"Demon speaking"
'Demon thinking'
"Human speaking"
'Human thinking'
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Chunin Exams, Part 2
Hoshabi POV:
The test would have been difficult… Had I not studied above and beyond jonin level material. Due to the the ink being water based, I was able to manipulate it into the correct answers to Sasuke's paper as well. 'Don't worry, it's just me. Hoshabi,' I told him through manipulating a genjutsu so that he could read the words as if they were in front of him.
"Kit, remember to make a note on anyone you think could be a potential enemy or a potential ally." Kurama told me in its' feminine voice.
'Yes, oka-san. Just wake me up when it's time for the final question.' I responded. I hadn't gotten much sleep, all the horrors I'd experienced as of late hadn't allowed me much sleep. 'Please keep the nightmares away, please…" I begged her.
((TIME SKIP))
"Okay gakis, here is the final question. But first, you must decide whether or not you want to take it." Ibiki said.
"Why wouldn't we?" Someone asked from the background.
"If you'd let me finish, if you fail this question, no matter how many points you've accumulated, you and your team will never be able to get chunin. Ever." Ibiki looked around the room, as if he was a predator picking his prey.
"That isn't fair! There are genins here who've taken this test more than once!" The blonde Suna nin exclaimed, she was shocked. 'I suppose this is another test… I'll just tell the rookies about this.' I think to myself as I see all the reactions of the chunin Exams.
"So, who will be leaving?" Ibiki asked smiling sadistically.
'Just warning you guys, this is the test. Do not, under any circumstances quit." The small genjutsu was placed on the rookie nine. Another genjutsu was placed on them as well, making it impossible for them to raise their hands. Slowly, all that's left in the room is the rookie nine, Tenten's team, the Sand genin, the sound genin, a team of grass genin, three teams from Kumogakure, two team from Iwagakure, three teams from Kirigakure, and Kabuto's team. As the last 10 minutes passed, Ibiki smiled. "Congratulations, you all pass."
"What?! What about the last question?!" The blonde kunoichi from Suna yelled.
"That was the test, to see if you'd fall under the pressure of psychological warfare. He is Konoha's head of T and I. He was meant to test our guts." Shikamaru said lazily.
Suddenly, there was a loud crash and a banner was thrown into the room. "Meet your second proctor of the exam, the sexy and single, Mitarashi Anko!" A woman with purple hair yelled as she jumped into the room.
"You're early, Anko." Ibiki said exasperatedly. He sighed. He then took one look at the banner and sweat dropped. "Looking for a boyfriend in the genins? Really, Anko?"
"Woah, there are still 14 teams, you're losing your touch old man." Anko teased the scariest man in Konoha. "Well, at least half of them will eliminated in my test! Come, let us head to my favourite place, Training Ground 44!" The Konoha genin. This lady wanted us to go to the deadliest training ground. It wasn't that bad to me, but then again, I've run around there so many times, I know it as well as a kid knows their… parents… "If you're late, you will be automatically execut- I mean eliminated!" She said cheerfully as she took out the window again.
When we get there, I look at the grass genin. They seem to be the most suspicious people there. Suddenly, a kunai whizzed past me, though I dodged it enough that it didn't even cut a hair on my head. "Miss Anko-san, if you wanted my blood, all you needed to do was ask." I say boredly, then cut my hand open with my nails. "Will this be enough, proctor-san?" The genin look at me like I'm crazy, even my team mates. Anko smiles and approaches me.
"Don't mind if I do, gaki." She says as she bends down and licks the blood from my hand. "Ya know what, gaki? I think I like you." She said. Suddenly, there was a tongue coming from behind Anko and though I didn't move, I prepared for an attack. Though the (what is the gender of this person? Female? Male? I'll just call this person an it.) it was just returning her kunai.
"Thank You for returning my kunai, thingy!" Anko said smiling. "Now, if you are participating, please sign these papers. Once your entire team has handed in your forms, you will be given a scroll and an entrance number. Go go go!" The 14 teams obeyed and headed towards their teams to hand in all of their forms. Once everyone handed the forms in, Anko started speaking again. "Those forms you just signed states that Konoha will not take the blame for any lives lost in the exams! Have fun!" All the genin except for Shino and I shivered at her tone as they all left to their entrances.
"Let's go crazy, Teme!" I yelled to Sasuke, trying to make him less suspicious.
"Hn, just don't cause everyone to hunt us down, okay dobe?" Sasuke said to me, acting moody. Yup, he could tell that something was off. 'Whatever! You can deal after the competition!' I said to myself. A loud "BEGIN" was heard all around the training ground as all the genin entered the Forest of Death.
(INSIDE THE FOREST OF DEATH)
Sasuke, Sakura and I all walk around the forest, and I swear Iwa has something against blond hair and blue eyes. They were targeting me, rather than Sasuke and Sakura! (The opposite of a Nazi) And worse yet, Sasuke and Sakura didn't help me! We had the needed scrolls now though, so we were thinking about finding a place to rest.
"Hey, I'm gonna go use the bush, scream if ya need me!" I told them as I ran off into the shrubbery.
"Ya don't need to tell us, baka!" Sakura yelled at me.
Sakura POV (Just for the lols):
"Shannaro! That blonde haired bimbo is finally leaving my Sasuke-kun and I alone!" Inner Sakura was yelling while pumping her fist in the air. "Now Sasuke will stop being shy and go out with me!" (AN: I can see her thinking that, is it just me? I think that she's just the type of person to be that desperate for a reason for rejection.)
