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Chapter 20. Chunin Exam : Forest of the Death I
"So, this place is indeed place for Chunin Exam..."
I heard Yakumo murmured on my side as she stared at the dense and thick forest in front of us.
"The forest is... quite terrifying, I guess..." Haku remarked as she stared at the forest. Indeed, it was, the trees' size was not normal.
"Don't worry, it will be fine," I assured her while giving light pat on her shoulder.
Hello, everyone, Haru Uchiha is here. How are you all doing? Me? I'm fine, other than having to prepare myself to face other 78 people. Yep, pretty much, I'm fine.
"By the way, what happened with you and that Suna Shinobi?" Yakumo, who was on my side, asked.
"Indeed, Haru-san. I noticed you were frozen there," Haku also asked.
"It's fine. We just had a brief... greeting," I assured them before I became serious. "But, listen, if one of you is going to fight him, I want you two to run or flee..." I said sternly.
"What?! Why?!" Yakumo openly protested as she gave me a scowl.
"Trust me, that one is out of your league. I, myself, not sure to be able to take him down. So, you two are better be careful," I stated and both of them froze at that. I had sparred individually with Haku and Yakumo.
Haku was good, very good, in fact. We went all out, she used mirrors of hers and I released all my weights. I did not activate my Sharingan, of course –that is considered something else, you know, it shows just how good I am in public-
Simply to say, Haku is strong. Very strong with that bloodline of hers, and she is even faster than Genma too! But I still could take her down. While she is fast, her endurance is not that great, not at Genma's level, and I almost beat Genma without Sharingan and could beat him had I activated my Sharingan.
So it's just logical that I won against her, though, clearly, I also turned into walking cactus due to senbons sticking out from parts of my body.
Gaara... I could beat him... I could kill him if I wanted. A simple surprise attack, two Chidori, one to destroy his defense and the second straight to his heart and it will be over.
But I'm not sure if I could beat him when he goes into Jinchuuriki mode. That is something else to be calculated, and if he goes full Shukaku... Well, I don't think my Sharingan is strong enough to trap a full Bijuu into complete hypnosis. Maybe I could suppress it a little when he is still in half form but when he is in full? I don't think so.
I am not afraid of Gaara, but I am afraid of Shukaku. Among all Bijuu, as I am aware, he is also one of a few, who are not stable. Always yelling about killing people or things like that.
"Y-You sure Haru? B-But, for Genin to be stronger than you is..!"
Absurd.
That word was not voiced by Yakumo, but I could hear it as if she just spoke it. Yakumo herself is aware I am on different level, she had witnessed my battle against Genma herself and knows just how good I am. So, when some Genin is stronger than me exists, that clearly needed to be questioned.
"Maybe... I don't know, but you must know, Yakumo-san. Don't fight him alone, at least double him with Haku..." I lectured her slightly and she nodded.
"If you say so..."
"And Haku, it applies to you too. Don't deny it, think it as... Ugh, order from me..." I said with slight distaste and Haku smiled.
"Hai, Haru-sama," she bowed to me like a servant meeting their master and I frowned.
"It Haru-san or Haru..." I grumbled while rubbing my temple.
This girl really something, you know. She may stopped calling me Haru-sama, but that's only on public. She still calls me that in private much to my annoyance. This girl really has servant complex.
A bark of Anko' voice snapped me out from my thoughts and I turned to see her explaining the test. Then, she pulled out consent forms, telling everyone that they need to sign it if they want to continue. After that, she went to back to explaining mode while all the papers were being passed out.
It was a survival test; all teams worked individually. Each team was given a single scroll, the scroll was either an Earth Scroll, or a Heaven Scroll. If you were given an Earth Scroll, you had to attack and steal from another team with a Heaven Scroll. You were not allowed to open the scrolls. You could kill; anything went. When you had both scrolls, you and your team were supposed to head to the tower in the center of the forest. We had five days to complete this challenge or whoever else was left was disqualified. We had to fend for ourselves -hence the survival part-, but be careful of the poisonous bugs, plants, man-eating animals, etc, etc. We also were not allowed to give up in the middle of the exam unless we wanted to die.
Oh yeah, sounds pretty fun.
And no, it's not sarcasm but honest opinion.
Here I could go all out without having to hold myself. In truth, I never knew just how strong I am. Against Aoi, that man was very weak, a simple high level Genjutsu from Sharingan and he was done for -I should have used that on him ever since beginning-. Against Genma, I held back, I didn't use Chidori, Rasengan or even Sharingan. Mind you, my level when I activate my eyes is different.
Sharingan, by any means, is a really powerful tool and I'm not lying. It gives you photographic memory, immunity to Genjutsu -save for Tsukuyomi or from another Sharingan- or ability to cast strong ones, read the flow of Ninjutsu, ability to cast strong hypnosis, reading and predicting enemies' movement like you watching TV, ability to copy and mimic someone's movement with perfection in one glance.
It's called Tengan (Heaven Eyes) not for nothing. Those abilities could change the battle tide with ease. Sasuke, who couldn't follow Naruto in their first battle at the Valley of the End could totally outmatch him when his Sharingan evolved, proof to show just how dangerous these eyes are.
If I activate my Sharingan, I dare to say, I could beat Kakashi in our first fight due to surprise element. And if he also will not use his Sharingan. Though, I doubt it will be easy battle, Kakashi is, after all, pretty strong.
So yeah, I am pretty confident in my skills. I'm very sure I could even beat Naruto, who just finished his Shippuden training.
"Haru! Haru!"
"Uh? Huh?"
I turned to see Yakumo scowling at me, she was holding some scroll in her hand while tugging my arm. Haku, on her side, also stared at me with concern.
"You dazed again... We should go to our gate now," Yakumo called and I made a grunt.
"You are often doing that lately. Why?" Haku also asked me with worry. "Do you have something in your mind, Haru-san? Perhaps I could help and-"
"I'm fine. Just thinking about... things... Let's go to our gate and make a plan."
They nodded to my words, Yakumo began to walk away while Haku followed her, but she gave me one last glance of concern. I only sent her smile of reassurance before also began to follow them.
Forest of Death... Feh... Let's get this started...
Later.
"So... What's the plan?" Yakumo asked Haru.
It had been half hour after the gate opened and they entered the forest –again, for Haru and Yakumo-. Currently, we found our favorite team in one of the forest areas, surrounded by dense trees around them.
Haru only kept silence at that, he closed his eyes before sending pulse of chakra to surroundings, trying to detect if there is someone hiding and listening them.
Finding there none, he nodded in satisfaction before opening his eyes again then staring at Haku and Yakumo.
He pulled out scroll from his pouch and unfolded it while placing it on the ground as he took crouching position.
