" - Summons/Bijū talking
"Naruto" - Summons/Bijū thinking
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" - Jutsu
And boom! First part of the Chūnin Exam Arc is done! Haha, it's me again guys! Thanks for taking the time to read this chapter! Kinda wasn't feeling it when writing it so it might not be good. I'm sorry! But I do hope that you enjoy reading this chapter! PM me if you want to suggest something because you know I love hearing your suggestions! Now, let's a go read! XD
A Son Forgotten - Chapter 9
After they entered the building together, Team 12 immediately saw a blockade made up of other genin. Approaching the group, they saw two chūnin that were blocking a door, preventing anyone from getting in.
"Hey! What're you doing, please let us in!" Said a girl wearing a pink sleeveless qipao-style blouse and green pants, her hair done into two buns. But after she said that, one of the chūnin backhanded her lightly across the face.
"Tenten!" Said a boy with a bowl style hairstyle with bushy eyebrows wearing a green bodysuit with orange leg-warmers with bandages wrapped around his arm. As he helped his teammate up.
"Ha! Just look at how weak you are, if you can't take even that you have no chance in the exam!" One of the chūnin said as some of the genin around him looked nervous at the piece of information.
Looking at his teammates, Yakumo and Satsuki nodded, noticing that the door number was hidden under a genjutsu. The team made their way slowly around the group, now knowing that it was intentional to weed out those who were unable to detect a simple genjutsu, which made Yakumo sigh.
But as they were about to head up the stair, the saw a scuffle happen.
"Get out of the way!" Sasuke shouted at one of the chūnin.
After all the headache of having to work with his useless team to stop a kidnapper from taking Moegi, they were finally allowed to join the exams when the person they stopped was Iruka who was testing them to see if they were ready.
"Yeah! Get out of Sasuke-kun's way you loser!" Sakura shouted, backing up her crush, as some of the genin shot her a confused look.
"Hey Dickless, Ugly, why don't we just make them?" Sai said, getting hit on the head from Sakura from using his nickname for her.
"Hmph, actually not a bad idea." Sasuke said as he rushed towards the chūnin in an attempt to take him down. But as he neared them, the same boy from earlier with the green bodysuit stopped him, to his shock.
But as he did, the girl from before hit him on the head.
"You idiot! Wasn't it your idea that we act like we're weak in the exam!?" Tenten shouted, annoyed at the hypocritical actions of her teammate.
"Ahh, I'm sorry Tenten! But I just couldn't help myself!" Lee said, apologizing profusely.
"I agree, it was idiotic to ruin the plan like that Lee." A boy with pale, pupil-less eyes said. He had long black hair and wore a khaki shirt and dark brown shorts. His right arm was wrapped in bandages as well as his right leg.
"Again, I'm sorry Neji. I just got caught up in the heat of the moment." Lee apologized to the boy now known as Neji.
But after he did he turned to Sakura who instantly got creeped out.
"My name is Rock Lee, and you must be Sakura. Sakura, please go out with me! I'll protect you with my life!" Lee said, flashing a blinding smile at her.
"No way, you're lame." Sakura said in a flat tone, as Lee looked defeated.
Turning to Sasuke, Neji called out to him.
"Hey you, what's your name?" He said in a slightly smug tone, which the young Uchiha took notice of.
"Hmph, when you want to learn someone's name, you should tell them your own first." He replied, as he started walking away.
"You're a rookie aren't you, how long have you been a genin?" Neji asked once more, the smug look on his face grew small bit more.
"Tsk, I don't have to answer you." He replied, as he walked away Sai and Sakura following behind him.
"Damn... He looks strong... Who knew there were such monsters here." Sasuke though, cursing the fact that he still hasn't unlocked his sharingan.
"Ufufu, he's kind of cute." Tenten thought, giggling slightly while she looked at the retreating form of the Uchiha.
But as they were about to leave, Lee told them that there was something that he wanted to check out.
Once all the genin left the area, the two chūnin from before released their Henge, in their places were Kotetsu and Izumo.
"Well, well, well looks like they passed the first obstacle didn't they!" Kotetsu said in a jovial tone as Izumo nodded.
"Things sure are going to be interesting aren't they?" Izumo questioned, which his partner nodded as they went back to report their findings.
Watching the other genin leave, Team 12 hadn't made their way up the stairs, opting to watch the strange boy known as Rock Lee follow Team 11. Naruto and Yakumo looked at Satsuki, and she sighed knowing what was probably going to happen.
"Yeah, yeah. Let's make sure that my brother doesn't do something that he'll regret." She said as she led her team to where they had gone.
(Scene change - Chūnin exam center: Open room)
Team 11 found themselves in a spacious room as they headed towards the real examination hall. But as they were about to exit, they were stopped when a voice called out to them.
"Hey! You with the dark eyes!" Lee shouted, dropping down to their level surprising the group.
"...You talking about me?" Sasuke said, turning around and facing Lee.
"Yes, I want to fight you." Lee said, his eyes serious.
"My name is Rock Lee, it's commonplace to introduce yourself before someone tells you their name correct?" He said, as Sasuke smirked.
"So you know huh? My name is Sasuke Uchiha, of the Uchiha clan. A fight right now you said?" Sasuke said, then questioned Lee to which the other nodded.
"I want to test my skills and techniques against someone from one of the genius clans of Konoha. And also..." Lee trailed off as he once again stared at Sakura then winked at her, much to her disgust.
"EWW! Those eyebrows! And that haircut!" She screamed, and later became hysterical when Lee started blowing kisses at her which she dodged with surprising skill.
After the round of love comedy was over, Sasuke addressed Lee once more, his eyes darkening.
"You knew about my family and still want to fight me? You must be even dumber then you look. You're about to learn what this name is all about." Sasuke said, as he got into his Koenken stance. As Lee put one arm behind his back and the other faced forward.
Watching up in the balcony, Satsuki could only sigh at her brother's arrogance. She admitted that she used to have Sasuke's mindset about believing that her family was the strongest out there but that changed after she made actual friends and her family, namely her older brother and mother, broke her out of that mindset.
