W00TEN! We're on CHAPTER 10. CHAPTER 10, people, you got that? 10. Diez. Dix. Juu. Youl. Got it? Isn't that amazing? Ain't it though? OK, now that I'm *ahem* done *ahem* freaking out about it - ! - right, I like reviews. We like reviews. Lots of people like reviews. So review. For our 10th chapter-versary! And because this is Anko's test. What's not epic about that? If you can find any un-epic things, tell us in a review, and then we can throw a weasel at you! (Random Fangirl: Tachi-kuuuuun!) Right-O, chapter 10!
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The four decided to meet at a sushi place for breakfast before going to their final test. Raikura nearly face-planted in the wasabi, but then started eating and was soon awake. They had to keep all of their plates from Hokura, because in the morning, Hokura is hungry. Kazemi slowly nibbled on her cucumber sushi, and Reika ate it at a model speed, and felt very healthy.
"So, we're going to the Forest of Death? It has a nice, homy feel to it, ya' know?" Hokura commented, not in the slightest sarcastic. Reika stared blankly at her. Kazemi smirked slightly, and Raikura shrugged before clarifying,
"When our parents come to visit our house, it feels a helluva worse than a forest of death…"
Must be some mean parents, Reika thought.
10:00 AM beeped on Anko's digital watch just as the four girls skidded into the clearing just outside of the gates. "Ohayo Anko-sensei!" they chorused cheerfully, which seemed a little odd. Shouldn't people about to go into the Forest of goddanged Death be even a itsy-bitsy little bit afraid? Worried, maybe? Meh. These were the "very special students" according to Iruka. That's why she and Ibiki got them, right?
"Alright, kiddos! Listen up tight!" she shouted. The four stared at her.
"This is the Forest of Death. You might just maybe probably will die here, mm'kays?"
"OK!" Sweatdrop.
"So are you all ready for death?"
"Booyah, baby!" Everyone stared at Reika.
"No comment…"
"Alright, so you guys are going to be put in 2 teams. Hokura, you're with Kazemi, Reika, you're with Raikura. Each of you is getting a scroll, either a Heaven scroll or an Earth scroll. You need to get both the scrolls, and your 2-person team must get to the tower in the center. With both scrolls. You have 5 days."
"Okays!" they all said. Anko just looked at them.
"You're not going to ask about how only one team can survive the thing?"
"Nope!"
Anko threw the Heaven scroll at Hokura and Kazemi and the Earth scroll at Reika and Raikura. Reika caught the Earth scroll nimbly in her left hand, while the Heaven scroll bounced off of Hokura's head. She waited several seconds before saying, "Ouch." Kazemi shrugged and shoved it into her pouch, and the two teams ran off to their respective gates.
"Okay, so Hokura, we should go fairly near to the center, and set several traps around the center, because if we can get their scroll without injuring them, it would probably be better, and -"
"Kazemi-chan?"
"Yes?"
"You have pretty hair…."
"….Arigatou?"
Reika and Raikura were fairly content just standing there at their gate. "Reika, do you want to carry the scroll, or should I?" Raikura asked.
"I'll carry it in my umbrella! It's sure to be safe there!" Reika forced the umbrella open, and sifted through an unnatural number of ointments, herbs and medicines before tucking the scroll away in a corner of the umbrella.
"Ready! Set!" Anko's voice was magnified by her chakra. "GO!"
"I DON'T WANNA'!"
"TOUGH! GO!"
"But-!"
"GO!"
"But-!"
"GO ALREADY GODDAMMIT!"
"Gosh, pushy…"
Raikura and Reika started walking. Raikura yawned. Then Reika yawned. Raikura yawned again. Reika yawned.
"WOULD YA STOP YAWNING?" Raikura yelled.
Reika looked at her calmly, "You started it."
Raikura facepalmed.
Hokura skipped ahead and looked around. She didn't see her nee-chan, and not Reika either, "KAZEMI-CHAN! I DON'T SEE THEM!"
Kazemi sweatdropped, "Well, they're probably hiding. Oh… crap! If they're hiding, they could be in the shadows, watching us this very minute! We could be ambushed at any minute!"
