The Dragon in the Maelstrom
Chapter 21: Forest of Death
Written by Jlargent
Me: Here we go with chapter 21 of this soon to be epic story. I do not own Naruto or Avatar the Last Airbender in any way or form. For fans of my Breaking Fate's Curse fanfic I posted a new poll so please vote.
Naruto's POV
After passing the written exams we head towards the infamous Forest of Death after Yugao Uzuki one of mom's ANBU friends informed us where the next portion of the exams are taking place though I did notice how the other participants were cheating were useful though I have to wonder how in the hell did Tenten manage to place a mirror on the ceiling and not have anyone notice? (A/N: You know you're wondering that same thing.)
We head towards one of the many gates that surround Training Ground 44 after taking our earth scroll and replacing it with a fake heaven as a distraction while Shino hides it within himself under the protection of his insects no one would suspect that he would be carrying it, at the sound of the buzzer we rush off into the forest using Shino's bugs as an advanced scout and Hinata using her Byakugan to find anyone hiding in a genjutsu while I bring up the rear providing support though from where I was standing I didn't mind 'bringing up the rear' so to speak.
A perverse giggle worthy of my godfather echoed in my mind before my morality squashes it down with extreme prejudice Down libido down! Hiashi would kill you if you try anything before you turn eighteen and immediately my hormones froze to a solid block of ice. As the memory of the demonic visage of Hiashi Hyuuga threatening to castrate me repeatedly due to my impressive healing factor if I had sex with her daughter before she turns 18.
I shake my thoughts as Hinata makes a signal indicating that we're being followed and the three of us landed in a clearing and seconds later a team from hidden rain appeared.
"So you realized that we were following you. That makes things simpler, all we want is the heaven scroll the blonde has on him and we can avoid a rather nasty encounter." the leader spoke in heavy breaths his voice distorted by the breathing apparatuses that were on his face.
I look at the man and reach inside my jacket and pull out the fake heaven scroll and toss it to the man. As soon as he catches the scroll his companions whip out their kunais.
"I'm sorry but you should have known better than to trust the enemy!" I started laughing confusing them as I place my hands in a sign.
"Funny, I was about to say the exact same thing." I said as I activated the explosive tags that were concealed within the fake heaven scroll resulting in a large scale explosion that forces us to retreat as a small mushroom cloud indicated where the clearing was.
Shino looks at the explosion then at me with a small amount of disbelief in his voice "Could you not make a big enough explosion?"
I shrug my shoulders "There is no such thing as a big enough explosion. My mom is a firebender and Anko is a part of the torture and interrogation division. That should paint the picture of my life growing up with them." I said as Shino falls from the tree in shock.
(A/N: Yes the logical bug-boy is capable of being surprised.)
Hinata shook her head "Your mom is a pyromaniac. Then again it is to be expected since she can manipulate fire." she mused as Shino scuttled back up the tree. After making back up to the tree we continue onwards. As we continue on we managed to encounter a group of mist ninjas and 'creatively negotiate' the heaven scroll they held and that night we decided on our next course of action. We all agreed to get to the tower in the center of the forest the fastest way possible now that the weaker ninjas have either been killed or have their scrolls taken from them. Making three shadow clones and hengeing two of them to look like my teammates we drift off to sleep.
A few hours later the clones dispel themselves allowing me to gather the info, and nobody has attempted to find us so I wake Hinata and Shino up so that we could continue towards the tower. A small explosion catches our attention and by a unanimous vote we head towards the source and stop at the clearing in time to see a grass ninja removing her mouth from Sasuke like a vampire while Ino and Sakura stand there frozen in fear. When she raised her head we could see part of her face melted as though she was the subject of a point blank fire jutsu but it was her gold colored silted eye that revealed to me who 'she' is.
"Orochimaru." I whispered as my voice catches his attention towards us he grabs the remnants of the flesh that covered his face and proceeds to rip it off like paper letting the fleshy mask scatter to the wind.
"Ah if it isn't the adoptive son of my former pupil. Tell me how is Anko doing these days?" he said lightly while the three of us gets into a defensive position .
"Same old, same old. She still wants you dead and literally dance on your grave." I sad mockingly as the former sannin rush towards us with kunai in hand.
To be continued…
Me: Next time: Fighting against the serpent king. I really appreciate the positive feedback that you've given me throughout this story and I want you to continue doing that.
As always Hoody Hoo!