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Danny and the rest of Team 7 had reached the third floor and started walking towards the room where the exam would be held.
"Hey you. Danny Fenton. Hold on." a voice said.
The team turned around to see that Lee was standing on the floor above them. "Huh?"
"What do you want?" Danny asked.
"I want to fight. Right here and right now." Lee requested.
"Sounds like fun. I accept." Danny grinned, stepping forward as Lee jumped down.
"I remember seeing you and Naruto train all the time before you were made a genin. You should be a good challenge for me." Lee asked.
"Lets see if you can back up your bold challenge, Lee." Danny continued to grin.
"Bring it on." Lee smirked and got into a fighting stance.
"We don't have much time, Danny. We only have half an hour." Sakura worried.
"Don't worry. It won't take us that long." Danny smiled.
Lee was waiting patiently.
"Now then. Lets not waist any time." Danny suddenly moved from his spot in a blur and was behind Lee in seconds, throwing a kick.
Lee reacted quickly and ducked out of the way. He brought a leg up to kick Danny in the jaw.
Danny flipped backwards in the air and punched Lee in the cheek.
Lee grabbed his arm and threw him across the room.
Danny back-flipped across the floor to recapture his balance and pushed himself back against the ground. He spun in the air and swept Lee's legs out from beneath him.
Lee quickly caught himself and kicked Danny in the jaw, sending him skyward.
Danny looked back in time to see Lee had come up behind him. His bandages unraveled and wrapped around Danny tightly. Lee started to spin in the air. Danny screamed as they both hit the ground head first.
Lee's eyes widened however as 'Danny' melted. 'An Ice Clone?! When did he?'
"That was a nice trick. But it won't work on me." Danny said and kicked Lee in the back hard enough to send him tumbling across the room.
Lee was about to get up again as a turtle suddenly appeared in front of him and began to lecture him about using that technique.
A tall man then appeared on the turtle's back. He had the same bowl haircut and bushy eyebrows that Lee did.
The man punched Lee in the cheek.
"Well then." Danny said, a bit confused.
The team all shielded their eyes as a sunset seemed to appear and the two hugged.
"My eyes!" Danny shouted.
"I'll never unsee this!" said Sasuke, who'd had his sharingan active.
"Uuugh!" Sakura groaned.
"Lee!"
"Guy-sensei!"
"Lee!"
"Guy-sensei!"
"Now, Lee, run into the setting sun. And run a hundred laps."
"Um," Danny cut in. "Are you forgetting about the exams? We have five minutes left to check in."
Their eyes widened.
"Oh, right. I forgot about that." The man said, rubbing his chin in thought.
"So how is Kakashi-sensei?" the man asked.
"You know him?" Sakura asked.
"Know him? Well. People say. He and I are arch-rivals for eternity."
"No way." Naruto denied.
Suddenly the man was behind them. "My record is 50 wins and 49 losses. Which is one better than Kakashi."
"How did he beat Kakashi?"
"The fact is I'm stronger than Kakashi. And faster." Guy boasted.
"You see. Guy-sensei is the best there is." Lee bragged.
"I'm sorry for the trouble Lee caused. Now look into my eyes and accept my sincere apology." he said.
"It's no trouble, Guy-sensei. I enjoyed it and I hope to spar against Lee again some time." Danny smiled.
Lee beamed. "I appreciate the offer, Danny. I would like that." he smiled.
"Lets get going now. We have an exam to take." Sakura said and they walked towards the classroom.
The team got to the classroom. They were about to open the door when Kakashi appeared in front of them. "Glad to see you came, Sakura. Now. You can all formally register for the chunin exam."
"What do you mean?" Sakura asked.
"Only a complete team can take the exam. That's the way it's always been." Kakashi said.
"But you said the decision was up to us. Was that a lie?" Sakura asked.
Kakashi looked away. "Sorta. You each had an individual decision that would have affected everyone. I didn't tell you the whole truth because I didn't want the other guys pressuring you. At the same time, I didn't want you to feel obliged to take the exam because of any feelings you might have for Sasuke. Or the other two. I wanted you to come to a decision of your own free will."
