now i bring chapter 11 :D sorry it took awhile... i was pissed off the last few days cause i had finished it but when i went to save... the internet goes out so i had to rewrite the whole thing... ugh... it was awful... i had to take a few days to cool off cause i had over 4000 ofc i didn't write that much i this chapter since i decided to split up anymore but oh well... I HOPE YA ENJOY IT! AND REMEMBER! I DONT OWN NARUTO, only Shira c:

After the brief but awkward discussion with Anko after the first exam all the ninjas who had passed the first part went back to their senseis to get a brief on what to expect.

Shira stood in the clearing that Team 6 used for their training. She was currently staring up at the clouds with her hands behind her back trying to see what shapes she can make out of. She tried to do this game with Shikamaru one time but he ended up falling asleep... Didn't even make it through the first round.. Typical. Kiri sat on the grass beside her. Her and Kiri had somehow became close friends over the past few weeks. They found comfort in each other even if they didn't say a word. Hiroku... Shira just frowned at the mere thought of him as she gazed over to the side of the clearing where Hiroku stood with a pout. He tried to ask her out...again.. This time Shira just ignored him, not even glancing at him, and she continued to ignore him till this very point, in which he got mad and decided to pout off in the corner, or well the side of the clearing.

"What you do to Hiroku?" A voice spoke up from behind her, which made Kiri flinch noticeably but Shira just looked off her shoulder at the woman with a lifted brow, "I ignored him."

Minabi grinned at Kiri's reaction but somehow managed to frown at Shira's. 'Of course she would of noticed me.' "Why are you ignoring him?"

This led Shira to glare at the woman, "Seriously? Do you not realize how many times he has tried to get me to go on a date with him?"

Minabi just shrugged her shoulders as she ran a hand through her brown locks, "Eh, why don't you just go?"

"Not interested." Shira replied as her gaze drifted back toward Hiroku seeing him start to make his way over to them, "Plus he annoys me."

"Hmm," Minabi mumbled as she watched the poor boy come toward them, then a flash of mischief flashed in her eyes as she saw Shira give her a weary look, 'Yes, be afraid...' "Then how about that Nara boy?"

Shira lifted a brow. She had at first been weary of the mischievous look that cross Minabi's face but now she was confused, "What does Shikamaru have to do with this?"

"Would you prefer to go on a date with him?" Minabi grinned as she bent at her waist peering into Shira's blue orbs.

Instantly, Shira gasped and she could feel heat running to her cheeks as she took a step back, "W-what!?" She didn't know why she started to stutter or why her cheeks felt hot, "H-he has nothing to do with this..." She started to mumble toward the end.

"Who has nothing to do with what?" Hiroku spoke up as he stood before them with a curious expression.

"Oh, just talking about Sh-" Instantly Minabi's mouth was covered by Shira's hand and Shira turned her red face toward Hiroku with a slight pout, "Nothing!"

Minabi was mentally musing over Shira's reaction. 'How cute.'

"Ok..." Hiroku replied unsteadily as his gaze drifted toward Kiri who just gave him a shrug.

Minabi swatted Shira's hand away before leaning up with a sigh, "Ok, about tomorrow... All I'm telling you is where to meet up. Ya can figure out everything when you get there. The location is..."

Shira, Hiroku, and Kiri stood in front of the barbed wire watching as a snake instantly ate up a small bird. Hiroku and Kiri flinched at the sight but Shira stared in amazement.

"Oh my goodness, did you see that?"

"I wish I didn't." Hiroku grumbled as he took a step back from the barbed wired fence.

"What, it's great." Shira giggled as she observed the other genins that had gather, 'Sure is a lot though.'

A chuckled caught her attention as Shira shifted her gaze to land on their new proctor Anko, "This place is called the Forest of Death, you'll soo realize why."

At that Naruto started to do a funny little dance while repeating everything Anko said before saying, "That kind of threat won't work on me one bit! I'm not scared!"

Anko placed on an innocent smile, "Really? You've got a lot of energy." Instantly Anko's expresson did a drastic change, changing from innocent to conniving as a kunai immediately appeared in her hand she launched toward Naruto just grazing his cheek before she appeared right behind him just as quickly and placing one hand against his cheek while speaking into his ear slowly, "A kid like you dies at the very beginning, dappled with the red blood I like." She says as a finger barely touches the blood that appeared on his cheek.

Suddenly another kunai appeared in Anko's hand as she looked behind her to only see a woman with long black hair and a long tongue holding her kunai towards her.

The woman spoke deeply, almost eerily, "I'm returning your… Kunai Knife…"

"Thank you for taking the trouble…But… don't stand behind me, thirsty for blood. If you don't want a quick death…" Anko spoke as she took the kunai from the woman.