Yakumo patted her best friend on the shoulder as she knew what was probably going through her mind, but Naruto was watching and analyzing Lee's stance. He saw that it was most likely built on speed and power, though it didn't appear to lack the defense that would normally come with such a stance.
But before they were about to start, Sakura called out to Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun! You can't we only have 30 minutes until the exam starts!"
As if on cue, Sasuke rushed forward.
"This will only take 5."
Once he said that, Lee acted meeting Sasuke on the way to his surprise. But he quickly snapped out of it, seeing Lee about to attack.
"Konoha Senpū!" He called out spinning his body as he delivered a high kick which Sasuke ducked to avoid, but was hit when Lee rotated once again delivering a low kick breaking Sasuke's guard sending him flying back.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura cried out, not believing what she had just seen. Sai's eyes were also wide, not expecting such an attack from the strange boy.
With Team 12 Yakumo and Satsuki were astonished by the attack.
"What just happened?" Yakumo asked, trying to wrap her head around the attack as Satsuki, who had her Sharingan activated, copied the movements of the attack.
"That's fast, really fast. Even though I could see and copy him, I wouldn't be able to match up with his speed unless I went all out and even then it would be close. " She said as she narrowed her eyes, now not surprised why her brother got sent flying.
"That first kick... Once he throws that high kick, the evasion margin of his opponent is immediately restrained. Because of that, it augments the chances for that low kick to hit its mark. So that high kick is pretty much nothing more than a flashy feint." Naruto stated, stunning his teammates from how quickly he analyzed and broke down the attack.
Back on the ground floor Sasuke got back up, his eyes burning with fury. Once again, he rushed Lee, who this time launched him into the air with a quick upper kick to his chin. After doing so, he reappeared behind him using Kage Buyō as he loosened the bandages around his arms.
But before anything could happen, Team 12 acted.
Naruto dropped to the floor and exploded into a sprint before jumping at the two, to Lee and Sasuke's complete shock.
Once at their level, he grabbed Sasuke and threw him to his sister who caught him and set him down, Yakumo and herself checking him over with their Shōsen Jutsu as Naruto grabbed a stunned Lee before he dropped to the ground.
"You know if you followed through with that attack he could've died." Naruto said, tightening his grip on the older boy's arm causing him to wince a bit at the abnormal strength.
"How is he?" Naruto asked his team, turning to face them. Finishing up scanning Sasuke, they stood up and made their way to the two.
"He'll be fine. Nothing major, a little bit of bruising but it's nothing that needs immediate treatment." Yakumo reported, as she and Satsuki looked at Lee with cold gazes making him gulp.
"You're lucky Naruto intervened when he did, if Sasuke had been seriously injured you would've been in a hell of a lot of trouble." Satsuki said, her gaze growing even colder at the end of her sentence. Finally, Naruto let of his arm and started walking away with his team as the others looked on in awe.
"W-Wait! What is your name!" Lee called out, desperate to know the name of the one who managed to break off his Kage Buyō. Stopping, the blonde turned around slightly and he froze when he met cold electric blue eyes.
"Naruto." Was all he said before he left with his team.
(Scene change - Hallway outside meeting room)
After the incident involving Sasuke and Lee, Team 12 made their way to the meeting room where the other genin who made it past the genjutsu trap were expected to be. Nodding to each other, they opened the door and were immediately met with a flood of combined killing intent from the other examinees.
This was another tactic to weed out the weak, this allowed the competition to scope out and hunt down the weakest of the weak. But the team that was being subjected to the killing intent had experienced Zabuza's, who's killing intent was at least 30 times greater then this.
Shaking it off, they responded with their own killing intent, a distinct aura surrounding each member of the team. Satsuki had the aura of a blue hawk with crimson eyes. Yakumo had the aura that looked similar to the Ido that was sealed inside of her; being magenta with crimson eyes. Naruto's aura was the same black and crimson reptilian-like monster with burning crimson eyes from before.
Having the combined force of their killing intent brushed off and feeling something 2-3 times as strong, the other genin trembled slightly in the face of the newcomers, giving them a wide berth when they made their way inside eventually taking a spot in the corner of the room.
After a few minutes, they heard the boisterous voice of Sakura and Ino cut through the room, and glancing over they saw that they were bickering once more over the boys that they liked. But as they turned away, the rest of the rookies immediately saw them and made their way over, Narumi leading the charge.
"Naru-nii!" She shouted as she lunged and latched herself to her older brother, who she hasn't seen in nearly 2 months.
"Where have you been!? I haven't seen you around the village at all, it's been almost 2 months since I last saw you!" She questioned her brother, giving her best 'puppy dog eyes' that she could muster, making any lesser man give in, but Naruto was not such a man.
"I've been around Narumi-san." Was all he said as tried to pry her off only for her to tighten her grip. He sighed, knowing that she wouldn't be letting go anytime soon. Unbeknownst to him and his sister, Yakumo and Satsuki were giving her spicy stares which left as soon as the other rookies arrived.
"Narumi! Let go of Naruto-niichan! You know that he doesn't like you clinging to him like that!" Mito half scolded half demanded, once again Narumi had beaten her to the punch. She also desperately missed her brother after not seeing him for 2 months and seeing Narumi cling to him like that made her blood boil with jealously.
As they started to squabble, a boy around their age jumped out of the crowd and threw a volley of kunai at them, Naruto shoving his sisters out of the way as he dodged. After he did, a strange mummified boy appeared in front of him, his hand already in half a ram seal as he swiped at him with a strange perforated gauntlet.
Dodging, at first he didn't feel anything but soon he dropped to one of his knees as his eyes widened slightly, his vision and ears blurring and ringing. Instantly, his team and sisters were by his side, checking to see if he was alright. As they were doing that, Naruto glared at the two who attacked him with slightly unfocused eyes as they started to slowly turn electric blue.
But before anything else happened, a loud voice boomed throughout the room as the door slammed open. Ibiki and a group of chūnin proctors entering, dispersing around the room.
"Thanks for waiting... I'm Ibiki Morino, the exam proctor for the chūnin selection exam's first test. Oto-nin, stop doing what you want. Do you want to fail even before the exams begin?" At that, the mummified boy from earlier apologized for his team's actions.