"Wait. Do you mean that if the others had shown up but I decided not to come with them-"
"It would've been the end of the line. If you hadn't come along I couldn't have let them in. But it's a moot point. You're all here and for the right reasons." Kakashi eye smiled.
"Sakura, Naruto, Sasuke, and Danny. I'm proud of you. Couldn't ask for a better team. Good luck." Kakashi stepped out of the way.
"We won't let you down, sensei. Believe it." Naruto promised.
Once inside they looked around at all the other genin in the room.
"I guess we're not alone." Sakura stammered as they looked at the huge crowd.
They looked up at the sound of a fangirlish voice. "Sasuke! Where've you been?! I've missed you so much."
It was none other than Ino. She had flung herself onto Sasuke and got close to him.
Sakura glared at her. "Get your hands off him!"
"Oh. Hey they let you in, billboard brow?" Ino asked.
"Leave my forehead out of it!" Sakura growled.
Ino made a childish face at them.
"So it's you guys." Said a lazy voice. "I knew this exam was gonna be a drag. But I didn't know it was gonna be this lame."
Danny sweat dropped. 'If he didn't want to come why did he even bother?'
"Well well. What do you know. It looks like the whole gang's back together again."
"Hi Naruto." Hinata stammered with a blush.
"Hey, you guys. You might want to try keeping it down a little. You're the ten rookies right? This isn't a field trip." said a boy with silver hair and round glasses.
Danny narrowed his eyes a bit.
"Well who asked you?!" Ino shouted.
"I'm Kabuto Yakushi. But look around you. You've made quite an impression. They're touchy. They all are. These exams make everyone tense. You don't want to rub them the wrong way right now. You can't help it. You're all rookies. You remind me of myself a little while back."
"This isn't your first try taking the exam?" Sakura asked.
"No. This is my seventh." Kabuto admitted.
"Wow. A veteran. You must really be expert by now." Sakura said.
"Some expert. He's never passed." Shikamaru said.
"Really." Danny agreed.
"Seventh time's the charm huh?" Kabuto said.
"So I guess all those rumors about the exams being tough are true. Oh man. I knew this was gonna be a drag." Shikamaru sighed.
"Hang on. Don't give up hope yet. Maybe I can help you guys out a little," Kabuto said, pulling out a deck of cards. "With my ninja info cards."
Danny's eyes narrowed further.
"What the heck are those?" Sakura asked.
"It's hard to explain. But they're encoded with chakra with everything I've learned over the past four years." Kabuto said. "I've got more than 200 of them. So I haven't been completely wasting my time."
Kabuto showed them a map that had how many nin had come from every village for the exams.
"Do those cards have any individual information?" Sasuke asked.
"They might. Have someone special in mind?" Kabuto asked.
"I might." Sasuke said.
"Well. I can't claim my collection is complete or perfect. But I've got something on just about everyone." Kabuto said. "Including you guys of course. Give me a description. Anything at all and I'll see what I can do."
"Rock Lee of the Leaf Village." Sasuke said.
"Gaara of the Desert." Danny added.
Kiba suddenly smirked. "Danny Fenton of the Leaf Village."
"What the hell! I'm right here, Kiba!" Danny shouted at him.
"Oh that's no fun. You even know their names. That makes it easy." Kabuto said, going through his cards. "Here they are." he said, pulling out three cards.
"Show em to us." Sasuke ordered.
"First up is Rock Lee. Looks like he's a year older than you guys. Mission experience: 11 C-ranks and 20 D-ranks." Kabuto said. "His squad leader is Guy. In the last 12 months his taijutsu has radically improved. And his other skills are pretty shaky. Last year he got a lot of attention as a genin, but last year he chose not to participate in the chunin exam. This will be his first time as a candidate, same as you guys. His teammates are Tenten and Neji Hyuga."
"Hyuga?" Naruto asked.
"Now for Gaara of the Desert." Kabuto said, showing the card. "Mission experience: 8 C-ranks, and... get this, 1 B-rank as a genin. There's not a lot more info on this guy as he's a genin from another land. But there is this. He survived every mission without a scratch on him." Kabuto said.
"The dude's done a B-rank as a genin and has never even been injured?" Shikamaru asked.