"We will not run at full speed for a half hour." He was drawing on the scroll, forming circle on it. He also made drawing of square in the middle of that circle and then split it into two parts. "So our location is probably... Here." He made a small circle and pointed on it in one place, quite far from the square in middle.
At that point Yakumo and Haku finally were aware that Haru was drawing the map of the Forest of the Death. It was normal for them, but what made them surprised is the drawing was exactly similar to the map that the proctor just showed before.
"That was..." Yakumo murmured under her breath, but Haru was able to hear it and smirked inwardly.
The first time he came to this forest was three months ago, when Izumo and Kotetsu showed him the map he already memorized it with Sharingan. So, he already had the image of the map in his mind.
"This is the first day, no need to be in rush. It also depends on luck, who knows, we may encounter enemies during our normal travel and said enemies may appear to have a match for our scroll..." He stopped and turned to Yakumo. "What is our scroll again?"
"Heaven," Yakumo said as she showed the scroll and Haru grunted slightly.
"We need to look for the Earth. There are 27 teams, including us, one of them carries extra of Heaven or Earth. Here is our plan then, we divide and separate ourselves. Haku and I will go and find the scroll. You, Yakumo-san, meanwhile, will go near the tower directly," Haru stated making Yakumo blink.
"Huh? Why I should go to the tower? And why it has to be me?" Yakumo asked in incredulous tone. "And, please, stop calling me Yakumo-san! Why you are still calling me with that name?! Heck! You even call Haku here -who you know just for two weeks- less formal!" she said with scowl and waving her hand in exaggerating manner before she smirked slyly. "Do I have to call you "Haru-sama" too? Very well, then I-"
"Alright! Alright!" Haru cut her immediately. "Yakumo, then..." he muttered, he didn't want to have Yakumo call him that. Unlike Haku, he doubted Yakumo will have reservation about blatantly calling him 'Haru-sama' in public. And if people hear it, he won't get the end of it. Especially, if Hinata will be aware, dear God/Jashin/Hashirama/Pein/Kaguya/Hamura/and Hagoromo he already could imagine the headache he will get.
"But, Haru-sama sounds better now I speak it aloud," Yakumo said with stern face as if she really was considering to call Haru like that. "Maybe I could-"
"Denied!" Haru cut her again with flat look. "And talk about this later, we are in hostile area now!" he added making Yakumo look sheepish and he cleared his throat. "Back to the topic. Yakumo, I send you near the tower to capture team, which already gathered the scroll," Haru stated and Yakumo's eyes widened in realization
"An ambush plan..." Haku said with nod. "So Yakumo-san will capture the team that is already near the tower and finish their test. That is very smart, Haru-san!" she said in slight awe.
"And seeing Yakumo specializes in Genjutsu, she could make a lot of traps covered in Genjutsu. That is clearly her biggest advantage..." Haru finished and nodded back to Haku.
Yakumo appeared to be thoughtful as she pressed one index finger to bottom of her lip and hummed. The plan sounds good, clearly it was. However... "It won't be only us planning like this, isn't it?" she stated and again Haru nodded.
"You're right, someone must have similar plan. That's why, we will take you there together. I know, you are strong, Yakumo, but just to make sure you will be fine. We will separate when we are done." Haru folded back the map and gave his teammate a look. "There could be some ambush or attack that catches our guard off. Remember, when we get split, even if it's only a moment, make sure the person come for you is real..."
Yakumo and Haku immediately understood what he meant. Here, they are surrounded by over than half hundred people that act as their enemies. There could be ambush anytime, and they could disguise themselves, in other words an impostor.
"We need to put a code between us," Yakumo stated. "Any suggestion?"
"You two already know what my bloodline is. When we meet, demand it to me immediately show my special abilities. I won't even hesitate to show to you two. And it will give me awareness that you two are real..." Haku suggested for her and both of them knew about that.
Haku possesses personality similar to servant-complex or tool-complex. So, if she demanded to do so, she will do that for them. Even if there is an enemy in front of them.
"Well then, Yakumo you could-"
"I will find it out by my own way. You don't need to know," Yakumo cut him with steel look, which made Haru narrow his eyes at that.
"I feel our next meeting will be unpleasant," Haru said bluntly and Yakumo smirked.
"It will be pleasant, I assure you," Yakumo replied making Haru edge to Haku while hugging himself in covering manner.
"Yakumo-san, for the fifth time today. Please refrain from harassing Haru-sama," Haku sighed as she closed her eyes and pinched bridge of her nose. Really, she is like Yakumo. She appears to be a good girl, but her obsession towards her Master is something.
Yakumo in response only put haughty expression while crossing her arms and leering at Haru, who hid behind Haku. The boy was about to speak but paused and his body stiffened.
This went not unnoticed by his teammates as they saw Haru slowly stood up firm and closed his eyes
"Haru?" Yakumo called and Haru eyes reopened, his expression was slightly stern.
"A group is approaching us from nine o'clock," Haru stated and both his teammates put serious face.
"Do your specialty, Haku. Yakumo, hide yourself. I will be the bait..." Haru ordered and both girls nodded. Haku performed one-handed seal and gone with swirl of water, Yakumo also did the same and her body slowly dissipated like mist, indicating she used Genjutsu.
Seeing both his teammates were gone, Haru used his sensor again and found the signature of the enemy team getting closer. He started to walk like a normal Genin that got lost as he began to move his head left and right.
"Haku! Yakumo! Where are you?!" he shouted as he pretended to be lost.
He could feel there were three people watching him not far from his position now. He ignored them and kept yelling his teammates names while acting like someone lost.
And it wasn't long before he heard voices, something flashed in the wind and soared to him. He pulled out his tanto before he blocked all the projectiles that aimed to him perfectly.
Narrowing his eyes, three figures soon dropped from the tree. All of them were men and not a single woman, they were fellow Konoha Shinobi, but he did not recognize any of them.
"Not bad, brat," one of them remarked with a grin. "But let's get to the point, you are alone and there are three of us. You graduated just a few months ago and we are already more experienced. So why don't you just give us the scroll if you have it? If not, then you could come with us and be our hostage. We don't want to kill you because we are fellow Konoha Shinobi," he offered directly as he didn't want to waste time.
Haru response was only sheathing back his tanto and for the moment the three older Genin thought he will give up willingly. But, suddenly, to their shock, the boy mouth bulged before-
"Katon : Hōsenka no Jutsu! (Phoenix Sage Fire Technique)"
It was clear the three older Genin were shocked seeing Haru just performed technique without hand seals. It was not surprising, giving Haru had trained chakra control ever since he entered this world, a few Jonin are capable of performing Ninjutsu without hand seals if they wish to, but, sometimes, it takes more stamina.
