The Forest of Death

Author's note: This arc might take a while. Sorry, but totally not sorry. So I've finished writing this story and we're ending at chapter 48. Yes, there are still 19 chapters to go. Also, I'm going to eventually be working on a companion piece to this which is all about the sex...no plot. *winks*

WARNING: Occasional exploration of a submissive (Neji) and dominate (Tenten) bondage relationship. If this bothers you then turn back now...though the most sex we've had is quick vanilla sex in the last chapter. If you've come for the sex, I'm sorry.

I don't own the Naruto-verse. I'm just borrowing for the Hell of it.


Training field forty-four, otherwise known as the Forest of Death. It was probably named really well and Hizashi tried not to linger on it. Didn't matter, he wouldn't think about the place and its name until they were in it. Then he figured he'd be too worried about you know, living, to worry about the name of the place.

They made it to Gate One on field forty-four way ahead of everyone else. Hizashi studied the steel-wire fence in front of him topped with barbed wire and holding what looked like a regular Konoha forest behind. Judging by the evil aura radiating from the place, it wasn't a normal forest. Hizashi noticed a bunch of booths around the place all with a tent overtop. Shinobi wearing the Leaf hitai-ate sat at the booths with a bunch of papers on tables in front of them.

They all had two boxes behind the table and it looked like the tent would close once a team was inside. Another test after they wrote one, go figure. Well, this was a promotion to chunin. People had to be ready for it.

Some teams from Suna made it next. Hizashi was happy to see Chocho's team had made it and happy to see Sarada but not so pleased to see Boruto and Mitsuki. Mist, Grass, Waterfall, Cloud, Stone, and Wave filled out the ranks. They had started with close to six hundred. They were down to less than half of that.

"Good afternoon,"

Morino Ibiki was a huge man, over six feet with broad shoulders, muscular arms and a face full of scars. He wore a scarf over his head to cover more scars and was dressed in typical shinobi attire except for the long black coat he wore. Yeah, it was fitting to have Ibiki; head of Konoha's Torture and Interrogation division tell them about the Forest of Death.

"For those who don't know, the area behind me is restricted to anyone but chunin level shinobi. It's called the Forest of Death where if the plant life doesn't kill you then the animals or insects will,"

That shut up anyone talking. Ibiki grinned. It wasn't a good look for him. Hizashi saw Hatomi narrow her eyes slightly and Metal shiver a little. Yeah, this wouldn't be fun and Ibiki hadn't even explained the rules.

"At least half of you won't pass the second part of this exam,"

Now a bunch of people looked ready to piss their pants. Hizashi gulped.

"Each team will go into a tent, sign a consent form which basically says it's not Konoha's fault if you die in there, and receive one scroll,"

The consent form wasn't a comforting thought. Hizashi clenched his hands to stop from playing with something on him.

"You can get one of two scrolls: Heaven or Earth. In order to pass this portion of the exams you must obtain both scrolls and bring them to the tower in the middle of the forest in three days,"

Oh this wasn't going to be fun. Hizashi knew he and Hatomi had enough ration bars to last for two days and they had told Metal to pack a few. Even still, they hadn't been given a lunch and would be forced to hunt something in the forest either today or the last day. Maybe they could make it to the tower before the time limit. They did have the advantage of having two Byakugan users on the team. Hatomi could see to six hundred meters now.

"The forest has a radius of ten kilometers,"

Well crap.

"And is home to many varieties of poisonous creatures and fauna. Don't forget, you'll be directly competing with at least half of the people here and you won't even know which team has the scroll you'll need. Once everyone who wants to continue the exam signs the form and the team gets a scroll, we'll finish up with the rules,"

No one moved for a few minutes. Metal let out a whoop of excitement and ran towards the closest booth. Hizashi sighed but followed his teammate, trying to ignore the little smile on Hatomi's face. Once they were inside, the tent was closed.

Hizashi signed his name on the form as did Hatomi and Metal. They were given offered a scroll and for several moments, they stared at it. The shinobi in front of them smiled.

"One of you has to take it and hide it," one said.