"Now for Danny Fenton." he said, showing the final card. "His name has been changed to Danny Fenton Uzumaki. Mission experience: 100 D-ranks and 1 C-rank. He has a unique ice release ability that's usually only seen in a certain Clan. He also has a sword which he can use skillfully. He's good in taijutsu, ninjutsu, and kenjutsu. Supposedly he also has a ghost partner that appears to aid him in combat."
'This guy knows too much information. I'll need to speak with someone about this.' Danny thought to himself as Kabuto pulled out another card. He continued to explain the other villages a little before putting his cards away.
"Well, anyways, you get the point. It's going to be interesting competition this time around." Kabuto said.
The three sound shinobi suddenly flashed forward through the crowd and went to attack Kabuto.
Kabuto quickly moved out of the way of the attack. Kabuto's glasses then shattered. "Oh I get it. So it was that kind of attack."
Danny was watching quietly as Kabuto collapsed.
"Write this on your little card. The genin from the sound village will be chunin by the time this is over. Get it?"
There was a sudden burst of smoke at the front of the classroom, getting everyone's attention.
"Alright you baby-faced degenerates. Pipe down and listen up. It's time to begin. I'm Ibiki Morino, your proctor, and from this moment, your worst enemy." a man with scars on his face said. "First of all, you genin from the village hidden in the sound, knock it off, who told you that you could fight. You wanna be failed before the exam has even begun?"
The leader of the sound genin turned to him. "Sorry. Guess we're all a little jumpy, sir."
"I'll say this once. There will be no combat between candidates. No attacking each other without the permission of your proctor. And even then, using fatal force is strictly prohibited. Anyone who messes with me will be disqualified immediately. Got it?" Ibiki asked. "Now if we're ready for the first stage of the exam. Hand over your paperwork and in return you'll each be given a number. This number will determine where you will sit. We'll start the written test once you are all seated."
Everyone was given a number and sat down at a desk, separated from their teammates. Danny looked down at the questions.
Ibiki hit the chalk board with some chalk. "Everyone, eyes front. There are a few rules you need to be aware of. And I won't answer any questions. So you better pay attention the first time around."
1. The written part of the exam is conducted on a point reduction system. Contrary to what some of you may be used to, you all begin the test with a perfect score of ten points. One point will be deducted for each answer you get wrong. So if you miss three, your final score will be seven.
2. Teams will pass or fail based on the total scores of your entire team.
3. The sentinels you see positioned around the room are there to watch you carefully for any signs of cheating. And for every incident they spot, they will subtract to points from the culprit's score. Be warned: Their eyes are extremely sharp. And if they catch you five times you will be dismissed before the tests are even scored. Anyone fool enough to be caught cheating by the sentinels doesn't deserve to be here. If you wanna be considered shinobi, then show was what exceptional shinobi you can be.
"One more thing. If any candidate should get a zero and fail the test, then the entire team fails. The final question won't be given until 15 minutes before the end of the testing period. You'll have one hour total. Begin!" Ibiki finished.
Everyone turned over their pages and started working on the test.
Danny looked over the questions. 'Those are interesting rules. Very strange. Normally if you're caught cheating you're failed straight away. It's almost as if... that's it. They want you to cheat. They're testing how well we can gather information without getting caught. If that's the case... I have an idea.' Danny placed his hands under the desk into a single sign. He created a clone and had it appear beneath the desk. The sound of the clone being created caught the attention of the sentinels, but when they didn't see anything unusual, they went back to what they were doing.
The clone quickly turned both invisible and intangible the moment it was created and started walking around the room. It examined the tests of all the other candidates and found a one of the chunin that was stationed among the genin. It quickly copied all the answers onto a piece of paper before placing it in front of Danny, who copied all the answers down quickly.
The clone grinned sadistically as it got another idea. It started flying into some of the genin and overshadowing them. Then it would make the genin 'cheat' in an obvious manner and have their entire team disqualified. He did this to ten different teams before getting bored and dispelling.
Danny finished copying the slip of paper and then started writing on the very bottom. 'I believe Kabuto Yukushi is a spy. He knows what should be confidential information on all the shinobi in the exams. Please relay this information to the Hokage as soon as possible.'
