As the teams neared training ground 44, they could still hear Naruto's screams of pain. They were near tears because of the laughing fits they were in. As the teams got to the giant forest that was training ground 44 they saw Naruto slumped on the floor rubbing his ear, scowling at the laughing Anko. The teams caught their attention after Kiba cleared his throat.
"Alright, this is where the second test will take place. This is training ground 44 or The Forest of Death," said the sadistically happy nko.
"This is training ground 44 or The Forest of Death," Naruto repeated mockingly. He felt something graze his cheeks and looked at the ground. He saw a kunai with blood stuck into the grass and his eye twitched. "THAT'S IT I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU!" he screamed at Anko. He took out 2 three pronged kunai that looked a lot like his dad's but the side prongs went straight out horizontally and were sharp. The kunai started to glow and Anko's eyes widened. Wind chakra started to come off the prongs, making the side prongs 6 inches long and the top prong a foot and a half. The prongs started to glow red and fire chakra enveloped it. Naruto's black fire began to flicker inside the wind chakra. Anko backed up and ran as Naruto started to chase her.
"Alright gakis! You will be starting with one scroll! Either a Heaven or Earth scroll! To complete this test you need to have a Heaven or Earth scroll when you arrive at the tower in the middle of the forest! You will NOT be able to forfeit until you get to the tower with both scrolls! You have 5 days! Now go to the tents over there to sign your consent forms so that Konoha will not be liable for your deaths! Yes there will be deaths! Alright!" yelled Anko still running from Naruto, "Gaki calm down, I'm sorry geez."
As soon as Anko said that Naruto calmed down and put his kunai away, "was that so hard?" he asked as he went to the tents. Anko just stood there flabbergasted. 'Dammit,' she thought.
Naruto got in the U-Z line to sign his form behind Ino. The blonde turned around and saw Naruto behind her and smirked. "So, Naruto. Why don't you tell me who this girl is?" she asked. Naruto's eye twitched, 'Great, now I'm gonna be bombarded by questions by the Gossip Queen of Konoha,' he thought. "No," he responded. "W-what?" the Yamanaka asked. "I said no. If I tell you I know you can't keep it to yourself. You'll tell everyone you can. Eventually everyone in the village will know and there will be no reason to keep it to myself. The village will go after her because of me. There's a reason I don't exactly talk about the people I love openly. I can trust Shikamaru though. Hell, he's probably known since the first year of the Academy," Naruto explained. By this time it was Ino's turn to sign her consent form. She went to her team still thinking about the redhead. Naruto sighed and signed his form. He went to the tent with the scrolls. He gave the Chunin his consent form and was given his scroll. He was guided to his gate between an Ame team and another Konoha team.
'I should probably avoid as many teams as possible. Setting traps is the best option here,' he thought.
"Kit, are you gonna use the Kubikiribocho?" asked Kurama.
'You crazy? Of course I am. That's the best sword I've ever had. I can't wait to use it,' he thought, 'think of all the reactions!' he added, slightly sadistically.
Inside his mind Kurama sweat dropped, "You know, kit, I think Anko's rubbing off on you."
'You thin-' Naruto was about to think but was cut off by the loudspeaker.
"ALRIGHT YOU MAGGOTS, THE GATES WILL BE OPEN IN 3! 2! 1! GOOOOOOOOOO!" yelled Anko as the gates to the Forest of Death opened and all 27 teams ran inside.
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu! Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" Naruto yelled using Kurama's chakra to summon a wolf-sized version of the 9 tailed fox, and 4 clones of himself.
"Finally I get to stretch my legs!" yelled the kyuubi passive aggressively at the redhead.
"I haven't had time to summon you. Now, if you want me to pass, you'll help me set up traps, and make sure no one is near.
"I don't know how to set up traps, are you insane!? I'm a fucking fox meatsack!" yelled the fox.
"Uhm, ok…"
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With Team 10
"We should go after billboard brow's team, there's no way they can beat us!" yelled Ino.
