A New Team Arises
Don't own Naruto. Team 13 I do own, so ask, if you want to use them in a story!
Woot! Chapter Five! Okay, this one will have action for all those who've been waiting so patiently. Also, they all failed the Chuunin exams till this point. Why? Because…I said so, and I have ultimate power. This is gonna be a long one, since I've decide to cram the whole exam into one chapter.
Chapter 5: The Chuunin exams!
Sakura ran to the training grounds Monday morning, bursting with excitement.
"Are you guys amped?" Team 13 looked very confused. Nakigara spoke first.
"Amped about what?"
"About the Chuunin exams stupid, it starts tomorrow."
Poof Poof
"Well judging by your excited faces, Sakura has already informed you all of the Chuunin exams. Actually, funny thing, Saikoro and I will be proctors for the third exam."
"We do hope you six will not disappoint us, we'd hate to see you eliminated before you reach us."
"Don't worry sensei, we won't get eliminated at all."
"Good to hear Satsu, good to hear."
(Dun duh! To the next day! Let's fast forward to all the ninja in the one room.)
The room was abuzz with gossip about team 13.
"Yea man, they're the corpse squad, I heard they killed 50 ninja in one day."
"No way, those guys must be seriously tough."
Lee and his teammates were discussing our new friends.
"I don't understand that Satsu fellow, I've heard his name somewhere before I know it."
"Lee you have heard his name before, he's too modest to admit it, but you're looking at the leader of the Corpse squad of the Leaf Village." Tenten at this point looked up, surprised.
"No way! If that's right, then he and his team are…"
"That's right Tenten, the human corpse, the chakra vampire, and the man without pain."
"Hey! All you little rats, attention forward! I'm your proctor, Morono Ibiki. I will be hosting the first exam. This is a written test about Chuunin knowledge…" Let's not go through the whole speech. I'll be blunt, all the cool Naruto characters, and some of the lame extras, made it through the test. In fact, let's just skip ahead to the forest of death, that's much more interesting.
"…so that's the plan guys." Finished Satsu to the rest of the genin teams (except Rock Lee's.) They had decide to work together to find the scrolls, to considerably lessen the difficulty. As the teams moved through the forest they managed to divide the scrolls as to the ones they needed. Team 13-Heaven Scroll, Team 8-Earth, Team 10- Earth, Team 7-Heaven.
"Alright, Hinata you're up." Hinata simply nodded and used the B-B-B…I can't spell it.
"T-There's an enemy team, about a mile East." The teams listened closely and moved eastward. Their fist…victims so to speak…were a team from the waterfall village.
"Lucky us, trio-o-rookies. Any volunteers?"
"We can take um' on, right Akamaru?"
"Ruff!"
"Right team 8'll take them on, just get the scroll, this shouldn't be too much of an issue."
"Be careful Shino-Kun, don't let them mess you up too bad."
"Those three won't know what hit them Sendo-chan, don't worry about me."
"Be careful Hinata-chan, we're rooting for ya. Don't get your pretty face messed up."
"T-Thanks Naki-Kun." Sendo smirked at Nakigara.
"You always get mad when we call you Naki."
"Well, I love Hinata, it's not that big of a deal if she calls me that."
"Okay guys, let's move back to the camp, Shino, Hinata, Kiba the password is
"When the time is right,
It's fight or flight,
When it comes to ninja,
You must be right.
If your choice is fight,
Then fight with spite,
if you choose flight,
make sure you're right."
Team 8, rather than rely on strategy against the rookies, leapt into the clearing. Shino's Kikai bugs immediately overwhelmed one opponent, whilst Kiba and Akamaru approached the second. Hinata seemed to be having trouble with the third. She was taking a lot of hits, as was Kiba. Hinata then let loose with her "Gentle Fist" style, evening the odds a bit. Kiba smirked as his opponent fell to the ground, writhing in pain, for Akamaru had ripped a chunk of flesh from his leg. As Hinata felled the last enemy, the team searched and found an earth scroll on the ground about 5 feet away. They then returned to camp. Sasuke addressed them.
"Password?" Shino stepped forward.
"When the time is right,
it's fight or flight,
when it comes to ninja,
you must be right,
if you choose fight,
then fight with spite,
if you choose flight,
make sure you're right."
"S-So where did Satsu and Ino go?" Sendo started laughing.