Danny sighed and started drawing on the back of his test boredly. He found that he had started drawing a picture of his old ghost hunting team. Himself, Sam, Tucker, and Jaz. He sighed sadly. 'I'm so sorry I never told you how I felt, Sam. If I could go back and do it all over again, I would tell you. Even if we still had no way of ever being together. You deserved to know the truth. You deserved to know how much you mattered to me.'
-With Naruto-
Naruto frowned as he looked over all the questions. Sure he'd been able to do somewhat alright on the tests at the academy. But this was far beyond his reach. Suddenly, however, he got an idea.
'Hey, Fox. Do you understand this stuff?' Naruto asked internally
'Of course I do. I've been stuck inside you leaf nin long enough to know a thing or two.'
'Do you think you could help?'
'Why would I do that?'
'Because if you help me then it'll be another step closer to me being stronger. You said yourself that you don't want a weak container. So help me get stronger.'
'How very bold of you. I can respect that. Here's the answers. Listen closely because I won't repeat myself.'
-With Tucker-
Tucker was currently sitting at his desk at the Konoha Tech Lab. He wondered how Danny and his team were doing. He sighed. Back in the old days he would do almost everything with Danny. But now it seemed they were so different. Danny's capabilities were far out of his reach. He looked at his cellphone and scrolled through the contacts. One contact caught his attention and he sat there staring at it for a moment. Finally he clicked on it and called the number.
He listened to the phone ring for a moment before the person on the other side picked up.
"Hey Tucker. Did you need something?" said a feminine voice on the other side.
"Hey Jaz. Yea. I wanted to tell you that we found Danny." Tucker explained. He waited as the other end of the line was quiet for a few moments.
"Really?! How is he?! Is he hurt?! Scared?! Tell me, Tucker!"
"He seems to be alright. Though he's changed."
"How do I get there?" Jaz asked after a moment. She wanted the chance to reconnect with her baby brother.
Tucker smiled. "You saw that necklace I left on your bed with a CW on it I'm sure. All you need to do is spin the dial on the back. It'll send you straight to Clockwork's tower. He's already expecting you. Once you get there, tell him you want to come to us, and he'll send you to the Konoha entrance gate. I'll meet you there. I know you keep everything packed up to leave on your jobs a lot, so can I expect you to arrive within the hour?"
"Of course. I'll see you within the hour, Tucker." Jaz said and hung up.
Danny looked up at the clock and saw that there was only twenty minutes left. Nineteen... seventeen... fifteen.
"Alright. Now that we've weeded out most of the hopeless cases, time for the main event. All right. Listen up. Here's the tenth and final question." Ibiki said.
Danny smirked as he sensed Ibiki releasing a bit of KI to unnerve the other genin. 'This guy is smooth. Most wouldn't realize that the entire thing is just a mind game. I bet he's with the I&T Division.'
"But. Before I give you the question. There are some more rules that you need to be aware of."
Kankuro suddenly entered the room.
"Ah. You made it just in time. I hope you found your little trip to the bathroom... enlightening... Take your seat."
Kankuro sat down quickly.
-With Tucker-
Tucker waited outside the main gate quietly as he listened to music on his phone with a single earbud. 'Shouldn't be long now.'
He'd brought Haku with him just in case any bandits or rogue ninja showed up. Haku was curious as to where they were going at first, of course, but after explaining that he was bringing Danny's elder sister to the village as a surprise, she agreed to help.
"So what is Danny's sister like? Is she a headstrong fighter like him?" Haku asked.
"Hmm. She is and she isn't. Jaz is more of an emotional support type person than anything. In the past, she tried to help us with catching ghosts, but she wasn't all that terrific at it. She would end up accidentally trapping Danny inside our Fenton Thermos, which was designed to trap ghosts until we released them back into the ghost zone. Though at times she would use some of the ghost technology to fight, she typically left the more physical fighting to Danny, and stayed on the sidelines for anything he might need. She's just as stubborn if not more so than he is. She's also a bit protective of Danny." Tucker explained as best he could.
