Hey, guess who's not dead? Oops, sorry for this…really late update. I kinda got swept up in college and well now I just want to write and take a break.
So, with last chapter's update I got a string of reviews about the story. I was thankful for them, but I also figured that I best explain a couple things.
First off, I'll put in a little refresher for a lot of the OC's, because it is a lot.
Hesei Shisui- Teammate to Hosha Naruto and the Kenjutsu and Ninjutsu specialist of the group. Shisui is part of a rival clan to the Uchiha and the team leader when Hosha is not around.
Yarui- The tai jutsu specialist and the flirting happy person in Team Overkill. He is the one that mainly spars with Naruto.
Darui- A friend of Hosha and one of her teammates. He is the weapon specialist of the group and the one most suited for secret ops.
Ikate- Another member of Deidara's group and the jokester of their group. He has an infatuation with Hosha and tends to put her above the others on his team. He is also the heir to his own clan and a friend to Akatsuchi.
Hatori- The most responsible teammate in Deidara's group. He is the illegitimate heir to his clan that is ruled by his mother. He is also the one that is most in tune with Hosha's actions.
Doten-Shi Ken- A stray Uzumaki who was kidnapped by Danzo. His name is a combination name pertaining to his warrior heritage and one I selected from a few in history. He is also the teammate for Sashiko and Sai and acts as a sort of guard for Sashiko.
Ichihara- The eldest of Michiko's children, Ichihara is the one that took off when Sashiko became a genin. No one has seen him since.
Michiko- The wife of Iraku and parent to Mila, Miko, Ichihara, and Sashiko. She was a friend of Minato when they were younger and even earned her own war title.
Iraku- The husband of Michiko and a distant relative to the Uchiha. He is the one who sealed away the Kyuubi, and because of that, Hosha's seal and the bond she has to the Kyuubi is HIGHLY influenced by the actions he took.
Sashiko- the adopted elder sister of Menma and youngest sibling for Michiko's group of kids. She is the other teammate to Sai and Ken. She is a lightning specialist with a lot of training from Orochimaru. She is his designated heir and another summoner for snakes.
I believe that is all of them, but if there is one that I mention that someone would like a refresher on, please ask. I don't mind putting up reminders because it has been a while. I think I'll start with summaries again of the previous events.
Other than that, there was a mention on how I used Japanese suffixes such as "chan" and "Ni". It was mentioned that they shouldn't be capitalized and that honestly I shouldn't use them at all, but it was one comment and unless I get more or it ruins the feel of the story I'll keep them.
I also know that reading about the others may not interest everyone, but I like building up the story that way. If you don't like it, I'm sorry. You technically don't have to read those parts, though you will be lost if you don't. I also found it easier for me to put the story together by integrating those parts of the world into one, otherwise, I struggle to see how my picture fits in together.
Anyways I wouldn't have put all this down and I apologize for spanning this giant area of text for a few reviews, but some of it I felt I really should review and note.
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In all her years alive, Hosha had never really stayed underground this long.
She was staring up at the ceiling, or she supposed the cavern's ceiling.
Hosha sat up and looked ahead. She heard the dripping of water and felt ivy crawl under her. Crystals glistened around her as the water dripped.
A bored-looking fox greeted her as she sat up. Kurama, the Nine Tailed Fox, was watching her with lazy intent.
He looked menacing, but Hosha knew better. She had taken to visiting the grumpy fox multiple times a day, taking special care to bother him when she was asleep. Her body still rested, and she was able to bug him more.
He had never really enjoyed it when she bothered him without a reason though. For the moment they just sat in companionable silence while Hosha plotted her next move. Her team would be able to make it out of the tunnels soon enough. They had what they needed and soon she would be free to rest until the next task.
She was excited at the thought of seeing her brother again because she had missed him. There were very few times that the two siblings weren't attached at the hip, especially outside of Iwa.
"If you keep thinking that loud I'm going to make you wake up." The fox suddenly grumbled, reminding Hosha of where she was.
She looked back to the fox again, finding his eyes meeting hers.
"I've been wondering something." She started with.
The fox didn't lose her gaze, but his posture did shift to show he was paying more attention.
"How did you end up sealed inside of me?" She asked, her mind rampant with thoughts.
