~Tenshi's POV~
We had finally begun our test and made it about three kilometers into the forest when we heard a scream. It looks like the test has begun…
"That was human, right?" Sakura asked. Sasuke just turned towards the direction where the scream came from and we were on our guard. "I'm getting a little nervous," she said.
"This…this is nothing, Sakura," Naruto said to her. He then turned. "I gotta take a piss," he said openly. I looked at Sakura, we both had the same idea. We hit him on the head.
"What are you doing that in front of ladies?!" Sakura yelled.
"Do that in the bushes!" I shouted after. He took the hint and went into the bushes and Sasuke came up to us. "Naruto's a nice guy and all, but he could use his head a little more," I said to him. He nodded in agreement. After a minute, Naruto came back.
"Man! So much came out! I feel great now!" Naruto said. That's when I saw two things wrong. Naruto cheek cut was gone and his shuriken holster was on his left leg. I looked at Sasuke with Tamotsu and we nodded.
"I said not in front of ladies!" Sakura yelled getting ready to hit 'Naruto'. Sasuke went up by 'Naruto' and hit him sending 'Naruto' to me and I held him in a head lock from behind holding a kunai to his throat. "Sasuke! Tenshi! You didn't have to go that far!" She shouted while Tamotsu growled.
"What the hell are you doing?!" 'Naruto' yelled. I pressed the kunai more against his throat making him flinch.
"Where's the real Naruto," Sasuke demanded.
"What are you saying all of a sudden?" 'Naruto asked. I smirked, the real Naruto wouldn't say it like that.
"You're shuriken holster is on your left side, the real Naruto is right handed. And the main difference is you don't have the scratch that the examiner put on Naruto's cheek," I said to the fake.
"That and you don't smell like that blond idiot," Tamotsu growled.
"You're a fake loser who's worse than Naruto at transforming," Sasuke said to him. The fake then turned back into a ninja with goggles and a breathing mask.
"Unlucky! You figured it out! Oh well! Which one of you has the scroll!?" He demanded. We got in a defensive mode not saying anything. "I'll just take it by force then!" He shouted. Sasuke did hand signs for the Mythical Fire Flower Jutsu, but then Naruto showed up getting in the way.
"Sasuke….good…" he trailed off.
"There's and opening, lucky!" The Grass Nin said.
"Damn!" Sasuke hissed. He then bent back quickly dodging the kunai being thrown at him. There was also an explosion note. It exploded and threw Sasuke to the ground.
"Tamotsu, check Sasuke for injuries, I'll deal with the Rain Nin," I ordered. Tamotsu nodded and went to Sasuke.
"Now this is lucky! Move and I'll kill you! Hand over to the scroll!" The Rain Nin ordered. I smirked.
"You want to the scroll? Then come and get it, Rainhead," I challenged. He then ran up behind me thinking I have the scroll. Naruto then threw a kunai.
"You won't get away!" Naruto shouted. He was late…as usual. I placed my pointer finger and middle finger to my face and closed my eyes.
"Taiingan!" I called out. I looked at Sasuke. 'Grab it with chakra!' Sasuke nodded with his Sharingan activated and grabbed the kunai running over to the Rain Nin. He then appeared in front of the Nin and stabbed him with a kunai.
"Sasuke…" Sakura murmured.
"This is rough, but I have no choice! Don't just stand around, there may be others! Listen! Relax for a moment you will really be killed!" Sasuke shouted at her. That's when the Rain Nin disappeared. We all gathered around watching our surroundings. "If we get separated next time, even if it's one of us, don't trust them, this could happen again," Sasuke said.
"Then what do we do?" Sakura asked. I looked at Sasuke and nodded.
"We'll make a code word just in case. Listen, if they get the code word wrong, assume they are the enemy no matter what they look like," I instructed. I nodded at Sasuke to continue.
"Listen carefully, I'll only say it once. The Nin Song 'Nin machine', when this is asked answer with 'a large amount of loud enemies is the friend of Shinobi, hide and remain silent. A Shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill prepared.'" Sasuke told us. I nodded with Tamotsu, Sakura 'Okayed' and Naruto looked confused.
"Wait, that's impossible to remember," Naruto complained.
"Are you stupid? I already memorized it," Sakura said. I nodded in agreement.
"Hey…is this really the code word?" Naruto asked.
"I'll hold the scroll," I said ignoring Naruto. I made a fake while Sasuke held the real one and hid it somewhere on him. Naruto then got cut and held his cheek confused.
"More enemies?!" Sasuke and I shouted. Leaved where suddenly blowing at us like razors. That's when the three Grass Nin showed up.
"You guys just play around over there, I'll take care of them myself," The middle female Nin said. We were all hiding, I hid with Sasuke and Tamotsu, from the leaf razors so we weren't hurt more than we were. We all got out and Sasuke and I held kunai. Sakura then appeared.
