Author's Note: well nothing to really say, just going to hop into this chapter, this will be mainly the second part of the exams and Orochimaru finally stepping into the light. Anyways read on and enjoy!
"Where are we?" A voice mumbled, the person tried to open his eyes, but to no avail as he only saw darkness.
"Jinto? Jinto-kun is that you" a feminine voice asked quickly after hearing the man now known as Jinto speak.
"Yea it's me, is that you Mari-chan?" Jinto quickly responded as he tried to feel in front of him crawling towards where he heard the voice.
"Yes, thank kami you're alright when I woke up everything was dark, I still can't see a damn thing. I thought you and kishi were dead. I still don't know where Kishi is I haven't heard from him yet only you, I've been up for a while now. I'm not sure how long though I can't keep track of time in this darkness." Mari said, worry clearly filled her voice as she didn't know what to do. "I tried to perform a fire jutsu but I can't activate my chakra for some reason, what about you? Can you try something" Mari asked Jinto hoping their would be luck with him.
"I can't, I don't need to try I can feel a seal on me. I feel it sucking chakra from me, I barely have enough to move I feel like a goddamn civilian." Jinto said with hatred filling his voice. He hated the predicament he was in, he just wanted to do the chunin exams and be done with it all before he returned back to his home in the land of grass.
All of a sudden there was a loud creak and Jinto and Mari shut their eyes tight as light blinded the room they were in. "Ku, ku, ku" a voice rasped out as a tall, slender man stood in the entrance to the door staring at the two. "I must apologize because you both won't like what's to come, don't worry it'll only hurt at first, after that you'll be dead" The man said as the two finally managed to open their eyes to see the person in front of them.
"Where are we? Who are you? Where is our friend? What do you want with us!" Jinto demanded as he stared down the man not knowing what danger they were in just yet.
"Oh and here I thought people all over knew me, it's ok though children such as yourselves probably never thought of me as something to worry about." The person said as he grew a grin that just made him even more scary than he was. Jinto had a sudden realization that they wouldn't make it out alive. "My name as you should know is Orochimaru" The man now named as the monster of Konoha said. The two ninja in front of Orochimaru widened their eyes in horror as they now knew escape was impossible. "And as for you two, well I plan to steal your faces and see who's fits better while I infiltrate these exams. Right now you're in one of my bunkers underground the forest of death, and I promise no one will hear your screams. Also your friend is dead. He wasn't a fit for me" Orochimaru said as he grabbed the two teens and dragged them to their doom.
Jinto and Mari tried to fight back and scream out but it was to no avail as Orochimaru got his way fairly easily. He dragged them and tied them to tables. After hours of experimenting with them he decided to choose Mari as his new face. With that he gathered the three bodies that belonged to the Kusa genin and dropped them off in the forest somewhere where they would be eaten, and with that he set after his target. A certain Uchiha and a blond jinchuuriki.
"Ugh what happened" Naruto said as he woke up. Before he could react he was attacked with… a hug? "Wha-What's going on?" Naruto asked confused as he started to notice the female figure wrapped around him. "Sakura, why are you hugging me?"
"Looks like you finally woke up dobe" Sasuke said as he approached his friend. "And here I thought maybe you finally kicked the bucket" The boy saud with a grin as he reached his hand out to help Naruto up while Sakura released her hug waiting to speak.
"Not until I kick your ass teme" Naruto said standing up with his friends help.
"I'm sorry for scaring you like that Naruto… I was.. I was just scared you might have actually been hurt getting us out of that place" Sakura said softly avoiding eye contact with Naruto. "If I had been faster you wouldn't have had to worry about helping me out… I'm sorry Naruto" Sakura said actually surprising Naruto with how she was acting.
Well damn, maybe she's finally starting to see the error of her ways, maybe I could get Kakashi to train her some until Tsunade shows up Naruto thought to himself proud that she was finally changing for the better. The blond smiled at his pink haired teammate, "It's alright Sakura-chan, I promise. Hopefully these exams will show you where you need to train in order to better yourself" Naruto said hoping to inspire her a little. Sakura smiled a bit at his words before she nodded in agreement.
