Chapter Twenty One: The Forest of Death!
"Training Ground 44, also known as the Forest of Death; home to hundreds of different man – eating predators, deadly insects, bloodthirsty demons, and basically anything that can kill you dead where you stand." I narrated towards twenty seven genins standing before the gates behind me.
I am currently garbed inside my angel outfit the Hokage gave to me. He told me something about wanting to make Konoha looks as intimidating and powerful as possible. He even told me to show no mercy in this exam.
Some of the genins looked at me in slight fear. With the huge wings I have behind my back and all the weapons currently revolving all around me, only the brave ones and those who know me personally can refrain from shivering in terror.
"Now, before we begin..." I put my hands in my pocket and threw out dozens pieces of paper to the sky. I use the force so that each piece of paper floated down towards each genins in the area. "The Hidden Leaf Village is not held responsible for the threat of minor and major injury, life threatening disease, dismemberment, starvation, crippling, and of course death due to this exam." I explained.
Suddenly, a shadow casts over the gates. I looked up and saw grey scaly skin hanging above me. "Speaking of death..." Everyone's faces paled in fear as a gigantic snake slithered from the gates of the Forest. Some brave ones already armed themselves while the scaredy cats were already running in terror.
"All right, hold your horses brats!" Anko appeared above the giant snake in a puff of smoke. "I am the great Mitarashi Anko and I will explain the terms of this exam." She jumped off the snake and landed beside me.
The Snake slithered down and curled up around us. "As my little friend angel just explain, there is a reason why this place is called the forest of death..." She grinned a little at all the genins in front of her. "Some of you will return in a body bag..."
Then she took out a map of the Forest from her pocket. That is, if you can call an over simplified drawing of green circle with smaller brown circle in the middle a map. "This training ground stretches ten kilometers across with a river and a tower in the middle. You have 120 hours, which is five days for you mathematical morons to get there."
Finally she took out a couple of scrolls from her pocket. "Here are the terms. Each one of you will be given either the Heaven or the Earth scroll. To pass the exam you need both Heaven and Earth, your teammates intact, and get to the tower." I see a bunch genins gasping a little in realization. "That's right brats; at least half of you will be wiped out in this exam. Any questions?"
A certain blonde haired uzumaki with a little fox sitting on his head raised his hand. "Umm, can we team up with other teams?" He asked.
"Of course!" I exclaimed. "If you don't like dying alone, then by all means, go ahead and die together with the ones you love." Naruto gulped a little and took a step back. He glanced a little at Hinata who's looking at him in the distance.
"Anymore question?" I exclaimed.
Then, a long haired genin from Kusa raised his hand. "Yes... Are we allowed to kill in this exam?" He asked.
Anko grinned and nodded a little. "You can get the scroll by all means necessary... Don't hold anything back..."
The genin's tongue slithered out of his mouth like a snake. He grinned a little with bloodlust clearly seen from his eyes. It doesn't take long for me to realize that this is Kabuto's ex master. "Ohoho... This is going to be easy..."
"Anymore question?" I asked.
Choji raised his hand. "Umm, what about the food Haios, I mean, Angel san?" He asked.
Well... This is Choji... What else is he going to ask? "Don't worry, there are plenty of food in that forest. There's fried grasshoppers, roasted cricket, steamed caterpillars, and maybe some healthy greens." I explained simply. "Or in other words, you gotta look for it yourself."
"Anymore question? No? Great! Now sign the consent and get the scroll. We don't have all day." I said before pointing at a stall nearby. "The exam starts soon, so hurry up and sign that form." I added.
With that, the participants grouped together and start talking about their plans in the exam. The Genins from Konoha seems already planning to group together. The Genins from Ame seems to be very excited for what's coming. The Genins from Kusa seems to be pretty calm and confident.
All in all, this Chunin Exam is going to be pretty interesting...
I watched from above a tree where the Rookie Nine grouped together. They seemed to be talking about their plans for this exam. I took the liberty of creating a sound proof barrier around them so that nobody can overhear their conversation.
"All right everyone..." Shikamaru said with a thoughtful look on his face. "There are two big nopes in this exam. Garra the Suna Jinchuriki..." He glanced at the team from Suna. "And Orochimaru the Snake Sannin..." He glanced at the general direction of the Kusa team.
Then he looked at each and every one of his friends with a dead serious look on his face. "If you encounter any of them, flee on sight." Then he looked at Naruto and Sasuke. "That goes double for the two of you. Even if you can hold your own against Garra, we do not need him to go insane in this exam. Avoid him at all costs..."