She had always felt the fox's chakra inside of her, even though she didn't know it until recently. The rage and the anger that flowed beneath the surface, the carnal urges that often drove her to be more violent than most other shinobi. It wasn't until Hosha had met Roshi that she had found someone with the same urges as her, but at the time she hadn't connected the dots.
Roshi and Han remembered becoming Jinchurriki, but she had no idea. They knew not only how but why they were turned into walking disasters.
The fox turned his head away from her and scoffed.
"I'd think you would recognize the man. You've met him before." He finally relented when she didn't back down.
Hosha opened her mouth to ask him some more questions, only to feel her head spin before she opened her eyes to another cave, another place.
She wasn't in her head anymore, and the breathing of the fox no longer filled the air. Instead, she was nestled between her teammates with two kunai in her palms.
The stupid fox was avoiding the question again.
Ignoring the sudden annoyance that Hosha felt she filed away the information she had for later and instead turned to her teammates to wake them up. They had an exam to finish after all. She could question the fox later. They already had their first object, after all, another scroll that she had strapped to her side. They only needed to find the second and third objects before they left the caves using the maps they had stolen off of the other teams they encountered.
Hatori and Ikate were awake not long after and they started through the caves to locate their second object. It wasn't long before they found it.
They stumbled upon the chest with the object, a faded coin, and slipped it into one of their scrolls with a blood seal. They then backtracked, noticing that the coin had an axis on it with an angle pointing to a cave branching away from theirs.
Hosha nodded to the others and carefully extended her senses before leading them onward. They made their way through the network of caves without running into another team. At the end of the cave, they located their last object, a piece of chakra-infused metal that was about as long as Hosha's forearm.
She was confused at the different objects but didn't question it since they now had to make their way out of the caves. That wasn't too difficult with three rock users and a sensor.
Hosha sighed and looked up to Hatori and Ikate, wondering how they wanted to get out of the caves.
"If we go through the tunnels it'll take longer but I don't want to waste too much chakra going through all the rock. There is a tunnel that leads to the surface about three tunnels away, but it'll be a bit of a stretch even if we meld through the rock." She said.
Hatori hums and holds a hand to the wall, thinking before he closes his eyes.
"I think our best bet is to mix the two strategies. We can basically make our own shortcuts but travel through the tunnels for the long stretches. Ikate, think you are up for it?" He asks.
The genin grins at him and cracks his knuckles. He answers by forming hand signs and sinking into the rock.
Hatori rolls his eyes but follows the man's lead while Hosha smirks and dives in after them.
They come out in another tunnel and Hosha takes the lead to their next phase point. The tunnels would be much worse if it weren't for her sensory abilities, making Hosha grateful to the fox for that at least.
Even when the fox was refusing to answer her questions in a straightforward manner.
They stepped up to the next area and phased through, coming out into a dead-end tunnel with a large drop behind them.
Hosha hummed and took a moment to spread her chakra again, before glancing up.
"The way out is about ten feet above us. Want to tunnel out or?" She asked the others.
Hatori shrugged, glancing around at the cave.
"We shouldn't cause a cave in if we go up, so that's probably a good idea." He states.
Ikate nods and then hums as he eyes the ceiling above them. He then crouches, placing his hand on the ground and channeling his chakra.
"I can hold the rock around it and harden it if one of you wants to punch a hole through it." Ikate offers. Hatori nods and raises his hands to flash through signs.
Having witnessed this tag-team before, Hosha steps back and watches the two work. Hatori shifts and jumps, slamming his fist into the ceiling while Ikate's chakra spread out around the epicenter of the strike.
The earth rumbles and then splits open. The force of Hatori's hit sends earth upward. Hosha watches in fascination as a tunnel is formed, the debris not raining down on them and instead of spilling over above.
She winks at the two and then jumps out of the hole.
They follow her and when they arrive above, they can see sunlight pouring out of the end of their tunnel. They march outside, finding themselves on the other side of the cavernous mountains and facing Kabuto as he watches for others. Only two other teams are outside, and one of them is the Suna team while another is a team from Kusa. There isn't any sign of the other Iwa team for the moment, but that simply meant that they would be arriving shortly.
Hosha relaxes and leans back on her two teammates as the proctor walks over to check over their objects. He barely glances over them before nodding.
"I guess you pass then. You can wait here or head to one of the tents. There is only a day or so remaining for this event." He informs them before turning to the tunnels.
