It had been an hour already as Kagome smirked walking down the unwritten path her arms around her waist. She walked slowly almost to remember something. During there break she had faced at least 2 teams already but they were lacking a challenge. She chided, "Sango and Miroku should have had it by now."

Sango smirked as she looked to the man in front of her. Pulling back the scroll she smiled knowing him out, "thank you."

Miroku jumped down besides her with a sigh a bit annoyed, "you got one too? That was a waste of time."

Sango laughed as Miroku threw his scroll off into the words. He bent down kissing her yet she gripped his ear with a smirk, "don't get any ideas monk."

"Oh Sango I cannot kiss my own wife?"

"Not now, Kagome is counting on us."

He sighed nodding as they disappeared. The two didn't notice the 3 pairs of eyes currently on them from the shadows, who now wore a sly smile on their covered faces.

Kagome stopped remembering the scream she heard in the beginning. She sighed running her hand through her hair. 3 ninja appeared around her chuckling to her annoyance, "may I help you ladies?"

"Yes we would love your scroll."

Kagome sighed stomping her foot down as a light appeared. They stopped confused causing her to smile a moment. She disappeared proving to be a dopple ganger. A light emitted around them as they were drawn into the ground causing them to scream. Kagome sighed sitting at the ravine, "some people…"

She suddenly felt an immense pain in her heart. She fell to her hands and knees, "he's here-somewhere, Orochimaru."

Her lips felt that word with venom when Sango and Miroku suddenly appeared laughing yet stopped running to Kagome's side asking, "Kagome, what's wrong?"

She stood shakily, "it's not your concern, come. We'll head to the tower and wait for a call from Naruto and the others."

They nodded, "understood."

FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE EXAM WITH THE OTHERS

Sasuke narrowed his eyes as Sakura spun her kunai. The now revealed ninja stood threateningly, "now which one of you has the scroll? Or do I have to you both out?"

They stood with no answer as he smirked. Sasuke shifted his finger quickly blowing out, "fire style."

He avoided a kunai throwing one to untie the struggling Naruto. Evading another one he swung under a branch only to be blown back to results of the paper bomb, "sorry this test you fail."

Changing into his sharingan he pressed his foot to the kunai focusing his chakra throwing it he ran avoiding the other kunai attacks and stabbing into his chest. He pushed as Sakura called, "Sasuke! Are you okay!"

"Don't just stand there Sakura! It's likely that he's not alone!"

He smirked, "actually, I did come alone, big mistake."

They watched him run as Naruto who landed looked to him. They huddled carefully as Sasuke spoke," that was close, we need to do something, make something a password."

"What kind of password?"

"One that only we know, and don't trust only on who doesn't know it."

Kagome walked into the building carefully. They opened the scrolls with a sigh seeing the summoning jutsu. Throwing it out Inuyasha appeared smirking, "well look here, hope you guys didn't get hurt."

Miroku smiled, "it was simple enough."

Kagome grunted lightly turning away. Pulling her hair back she asked," what now, why were you summoned?"

Inuyasha shrugged and eyed her, "yeah-nice to see you too. But we were called just to congratulate you on passing. You see, if you were to open the scroll we would have been assigned to knock you out until the end of the exam."

Sango laughed, "as if you could."

They glare to each other as Kagome nodded yawning, "so how's junior?"

"He's at home good and sleeping. The strange thing though is that Naruto hasn't attacked since or before you left. We have 2/3rds of the jewel too."

Sango and Miroku turned to each other curiously, "either lucky or…"

"Don't concern ourselves with that now, its not our concern here, now lets go."

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. Kagome had always disliked or loathed Kikiyou, it was no difference even now. He should have known better. Turning away he disappeared. Kagome continued leaving as Sango followed questioning, "Why do you have to be so rash Kagome?"

"Yes Kikiyou has changed…."

Turning to them she retorted, "I don't believe it."

They continued walking when they came into contact with the sand. They reacted partially with shock at their appearance. Neither of them had a scratch. Kagome kept her head down uninterested as they walked ahead. Sango and Miroku turned to them carefully then continued. Kagome stopped taking a seat and lying back, "tell me if you hear anything."

Sango and Miroku sighed tiredly sitting back against the wall.

Sasuke covered Sakura's mouth quickly. He shook in fear; his eyes roamed the area quickly when Sakura removed his hand, "Sasuke! Look out!"

They turned to the snake jumping out of the way. He shook images running through his mind as he jumped throwing out kunai and shuriken into the snake's mouth screaming, "Go away!"

He landed back as the grass ninja slipped from the snake's skin causing them to gasp in shock. She whispered, "A prey never rests when it is seek by its predator."

She moved like a snake around the tree heading towards him. Sasuke shook paralyzed by fear. He remembered the whistle in his holster yet he couldn't move. His attention was quickly diverted when kunais flew before the women. Naruto stood there crossing his arms a triumphant smile on his face as Sakura yelled happily, "Naruto!"

"Looks like I came just in time!"