"I'm sorry Mr. Proctor, this is our first exam so we're a little... jumpy you know." He boy said, as he and his team gave the downed blonde a smug smile before they turned around, never seeing Naruto narrow his eyes, his pupil go from round to draconian.
I'll say this now so you morons had better not forget, there will be no tolerance for unsanctioned conflict. And even if they're sanctioned, killing your opponent will not be tolerated. Any of you pigs that break those rules will be eliminated immediately." He said in a chilling tone, making most of the genin start to sweat.
"For this first exam, you will be seated randomly by drawing lots. Now, come up here an start drawing." Ibiki ordered, as the genin lined up and started pulling out their numbers.
After about 10 minutes, everyone was seated, Naruto seated next to the sound kunoichi that was a part of the team that attacked him earlier. Sitting down next to her, he gave her a soul chilling glare that made her widen her eyes and stop breathing, fear invading every cell in her body from the inhumane glare that she was subjected to, but as soon as it came it vanished when he faced the front. Shakily, she did the same, praying that Dosu and Zaku could handle the demon that they had angered sitting next to her.
Soon, the tests were handed out, and the room went silent as Ibiki addressed them once more.
"As you can see, this is the first portion of the exams and it's a written one. There will be no questions that will be answered during the course of the test. Furthermore, there will be a few rules that you will have to follow. Number 1, there will be a point based system. You start with ten, there are ten questions. You get a question wrong you lose a point, easy right? Number 2, this will be a team based test. You and your teammates will passed based on the total combined score of your team. You will compete to see which team can stay the closest to that total score of 30 points. Number 3, anyone caught doing anything that even resembles cheating will have 2 points taken off for every offence. Those who lose all 10 points will be forced to leave. The chūnin stationed around the room will be observing and watching for anyone who tries to cheat, so be proud ninja and do your own work. And the final rule is, in the situation that you lose all 10 points, you and your team will be eliminated from the exam." At that last rule, an uproar occurred which Ibiki quelled quickly.
Once everything was explained, Ibiki announced the beginning of the test.
"Now, the exam will last 1 hour. Now, you may begin!" With that, silence and pencils on paper filled the room.
As soon as the exam started, Naruto flipped over his exam and quickly scanned the test, his eyes stopping on the final question.
"'Question 10: This question will be revealed 45 minutes after the test begins. Listen closely to the examiner before answering.' What...?" Pushing his confusion to the back of his mind, he scanned the test once again and realized that most of these questions required a tremendous amount of theoretical and practical knowledge to answer.
Quickly throwing a glance around, he noticed that some were already cheating; the bun haired girl before attaching a mirror to one of the overhead lights with wires that were attached to her pencil. Shino was gathering information with his insects. Kiba was using Akamaru. The Hyuga were using their byakugan. Shikamaru and Sakura were using their knowledge. Ino exchanged bodies between Shikamaru, Choji and herself to copy his answers. Mito and Narumi were answering using their own knowledge while Menma looked a little panicky. Sasuke and Sai were copying Sakura. Finally, Satsuki, Yakumo and Naruto were able to answer a majority of the questions since Anko pounded theoretical and practical knowledge into their heads.
After half an hour, the 51 teams that came in was reduced to 39. Many were caught cheating and were eliminated, one team in particular was vocal about their elimination to which a chūnin proctor had to put them down. Then another 15 minutes had passed, and once it did, Ibiki announced the start of the 10th question.
"Alright, now we begin the 10th question. Before we start, I'm going to go over a few added rules for this question. These... Are the rules of desperation." Ibiki said in an ominous tone, causing the tense atmosphere to become even more tense.
(Scene change - Jōnin Standby Station)
Gathered in the standby station, the sensei of the squads entered in the exam chatted amongst each other as to what they thought was going to happen and was happening so far.
"I just hope that those kids didn't get themselves eliminated already." Genma sighed, knowing that his squad was probably the one most likely to fail due to their horrible teamwork.
"It'll be alright Genma, you gotta have a little confidence in them!" Asuma said, taking a drag of his cigarette.
"If anything, they should be able to make it past the first exam and at least to the second you know. They are part of the 'Rookie 15' you know." Asuma added in, trying to cheer his friend up.
"If the exams weren't hard enough, they have to deal with him in the first one." Genma added, making the other jōnin look to him with curious gazes.
"Who're you talking about Genma?" Kurenai asked, voicing the question in everyone's mind.
"They got to deal with Ibiki Morino in the first exam." At his answer, everyone sighed and prayed for the success of their genin.
"They're in for a rough time then, I really hope they'll be alright after dealing with that sadist." Kakashi said, as the others nodded their heads at his statement. After they did, the noticed that the last member of the room remained quiet, reading a magazine.
"An-Anko-chan, are you worried about your genin?" Kurenai asked her friend, still not having been forgiven for what happened a few weeks back.
"...They'll pass." Was all she said, her gaze never leaving the magazine making the other occupants of the room a little sad from her indifference.
The atmosphere a little awkward, they returned to talking about who was most likely to pass and who was not. Anko never leaving her magazine.
(Scene change - First Exam testing room)
"Now, why don't we go over the rules concerning the 10th question. Number 1, you must choose whether or not you will answer it." At that the blonde Suna nin, Temari, stood up.
"Wait! What if we choose not to answer it!?" She shouted, making everyone in the room tense up.
"If you choose not to take it, then you automatically lose all your points, making you and your teammates fail the exam. Now for the other rule, if you choose to take it. The lowest scoring member of your squad will be forced to remain a genin forever while the other two who scored higher will advance to the next round." At that the room exploded into an uproar.
"What!? Then what's the point of a team exam!?"
"But what if we all have the same number of points?!"
"Can we decide with our teammates?!"
At the voices shouting about how outrageous the conditions started to rise, Ibiki immediately quieted them down.
"Now, raise your hand if you are going to quit. Once the number is confirmed, you will be escorted out."
Once those words left his mouth, the room became deathly quiet. The team members that had built up friendships with each other immediately narrowed their eyes at their teammates, self preservation over their own success making them turn on them. Friendships and trust built up over the course of their careers as genin were immediately broken, spite and tension in its place.