Well, I guess everyone is ready for everything. I floated back to gate and saw Anko standing there with her snake. "So, when will we start?" I asked.
Anko took out her clock. "In a few minutes." Then she moved the attention to the participants. "All right brats! Go pick the entrance where you wanted to go. Don't keep me waiting!" She exclaimed.
I put on my earpiece that connects to the Tower in the Forest of Death. Then I turn on the little cam on my chest that connects to the projector in the tower. Then I put up a sound proof bubble of air around my head.
"And we're live from the Forest of Death!" I exclaimed to the earpiece. "27 Brave souls marches into the forest ready to protect and battle for the scrolls to death! How many teams will succeed? How many teams will fail? How many teams will get one way ticket to their grave? Who knows? Even I don't know!"
Different sounds of mutterings, chuckling, and sighing came from my earpiece. "Haios, I swear..." I heard Kurenai senpai muttering in annoyance.
"Now, now, relax Kurenai san. Your genins already signed the consent. You won't be held responsible for their death." Kakashi said suddenly.
Smacking sound, followed by loud yelping sound came from the earpiece. "Ouch! Kakashi! Don't use substitution on me!" Asuma exclaimed with pained tone in his voice. "Kurenai, Kakashi was just joking, no need to get so serious..."
I giggled a little at their banters before moving my attention back to the forest. I soared around the forest and noticed something quite peculiar.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Haku are everywhere... Literally...
"What's this? Team Seven of Konoha created numerous clones for diversion!" I exclaimed while staring at the army of Transformed Shadow Clone traveling through the forest. I can't even tell which is which from all the way up here. "If this keeps up, they will win this second stage of Exam in no time at all!"
"Your genins are impressive Kakashi." Asuma said suddenly. "I haven't seen anyone make that many shadow clones at once. Is this the power of Jinchuriki?"
"Not really, I believe it's the Uzumaki bloodline." Kakashi replied. "Besides, your Ino-Shika-Cho team formation is legendary in capture and interrogation. I'm sure the Nara already has a plan."
"Don't forget that my whole team is a tracker. Getting the scrolls shouldn't be a problem for them." Kurenai said with a hint of confidence in her voice.
Well, isn't this interesting... "How about we all have a gamble? Whichever teams get to the tower first has to treat everyone for Yakiniku!" I exclaimed.
My earpiece goes silent for a moment...
"Deal!" Asuma senpai exclaimed suddenly. "What do you think Kakashi? Kurenai?"
A chuckle and a sigh answered his question. "Why not? I've seen how my genins fight. I'm sure they can defeat anyone that gets in their way..." Kakashi replied simply.
"Well... It's not like I have a choice either. Count me in." Kurenai replied.
"Then it is settled! A race between the Konoha Ninja! Which will win? Who's going to save their sensei from bankrupt?" I exclaimed in slight excitement. "I don't know! But there's Team Ten right there with the legendary formation of Ino-Shika-Cho!"
I hovered down above the tree tops and watched in curiosity as three genins walks into view. There's Choji walking and eating a bag of Potato chips. Ino walking beside him while dragging Shikamaru by his feet.
"Hurry up you lazy ass!" Ino exclaimed in annoyance as she hauled Shikamaru's half-sleeping figure with all her might. She leered at Choji and found him eating away, oblivious to the whole world. "CHOJI! Stop eating and start helping!" She exclaimed.
Choji glanced at Ino and smiled at her. "Mm.. Take it easy Ino..." He handed her some of his chips. "Do you want some?"
A visible tick mark appeared on Ino's head. "Why you little..." She smacked the food away from Choji's hand and start screaming to the whole forest. "WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FOREST OF DEATH! HOW CAN YOU BE SO CALM!?"
"Oi... Ino... Stop screaming around, you'll wake up the whole neighborhood." Shikamaru commented suddenly. "And this doesn't seem like a friendly neighborhood..." He added.
Ino curled her palm into fist. "Why you little..." 'BONK' She hit Shikamaru's head with all her might and glared at him. "Well then stop being a lazy ass you idiot!" She exclaimed.
I couldn't help but laugh a little after hearing their banters. I can also hear Kakashi and Kurenai laughing from my earpiece. "Well, there goes your monthly wage Asuma senpai." I said while listening to Asuma's groan of frustration.
With that, I soared away from team ten to check on the condition of other teams.