Haru had no problem with that. He found out he actually could perform 6 Chidori in one day. He was quite surprised that time but now he thought logically, Kakashi only could perform Raikiri a few times because he is not Uchiha. He uses Sharingan to enhance his vision in order to take care of the tunnel vision problem and, since he is not Uchiha, it takes quite large amount of chakra from his body.
But Haru is Uchiha, he's natural to Sharingan. Add the fact his chakra already reaches Jonin level, makes him very capable fighter.
However, the three Genin proved they are not just barking. Even in their surprised state they were still able to move and dodge the attack as they scattered.
Just like what Haru predicted.
As soon as one of them jumped away and landed on the ground, the Genin was granted pairs of senbons that soared to his neck. They hit the spot as they pierced through his neck from the side making his eyes bulge out before darkness claimed him.
"What the! Hiroshi!" one of the Genin yelled in shock, his teammate also showed shocked look.
That momentary shock had given Haru chance to move. Had Haru been only normal or slightly advanced Genin, the senior Genin would still be able to anticipate Haru just in time. Sadly, Haru is anything but Genin.
With speed that would even make Gai proud, Haru appeared in front of the Genin. His arm trusted forward, already clenched into fist and it struck the man in middle chest.
The Genin let out pained gasp, blood flowed out from mouth and his eyes bulged out before his body flew like just pummeled by giant woods, crashing to tree and breaking it into two. The Genin won't wake up soon, that was obviously guaranteed.
The last Genin snapped out from his shock, seeing all his friends were taking down like children instilled fear in his mind. He unconsciously took step back, panic adorned his face.
"Fūton : Reppushō (Wind Release : Gale Palm!)"
A sudden burst of wind appeared and it hit him from side. That hit quite hurt, but it clearly was not enough to put him down.
Sadly for him, Haru was already there. His right arm extended open and with fast speed, he dashed. Bringing the arm and connected it to his throat made the Genin choke as the impact to his neck combined with the wind force proved to be too much.
His body spun in air, rotating like some akin of shuriken and slipping through Haru arms before he fell to the ground with his back first and met the same fate as his other friends.
Haru stared down at the other Genin below him with impassive face. This went like he thought. By any means, the battle was not fair seeing there was him and Haku.
Haku is Chunin and even Elite Jonin level Kunoichi, perhaps. Haru, dare to be said, himself is capable becoming full Jonin, the only thing he lacks is experience, but soon it won't be a problem anymore seeing there will be a big battle ahead since he already entered Canon moment. And while Yakumo is quite weak in close range fight, she is one of the best supporters with her Genjutsu. She could perform Jonin level Genjutsu with a little problem if she wanted, her chakra control also could be compared to Chunin.
Yakumo and Haku soon appeared and approached him. The reincarnated man turned to them with slight smile. "Good job everyone."
"It wasn't too hard," Yakumo grunted. "Let's get check the scroll."
Haru nodded in agreement as he crouched and began checking the unconscious Genin for the scroll. Soon, he found the man did not posses it and turned back to them. "Go check the others."
Yakumo and Haku nodded back to him before they went to check the other Genins. It was Haku, who found it, the scroll was with the Genin that was called Hiroshi.
"It's Heaven too," Yakumo said with scowl seeing they got the same scroll.
"Oh well... That's disappointing," Haru remarked as he also scowled slightly. Though he was quite glad inwardly seeing this meant he still will be able to move freely in this forest, there were so many things he wished to do here.
"So what we do now?" Haku asked.
"Stick to the plan. Yakumo, you carry one scroll, but hide it when you make a trap. Make sure you do not bring it with you just in case if you lose," Haru explained.
"I assure you, Haru, I will be more than capable by myself," Yakumo said feeling offended, sure, she was weak in close range. Even though she had trained with Haru, but she needed more practice to become better, the only thing she could be proud of is her Genjutsu and chakra control.
"I know, I just..." Haru let out sigh and raised his hand to rub his temple. "I am worried about you, I don't want you to get hurt," he spoke softly while staring at Yakumo and it was true. One on one Haru was confident in Yakumo' skill, the only one who possibly could beat her was only Sasuke, Naruto, Hinata, Shino and Team Gai. But if fighting group at once happens, that would be different. She could be taken down by the group if the group's teamwork is good.
The Kurama Heiress in response blinked before she blushed, taken back by suddenly soft and gentle Haru' tone. She crossed her arms and looked away to avoid his gaze.
"I will be fine, you do not need to worry," Yakumo said in her best nonchalant tone.
Haru, meanwhile, still gave her concerned look but slowly he nodded. "You are right, you are not a baby. If you play your abilities right you can take down full Jonin..." he said with small smile and it was true. Yakumo, by any means, is very strong in Genjutsu. If she used her bloodline, she could destroy the whole village. Proved when she put whole Konoha in Genjutsu and all she needed to do is painting that was destroyed.
True, afterward the weight of her bloodline is probably going to kill her, but the village still will be destroyed. And destroying a village large like Konoha is not easy feat, mind you.
Yakumo gave a glance to Haru and slightly smiled. She was happy Haru paid attention to her and gave his concern, but it could be annoying, thankfully, he seems to realize it and fixed his mistake. This guy is quite understanding, as expected from someone she picked to become her future husband, now, if only she could swat away that Hyuuga from Haru's mind.
"As much as I hate to interrupt, isn't it better if we move now?" Haku said entering the conversation and Haru gave a smile to her while Yakumo put calm look.
Haku...
This girl is not after Haru's affection or feelings, she could tell that. This girl sees Haru as a role model, as Master and superior. But that does not mean she is not a threat to her.
The problem and agreement are between her and Hyuuga. Haku is dangerous for them.
No, it's not like Haku would try to seduce Haru, but it's the opposite. Haru seems to be very fond of the girl, he treats her like precious treasure, helping her and often spending time with her ever since she came.
She could understand if Haru tried to give Haku her mindset as human being back seeing she thinks of herself as disposable tool, but the problem is the attention Haru gives to her is not normal.
The ice user Kunoichi, of course, enjoys the presence and comfort from Haru and, true, she is not showing any signs of affection, but Yakumo has feeling it's just matter of time before she also falls to Haru if things keep going like this.
And that is clearly going to be a problem in the future.
"You're right," Haru said. "Let's go then, we will travel in one line. I will be in front, Yakumo in middle and Haku behind."
Yakumo and Haku nodded to Haru, not having problem with that. The Kurama Heiress watched as Haru began to jump and landed on a tree before she decided to follow him. For now, she couldn't think about romance, they were in hostile area. It will be better if she would finish this first and think about the rest later, there is no time to think such things about romance in this place and they are also still young, after all.