Seeing the reaction he wanted, Ibiki hid his smirk. After 3 minutes he was about to confirm that no one was going to give up the question, but slowly a hand rose to the complete shock of everyone present.
"Morino-san, I give up my right as well as my team's right to take the 10th question." At that, Yakumo and Satsuki could only stand up gape at their team leader's decision. They had this exam in the bag, they were able to answer pretty much all the questions without much difficulty, minus a few of the cryptograms.
"Na-Naruto, what the hell are you doing!?" Satsuki shouted, her eyes widening in disbelief, not believing that he would take them down with him like that.
"You can't be serious Naruto?!" Yakumo questioned him, her eyes wide, not thinking that the normally blank but confident blonde would do something like this to them.
But he ignored them, his eyes staring straight into Ibiki's and the man had to hide a smile at the brass that the kid had.
"Most if not all of these kids gave into the fact that they will be leaving one team member behind. Because of that they broke a very important rule of a ninja. This kid though..." His thoughts were broken when another person raised her hand.
"Mi-Mister proctor, I also would like to quit." Mito said, her voice shaking slightly when her sister and brother looked at her with wide eyes.
After Naruto's decision to not take the test was heard, some of the other teams who were built on friendship remembered that they were a team. Casting apologetic and forgiving looks at each other, more and more of the genin raised their hands to signal them abandoning the 10th question.
Out of the 39 teams that remained seated in the room, 26 had their hands raised. After 10 minutes, Ibiki finally nodded, and signaled the chūnin to split into two groups, one stayed in the room while the other followed Ibiki followed out as he led the 26 teams out.
Once out, he led them into a separate room before he made them line up with their teams. Once they did, he cracked a smile to their complete shock.
"Congratulations, you all pass the first exam." Once those words left his mouth, everyone dropped their jaws.
"I bet you're wondering why you passed when you forfeited the last question right? That question was a simulation of a scenario where you had to take a risk, that risk having two consequences. One, you sacrifice one of your teammates for your own personal gain or two, you give up and retreat with the lives of all everyone. Because in times, information is more important than life and on missions and on the battlefield, people risk their lives to get their hands on it. But even with that being said, you should never give up the life of any of your comrades in order to further your own gain. It seems like one of you noticed that rather quickly." Finishing his last sentence, he looked directly at Naruto and was met with the same blank look from before. The other genin looking in awe at him, Yakumo and Satsuki looking at him with apologetic eyes.
"The ability to be courageous and survive any hardship. These are the abilities needed to become a chūnin captain. Those who can't put their destinies on the line who cling to the notion of furthering their own gain while leaving their comrades to perish alone; those pieces of trash who can only make such cowardly choices do not deserve to become chūnin!" Finishing his speech, Ibiki gave them a larger smile, proud of their decision to not abandon their teammates.
"Now, the 78 of you. Once again, congratulations on passing the first exam." Once he finished, the window exploded as a giant sword embedded itself into the beam on the wall.
The hostile moment was broken when Ibiki sighed as Zabuza appeared in a swirl of mist, on the handle of his sword.
"Alright you brats, I'm Zabuza Momochi, the proctor for the second exam!" Zabuza barked out, seeing the looks of fear on their faces, they all knew that he was the 'Demon of the Hidden Mist'.
"Whoa, there's a bunch of them who passed Ibiki, you must be losing that skill you told me about. I expected you to only pass around 20." Zabuza commented, as Ibiki's eye twitched slightly. But before he could retort, Zabuza pulled out Kubikiribōchō and rested it on his shoulder.
"Well whatever, follow me! We're heading to Training Ground 44. Don't get left behind or else I'll fail you. I have no patience for brats who can't follow simple orders!" With that, Zabuza walked out the door leaving behind a stunned group of genin.
As the rest of them were stunned, Naruto walked forward while he patted Yakumo and Satsuki on the back snapping them out of their stupor as they followed him out the door. Soon, the rest of the genin followed suit.
(Scene change - Training Ground 44)
Arriving at the heavily fenced area, the genin stood in front of Zabuza and a group chūnin as they started to address them.
"Now, welcome to Training Ground 44, better known as the 'Forest of Death'. This is where the second part of the chūnin exams will take place. In this part, you will have to fight and survive for 5 days while trying to reach the tower in the center of the forest. But reaching the tower isn't all you have to do. You will each need to find and secure a pair of these scrolls." Zabuza started, as he pulled out two scrolls labeled with 'Heaven' and 'Earth' and showed them to the genin.
But before he could continue, some of the genin voiced their concerns.
"Wait! Five days!? What about a shower?!"
"What do we eat?!"
"What about a place to sleep!?"
Sighing at the idiotic questions that he was getting, Zabuza continued.
"Didn't you hear? You have to survive in this forest. There's plenty of wild game and edible plants that you can eat. There are multiple rivers and streams that you can get water from and bathe in if you want. But adding to that, there's also some nasty predatory animals and poisonous flora in this forest, so try not to get eaten by a flower alright?" At that, they quieted down and he finished with his explanation.
"Each team will be given one scroll of these scrolls at random to start out with; 13 the 'Heaven' and 13 the 'Earth'. You will need to protect that scroll with your lives, and at the same time fight for the other. To pass, you need to get both to the tower with your entire team intact within the time limit. Now, let me explain what will constitute a failing. Failure to make it to the tower with your team and scroll will fail your team. Having a teammate die or get killed will also get you failed. And that's the other thing. You will be in this forest for five days, once inside you aren't leaving until the time limit runs out. And the final rule, opening the scroll will also cause you to automatically fail no matter what." At that, everyone froze. Seeing their expressions, Zabuza couldn't help but grin under his bandages.
"Now, fill out these forms. They're waivers and information concerning yourself. You need to hand in 3 to get a scroll, and be sure to hide it well. Don't know who might be watching you know. After that, head to a gate and wait until everything is set. And one last piece of advice, try not to die." Finished with his explanation, Zabuza signaled the chūnin to start distributing the forms around.
After getting their forms, Team 12 made their way over to a small rock formation and began filling out their forms. While quiet, their minds were racing. Finally, Yakumo and Satsuki spoke up.