"Wait, we weren't first?!" A voice can be heard from behind. Hosha glances back and frowns when she recognizes the team. It's the one with the Uchiha. They look rough, but they are all okay as they head over to Kabuto. Sasuke pauses to look at Hosha and she tensed up at his gaze. He meets her eyes and takes a step closer to her. Before he can get too close though, Ikate steps between them and takes hold of her shoulders.
"You heard the man! Let's go rest up Hosha-Chan!" The man says cheerily, but Hosha can hear the edge in his tone. Hatori nods and silently shifts to her other side as they practically force her away from the other team. All the while, Hosha can feel the dark gaze of the Uchiha on her back.
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It's only after Menma and Sakura settle into their tent that Sasuke allows himself to relax. His entire body aches after traversing the caves for a day and a half and he feels like he needs to soak in a bath for several more days to get rid of the dirt and grime on his skin.
Sakura has it the worst out of all of them though as she switches out the bandage on her arm. She had taken a blow meant for Menma while they were in the tunnels, despite knowing the idiot could heal himself. Still, Sasuke could understand the sentiment of wanting to protect the trouble magnet.
Menma was the least hurt among them, but that was only because he had time to heal. The Uzumaki healing factor was no joke, and it showed as the only injuries that Menma had left were the deep gouges near his legs that had healed into shallow scabs. The kid was a monster, and Sasuke was glad that they were teammates.
They really needed to work on their close combat though. Normally Sakura and Sasuke were enough, but Sakura had to be very careful with her use of her strength and Sasuke wasn't the best swordsman. He was better than Menma though, who was going to be going through remedial lessons with his mother when this was all said and done.
Sasuke shivered. Lessons from Kushina were terrifying. That woman was skilled, but she was far too eccentric and sadistic for Sasuke's taste. He'd stick to learning from Kakashi and Itachi while he could.
His thoughts wandered, and soon Sasuke was thinking about the girl he had seen several minutes earlier.
Hosha, the heiress of the Iwa Bomber Clan. She was an enigma to Sasuke, and he wanted to fight her again. Hopefully, now that they were in the running for the finals, he would get to.
His mind snapped back to when she would come and visit him, and his thoughts shifted instead to how…simple things had been before everything had crashed down and turned into reality.
Maybe, if things went well enough, the two of them could turn back into two friends meeting at the waterfront again. He scoffed and shoved the thought away. He should stop spending so much time with Menma, the boy was rubbing off on him.
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Kabuto watched as more and more teams left the caves. He was slightly surprised to see most of the Konoha Genin make it, and more surprised to see the smaller villages pull through. Iwa managed one more team, the team of boys that were under Roshi of Iwa.
Something more surprising was the lack of one specific team, one that Kabuto had a more vested interest in. It was the team with his fellow disciple of Orochimaru, Sashiko's team. The group should have come out by now, but they hadn't shown themselves by the end of the second day. This worried Kabuto.
Sashiko was not the type to go down without a fight, let alone with her teammates by her side.
He took a deep breath and glanced around at the caves again, hoping that they would show themselves.
He had finished one last look and turned away, knowing there wasn't a lot of time left for the rest of the teams to show up.
Rustling caught his attention again and Kabuto turned as he heard feet padding.
Kabuto turned around and was shocked to see three familiar figures who all looked worse for wear. It was Sashiko's team, and Sashiko was holding up her teammate Sai while her other teammate was ensuring the two didn't fall over and that the other participants stayed away. They looked battered and worn, but Sashiko grinned at him as she held up their objects.
"Hey, we managed…to get out." She spoke up. There was a long gash along her arm and several bruises on her face. She was shaking, barely able to hold up Sai as he struggled to stand on what looked to be a bleeding leg.
"You need to get over to the medical tent, right over there," Kabuto ordered, his eyes narrowing on the two. Sashiko nodded but stumbled as she tried to direct Sai in the correct direction.
Ken was quick to catch them both, grunting before helping them up.
Kabuto wanted to help, but Ken gave him a look that forced him to stay still.
He was medic-nin, he could help them, but he was also a proctor. If he aided them…Even though they were from his village it wouldn't look good.
He sighed and let them go, watching them carefully as they neared the tent. He wouldn't put it past other teams to act on their moment of weakness and eliminate the competition. Turning sharply Kabuto looked around the camp, glaring down any who lingered on the group longer than they needed to.