"Now that you two are done talking we need to form a strategy. Right now we have an Earth scroll, we need to get a Heaven scroll and get to that tower within the next 4 days" Sasuke said, but before he could continue Naruto spoke up.
"Actually we can go straight to the tower, I have a clone group henged as shinobi and they have a heaven scroll so we're good we just have to head their, and fast" Naruto said, adding urgency into his last words. He knew today was the day Orochimaru would attack, and he was really not looking forward to that. He was hoping to avoid that confrontation completely.
"Wow… that was actually good thinking, ok let's make sure we're safe and get going" Sasuke said as he activated his doujutsu. Naruto narrowed his eyes as he saw the second tomoe in Sasuke's eyes. When did he get the next level in? Ugh, he probably hasn't stopped training with it since he got it. Naruto thought to himself with a mental groan before he got up.
"Sasuke, stop wasting chakra using your sharingan, I got us with my clones" Naruto said as a few said clones popped into existence. "Now let's get going, the quicker we get through the better." Naruto said as he took lead jumping into the treeline with Sasuke and Sakura following
As they were hoping through the forest for awhile Naruto got a slight nagging. He wasn't sure what was going to happen but he knew it wasn't good. He stopped suddenly, Sasuke and Sakura followed in suit, and before anyone could say anything Naruto motioned for them to stay quiet. Naruto looked around his surroundings but didn't see anything, but he could feel something, something not quite right. Than out of nowhere a giant snake appeared and ate the blond boy (again) and took off through the forest with said boy in it's mouth before swallowing him.
Sasuke and Sakura instantly freaked and went to chase after their friend but before they could they were cut off by a mysterious kusa genin. She looked strange, and even Sasuke seemed to be wary of her. "Get the fuck out of our way before I make you" the boy said flashing his sharingan.
"Ku, ku ku, showing off so soon Sasuke-kun, and here I thought I'd have to make you show me it" 'she' said staring down Sasuke.
It didn't take a genius to know something was off about this person. Just the way she stood gave off an aura of pure power and malice. Before either Konoha genin could move to attack they were suddenly stuck, paralyzed by fear. The kusa ninja didn't even have to move, she just directed her power at them.
Sasuke was visibly shaking he hadn't felt power like this since Zabuza was their enemy. He was now completely freaking out having a mini panic attack. It only took a moment for it to pass before he forced his body to move. After a few moments he grabbed a kunai, but then he saw it happen, the kusa nin was attacking, and she was going for Sakura. Sasuke knew he didn't have time to waste. He stabbed himself in the leg letting go off the effects of their enemy's jutsu and quickly shot towards Sakura knocking her away from the danger before he himself rolled away from the danger also.
"Why did you do that Sasuke-kun, I was just trying to knock the trash away" the woman said with a creepy ass smile.
"Who the fuck are you? And what the hell do you want with me!" Sasuke demanded debating whether to attack or retreat and try to find Naruto… if he was still alive. NO! He is alive, no way would the dobe be finished off by a damn snake. Sasuke thought not wanting to believe that his friend might actually be dead.
"Don't worry about who I am" The woman disappeared and reappeared behind Sasuke, "Just know I want to give you a gift" She said as she flashed fangs and went to bite into Sasuke's neck.
Before Orochimaru's fangs could reach their target though, the man felt a strong kick to the jaw, knocking him back into a tree, hard. "Get the fuck away from my friends you creep." Naruto said showing up out of nowhere.
"Oh Naruto-kun, it seems like you've come out to play. How fun" the women said. But then she saw everyone looking at her weird and realized the face was badly damaged. Orochimaru just chuckled before ripping the face away to reveal his own. "Well that didn't last as long as I thought it would, what a shame."
Naruto silently deactivated his weights once more and got ready to fight. Even he knew that he wasn't a match for Orochimaru but hopefully the man would underestimate him enough to give him a good enough advantage to stop him. "Sasuke he's obviously after you, so be careful, Sakura you need to hide this man is well above your league let me and the teme handle him." Naruto said, even though it was clear his voice was filled with worry he said the words confidently.