"Sasuke, Tenshi!" She called over.
"Stay away," Sasuke ordered.
"First, the code word. Nin song 'Nin Machine'" I said to her.
"Oh yeah! 'A large amount of loud enemies is the friend of Shinobi, hide and remain silent. A Shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill prepared.'" Sakura answered. I looked at Tamotsu and he nodded.
"Good," Sasuke and I said. Naruto then appeared and Tamotsu growled.
"Ow, you guys alright?" 'Naruto' asked. I held a kunai to Naruto's throat.
"Naruto, wait a second, the code word," I ordered.
"I know, 'a large amount of loud enemies is the friend of Shinobi, hide and remain silent. A Shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill prepared.'" 'Naruto' said. Sasuke and I smirked and we threw kunai at him.
"Sasuke! Tenshi! Why? Naruto said the code word" Sakura said.
"So, this time it's someone good enough to dodge our attacks," Sasuke said to me. I nodded.
"What are you talking about, Sasuke?" Sakura demanded. 'Naruto' then smiled wickedly.
"Impressive that you knew, how did you know that I was a fake?" The Grass Nin asked. Sasuke and I smirked.
"We knew you were listening to our conversation from under the ground. That's why Sasuke made the code word like that," I said to her.
"There's no way he could remember a song that long, so you had to be a fake," Sasuke said from beside me.
"I see, 'neither tired no ill prepared' are we? This will be more fun than I thought," the Nin said. It's the same Nin that gave Auntie Anko her kunai back. Tamotsu growled even more, I looked at him.
'What is it, Tamotsu?' I asked him.
'It's him, the one who tried to kidnap you seven years ago! I know this snake's scent anywhere,' Tamotsu replied. That's when I froze, no it can't be him! He's the murderer of my village, my clan, my family!
"You want my 'Earth' scroll, right? Since you guys have the 'heaven' scroll…" he trailed off. He then swallowed the scroll. "Now, let's begin the battle for each other's scroll, with our lives on the line," Orochimaru said showing his left eye. We were then put in a Genjutsu, we were all stabbed in the head with kunai. We snapped out of it and Sasuke vomited. Sakura was shaking and crying. "Heh, you can no longer move," he said to us. He then threw more kunai and Sasuke moved Sakura and I away from the area. He was stabbed in the leg and he got it out.
~Sasuke's POV~
I pulled the kunai out of my thigh and heard whimpering. I looked at Tamotsu and saw Tenshi with tears in her eyes. Why was she crying?
"He's back…he's back…" he mumbled shaking. I looked at Tamotsu and he gave me a grim look.
"That woman was really Orochimaru, the murderer of our village, our clan…our family, it's him," Tamotsu growled. I was in shock, I went up to Tenshi and pulled her close, I felt her trembling, she was remembering everything, I looked at Sakura; she had tears in her eyes. I then heard something and jerked my head.
"Sasuke, are you alright-?" I covered Sakura's mouth before she could finish. A minute later, Sakura was struggling and moved my hand. "Sasuke! Snake!" She shouted. Sakura flipped away while I jumped with Tenshi in my arms and Tamotsu beside us. Dammit! I was panicking so much I didn't notice the snake. The snake came after me and Tenshi and I threw kunai at him.
"Get away!" I demanded. The snake died but Orochimaru came out of it.
"You guys shouldn't relax for a moment, prey should always be trying their best to get away…in the presence of the predator, that is," Orochimaru said. He tried coming up to us until shuriken and kunai stopped him.
"I'm sorry, Sasuke, I forgot the code word," he said to me.
"Great job, Naruto!" Sakura cheered.
"Sasuke, please, put me down," Tenshi said. I reluctantly did so then looked at Naruto.
"Naruto! I know you think your cool and here to save us but forget it! Run away! This one is on a whole 'nother level!" I warned him.
"Hehe, looks like you successfully defeated that giant snake, Naruto," Orochimaru hissed. With Naruto coming to save us it's not like we are in a better situation. What to do?
"Hey! Hey! It looks like your picking on the weak!" Naruto shouted. This is bad, all five of us will get killed! There is no way out. I deactivated my Sharingan and took out the scroll.
"I will give you the scroll. Please…just take it and leave us," I begged. I couldn't let my team or Tenshi get hurt.
"Sasuke! What the hell are you talking about!? Why would you give the scroll to the enemy?!" Naruto shouted at me.
"Sasuke, you can't do this," Tenshi said to me.
"I'm sorry, I just can't let you get hurt like back then, Tenshi," I said to her.
"I see, very smart. The only way for the prey to escape a predator is for the prey to give the predator a different meal," Orochimaru hissed. I threw the scroll to him.