Hokura looked mildly concerned, "Breathe, Kaze-chan."
"Well yes of course I'm breathing, but what if they're planning a trap right now and they've got nets set up all around us and -"
"In through the nose, out through the mouth, and repeat." Silence enveloped the dank forest. The musty smell of rotting logs bombarded their nostrils. And then….
"I did NOT f*cking start it!"
"You yawned first…"
"SO?" Kazemi hesitantly walked out into a small clearing, where she found Reika and Raikura having a shouting match. Hokura followed after her, and stared at the two. Raikura looked over.
"Yo."
"Yo. 'Sup?"
"Meh. I'm bored. Let's destroy the forest. DAI RAIKEN!" A tree soon fell prey to the bored Raikura.
Reika shrugged, and quickly outfitted her umbrella with 15 or so senbon, and drew it out to it's full length.
Hokura shouted, "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" And sent a long trail of flame from her mouth.
Kazemi hollered, "Fuuton: Tatsumaki no nageya! (Wind Element: Tornado Dart)" and havoc started.
Reika took a deep breath to steady her aim, and shot most of the senbon into the nearby shrubbery and trees, careful not to impale any of her teammates. She watched as Raikura felled a large tree with a giant bolt of lightning, and as a number of trees started to burn in a large bonfire from Hokura.
Kazemi's jutsu looked very interesting to Reika. After hollering, a large funnel of air seemed to form, and started to smash the trees around the four girls. Holding her umbrella close, Reika skipped away a little bit to perform her umbrella jutsu. She yelled,
"Kaze Ya no Jutsu!" (Wind Arrow Technique).
Reika turned to a maple tree that was nearby, and blew out suddenly. A clear arrow that looked like part of the air came out and impaled the tree, causing a large swirling hole to form in the trunk.
Pumping her fists in her air and yelling random inspirational phrases ("Life is good, people!" and/or "Be happy, today's a new day!"), Reika watched as her team demolished their section of the forest.
"HEY! Don't hit that chipmunk! He looks a tiny bit like Ibiki!" Reika suddenly exclaimed. She ran forward and grabbed the obviously traumatized chipmunk, glomping it against her face.
Raikura sweat-dropped. "Um, Reika, that thing could have rabies."
Reika grinned, oblivious to the struggling chipmunk. "But he's so kawaii!"
*sweatdrop*
Raikura stared at the chipmunk. "Really, Reika -"
Reika held up the chipmunk as if it were Simba in the Lion King and cut Raikura off. "Look into his eyes, Raikura, LOOK into his eyes!"
Nobody really knew what happened next, some supposed it was a chipmunk with the Sharingan, but next thing they saw was Raikura snuggling up to the chipmunk shouting "Kawaii!" at the top of her lungs.
Kazemi and Hokura were staring, just staring at them. Finally, Kazemi spoke up, "I realize it's cute and all but their reactions are starting to creep me out."
Hokura shrugged. "Meh. It's still adorable!"
Kazemi sweatdropped, but finally just said, "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em! KAWAII!"
*Ahem* Several *ahem* "Kawaii!"s later, and several large craters in the forest of death later, the four girls sat in the midst of the chaos with their beloved Chipmunk. A few last lightnings crackled in Raikura's hair, and Hokura's hands were overly warm from using her new technique. Reika and Kazemi were completely normal.
Anko watched rather worriedly outside. There had been a large amount of chakra expended. Must have been a heck of a battle… she thought.
TIMESKIP OF DOOOOOOM! AND MASS DESTRUCTION!
The four girls opened their scrolls, and out popped Anko. Seeing the girls, she started her monologue,"Welcome, lucky win-" and then noticed that there was four, not two. "What the… WHY THE HELL ARE THERE FOUR OF YOU?"
"Because there were four to start?" Raikura offered.
"NO! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO- *sigh* never mind… you all pass…" Anko ignored the fact that Reika was glomping a chipmunk and the other three girls were giving said chipmunk longing glances with big eyes.
"God… teenagers these days…" the Hokage croaked while looking into his maaaaagical crystal ball.