Hey! So I'm back, and as you have to be confused about things mentioned in these last 3 chapters, I'll make some edits I forgot in the previous chapters, so you might want to go back, although I believe it mainly focuses in Obito, because I figured it was a bad idea to have him alive. These changes happened as I started to upload the story in AO3, and as I revised it, noticed that and changed it.
Apart from that, I hope you enjoy the chapter and remember to leave any opinion, feedback and support in the review section.
Dislcaimer: I do not own DBZ nor do I own Naruto, all the credits go to Akira Toriyama (DB, DBZ, DBS) and Masashi Kishimoto (Naruto, Boruto).
Ino's blue eyes widened as the green shade jumped, avoiding Shikamaru's technique, revealing to be the black-haired boy with a green suit they had seen previously before the first phase of the Chuunin Exams. Shikamaru noticed this too, of course, to which he reacted by trying to throw a kunai at the boy, who avoided it while still being in the air. The blonde girl behind Shikamaru decided once more to act, but was interrupted once again by an injured Gohan, who jumped against the green suited boy, getting him to the floor after crashing in air.
Chouji's hand finally gave up due to the Hyuuga's gentle fist style, causing them to go back to their original size. The Hyuuga's white eyes showed confidence as he achieved to neutralize his opponent's technique, making the Akimichi to panic as both of his arms had gone numb. Chouji wouldn't just let him approach his teammates so easily, though, figuring that he could use his belly to block the hits, as it didn't have any direct connection with his chakra channels due to the big layer of fat covering them. As he proved this and worked, he thanked Iruka for giving him those lessons during his time in the academy. Neji, on the other hand, was shocked and annoyed by this, which he easily solved by hitting Chouji's jaw, knocking him out and moving on to the rest of the members of team 10.
Ino noticed the Akimichi's defeat, so she turned back and prepared her Mind Body Switch technique, which was quick enough to make the Hyuuga notice, but not giving him time to actually respond to it. As the Yamanaka got into Neji's mind, Gohan and Lee were already exchanging punches and kicks, demonstrating the expertise of both shinobi in taijutsu. Shikamaru watched as his teammates, one of them actually defeated and unconscious, were fighting for their permanence on the exams and actual survival; he looked down at the floor as he thought of how useless he was. However, he was thrown out of his thoughts by a kunai that almost hit his head, making him turn his head up to the trees, finding a brown-haired girl with a pink shirt standing on a branch and holding a scroll.
The Nara's eyes widened as weapons appeared from the scroll, which made him rush under the tree she was standing on, using that blind spot to avoid the attacks. Tenten ignored Shikamaru's movement and continued to attack the other members of the team, helping his own teammates on their respective battles. A kunai was thrown directly towards Gohan's neck, but the saiyan easily dodged it at the same time he dodged a kick from Lee. The taijutsu expert had already gained some respect for Gohan because of his great abilities in taijutsu, although this quickly turned into nervousness as his opponent's attacks started to get stronger and stronger. Finally, Lee was thrown away by the saiyan's kick, making him hit a tree that was behind him.
The Saiyan turned to face the tree of which the kunai had come for, finding that Shikamaru was right behind the girl that threw the kunai at him. Gohan decided to ignore the girl and went to aid Chouji, which confused the girl, although it didn't last much as the Nara jumped on her, throwing both of them down the tree. Ino had been kicked out from the Hyuuga's mind right before Shikamaru went behind the tree, which got her in a serious problem. Neji attacked nonstop as Ino struggled to block the attacks with her kunai, which also caused Neji to get his hands bruised. This bruises caused the Hyuuga's attacks to slow down, giving the blonde girl some more time to react, but in the end, it wasn't enough to give the girl an even remote chance of winning the battle.
"Gentle Fist style: Eight trigrams sixty four palms!" Neji yelled before palming several times all along the girl's body, blocking all of her chakra channels and leaving her unconscious in the process.
Suddenly, Neji lost the ability to move, causing him to turn to every direction and finding Shikamaru with the hand gestures proper of his signature jutsu, who had catched his shadow, and therefore, had catched him. Neji lowered his hands as he noticed that Gohan, who was in front of him still aiding Chouji, was glaring at him. Lee was back on his feet, but as he saw Neji defeated, his hopes dropped, although his determination remained. Lee quickly charged against Shikamaru, catching both the Nara and the saiyan by surprise. Shikamaru's shock turned into a expressionless face as he became unconscious due to receiving an air kick in the neck by Lee. Gohan adopted a defensive stance as Tenten stood up right behind him.
"You're surrounded, surrender." Neji yelled as he raised his arms to adopt his fighting stance once again.
