Alright, I know I said I'd update the 21st, but I have too many ideas running through my head right now. Plus, I just read Manga Ch 323, so hey; I'm in the mood. By the way, while reading this chapter, some of you may notice I'm writing in a different style. Don't worry; I'm just seeing if it writes neater than the other way, though it appears that it works better. Just warning you in advance.
Now, Ch 8 of the Past, Present, and Future Hokage!
Ch 8 – Final Exam
"What, did you think I'd make this easy?"
"Agh! I thought that once we got here it'd be easy!" yelled, predictably, one Uzumaki Naruto.
"Tch. Did you really think that the last part of this exam would be the easiest, dobe?" said, again predictably, the last Uchiha.
"Of course only Naruto would think of that Sasuke-kun!" wailed, once again predictably, the only ninja in Konoha with Pink hair, Haruno Sakura. "But not you!"
"…" If this had been a TV show, Sasuke would have had a huge bead of sweat roll down his head. "Well, since we're here, we may as well get this over with. I have an idea, but Gum-head here" (at the Sakura fumed) "may not like it," the Uchiha stated.
"What? Why not?" asked Sakura.
"Because it involves getting swallowed by that giant toad, that's why," returned Naruto, who actually managed to understand the plan, because that was his original plan.
"Eww! That's disgusting!" wiled Sakura again, shaking from the thought of being crushed inside that frog's throat.
"So? It's still a good idea!" yelled Naruto, for once siding with Sasuke. "But, I may have a better idea…" and Naruto started whispering to his teammates. Surprised with the complexity of his plan, both Sasuke and Sakura quickly agreed and turned to face both the giant toad and the white-haired pervert who stood on its head.
"Well? Are we ready to begin now?" yelled Jiraiya down to the three new grads. "Or can I just fail you and send you back to the Academy?"
"NEVER, OLD MAN!" yelled Naruto while Sasuke and Sakura both broke off and headed for the toad's flanks, Sasuke running through a two-seal Jutsu and Sakura reaching for her tool pouch.
"Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu! (Grand Fireball!)" yelled Sasuke as he finished his last seal and blew a large fireball up at Jiraiya, who merely ran through a longer seal-set and countered with his own Jutsu.
"Katon: Chou Goukakyuu no Jutsu! (Hyper Grand Fireball!)" countered the white-haired Sannin, and he expelled a fireball easily ten times larger than Sasuke's and launched it towards the Uchiha boy but no before noticing he wore no tool pouch. Launching the fireball both incinerated the weaker Katon and added the smaller fireball to its own mass. Sasuke only had one shot at this, and hoped it'd work. The fireball seemed to swallow the boy whole, but once it vanished, all Jiraiya saw was a pile of ashes that looked like a Kawarimi log.
So, the boy is fast enough to g through those seals unseen. Interesting, thought the Toad Hermit, while he scanned the area for the Pink-haired kunoichi, and finding her by the rear of the circle, just behind him. Seeing her slightly panting, he decided either she ran around him a few times, or she just ran extra fast to get there so she could set a trap. Either way, the whole situation screamed "TRAP!", so Jiraiya ordered the large frog to jump up and over any possible traps, landing just shy of where the trio had started.
Looking over the scene, he saw that Naruto had also vanished, and started to quickly look around for the loudmouthed boy, easily seeing the orange-colored jumpsuit that stuck out from behind a rock.
"Gama-san, give me some oil!" commanded the Toad Hermit, and he ran through another set of seals, this time shorter than his last Jutsu, landing finally on the Tora. "Katon: Goukakyuu no Jutsu!" and lit the oil the frog began spewing out of its mouth, lighting it and creating a flamethrower that lanced towards the jacket, only to find that it was indeed just a jacket, with no one inside of it. His mistake was only confirmed when he heard the fateful words of "Ninpou: Kuchiyose no Jutsu! (Ninja Art: Summoning!)"
"Hey old man! That was my favorite jacket!" yelled Naruto, as he began running - no, riding quickly towards the frog master on the back of what appeared to be a large yellow fox, with two tails waving behind it. So, Naruto knows how to Summon? Very interesting. "Time to finish this! Nikiiro, let's go!" he shouted to the fox, who promptly sped up and leapt down the frog's open throat much to Jiraiya's and the toad's surprise. The fox lodged itself just in the back of its throat while Naruto jumped off its back, while Jiraiya noted that he too wore no tool pouch.
The frog, knowing what was coming next, began desperately hacking in order to expel the fox, but it had taken such root that the frog only succeeded in coughing up the scroll. Seeing this, its eyes widened and it snaked its tongue out to snatch the scroll back up.
Seeing her cue, Sakura, who had thus far been ignored in the conflict became a key piece as she cut a wire that had been holding back several shuriken and kunai, much more than one genin should carry. Of course, Jiraiya relized. She took the pouches and sprung the trap. Clever girl.
The sharp tools had the intended effect of cutting the toad's tongue in half, and while the scroll dropped, Sakura cut another wire that released a net which grabbed the scroll and brought it to her. In a flash, her blonde and black-haired teammates were there, and all three laid a hand on the scroll. This caused a loud chime to ring, and TA32 shifted to where it looked, again, like a normal door.
"Well then, I guess that these three brats really do have what it takes to be Genin," Jiraiya said to himself as he dismounted and dispelled the toad, and walked over to the three who were congratulating each other in their own way: Naruto trying and failing to hug Sakura, Sakura trying and failing to hug Sasuke, and Sasuke trying and failing to ignore the glomping leech on his arm. All three fell silent however as the Toad Hermit walked silently over, and gave them a look that could melt steel.
"Well, you three young upstarts have completed the final part of the exam. So, in my final verdict…"
While this may not be the best way to hang a cliff over, I figure I need to stop here. It's almost bedtime, and I'm ideaed out.
Questions? Comments? Cheese?
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