Hatomi hummed then took the scroll, Heaven, from the shinobi. Hizashi was about to say he could hide it when Hatomi undid the top few buttons on her shirt and shoved the scroll between her breasts. The two male shinobi gaped, blood dripping out of their noses. Metal fell over with a choking sound and all Hizashi could do was stare as Hatomi arranged her boobs around the scroll then did up her shirt.

She raised an eyebrow at all the men staring at her then shrugged. Hair flicked over her shoulder in a queenly way and she crossed her arms under her bust. It didn't even look like she had anything hiding under her clothes.

"They have to be useful in some way," Hatomi said.

Hizashi groaned, grabbed her by the arm, snagged Metal's scarf in his other hand, and dragged them both out of the tent. A few curious teams looked over but Hizashi ignored them until they were clear of the booths. Hizashi let both his teammates go.

"Seriously," Hizashi said.

"Hn,"

They stood in silence until everyone gathered with their teammates. Hizashi couldn't see anyone's scroll and had a feeling he'd be disqualified if he activated Byakugan before they were in the forest. Ibiki went to open his mouth but was stopped.

"We have the Heaven scroll,"

Hizashi turned to Metal who had shouted loud enough to gather everyone's attention. Hizashi didn't know whether to kill Metal or thank him for solving the problem of finding the Earth scroll.

"If anyone believes they are youthful enough to take it from us, come and try!"

No one spoke. Metal yelped because Hatomi whacked him over the head. Hizashi rubbed his eyes and waited for people to stop snickering.

"That's one way to get the exam done quickly," Ibiki remarked with a grin.

Hizashi sighed and looked to the jonin. Ibiki waited for everyone to settle. Hizashi took a good look around and noticed there were fewer people than before. Some had all ready dropped out for fear of the Forest of Death. He wasn't about to let a stupid thing like fear let him fail.

"You'll each be told to go to a particular gate and when it opens you'll be allowed to enter. We say no killing your opponents but we don't have enough proctors to watch all of you. There are four of them this year and I'll tell you they are allowed to break up fights, fail you, and they will be there to drag your corpse out if you do die. They are as follows,"

That was a somewhat comforting thought. At least if anyone got majorly hurt they would be found.

"Inuzuka Kiba, jonin and tracker of Konoha,"

Not just any tracker shinobi, the tracker shinobi with one of the strongest noses in the Inuzuka clan. This made Hizashi feel decent.

"Aburame Shino, jonin and instructor at the Academy,"

Shino-sensei likely had bugs all over the forest all ready. Hizashi no longer had doubts about the forest. Even if he didn't know the other two shinobi, he'd feel safe knowing Shino-sensei and Kiba-sama were there.

"Uzumaki Hinata, jonin, wife of the Hokage and Hyuuga former Main Branch. Her son Boruto is in this exam,"

Hizashi saw Boruto scowl as people turned to look at the blond. Hizashi didn't know how to feel about Hinata-obasan being a proctor but it made sense. The three were from the same tracking team. At least Hinata-obasan knew some medical jutsu. A few people were beginning to realize who the three were and gaped.

"And last but certainly not least: Hyuuga Neji,"

Dad was a proctor. Now Hizashi felt all the nervousness come back. Dad would be watching whether they passed or failed and they wouldn't even know since he could see two hundred meters further than Hatomi.

"Jonin and considered one of the strongest Hyuuga in his generation. Interestingly enough, his kids are in this exam. They're on the team with the kid who shouted out what scroll they have. If you know what's good for you, you might not want to pick on the team with two Hyuuga,"

Hizashi smiled and waved at everyone who looked at them. Hatomi raised an eyebrow and glared at anyone daring to challenge her while Metal gave a nice-guy pose. Maybe if they could look confident under the pressure they would feel better.

Ibiki started handing out Gate assignments and Hatomi led the way to gate thirteen, their lucky draw. Speakers were set up above the Gate and Hizashi spotted a camera as well. He sighed and studied the Gate with a frown before facing his sister and best friend.

"So, what's the plan?" Hizashi asked.

"Kick as many butts as possible," Metal answered with a fist-pump.

Hatomi smirked.