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Okay, maybe she is quite hypocrite, seeing she is always blunt and close to Haru, but on her defense, his expression when teased are priceless! It's not her fault Haru just happen to be so fun to be molested! Really!
Haru, who was jumping through the trees, suddenly shivered. He felt someone just thought about him in a wrong way.
Next day.
We found our... Hero? No, he is not a Hero. Clearly, he is not, seeing what he did and what his goal is, so we go to... Little dark? Anti-Villain? Yep! Anti-Villain is probably better. Okay, let's redo this.
We found our favorite Anti-Villain with crossed his arms and thoughtful face. His cloth is slightly covered with dirt, so does his appearance, but there are no wounds or harm upon his body.
"Damn. I wonder where he is now..." Haru grumbled.
He was trying to track down Kabuto, he really was. No, he was not going to kill him, but Haru wanted to fight him. He wanted to see how far he could fight against someone like Kabuto.
True, he had faced Genma, but fighting against Kabuto is different. That boy could match Kakashi by his skills, something he wanted to see by himself.
Surrounding him were... Unconscious bodies... Six bodies, which meant two teams... All of them were not moving, like dead... Their bodies were covered by blood or had limbs bent to strange angles.
Oh wait, they were not like dead bodies, they were dead bodies...
The corpses were... Ninjas from Konoha... All of them were from Konoha...
'Hmm... I have two Earth Scrolls and two Heaven Scrolls. This makes things better. True, I could go back now, but if I recall...' Haru narrowed his eyes while putting hand to his chin. Today supposed to be the day where Orochimaru strikes Naruto and his team. The snake found them on the second day.
Oh yeah, he already had a plan for him. But this will be risky, Haru knew he was nowhere near Orochimaru's level. He still needs years to prepare himself, even if he has element of surprise, Orochimaru will still be able to beat him, he is sure of that.
Staying away from him and not getting his attention is actually the best thing to do... He also already made agreement with Haku and Yakumo that they will meet again tonight.
His sensor suddenly alerted, someone was approaching him. Just one person, who was it? Whoever it was, he couldn't let him/her see him standing in middle of Konoha Shinobi corpses since he, himself, is also one.
He quickly performed hand seals and clapped his hands together when finished. "Doton : Chidōkaku (Earth Release : Moving Earth Core)"
The earth beneath the group of corpses suddenly shacked before it elevated down and turned into hole. Haru performed another hand seals and clapped his hands together again, then the ground shacked once more before it began to twitch and close the hole, burying the bodies.
Sweats poured down from Haru's head. That was a high-level technique, he was able to perform it thanks to Sharingan, however, the prize is clearly very big seeing it took a lot of chakra.
But it was worthy, he just hoped the person that's coming does not have a good sense of smell since it will be dangerous.
'It's near!' Haru moved his hand to his tanto on his back, he stared in the direction from where the enemy will come. It was not long before the person arrived, however he/she seemed to not come out, it appeared he/she still was wishing to hide.
Narrowing his eyes to where the person hid, Haru really had no time to play cat and mouse so he decided to get to the point "I know you are there!" Haru called. "Show yourself before I force you to!"
The tree he was staring on twitched before from it a figure burst out. Haru immediately recognized this person, of course he did. After all, this person appeared to have quite a role in this World.
Twin bun hair like Chun-Li or Minnie Mouse, wearing pink sleeveless outfit and long Shinobi pants. This person was someone from team Gai, Tenten.
"You could tell my position," Tenten stated with slight smirk. "Interesting, how did you do that?"
"Tenten-sempai, wasn't it?" Haru asked while tilting his head and Tenten seemed surprised seeing Haru knew her. "I recognized you during academy, you are one year older than my generation," he stated while moving down his hand from his tanto.
"Hoo? You are a rookie, then?" Tenten asked back while rubbing her chin with interested look. "If I recall I'm not that famous in academy and you recognized me? Do I have some fan?" she chuckled in slight amusement.
"As matter of fact, I do respect you a lot," Haru admitted with nod, surprising Tenten again. "Unlike most Kunoichi, you are prime example of one. You take your training seriously and know how hard life will be, most Kunoichi from our age are... incompetent," he said with slight pause and Tenten giggled, there was slight blush on her face.
"Well, I never thought I will have a fan," Tented said in slightly sheepish tone and she was being honest, she is quite a tomboy and also average looking in her opinion. "I know what you mean, most girls are only interested in romance and don't know the seriousness of becoming Kunoichi," she stated, but suddenly her demeanor changed into serious. "As much I flattered I have a fan, but no offense, Kouhai. This is the Exam, so what scroll do you have for me?" she asked as she now pulled out one kunai from her pouch, twirling it in her hand.
"Call me Haru," Haru answered calmly as he did not feel intimidated. He pulled out his complete set of scrolls and showed them. "I already have a complete set..." he stated and Tenten grinned in slightly feral manner.
"Well, could you give me the Earth?" she asked in nice manner, it would be nicer had she not made strange motion with kunai in her hand.
"Sorry, Sempai, I can't... Even if I have extra one I still won't give it to you," Haru said as his hand moved to his tanto again.
"Oh? Greedy one, aren't you?" Tenten remarked while rising one eyebrow.
"No," Haru shook his head. "I just wish to face you, fighting Kunoichi like you that take their training seriously will be a good experience," he replied and Tenten blinked before she chuckled.
"I began to like you more now, Junior. You really flatter me, don't think I won't pull back my attack because you sweet talk to me," Tenten stated as she pulled out small scroll and held it in her other hand.
"I wouldn't hope so, Sempai," Haru replied as he took a stance and prepared himself.
Tenten only smirked to him, this boy was quite interesting. Without warning, she immediately lashed out the kunai in her hand to him. Haru, seeing the incoming projectile, was about to move his tanto but paused when noticed something. Instead of blocking it, he dashed away dodging the projectile.
As soon as he did that the kunai exploded, indicating it had explosive seal tagged to it. Had Haru blocked it he would be engulfed in the explosion.
Just after Haru dodged it, Tenten was already in front of him. She was carrying twin wakizashi in both her hands and quickly she delivered slash at him.
'Fast!' Haru thought as he raised his tanto and blocked the weapons, he took a step back and dodged the second slash from Tenten. The older Genin did not give Haru chance to strike, she moved her leg forward and gave another attack in order to strike down Haru.
The two Genins continued their battle as they began to collide their weapon at each other. Haru noted that Tenten was pretty agile, she rivaled Hinata or was even better. Not as Haku, but still impressive, as expected from Kunoichi, who went under training of Maito Gai.
Sounds of clashing steel echoed in dense forest as Haru blocked the attacks, but he always dodged the second ones. If there were any spectators they all could tell Tenten clearly the one who currently had advantage as she kept attacking Haru fiercely.