Naruto's eyes slitted and turned red as he drew on his friend's power to give him a speed and strength enhancement. Orochimaru saw this and frowned before the man charged, "Now now Naruto-kun, no need to let the fox say hi this isn't between us," he said as his fingers charged blue with chakra. Naruto's eyes widened as he knew what was about to happen. He couldn't let the five pronged seal connect. Naruto quickly jumped into the air making some clones.
"Sasuke, fire and wind" Naruto said as the boy nodded understanding what to do. Sasuke quickly fired off a fireball jutsu as Naruto shot quickly made some hand seals, "Wind style: Great Breakthrough" He said as he shot off his attack which met up with Sasuke's attack, increasing the size and power of the attack.
Orochimaru's eyes widened as he knew he needed to avoid this attack, but he had forgotten about the clones Naruto made. One of the clones shoved a rasengan into Orochimaru's back which shot the man into the fire attack. "I can't believe we did it" Sasuke said as he saw the corpse on the ground lying down. But Naruto knew better, he knew the snake was hiding somewhere.
Then the voice seemed to bounce off the tree's, "Ku, ku, ku now Naruto-kun that was dirty. Attacking me from behind like that and with that jutsu, now I wonder where you learned such a move. But that's for later, now who should I go for first, oh how sweet you look Sasuke-kun and how strong you are. But you could be so much more, including if you want to get that brother of yours. My is he much stronger than you, he put up a fight a lot better than this pathetic hold you're giving me" Orochimaru said tauntingly which was going to get a reaction from Sasuke.
"What the fuck do you know about me or my brother!" Sasuke shouted in rage looking around all around him with his sharingan trying to find the man.
Orochimaru appeared behind Sasuke and held the boy down, "I know he puts you to shame in power, and I know you crave the power to kill him. To be better than him. To avenge your family and with this little farce you have going on playing ninja in this village you will never get that power" Orochimaru said before he bit hard into Sasuke giving him the curse seal. Sasuke shouted out in pain as he grabbed the spot while his body withered at the foreign chakra that had entered his body. It only took Sasuke seconds before he passed out from the pain.
"I can't wait for you to seek me out" Orochimaru said before he blocked a punch from Naruto. "Oh Naruto-kun, it was fun playing with you but I can't stay any longer unfortunately, but don't worry I have a gift for you too" Orochimaru said as he kept blocking all of the boys attacks. Naruto widened his eyes but he knew it was useless he was to close, he took the five pronged seal to his gut which overtook his original seal, Naruto couldn't stay awake as he felt Kurama's power be forced from him before he knocked out.
Orochimaru smiled before he left, now it was time to wait and see if Sasuke could pass his test. Sakura finally came out of hiding and looked at the two boys. She got worried not sure what she should do now, Naruto and Sasuke were out for the count and she didn't know what it was the strange man had done to them. She quickly grabbed Sasuke and pulled him over into the tree she was hiding in, then she went back out and got Naruto and brought him in their also. Not sure of what to do next she loaded the clearing with traps, everything she and Naruto had hidden in the trees and ground.
Sakura wasn't sure what to do but both boys started to get fevers, and it was bad. She decided to leave them hoping they were hidden well enough and left to fill her bucket with water. She quickly did that and then returned grateful she wasn't attacked or from the river. She started to take care of the boys, she took their shirts off so the bodies could breath and put wet rags on their heads to help cool them down. Sakura continued to do this late into the night until she finally fell asleep from fatigue.
"So when should we attack Dosu" A woman asked her teammate as she watched the pink haired girl disappear into the clearing.
"We wait till morning like Orochimaru-sama said. Than we attack, for now we observe and wait kin" Dosu replied as the girl nodded.
"Can't we just kill them now? I don't want to wait" Another man said angrily, annoyed that he had to wait a few more hours.
"Shut up Zaku, don't make me report you to Kabuto-sama, we both know what will happen to you if I go to him" Dosu said threatening his teammate.