"They're supposed to be catching fish, 5 bucks says that ain't what they're doing though." She was half right. Satsu and Ino had been fishing, they'd already caught more than enough. Though at this point Satsu was just swimming, with Ino steaming ankle deep in the shallows.
"Oh come on Satsu-kun, let's go back, it's getting late."
"Ok, we will go back…but first…" Satsu grabbed Ino's arm, and before she could protest, pulled her into the water. Satsu managed a sentence through his laughter.
"Gee, I'm sorry Ino, I don't know what came over me."
"Why you…I'll get you for this Satsu! Oh, it's cold!"
"Oh fine, we can go." They both got out of the water, with Ino still shivering.
"Why'd you do that Satsu?" He gave her a "you have to admit, it was funny" smile.
"Because I love ya. Here." He handed her the one large towel they'd brought.
"You take it, wouldn't want you to catch cold." She walked over and wrapped it around both of them.
"Here, we can share, that way neither of us gets a cold…but you have to carry the fish bucket."
(Back at camp)
"Jeez, what happened to you guys, I thought Satsu was the only one swimming."
"He was, he just grabbed me and pulled me in."
(Okay, 3 hours later.)
Ino and Satsu were snuggled up against a big rock. Sasuke had watch. Sakura was asleep against the fire. Shino and Sendo were snuggled against a tree. Nakigara and Hinata were snuggled up next to the campfire.
"Ino?"
"Yes Satsu?"
"I love you and I promise, I won't ever let you get hurt. I would hate myself if you died, so be careful in the rest of the exam, alright?"
"You don't have to worry about me Satsu."
"Promise me."
"Only if you promise me the same."
"I promise. Now get some sleep." He kissed her.
"I promise. Goodnight Satsu, I love you."
"Goodnight Ino, I love you right back." With that last exchange of words, they both fell asleep in each other's arms.
(The next day…)
yawn "Ah, good morning beautiful."
"Mmf…" Rather than get up, Ino just pulled closer to Satsu.
"Come on Ino-chan, we have to get up."
"Oh, fine."
"Hey, lovebirds, everyone else is already awake, get up."
"Okay Sasuke, we're up, give us a break."
"Either way, there are two teams, Eastward, Hinata said. If we let one team win, we can take out the weakened one afterward." The teams, on Sasuke and Hinata's word, headed east, coming upon a camp of a rain village team, facing off with a team from the grass village.
"Wait, don't go in there."
"What, why Satsu?"
"Don't you see it, Genjutsu, those three are from the rain village, decent trap, I must say. Hinata."
"Right. (Does the Bya…whatever) T-They're scroll collectors, if we can beat them, we're set for the forest. W-Where's Kiba?"
"Come on, ya Rain idiots! I'll take ya all on!" This time, it was Shino who spoke.
"Idiot, come on, let's go save his life." They all jumped into the clearing.
"Ah, the leaf village has fallen for our trap!" Satsu managed a sentence while blocking kunai strikes.
"Hate to break this to you…but there's twelve of us, and six of you."
"Ha! You think we didn't know you'd see our Genjutsu? Now everyone." Unfortunately for our heroes, six more of the rain ninja jumped from the bushes.
"Oh, perfect." The now twenty-four ninja began to battle it out, 1-on-1. Everything was going well at first, Nakigara felling his opponent early on, and then going to help Hinata defeat hers. The only ones having real trouble were…Ino and Sakura. Lucky for Sakura, some old friends were in the area…
It was subtle at first, a few grains rising from the ground…then it became obvious when the sand burst through the trees, knocking Sakura's enemy right out of the clearing. Ino wasn't as lucky…her defense started well, but unfortunately it faltered, she didn't realize this until she was passed out on the ground with a kunai wedged in her arm.
"Ino!" Satsu rushed over to her and picked up her limp body. He'd removed the kunai, and he'd bandaged her up with his shirt, but still, he was panicked, as Ino had fainted and was going pale.
"C-Come on Ino, you promised…" He started crying.
"You promised! Don't do this! You said you'd stay with me!" Ino's eyes fluttered open.
"S-Satsu, w-what happened?" Satsu embraced Ino.
"Thank god you're alright! Jesus, you scared me."
"I-I'm alright. Don't worry about it." The leader of the rain team tossed Satsu the scrolls the leaf-ninja needed.
"You've earned those, we'll see you in the finals…" He turned to walk off.
"Wait! What's your name?" Satsu yelled.