Tenten knew this boy was actually more than he looks. The fact he now possessed two scrolls is proof of that. This boy was quite skilled, but this far he did nothing other than defend. She scowled inwardly since it was clear this is getting nowhere.
"Come on Junior! Is this the best you can do?" Tenten taunted slightly as she gave another slash.
Haru face was impassive and calm as he blocked the attack, there was no emotion and his eyes bore at Tenten face. "Don't get overconfident, Sempai," he said before he parried away Tenten's attack, he quickly took small jump back but as soon as his feet touched the ground he immediately kicked it and with fast speed he already carried the short sword with two-handed grip and swung it downwards at Tenten.
The girl was caught by surprise at the sudden speed, however, her body was still able to move as she raised up her twin wakizashi and blocked the axe-slash.
CLAAANG!
'Gugh!' Tenten's eyes widened as she winced in pain holding the attack. 'He's strong! At Lee's level, perhaps! This is not goo-' Her thought was cut as Haru pressed his tanto further and this time she got pushed away. She let out small squeak as she felt her body floating, fortunately, she still was able to balance herself and landed on the ground, her feet skidding on it.
Haru stared at Tenten, who was pushed away, with impassive face. He didn't let Tenten get free that easy and, in instant, he dashed and appeared at Tenten's side with tanto ready.
'He is also fast! Could give Lee some challenge! Is he really a rookie?' It is understandable to say that Tenten was shocked, the speed Haru was displaying is not something to be gained with ease, after all, and there was his strength too.
She took a step back and the tanto barely miss her as it grazed her shirt, slicing it in part of abdomen and ripped it apart. Had she be one second late that would be her guts sliced.
Haru pivoted his leg as he twisted and delivered spinning slash to Tenten. The girl this time decided to make a distance, fighting at this range won't be good seeing his strength. She jumped back before throwing the twin wakizashi at him like it were projectiles.
Haru paused in the middle of his steps and blocked the twin swords without problem. Tenten was not giving Haru to strike her again, not when she was vulnerable like this. She drew out numerous shurikens and threw them at him, all shurikens' directions were flawless and the aim also was pretty good, they targeted his head, cheeks, shoulders, and thighs. All of them came from right, left, below and above, proving it was professional aim.
Due to the wide area, Haru was forced to jump back creating distance between him and Tenten as he skidded on the ground staring at Tenten who also stared back at him.
"You are not bad, very good for someone, who just graduated from the academy," Tenten complimented as she stared at Haru.
"Thank you, Sempai, you are pretty skilled as well," Haru praised back. "It was quite a speed you pulled back there, you almost got me. Very surprising for someone at your age," he stated before giving small smirk. "Then again, it's very reasonable seeing your teacher is Maito Gai."
"You know about that too?" Tenten couldn't help to be surprised again, this boy clearly knew more than she thought.
"Of course. I am one of people, who admire you. Surely, I will do research to find out more about you, right?" Haru answered the question with question back as he smirked a little to Tenten.
Tenten, hearing that, narrowed her eyes before slight shudder adorned her figure. "You... You are not some kind of stalker, aren't you?" she asked with slight fear in her voice, she really appreciated and glad someone respected her that much, but if it turned to be stalker level then that was something else.
"Of course not," Haru said with scowl and Tenten let out sigh of relieve. "You are beautiful, cute and strong girl. Your body also shows perfect contrast to your figure. All in all, you are perfect girl. So why should I stalk you?"
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It was just logical now Tenten face turned to tomato. To be honest, it's not often she had someone compliment her appearance. Her teammate is someone, who... has strange belief of fate and could act quite prickly while the other one is... very eccentric... Add the fact she is quite tomboyish and plays with weapons, no one dares to make a move on her without fear to lose their balls.
So, now having someone spoke to her in that way was... interesting and new.
It took a moment for Tenten to regain her composure as she gave deadpan look to Haru. "You know, when you are saying it like that it only makes me believe that you are stalker," she stated dully making Haru chuckle.
"I know, I am just joking," Haru responded and he clearly enjoyed Tenten's cute scowl and her reaction. "But I was being honest about your appearance, Sempai," he stated and Tenten blush returned. "Anyway, let resume our battle, I am looking forward to seeing your Shurikenjutsu." He was indeed interested in Tenten, the aim she gave before was wide and yet also targeted important parts of body.
The wide target forced him to dodge since he couldn't just block them all with ease, not without risking getting hit. Even if she was hasty she still was able to throw shurikens with perfect aim, that is the proof of Tenten's level in Shurikenjutsu which is on different level from Genin. She is probably already reaching Chunin in that part.
"Oh? You want to play, Junior? Then, let's..." Tenten said as she pulled out shurikens and Haru also did the same as he put back his tanto and moved his arms to his pouch.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
Sounds of air being ripped by projectiles and clashing steel immediately appearув and echoed in the dense forest. All the shurikens clashed, creating small sparks and impacts in the middle of air.
The Genins' hands blurred as they moved from their pouch, throwing with intent to strike their opponent. The hands were fast and blurred, true, they still could to be seen but the speed and aim they displayed would even impress Jonin level Shinobi.
The star shaped projectiles kept being thrown like bullets from machine gun by both Genins. The destroyed each other pushing each other away from their owner. The clash made the steels collide away and shatter to all directions, up, above, left, right and everywhere.
Tenten's eyes narrowed, this boy was clearly skilled seeing he is able to stand toe on toe with her. It was very surprising seeing she got this skill in years of training, was this boy really just graduate?
'She... is more skilled than I thought, I know my Shurikenjutsu is also pretty good and to think she could be on par with me... This girl is prodigy in terms of Bukijutsu, this girl...' Haru thought with narrowed eyes as he kept pulling weapons and throwing them at her.
It was only a few seconds, not even reaching a minute but for them, for both Genins it was like an hour. Eventually, they stopped, stopped because it was clear they ran out of ammunition from their pouches but just in instant they stopped, they dashed to each other.
CLAAAANG!
Another sparks were created as Tenten and Haru own weapons clashed with each other. Tanto met with wakizashi, grinding each other, trying to overpower their enemy.
They both then jumped back, creating distance between them. Tenten gave challenging grin while Haru face curled up to slight smirk.
"That... was amazing, Junior, I didn't hold back my aim and yet you matched them all," Tenten said with respect in her tone. "Are you sure you just graduated? Or are you Rookie of your generation?" she could understand if he was, this one clearly looks like prodigy. But if she recalled the Rookie is one of Kakashi Hatake students, her teacher's rival.
And it was clear she had met them just before the first Exam, Sasuke Uchiha...
