Chapter 18

The Exams Part 3

I don't Own Naruto or Legends of Zelda

Ronin and Naruto continued to go to the hospital. They walked in silence from everything that happened.

"That was intense." Naruto whispered out of the blue.

"Yeah it was." Ronin whispered back. "Hinata's gonna be okay."

"I know but, Neji was a huge jerk." Naruto sighed.

"He was but, Your gonna prove that you can beat him." Ronin said.

"What are you gonna train me?" Naruto asked.

"No, no far from it I have to watch Lana. You can find someone to train you though." Ronin said.

"But who?" Naruto asked. Ronin shrugged. Then they split paths. Naruto when off to where the bathhouses and some shops were. Ronin continued to the hospital. When Ronin arrived he asked to see Hinata.

"I'm sorry but, only the family can see her at this moment." The receptionist said. Ronin sighed.

"Really? How long 'till team members can visit?" Ronin said.

"About two weeks." The lady said. Ronin only groaned and left. He headed home.

(With Naruto)

Naruto walked quietly down the road. He continued on down until he saw an common man looking into the women's bathhouse. Naruto approached him.

"Hey man. You back up before I tell someone about you." Naruto said. The man stood up. He had long white hair and was clad in red clothing.

"Look kid. I'm conducting research for my book so step off." The man said.

"Who are you to tell me to step off." Naruto growled.

"One of the legendary Sannin, Jiraiya." Naruto's expression changed.

"Fine if you really are the legendary Jiraiya then, prove it you perv." Naruto said cheerfully. Jiraiya only scoffed.

"Why should I prove anything to you? You should at least know my name." Jiraiya said. He started to walk away. Naruto followed him. "Get away from me." Naruto only shook his head and kept following.

Guess I just have to go for it. Naruto though and put his hands together.

"Shadow clone jutsu!" Naruto split into five copies in front of Jiraiya, they all charged forward. Jiraiya jumped back and kicked three of the five clones. Naruto threw some shuriken at him. Jiraiya simply caught them, then instantly returned them. The last clone puffed into a cloud of smoke. Naruto looked at Jiraiya.

"Nice job. So you are the real Sannin." Naruto said.

"Yes. Now can I go?" Jiraiya asked ready to depart.

"No. I want you to train me." Naruto said.

"What's your name, kid?"

"I'm Naruto Uzumaki." Jiraiya though for a second. This is Minato's kid. He seems up to the task.

"Okay. Fine, come with me." Jiraiya waved as he walked away. Naruto cheered as he followed close behind.

(With Ren)

Ren was in a forest. Looking around he saw himself and Yumi who was on the floor and had a cut through her chest. He realized he was seeing what had happened. Once again he was trying to stop the bleeding.

"It's your fault Ren." he heard Malakite's voice said. "You promised me a soul Ren. I don't see it and I sure don't taste it." Ren started at Yumi's body. It felt like he could feel her blood on his hands.

"It's your fault. You promised her murderers soul. It's your fault she dead." Ren fell to his knees. He should have never told him that.

"You ruined her chance Ren. Ren. REN!" Ren woke up with a jolt. He looked around. He was still in his room. Standing over his bed was Ino and Hinata was in the doorway.

"Are you ok?" Ino asked. She had a worried look on her face. Ren was about to reply when he remembered something. Malakite said that Yumi was dead. He jumped out of his bed.

"We need to go!" Ren yelled. He jumped out of bed and threw some clothes on. Ren dashed out the room. Ino and Hinata followed him out.

"Where are we going?" Ino asked. Ren didn't slow down.

"We're going to the hospital!" Ren yelled. Ino looked at Hinata with a confused expression. Ren only speed forward. When they arrived, Ren ran past the receptionist and down the hall. Where is her room? He thought as the receptionist called after him.

"Two rooms down to the left." He ran following Malakite's directions. He burst into a room where Yumi was lying down on a medical bed. Yumi's parents were sitting in chairs next to the bed along with Shino. All of them were crying.

Shock hit Ren as he fell to his knees. Behind him Ino and Hina walked into the room. Ino covered her mouth as she saw Yumi. Hinata turned away.

"If only you had looked up."

(With Faron)

Faron was walking through town when Nia eventually came up to him.

"Faron, what's wrong?" Faron only glanced back. "Come on. Please, you can trust me."

"I know I can, it's just that what happened isn't anything I want to talk about." Nia patted his back.

"Okay. When you want to talk you can always talk to me." Nia said softly. "Do you want any company right now?" Faron shook his head. Nia acknowledged him and walked away.

Faron walked around the corner to see Sakura and Sasuke.

"So, Sasuke I was wondering if we could… you know, go out some time?" She asked him. Sasuke barely glanced back.

"No, how about you study ninjutsu and try not to be useless," Sakura was shocked. Sasuke started to walk away and added, "I doubt it will do anything though."

Faron watched as Sasuke walked away. He looked at Sakura I should go talk to her. He thought. He approached her. She had her head hung.

"Why do you like him?" Sakura turned.

"Because he's smart, strong and handsome. Every girl likes him." she replied.

"So is Ronin and Naruto but everyone hates them," he said. "And why do you want to be like every other girl anyways?" He asked.

"You became a ninja so you would be different. So you wouldn't be like every other girl who gets married and becomes a housewife. And you did it so you wouldn't lose to Ino. An right now, you've lost, your just like every other girl following Sasuke."

Sakura looked up at him. "But I am useless aren't I? I was never able to contribute to my team and one day I was one a mission and I wake up in a coffin."