"Troublesome. Ino, they have Sasuke, who is probably high genin, and the Sai guy who we have no information about, and Sakura I guess. Realistically the best team to go after is Naruto, but he can make Kage Bunshins which is more than enough to take us on. So, we need to play the tactical game and watch our enemies. That's when we will strike," said Shikamaru.
"You're no fun Shikamaru, muttered the blonde.
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With Team 8
Team 8 was currently setting up a trap to get their scroll, unknowingly being watched by a team.
"Since the tower is where everyone is going to be headed, the best thing to do is to set traps," said Kiba.
Akamaru sniffed the air alerting Team 8 to the team who was watching them.
"Stupid kids, they might as well be asking us to captuer them. From the sound of things they know we're her, but they haven't found out where," said the enemy shinobi only to freeze up and lose the color in his face.
"Yo, what's wrong? Your face is white as snow?" asked his teammate.
"AUUUURGH!" yelled the first boy.
His teammates looked at the back of his neck and saw a giant leech sucking the blood out of the back of his neck.
"W-what the hell is that thing?" yelled the second teammate only to look up with his other teammate and see tons of the same leeches fall down on top of them.
"AUUUUUUUUUUURGH!"
The team fell onto a net where they saw Team 8 in front of them.
"The leeches in this forest can sense heat in the body and fling themselves en masse. Unfortunate for you guys. Because if you can't get them within five minutes, you're done. And if you panic, well…" said Kiba.
"HEEEEEELP!" yelled the enemy team.
"One team down," said Kiba as he picked up their scroll, "and looky here Akamaru, they got the scroll we need," he added looking at his team.
"Let's get to the tower. Oh, and Hina-chan, why don't we-"
"No," responded the Hyuga.
"Damn," muttered the Inuzuka.
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With Team 7
"Did you guys hear that?" asked Sakura, "This place is super creepy."
"I'm sure it's nothing," said Sai.
'That smile is even creepier,' thought the girl.
"Sh," said Sasuke, "there's someone out there."
Suddenly a volley of shuriken came flying at the team.
"SCATTER!" yelled Sasuke.
As the team dodged the shuriken, a team of Ame ninja came down from the trees.
"Well, well, well. What do we have here? A bunch of kids? Well, since you survived, why don't you tell me which one of you has the scroll?!" said a black haired ame nin with a face mask, "Well, since you won't tell me I guess I'll have to be direct!" he yelled as he ran at Sakura.
"Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" yelled Sasuke.
The Ame nin dodged the volley of fireballs, and Sasuke rushed at the enemy. The Ame nin ran higher into the trees, Sasuke on his heels. The Uchiha landed on a branch as the Ame nin threw a kunai at him. Sasuke dodged to the left as the kunai hit the branch. He smirked until he heard a "sss" sound and looked at the knife. His eyes widened as he saw an explosive note about to blow up. The note exploded, sending Sasuke to the floor.
"Thanks for that opening," said the Ame nin landing behind Sasuke, "now stay still. One false move and I'll kill you. Hand over the scroll."
"Sasuke-kun!" yelled Sakura.
Sai took out his tanto, rushing at the ninja, replacing himself with Sasuke. He stabbed the Ame nin in the gut.
"AAAAUUURGH!" yelled the nin, 'Damn, this is bad. I thought coming alone would help me conceal my presence, but it's been a failure. I gotta leave.'
Sasuke turned around seeing the Ame nin retreating. He gritted his teeth, 'Dammit. He got away."
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With Naruto
"Nobody yet?" asked Naruto to his fox companion.
"Actually I just picked up on a team. It seems to be that Kabuto gaki's team. I can tell from their chakra that they are experienced, but pick 'em off one by one and you'll be fine."
"Alright," said Naruto, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," as 10 clones came into existence. "Create a perimeter around his team, nobody leaves it." The clones nodded and shunshined away, "Now let's go play," said Kurama.
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"Kabuto, 11, no 12 people creating a perimeter around us. What should we do?" asked a man with a mask, bandana, and dark glasses.
Kabuto frowned, "12? Are you sure about that Yoroi?" he asked. The man named Yoroi nodded. "From what I can tell 11 of them have equal chakra while one has, what the fu- it's chakra is the strongest I've ever felt." Kabuto's frown deepened, "Alright stop."