Lee had said the Uchiha was not bad, in fact, he could go toe on toe with him. True, Sasuke seemed losing, but when he activated his Doujutsu the Uchiha was able to match Lee's speed and movements.
For Genin just graduated, that wasn't bad. Though, Lee still did not remove his weights, but it is still something.
And now, there is Genin, who could match her Bukijutsu, she, of course, did not go all out but still.
Interesting.
"It's Sasuke, who is the Rookie. I am merely average one..." Haru said, chuckling. "And I must say, I am very impressive. To be honest, I have never met someone that close to my age who could match my Shurikenjutsu. As expected from Sempai... You are really strong Kunoichi..." He smirked and Tenten did not bother to hide her giggle of amusement.
"You are funny guy, Haru-kouhai," she teased with sly smirk. "If only there were more people like you, it would be more fun for us, Kunoichi," she sighed while shaking her head.
Haru was about to ask what she meant but stopped. He tilted his head to sky and narrowed his eyes, Tenten, of course, noticed this and followed his gaze but found nothing.
"What's wrong?" she asked.
Haru face remained impassive. His sensor ability was, perhaps, only reaching 1 or 2KM but that was still something. All sensor ninja had sharp senses and were sensitive to chakra.
Just for the brief moment he felt it... For sensor like him, that chakra, while being far from him, he clearly could feel it. Who couldn't feel it? Even beginner in sensory art will be able to sense it.
Haru closed his eyes before turning to Tenten, he reopened them and smiled a little. "Sorry, Sempai, but we have to delay our battle for a moment. I have... something to do..." he said with pause and displeased look. "As for payment, I shall give you the scroll you need. Which one?" he asked making Tenten blink.
"Earth," she answered unconsciously and Haru nodded before tossing it to her and she caught it. She immediately checked if the scroll contained explosive tag or a trap but found none. She then stared at him in bewilderment. "You are just going to give it to me like that? Really?"
Haru, in response, raised another pair of complete scrolls.
"Oh..."
"Oh indeed..." Haru chuckled in Tenten's face. "It was fun, Sempai, I hope we can continue our dance later," he clearly enjoyed the slight blush on Tenten's face, yes, this is a go according to his plan. Get Tenten's attention, and be friends with her. To catch prey, you have to be close with it, let its guard down, become its friend, and become its comfort.
Then eat it...
It was the rule he learnt in this World, the rule he always uses since the moment he entered this place.
Kill or be Killed.
"See you in next part of Exam, Sempai!" Haru called as he leapt back and gone making Tenten gawk.
There was no blur, no swirl of leaves, no dirt, no movement. Haru just simply disappeared like he was never there. It was like... Teleportation?
What was that? Shunshin no Jutsu? (Body Flicker Technique). But... Shouldn't Shunshin leave something at least?
"Man... That guy is interesting..." Tenten mused aloud with giggle. Unnoticed by her, small blush adorned her face as she let out feminine giggle.
Sometime later.
Haku stared at the man in front of her. This man clearly was not ordinary.
She was Zabuza's protégé, his tool and weapon. And Zabuza Momochi, the Demon of Kirigakure was also known as Master of Silent Killing.
So it was just natural for her, his weapon, to be able to perform Silent Killing. True, she may not be as good as Zabuza-sama, but she was still good.
And no ordinary Genin could escape from her if she performed the feat. Even Chunin would get caught.
But this man... This man dodged it swiftly, true, she was not aiming to kill, but he was able to notice her and block the attack, proving this man was not a normal Genin, just like her current Master, Haru.
"Ah, Kunoichi-san, hello," the man greeted with forced smile as he raised one hand in greeting manner. "Could you let me go? I didn't bring any scroll with me."
"You don't need to lie," Haku said surprising him. "I know, you are not a normal Genin. The way you dodged that attack proofs you are very skilled. You must possess the scroll or even already have complete one." She deducted and the man's eyes narrowed. "If you may, could you give it to me? I need to have Earth scroll."
The man only shook his head and shifted his hand up to adjust his glasses. "Sorry, but I can't. I also need one..."
"I see... Then, I am afraid, I have to take it by force," Haku said as senbons slipped between her fingers and her eyes sharpened, the only thing she needed to become perfect tool like when she served Zabuza was her Kiri Hunter Nin Mask. "What is your name?" she demanded in monotone.
The man's smile became dimmed, he let out sigh while shaking his head. His silver hair moved left and right by doing that before he stared at Haku and adjusted his glasses again.
"Yakushi Kabuto..."
Orochimaru chuckled as he stared down at his former pupil, who was writhing in pain due to activated Cursed Seal.
He just marked Sasuke not long ago and he must say, he was impressed with the boy's skill.
True, it was nowhere close to him when he was at his age, but Orochimaru could see the untapped potential inside the boy. The boy clearly will be strong vessel in the future, there is no doubt about that.
But he inwardly scowled when remembered Sasuke and the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki relationship. They are close, no doubt about that... Very close, in fact... That Kyuubi boy is going to be a problem in the future.
Not just it hinders Sasuke's growth, but it's going to make Sasuke harder to conquer. Add the fact there will be a problem with Akatsuki too.
But still... He couldn't kill that boy... Not yet... If that boy was killed by him, Sasuke, no doubt, won't come to him anymore. That would be a problem.
The boy still had darkness inside his heart, he could manipulate it and the boy will come to him if he plays it right.
"Don't you think it's impolite to eavesdrop?" Orochimaru spoke aloud, his gaze was still on Anko, but soon changed as he tilted his face upward.
Anko perked hearing that. Someone is here? Reinforcements? She followed her former teacher's gaze and had to hold the urge to gasp.
Standing on 180° and staring down at him was a boy. A boy with slightly spiky brown hair. The boy was wearing sunglasses and ANBU garment; the forearm, armor and foreleg protectors. Underneath it was high-collared dark purple t-shirt, he also wore long black Shinobi pants.
"Katon : Hōsenka no Jutsu!"
The boy cocked back his head and spew out countless small flaming balls much to Orochimaru and Anko surprise seeing the boy didn't perform any hand seals.
'Sealless Jutsu? At that age? How interesting.' Orochimaru jumped back as the barrages of flames poured down between him and Anko, he skidded on the ground while staring at the boy who was now standing in front of Anko in protective manner. Kunais armed in both his hands and his posture clearly told Orochimaru that he was ready to fight.
"You are..." Anko recognized this boy. He was the one that caught Ibiki interest, he also came and asked information from her about the scarred Tokubetsu Jonin.
"Mitarashi-san, are you okay?" he asked.
