A/N: I have rewritten the first chapter, so please, go read that. Also, I am planning on rewriting a good chunk of the first ten or so chapters, so with each update, you can assume that I rewrote a chapter. I will rewrite them in order. Sorry for the rather late update, but you all can look forward to more updates! At least one every week or so now, hopefully! Enjoy Chapter 29!
Hashirama, who had gone after Naruto, smiled. Finally a strong opponent to evaluate his skills against. Of course, he had to help Naruto first. It just wouldn't do to see him get killed this early on.
"Naruto-kun! Naruto, where are you?" Hashirama called, jumping to a new branch. He frowned and looked around. Odd, he could have sworn Naruto landed somewhere over here...
"SHADOW CLONE JUTSU!" He heard the blond cry, before he was showered in disgusting smelling flakes of flesh.
"Ew." He muttered, dodging most of the raining flesh. Some got on his arms, but he could live with that. It was as he shook his arm to get a piece of eyeball off that he felt something wet smack onto his head. He froze and reached up, pulling a scaly fragment of snake hide off of his head. "MY HAIR!" He screeched, running his hand through his hair to get all the blood off.
"Hashirama-jii!" He heard, before he was tackled by a blond blur. "You came for me! I knew you would!"
"Naruto-kun! You... you..." He took a couple of calming... okay, not so calming breaths. "MY HAIR! LOOK AT MY HAIR!"
"What about it?" Naruto said, frowning.
"It's covered in BLOOD! It'll never feel the same again!" Naruto blinked and detached himself from Hashirama.
"Um, it'll be okay?" Naruto tried. "We should go back to the others, 'ttebayo." Hashirama nodded.
"Yes." The others should help get his mind off the fact that his hair was now ruined.
Tobirama caught Sakura before she crashed into the ground. He placed her on her feet on the ground before looking around for threats. Seeing none, he returned his attention to the Genin before him.
"Are you alright?"
"Y-Yes!" Tobirama nodded.
"Good. Follow me. We need to get back to the others." He stated, before turning around and walking off.
Madara sat next to Sasuke as they waited for the others. It was boring, but necessary. He sighed and glared pointedly at the large tree a few metres in front of them. He could sense the strong ninja hiding in the tree, and he knew by the chakra he/she (it was rather hard to tell with the cleverly disguised chakra) was responsible for the wind blasts that separated the Genin.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm going to be up in the trees on lookout." Madara said, standing. The other Uchiha nodded.
"Don't go to far, just in case."
"Of course." Madara hopped up into the tree before them. He smirked as he sensed the slight tense that the hiding ninja acquired. "I know you're here." He said, but got no response. "Fine. Ignore me. But be warned. The last person who ignored me wound up with a kunai in his skull." Still no response. Madara shrugged slightly. "Alright, have it your way." He got out a kunai, and stabbed it deep into the tree's trunk. "Oh? Looks like you're a tricky one." Madara's Sharingan flared to life. "A clone. How absurd. Come out, come out, wherever you are. Come dance with me." He looked around. "Hidden hebi, have you lost your way? Finding yourself, a high-leveled shinobi in an exam filled with children. Pathetic." He quickly flung a kunai to his left, and was satisfied to hear the grunt of pain.
"What the hell Madara..." Madara tched, and glared at Tobirama, who was removing the thrown kunai from his gut.
"Dammit Tobirama. You always get in the way of my kills." Tobirama rolled his eyes.
"You shouldn't try killing people who are important then." Tobirama raised a brow. "What are you trying to kill anyway? The tree? Because if you are, we might need to get you help."
"No you idiot!" Madara hissed. "Can you not sense the hidden hebi,laying in wait?" Tobirama's brow raised higher as he expanded his senses. True to Madara's word, he could sense a well hidden opponent hiding close by.
"Hmm. Seems you were right." Madara huffed.
"I'm never wrong."
"I have proof that contradicts that." Madara glared.
"No you don't."
"Yes, I do. But, let us focus on this upcoming battle first." Madara nodded and got into an offensive stance. Tobirama extended his senses further to find the ninja. "Here he comes! From the South!" Madara flung a kunai in the direction, only to get a yelp and a scream for his efforts.
"MADARA! Why are you trying to kill me! AGAIN!"