The team stopped on a branch and heard twelve pairs of feet land around them.
"Alright, you can come out," said another man with a mask, bandana, and clear glasses. As soon as the third man said that the team saw who created the noise. Out of the shadows stepped 10 Uzumaki Narutos and one wolf-sized fox. Kabuto's eyes narrowed, he knew he heard twelve, the question was where was he? He was about to find out.
"Quick question? What's your opinion on blood?" asked Naruto. Now the team was confused, "What are you talking about?" asked the third man. Naruto's blank face soon had a sadistic smile plastered across it, "you'll soon find out," he said as he and the other 9 clones dropped unsealed scrolls to the ground. The team looked down at the ground and saw the 11th clone.
"Hey, look over here," said the mysterious fox.
When the team looked at the fox they were hit with the biggest killing intent they had ever felt. The team was now locked in place, with Yoroi and the third man sprawled on the ground with Kabuto on his knees. They became even more frightened when they saw the 11 Naruto's eyes change. The Narutos made several hand signs and placed their hands on the ground. A giant rumbling noise came from the ground. The team's eyes popped out of their sockets as four giant walls of blood surrounded them, dwarfing the trees as it went higher.
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With Anko
Currently Konoha's resident snake mistress was eating dango and was halfway through creating a lead symbol. She looked towards the forest and her eyes widened and she choked on her ball of dango. She saw four walls of blood coming up from the trees and 12 figures climb the wall, 'Damn Naruto, you really want a scroll don't you to use that move,' she thought remembering when she used a downgraded version of the move he was about to use.
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With Naruto
The Narutos started to spin as they each grabbed 2 bone blades. They held the blades straight as they guided blood down their arms with their dojutsu. The blood began to envelope their arms and the bones, causing everything above his elbow to become a blade of blood. The Narutos began to spin closely around Kurama who himself was already spinning. This caused them to become a drill of blood blades with the strongest of all the bijuu in the middle.
Team Kabuto was frantically trying to get away but they couldn't find any way out. They looked up and saw the drill of red and black above them. 'SHIT!' they all thought.
As Naruto got closer he smirked as he got an idea, 'Sorry not sorry Kiba,' he thought. "GATSUUGA!" he yelled as he impacted the team
"AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRGGGHHHH!" echoed throughout the entire forest.
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With Team 8
Kiba suddenly sneezed.
"Are you alright, Kiba?" asked Hinata.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine Hinata-chan," responded the boy, "Anyways, surviving this forest was as easy as I had thought! We rule, right Akamaru!?"
"Woof!" responded Akamaru.
"We really lucked out, the first people to fall into our trap were carrying the earth scroll we needed! We'll be at the tower in no time!" yelled Kiba.
"Calm down, it's too early to celebrate. This forest is crawling with enemies," scolded Shino, When feeling threatened, even the smallest bug will-"
"Alright already! I got it but how you always manage to twist things around so it is related to bugs amazes me. Anyways, I am still the team leader," said Kiba.
"B-but maybe Sh-Shino is r-right," said Hinata.
"*sigh*, fine Hinata-chan," said Kiba, "WAIT! Hold it!" he yelled as he and Akamaru sniffed the air, "If we're supposed to be on the lookout, Hinata should check out ahead of us for the next kilometer."
"A-alright, l-let me c-check," responded the Hyuga, 'BYAKUGAN!'
Hinata's vision stretched out and saw Gaara along with 5 other people, his teammates and another team in a standoff.
"Someone is in a fight, there are six people," she said.
"Let's go take a look!" exclaimed Kiba.
"Huh?" asked Kiba.
"Kiba, think logically, what would that accomplish?" asked Shino.
"To pass the exam, we were told to steal and deliver one earth and heaven scroll. Nobody said we couldn't take more than one! If we grab more than one pair, the fewer teams will get scrolls. So more teams will fail!" Kiba explained.
"B-but," Hinata tried.
"I just want to look. If it's too dangerous we'll leave," Kiba interrupted, "NOW LET'S GO!" he added as he jumped away with Akamaru.
'Damn,' thought Shino as he joined him along with Hinata.