"Besides kicking as many butts as possible: Hizashi you and I will scan the immediate area for a team which suits our needs but we will head towards the tower regardless. Once we find said team, we will take them down. Once we have an Earth scroll in our possession we will head straight for the tower without rest. I have studied the maps of this training area and the tower is located five kilometers from our current location in the north-east direction. The quicker we get through this portion the better off we will be,"

Hizashi agreed with his sister but did want to laugh at her foresight in reading up on the place. She'd probably looked into the typical places used for chunin exams and went from there. Where she had found the time to do it, well, he'd ask her later.

Their Gate opened. Hizashi activated his Byakugan and the world leaped into color. He followed Hatomi and Metal through the gate and onto the nearest tree. The Gate slammed shut two seconds later but none of them looked back.

The trees of the forest were massive, easily some of the biggest trees he'd ever seen. Directly below them was a patch of poisonous mushrooms and three, no, four different poisonous snakes. A centipede the length of his arm was hanging out on a tree ten yards to his right while a bear prowled fifteen yards to his left.

"This way," Hatomi said.

She led them in the correct direction: due north-east and they followed. So far there were no teams in their direct vicinity. The forty remaining teams had been separated though so there was way more room between the entering teams then Hizashi had wanted. It didn't matter. They'd find someone and if they didn't, well, they'd hit them at the tower.

Hizashi tried not to think of dad being out there somewhere and focused his eyes on searching out a human chakra source. Sure, Hatomi would be able to see where the scroll was hidden but unless the symbol was pointed towards her she wouldn't know what it was. He could see the color of the band around the scroll so his team would rely on him to find the perfect match. Hizashi grinned.

"Four hundred meters due east, Earth scroll held by Mist, guy with the mask over his face has it hidden under his shirt," Hizashi said.

Hatomi nodded. Metal was vibrating as he ran.

"Hn, average chakra levels unless they are repressing it which I doubt. Armed about average and they have ration bars. Shall we?"

"Yep,"

"YOSH!"

Hizashi laughed. Metal's excitement was infectious. He didn't mind. It meant they didn't have to fake feeling confident.


The Mist shinobi would never see them coming. Hatomi motioned with her right hand and smiled when her brother and potential lover moved. Hizashi disappeared from Metal's line of sigh but Metal knew not to mind. The green-clan shinobi did take off until he could hardly see her through the trees. Hatomi knew Hizashi could see the Mist shinobi now.

She got into position twenty yards away from the Mist shinobi to their left and started falling into pace with them. Metal went deeper, ten yards from them while Hizashi circled around behind them until he was ten yards from the Mist shinobi's right. Hatomi put the first two fingers against her lips and both nodded. They would go on her whistle. She lowered her fingers and studied the shinobi in front of her.

The man with the mask had the most chakra and it made sense he carried the scroll. He was tall, bulky, with neat hair and squinting eyes. He wore regular shinobi attire but had a sort of toga wrapped around his body.

The female of the group wore light shorts, a light shirt with no sleeves, and a light vest over the ensemble. Her hair was cut short, to the shoulders and if not for the breasts Hatomi could have mistaken the woman for a man. Her chakra was average.

The other male was short, as tall as her, with longer hair in a messy style, who wore dark pants and a light jacket over a mesh shirt. He had slightly lower chakra than a normal genin and Hatomi had a feeling he would be a taijustu user. She pointed to Metal then motioned low with her hand. He nodded.

She turned her face to Hizashi and he waited while she mouthed: Fling out something to distract them first but make certain you hit the one with the scroll to weaken his chakra. I'll take the woman, you take him.

Hizashi nodded and unraveled a scroll from his belt. Metal was all ready moving close as was Hizashi. Hatomi did as well, ten yards away now while Metal was five. The three shinobi below them had not noticed them yet. Hatomi let out a low whistle to match the calls of the birds she had heard earlier and moved forward.

Hizashi struck first and a barrage of kunai, shuriken, and senbon rained over the three Mist shinobi. They all gaped in wonder at the sudden onslaught but managed to dodge more than Hatomi would have liked. At least the man with the scroll had a few senbon sticking out of tenketsu points. His chakra flow had weakened to about average now.