"Then make yourself useful. Train and stop following Sasuke and trying to get him to like you," Faron smiled inside his helmet. "Unless you want Ino to continue beating you." Sakura's eyes narrowed. She turned around and walked off in the direction of the training field. Faron turned and walked to the Hyuuga estate.

(With Ronin and Lana)

Ronin was holding a large bag of coins in one hand and twirled a small stick in the other while he and Lana went to find her some accommodations.

"So Ronin, your fighting style is so straight-forward." Lana said.

"So. I like it, keeps people on their toes long enough to study them." Ronin said. He looked over and saw a furniture store and turned towards it.

"Maybe I can teach you something." Lana offered.

"What your angelic battle technique? I easily defeated you before. Thanks for the offer though."

"So what you think you might not need to learn anything?"

"I can talk to Infurgus about what he can teach me. I mean I have his unique abilities."

"Hey Ronin!" Naruto yelled as he ran down the street.

"What's up." Ronin said. Naruto stopped right in front of the two.

"Yumi. We need to go now!" Ronin's expression change.

"Alright. Lana this might be really important." Lana nodded and the three dashed off.

(The hospital)

Ronin, Naruto and Lana rushed in and Ronin continued down the hall. He opened Yumi's door and he saw her figure. She was pale white. Many doctors surrounded her when Ronin walked into the room.

"Sir your not suppose to be here." One of the doctors said facing Ronin.

"I can help her. Let me try." Ronin said.

"No. Get out of the room before I call security." Ronin glanced and Yumi's body and sighed. He stepped out the room. He turned and saw Yumi's family down the hall with Shino. He approached them.

"Ma'am." Yumi's mom faced him. "I need you to help me. I can save your daughter but, I can only let me." She looked at the boy the Shino spoke.

"He's a good friend of ours. Please let him help." Shino said. Now everyone stared at Ronin.

"Ok." She said. She approached the door then opened it. The doctors were huddled around the door getting ready to leave. "What's going on?"

"I'm sorry Ma'am." The doctor began. "You daughter has passed."

(With Ren)

Ren sat on the stairs with his head in his hands. After the doctors had kicked him out of the hospital he had headed back home. He should've looked up. If he did, he would have seen Aaron's team. He heard the door open and then close.

"Ren?" He heard Ino's voice call. He didn't answer. Ino walked to the stairs and saw him. Ren was still unresponsive. She sat down next to him. "Ren it's ok. I wasn't your fault." Ren turned

"But it was. I could have saved her." Ren explained.

"You weren't the only one who could of. It was just an accident."

"An accident that cost her life." Ino sighed.

"How about you get some sleep. Maybe then you will realize it wasn't your fault." She said. Ren thought about it a nodded his head. He stood up and walked to his room took of his armor and got into bed.

Ino looked inside. He was already sleeping. She sat down in a chair in the corner of the room.

"Wow watching him sleep kinda makes me sleepy." She said closing her eyes

(With Ronin and Lana)

Ronin was outside the hospital and was walking in circles. He eventually slammed his fist into the wall.

"I could have saved her!" Ronin yelled. "I should of ignored them."

"It's okay." Lana said. Ronin let out a heavy breath.

"I know. I just need to reconstruct my revival machine which took me weeks to build to bring her back."

"Maybe I can help. I can revive her right now."

"You can!" Ronin said excitedly.

"If you take these cuffs off."

"I'm sorry but, I don't trust you enough for that. Ronin said crossing his arms. Lana only smirked.

"I guess you really don't care about you friend there. Almost instantly Ronin had a kunai to her neck.

"If I didn't care I would have never shown up." Ronin looked up with his eyes almost glowing. "And if I could, I'd trade my life for hers in a heartbeat."

"Oh…" Lana whispered. Ronin realized his action and backed up.

"I didn't… I never meant to do that."

"But I did." Infurgus growled in front of Lana. "You really think this boy is the demon. He has emotions. He cares and if you think for a second he is a cold and heartless bastard, I'll trade your life for Yumi's." Infurgus growled. Lana was shaking.

"In…Infurgus." She murmured. "She turned to Ronin. "Okay. I understand. You just person with a feelings, like the rest." Infurgus huffed then disappeared.

"Here." Ronin said as he dropped the coins into her hand. "Buy what you need. I'm leaving." Ronin teleported away.

(with Gori)

Gori was in his house when he heard a knock on his door. When he opened it Koro was standing there.

"Hey, I was wondering if you had seen Faron I wa-" He stopped as he looked at the kanata on Gori's side. It was Koro's katana that he had given Faron who, gave it to Gori.

"Did you do it?" He asked. Gori nodded.

"I fought her in the preliminaries and beat her." Koro nodded his head in satisfaction. He still had his blade drawn. "Can you put the blade down.

"Oh. Yeah." Koro put the blade back into its sheath. "So Ronin's gonna face Nia in two months. Gori's expression changed.

"He is?"

"Yeah. He is."

"Ok. Nia's gonna have to train hard."

"Alright good luck." Koro walked away as Shino walked by with his head down. The two saw him.

"Shino! How is Yumi?" Shino turned with his eyes full of grief.

"What happened?" Gori asked. Shino shook his head.

"She didn't make it." he started crying. Koro walked over and put his hand around his shoulder.

"You've been through a lot, you should get some sleep." Koro and Shino walked away. Gori looked at Koro's sword in his hands. He was going to make Midori pay.

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