A/N: Masashi Kishimoto owns Naruto. Not me. This is my latest story. If you read what I have posted already and are waiting for me to update it. I will as soon as I get the inspiration to write the chapter that needs to written. Have some faith in me please? And as always read and review please. "Italics" is Inner Sakura. Italics are thoughts. Bold are sound effects. Bold Italics are Shukaku and Kurama. All jutsus used can be found on the wikis. If you ask I can post the links of the wikis that I use for the jutsus since I use them regularly in role play spars Also I am going to be skipping around at this moment as I have not watched all of the Chunin Exams or read the manga part for it as I have found it boring.

Chapter Twelve: Bitten

Sasuke hid under some bushes when he noticed someone was approaching. Seeing that it was Sakura, he quickly made her say the password. Raina soon approached them with an annoyed look on her face.

"When does a ninja strike?" Sasuke asked, wanting to make sure that the Raina in front of him was really Raina.

"Really?" Raina said as she made some sand rise from the bags on her right hip and wrap around her. Sasuke snorted, knowing that even if Raina had memorized the phrase, she had an easier way to prove that it was her.

"You guys alright?" Naruto asked as he approached them. Raina narrowed her eyes at him as she let her sand circle her protectively.

"Hold it Naruto… When does a ninja strike?" Raina asked as Sasuke stood next to her ready with a kunai to throw. Sakura stood behind them as she watched. When Naruto gave the correct password, Sakura sighed with relief that he remembered it while Raina and Sasuke smirked. Sasuke threw the kunai at the blonde while Raina sent her sand after him, her arms crossed over her chest.
"Woah!" Naruto shouted as he dodged the sand and kunai. Sakura was surprised that the two of them were attacking Naruto.

"Hey! What's with you two! He got the password right!" Sakura pointed out as Raina and Sasuke never took their eyes of the Naruto in front of them.
"So, good enough to dodge our attacks." Sasuke said as Raina pulled her sand back towards her. Sakura demanded to know what Sasuke was talking about causing Raina to growl lowly and glare at the pinkette over her shoulder.

"There is no way Naruto could remember that password word for word. Not Knucklehead." Raina said as the Naruto in front of them disappeared to reveal the grass nin that put Raina off before this part of the exam started.

"I'm impressed that you knew I was not Naruto." The nin stated as Raina frowned deeply. As the nin heard Raina explain how they knew to the dense pink haired shinobi behind them. "I see. Neither tired nor ill prepared. This will be more fun that I thought."

"Rai… go find Naruto." Sasuke said as she looked at him. The red-head shook her head and glared at Sasuke. "Rai… please? Sakura and I will be fine. You probably will have an easier time finding him with your sand than either Sakura or me."

"Fine. Stay safe. Both of you." Raina said before she jumped into the woods to search for Nartuo. Little did the red-head from Sunagakure know, Sasuke and Sakura were going to be hurting and scared of the nin when she got back. When Raina found Naruto, she saw that he was by the body of a large snake that had exploded open at the throat.

"RAINA!" Naruto shouted as he saw her, happy that he was alright. Raina looked at him and shook her head.

"I don't want to know what you are doing… We have to get back to Sasuke and Sakura. That grass nin that was creepy before the exam is there." Raina said as she watched Naruto's eyes narrow some.

"Let's go." Naruto said as he and Raina both ran back to where their two teammates were. Both seeing a snake about to attack them, Naruto threw several kunai and shuriken. "Sorry Sasuke, but I forgot the password."

"RUN AWAY!" Sasuke shouted while Sakura praised the blonde for once. Raina cocked an eyebrow at Sasuke as she looked at the grass nin out of the corner of her eye. "This one is on a completely different level!"

"What the hell are you talking about?" Naruto demanded as Sasuke deactivated his sharingan and stood up.

"You want our scroll right? Fine. Take it and leave us alone." Sasuke said as he pulled it out of his tool pouch that was around his waist. While Naruto yelled at Sasuke for being stupid, Raina moved so she was standing next to him.

"Very smart. Give the predator a different meal to escape it." The nin stated, causing Raina to growl, her sand rising up and wrapping around her and Sasuke protectively on its own free will. Sasuke threw the scroll at the shinobi, only for Naruto to jump and catch it before landing next to them.

"You idiot!" Sasuke yelled at him as he glared at the blonde. "What are you doing?! Do you even understand the situation we are in?!" Suddenly Naruto turned around and punched Sasuke in the face.

"Naruto!" Raina shouted at him as she glared at the blonde. She could not believe that Naruto was going to be stubborn when they needed to get away from the grass shinobi that is obviously dangerous; possibly more dangerous than her. Raina listened at Naruto called Sasuke out on his moment of 'weakness' as he called it. He's right though… The whole time I have known Sasuke, he has never shown fear or been a coward. Raina thought as she watched as Sasuke stood up and looked over at her before looking back at Naruto.