The weapon assault was perhaps two seconds from being over when she and Metal leaped towards the shinobi. Metal went in for a head kick as he headed towards the shortest shinobi and Hatomi landed in front of the stunned woman. She got a solid palm to the woman's slender waist before the woman realized she was there.

"Oof," the woman gasped.

She skidded backwards four yards as Hizashi, Bo in hand, attacked the largest of their opponents. The man Metal fought had so far been able to hold out against the obviously faster and stronger green clan shinobi but Metal was simply testing the man. Hizashi had taken out more tenketsu, using his Bo as a distraction before sweeping in with a hit.

Hatomi easily flowed into taking out the woman's chakra points and the woman began to slow more than before. The woman glared when she realized she could not summon chakra as she had been hoping. Hatomi kept her face neutral as she fought.

"I guess your tits are a good indication of your talent," the woman said.

Hatomi snorted at the supposed insult or distraction and rammed her palm into the woman's shoulder, taking out all the tenketsu in the woman's right arm and upper right chest, including some points around the lungs. Hizashi had brought his opponent down to pure taijustu and Metal was still playing with the genin he fought.

"I could finish this with one strike, as could my teammates. If you give us your Earth scroll then we will let you have enough chakra to defend against the creatures here and ultimately live," Hatomi said casually.

The three exchanged a glance then nodded. They grumbled but the large man tossed Hatomi the scroll. She checked it over for genjutsu then bowed low to the group.

"Thank you," Hatomi said.

She took off with Metal and Hizashi following behind. The Mist shinobi didn't come after them but Hatomi had figured they would not. She corrected their path and kept moving as she tossed the scroll to Hizashi for safe-keeping. Now all they had to do was survive until they made it to the tower. This would not be difficult.

The five kilometers to the tower could be pulled off in less than a day even with the rough terrain. By tonight, they would finish the second test, get to eat a warm meal, and rest in an actual bed while everyone else fought through the Forest of Death. Hatomi grinned at the thought and kept moving, still scanning the trees for anything which might attack. Father would be so proud.


Neji wanted to do a little happy dance when he spotted his children and Metal take the Earth scroll from the Mist shinobi without breaking a sweat. He had seen Hatomi had done all the planning and had been the one to warn the Mist shinobi of the lack of chakra which would come from a fight with two Hyuuga.

Better still, the three were on the correct path to the Tower and unless someone or something attacked them, would be facing down either Lee or Tenten for the final test before resting while waiting for the third portion. Neji let a smile spread across his face then headed towards the injured Mist shinobi.

They were grumbling, annoyed they had been beaten by three thirteen year olds, but they had enough chakra to survive and possibly get two scrolls from two other teams. Neji passed the dejected Mist shinobi and scanned the area around him. He wanted to follow his children but he had a job to do.

Neji kept gliding through the trees but no team needed assistance. It had been a few hours since the start of this portion of the chunin exams so he did not expect anything to get interesting so soon. During the last day the fights would become desperate as teams fought to get to the tower while low on chakra.

Neji spotted Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki at the edges of his vision perimeter and shifted to follow behind them by a few hundred meters. They were not hurt but Boruto seemed to be arguing with Sarada about something. Mitsuki had a grin on his face and Neji had a feeling the girl's decision would be over-ruled.

Neji changed direction enough so he could read the lips of the two and frowned. Apparently Boruto wanted to head straight for the tower to lie in wait to ambush whatever group hit the tower first. Sarada wanted to get the scroll first. Either way, they were headed towards the tower at the moment in almost the exact direction his children and Metal had taken.

Neji knew his son, daughter, and god-son were the quickest of the genin teams, just as his team had been the fastest team and still was. Unless Hatomi, Hizashi, and Metal were caught by the forest itself, they would make it to the tower well before Boruto, Sarada, and Mitsuki. Even so, Neji stuck behind the Uchiha, Uzumaki, and the snake's child.

He could not help being curious.


Hizashi plucked a piece of shell out of Hatomi's hair and she scowled at him. They had run into a giant centipede, almost literally. The insect had literally appeared out of nowhere for both him and Hatomi then wrapped around Metal to digest him or something. Metal had broken free; the thing went after Hatomi so Hizashi blew it up.

