Alas! Another update...but this update came late...school is HORRIBLE! If I didn't have school, I would devote my time writing. Wah! I got less reviews this time too...but maybe last chapter was boring. But this...this is where my own twists come in. MWAHAHAHA! Also, I will be splitting the second exam so it won't be super super long. Anyway...onward!

The Second Exam: Hunger

'Forest of Death? What a lovely name...' Naruto thought smiling to himself.

Team Seven and the other examinees were huddled around the examiner Anko at the Area 44 or better known as the Forest of Death. Anko was explaining the instructions to them.

'Ah...finally. I can taste blood!' Naruto thought. 'I will guarantee that who ever we meet will fall.' Naruto signed his consent form instantly.

"And here is the last piece of advice. Don't die!" Anko spoke.

Everyone dispersed and began to decide on signing their consent form. Naruto looked around and saw Sasuke sign it. Naruto smirked.

'The plan is going accordingly.'

"It's time to trade in your consent forms," one of the Chuunins cried out.

Naruto and the team walked over and traded their forms. They received the Scroll of Heaven.

"If you have received a scroll, follow the person in charge and move to your designated gates. We will begin in thirty minutes!"

Team Seven walked over to gate 12.

"Keep together. If we separate, it could cause one of us to die," Naruto advised.

After thirty minutes, the Chuunin unlocked the gate and Anko signaled the started. Immediately, they stepped in and began the second exam.

Team Seven began springing through the trees to find a suitable location for camp. After about five minutes, they stopped and rested. Then, they heard distant screams.

"A team is already down?" Naruto wondered. "They must have been weak..."

"How troublesome..." Shikamaru merely said.

"Well, I have a plan..." Naruto spoke.

An hour later...

Three Mist-nins were in the trees and saw Team Seven sitting down relaxing.

"How convenient. We get the rookies. This is going to be easy," one of the Mist-nins spoke.

Sakura stood up and walked away to do something.

"How very convenient..." The Mist-nin completed a set of hand seals. "Kirigakure no Jutsu..." A thick blanket of mist concealed the area.

Awhile later, Sakura came back. "Hey!" she greeted.

"Who are you?" Naruto asked.

"What?" Sakura replied confused.

"I said 'who are you?'"

"Who else can I be?"

"You defiantly can't be Sakura because I'm her."

Naruto puffed into smoke and Sakura stood there with her kunai. Shikamaru used Shadow Bind on the fake Sakura (who just puffed into his normal self) and the real Sakura jumped forward. Suddenly, a kunai flew out and hit Sakura. A puffed of smoke appeared and nothing was there. It was a regular bunshin.

Shikamaru smirked. 'Now we know their location.'

The Mist-nin who through the kunai felt a sharp pain against his back as he felt a kunai dive into his flesh. He fell from the tree and landed on top of his teammate. Naruto suddenly appeared and bent down to see if they had the scrolls but they didn't.

"Hey Sakura! Is anyone else up there?" Naruto cried out.

"No, but I think he went that way!" Sakura pointed.

Naruto smiled and faded away.

The Mist-nin was running away by jumping on the branches.

'Damnit! This is not good. I can't pass without my teammates. I'll come back for them later. I'm sure they would be held ransom,' he thought. Suddenly, his branch broke and he came crashing into the ground.

"Ow..."

"Are you hurt?" came a voice.

The Mist-nin looked up to see a figure with two red eyes staring at him.

"Fight me!" Naruto demanded.

The Mist-nin stood up and completed a set of seals. "Water Fist Technique!" he shouted. Water enveloped his hands and spikes formed out of it. The Mist-nin then charged at Naruto.

He took a swing and his spiked fist dug into Naruto's flesh. The Mist-nin smiled but then it faded away as Naruto puffed into smoke.

"Stop fooling around and come after me!" came a voice behind him. "You're supposed to come after me! Not my Kage Bunshins!"

The Mist-nin turned around and swung again hitting another Kage Bunshin. He suddenly felt a sharp pain against his back.

Naruto was standing behind him with a kunai in his back.

"Enough fooling around. I'm hungry..." Naruto opened his mouth and then dug his teeth into his neck. Blood began to dripped from his mouth. Naruto let go and the Mist-nin staggered forward clutching his neck. The ninja stared at him in horror.

Naruto licked all of the blood from his mouth and smiled. He pulled out his katana and began to channel chakra to it.

"If I kept drinking your blood, I would have lessened my blood thirst. Blood makes me stronger the same way solder pills do to normal humans," Naruto spoke. "I have no idea why I'm telling you this though. You will die soon enough. You will be one of the few who will see one of my powerful attacks. I channeled chakra through my sword making it much stronger. It will shred through anything. It won't be a nice clean cut, but a nice shredding of the flesh. Unfortunately, none has ever survived to see it."

Naruto then swung his katana across the Mist-nin's body. Instead of making a clean cut like a normal katana, the swirling chakra ripped the flesh and bone apart of his body. The Mist-nin let out a great scream and then died. Blood stained the ground and pieces of flesh was everywhere.

Naruto smiled and bent down and picked up the scroll, Scroll of Earth.

"How convenient it was..." Naruto spoke. He then sheathed his katana and then faded away...

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Well...it was kind of short. More gore. Actually, I was wrong. Not much of twists here. But I'm 100000000000 sure there will be one next chapter. Tell me what you think of the gory fight scene. Please review!