A few minutes later, I saw a blur of green on the branches below me. I soared lower and try to keep up with what it seems a clone of Gai Senpai. "Team Gai is soaring through the woods faster than most contestant! Will they get there faster than anyone else? Heck if I know!"
"Hmm... Haios san, can you zoom in on them?" Kurenai said suddenly.
I nodded a little and flew a little more down. Soon enough I can hear what they are saying. "Slow down Lee. The exam has just begun." The Hyuga said suddenly. "We should save our strength for the fights."
Lee looked back at his teammates. "Forgive me everyone." He grinned at them. "But I can't stay still! I am excited to see what kind of Strong Opponents we're going to fight!"
"Well... At least don't move too much Lee..." The girl said suddenly. "Not all of us has as much stamina as you, you know?" She added.
Gai's clone suddenly stopped in his track. He turned around and saw his teammates looking in confusion. "Well then..." Lee leaned down a little and put both hands behind his back. "I SHALL CARRY YOU TO THE TOWER TEN – TEN SAN!" He yelled out, expecting to give Ten-Ten a piggyback ride.
Ten-Ten face palmed and Neji could do nothing but sigh in frustration. "Nevermind..." The girl muttered. "Let's just go..."
"WAIT!" Neji exclaimed suddenly. His byakugan blared to life and he quickly looked around in alert. "Someone is watching us!" He took out his weapons in alert while everyone else prepared their stance.
That's odd... I don't feel anyone around them. Could it be that the Byakugan is much more powerful than my force sense? "Umm... Haios san? I believe that you've been spotted..." Kurenai senpai said suddenly. "Maybe you should go?"
"Eh? You sure about that? I'm pretty far high up you know?" A kunai went flying past my face followed by a Demon Wind Shuriken. "Okay, they spotted me." I quickly turn off my vacuum shield and soared down towards them.
"Oh hi! It's me, Angel, you don't have to worry. By the way, you got some good eyes for being able to spot me like that." I told them with a sheepish look on my face. Then I tapped on the camera hidden on my chest. "Don't pursue after me okay? I'm just here to keep an eye on everyone so we can score you all better. See ya!"
I soared up into the sky, leaving Team Gai alone to sort out their problem.
After flying for a while, I finally spotted Team Eight jumping through the woods while being chased by some Kusa nin I don't recognize. I held back the urge to help them and decided to just watch from afar. Killing is not prohibited in the exam so it's kinda hard for me not to help them.
"Gyah!" Hinata suddenly slipped on her steps and start falling down to the ground below. Before she could hit the ground though, Kiba jumped down to catch her. "Um... Th-Thank You!' Hinata exclaimed as Kiba gently sets her to the ground.
The Inuzuka dragged Hinata away from a Kunai flying at their direction. "Cover me Hinata! We got company!" He exclaimed while taking out his own weapons. A bunch of shuriken flew towards them and Kiba deflected it with his Kunai.
A genin appeared on a branch above them. "Hehe! We got ourselves some fresh meat!" The brown haired genin said. He snapped his fingers and his teammate appeared beside him with Shino being held by his neck. "Surrender now or we'll kill him..."
Kiba gritted his teeth at the sight of Shino being held hostage. "Shino you idiot..." He rummaged through his pocket and took out a scroll. "Here..." He held out the scroll in front of him.
"Damn it..." I heard Kurenai muttering from the ear piece.
A red haired girl suddenly walked out of the bushes. She looked at Team Eight with a suspicious look on her face. "Is that the real scroll?" She asked while observing Team Eight closely. Suddenly, her eyes widened in realization.
"They're clones!" She warned her teammates.
The genins from Kusa watched in disbelief when they all suddenly turned into Uzumaki Naruto. "You got me, ehehe..." They all exclaimed at the same time. Then the clone that's being held hostage flashes a little.
When the team realized it, it was too late. The clone exploded right in front of their face and knocked them off the branches to the ground below. The remaining genin, the red haired girl, looked at the rest of Naruto's clone in fear.
"You're all... Exploding Shadow Clones?" She asked warily.
One of the clones shook his head. "No, we're just shadow clones." Then they all made a hand seal and four more Naruto appeared all around them. "Now, hand us the scroll!"
The red haired girl gulped a little. "I don't have it... It's with my team mate." She replied.
All Naruto nodded and looked at the two unconscious genins in the distance. One of them stepped towards the Kusa Genin to get the scroll. "Hehe! Got an Earth Scroll!" He exclaimed followed by a cheer from the rest of the clones.