"No need to get so serious Dosu, I just think it would be easier to kill them now is all" Zaku mumbled before crossing his arms and sitting down. Zaku mumbled angrily to himself but he knew better than to cross Dosu, he knew the man was stronger than him. Zaku sighed in defeat and decided to take a nap since they weren't going to do anything.
Hours passed in silence, all that could be heard was the battles of ninjas who knew how far away. People dying, friends maybe she didn't know. Sakura wasn't sure what to do with her teammates unconscious from whatever it was that creepy man did.
Then she heard a rustling and looked up with wide worried eyes. She barely got any sleep because she didn't want to be attacked but she knew she had slept for at least an hour or two in the night after the attack once everything was settled. Right now though it was early-mid morning and then the sun was shining down through the trees, blinding her making it impossible to see anything. She didn't know what was their but she was certain it was a person, hopefully they wouldn't see her as she hid further into the little covering she was in with the boys.
"Come on out bitch we know you're in their" a gruff man's voice said. Sakura not knowing the three men that Orochimaru had sent was obviously scared. She knew she was outmatched.
"Dosu I don't think she's coming, you care if I go in there for a bit, maybe rough her up and have some fun while we figure out where that Uchiha is" Zaku said with a smirk.
"What the fuck is wrong with you Zaku" a feminine voice said as she slapped Zaku in the head.
"Fuck off kin no one asked you just stay back until we need you" Zaku said more threatening as the girl reluctantly listened to him.
Sakura not knowing what to do decided to stay hidden and hoped that her traps would stop the people that faced her, she knew better than to try and attack as they would easily defeat her.
Zaku grinned and charged out through the clearing to where Sakura was hiding, that was until a log hit him dead center in the chest and knocked him into a tree. "Ugh you fucking bitch that really hurt" He said while coughing up a bit of blood before wiping it away. "Looks like I might have to be a little more careful, seems like you made some traps." With that he got back up and charged forward more carefully looking at his surroundings this time. But while he was watching the ground and his sides he didn't see the Kunai that was thrown straight at him from Sakura's hiding place that ended up hitting him right in his arm. "That's it bitch, you're fucking dead" Zaku said before unleashing a jutsu of some sort towards Sakura's direction. Nothing happened at first but then a loud scream was heard as Sakura held her ears which were bleeding a little.
"So that's where you're hiding. That's what I thought time to die you bit-" Zaku was cut off from a very strong fist being buried in his gut. Zaku coughed up a bit of blood before falling to his knees holding his gut tight as pain rushed to him, he could tell that he at least broke a rib with that punch.
"Don't you worry Sakura-chan, it is I the great Lee, and I will protect you with everything I've got!" Lee said while jumping into his nice guy pose and sticking his thumb up before quickly turning back to Zaku. "Now for you, I don't know why you are after my new friends but I promise I will beat you" Lee said while Zaku stoop back up grinning.
"Oh no no, you see after I kill you I'm gonna rape that pretty little friend of yours and kill her teamma-" Lee disappeared and reappeared with his fist in Zaku's face knocking the man back at high speeds into a tree.
"I swear to god if you lay a finger on her, you will wish you were never born." Lee said as he stared at the man, now with a more serious aura surrounding him instead of his usual happy go lucky one. It was easy to tell that Lee was serious in this moment and ready to destroy anyone who dared to face him no matter the cost.
"Lee-kun be careful he uses some weird kind of jutsu that hurts your ears and can immobilize you!" Sakura yelled out to her savior hoping to help him somehow.
"Thank you" was all he said before he disappeared again and re appeared with his leg knocking into Zaku's chest knocking the man back, but the assault didn't stop there as Lee quickly shot towards the enemy again throwing more punches and kicks at speeds no one could see.
From above high in the tree line, was team 10 watching patiently. Ino wanting to stay there and see what happened, while Shikamaru and Chouji wanted to go down and help. That was until Lee showed up and started to destroy this guy. "Man I gotta hand it to Lee-san he really is one strong kid, I hope I don't have to fight him anytime soon that looks like it would hurt" Shikamaru said when their tree shook from the force of Zaku hitting it after Lee's assault.