"Hey, Naruto... I'm sorry about earlier, during the first exam. I should've known better then to question your judgment without hearing your reasoning. We're a team after all and we should always trust each other and stick together." Satsuki apologized, feeling guilty about calling out her teammate in front of the entire room.
"I'm also sorry Naruto. You're our team's leader, and we should always have faith in you. I was just scared and nervous, but that still doesn't make what I did any better." Yakumo also apologized, knowing what she did wasn't right.
"It's fine you two, you only did what you thought was right. I don't hold it against you." Naruto replied, making the hearts of his teammates feel lighter then before, their guilt melting away.
"Now, for this exam there will be killing allowed. I don't want the two of you doing anything risky understand?" Now serious, Naruto started to address his team, making them turn serious as well.
"We'll need to find a team to take down and take a scroll from, not only that but we need to protect our own as well, and adding onto that we need to avoid not only other teams but the animals and plants that are inside. The plan is to stay in 'Formation D'; you two will be in the rear this time so keep close and don't let each other out of your sight. I'll take point and keep a lookout for anything in front of us and in the event that we do engage a team, I'll make them break formation while you guys pick them off when they're separated. In the events that things go south, you two retreat and I'll take them off your trail, we'll meet up somewhere else." At his plan, Satsuki and Yakumo nodded, though they didn't like the last part they knew that he was probably strong enough to take on a team of genin alone.
Finishing up with signing their forms, they made their way to the tent where they would receive their scrolls. Along the way, they were stopped by Zabuza.
"Haha, well brats, trying to become chūnin huh!" Zabuza said in a jovial tone, as he greeted them. Giving him a smile, they had a quick conversation to the shock of everyone present.
"We are Zabuza-san, we'll pass this part without any trouble at all!" Yakumo said with determination in her eyes. Zabuza giving her a pat on the head for her determination, much to her embarrassment.
"After we pass, you had better stop treating us like kids!" Satsuki said a smirk on her face, but it quickly left when Zabuza also gave her a pat on the head, her face getting red with embarrassment and anger.
"..." Zabuza and Naruto stared at each other for a while before they smiled, Zabuza putting his hand on his shoulder.
"Don't you die in there brat, we still haven't decided on whose the better swordsman!" Zabuza proclaimed, making the other genin tense up. If Zabuza Momochi had acknowledged him as a swordsman, they were sure that he was powerful as well.
Bidding farewell to their superior and friend, they got their scroll and followed their assigned proctor to their gate.
Finally, a buzzer sounded out and they immediately rushed into the forest.
(Scene change - Forest of Death: Team 12's location)
Once they stepped into the forest, Team 12 sped through the foliage in formation, getting as far away from the gate as possible. Soon, they managed to find a small stream and decided to stop for the moment.
"Alright, status report." Naruto asked, as Yakumo started her assessment.
"So far, we're about 50 meters from out starting position. I didn't sense anything get caught in my Kyuudou Kiboku and I didn't sense any genjutsu cast on any of us. I'm sure that for right now, we're safe." Yakumo reported, panting a little from having to maintain her jutsu since the start of the exam.
"I've seen the same. My sharingan didn't pick up any movement in the area, and I didn't see any chakra in the surroundings either." Satsuki gave her assessment, her crimson eyes returning to onyx.
"Alright, thanks you two. We'll take a break for now and regain our energy. Yakumo, take it easy for right now, out of all of us you've used up the most chakra so far so try and recover as much as you can. Satsuki, you keep an eye on things while I go and find us something to eat. When I come back, remember what we talked about alright." Naruto ordered, getting affirmative nods from his teammates as he headed deeper into the forest.
Once Naruto left, Yakumo let out a sigh as she took a seat on a rock as Satsuki fetched some water and made a small fire, boiling it. A comfortable silence took over as they relaxed but kept their senses alert.
"Yakumo, what do you think of the exams so far?" Satsuki asked, putting more fuel into the small fire.
"So far? I think that we're doing great! We haven't run into any enemy ninja or animals, overall I feel pretty confident about our situation so far." Yakumo said with a smile on her face, her best friend returning one.
After 10 minutes, they heard rustling in the brush nearby. Quickly standing up, Yakumo and Satsuki pulled out a kunai while they took up defensive stances. But their tenseness left when they saw the familiar blank face of their teammate.
"Sorry, but I didn't find anything ladies." Naruto said, but was instantly sent flying by a punch from Satsuki.
"Wh-What the hell!" Naruto shouted, his eyes wide in disbelief. But they widened even more when Yakumo fired off a volley of shuriken and kunai at him, forcing him to dodge. Once he was a safe distance away, he was met with a glare from both of the girls in front of him.
"You must think we're morons or something huh." Satsuki said, pulling out another kunai as she activated her sharingan.
"Naruto doesn't call us 'ladies' and he wouldn't have shouted from a weak punch like that." Yakumo added, a handful of shuriken ready as she glared at the imposter.
"Tsk, looks like it failed huh. Well whatever! I'm taking that scroll!" The imposter said before a puff of smoke appeared, a boy wearing a white bodysuit, a respirator on his face sprinting out of it.
Quickly, Yakumo threw her shuriken while Satsuki sped through a series of seals. Seeing the danger in front on him, the boy dodged rolled to the side to evade the hail of shuriken but instantly widened his eyes when he heard Satsuki.
"Suiton: Suishougeki!" Satsuki shouted as she fired a large ball of water that crashed into him, sending him crashing to the trunk of the tree behind him. After a few seconds, she released the jutsu as the boy hit the ground unconscious.
After they dispatched their opponent, he disappeared in a puff of smoke a log in his place. As they started to calm down from the rush of adrenaline, it came back when the brush rustled once more; another Naruto stepping out covered in a little bit of blood, carrying a small boar over his shoulder.
Immediately seeing the tenseness of his team, he stopped walking towards him and scanned the area noticing the shuriken lodged in the tree to his right, a pool of water with a log laying in it.
"...So you were attacked." Naruto said, his eyes growing colder; making his teammate's shiver slightly but it also reassured them that it indeed was their teammate.