Who could have put them in such a state? Kabuto wasn't sure what had happened, but he knew he'd have to find out.
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Minato was trying not to do something stupid. He sat in his tower, overlooking Konoha and the area where the second exam was being held. He wanted nothing more than to run over and see his little girl. He wanted to sweep Naruto up in his arms and tell her how much he loved her, but he couldn't.
Not only would Iwa stir up more trouble if he did go and claim to be Naruto's dad, but he had a sinking feeling that the girl may not believe him. It had been her entire lifetime since she had even been around Minato, let alone treated like his kid. Minato didn't know how to bridge the gap, to show her the extent of his love for her.
He remembered still the nights after the Kyuubi attack, of waking up to Kushina crying as she held onto something of Naruto's. He remembered feeling like something was missing every time he came home, of searching for one more person, one more family member who belonged at their side.
The Yondaime loved Menma, would die for the boy, but that didn't erase the ache in his chest over his firstborn.
Minato turned away from the window, running a hand through his hair as he desperately tried to come up with a solution. His only option was to tell Naruto, but he didn't know-how. Should he wait till after the Chunin Exams? Or would it be better to do it after the next task?
Would she accept them? Would she shove him away?
And what about Iwa?
Minato was known for working his way around problems, for finding unconventional solutions. Here though…Here Minato was at a loss for what to do. He had nothing to fall back on, no experience to work with.
Biting back another sigh Minato looked down at his hands, thinking of the girl with brilliant blue eyes as she laughed with her teammates.
He had to tell her. He had to tell her soon, even though he feared the answer.
If he didn't tell her soon, then he would never tell her at all.
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The second exam drew to a close as Kabuto greeted the last team to leave the caves. Any others would be retrieved by the proctors soon enough and the bodies inside would be cleared out. All of the traces of what had occurred would be erased for the next time that the caves were being used up.
Turning, Kabuto gazed over the sprawling camp of would-be Chunin.
Among the groups were clear separations, different villages residing together to form a stronger looking group while others stuck to their own familiar shinobi. The Iwa teams were both together near a fire as they chatted. Off to the side sat the Konoha teams as the Rookies all rested after a long couple of days.
The smaller villages had formed temporary truces so as not to appear weak and alone, those of Taki and Kusa sitting near one another while Kumo and Ame stuck to the sidelines.
Turning his head Kabuto glanced back to the Iwa teams, catching the edge of their conversation as the blonde-haired genin by the name of Yarui gestured wildly about something. His teammates laughed at his expense, and next to him the blonde-haired kunoichi, Hosha, joined in.
The two of them laughed together and sat down as their voices carried. The older ninja who stood in as Hosha's teammates were also relaxing, though they were far quieter than the younger bunch. They seemed to be keeping an eye out for other ninja to ensure no one started something with them.
Considering that the group had the attention of a lot of other villages, Kabuto understood the sentiment. After all, the Konoha Shinobi alone showed a lot of interest in Hosha and her teammates, let alone the other villages who rarely saw Iwa Shinobi off the battlefield.
Turning away Kabuto chuckled softly. Orochimaru had ordered him to gather some intel and he was working on it. He had several clones stationed around the area, listening in.
Among those clones was one that was nearest to the Iwa Shinobi.
He stepped away, knowing anything that the shinobi discussed he would recall later when he dispelled his clones. For now, he needed to report to Kushina and decided on whether or not a preliminary match would be needed or if the Third Exam could handle the masses of teams.
Across the way sat Kabuto's clone as he listened in to the conversation the Iwa Shinobi were having.
Hosha was settled against one of the older shinobi, Hatori if Kabuto recalled correctly. She was telling the others about her first B-Rank mission with her sensei, someone who Kabuto didn't know the name of.
"It was a little insane since we both were struggling to figure out if Tsuchikage-Sama was serious about the matter. It only took a bit of digging to realize that this mission was actually serious and we needed to blow up a mountain for the B-rank. It didn't take much after that to get the job done." Hosha told the others, laughing as they all shook their heads.
She tilted her head back to look up at Hatori, nearly headbutting the older male as he shifted his gaze down at her. He raised a brow while she smiled happily up at him.
"After that Tsuchikage-Sama reserved the demolition missions for us." She told them even as she continued to stare at her teammate.
Only after Hatori laughed did she look away, grinning cheekily while the male carded his hands through her hair.