"It's Mao Ushuaia, don't you forget it."
"I won't. Here, Ino you need to rest." He laid her down on a pile of leaves.
"T-Thanks Satsu."
"Good thing we showed up when we did huh?" Came a dark, vacant voice that everyone (team 13 not included) knew all too well.
"Thanks for the help…Gaara." The sand squad stepped into the clearing.
"It's not a problem, come, if you all have your scrolls, we may as well continue to the tower. So, who are your new friends." Sakura took the time to introduce them.
"This is Satsu, Sendo, and Nakigara. Guys, this is Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro."
"Gaara's right, we need to get there. Ino's resting, but she's lost a lot of blood, I've done what I can, but there's bound to be better things to work with at the tower. You guys, stay here, for one hour, I'll try to make it to the tower. I'll meet you guys half way, don't get trapped." Satsu leapt to the tallest tree, and jumped away. Kankuro smirked.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's move on. If that Satsu coward doesn't want to…" He never finished his sentence, Ino attacked him to quickly.
"IF YOU EVER CALL SATSU-KUN A COWARD AGAIN, I'LL TAKE THAT PUPPET AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" Kankuro, now in a state of pure terror, decided to shut his mouth and keep it shut. An hour later they began their trek through the woods.
"Why did Ino tackle my idiot brother when he called that new guys a coward Sakura?"
"Simple, Ino and Satsu are dating, puppet-boy insults Satsu, Ino attacks pup…"
Whoosh A net flew from the ground, trapping all our heroes inside.
"A trap!" Three men, stone-village ninja, walked into the clearing, smirking.
"Hahaha, well looks like we caught some idiots after all, quite a few at that." One of the ninja was up trying to flirt with the Ino.
"Hey there cutie, maybe I'll let ya down if you give me a kiss." Ino spat in his face.
"Bite me ass, I'm taken!" He just smiled a little wider.
"You know what guys, let's take their scrolls, then we can have some fun with their girls." Nakigara and Shino were enraged by this comment, but Nakigara spoke first through his struggles.
"I swear if you lay a hand on Hinata…"
"What are you gonna do about it? Here, lemme help you Uchiama." One of the rock ninja had gone up, and with the help of the other one, pulled each of the girls out of the net. As they were released, the girls quickly attempted to run, but found they were surrounded. The ninja began to approach the frightened girls when…
"HYAAAAAA!" As if on queue, Satsu flipped from the trees, bringing his foot straight down on the first ninja. Before the others could react, he spin-kicked one, and round-housed the other.
"Satsu-Kun!" Ino ran up and embraced Satsu.
"Wow, maybe I should leave more often. Didn't I say don't get trapped."
"Uchiama! Uchiama!"
"Unless you want to join him, one release my friends, two run back to your village like the little bitches you are, take that…" he pointed to the KO'd ninja "…with you, it's unpleasant, next time, think twice about trying to touch my Ino. I'd move quick he'll die in about 3 hours, so I'd get out fast." The two ninja did as they were told, and they were gone like the wind (If you'll excuse the remark.) Satsu picked Ino up bridal style and kissed her.
"Oh thank you Satsu-Kun!"
"I promised, didn't I? Come on, your injury needs better treatment, I'll carry you to the tower." Ino snuggled into Satsu's chest.
"You're too good to me."
"You bet." Gaara spoke up.
"One, get a room, two, put a shirt on."
"My shirt is that splint." Satsu replied, gesturing to Ino's arm. Ino smirked.
"Personally, I like him better with it off." (Totally had to do it!)
"Again, get a room. Come on, let's get to the tower." Ino stuck her tongue out at Gaara.
(One three-hour walk later…in Anko's viewing room.)
An ANBU in a tiger mask spoke seeing the group enter the tower.
"Hm, looks like a large batch just got to the tower. First ones there too."
"Yes, look at the squad leading them…"
"No way, they're competing this year?"
"Yep, the Human Corpse, the Chakra Vampire, and the Man Without Pain."
"Should be interesting seeing them in the finals, hey, wasn't a boy just brought to the infirmary an hour ago…"
"Yep, cracked skull, by what his friends said, they were trying to…have their way…with the girls, apparently human corpse there is dating the blonde. He flipped down from the tree, brought his foot right down on his head. Ouch."
"Hm, the medics at the tower are actually treating the blonde girl's arm right now."