A drop of sweat went down Gohan's forehead as he identified everyone's position, then disappearing for a mere second and reappearing right where he had disappeared, leaving all of them unable to fight with powerful but concentrated hits. The saiyan has just made an imitation of the gentle fist style, although more brute than the original style. Their shock was unmeasurable, specially Neji's, as someone was able to defeat all three of them in less than a second. At first, they thought that he had to be at least Kage level, but then supposed that he couldn't be human. Gohan grabbed the sky scroll from Neji, as Tenten spoke up.
"Wait." She said with a desperate tone. "What about we team up to attack another team, so both of us get to the next phase? You're quite vulnerable either way."
Gohan turned to his teammates, who were all injured and tired and decided to accept the deal. "Alright, I get to help many people, so I'm in!" The saiyan's happy tone made Lee get even more interested than he already was, although it just made Neji lose interest.
"I will stay with your teammates while you go with mine and get the other scroll." Tenten explained as she sat down close to the tired and injured shinobi.
"Alright, just don't try anything bad, ok?" The brown-haired girl nodded in response, giving Gohan the signal to leave as he was followed by Lee and Neji.
Ugh, I've got to do this fast... I don't really trust this guys.
Gohan thought as he moved towards a group of energies he had sensed from afar. At least we can all win with this deal... When the saiyan arrived at this world and started to meet people, he never imagined that, being at such a young age, they would be tested to the point of killing other kids or their same age or shinobi from their same level. He couldn't deny that this world was worse in many aspects than his, which made him miss his own world even more. For as much as he wanted to change this cruel world, he doubted that someone like him, a kid, a foreigner, could change anything. But he then thought of Naruto, the rejected kid whose dream was to become a Hokage, the lonely kid that had lost his parents. Maybe, he could change the world.
Every step he made, the worse his condition got and the more blood he threw up. His desperation turned into anger and frustration as he arrived at the place he had told Kabuto to wait for him in and did not find him. Orochimaru quickly calmed down, figuring that he had to think of a way to get out of his complicated situation. He checked once more on every direction to make sure Kabuto hadn't arrived, confirming his thoughts, which made him lost his trust in who he saw as his most reliable servant.
The sound of branches being stepped on were enough to take the Sannin's attention, who ran to hide in the bushes, as he wasn't able to do much more due to his current physical state. His legs trembled too much as he was sitting down, his nerves had been severely damaged after his fight against the muscular kid that had purple clothes. Orochimaru watched through the bushes to the clearing he had been standing on just some seconds before, being able to see who the owner of the steps was. Anko, his old servant and apprentice, appeared to be searching for something, who the Sannin instantly supposed was him.
For now, he would avoid her, as he really wasn't sure of how much she could've progressed and if she was able to defeat him in his current state. Anko went failed to noticed his previous master's presence, which made the Sannin relieved. The purple-haired woman left the clearing after quickly checking the place, leaving as soon as she made sure nothing was off, as she needed to quickly find who once had been his master. At that same moment, Kabuto finally appeared in the area, going to his master's side, who gave him an annoyed look.
"What happened?" Kabuto said with a horrified expression in his eyes, as he never imagined his master to ever be beaten in a way like he seemed to have been beaten.
Orochimaru spit out some blood before speaking up, keeping his disappointed expression towards the gray-haired man. "It doesn't matter. I just have to recover, I need you to take me back to the hideout."
"But, sir, the entire mission could be in danger if I were to leave." Kabuto said, truly concerned to raise any suspicion toward him.
Orochimaru shook his head as his servant was still talking. "Then have someone else take me to the hideout, imbecile."
Kabuto nodded in response as he beckoned one of his teammates, another of Orochimaru's servants, to get closer. "You have to take Lord Orochimaru to the hideout, he needs to change his body." Kabuto said as his partner nodded. "You know what to do, right?" His teammate nodded once again, being followed by a nod from the silver-haired nin.
Orochimaru was taken by his servant, who seemed to really struggle at it, as Kabuto got back to his other teammate. The silver-haired nin made a signal with his hands, which was followed by his partner creating a clone of himself, a mud clone. Kabuto changed some things from the clone's appearance before leaving to finish the forest of death test.
After hours of dashing through forests and running through grasslands, Daichi and Aoba had finally brought Han, the jinchuriki of the five tails, to Konoha. The masked man was quite uneasy about being in a foreign hidden village, but he figured that he wouldn't be tortured or anything as such shinobi had escorted him to safety. For some reason, even though he even owned his life to the leader of the team, who had distracted the ones that wanted to take Han by the force, he wasn't able to trust them fully.
As they entered through the main gate of the village, they were received by the guards as well as the Hokage, who was quite happy to see them. The old man quickly noticed the absence of his assistant, and he surely thought it would be unfortunate to lose him, but he needed to continue with his project for the future of the shinobi world. The guards checked on Han, but Daichi prevented them from taking any weapon he had, as he felt that he could feel safer with them and could help them earning his trust. Aoba just gave a sad look at his old glasses, which were now absolutely destroyed.