The rain of bug guts, legs, and shell had not been pretty. Hatomi wore most of it but he and Metal had taken a hit. They smelled gross, they felt sticky and damp, and they had pieces of hair and shell sticking to them.

"Disgusting," Hatomi muttered.

"Next time I'll let the giant bug kill you," Hizashi said.

She huffed at him and tried in vain to brush some of the guts off her. She grimaced at the long string of what looked like snot extending from her arm to her fingers where she had tried to get it off.

"I could have Vacuum Palmed it, dolt," Hatomi said.

Hizashi plucked a piece of leg out of her hair. Jeez, if she kept her hair to her waist like a normal person they wouldn't need to take so long to clean up.

"Aw, but then I wouldn't have gotten to test my explosives," Hizashi said.

"My clothes are ruined,"

"Hey, it could've been worse. It could've you know, tried to eat you,"

"I can handle myself, thank you very much,"

"Eh, big brother instinct,"

"You are two minutes older, you dolt,"

"So?"

"Hn,"

She flicked her hair into his face and he huffed. The problem with the bug guts getting all over Hatomi was her shirt had gotten soaked and had gone kind of see-through. Hopefully the guts would dry which would make her shirt conceal her chest again. Hizashi figured it might take a while for bug guts to dry.

Hizashi stared at Metal when he walked right up to them, one hand over his eyes and the other extending a spandex suit towards Hatomi.

"Hatomi! Take my spare suit so you are not forced to stay in your ruined clothes!"

Hatomi's right eyebrow did a weird twitch and she let out a huge breath. Hizashi eyed the suit, eyed Hatomi and tried not to laugh. Hatomi liked to be fashion-inclined and from what Hizashi had heard, the green suits were not in style in any way, shape or form. Even so, Hatomi either had to stay in her bug gut covered clothes or wear a spandex suit.

Hizashi bit his lip to keep his laugh back when Hatomi grabbed the suit from Metal. She sighed heavily as Metal gave her a thumb up and smiled even though his eyes were still covered. Hizashi stopped wanting to laugh when Hatomi unwound her obi right there and let it drop.

"The Hell?" Hizashi asked.

He ignored the way his voice had squeaked as Hatomi began unbuttoning her shirt. She raised and eyebrow at him then pulled the shirt off.

"You are my brother. As we share blood, I doubt you are going to like what you see under my clothing," Hatomi said.

He groaned. She had a damned good point but still. Hizashi focused his Byakugan out instead of near but still could see as Hatomi took off her shoes then her tights. Her panties hardly covered her butt and rode low on her hips. Hizashi gaped when her hands went to her back to take her bra off.

"What are you doing?" Hizashi squeaked.

Hatomi raised an eyebrow at him.

"It got through to my bra. Trust me, I am not pleased about this either as it will be painful to run without support," Hatomi said.

Hizashi groaned and wished he could shut off Byakugan. If he did then they would lose the advantage they had. He did see Hatomi roll her eyes and activate her Byakugan. Hizashi immediately deactivated his and turned his back on his sister. She snorted.

A few moments passed and Hatomi sighed. Hizashi did not risk looking back.

"I am decent," Hatomi said.

Hizashi turned and decided the bug gut covered clothes would've been better. At least Hatomi's ruined clothes didn't cling to her like they had been painted on and no one could see her nipples in them. The scroll still couldn't be seen between her breasts but damn they looked bigger without the support of the bra. They looked bouncier too.

He heard a thud and saw Metal had fallen backwards, both hands over his nose to stop the gush of blood. Metal had the biggest grin on his face and Hizashi knew the green-clad shinobi didn't hide any kunai between his legs. Hizashi didn't know whether to kill Metal or laugh at him which made Hizashi stare stupidly at his friend.

"Hn, Hizashi, can you seal my clothing into one of your scrolls? Perhaps there will be a way to clean them once we get to the tower," Hatomi said.

Normally he would rant about how he wasn't supposed to be used as a method of storage, thanks much, but he didn't argue. If Hatomi could get back in her regular clothes and not the way too tight in all the right (wrong, damn it, wrong) places then he'd carry her entire wardrobe if needed.