"It seems as though the protectiveness should be the other way around." Haku commented.
Tucker shook his head. "See. Danny is different now from how he used to be. Before, he was a shy, nerdy teenager who was pushed around and bullied by almost everyone in our school. Though he became more confident once he got his powers, he was still pretty shy. Being banished from Amity turned him into almost an entirely new person. He was already protective of us all, because his ghost obsession is to protect his loved ones, but now he's so protective that I wouldn't put it past him to actually kill. That's something he never would've done before. But very few of our enemies were very threatening before. Most were recurring enemies that we faced all the time. And even when an enemy did threaten our lives Danny would find some way to defeat them with killing them."
"I see. Then he was broken by the loss of his precious people. And he trains hard to not let it happen again. He doesn't want to lose his purpose. His reason for living." Haku said sadly.
"I guess so." Tucker frowned.
They looked up as a flash of light appeared not far in front of them. Before them now stood a young woman in her early twenties with long orange hair and ice blue eyes.
"Jaz! Over here!" Tucker called.
Jaz spotted him and smiled. She ran over to them. "Hey! Who's your friend?"
"This is Haku. Danny's romantic interest." Tucker explained and teased all at the same time, causing Haku to blush.
"Hello." Haku smiled and held out a hand.
Jaz shook it. "I'm so happy to meet you! I can't wait to see Danny!"
"I'm glad to meet you too, Jaz." Haku smiled.
Tucker laughed a bit. "If you want to see him then we'd better hurry. You'll need to see the Hokage before you can stay with us. Come on."
Jaz nodded and followed him.
"Now. Listen carefully. And try not to let them frighten you."
"Very well then, rule number 1. Each of you is free to choose not to be given the final question. It's your decision."
"Woah! Say we choose not to take the final question. What's the catch? What then?" Temari asked.
"If you choose not to take the tenth question, regardless of your answers to the other nine, you'll get a zero. In other words you fail. And that of course means both your team mates fail as well."
The room erupted into alarmed whispers.
"Not so fast. You didn't let me finish. If you do accept the question and answer it incorrectly, you will not only fail, you will be barred from entering the chunin exam ever again!"
"Hey, man! That's a load of bull! That's ridiculous. There's lots of people here who've taken the test before!" Kiba shouted.
Ibiki chuckled darkly. "I guess you're just... unlucky... 'I' wasn't making the rules before. But I am now. Of course if you don't want to take it, you don't have to. If you're not feeling confident, then by all means, skip it. You can come back and try again next year." Ibiki laughed.
"Now then, if you're ready. The tenth and final question. Those who don't want to take it, raise your hand." Ibiki ordered. "Your number will be recorded and then you're free to go."
One by one candidates started filing out.
Team 7 stayed silent. They were all confident they could do this.
Finally everyone that was going to leave had done so.
"Now then, for those of you remaining, there's only one thing left to do. And that's for me to tell you... that you've all passed the first exam." Ibiki said, causing a ripple of shock to pass over everyone in the room.
Sakura stood up. "Hold on. What just happened. What do you mean we pass? Where's the tenth question?!"
Ibiki laughed. "There never was one. Not a written one at least. Actually your decision to stay was the answer to the tenth question."
"Huh?" Sakura looked confused.
"So were all of the first nine questions just a waste of time?" Temari asked.
Ibiki looked at her. "The first nine questions were designed to test your information gathering skills." he said as he pulled his headband off, showing massive scarring on his head. "Information. It can be your most valuable weapon in battle. How well you gather intelligence can determine whether a mission is a failure or a success. There'll be times you have to risk your lives to get it."
The genin were shocked as they looked at all the scars. Ibiki put his headband back on. "Of course you must always consider the source of your information. Intelligence gathered from an enemy is not necessarily accurate. Always bare this in mind. Disinformation can be worse than no information at all. It can lead to the death of comrades, or the loss of a village. That's why I put you in this situation. Where you had to gather accurate intelligence. Cheat in order to survive. And that's why those who weren't good enough at it were weeded out. Leaving the rest of you."
"Ok. But I still don't get what the first question was all about.