Hoshabi POV:
I was walking away, and once I had gotten far enough away, I let my weakness show. 'Damn! Not now…' I thought as I leaned against a nearby tree. I started coughing, and when I pulled my hand off of my face I saw that there was blood. 'Shit… This is going to be troublesome…' Not too far away, a certain pineapple - haired Nara sneezed along with the rest of his clan members.
Suddenly, there was a large purple snake behind me that swallowed me whole. It happened so fast, that I didn't notice until I was completely swallowed. 'This keeps getting better and better…' I thought as I made a sword from the air inside the snake and sliced it open. 'Now to see what this sneaky snake wants…' I thought as I headed back towards my team mates.
When I got there, I saw a that girl/ boy/ thing was - ew…. Licking Sasuke. "Gross! Why did it have to be pedosnake! I mean, even pedobear is better than him! At least he's fluffy!" I exclaimed, though I thought it was only in my mind. "Oops, did I say that out loud?" I asked as everyone in the clearing stared at me. I think I saw Sakura silently laughing. "I guess I did. So, Rochi-chan! What're you doing to my team mate?" I asked Orochimaru with my creepiest smile. You see, we'd had encounters before. Back when I not only got beaten by the villagers, but thrown outside the village, he'd taken me as a test subject. Let's just that in the end, it was a few bodies before he fully regained the ability to use them to the fullest extent. "I thought I warned you of what would happen, Rochi-chan!"
"Naruto? Is that you?" Orochimaru asked shakily. 'I guess I used a little too much KI…' I thought as I watched him. "I thought you died… And why are you a girl?" He asked with unsuppressed glee. He released Sasuke when he focused on me.
"The name is Hoshabi now, and turns out I was always a girl. As you can see, I am quite alive." I looked at him suspiciously. "When did you turn gay? I thought you said that you had a thing for little girls, not little boys." I asked him as we both took our battle stances.
"Well, without you or any girls around, I had to make do with what I had. I mean, girls do take the silence away, but the pain filled screams of boys…" He sighed in content. "Nothing can beat that. It makes me wonder why I never tried any of that with you… But now that you're female…" Orochimaru looked like he was thinking.
I placed Sasuke and Sakura under a genjutsu. 'You can go now.' I told them.
'Hn. He's after me, dobe. I'm taking him out.' Sasuke said.
'We are a team. We will beat him together.' Sakura told me.
'Than I am sorry.' I told them seriously as I took over their minds and made them run, with the heaven and earth scrolls that I'd gotten, to the tower.
"Orochi-chan, we should hurry this up. What was the point of trying at Sasuke though? I'd have thought you'd want the near unlimited source of chakra that I have." I asked him. He got out of his thinking daze.
"That would be interesting… If I didn't want the Sharingan. With it, I will finally be able to attain immortality!" Orochimaru said crazily.
"... Dude, special eyes don't give you immortality. Having a chakra body that replenishes itself? That gives you immortality, but that is technically a curse, so I can't give it to you. Well, Boss sends her regards, enjoy!" I said to this clown. Yes, I am a clone right now. Boss went with the other two when she sent them away, get it? Anyways, I walked up to Orochimaru and gave him a big hug. "Try not to die. I'd like to play with you more later." I whispered in his ear right before I exploded.
With the real Hoshabi:
We just reached the tower when my kage bunshin exploded. I released the genjutsu that I placed my team in. "I'm sorry." I quietly apologise as I prepare to be abused for that genjutsu that I put them through. Suddenly, I feel two of arms wrap around my neck.
"What are you talking about? You saved us, as well as completed the test practically by yourself! Just warn us next time you decide to do something like that, like, with all the details!" Sakura told me happily.
"Besides dobe, we are amongst the first to get here. I only see one other team here." Sasuke said pointing to the Suna team.
'Aww… you care...' I thought. "Okay! Well, I'm just gonna take this red haired guy on a date then!" I yell as I grab the red haired Suna nin and drag him back out of the tower, leaving behind two shocked Suna nins and surprised but amused Sakura and a… fuming? annoyed? something Sasuke.
((TIMESKIP))
"Why did you take me out of the tower?" The red haired Suna nin asked me. I looked him over quickly.
"I wanna take out some of the other contestants, and my teammates were tired, so I thought that it would be fun to bring someone with me!" I tell this boy cheerfully. "Also, did you see Sasuke's face? I think that I'm going to die!" I exclaim as I hold my sides in laughter.
"You are a curious one, what is your name?" The boy asked, looking at me strangely.
"I'm Uzumaki Hoshabi, a legend of the shinobi world, one day at least, at your service. And may I ask what is your name?" I ask the the boy with a mock bow.
He raises a nonexistent eyebrow at me. "Mother doesn't want your blood, but she calms in your presence…. Strange. They call me Sabaku no Gaara." He tells me. I smile at him.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Sabaku no Gaara. Now, what say you to some beating of sorry souls who encounter us?" I ask him, using a foxy tone. "I still have to make good on that promise of a date, now don't I?" He chuckles softly, then notices that he chuckled. He seemed so shocked, I kinda felt sorry for him. "What, never laughed before?" I ask him teasingly before jumping into the forest.