Sorry it took so long to get it. I had lost my USB that had this chapter on it. It's Neko's team's POV during the Second Exam. Hope you like it.
Chapter 23: Getting the Earth Scroll
The gates opened and they didn't seem to care. Neko lazily stood first. Senri and Akira stood next. They walked into the Forest of Death as if it meant nothing to them. Neko walked up front. She held her kitten close in her arms. To Neko, her life was meaningless compared to her kitten's. They came arouse some sand ninjas blocking their path. One seemed to be Garaa's son due to the reddish brown hair and the gourd strapped to his back.
"Do you have the Heaven scroll or the Earth?" Garaa's son asked.
"Get out of the way," Neko said calmly.
"I'm sorry but we won't do that. Especially if you have the Heaven Scroll." Garaa's son said again.
"You mean this?" Senri said, holding the heaven scroll to them. Garaa's son's team's eyes widen. The scroll they needed.
"There's no way your passing now." One of the other sand ninjas said as he charged. Akira spun on one foot, using the other to slam the ninja into the tree, snapping it like a twig. The remaining two sand ninja stared in disbelieve at their unconscious friend.
"H-How did you do that. No Genin is that strong." The sand ninja said.
"Doing this was a trademark of the leaf's fifth Hokage. Her father had a brother they never spoke off. Her uncle was exiled from Leaf for unjust acts and went to mist. He had the knowledge of increasing one's strength ten fold. My grandfather taught me well," Akira said with a smile.
Garra's son fumbled with the scroll as he went to hand it too them. "Please, just don't kill us." He said. Senri went to take it from them.
"No Senri. Taking the scroll from such pitiful opponents is a disgrace. We should find the little steel nins. See if they have the Earth scroll and if not we could always use a little sparing completion," Neko said and started walking past the two sand ninjas.
Senri and Akira followed, not wanting to anger Neko. Neko suddenly held her nose. She could suddenly smell the stench of dog and for some reason it seemed familiar to that steel ninja Maemi. She followed it. Moving faster as the scent got stronger. She could feel a power surging through her veins but knew not of their source. She could feel her Chakra growing. Both strange yet familiar to her.
An ear splitting howl filled the forest. The dog she smelt was that of a wolf, not of Maemi. More howls filled the air. It was a pack. Snarling sounds could be heard in the forest surrounding them. Wolves started walking into view, but they were much larger then normal wolves. They seemed to be around their shoulder height, a good four feet tall. Akira shivered into the center of the group.
"What's the matter Akira?" Neko asked in her monotonous voice.
"I don't like dogs. Don't like them at all. Wolves are even worse. These wolves are… I don't even want to think about it," Akira said.
"Baby," Senri said as he started performing the seals. "MIZU KYANONBO-RU NO JUTSU MULTI ATTACK!" Senri yelled. Large spheres made out of water started forming around him. There were one for each wolf. He crossed his arms by his head as more spheres formed. When he finally swiped his arms downward, the spheres shot towards wolves.
The wolves yelped as they ran off. "You couldn't resist one of your cannon ball jutsus, could you," Neko said.
"Let's just go," Akira said, "Before the wolves decide to come back." Senri nodded. A multi attack took a lot of chakra to perform. Neko paid no attention to them and started walking again. She could smell the wolves now, and remembered their scent. The first day was coming to an end soon. All they've accomplished was getting surrounded by wolves. Akira went to find a place to sleep, Senri gathered firewood, and Neko went of look out.
Once they started the fire Senri started cooking a bit of food. Night surrounded them soon.
"I'll take first Sentinel watch. Senri, I'll wake you round midnight, then you can wake Neko round three," Akira said.
"That's fine with me," Senri said.
"What ever," Neko said and laid down by the fire. Senri laid down on the other side. Nothing happened during any of their watches. The second day had started.
As Senri started cooking breakfast he realized something. "We're out of water. We'll need to find a lake and fetch some water, then sterilize it so we can drink it without getting sick," he said.
"Alright. We'll split up to find water. Met back her in –" Akira started
"This way. I can smell it." Neko stated and started walking. Akira and Senri looked at each other with worry. They knew the secret about her that she didn't know. They knew that it was only a matter of time before Neko finds the Shibi.
She led them to the pond. It was a decent sized pond as well. "I think we can also get our breakfast here," Senri said, noticing shadows of fish.
"Good," Akira said. Neko walked up to the pond's edge to get some water. The waters started to swirl as she approached. A whirlpool and formed in the water. The whirlpool started to rise above the water like a water spout. As suddenly as the whirlpool started, it stopped. The water that had been lifted up fell back to the pond. Standing on the water's surface were the three Whirlpool Ninjas.
"They got an earth scroll!" Senri said.
"I can tell by your enthusiasm that you have the Heaven. Will you hand it to us or shall we pry it from your cold, dead hands?" The lead ninja said.
"Neither," Akira said. He nodded to Senri who then started doing the hand seals, then dug his hand into the soil, yelling "NENDO KYANONBO-RU NO JUTSU!" He pulled his hand out with a sphere of hard clay. He then pushed the cannon ball of clay towards the whirlpool ninjas with his chakra.
One of the back whirlpool ninjas did his hand signs with incredible speed. "MIZU SEICHUU NO JUTSU!" he yelled and motioned his hand towards the cannon ball. A jet of water shot towards the cannon ball, dissolving it.
"You actually think that was going to work on us?" The mist ninja said.
"No. But it wasn't supposed to." Senri said with a smug smile. The whirlpool ninjas looked confused. It took them awhile before they realized Akira was gone, but it was too late by then. He had disappeared when the whirlpool ninja used the water control jutsu to dissolve the cannon ball. A loud snap could be heard, then a cry of pain. Akira had used his super strength to break one of the whirlpool ninjas arms. He then retreated into the trees.
"One down, two to go." Akira said with a smile.
Senri and Neko charged in, taking advantage of the whirlpool ninja's distraction. Senri took the one who dissolved his cannon ball, Neko took the leader.
As Senri and the whirlpool ninja fought, Senri realized he was in a loosing battle. "Guess I have to use that jutsu." He muttered.
"You can't. That uses too much Chakra. Akira help him!" Neko said as she kicked the leader to the ground. Akira motioned to jump down but Senri had already started the jutsu. Blood was trickling down from the center of his palm. Senri slammed his hand on the ground.
"OUMU SUMMNING NO JUTSU!" He yelled. A loud screech filled the air.
"SENRI YOU IDIOT!" Neko yelled. A very large parrot came crashing down. It had four limbs, two arms and two wings. It feathers were a green in collar and wore an eye patch over it's right eye. In it's scared arms it held a cane.
"Why did you call Senri? My favorite soaps are on," The boss parrot asked. Senri was on one knee now, his chakra and energy level was low. The summoning of a boss animal used a lot of chakra and energy.
"Needed… help. Ninja to strong." Senri muttered.
"Yeah yeah. You could of summoned one of my children instead. So you want him dead or just knocked out?"
"No killing."
"Should have figured. You were always the soft one in your family." The parrot tapped the ground with his cane. The entire forest shock from the tap. The parrot then hit the two ninjas with his cane, knocking them out. "Happy? I've probably missed my soaps now," The boss parrot said as he took off.
Neko hurried to the ninja who had the scroll and took it. Akira jumped down from the tree and followed them to the center of the forest, walking to their final exam.