Getting debriefed about what happened while he was gone, Naruto nodded, cursing himself for letting his guard down. Even though Satsuki and Yakumo stated that it wasn't his fault, he couldn't help but feel like it was, being that he was the one who they all agreed was their squad's leader.
Finishing cooking the boar, he told them that he would keep watch for the night as they ate, still angry at his own incompetence for costing his teammate's valuable energy. At first they protested, but were immediately quieted when Naruto gave them a stern look. Quietly, the pulled out their sleeping bags and went to bed. Naruto pulling out a kunai and started spinning it as he closed his eyes, letting his other senses take over in the darkness that now consumed the forest.
(Time skip - The next morning)
Waking up, Yakumo and Satsuki immediately sat up and frantically looked for their blonde teammate. They found him shirtless, washing his upper body with a damp towel. Unable to break away from the tantalizing site, the two just stared as they wiped away the tiny bit of drool the dribbled down their lips from the stimulating scene. But they were broken out of their state when Naruto suddenly stood up, pulling out a kunai before he was blown away from his position by a sudden surge of wind making the two widen their eyes.
Quickly shedding their sleeping bags they were greeted with the sight of a tall, gaunt man with a single violet-colored rectangular mark on his forehead, his bangs on his left side. He wore a black body suit with various straps that covered it, a cloak hanging on his right shoulder.
"Well what do we have here hmm? Looks like that blonde brat wasn't strong at all, well what about the two of you hmm?" He asked in a condescending tone, making the two girls narrow their eyes at him.
"Oh, scary. It's like facing a pair of agitated kittens." He jeered, finally breaking the last of the girls' patience.
"You'll pay for what you did to Naruto!" Satsuki shouted angrily, her sharingan flaring to life as she pulled out a wakizashi with the Uchiha insignia as the tsuba, the handle wrapped in a cloth of red and white colors of her clan.
"You're going to regret attacking us." Yakumo said in a cold voice, pulling out tanto with her clan's symbol running along the length of the blade, it's handle wrapped in a pink and magenta cloth.
"Oh! Looks like these kittens have some claws huh? Well, let's see how sharp they are!" He said in an arrogant tone dropping down before he pulled out a kunai.
Silence covered the newly made battle zone before Yakumo and Satsuki charged forward their blades intent on running through the man before them. But they were shocked when he blocked both of their strikes with his kunai.
"How disappointing... they're duller then I expected." The man said in a mockingly disappointed tone.
Snapping out of their shock, the two continued their assault, attack in surprising sync with each other to his surprise.
Jumping back, he was met with Yakumo who lunged forward with a low stab intent to pierce his leg, which he pulled back behind himself in response. As he did, Satsuki appeared, her hand on Yakumo's back to support her as she swiped horizontally at his neck intent on beheading him.
His eyes widened when he found himself unable to take step back, quickly glancing down his legs were intertwined with each other. The leg he took a step back with from earlier blocked his dominant leg from taking a step back. Cursing at his error, he dropped to the ground and rolled backwards, Satsuki missing her attack as she hopped off of Yakumo's back.
Standing back up, he tried to take a step back but instead moved he tilted his head to the left to his surprise and horror. Wondering why he made such an erroneous mistake, he saw that Yakumo had one of her hands in a seal and his eyes immediately widened.
"So you saw huh. Looks like my Heki Ranshinshō worked then." Yakumo said with a cold smirk appearing on her face as Satsuki gained a similar look, her sharingan spinning ominously.
Seeing the now cold and confident looks on the two girls, Ichi started to sweat, not expecting the girls to be this strong. The information said that the boy was much stronger then they were, but if they were this strong he couldn't imagine how strong that boy was.
He was broken out of his thoughts when the two charged at him, their eyes cold and narrowed as he panicked.
"YOU'RE FINISHED!" They shouted in unison, stabbing him in the chest with their blades as he let out a silent scream.
(Scene change - Forest of Death: Naruto's location)
After he was blown away, Naruto lost consciousness for a few minutes before he came to and scanned his surroundings. Immediately he jumped back as a volley of kunai impaled the spot that he stood on. Looking at the source of the attack, he spotted a curvaceous woman with two purple rectangular markings on her left cheek, a red-violet bodysuit that revealed much of her chest and figure, and long brown hair curled into a spiral. Upon spotting her, she giggled at him before dropping down to meet him.
"Oh, well aren't you a cutie." She said in a seductive tone, matched with a small smile on her lips.
"Who are you. You definitely aren't a genin." Naruto asked in a chilling tone, his eyes becoming colder then ice.
"Oh scary, though you would be much more terrifying and less tempting if you had a shirt on boy." She replied, scanning his body with her eyes. Before she finished though, Naruto was in front of her, his fist cocked back. Her eyes widened in shock before she let out a soundless scream as he buried his fist into her abdomen, sending her crashing to the tree behind dust exploding from the impact.
"Tsk, weak." Naruto said, spitting out the word like it was poison. As the dust cleared, in her place was a shattered log.
"How very scary, what would you do if that had actually hit me?" She said in a hurt tone with a pout on her face before it turned into a scary sneer.
"I'll make you wish you were dead when I'm done with you boy!" She shouted as she charged at him with incredible speed, engaging him in a taijutsu battle.
Lashing out, her palm connected to his chest as he reeled back wincing in pain. Following up with a devastating elbow to his jaw, Naruto tried to take a step back but was met with a kick to his abdomen, sending him back a few feet.
"Looks like you aren't as strong as you think you were huh." She said in a sing-song tone as she made her way towards him. But as she was about to reach him, the ground underneath her exploded, Naruto landing a vicious uppercut on her chin, sending her up in the air before he spun around and kicked the side of her body sending her flying sideways, the Naruto on the ground replaced with a log.
Landing on his feet, he spat out a globule of blood before taking his stance again, his opponent was already walking towards him while dusting off her clothes, which were now ripped in a few places from hitting and skipping on the ground.
"Look what you did! You ruined my favorite outfit! Or maybe... Were you trying to rip it? Hehe, you're such a perverted boy, but I guess that does mean you're healthy." She said in a teasing tone before she vanished, making Naruto's eyes go wide before he was sent flying to through the forest from a kick to the chest.