Danny looked up and answered before Ibiki could. "As a chunin, we have to be able to make the decision whether or not to continue a mission. It may be a mission that looks absolutely hopeless. But as a chunin we have to realize that when things get tough, we can't just give up and back down. That is what the tenth question was. To see if we would crack under pressure and give up. In the real world that could be a fatal mistake. It could mean giving up information to the enemy. Those people are not fit to be a chunin."
Ibiki nodded. "You're exactly right."
Suddenly an object burst through the window. A woman burst through behind it and slid across the floor dramatically. "Heads up boys and girls, this is no time to be celebrating. I'll be your next proctor. Anko Mitarashi. You ready for the second test? That's good! Follow me!"
Everyone stayed silent.
Ibiki stepped out from behind the poster. "You're early. Again."
"How many are there?" Anko asked. "Ibiki. You let all these guys pass? Your test was too easy. You must be getting soft."
"Or it could be...a stronger crop of candidates this year."
"Hmm. It don't look like it. But once I'm done with em... More than half will be eliminated." Anko smirked.
Danny looked her up and down. 'She's hot...'
"More than half, really?" Sakura asked.
"Heh. This is gonna be fun." Anko smirked. "Alright. You maggots have had it easy so far. But. Things are gonna be different starting first thing in the morning. I'll let your squad leaders know where you're to meet me. Dismissed."
-With Ibiki-
Ibiki was picking up the tests once everyone left. He looked at Danny's and his eyes widened as he saw the note at the bottom. 'The Hokage will need to know about this. Though. I will say this kid is certainly an interesting one.'
Danny smiled as their team parted ways. He and Naruto were heading back to the estate.
"I can't wait for tomorrow." Naruto said.
"Me either." Danny grinned.
"You just want to impress Haku." Naruto teased with a grin.
"Sh-shut up! It's not like that!" Danny shouted.
"Suuuuure it's not." Naruto laughed and ran off.
"Come back here!" Danny growled and chased him all the way back to the house.
They stepped inside and looked around. It was completely dark for some reason.
"Hello?" Danny called. "Anyone home?"
There was no answer.
Suddenly a pair of arms wrapped themselves around Danny from behind. His eyes widened as the light then turned on. He looked back and saw none other than his older sister.
"J- Jaz?" Danny asked.
"The one and only. Hello, Danny. I've missed you." Jaz said, beaming at him.
Danny felt himself tear up a bit. "Jaz!" he whipped around and hugged her back tightly. "I missed you too."
Naruto tilted his head. "Jaz? As in Danny's older sister?"
Jaz looked at him. "That's right. Who are you?"
Danny looked up at her. "This is Naruto."
Jaz smiled. "Well. Hello Naruto."
Naruto smiled back. "Hello."
Danny looked up at her. "Are you going to stay? What about our parents?"
Jaz's gaze hardened. "Of course I'm staying. I love you, Danny. And our parents can go to hell for what they did to you. They're dead to me."
"But they didn't know I was Phantom." Danny protested.
"Actually, they do know now. They looked everywhere for you and were going to kill Phantom for taking you. So, in the hopes of making them drop the barrier and stop their hunt, I told them that Phantom actually was you. That in an accident you had received the ability to turn into a ghost. They called you a freak and disowned you as their son, Danny. They didn't understand. They were going to continue hunting you down. And they were going to turn you in to a lab for testing." Jaz explained sadly.
Danny was distraught.
"There's more than that. But right more you need to focus on your exams. I'll explain everything later." Jaz promised.
"Alright..."
The next morning, Team 7 was standing at one of the training grounds for the second stage of the exams.
"This is the location for the second phase of the exam. It's training ground 44. Better known as the Forest of Death." Anko explained.
"Sounds like my kind of place." Danny commented.
"So. Looks like we have ourselves a tough guy." A kunai whizzed towards him and would have clipped his cheek had he not leaned his head to the side. He looked at Anko, who had thrown the kunai. She was standing over him from behind.
"You tough enough to handle this? You're not afraid are you?" she asked.
Danny leaned his head back and looked up at her. "Not at all."
Anko blinked, having not expected a reaction like that.