"Naruto." The grass nin chuckled, "You are correct. I can just kill you and take the scroll." The grass nin pulled the sleeve of his left arm up to reveal a weird tattoo and then bit the thumb of his right hand. As the shinobi ran his thumb down on the tattoo, leaving blood on it, Naruto ran towards him.

"Naruto wait!" Raina shouted at the same time as the grass nin said summoning jutsu. There was a cloud of smoke and when it cleared, the nin was standing on the head of a large snake. The snake attacked Naruto causing all three of his teammates to shout out to him in concern. As the grass nin told the snake to eat the blonde, Naruto's attitude changed some. His whisker marks darkened and his pupils turned into slits.

This kid… no way… The grass nin thought as he watched Naruto. He blew Naruto away with a strong gust of wind, causing the blonde to crash into a wall of sand that Raina put up. If she hadn't then Naruto would have crashed into a tree. There's no mistaking it with those eyes. Soon the nin looked at Sasuke. "Sasuke! Now it's your turn!" The snake went after Sasuke, only for Naruto to stop it.

"Hey… You okay, Scardy Cat?" Naruto asked, his eyes in slits as he held the snake back. Suddenly the person on the back of the snake used their tongue to pull Naruto up close to him.

"Naruto!" Raina called to him from her spot in the tree. She watched the grass nin stab his hand on Naruto's stomach, above a seal that she had never seen before. Naruto slowly lost consciousness and started to fall once the nin threw him towards a tree behind them.

"Naruto!" Sakura shouted as she threw a kunai, catching Naruto's jacket just as he was falling; successfully pinning the blonde to the tree. Sakura then started to yell at Sasuke about how Naruto was right as Raina went over and checked Naruto.

He's out cold… what in the hell did that nin do to him? Raina thought as she moved away from the blonde as she watched Sasuke started to attack the grass nin. Raina quickly moved towards Sasuke and was only a few trees away as the male used a fire jutsu on some wires that he had attached to some kunai and a Demon Windmill Shuriken. "The hell?" Raina breathed as she watched the face of the grass nin start to melt off.

"SASUKE!" Sakura and Raina said at the same time as the two girls went to stand next to him. The grass nin rubbed the head band to reveal it was actually a sound shinobi head band. Suddenly the three teammates realized they could not move.

Shit… I can't move again… Raina can't either along with Sakura… This isn't good. Sasuke thought as he looked at Raina from the corner of his eye. "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?!" Sasuke demanded as the shinobi in front of them started to burn the scroll he was holding in his hand.

"My name is Orochimaru. If you want to see me again, then survive this exam." The shinobi said as the scroll burned into ashes. "Of course defeating my men, the sound nin trio, on the way."

"What in the hell are you talking about? We'd never want to see your face again." Sakura said as Orochimaru made some hand signs.

"Hehe. It won't go that way." Orochimaru chuckled as his neck started to elongate and launch towards Sasuke. Raina wasn't even thinking as she quickly pushed Sasuke towards Sakura. She tried to raise her sand up into a shield, but was too late as Orochimaru latched his fangs into her neck; a bite that was intended for Sasuke. Raina felt her eyes widen in pain as she screamed out. She could not believe the pain as she tried to push Orochimaru's face off of her neck.

"RAINA!" Sasuke shouted as he watched the girl hunch over in pain as she put her hand on her neck where Orochimaru bit her. She wobbled slightly as Orochimaru growled in irritation at Raina.

"Damn that girl." Orochimaru growled before he noticed the sand that was rising up out of the bags that sat on her right hip. "No matter…. She may be of use to me later." He chuckled as Sasuke glared at him, the Uchiha standing next to the red-head girl.

"Sasuke?" Raina questioned softly as she over at him. She could feel the boy's arm around her waist as she leaned against him some. Sasuke looked over at Raina and squeezed her waist gently.

"I got you Rai. You'll be okay, I promise." Sasuke told her as Orochimaru made the same hand seals one more time. Orochimaru stretched his neck out and bit Sasuke in the neck this time, noticing that the boy pushed the red-head girl he was holding away so she didn't get hurt again. Sasuke screamed out in pain this time as he felt Orochimaru's fangs latch into his skin.

"SASUKE!" Raina shouted as Orochimaru retracted his fangs and his neck returned to normal.

"Sasuke will seek me to seek power." Orochimaru said, his chakra low due to using the particular jutsu twice. Raina and Sasuke both lowered to their knees as the pain became too much for them. Sakura demanded what Orochimaru did to Sasuke and Raina, worried for the red head since she pushed Sasuke out of danger the first time.

"I gave them a going away present. Though the girl was originally unplanned." Orochimaru said as he disappeared into the ground.