The red haired girl sighed a little in defeat before walking towards her team mates. She took out a knife from her pocket and made a small wound on her hand. Blood dripped down her skin as made her teammates drank it.
The clones just watched the scene in front of them with a shocked look on their faces. "EH!? Your team mates are vampires!?" They all exclaimed in surprise.
The girl shook her head. "No, just that my blood have healing and medical properties." She muttered. "It's a power get from my lineage."
"Oh, so what's your lineage?" Naruto asked her.
The girl looked at him for a moment. "Uzumaki... I'm Karin Uzumaki..." She muttered.
Six Naruto and I gasp in pure shock the second we heard that. "WHAT!?" They all yelled out in pure shock. "You're an Uzumaki?!"
Karin nodded a little. "Umm... Yes..." She muttered a little.
Suddenly, one of the clones ran up towards Karin. The girl held out her weapon defensively and the clone stopped in his tracks. "N-no... I'm not going to hurt you!" Naruto exclaimed with a nervous smile on her face.
"Then what are you..." Her words were cut short when the clone suddenly lunged at her and embraced her into a hug. Karin, feeling the soft embrace of the shadow clone couldn't help but gasp in surprise. "Wh-what?"
"I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" Naruto exclaimed in excitement. "My mother was also an Uzumaki..." He let go of her and smiled a little. "It's nice to see that there is still more of my clan out there somewhere..."
Karin smiled a little after hearing that. "Nice to see you too... Cousin." She chuckled a little. "Even if it's just a clone." She added.
Naruto grinned and looked at the scroll in his hand. "Well... Just because we're cousin doesn't mean you're getting this scroll back!" He pocketed it and jumped away to the tree above him. "I'll see you later Cousin!"
Karin waved him off and noticed that there are still five more Naruto surrounding her. "Umm... What are you doing?" She asked them.
The clones shrugged in response. "I dunno..." Then one of them transformed into a couch. "Ooh! Good idea! Ne, Karin chan, do you need a rest?" They asked.
Karin looked at the sofa in front of her. Then she glanced at her teammates lying unconscious near her. "Can you help me get them on the sofa?" She asked them.
The Clones nodded and the sofa transformed into a bed. A couple clones lifted Karin's teammates and put them on the bed. "Thanks for the help Naruto." Karin said while climbing on to the Shadow Clone. "But are you sure it's safe for me to sleep out here?"
"Of course! We'll protect you Karin chan!" Naruto clones exclaimed. Then one of the clones turned into a Kunai and landed near Karin. The girl picked up the kunai and smiled a little.
Now that I know that they're safe, I decided to leave them to check on the other teams. Now that I know that Naruto also made a decoy of the whole Rookie Nine, I'm starting to doubt that the Team Ten I saw earlier is the actual Team Ten.
"You still can't find our genins Haios?" Asuma asked suddenly.
"Or maybe they've grouped together?" Kurenai asked.
"Why don't you ask the clones?" Kakashi pointed out.
I didn't ask the clone because I am a stupid idiot who didn't thought about it. "Okay then..." I flew down to the ground and caught a shuriken from one of the clones. "Chill guys, it's me." I created a bubble vacuum around me to stop anyone from hearing. "Where's your boss?"
The Clones looked at me in suspicion. "If you're Haios, then tell me something only Haios knows." They exclaimed.
I rolled my eyes a little. "Your father was the fourth Hokage." I muttered.
"Oh! That's right! You are Haios!" Then they took out a fake scroll and handed it to me. "Here, Sakura chan told me to give this to you." They said.
I looked at the scroll in my hands before nodding a little. "Thanks Naruto. I'll be going now, don't get in trouble okay?" I said before soaring off into the sky.
After flying for a while I finally realized that everyone's been quiet. "Umm, guys? Can you hear me? You've been awfully quiet." I said towards the earpiece.
Suddenly, Kurenai spoke. "You just revealed an SS Ranked secret to us..." She muttered.
My eyes widened a little in realization. "Oh... Right..." Images of fire balls and water dragons flash before my eyes. "Can you please not tell Sandaime sama about this?"
There was no response and I decided to just open the scroll Naruto gave me. Inside it is a detailed explanation of Orochimaru's strength and weakness. "Guys are you getting this?" I asked the Jounin.
"Yes... This is troubling, are you sure they're going to be able to handle him?" Asuma asked.