Kabuto noted how close the two shinobi were, more so than any of the others were with Hosha. It was almost as though they understood each other.
Kabuto could relate to that feeling, having felt it on a milder note with Anko when he wasn't dealing with her antics. Sashiko was much the same for him, though she was several years his junior.
Finally, the girl straightened and stood, winking at the others.
"Alright I'm going to go take a walk, I'll be right back." She told them and started heading away from the campsite. Kabuto frowned, glancing back at the other shinobi as they resumed talking. He sighed and then chose to shift and follow the girl for a little bit before resuming his post.
The girl stepped out of the bright circle of tents and into the night-lit forest. She sighed and only once the trees surrounded her did, she stops.
Kabuto shivered as he suddenly felt a sharp spike, and then glanced over his shoulder to see the blue eyes of the girl he had just been observing.
Her icy gaze cut through him and he opened his mouth to comment, only to feel the kunai drag across his neck and his chakra funnel away as he popped.
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Hosha watched as the clone she had executed popped and funneled back to its creator. She narrowed her eyes and huffed, glancing down at where she had stood earlier.
She had felt eyes on her squad all night and it was frankly annoying her. The proctor should have left well enough alone instead of spying on her teams.
Rising to her feet, Hosha cracked her neck and slipped her kunai into her pouch. She started to walk through the woods again, enjoying the chill of the night air on her skin.
She could enjoy herself now, not worried about prying eyes. She had wanted to get away from all the noises and smells at the campsite, and now here she was.
Sitting down at the base of a tree Hosha summoned two clones to watch over her before she took a deep breath and closed her eyes.
Her mindscape came easier now, her senses lulling her into a calmed state.
Her eyes opened to the dripping caverns of her mind, to the brilliant red eyes that waited for her.
The Kyuubi huffed as she settled in her spot in front of him, just outside the 'bars' of his cage.
"So, how about you answer me this time?" She asked, wondering if the fox was going to try to weasel his way out of her questions again. He looked dubious enough. He was laying down and had only one eye angled toward her while the other one slipped shut.
"Why should I, human? You have nothing to give me in return." The great beast spoke, drawing a sharp sigh from the kunoichi.
"I mean fair enough, but I am going to keep bothering you about it until you fess up. It would help to sort this whole mess out for the both of us if I knew how it started." Hosha told the fox, trying to reason with the beast.
The Kyuubi huffed and growled at her.
"Fine. Just know that what you hear you can't unhear. You are going to regret asking me." The fox told her before he started up again, "The man…or at least one of the people who had placed me inside of you was called Uchiha Iraku. He was an infuriating man…And he died soon after sealing me inside of you with the 100 Seals Style." The Kyuubi offered to Hosha.
Hosha frowned and looked down at her stomach. She summoned chakra to get the seal to show up. Her fingers traced the seal as she thought about the name.
An Uchiha had sealed the Kyuubi inside of her. That was an…odd thought. Hosha had never thought about that possibility. She figured that some nomad, maybe a remnant of a forgotten clan had done it…
More questions rose to the top of her mind and she opened her mouth to ask the fox, only for him to start speaking again as he cut her off.
"The other person that sealed me inside of you was your father." The Kyuubi stated, making Hosha freeze up in shock.
"Wait, what?!" She shouted, rising to her feet as she stepped toward the bars of her captive.
"Tou-San didn't know seals, he was crap enough at explosive tags and only really knew how to make explosions with our clan jutsu!" Hosha refuted, feeling her mind grow hazy.
There was no way that Raida had done something like that. The man had sacrificed himself for her, had done so much to ensure she was safe. He would have never turned her into a Jinchuuriki. He knew as well as anyone the life that awaited the containers of the tailed-beasts. He had been friends with Han and Roshi, had witnessed just how secluded the two had become from the village. There was no way the man would wish that on his daughter.
The fox laughed, and the sound chilled Hosha to her core as she met the sinister gaze of the fox.
"I meant your birth father kid. The blasted Yondaime Hokage, Namikaze Minato." The Kyuubi said in a hiss, one full of malice at the mention of the name.
Hosha's eyes went wide and she felt her mouth drop as her head pounded.
"T-There's…There's no way!" She shouted, wanting to deny what the fox had told her with her whole being.
The fox huffed again and closed his eye, sinking into the water below him.