Hizashi got her clothes into one of his scrolls and spotted her smirking at Metal. At least her hair covered her butt. Metal got to his feet but his nose kept dripping blood. His entire face had turned a deep shade of gray, red when Hizashi activated his Byakugan. Metal's red face had nothing to the shock of blond hair coming towards them.

"Boruto's coming," Hizashi said.

Hatomi's Byakugan activated and she frowned. Sarada was a few steps behind Boruto while Mitsuki was in line with him. The trio hadn't seen them yet and Hizashi knew they could outrun and out-maneuver the other team. Hatomi led the escape and Hizashi saw what Hatomi meant about running with no support.

Her boobs bounced with every step she took and she had to hold onto them to stop them from jolting her so much. Since her hands weren't in proper running position, she couldn't gain the speed they needed to outrun the other team. Hizashi had never been more annoyed at his sister's boobs in his life and by the snarl on her face, she felt the same. Maybe he should've been a better storage unit and kept a spare set of clothes for all of them in his scrolls.

As it was, their reduced speed allowed Boruto to spot them. He didn't inherit the Byakugan from Hinata-obasan but he had gotten better than 20/20 vision. Hizashi saw Boruto tell his team who was close and grinned when Sarada said to leave them alone. Boruto and Mitsuki disagreed as both figured Hatomi, Hizashi, and Metal had a full set of scrolls.

"They will attack us," Hatomi said.

"We can take 'em," Hizashi said.

"Hn, the question is: do we want to?" Hatomi asked.

Hizashi thought about it. He wouldn't mind kicking Mitsuki or Boruto's ass and knew Hatomi and Metal felt the same. They were all good friends with Sarada though and only a Byakugan user could go against a Sharingan user.

"We might not have a choice," Metal said. "Father told me the chunin exams proper mean fighting against friends in a battle so even if we try to avoid them now, we might face them later."

Metal had a great point. Hizashi met Hatomi's eyes and she frowned but nodded. Boruto and Mitsuki had overruled Sarada who scowled but went along with the plan. She didn't look like she liked the idea though.

"So, who fights who?" Hizashi questioned.

"Metal will be at a disadvantage fighting Sarada so either you or I will have to fight her. Metal, try to take on Boruto. Hizashi, you go for Mitsuki. I will fight Sarada,"

Hizashi wanted to hug his sister, not just because she had taken away the awkwardness of fighting his crush but she'd given him the opportunity to beat the crap out of the prick that had made Boruto a jerk.

"Ah, wise plan," Metal said.

"Want me to make them porcupines first?"

"Of course,"

"On it,"

Hizashi spun in with his next leap as he unravelled another scroll from his belt. His insane aim combined with his Byakugan meant he could pretty much disable the three coming at them without an effort but he knew they would dodge. Hizashi grinned. This would be fun.


The plan had gone exactly as Hatomi had wanted. Hizashi unleashed a plethora of senbon, kunai, and shuriken at Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada which allowed her and Metal to attack right after the weapon assault. Hatomi noted Hizashi had flung fewer weapons at Sarada but would not chide her brother on this.

Metal had instantly gone after Boruto, punching the blond in the stomach so hard Boruto had almost thrown up right there. Boruto's Uzumaki blood gave him the stamina to push through and the duo began to spar. Hatomi saw quickly Metal would have the advantage.

Hizashi unleashed another barrage of weapons at Mitsuki who had to work to dodge. Even then, the other teen received more than a few cuts in his clothes and skin when Hizashi switched from long-range to close-range with his Bo. Hatomi blocked Sarada's attempts at strikes but knew the other girl was not into this fight.

Even so, Hatomi struck out where she could but did not do the damage she could have. Sarada knew it; Hizashi could see it, and none of them minded. Boruto and Mitsuki would need Sarada in mainly one piece to help them get their bruised egos back together.

"I don't want this," Sarada said softly.

"I know," Hatomi said.

"Stupid boys,"

"Hn,"

She saw Hizashi land a rather brutal hit to Mitsuki's skull with his Bo then follow it up with a palm laced in chakra to Mitsuki's mid-section, cutting off seven tenketsu and halving the output of Mitsuki's chakra. Metal kicked at Boruto's head but Boruto got both arms up to block. Even so, the blond skidded across the forest floor a few yards but Metal raced in towards him.