"I-I'm fine!" Anko stammered while clutching her seal. "Moreover! Why are you here?! Get out! Don't you know he-"
"Orochimaru of Snake Sannin," he cut her as he stared back at the Snake Sannin. "I know well about him and the other Densetsu no Sannin (Legendary Three Ninja)." He narrowed his eyes. "You said about Uchiha before... What did you do to him? What seal you gave?!" he hissed.
Orochimaru almost fell on the ground laughing. A mere Genin threatened him? HIM?! Either this boy was very foolish or brave, he actually though the first one. But still, this boy heard that far? Orochimaru admitted he was surprised inwardly, he just sensed the boy not long ago and he was sure no one heard his story save for Anko.
So how this boy was able to sneak on him? Hmmm... Interesting.
"Are you crazy?! Hoi, you are that Haru brat, right?! You-"
"Let me be honest, Mitarashi-san, do you think he will let us escape? He is Sannin..." Haru said with stoic tone, crossing his fingers a poof of smoke appeared, followed by his clone.
The clone without words immediately grabbed Anko and raised her in bridal style. The older woman blinked in bewilderment seeing this.
"What the! Oi, brat! You better be-"
"GO!" Haru barked and the clone was immediately gone via Shunhin that was almost like a teleportation, soon screams and yells of angry from Anko echoed.
"I don't know either if I have to praise your bravery or laugh at your idiocy," Orochimaru said with clear glee in his tone as he stared at the boy, he was really interested. "You know, you will get problems after this."
To be honest, Orochimaru had no interest to attack Anko anymore. He already got what he wished for, but now seeing this boy... Why don't humor this boy a little.
"I know, but it's better to have Tokubetsu Jonin survive rather than Genin," Haru said with stoic face.
"Kukuku, indeed, it is true," Orochimaru responded.
Haru stared at Orochimaru, his face was impassive and the Snake Sannin couldn't help but have a flashback of certain Uchiha, his face in past, seeing the same expression on the boy.
Without a word, Haru was gone. He reappeared above Orochimaru and gave axe kick at the man. With ease, Orochimaru raised his hand and blocked the kick.
But Haru did not stop. He landed quickly on the ground before delivering multiple attacks with both his kunais.
Orochimaru decided to play a little. He was sure, he could beat this boy with ease, but there was something intriguing him. So, he dodged the attack easily, while smirking at him.
"Is this the-"
Orochimaru paused and his eyes widened when he saw the boy radiate smoke from his body.
BOOOM!
And without warning he exploded. Orochimaru was just in time to swap himself with nearby log and dodge the explosion.
'Not just Kage Bunshin (Shadow Clone) but also Bunshin Daibakuha (Clone Great Explosion)? This boy is quite skilled to know such technique,' Orochimaru mused inwardly while hiding behind the tree. However, his eyes widened when sensed presence behind him and he spun around, raising his hand to block the incoming fist.
CRACK!
That... definitely was the sound of his bones breaking.
Oh yeah, the fist he blocked broke his arm, snapped it like a twig and he winced in pain. This boy fist is superb! It was not like Tsunade's, of course -that woman could shatter your whole body with one fist-, but it could be compared to the third rate!
However, Orochimaru was accustomed to pain, he was not silly person who gasped and writhed under pain. Forcing his broken hand, he grabbed the boy's fist and locked it. Then, he quickly delivered knee strike to the boy's stomach.
Haru gasped as he got hit, the hit was strong! Okay, he swore he heard a part of his ribs cracked a bit! Before he could do anything, Orochimaru other hand blurred, it slip to his neck and grasped it tightly.
"Gagh!"
"Kukuku, I admit that punch was certainly familiar, Boy." Orochimaru chuckled as he choked the boy who now was struggling in his grip. "But, I am, afraid this is the end..." he said with glee as he got ready to snap his neck like a twig.
But to Orochimaru's surprise, instead glaring or throwing curse the boy smirked at him. Then, his eyes widened when he saw another Haru behind the original Haru, lightning sparked on both his hands that were soon clapped into fists.
"Raiton : Gian! (Lightning Release : False Darkness!)"
Orochimaru barely had the time to release the boy and dodge laser of lightning that shoot from the boy fists. He immediately jumped away and made a distance between him and the boy.
'High level Ninjutsu at his age? This boy...' "Impressive, very impressive..." Orochimaru mused as he stared at Haru, who regained his breath with help of his clone, and his tongue slithering was like a snake. "Tell me boy, what your name?" He asked
Haru was silent, his clone behind him already performed hand seals. He also performed them slowly.
"My name... is Haru," Haru said. "And I will show you to not mess with my friend!" he yelled and Orochimaru's eyes widened when he recognized the Jutsu Haru and his clone were casting.
'Already mastered it this young?! This boy is not a Genin!'
"Katon : Karyūendan no Jutsu! (Fire Release : Flame Dragon Bullet Technique)"
"Fūton : Shinkū Taigyoku (Wind Release : Vacuum Great Sphere)"
Large explosion burst out from the Forest of the Death.
Hello everyone! So... How are you?
Ah! Sorry! Sorry! I didn't mean to update in one week! Honest! It just! Welllll... I'm kinda busy ya know, having exam in college an all. Let me tell you study about medical is damn hard! I got full of study I need to do
Not to mention next week I have full damn exam *sob* *sob*. So yeah, next update will be kinda long
Okay! Enough about that! Let's talk about this chapter! So how you think about it ne?
As you all can see, I not inserted any battle save for Haru and his companion. Why? Because this story focused on him, this story focused on him as main character. Naruto and the other will make appearance of course, but it only happen during the twist that happen. As long it was still part of Cannon then there won't be change
Don't be disappointed, start from Chunin Exam Arc we will focused to Naruto and the other too seeing they are different one from in Cannon
Haru chakra reserve, he could be compared to Jonin. Probably could create 6 Chidori or more, he not Kakashi who got himself drained by Sharingan too much and at same time performing Raikiri. Don't get me wrong, Kakashi maybe possess larger chakra reserve than Haru but the technique he use take bigger powe, not to mention Sharingan drained his body too much
Haru vs Tenten, it only small fight and hopefully you enjoy it. Like I said, Haru know well almost everyone in Narutoverse personality. He treat this World like Game, like Keima Katsuragi who capturing the girls by adapt himself to someone who perfectly match into their personality. That's what make Haru very scary, not his talent but his knowledge and genius mind
Aaaand we find Haku fighting against Kabuto! Oh yeah! Bet no one predict that right? Ha! Take that you bitch! We will see how their battle went in next chapter!