As the team arrived at the stand off, Akamaru began to shake and whimper. Kiba frowned, "Akamaru, what's wrong?"
"W-why did w-we st-stop?" asked Hinata.
"Something scared Akamaru, he is able to sniff an enemy's chakra. He can smell the enemy's strength, so the fact that he's scared isn't a good sign," Kiba explained as he looked at Gaara.
The Suna team was in a standoff with another Ame team.
"The nerve of those Sunagakure gakis, trying to take us. How stupid." said the tallest member.
'What the hell is the redhead doing, taking them on?' Kiba thought as Akamaru whimpered. "Akamaru, what is it boy?"
"Kiba, what's wrong?" asked Shino.
"It's Akamaru, he's frightened. Of the short one. He says he feels cold, whatever that means."
'Th-they a-all s-seem very d-dangerous and st-strong,' thought Hinata.
"Prepare to meet your maker!" yelled the tall Ame nin.
"Are you going to fight us, or talk us to death?" asked Gaara.
"Why you little-" growled Ame nin.
'I can't tell if this group has heaven or earth. Maybe they don't have either,' thought Kankuro. "Hey Gaaru! I thought we weren't going to fight anyone unless they had the scroll that we needed! There's no point in fighting if they don't have the scroll we need."
"Kankuro… shut up or I'll kill you," Gaara said calmly, "Anyone who crosses me is dead."
"ALRIGHT! I'M FINE WITH THAT!" yelled the Ame nin as he took out 4 umbrellas. He threw the umbrellas into the air and made hand sins. "YOU'RE DEAD! NINPOU: JYORO-SENBON!" senbon needles flew off the umbrellas headed for Gaara. Just before the 1,000 needles could hit the boy a wall of sand blocked all of them, leaving him unharmed.
"Is that all?" asked Gaara.
"Impossible, none of them hit him!" said the Ame nin.
"Some attack that was. Well, my turn, to respond with a deluge of blood."
Kiba's eyes widened, 'His chakra! It's so powerful! And his sand, it reeks of blood!'
Gaara extended his hand, "Sabakukyu!" he said as a hand of sand reached out to the tall Ame nin and wrapped around him. Gaara closed his hand and what happened next could only be described as a shower of blood as the Ame nin was crushed. "Sabakusoso."
Team 8's eyes were wide as they saw what happened.
"We-we gotta get outta here," said Kiba. The team got up and left towards the tower, not seeing when Gaara looked towards where they were hiding.
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Naruto was running through the forest towards the tower after he had performed his now-named, "Ketsueki-Gatsuuga" (Blood-fang over fang). He was 5 kilometers away when he heard a scream that sounded like a certain pink-haired girl.
'UUUGH!' he groaned in his mind. He didn't want to but he decided to check it out. As he got to where he heard the scream come from, he landed on a higher branch. What he saw terrified him. He saw a knocked out Sai, and a frozen Sakura and Sasuke. But that wasn't what terrified him. In front of team 7 was a giant snake with a man on top of it. Besides Anko, the only other person was the most famous missing nin among all the elemental nations. His name was Orochimaru, the snake sannin. He took out 2 bones and with the help of his Ketsuryugan had two Kubikiribocho blades in hands. He leaped down at the giant snake as it rushed at team 7. Before anyone knew, the snake's head was detached from his body and Naruto was in front of team 7 in a defensive form with both swords held backhand.
"Dobe, w-we d-don't n-need you," said Sasuke just as he and Sakura passed out from the bloodlust in the area.
"You know, I might not like them, but they're leaf ninja, my comrades," Naruto said facing Orochimaru.
'This gaki… how did he… I didn't even sense him,' thought Orochimaru. The snake man smiled, "Well, well, well, let's see if you prove a better opponent than Sasuke-kun."
Naruto narrowed his eyes, "Why are you here, Orochimaru?"
"Well, well, curious now are we. Well, let's just say that Sasuke-kun's eyes are the key to my success," explained Orochimaru.
