Chapter 21
Talking Time!!
Wow, the story is at 21 chapters already! That's awesome! Sadly, however, I plan on ending the story at a maximum of forty chapters. So, we can say that the story is halfway over. Isn't that disappointing? Well, I just want to say that two reviews is very depressing. Especially in the sense that one of them is from me. REVIEW, people!! Gosh! Yes, the Napoleon Dynamite phrase was necessary. Absolutely necessary. By the way, only one person passed from the last four sets of people in the first exam.
The Second Stage of the Exams Await!!
"It's here you all pretty much kill each other." Tukuto said, sending fear through all of the Genin. "But of course, you only kill each other if you absolutely MUST."
The Genin quietly muttered to each other, but with all of them together, it was loud enough to hear.
"Let me explain. I'll be dividing you into two teams. The teams will each have ten scrolls. Since there are forty-eight of you, each team will have twenty-four people. Each team must work together to collect all twenty scrolls. Who holds the scrolls and how many they hold is up to the teams. The teams will have no appointed leader, so the teams must decide themselves. Now, I've already got the list made." He said, and stopped for a minute to rest. "Team 1: Zikamime, Rinmota, Shiki, Ahsharta, Marksan, Yutrea, Treantara, Fleastra…" he listed all twenty four. "Everyone else is on team 2."
Shiki, Chifuta, and Katofu, were a bit afraid. They were divided against each other, and they might be required to kill each other.
"You have three days." Tukuto said. He put team one on one side of the forest, and team two on the other side. He then had the two gate guards open the gates, leading the teams in.
Team one rushed in. They all together, quietly, agreed that Zikamime should lead, and Shiki should carry five scrolls, with Rinmota holding the others.
Team two for some reason elected Chifuta as the leader, and made him carry all ten scrolls.
The first day had passed, and neither team had captured a scroll. The second day also passed. Yutrea had sensed enemy presences about ten of them. She smiled. She was ready to go in for the kill. It was the only reason she entered the exams. Killing was one of her favorite hobbies. As team 1 divided into two separate teams, with Shiki on Yutrea's, the two groups split up to find Team 2.
It was the beginning of the third day now. It was time. Yutrea began to form multiple hand signs: sheep, horse, dragon. "Earth Dragon Missile!" she yelled, and fired the missile at Ahsharta, then one at Marksan, and finally Marksan, killing all three of them. Shiki and Yutrea were the only ones left. Yutrea looked at Shiki, ready to kill.
"What the hell?" Shiki shouted, drawing attention. She fled, with Yutrea hot on pursuit.
Black Ops found the three corpses about an hour later. They immediately sent in Tukuto to stop the madness. Tukuto heard a loud scream, and then heard someone groaning as they died. Yutrea had just killed a member of the other group.
While all this was happening, Team 2 captured five of the scrolls.
Tukuto recognized the sound from his past: Mekafu was here. She had come for kills.
Tukuto immediately followed the sounds of screaming and deaths. He knew that Mekafu was using the Torturing Scream, where she screams so loud it ruptures the internal organs of the enemy's body and destroys them.
In about five minutes, he had caught up to her.
Yutrea gave him an inquisitive look, wondering who he could be. Something ticked. "You! You tried to kill me!"
Tukuto nodded. "Mekafu, you're going to die."
Yutrea, who seemed to be sixteen, grabbed her forehead and pulled her skin completely off. "So you saw through my disguise." The forty-five year old Neo-Akatsuki growled.
She focused her Chakra in her neck, and opened, and screamed.
Tukuto plugged his ears, but could still hear the piercing sream. In about ten minutes, he had exploded.
Mekafu grinned, and looked at the chunk of wood where Tukuto had stood.
"WHAT?" she screamed. Tukuto slammed his fist onto the back of her skull.
"This is it! I'm going to kill you!" Mekafu scowled at him. She pulled out four kunai in each hand, and threw them all at Tukuto. Tukuto easily dodged all eight of them. He then powered up Chakra in his hand and charged at Mekafu. "RASENGAN!" He slammed his attack into Mekafu's chest, sending her spiraling through the air into a tree, completely knocking it apart. The broken tree fell, landing on the Neo-Akatsuki, killing her.
Tukuto could no longer sense danger in the woods. He could tell that all ten scrolls had been captured. What he wondered was, how many people did she kill?
After the exam concluded, he saw that there were only eight who passed. That eight included Chifuta and Katofu. Scanning the area, Tukuto saw that Shiki was nowhere to be seen.
He then saw medical ninja carrying the injured Genin on a stretcher, hurrying away as fast as they could. He could see that Shiki was covered in cuts and scrapes.
"Alright." Tukuto said. "The third proctor is on his way. You'll start the third exam tomorrow."
Twenty minutes had passed, and Momochi Zumoto arrived.
His long black hair went down to his shoulders, and he wore black pants and a grey long sleeved shirt. He had a white armor plate on his chest, and two armor pieces on his forearms, like Zukuari. He also had two white armor plates on his shins. "Alright. The Exams are almost over. Let's go, I'll tell you what's happening tomorrow. " With that, Zumoto led the eight Genin to an arena on the far edge of the village.
Zumoto stood with the Genin in the center of the arena. "This exam will test your teamwork. Tukuto had you all compete against each other and form enemies last time. Now, you must work with these enemies for the greater good, your lives. You'll all be battled by android Shinobi, with the intent to kill. Protect yourselves, or they'll certainly kill you." Zumoto then jumped up into the stands and took a seat. The stands were filled with the visitors from the other lands. The Kages all sat together, with front row seats for the show. Zumoto made a few hand signs, and slapped the ground. Android Shinobi appeared in the arena, staring with bloodlust at the Genin.