"Sakura and Shikamaru seem pretty confident about it. Maybe they do, even I don't know their whole plan." I replied.
"Just promise me you'll protect them Haios san." Kurenai said.
I nodded a little in determination. "Don't worry, I will..."
A deadly aura appeared below me. I looked down below and saw a certain red haired jinchuriki standing together with his teams against some shinobi from Ame. "Guys... I'm afraid this is going to be a casualty..." I muttered as I watched Garra walking slowly towards the genins.
"Proceed with caution." Kakashi warned
I nodded and hovered above a branch near everyone else. "Oi brat! You should be smarter in picking your opponent!" The tallest of the Ame nin exclaimed arrogantly. "You're so unlucky to encounter us. Now hand us the scroll and we're not going to hurt you."
He's done for, killing intent just exploded from Garra, bloodlust followed shortly after along with sudden tremor in the ground. I checked on Garra's siblings and saw them smirking smugly at the team from Ame.
"Mother, mother wants your blood..." Garra muttered with a slightly insane look on his face. "I am going to kill you!" He exclaimed.
"Oh my god, run you idiots..." I heard Kurenai muttering in frustration. "I can feel the Killing Intent from all the way in the tower."
The leader of the Ame nin folded his arms in front of his chest. "Oh? Kill us you say?" He grabbed some umbrellas strapped behind his back. "Take this!" He threw the umbrellas up into the air and they all floated in midair. "Ninja Art: Senbon Shower!"
The umbrellas start spinning and rained down hundreds of Senbons to the ground. I put up a small force field to protect myself, but it seems that the needles are controlled to target Garra and Garra only.
A small cloud of dusts picked up as all the needles struck Garra who hasn't move from his spot. However, with the force sense I can feel a column of sands creating a shield of some sort to protect him from all the Senbon.
"Ha! He's dead! Now hand us the scroll or we will destroy you!" The Ame nin exclaimed tactlessly.
Soon enough, the dusts cleared up and the Ame nin watched in disbelief when Garra just stood there unscathed. "Heh, you think you can defeat Garra?" Kankuro said suddenly. "You all have no chance going past his shield of sands."
The Ame Nin starts trembling a little in fear. They were about to run but a sand tentacle suddenly binds them. "Yep, they're dead..." I whispered while silently wondering how Garra is going to kill them.
"You made Senbons rain from the sky..." Garra walked forward and picked up an umbrella. The sands grew and start binding the genin with sands. "Then I will make blood rain from the sky." The sand gets tighter and tighter, covering every inch of the poor genin's body.
"Gyah! Help! Somebody!" He exclaimed as he struggled against the binds. The sand gets tighter and tighter, covering his face and shut him up.
"SAND FUNERAL!" The sands tightened even more and exploded, sending tiny bits of bloodied sands and human remains into the sky. Like a rain coming straight from fever dream, droplets of fresh blood rained down from the air.
Garra just stood there, watching the terrified genins in front of him. "There was no time to register any pain." He muttered as two sand coffin binds the rest of the Ame nin.
"WAIT!" One of the nin said. "You want the scroll right?" He threw Garra the scroll. "Here, you can have it, but please just don't kill us!" He exclaimed in terror.
Of course, the Jinchuriki didn't hear him. He just raised his palm and the sands bound the two of them like a coffin. "SOMEBODY HELP US!" One of them cried for help. "PLEASE! Somebody!" The helpless and pained look on their face is too agonizing to watch.
"Haios san... Save them and I promise I will not tell the Hokage about the secret..." Kurenai said suddenly.
That's all the reason I need...
"TEAM SHIGURE OF AMEGAKURE NO SATO!" I yelled out, revealing my hiding spot. "You are disqualified from this exam due to the death of a teammate!" I exclaimed, making everyone move their attention to me. Then I looked at the Suna Team. "Garra, please let go of them so I can remove them from this second phase of the Exam!"
Garra just looked at me coldly. "There's no need for that... They will die just like the rest..." He muttered while tightening his grip and making them all scream out in pain.
"Oi, Garra..." Temari said suddenly. "There's no need for that. You hear what the proctor just said, just let them go. We have the scroll." She said, trying to stop the needless murder.
Garra ignored his sister and glared at me threateningly. "Move aside proctor... Or I will be forced to kill you too." He muttered threateningly.