"You've got that right Shikamaru-san, this guy is crazy tough I don't think I'd be able to stop him, I can't even see him move." Chouji responded while Ino for once stayed quiet, she seemed to be really interested in the fight at hand. The boys followed her lead and got quiet, they knew something was about to happen when Zaku smirked to himself.
Zaku smirked and made the ram seal, "Now you've lost boy" he yelled as he waved his arm, at first nothing happened, but then like Sakura, Lee fell to the ground holding his ears crying in pain. "Now it's time to really make you hurt boy." Zaku said while his face turned to a look of pure disgust and hate as he slammed his foot against Lee's jaw. He started to beat the boy while still using his jutsu to stop him from getting up before Zaku's two teammates showed up.
"Zaku that's enough we've wasted too much time here" The gruff voice belonging to Dosu said. "Let's hurry and kill the bitch and her two teammates and leave before we attract more attention."
"Man you're no fun" Zaku said before kicking Lee one more time in the chest and leaving the boy be. "You can take this one Dosu I'm gonna go sit down, this bastard here is hella strong, he actually hurt me quite a bit. So you go finish them off, but at least bring the girl to me for some fun, I could use it" Zaku said snickering to himself evilly.
"So you want to hurt me and my teammates huh." A cold, dark voice said from behind them. The trio from sound village turned around to see Sasuke covered in what look like flaming tattoos across his face and arms. His head hung low and hair dropping over, but a powerful, dark aura surrounded him, purple chakra flowing off his body.
"What the hell is that" Shikamaru whispered to himself. He could physically feel the evil malice flowing off of Sasuke's body even from how far away they were. "He's like a completely different person now." Shikamaru looked over and even Ino looked scared, he knew he had to pay close attention now.
"Huh look who finally came to join…" Zaku's voice and face dropped as he saw the markings on Sasuke's face. 'Fuck what was Orochimaru-sama thinking giving this fucker the curse mark? There's no way I can beat him' Before Zaku could move though he felt his body exploded in pain. He looked down to see Sasuke's fist in his stomach, Zaku coughed up some blood and fell to his knees.
"Don't worry, I won't go easy on you. Sakura-chan are you hurt or are you ok to go watch Naruto?" Sasuke asked his body never moving from in front of Zaku.
Sakura was frozen, not knowing what to do or say. This guy in front of her stopped herself and Lee with no problem but here's Sasuke awake from whatever Orochimaru did and he's now faster and stronger… and scarier. "H-hai Sasuke-kun." Is all she could mutter out.
"Good, go there and don't come out until I'm done here. I'll get you then." Sasuke said before he kicked Zaku in the side of his head, sending him to a tree before the boy could retaliate. Sakura hesitated before she did as she was told and left to go take care of Naruto.
"You won't be laughing for long Uchiha" Zaku said while coughing up blood before he activated his jutsu again. Sasuke covered his ears in pain before screaming and looking up with his sharingan which now held two tomoe. Sasuke quickly activated a genjutsu to distract Zaku and stopping his jutsu.
Sasuke quickly stood up, "Nice cheap trick, it seems like you fancy those arms of yours" Sasuke disappeared and showed back up behind Zaku, "Would be a shame if you lost them." With that Sasuke grabbed both of Zaku's arms and quickly ripped back with the breaking them instantly. Than Sasuke kept pulling them while Zaku started to scream in pain. But it was short lived as Dosu came out of hiding and road house kicked Sasuke in the face. "So you have some more friends, now this will be fun" Sasuke quickly flew through some hand signs and shot out an overcharged fireball at the duo. A fireball that would make even Itachi Uchiha sweat a little.
"Now this is a fight I can get into, time to make you pay" Sasuke said with a sinister sneer.
Hey so here's my chapter, I hope you guys liked it I plan on writing a lot more now that I'm back. I apologize for the long delay but being gone with the army kept me preoccupied to work, but now that I'm home I plan on updating at least once a month If i can. Just keep reading and reviewing for me please!
Updated 09/29/2019