They were interrupted by a grass nin appearing behind Anko and holding a kunai out with her tongue. "I was... just returning your knife."
"Why thank you, grass ninja. But don't stand that close behind me unless you wish to die." Anko said darkly, taking the kunai.
The woman retracted her tongue. "My pardon. But with the sight of blood and you blade slicing through my hair, I'm afraid I got a bit excited is all. I meant you no harm."
"Likewise." Anko said as the grass nin walked away.
"Seems like everyone here today is quick tempered today. There must be something in the air. This is gonna be fun." Anko grinned.
She walked away. "Now before we begin this test I need to give you these." She pulled out a stack of papers. "Just a standard consent form. Before the test you're gonna have to read over this form and then sign it. Here. Pass these out." Anko handed the stack to Danny, who took one of the forms and then passed it on.
"After that, you will be given a heaven or an earth scroll. Your goal is to get both scrolls to the tower at the center of the training ground. You have five days to complete the task. The test is an anything goes battle." Anko showed them the scrolls.
"So at the very best half of us will fail. Maybe more." Sakura said.
"No one ever said it would be easy." Anko said.
"What are we supposed to do for food?" Choji protested.
Danny rolled his eyes. "There's tons of creatures in there you can use for food. If you can't figure that much out, you might as well just give up and go home now before you get hurt." he said coldly. "Just make sure you don't eat anything poisonous or get eaten by something yourself."
Choji whimpered.
"With these circumstances, not even half the teams will succeed." Neji deduced.
"With the days getting longer, and the nights getting shorter, we will have less time to recover. It is a challenge indeed." Said Lee.
Sasuke looked at the forest. "Completely surrounded by enemies. There won't be time to rest, we'll have to keep a constant watch."
"That's right. This test also measures endurance behind enemy lines." Anko stated. "This is designed to be a grueling test and I'm sure some of you won't be up to the challenge."
Shikamaru raised his hand. "So say.. lets say mid-exam... can we quit?"
Danny sweat dropped at that question.
Anko gave him a look. "Of course not. In the middle of a battle you can't say 'sorry, I quit'... Well, I guess you could, but it's probably gonna get ya killed."
"Oh just great." Shikamaru said in a dull voice. "This is gonna be a drag."
"There are also some ways you can get disqualified. The first is simple. If all members of a team can't make it to the tower with both scrolls after five days. Number 2. If a team loses a member, or if a member becomes incapacitated and cannot continue. But most important. None of you, absolutely none of you may look at the contents of the scrolls until you've reached the tower." Anko explained.
"Sometimes a ninja will be asked to carry secret documents. The scroll rule is to test your integrity. Okay, we're done. Each team take your consent forms over there to exchange them for your scrolls. After that, each team pick a gate and you'll be let inside." she sighed. "Oh, and I have one more word of advice. Just don't die!"
The teams dispersed to read the forms.
Danny sat up in a tree as he read his over.
Finally everyone had turned in their forms and were getting their scrolls. Danny placed the scroll into a seal within one of his own scrolls and then tossed it to Sasuke. Sasuke took it and placed it in his bag.
Once given the command, all the teams went to their respective gates to wait for the test to begin.
"This is gonna be fun." Naruto grinned.
"Don't burn yourself out before the test starts..." Danny teased.
"I won't. Just you watch." Naruto retorted.
The guard opened the gate and the team dashed inside.
"We should make our way further in then set up a spot with traps. Then all we have to do is ambush another team and we grab their scroll!" Sakura said.
"Not a bad idea. What do you think, Danny? Naruto?" Sasuke asked.
"I like it. Naruto and I have a lot of extra trapping materials with us." Danny agreed.
"Should we have a password in case we get separated?"
"I have a better idea." they stopped on one of the branches. Danny gave them each special bracelets and had one on himself. "With these we can not only track each other's location, but we can also use them to communicate. Even if their looks can be replicated, their functions aren't so easy."
"Cool." Naruto grinned and put his own. The other members of their team followed suit.
"Now lets keep moving. We don't want to stand still for long." Sasuke said.
"You're right. We're sitting ducks right now. Lets move."
With that the team started heading inward again.
Little did they know that they were being tailed by someone else.