Finally, he crashed into a river and surfaced, catching his breath from the brutal attack. Getting out of the water and kneeling on it, he tried to analyze his opponent's attacks. They were too strong to be just physical strength and her speed and durability, it wasn't human. Before he could continue along that train of thought, she appeared in a blur and taunted him.
"What's the matter cutie? Can't you keep up with little old me?" She said in a cutesy tone, making which was starting to infuriate Naruto. Seeing his rising agitation, she decided to rouse his anger even more.
"If you're having this much trouble with me, I can't only imagine how those two girls are holding out against Ichi." At that, Naruto's eyes widened, as she gained a cruel smile. But before she could continue, she avoided a slash that would've bisected her.
Jumping back her eyes widened when she saw what he was wielding. It wasn't the great sword that the reports said, it was a large, pitch black scythe. It had had a black blade and shaft with the joint connecting the two having the kanji for 'Void' inscribed in crimson onto it.
Spinning it around a few times, he held it in a reverse grip behind his body as Ni stared in awe, fear starting to seep into her heart from seeing such a weapon. But she had to move as he appeared right next to her already in mid swing. Rolling to the side, she suffered a cut on her side from the attack. Rolling back up, she jumped back to avoid another horizontal swipe and he carried out his assault.
After the short game of cat and mouse, Ni had suffered multiple cuts, the deepest being the diagonal slash on her chest, between her breasts. Naruto didn't look damaged, but he was suffering internally from her attacks from earlier. About to charge in for another flurry of slashes, Naruto stopped when he felt a large explosion nearby as Ni smirked.
"Looks like those girls are finished boy, too bad you weren't there to save them." She sneered, the last of her energy running out. But she quieted and felt fear take over her heart when he turned to face her.
After hearing her taunting, Naruto felt rage boil in his veins. Glaring at her, his navy blue eyes were replaced with burning crimson, his round pupil now reptilian. Getting into a stance with his scythe behind him, he called out the name of his technique.
"Ekuripusu Saizu: Tsuki Ketatamashii." Naruto whispered before he vanished and reappeared in front of Ni, as she could only watch on in horror and shock as he swung diagonally vertically and cut of her right arm, followed by spinning his scythe then removing her left leg, then he spun around and cut her in half at the waist, stopping and spinning his scythe once more he cut her head off.
As she died, Ni had one last through run through her head as a smile found it's way to her severed head.
"Hiruko-sama... He is the one..." She though before Naruto ended her.
Finishing his assault Naruto followed through with the last swing and slashed vertically once more, splitting her head and severed body in two as they fell to the ground.
Casting one last burning gaze at his dismembered opponent, Naruto's eyes returned to their normal navy before he sealed away his scythe and rushed to his teammate's aid, never seeing the remains of his opponent dissolve into a pool of strange black substance.
(Scene change - Forest of Death: Yakumo and Satsuki vs. Ichi)
Yakumo and Satsuki were confused and scared, after they stabbed the man in front of them he blew up and sent them flying. Once they recovered, they saw that he didn't even have a scratch on him.
Narrowing their eyes, they sped through a series of seals before calling out their jutsu.
"Suiton: Teppōdama!" Satsuki shouted, firing off a volley of high speed water bullets.
"Suiton: Mizurappa!" Yakumo called out, firing a fast jet of water.
Once their jutsu hit their mark, a large explosion of water and earth covered the area where their opponent once stood, smirking to themselves they quickly panicked and lost it when they saw that he wasn't harmed in the slightest.
"Whew, that was pretty scary you know! I could've actually died you know!" He said in a mocking tone, making the two girls in front of him lose the confidence that they had built up.
"Wh-What are you...?" Satsuki asked, not believing that anyone could take an attack like that and still be ok. But all she got was a scary smile as he vanished, appearing right next to them.
"Wha-" Was all Yakumo managed to say before she was sent flying by a kick, crashing into the river.
"YAKUMO!" Satsuki shouted, not believing what just happened. But she quickly was sent flying when he back handed her to the same area that he sent Yakumo.
After hitting the water, the two girls could only writhe in pain from the power the blows had, finally resurfacing after a minute of regaining their composure. Standing up on the water, they found their opponent was standing on the river with them, a sneer on his face.
"You two should give up, your blonde boyfriend is probably six feet under by now, especially since Ni is fighting him. I wouldn't be surprised if she kissed him before she killed him actually. Not a bad way to go wouldn't you s-" He never finished his sentence as Yakumo appeared in front of him and buried her fist into his abdomen, making his eyes widen as the air was forced out of his lungs.
He didn't have a chance to recover as Satsuki appeared behind Yakumo, the two exchanging places as Satsuki delivered a bone shattering upper kick sending him into the air. Jumping back the two blurred through a series of seal for their most powerful jutsu.
As he began to fall back down, they finished and ended the battle.
"SUITON: DAIBAKUFU NO JUTSU!" They shouted in unison, the water from the river forming a circle around the two as two spiraling waterfalls collided with the falling form of their opponent; shredding the ground, uprooting the trees, and battering his body against the ground, as he was subjected to an unrelenting assault of blunt force trauma.
Finally, the water receded, Satsuki and Yakumo dropping onto their knees panting, having used an extreme amount of chakra for their jutsu. Seeing the damage that their jutsu caused, there was no doubt that they finished off their opponent. As that thought rang though their minds, they felt sick to their stomachs, but it vanished when they saw a head of blonde hair emerge from the forest.
"Yakumo! Satsuki!" He shouted, as he sprinted towards them. They're hearts were immediately relieved when they saw that he was okay but then they noticed that there were dark blue, bordering black, bruises that covered his body indicating severe internal trauma. As he reached them, he bent down to help them up, offering the two of them his shoulders which they gratefully accepted.
Making it towards the shore, they finally sat down, the adrenaline from their battle finally fading from their bloodstream. But as they were relaxing after their grueling battle, they never noticed that their opponent didn't perish from the relentless assault.
Ichi, after seeing Satsuki's sharingan, knew that was the one his master wanted. After confirming it, he sent a snake-like creature from his arm towards the group, intent on fulfilling the mission he was given. Naruto, sensing something was wrong immediately shoved Satsuki aside, causing her and Yakumo to turn and begin to shout at him but their words died in their mouths when a snake-like creature bit him near his neck.