"Well, it's my nature to act up at the sight of red blood. And my precious hair was cut, so I got excited… I'm sorry." The woman spoke before turning back around heading back to her group.

"Evidently, we've got a lot of hot-blooded kids this time." Anko spoke with a grin forming on her lips as she watched woman leave before letting out a chuckle, "This will be fun." She said as she made her way back to the front of the barbed wire fence.

"Well, before we start the second exam, I have to pass this out to you! It's a consent form, before you can take part in the test you have to sign this."

"Why?" Naruto spoke up intrigued on why a piece up paper should matter.

"From here on out, corpses are going to come out, I have to get your consent to that! Or it'll be my responsibility." Anko laughed although everyone knew that she could really care less for what happened to them.

"Well, I'm going to start the explanation for the second exam. In a word, the limtis of your survival will be challenged."

Shira took a piece of paper before handing the rest to whoever stood next to her. She quickly skimmed over the contents, 'Hm, life or death… how interesting..' She then turned her attention back to Anko.

"First, I'll give you step-by-step instruction on the terrain of this Training field. Training Field Number 44 is surrounded by 44 locked entrance gates, there are rivers and a forest and a tower in the middle. It's about 10 kilometers from the towers to the gate… In this confined area, you will go through a certain survival program. The contents of which are… anything goes scroll battle!"

"Scroll?" Kabuto was the one to speak up this time.

"Yes… I want you to fight for two scrolls, the Heaven Scroll and the Earth Scroll. All together 26 teams got through the first test. Half of them… 13 teams get the Heaven scroll, the othe3r half get the Earth scroll. I'll hand over one scroll to each team. To put it simply, that's what you're vying for."

"And the conditions to pass?" Sasuke said.

"Three of you bring both the Heaven and Earth Scrolls to the tower in the center.

"That means that of the 13 teams, half of them will fail for sure…" Sakura was the one to speak.

"Except it has to be in time. For this second exam, the time limit is 120 hours. Do it in exactly five days! And, besides those injured during attempts to capture scrolls… there will definitely be people are unable tenure the rigors of the course."

"Umm… so you can quit in the middle of it?" Shikamaru said with a raise of his hand and honestly Shira was not surprised as she smacked her hand against her face which earned a confused look from Kiri.

"According to the rules, you cannot give up in the middle of it! I want you to spend five days in the forest."

"Just like I thought…" Shikamaru mumbled while crossing his arms against his chest. "This is going to be a pain!"

"Moving on, conditions of disqualification. Number 1, if all three members of the team can't make it to the tower with the Heaven and Earth Scrolls within the time limit. Number 2, if a team loses a member or if a member became incapacitated. There's that, and this is a supplement… Absolutely do not look at the contents of the scrolls until you have reached the tower! I'll leave it up to you to figure out why if you dare even try." Anko spoke with a grin as she placed her hands on her hips. "There are times when a Chunin must deal with super-secret text. This is to test your reliability. That's all the explanation! I'll exchange your three consent forms for the scrolls in that hut over there. After that, pick your entrance, and all the gates will open simultaneously!" Anko then let out a big sigh, "Finally, just a word of advice… Don't die!"

Shira instantly pumped her fist against her chest as she stared in wonder at the forest, "Yes! Are you guys…" She looked to her team to only find their retreating forms as they ran form the scene. "…ready?"

Shira blinked a few times confused before it finally dawned on her, "They left me…" Suddenly her eyes caught Kiri running back to her. "Kiri?"

Kiri looked up at her before adverting his eyes just as quickly, "I-I'm sorry… I-I d-don't want t-to die….." At this Kiri ran back off.

Shira's hands fell to her side as she watched him go. They were leaving her, alone. If they weren't here then… Suddenly her eyes went wide and she turned around to only find Anko staring down at her.

"It seems Team 6 will not be advancing."

Shira watched as Anko walked away from her. Her eyes slowly went down to the ground as she tried to clear her mind. Was this the end for her? After everything she has done, was this truly the end….

*flashback*

Images of the last time she saw Itachi appeared.

"…I will surpass you…'

*end flashback*

That's right. She couldn't give up. She came this far and she sure isn't going to quit now. If he team leaves her then so be it she will keep going. With that thought in mind she clenched her fist together and raised her head staring hard into Anko's back, "NO!"

At this Anko froze and she turned to look at the girl, "Excuse me."

"I will not leave." Shira spoke up while biting her bottom lip.

"In case you haven't realized it girly…" Anko spoke with a glare as she leaned into the white hair girl which caused the other genins to turn toward them with interest, "Your team left you."

"So what?" Shira glared right back, "I will keep going."

"No, this is a team."

"No!" Shira yelled as she stomped a foot to the ground. "Please let me continue on!"

"And why should I? You're all alone."