"Sarada, you're supposed to be fighting the big-titted bitch, not practicing with her," Mitsuki said.

The difference between her and Hizashi became evident. Hatomi let the comment roll off her without issue but Hizashi who took after their sometimes emotional mother scowled and his hits became more focused on doing physical damage to the other teen. The strikes became less precise, a bit wilder, and Hatomi frowned.

"Then again, she might knock herself out with those things before you have to do anything,"

As much as she hated Mitsuki, he knew the correct buttons to push. Hizashi's scowl became a snarl and the chakra went back to normal in his hands as he curled both hands around his Bo. All sense of Hyuuga grace left his fighting stance as he moved into mother's pure taijustu with weapon supplement style. Mitsuki had begun to dodge more strikes then Hizashi intended which made Hizashi more frustrated.

This would not end well.

"Come on Sarada, all you have to do is make her jump too much and you'll win. Let gravity work with you,"

"Stop talking about my sister like that!"

"Make me, reject Hyuuga,"

Hatomi winced. Hizashi flung away his Bo and slammed both fists into Mitsuki's midsection. It made the other teen double over but the grin on his face made Hatomi worried. A moment later, Mitsuki opened his mouth and a snake darted out of it. Hizashi could not get out of the way in time and the snake bit him in the left forearm.

Hizashi slammed two fingers into the head of the snake and its head blew up. Mitsuki hissed then his neck elongated. Kami, Mitsuki fought like his father. Hizashi's eyes went wide and he backtracked as Mitsuki tried to bite him.

"Hidden Shadow Snake Hands,"

That did not sound good. Snakes erupted from both of Mitsuki's jacket sleeves and began to attack Hizashi. Hatomi could not help him from this distance, nor could Metal. Mitsuki's shift in battle had allowed Metal to become distracted for a split second and Boruto landed a kick between Metal's legs which caused Metal to fall to the ground in pain.

"Revolving Heaven,"

Hatomi smirked as Hizashi sunk into the chakra spin which shredded Mitsuki's snakes. Senbon flew out of the chakra dome and slammed into 128 of Mitsuki's chakra points, cutting them all off and making the other teen fall to the ground with a stunned look on his face. Boruto was about to slam a fist into Metal's face but she could not have that.

"My apologies,"

"Wha—"

Hatomi slammed a Lion's Head into Sarada's middle which set her friend flying into a tree with all her torso chakra points dimmed. She leaped into the air and sent a Vacuum Palm into Boruto's direction as Metal ducked. The Vacuum Palm sent Boruto across the small clearing and right into a bramble bush where he got tangled. Hizashi stopped spinning and huffed.

"Dolt," Hatomi told him.

"Yeah, yeah, we still won," Hizashi muttered.

"Hn,"

She did not bother to argue. Instead, she took the Heaven Scroll from Mitsuki with a smirk. He glared at her as she flicked it into the air and caught it. Hizashi had put away the weapons he wanted to retrieve then stood with her over Mitsuki. Metal joined them after a moment and Hatomi regarded her brother and potential boyfriend.

"Well?" Hatomi questioned.

"We do not need a scroll," Metal answered.

"Yeah, but attacking your own Village, making a friend fight a friend, and insulting Hatomi," Hizashi said.

"It was very un-youthful," Metal said.

"Not to mention stupid. I mean, who openly attacks the guy who beat him at the beginning of the year?"

"And why would someone insult your beautiful sister and her youthful form?"

"Don't go there,"

Hatomi snorted at her brother's sour look. Mitsuki kept glaring at them and she spotted Boruto trying to struggle out of the brambles. Sarada was attempting to stand but the lack of chakra stopped her.

"So?" Hatomi questioned.

"Boruto and Mitsuki don't deserve it, not after this stunt. I do feel bad Sarada is stuck on a team with the idiots though,"

"Agreed my Eternal Rival! Boruto, Mitsuki; now you must prove your youthfulness by gaining two scrolls!"

Hatomi nodded at her brother then her Metal. She flicked the scroll into the air and Hizashi grinned. He tossed a bomb and the scroll exploded into a million pieces above their heads. Paper rained down over Mitsuki as Boruto gaped and Sarada scowled at Boruto.