"Daichi, I'd like to invite you to the funeral of my dear glasses." Aoba said with an honest sad tone, but the Uchiha just thought of this as an incredibly stupid thing to do.
"Whatever." He said, trying to keep his serious tone and not wanting to hurt Aoba's feelings.
The Hokage got closer to the group, beckoning Han to wait for him as he went to speak to his men. "Good job, young ones, you have proved once again that you're the elite of the village." Hiruzen said as he had a satisfying smile on his face. "Now, you'll have to go back for Yuichi's body, you know we can't just let the enemy have access to the information he possesses."
Daichi's serious and calm expression quickly turned into one of confusion, hiding his anger at the Hokage's distrust at his personal guard. "You don't really think he was killed, right?" Aoba said as he spoke before the Uchiha did.
"You tell me." The old man plainly replied. "I wasn't there to see what caused Yuichi to separate from you."
"Sir, I don't think Yuichi has died, and therefore, I don't think there is need for the search of his body." One of the three last Uchiha alive, Daichi, said.
"I understand that perfectly, but you'll still have to go back to search for him." Hiruzen calmly insisted. "Either for his body or to help him survive." He continued. "It would definitely be one of the worst losses we could have."
"With all respect, sir, there will be no need." Yuichi had finally arrived, some minutes after his teammates, of course, but his great speed had helped him with the long distance. The Senju seemed to be quite tired, and his iconic blue cape was ragged and burnt because of the explosions, his face had some injuries and had other injuries in his legs and arms.
"I couldn't expect less from Tobirama's grandson." Hiruzen said with one of his typical smiles on his face. "Alright, then, you two rest and Yuichi, you should go to the hospital to get checked, just in case." All three Jounin nodded as the Hokage turned back and beckoned Han to follow him. The two of them walked all the way through the village toward the Hokage tower, which was just in front of Mount Hokage, which captivated Han.
After some minutes of walking, they arrived at the office of the Hokage, where Hiruzen sat down in his normal seat. He beckoned the jinchuriki to take a seat too, getting a nod from the man as he sat in a chair in front of the old man's desk. Sarutobi was quite interested in the man sitting in front of him, mainly because of the mysterious aura he had due to him always having his hat and face mask.
"So, you have to be wondering why we brought you here." Han nodded in response to this before the Third continued talking. "Well, we've been informed that there is an organization that wants to capture all of the nine tailed-beasts, meaning that they'll kill the nine jinchuriki. Although I'm pretty sure you're already aware of that." Han nodded once again. "Decades ago, the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, gave each hidden village one tailed-beast in a naive try to achieve peace in our world, but as we all know, he just caused more war." As he said the name of the First, Hiruzen pointed to the picture of him that was right behind him. "Tobirama Senju, his brother and Second Hokage, fought to fix all the mistakes his brother had caused, but he unfortunately died in battle without achieving this. After him, I had other issues that threatened the security of my people, so I didn't put much attention to the jinchuriki problematic, and so did the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, in his short term." The Third Hokage turned to his side and opened one of the archives that were behind his desk, taking some documents out of it. "Recently, we received a report about this organization and it's objective of reuniting the nine tailed-beasts, which would clearly mean a threat to the entire shinobi world."
"So you want to take the nine jinchuriki back in Konoha?" Han asked, trying to finish the old man's speech.
"Basically, yes." Hiruzen nodded as he confirmed the guess to the five tails jinchuriki. "We just want to avoid a threat that could not only affect us, but the entire world."
"Then why not just inform the other villages and tell them to protect their respective tailed-beasts?" Han asked.
"Unfortunately, we simply don't know much about this organization. Meaning that we can't be sure if a village is related to it or is directly part of it." Hiruzen explained, getting a nod as response.
"What is your plan, then?" Han asked as he crossed his arms.
"We intend to reunite the jinchuriki here, and introduce them to our society." Hiruzen said as his political side started to appear. "They can choose to cooperate militarily with us or not, that isn't an issue, the main objective is to make sure the tailed-beasts are out of reach of the organization."
Han scratched his chin for a moment, remembering the men with the black hoods that had tried to kidnap him. "I accept your offer."
"Perfect." Sarutobi said as he shook hands with the jinchuriki. "Welcome to the Village Hidden in the Leaves."
After two long days of continuous battle and death, the second phase of the Chuunin Exams had concluded, with the last team to achieve it being Kakashi's. Surprisingly, just one of the rookie teams wasn't able to succeed in the test, as they were brutally murdered during in the Forest of Death. The Genin teams that survived were now waiting for the Hokage to announce the third and final phase of the exams, as they stood in front of a type of platform that had the statue of two hands similar to the position of a jutsu behind it, surrounded by the Jounin that were in charge of every single one of the teams. In the platform, Iruka stood firmly, waiting for the Third to arrive.
So, that was the Forest of Death!
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