"Because the rank I'm trying to get to will require me to work on, so let me go through this. Let me see for myself if I'm ready! Please!" Shira bowed at her waist toward Anko as her hands gripped tightly to the bottom of her shorts.

Anko stared at the girl before a conversation with Minabi appeared.

*Anko's flashback*

"Ugh, your brother passed to many." Anko sighed as she collapsed on the chair opposite of Minabi.

Minabi just laughed before pulling a bottle of vodka from the bottom of the coffee table and setting on top of the table, "Ha, maybe there is a lot of potential this year. Even my team made it through."

"I thought your team was going to be a simple drop and fail." Anko mumbled as she snatched the vodka popping the lid off with her thumb before taking a swig.

"It was supposed to be." Minabi said as she crossed her arms, "But there was a miscalculation."

"Miscalculation? How?"

"Shira."

"Who?"

"The female on my team. She didn't show her full potential so when they were grouping her up she was placed on a weak team. But she is much stronger than that. I just fear that the other two are holding her back from achieving her full potential. She can do so much more, and she is the reason I decided to stick to the team, although I have no idea what to do with the other two. She is always protecting them and saving them. Those two will end up being the death of her."

"Hm…" Anko hummed off.

*end of flashback*

Anko took one last look at the girl, 'So this was the girl Minabi was talking about.' Her gaze drifted back to the horizon the two boys had run off too, 'They really were holding her back.' Her gaze drifted back to Shira before letting out a deep sigh, "Fine…"

At this, Shira instantly shot up with a big bright smile, "Really?!"

"Ya, but don't expect any help from me! You're on your own!" Anko glared at her.

"Don't worry! I won't ask for any help." Shira continued to smile.

Anko just huffed before turning back around, one of the assistants was about to protest but one glare from her instantly shut them up.

Only thing running through her mind was, 'Minabi… you better damn well have three bottles of vodka for me…' She stopped in her ranting, 'Make that six…'

Shira stared down at the consent form. She was actually doing this, and alone too. She stared at the forest once more, 'Did you do this alone too? Nye, Sensei?'

"Shira!"

Shira instantly turned around to come face to face with Shikamaru, "Shika!"

"What the heck are you thinking?" Shikamaru yelled at her yet she found it amazing how his yelling even seemed so lazy like.

"Hm?" Shira tilted her head to the side confused.

"You're going into the Forest of Death alone." Shikamaru sighed as he ran a hand through his hair making sure not to mess up the tie though.

"Ya, your point?"

"You could die!"

"Then so be it."

"Wha-?" Shikamaru stared at her in shock.

"I became a ninja knowing the risks I was taking. I refuse to back down." Shira spoke with a smile, "So don't worry Shika. I'll be fine. I'll even prove it to you. If I make it to the tower before you, you have to buy me 3 dangos!" Shira beamed while holding up three fingers.

Shikamaru stared at the girl for a few seconds before sighing and giving her a lazy smile, "Fine, just don't die out there."

"Heh, ok!"

"It's about time for the scroll exchange!" A man spoke from behind the curtain at the station.

"Well, it's time! See you at the tower, Shika!" Shira yelled as she made her way over to the station.

Shira walked out of the station wearing a big smile as she came out with her hands behind her back while humming peacefully.

After a while Anko spoke up, "Teams who have taken the scroll, stay with the representative and move to the gate! We'll all start simultaneously in 30 minutes!"

After a while Shira stood in front of gate 23. She stared up at the man who was currently blocking the gate that is when she recognized him.

"Mr. Bandage Nose!" Shira yelled out while pointing at him.

Kotetsu had been surprised when he found only the white haired girl appear before him but was completely knocked out of focus at the name she had given him, "Bandage Nose…."

"Yep, caus you have a bandage on your nose, which is really weird." Shira wasn't at all afraid of anything that she said. She spoke her mind freely.

"My name is not Bandage Nose…" Kotetsu sighed as he ran his hand through his black hair.

"It's not, it seems so fitting." Shira couldn't help but giggled before she leaned forward giving him her kindest smile, "Then what is her name."

"Kotetsu."

"Bandage Nose is more fitting." Shira couldn't help but stick her tongue out in manners of playfulness.

Kotetsu just sighed before grinning at the girl before him, she really was his new source of entertainment, "Are you ready?"

"As I ever will be!"

Kotetsu smiled before turning around to unlock the lock to the gate before turning back around to stare at his watch. As soon as the second hand hit the 12 the gate immediately opened and Shira instantly went by Kotetsu.

Kotetsu stared into the forest watching as the white locks fade into nothing, 'Good luck, little one…'

Decided to break this off into two chapters plus its late and i have to wake up early in the morning to write a paper for school ugh college =w= well i hope ya enjoyed it!