Haru vs Orochimaru, yes it will happen in next chapter. I didn't make him to Gary Stu, if you read it here Haru clearly losing. Orochimaru got hit is because he underestimated him, I mean come on! Who expect Genin could destroy large tree with his fist?! Orochimaru clearly not, that's why he got injured but hey! We talking about Orochimaru here! Broken arm is nothing seeing he can... ... Shed away his skin? Uhh yeah, something like that
Anyway! We also have celebration in order! This story reaching 200 favorite! Huuraaaay! I love you all! Thanks for the one that love my story :D
I still can't find good opponent for Haru in Prelminaries and Final so I open and will receieve any opinion + request. Just give solid reason too and it will be done
Next chapter will be battle betweeen Haku vs Kabuto, Haru vs Orochimaru, and possibly end of second exam maybe.
Next chapter probably will out in next week or kinda long, but I hope you all will be waiting. So stay tune and Please give Favorite, Follow, and Review
Ja Ne! XD
Omake : Haru's Payback.
Jonin Lounge.
"I never thought I will gather here with you all," Genma mused aloud as he stared at Asuma, Kurenai, Gai and Kakashi.
"Well, you may be not a Jonin but you do have students," Asuma remarked as he lifted his cigarette.
'And not just any students... A prodigy, who could beat up Tokubetsu Jonin, the boy, who is even better than me when I was at his age...' Kakashi thought as he read his book.
"Indeed, my youthful fellow! Genma, you proved your youthful spirit by picking students!" Gai exclaimed with flashy grin and nice guy pose making everyone roll their eyes at his antic.
"Wanna guess, who will, between our teams, pass first?" Asuma asked.
"5000 ryo it will be my team," Genma immediately stated, which made everyone, save for Kakashi, blink.
"You believe in them that much?" Kurenai asked in slight surprise.
"You don't know my team, Kurenai. They are very good, they are Genin are only in tittle." Genma shook his head with sigh. "Especially Haru..." he muttered, "I don't think there exists a Genin, who could beat him..."
"Hoo? Really? How much you sure?" Asuma asked with interest.
"100%..." Genma answered simply and the three Jonin -Kakashi still read his book- gave him a look full of disbelief.
"I don't think Haru-kun will be that good, my friend. There are Lee and Neji, who are also very strong. They have a year experience more than Haru-kun," Gai commented.
"Gai is right about that part. And my team is also strong, true, they may be bad in one on one, but in team battle? That's another story," Asuma added as he knew Shikamaru' sharp mind and the InoShikaChou of this generation was quite good as well.
"I won't sell my team short too. Hinata is clearly more than she looks, besides, there also are Kiba and Shino," Kurenai also agreed and they all turned to Kakashi. The silver haired Jonin, who was read his book, noticed the look from his fellows and clearly they were waiting for him. Snapping his book, he decided to answer them.
"Haru-kun... is strong... I have no doubt about that, he could beat our teams alone. Even if three on one I don't think ours would win. And I agree with Genma, Haru is the strongest Genin here. And I'm not just talking about Konoha, I talk about the whole participants," Kakashi gave his opinion surprising everyone save for Genma.
But before anyone could voice their surprise, another voice appeared.
"I can vote for that, Hatake is right."
They turned and saw Ibiki Morino appeared, he was carrying a paper in his hand.
"Ibiki... What are you doing here?" Genma asked, wondering why the first proctor of Chunin Exam was here.
"Well, apparently, your Genin caught my interest," Ibiki answered. "We all know Chunin Exam is actually Exam now turned into international event ever since the Third Shinobi War ended in order to become political way of war. Most people treat this exam seriously, a few are even deadly serious since it holds reputation for their own village," he told them and all Jonins nodded, knowing what it means. "But you... Genma, your boy is something..." he sighed "Take a look at his exam..."
Genma blinked before he took the test paper. And as soon he did that his eyes twitched, his lips curled upward and he let out snort before began to snicker.
All Jonin, who were seeing this began to look curiously and Genma showed it to them as he noticed his friends' expression.
There was nothing there... No answers, in fact all is blank, save for the name... The work... It was a drawing... In the corner of the paper there was a Hokage Monument, but the stones were tainted. It was the same Monument when Naruto painted it. And below the corner there was...
"Is that a bunny?" Asuma asked in incredulous tone.
Bunny? Yeah... Seriously, a bunny, who stood on two legs, eating a carrot, there were words 'What's up doc?' beside him.
"And is that the boy who stripped down his pants?" Kurenai asked with disbelief look.
A boy? Okay, a boy, who was wearing a red long t-shirt and yellow short pants... And the boy had his ass revealed while making funny expression... Yes, a naked, but he even did dance like that.
And lastly.
"A mouse? And... Why it's named after my student?" Gai asked with bewilderment face for the first time.
Okay, is that really a mouse? Yep, definitely it is. Though, the ears were bigger and more like hair that was tied into buns, but it clearly was mouse. It even had a ribbon on its head and signed as... Tenten.
"Did he draw that on purpose? Kakashi deadpanned as he saw there was drawing of him. However, the drawing revealed old version of Kakashi holding cane and had his body shivering due to old age, his white hair grew longer like certain perverted Sannin.
"This boy just made a mockery of Chunin Exam. During my watch... That boy either has balls of steel or is an idiot..." Ibiki deadpanned and all Jonin -plus Tokubetsu Jonin- sweatdropped.
"Well..."
"GENMA!"
The door burst open, Genma immediately turned when he heard his name called and...
"Izumo? Kotetsu? What the hell happened to you?" Genma asked with blinked eyes.
To be said, the duo Chunins were the mess is like to say the Sun is bright. Both of them had their faces filled with red marks, the mark that appears when you eat something that makes you allergic. And it was clear it was very itchy seeing they now were scratching their necks and faces.
"That Genin of yours happened! That damn boy somehow drugged our dango, damnit!" Izumo growled.
"We already went to medic nin for the cure, however, they said the plant that is used for medicine and salve are empty," Kotetsu added, he then pulled out his hand and there was a letter in it. "We found he gave us the letter and said you have the cure!"
Genma blinked again before he let out another sweatdrop. That boy is really a sadist, isn't he?
"I... don't have the cure, but he did give me a letter. Anko gave it to me yesterday..." he said as he pulled out the letter and gave it to Kotetsu and Izumo, who immediately took it.
Greeting Izumo-san, Kotetsu-san.
If you two are reading this, then I will go straight to the point and be short since I have a little time. The cure is not with Genma-sensei, it is with me. Why did I do this to you two? Think it as payback for you trying to make Yakumo and I hostile to each other. And because of that she now has a VERY BIG crush on me to the point it is disturbing privacy since I keep helping her even if she shows distrust to me.
So, I hope you will enjoy being itchy for straight five days, and let me give good news. The longer it is not treated, the worse it will be.
Your Genius and Avenger Genin, Haru.
Needless to say, scream of anger from both Chunins echoed afterward.