With Anko
'Mmm. Nothing goes better with dango than red bean soup. And as soon as I'm finished eating, I'll head to the tower,' Anko thought, 'The good teams should be done in less than a day,' she added as she threw her last dango stick at a tree creating the symbol of Konoha.
"ANKO-SAN!" yelled a chunin, "TERRIBLE NEWS!"
"Already?" she whined.
"Dead bodies! Three of them!" explained the chunin.
"Dead bodies?" she asked.
"Dead… and very deformed. Please come take a look!" said the chunin.
'Deformed?' Anko thought
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"Judging from their belongings and the papers we found, they are shinobi of Kusagakure. They were registered to take the chunin exams," explained Kotetsu, "And as you can see, their features are completely gone. Their faces as smooth as if they were completely melted off."
'No doubt about it, I know who did this. But why would he be here?" Anko thought, "Show me the photos from the shinobi's bodies at once!"
As Anko saw the photos her blood ran cold. She saw a Kusa nin who had been near her when she was chased by Naruto, 'So he stole this face. But that means he had done it before the exams had even started!'
"YOU THREE! REPORT EVERYTHING TO HOKAGE-SAMA! ASK THAT HE DEPLOYS TWO ADDITIONAL BLACK OPS TO THE FOREST AT ONCE! I'M GOING AFTER THE IMPOSTERS!
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"The key to your success?" Naruto questioned.
"I wish to learn every jutsu in the world, to become the strongest, the sharingan is the best way to achieve my goal," Orochimaru said.
"You're insane!" yelled the Uzumaki as he ran at Orochimaru flaring his kyuubi chakra. He created 2 Kage Bunshin that went to Orochimaru's side. "Konoha-Ryū Mikazuki no Mai," Naruto said as he cut Orochimaru's chest. As he was about to land on a branch, he felt something slimy wrap around him. He looked down and saw a tongue. He looked for where it was coming from and looked towards Orochimaru, and saw it was coming from his mouth. He was brought face-to-face with. Orochimaru looked at Naruto's eyes and saw that they were red with a slit pupil.
"Heh heh, so the nine tails gaki is still alive and kicking. How interesting, and it seems you have full control over the beast," said Orochimaru as he life's Naruto's shirt, "And there's the proof, the seal on your stomach that keeps it trapped. But we can't have you as a threat, it's to bad I can't seal you. Fuin: Five Pronged Seal!" he said as he plunged his fingers into Naruto's gut.
"AAAUUURRGH!" yelled the redhead. Orochimaru threw the boy but was surprised when he was still conscious as he landed on a branch. He saw Naruto's eyes widening and saw the smirk on his face.
"This isn't the best time to be smiling, gaki," said the sannin. It was then that he felt tingling on his legs. He looked down and saw thousands of bugs crawling up his leg. He attempted to move but couldn't. He gritted his teeth and looked around to see where the bugs may be coming from.
"GATSUUGA!" came a voice. Two drills came from the forest and Orochimaru felt two drills hit his back. He was knocked to the ground with 2 wounds in his back. He looked up towards Naruto and saw another team in front of the redhead. An Inuzuka, a Hyuga, and an Aburame.
"Heh, that wasn't so hard," said the Inuzuka. He looked towards Naruto, "You really need to choose better battles. A may not like you a lot, but I don't want you dead," he added.
"Guys…" said Naruto, surprised to see someone stand up for him, "let's get this traitor," he smirked.
"Now I like the sound of that," said Kiba. He punched his hand into his palm and looked towards his teammate, "let's do this."
Shino and Hinata nodded, the latter activating her dojutsu. Naruto got up and looked towards Orochimaru. He saw Orochimaru open his mouth and stretch it out. He almost threw up at what he saw. He saw a new and healed Orochimaru climb out of the beaten Orochimaru's mouth. Orochimaru faced Hinata and saw her dojutsu activate. He licked his lips and thought, 'A Byakugan, huh? That'll be nice to get a hold of.'
Naruto where Orochimaru was looking and his blood ran cold, 'He's not thinking of doing what I think he's doing? Is he?' Orochimaru launched himself at Hinata and saw her team's and the kyuubi brat's eyes widen. Just as was about to mark her, he was hit by the flat of Naruto's blade. 'That took too much of my strength. I can't stay awake,' he thought as he fell to the ground unconscious.