"Enjoy the rest of your time in the forest. We are heading to the tower and the rest of the chunin exams. Perhaps we will see you there," Hatomi said.

She leaped towards a tree branch and smiled when Metal and Hizashi followed. She didn't mind having to hold her breasts as they took off towards the tower. They would be there before nightfall while Boruto and Mitsuki would have even less of a chance to join them. She did pity Sarada thought. No one deserved to fail because of idiot teammates.


Neji watched his children and Metal leave Boruto, Mitsuki, and Sarada behind after destroying the groups' Heaven scroll. He was not sure what to feel or even how to express said feelings. Pride in Hatomi came first as she had proven herself to be able to handle any remark thrown at her while keeping up a fight and defending her teammate. He also wanted to lend Hatomi a shirt so she did not have to run around in the spandex which made her look practically naked besides the color.

Disappointment at Hizashi for allowing himself to be riled up at the same comments though Neji could not help but be impressed at his son's modification to the Revolving Heaven. He wanted to laugh at the looks on Boruto and Mitsuki's faces but he wanted to pity Sarada. Even so, her family name made him dance in glee that she might not make it to the tower with a complete set of scrolls. This made Neji loathe his thoughts.

He sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

The three were definitely considered injured and only he or Hinata-sama could reactivate their tenketsu enough so they could try to move on. As proctor, he had a job to do and despite disliking the three for exceptionally different reasons, he had to do his task.

Neji moved out of his hiding spot six hundred and ten meters away and landed in the middle of the small clearing easily. Mitsuki's scowl deepened as Sarada flushed and Boruto pouted. Neji said nothing as he went to Sarada first. She was the lesser of all evils and honestly, she could not help her family name.

One strike and her chakra flared back into existence. She thanked him with a low bow of appreciation. Neji followed her as she ran to Boruto then Sarada none-too-kindly tugged the blonde out of the bush. Neji hit the tenketsu to give Boruto's chakra back and the boy muttered an ungrateful sounding thanks.

Neji strode to Mitsuki and blinked. Hizashi had hit dead center of one hundred and twenty-eight tenketsu points with senbon needles while maintaining a Revolving Heaven. Neji would have to tell his son later how proud he was of him.

Neji began removing the senbon with Sarada and Boruto's help then struck the proper points to get Mitsuki back on his feet. Orochimaru's son thanked him with a scowl. Neji stepped back from the three once they were on their feet and mainly together.

"Yes, I did see it all. I followed the three of you, by the way," Neji said.

Sarada winced. Boruto huffed and crossed his arms over his chest while Mitsuki kept glaring at him.

"I hope you learned your lesson about facing down Hyuuga," Neji said.

Sarada nodded but Boruto and Mitsuki kept glowering. Neji let out a little breath and wondered if anything would get through to the two. Perhaps if Boruto spent less time around Mitsuki he would have a chance. It would not happen in the near future, unfortunately.

"Good luck with the rest of the exam. Try not to make any further mistakes, hm?"

This made Sarada whack the two boys in the back of their heads and tell them it was their fault they were down their scroll. Neither argued with her but both looked annoyed. Neji turned on his heel and began to stride away from the group.

"Stupid big tits," Mitsuki said.

Neji gritted his teeth but glared over a shoulder at the teen. Mitsuki visibly gulped. Boruto took half a step back and Sarada gaped.

"You are lucky my son has more respect for his peers than to do what Boruto did to Metal. It would have hurt much more if he had. Perhaps you could learn something from Hizashi,"

Boruto bowed his head, scowling and clenching his fists. Sarada flushed while Mitsuki's shoulders sagged and he gaped. Neji left the three standing in the field and headed in the opposite direction of the tower. His job was not finished but now that he knew his children and Metal would make it to the tower it would be easier.


Poor, poor Hatomi and haha, Hizashi being all protective over her. Hehe, Metal got more of an eyeful than he ever imagined. Yes, I do dislike Mitsuki and Boruto's character rubs me the wrong way. Don't worry though, he'll see the light...maybe. *winks* As always, reviews welcome.