Pain. That was all that Naruto could feel the moment he was bitten by the snake. Gritting his teeth in a futile attempt to stifle his cry of pain, he grabbed at the area where he had been bit as he eventually gave in, letting out an agonizing scream of pain, the likes of which his teammates have never heard before.
Quickly ending the snake with a hail of shuriken and kunai, the two were at the side of their downed teammate. What they saw made their eyes widen, there was a strange mark on his shoulder that was in the shape of three tomoe. As tears started to form in their eyes, they heard maniacal laughing from the direction that their opponent had been sent and they saw him, his arms, legs, and neck bent in distorted directions. They finished him off, each with a kunai embedding itself in his head. As he died, a final through rang through his head.
"Hiruko-sama... He, is the one you have been searching for..." Ichi said in his mind, as he finally died.
After everything was settled, with a now unconscious Naruto in their arms, Yakumo and Satsuki could only shake at what just happened. Their leader was injured, unconscious and now had a strange looking mark on him because they let their guard down. Before they could fall further into depression, they heard a scream echo through the forest and instantly tensed up.
Locking gazes with each other the two nodded, wiping away the rest of their tears, they steeled their resolve putting Naruto on their shoulders and making their way to a safer place, never seeing that Ichi's body dissolved into another puddle of black substance.
(Scene change - Unknown location)
"Looks like duplicates failed I didn't get the sharingan, but... it appears that I gained something even more valuable..." A voice said calmly, before eerie laughter could be heard echoing in the blackness.
A Son Forgotten
Hope you guys liked it! And yeah, that's the Eclipse Scythe from Ninja Gaiden! It's so sweet! It pretty much looks the same minus the kanji for void on the circular part near it's neck like I described. And yeah, still really bad at writing fight scenes so please be gentle. XD But yeah, leave me a review and tell me how my story is! And PM me if you want to suggest me something alright! Till next time, stay awesome!
Henge - Transformation: This gives this technique has an abundance of uses. The transformation of a skilled shinobi will be exactly like the genuine article, so it will be impossible to tell the two apart. It is typically used to change into people other than oneself, but one also has the ability to change into animals, plants, and even inanimate objects like weapons.
Konoha Senpū - Leaf Whirlwind: A taijutsu where one launches a succession of high kicks and low kicks. The high kick augments the chance for the low kick to connect. A power and effective taijutsu technique.
Kage Buyō - Shadow of the Dancing Leaf: A technique where a shinobi follows the opponent, closely matching his or her body's movement, just like a leaf that dances in the air is followed by its shadow.
Shōsen Jutsu - Mystical Palm Technique: A-Rank, Ninjutsu; This medical ninjutsu allows the user to speed up the body's natural healing process by sending chakra from their hands into a wound or afflicted body part. This allows the user to heal a patient without the need for medical equipment or surgery, making it very useful on the battlefield. It can be used to treat both external and internal injuries. It requires extremely precise chakra control in order to use.
Ninpo: Kyuudou Kiboku - Ninja Art: Tortoise Shell Divination of Seeking Truth: B-Rank Ninjutsu, Genjutsu; A jutsu that Yakumo created with the help of Anko, Kurenai, and Satsuki. She creates a dome using her in a similar shape as a tortoises shell that surrounds her and her teammates. The size of the dome created is dependent on the amount of chakra that she puts into it. Once casted, Yakumo hides the presence of anyone within the shell, effectively cutting them off from conventional means of being found be it sight, smell, and hearing. From the protrusions on the shell, lines of chakra are sent out around 25 meters, relaying any information back to Yakumo about anything that breaks the line, similar to a tripwire. It constantly drains chakra, so maintaining it for long periods of time is very exhausting.
Suiton: Suishougeki - Water Release: Water Crash: C-Rank, Ninjutsu; The user fires a large ball of water with a jet propelling it towards the target. Once it impacts with the target, it continues to crash and grind the target as long as the user sustains the jet of water that it is attached to.
Ninpo: Heki Ranshinshō - Ninja Art: False Body Pathway Derangement: B-Rank Genjutsu; An genjutsu created by Yakumo after Anko told her about Tsunade's true Ranshinshō. While it doesn't physically disrupt the electrical senses that control the body of her target like Tsunade's does, it does have a similar effect. Deceiving her target's mind, Yakumo causes their body to respond much slower then they perceive it to, their intended actions losing sync with their actual actions and causes their body to misinterpret the information that is sent to each limb. This genjutsu can be countered once the target understands the mechanics behind it, and are able to dispel it once regaining control of their limbs and actions.
Ekuripusu Saizu: Tsuki Ketatamashii - Eclipse Scythe: Piercing Moon: B-Rank Saizujutsu; A technique that involves the use of a scythe. The user removes one of their target's arms, followed by their leg. After they bisect them at the waist before beheading them. The finish up the assault with splitting the now severed parts in half once more. A barbaric technique Naruto self-taught himself with the help of Ryuuhei's scroll.
Suiton: Teppōdama - Water Release: Gunshot: C-Rank, Ninjutsu; The user kneads and converts chakra in their mouth into to water and fires it. The size, number, power and speed of the water balls are based on how much chakra is used in the jutsu. It can be strengthened by various different means such as gravity and introducing another element.
Suiton: Mizurappa - Water Release: Wild Water Wave: C-Rank, Ninjutsu; The user molds chakra in their mouths into water and fires a stream of condensed water at their target. The range, speed, and power is dependent on how much chakra is used. Can be strengthened by various different means such as introducing another element.
Suiton: Daibakufu no Jutsu - Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique: A-Rank Ninjutsu; This technique extends water over a large scale, surges and rises up to several dozens of meters high. Then it streams down to the ground in one big cascade, much like a gigantic waterfall. In doing so, it resembles a huge wave, with tremendous power that can hollow out the ground. What remains after that technique's utilization is reminiscent of no less than the aftermath of a natural disaster. Satsuki and Yakumo's version fires the water like a projectile rather then having it crash down on their target.