Team 8 looked at the fallen Uzumaki. Shino and Kiba moved him behind them and then stepped in front of Hinata. Kiba and Akamaru jumped at the missing nin, "GATSUUGA!" Kiba yelled. This time Orochimaru saw the attack and swatted the duo away causing them to hit a tree, rendering them too weak to fight. Shino attempted to catch him with his bugs, but having lost the element of surprise, Orochimaru simply dodged the bugs and kicked Shino in the solar plexus, rendering him unable to battle, just like Kiba. He looked at the Hyuga, who's eyes were now wide with terror. He extended his neck, and before Hinata could do anything she felt his teeth sink into her neck.
"Aaaaah!" Hinata screamed and then passed out.
Orochimaru faced the unconscious Sasuke and hit him in the same place on the neck. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have a date to get to," he said to Shino, Kiba, and Akamaru, who had seen everything
"Kiba, we need to get them to the tower. We have 4 scrolls. Naruto has his 2 and Team 7 will need to use our extra scrolls so they can get in," explained Shino. Kiba nodded at his friends logic and picked up Naruto and Hinata. And transformed Akamaru picked up Sai and Sakura, with Shino picking up Sasuke.
With Anko
'It's already night! I have to find him soon! The darker it gets the worse the situation will be!' Anko thought, 'But why, why choose now to show himself? What's he playing at?! Not that it matters, I'll kill him. No matter how hard it will be. I'm going to kill him, even if it means dying. If I can't kill you, I'll slow you down until the ANBU arrive.'
"To kill you, isn't it Orochimaru?" Anko asked.
"Impossible," said Orochimaru
Anko jumped off the branch and took 4 senbon from her kunai pouch. As she was about to launch them at her old sensei, Orochimaru spit his tongue at her, catching her arm. That didn't stop the snake mistress. She took a hold of his tongue hard when he tried to pull her toward him. "Hidden Shadow Snake Hands!" exclaimed Anko. She pulled even harder, pulling Orochimaru toward her, launching him through the air. He hit the branch and was dragged by Anko. They slammed into the tree causing both of them to grunt in pain. Anko pinned the snake-man against the tree trapping him by stabbing their hands together with a kunai.
"Got you!" she said, "now why don't you lend me a hand," she added grabbing a hold of his left hand with her right as she made a hand sign. Orochimaru's eyes widened when he recognized the seals, "That's the-" he said. "That's right, we'll be dying together," said Anko sadistically. "Twin Snakes Kill Each Other!"
Orochimaru smiled, "so you want to commit suicide? How sweet," he said. Suddenly the voice came from somewhere else, "But that's just a Bunshin."
Anko's eyes widened as the Bunshin popped and looked behind her, "Even if you are an elite ninja of Konoha, you mustn't forget everything I taught you!" said Orochimaru. Anko gritted her teeth, "Why. Why are you here now?!" she asked. Orochimaru smiled, "For nostalgia my dearest Anko. And it even seems that you're not happy to see me."
"Ooh, is it an assassination. Are you after Hokage-sama?" asked Anko. Orochimaru's smile turned sadistic, "Now, now. You don't have the authority to know that. But right now, I'm just here to leave my mark. In fact, I just left 2. I think you'll find out soon." Anko's eyes widened as she reached to the back of her neck where the same mark Orochimaru had branded Hinata and Sasuke was. "Wh-Who was it?" she asked. "One boy and a girl. Like I said you'll find out soon," Orochimaru responded.
"Y-you're a monster. They'll be dead in no time. Only 1 out of ten survive." Anko growled. Orochimaru tilted his head, "Possibly, but I have a feeling these 2 will pull through," he said victoriously, "Now, if you don't mind. I'll be leaving now. Can't stick around forever," he added as he disappeared in a shunshin.
"*huff*huff* need… to tell… Hokage-sama," Anko said just before blacking out.
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Author's Notes
Another chapter done! That sure was a hard one. Hope y'all enjoyed it. It's gonna get a lot better by preliminaries. I promise that. Anyway, bye!