"I told you that you would regret asking human." The Kyuubi told her, barely registering as the girl tried and failed to collect herself.
Hosha's whole world was spinning.
How…How could he be her father?
The Yondaime? Related to her?
Hosha choked on a bitter laugh, trying not to fall for this stupid joke, for the insanity that was the truth spilling from the fox's lips.
How could Namikaze Minato be her father? The man only had one kid and she had been brought to Iwa when she was very young. Would that man have tried to find her, have kept her close to him if she had been his child?
Except…Raida had often told her about how few clans had her coloring. That those with blonde hair and blue eyes only spawned in a dozen clans across the nation.
The Yondaime had also been the one to fight the Kyuubi 14 years ago, the year that she was given to the bomber clan.
Hosha choked on her own air, reaching up to clench her throat, trying to force air into her lungs as she hit the ground.
She couldn't be his daughter. The fox had to be lying.
Her body shook, and in her state of panic, Hosha woke up.
Hosha sprang up, coughing and sputtering from on the ground.
Her clones were popped next to her, rubble surrounding her as she clawed at her throat. Her eyes and chest burned as she remembered what the fox had told her.
There was absolutely no way that was true.
Hosha took a shuddering breath and looked down at her hands, feeling and seeing them shake as she played out the fox's words over and over.
He had to be lying.
He just had to be.
I~~~~I
Hatori stayed up late to wait for Hosha.
When she returned, she looked shaken enough to make him worry, but she had waved him off and went to rest as she hugged herself.
Something had happened while the girl was out on her 'walk'. He didn't like how affected the girl was, and so help him if someone had tried to do something to the girl he would end them.
Hatori let Hosha go to her tent, standing watch outside of it as he heard her shuffled under her covers.
He could feel her chakra fluctuating as the kunoichi slept restlessly. He was struck by how badly she was doing.
Hatori grimaced, hoping that the third exam would give them some time to rest before they started.
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Kabuto woke the contestants in the morning after sorting through the memories of his clones.
The particular one that involved Hosha was rather…fun to sort through. Kabuto almost wished he had been there just so he could have retaliated. Still, now wasn't the time to think of what-ifs.
Instead, now was the time to announce to the teams who would be moving on and how they planned to further dwindle the crowd down by at least half of the teams.
"Alright, listen up!" Kabuto shouted, drawing attention from all of the teams as he held up his hand.
"You all have passed the second exam, but now you have to face another challenge. Because of how many teams made their way to the third round the village leaders have elected to have a preliminary match tomorrow between the teams." Kabuto let the genin know, gauging the reactions.
For the most part, the Genin looked shocked, though several teams remained impassive. Iwatoshi Hosha's team was among those…though the girl herself didn't look to be paying her full amount of attention to Kabuto anyway.
The behavior was curious, but Kabuto filed it away for later as he continued.
"After the preliminaries about half of the participants will be left. There will then be a month in which you can prepare for the find matches that will be done in front of the visiting Kage and the village benefactors." Kabuto finished up, sighing as he then turned to his partner.
Next to Kabuto stood Shiranui Genma as the man got ready to take over for the preliminary matches.
Genma nodded to his comrade before he stepped closer to the other ninja.
"Alright, now then if you don't have any more questions you are to meet at Training Ground 44 tomorrow at this time. If you fail to show up you will automatically be disqualified!" Genma informed the genin before he stepped back and let them disperse.
The Iwa Team was among those to leave first, no doubt headed for their hotels while the Konoha Rookies all gathered together to talk about the preliminary rounds.
Kabuto sighed and glanced across the field until his gaze ghosted across one of the Kusa teams.
A shiver worked down his spine as he met the gaze of one of the ninja, a dark-haired shinobi with shades covering his eyes. Something about the boy was oddly…chilling. Kabuto didn't like that team, let alone the boy who met his gaze readily.
Kabuto looked away, resolving to tell Orochimaru about it when he met up with the man in about an hour.
Kabuto vanished from the training ground with a swirl of leaves, feeling Genma do the same.
They only had a day to prepare after all.
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Hey, look who actually updated for once.
It's been some time so I apologize if things are inconsistent or you notice some plot holes that expand on the previous chapters. I reread the story and tried to remember everything, but it has been over a year since I had the plot of this story in my head. I should be updating a little more frequently now, but I am not offering any promises. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it!