The sand coffin starts getting tighter and tighter. I gritted my teeth and gave Garra a full taste of Thousand Years Old Killing Intent. "SHUKAKU! Let go of them or I swear in the name of your father Hagomoro Ototsuki, I will make you regret this!"
For a second nothing happens. But then, the sand coffin start to fell apart and the Ame nin dropped unconscious on the ground. "Thank you..." I said towards Garra in respect. "You can continue now, I will take care of them."
With that, I bid the two Suna genin farewells before moving my attention to the unconscious Ame nin. I honestly have no idea what to do with them, but I decided to just fly them outside the training ground so Anko can deal with them.
Meanwhile, somewhere in the forest...
A certain snake Sannin watched in with keen eyes as a gang of Naruto army marches below him. The shadow clone army proves to be an effective decoy and he has lost his precious time dealing with them.
However, he finally figured it out. The Shadow Clones are diversion while the real ones teamed up with the rest of the team transformed as Naruto. Although fighting against nine genins can prove to be a problem, according to his trusted spy they don't have anything special to be wary of.
"This is going to be interesting..." Orochimaru muttered while making a hand seal. "Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" A powerful gust of wind shot out of his mouth towards the genins and ripped apart all the trees in the area.
Soon enough, the dust dies down and the gang of Naruto is nowhere to be seen. The Sannin grinned a little and took out his weapon. "Impressive..."
'CLANG' He blocked a sword strike from Sasuke who floats behind him with a glowing red blade in his hand. "Chakra Construct as Weapons..." Orochimaru commented after seeing the jacket Sasuke wore and the pair of orange wings behind his back.
Sasuke leapt back from the sannin and landed on a branch nearby. He gazed at Orochimaru with his two tomoe sharingan. "Orochimaru the Snake Sannin..." He muttered while twirling the red blade in his hand. "I think you're a bit too old to attend Chunin Exam..."
Orochimaru grinned at the Uchiha. "Sasuke kun... What an interesting weapon you have there..." He opened his mouth and a sword handle emerged from his mouth. He grabbed the sword slowly out of his throat and licked his lips in excitement. "Mine is the Kusanagi..." He said after taking out a long katana – like sword from his mouth. "What's yours?"
Sasuke glanced at the blade in his hand. It is bright red with a powerful aura rolling off of it. A stylized depiction of Uzumaki clan symbol could be seen on the sword handle. The sword's hand protector looked like a stylized fox tail. "Kitsune..." He muttered with a smirk on his face.
'CLANG' the two faced off once again sending quick and relentless strikes at each other. Although Sasuke seemed to be much faster, Orochimaru is much more skillful at using sword. That way, sannin can easily keep up with Sasuke's slightly predictable strike without exerting too much force.
Suddenly, Sasuke flapped his wings as hard as he can and swiped his weapon midair. A bright red beam of light emitted from the sword and soared towards Orochimaru. The Sannin tried to block it, but his sword went past it.
"Gyah!" He exclaimed when the beam struck his body and burnt the outer layer of his skin. "Corrosive Chakra..." He gazed at Sasuke for a moment and a small grin stretched upon his face. "Kyubi!"
The Uchiha said nothing, he made a one – handed hand seal and three more of him appeared all around him. "Go!" He retreated away from Orochimaru and used the clones as diversion.
Orochimaru chuckled a little in amusement. He glanced at the clone and flickered away from existence. 'Poof' 'Poof' 'Poof' The clones all exploded in a cloud of smoke, leaving Orochimaru to pursue the Uchiha.
After a few moments of flying, Sasuke landed in the middle of a small clearing. He glanced at Orochimaru in the distance and blasted out his chakra. The Snake Sannin shivered a little in excitement at the small taste of Sasuke's chakra.
"Fufufu... Such a potent and powerful chakra..." Orochimaru commented with that wide grin on his face. "But that's not enough to hide them from me!" He looked around at the rest of the Rookie Nine hidden in the perimeter of the clearing. Then he bit his thumb and slammed it to the ground.
'BOOM' A giant snake appeared right beside him. Surprised screams followed shortly after and the Snake is enjoying every second of it. "Why don't you all go and play with my pet while I talk with Sasuke kun here?" He said.
The Snake slithered off into the forest to start chasing after the rest of the Rookie Nine. Orochimaru looked at Sasuke who is glancing at his team with a worried look on his face. "Now... Sasuke kun... How about we play around a little bit?"
CN: Next up: An Epic Battle Between Orochimaru and the Rookie Nine! Which will win? Rookie Nine, duh!