"Yep, some rain ninja, come on, let's head to the tower, time to greet the first arrivals, and wait for the next ones."
(At the tower…)
Ino was having medicine applied to her arm, whilst Satsu was talking to Sendo in the corner.
"Sendo, if I fight Mao, restrain Ino, when she sees this, she'll try to stop me."
"I still think it's a bad idea using…it…in an exam fight."
"Don't worry. It's only one fight. I refuse to let Ino be hurt without vengeance."
(Okay 3 days later. Amazing that it only took the group 2 to get to the tower.)
"Alright, for all of you that have made it here, congratulations I am Kakashi Hatake."
"And I'm Saikoro Kiru. You've all made it to the final exam, so congrats, but you're not out yet. First things first the preliminary rounds to determine who moves on, you will be faced off in combat, fighting till one concedes or is killed by the other. We will do our best to prevent this, but there's a few slips every year."
Round 1…Ino Yamanaka vs. Kankuro
"Okay, any objections?"
"None here."
"Nope."
"Begin!"
"Mind-transfer Jutsu!" Ino's jutsu served her well, and she found herself in Kankuro's body.
"Huh, this guy has some serious B.O., and some messed up secrets. Well onto business." Ino deciding to be cruel, first smashed up all of Kankuro's puppets, to leave him defenseless, she then returned to her body and began to beat the ever-loving crap out of Kankuro.
"This is for calling Satsu-Kun a coward, this is because you're ugly, and this is because you're a boy who plays with dolls!" Before long, Kankuro was KO'd.
"Ino Yamanaka advances to the finals!" As she returned Satsu hugged her.
"Hey congrats!"
"Thanks Satsu-kun, hey look you're next…hey isn't that the guy from the forest."
Round 2…Satsu Kurushimi vs. Mao Ushuaia
"Any objections?"
"Nope."
"No way."
"Begin."
"I must warn you Mao, if you fight me, one of us will die."
"Yeah, it's going to be you!" As the match began, the spectators realized something. Satsu was just standing there, taking as many cuts and bruises as Mao threw out.
"Satsu-Kun! Fight back!" Sendo walked up to Ino.
"Ino, where we come from Satsu's known as the Human Corpse, you're about to find out why." Satsu whipped his dagger, as Mao had stopped attacking.
"What's that for?"
"I need to make a quick incision."
"Ha! Good luck catching me!"
"Not on you." Satsu did something disturbing there and then, taking his dagger he cut an X into his own stomach, then drove the dagger right into the center, pulling it out a moment later.
"SATSU-KUN!" Ino attempted to get to him, but Sendo held her back. Satsu continued to stab himself, until he grew tired and drove the dagger…right into his heart. As he was dying he performed a set of hand-signs.
"ART OF THE DAMNED! DYING BREATH JUTSU!" A strange black aura surrounded him, lifting him into the air. His eyes went red. To everyone's horror, his wounds disappeared, before he came to the ground.
"Heh, what was that about, all you did was heal your…ah, AAAAAHHHHH!" To the overly cocky ninja's horror, the exact wounds began to appear on him…he fell to the ground. Kakashi took his pulse. Anko looked on in awe, on of the ANBU next to her covered his mouth and ran for the men's room.
"He's dead, there was no chance of him surviving that. I hereby declare the winner Satsu Kurushimi!" Satsu returned to the upper level, only to receive stares from all the non-leaf ninja. Ino was still crying from seeing Satsu mutilate himself.
"S-Satsu-Kun…what the hell was that?" Satsu embraced Ino.
"I'm really sorry you had to see that Ino-chan, but if you must know, that technique has been passed through my family for years. Its downside is that I receive my opponent's wounds as well. In an emergency, I can take a friends wounds as well."
"Y-Yeah, but y-you scared me! I-I thought you were g-going to d-die!" He began to stroke her hair softly.
"It's alright, I'm ok Ino, there's no need for alarm." Saikoro approached Satsu, an angry look on her face.
"Satsu! What the hell were you thinking! That jutsu is reserved for emergencies."
"Saikoro-sensei with all respect, that man nearly killed Ino in the forest. I promised I would protect her, and I did just that. Oh, and one question, is there something between you and Kakashi?" Saikoro blushed massively at the last comment.
"Well, I'll let it slide this time, and yes, we've been dating for a week."
I'll cut it off here. 7 in pages. Told ya it'd have action. Later dudes, please review. 80 hits and 2 reviews TT...