"Take it," I mumbled. But Naruto caught the scroll and jumped in front of me. "You bastard! What are you doing?! Don't you understand the situation?!" I shouted at him. Tenshi gave me a look of disappointment and walked up to Naruto. He then punched me making me fly to another branch. "What was that all of a sudden?!" I yelled.
"I forgot the code word so I can't test it but, you're Sasuke's fake, aren't you?!" Naruto yelled at me.
"You total moron! I'm the real Sasuke!" I yelled at him.
"Liar," Tenshi and Naruto muttered. My eyes widened, Tenshi was with him in this?! "There is no way such a stupid coward like you is the Sasuke I know!" Naruto shouted. "I don't know how strong this guy is, but what guarantee is there that he'll let us go if we give him the scroll? You're the one too freaked out to understand the situation!" Naruto said to me. Tenshi and Tamotsu just glared at me. It hurt me to see her do that to me. "Definitely not the Sasuke I know. The Sasuke I know would put up a fight to protect his team, but the one I see…is just a coward that looks like Sasuke," She said to me. Naruto grabbed her hand to comfort her. It made me mad, but at the same time, I knew why he was doing it.
"Hehe, Naruto, you are correct! Since I can just kill you and take the scroll!" Orochimaru said. He moved his left sleeve up showing a tattoo, he then bit his thumb and smeared blood over the tattoo.
"Shut up!" Naruto shouted running towards him.
"No! Run away! Naruto!" I called out.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Orochimaru shouted. Then a snake was summoned. Naruto didn't have time to react and was hurt.
"Naruto!" We all cried out. Naruto then coughed up blood.
"Hehe, go ahead and eat him," Orochimaru hissed. Something in Naruto snapped.
"Eat shit!" he shouted. His eyes changed and I then heard growling. I looked at Tenshi and saw her eyes were like a wolves, she also had fangs. Orochimaru like all of us looked at the two with shock. They went to attack and were very strong in their attacks but were knocked down.
"Sasuke, now it's your turn! What will you do?!" Orochimaru called out. He sent his snake after me but Naruto and Tenshi blocked him. They were both panting.
"Hey, you alright…scaredy cat?" Naruto mocked. That's when I remembered, our trip to the wave country, I said the same thing to him. Soon, tentacles grabbed Naruto and Tenshi and brought them up to Orochimaru. "Hey! Let us go!" Naruto commanded.
"Heh, so this nine-tails brat, and the ten-tails brat are still alive. When your emotions are heightened, the power of the nine-tails and ten-tails overflows, very interesting," Orochimaru said. He then moved Naruto's jacked up and unbuttoned Tenshi's top part of the vest showing seals. Naruto's had a spiral with lines around it and Tenshi's was the shape of a crescent moon with swiggly lines making a circle around it. "Oh my, the seals are visible," he then moved both his hands to their seals making them both crying out blood curdling screams.
"Tenshi!" Tamotsu and I cried out. He then threw then aside and Sakura through kunai to pin Naruto to a tree while Tamotsu caught Tenshi.
"Sasuke! It's true that unlike you, Naruto is clumsy and get in the way, but at least he's not a coward! Right!" Sakura yelled at me. That's when images of my brother showed up and I had enough. I opened my eyes and my Sharingan activated. I grabbed all the kunai I could and threw all of them at him. I then hid and placed the chakra string in my mouth. I looked at him and smirked while do hand signs doing the Dragon Fire Jutsu. It went to him but something went wrong, have of his face was melted off showing a new layer of skin.
"To be able to use the Sharingan so well at this age, you are truly the man that carries the Uchiha blood. Just as I thought, I want you, I had fun testing your powers. You really are brothers, I sense power in your eyes that surpasses Itachi's," he said to me. Now I've had it.
"Who the hell are you?!" I shouted.
"My name is Orochimaru, if you want to see me again then survive and pass this exam. Of course, defeating my men, the Sound Nin Trio on the way," he said to us.
"What the hell are you talking about?! We'd never want to see your face again!" Sakura shouted.
"Hehe, I won't go that way," he said. His neck then turned into a snakes and his fangs showed. He then bit my neck. His head went back to where it belonged and I was shaking in pain. "Sasuke will seek me to seek power," he hissed. The pain in my neck grew and I held it.
'What is this pain?!" I shouted. I couldn't hear anything. That's when Tenshi and Tamotsu came up.
"Sasuke! Tamotsu, heal him!" She yelled. He licked my neck both nothing happened. Sakura was shouting at Orochimaru while Tenshi grabbed my hand, she had tears in her eyes. "Just hang on, Sasuke, please!" She begged. Sakura went to get Naruto while Tenshi held as I screamed in pain. Soon everything went black.