Tormint: Finally back with another chapter. Sorry for the long update. Without Further ado, let's get into it.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of the characters
Today was the day. The day they go to training ground 44, also known as the Forest of Death. Naruto was calm though. He was doing some training with his sharingan and learned some more jutsu from Asuma, Itachi, and Sasuke (when he wasn't in one of his stupid moods).
Most of all though, Naruto was excited that he was close to unlocking his third tomoe. He also heard some talk about another sharingan called the mangekyō. He couldn't wait to unlock that one, but for now, he had to worry about unlocking his third tomoe.
Naruto knocked on the front door of Sakura's house. He wasn't really worried about his safety in the Forest, he was more worried for Sakura. He knew he shouldn't, but he couldn't help himself, it was a part of being a boyfriend. Sakura came to the door.
"Ready to go, Naruto-kun?" Naruto nodded and took her hand.
As they were walking, Naruto had a restless look on his face. He couldn't stop thinking about Sakura dying in the forest. Sakura squeezed his hand tighter. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah, but I just can't stop worrying about you." Naruto looked down while walking.
"You don't have to worry about me. I can handle myself." Sakura leaned her head on Naruto's shoulder. "Besides, it's my job to worry about my koibito." Naruto blushed and kissed her on the head.
"By Kami, do I love you." Naruto said.
"I know…and I love you too." Sakura replied as they continued to walk to the forest.
Everyone was standing around talking about strategies, or just random stuff. Naruto and Sakura found Sasuke sitting under a tree taking a nap.
"Hey, wake up." Sasuke jumped then got to his feet. "We need to work on our strategy." Naruto handed him some kunai.
"There is no strategy. We look for people that have a different scroll than us, take them down, then go to the tower in the middle." Sasuke put the kunais in his pouch. "We're the best team in the exams, we're winning."
Naruto just went with what he said because he didn't feel like hearing him yell. "Whatever you say brother." Sasuke rolled his eyes.
"Hey guys, I heard you entered the exams and I've just been dying to see you." Anko slapped them all on the back…HARD. "How have you all been?"
"We've been good Anko-sensei. In the future, do you think you can like, not slap us on the back that hard." Anko laughed and did the exact thing that Naruto asked her not to do. She then waved and walked away.
Everyone was now lining up to receive their scrolls. You could either get a heaven scroll, or an earth scroll. You have to get both before heading to the tower in the middle of the forest. Sounds easy enough, but you don't know who has an earth or heaven scroll. That's why Team 7 is teaming up with Team 8 because that team has a kekkei genkai that is perfect for this type of stuff. The Byakugan. Hinata's Byakugan is perfect for fishing out scrolls. The team got their scrolls.
After that, they gathered around the entrance and Anko was talking about some stupid stuff that was irrelevant. The thing that he did here was to not open the scroll on any circumstances until you are inside the tower.
They opened the gate, and everyone rushed in. The first people Naruto looked for was Hinata, Shino, and Kiba.
"Alright guys, are you ready?" Naruto said and everyone nodded. "What scroll do you have Kiba?"
He pulled a scroll out from inside his jacket. "Heaven. You?"
Naruto pulls out an earth scroll. "Earth. This should be perfect. Alright, Sasuke and I will use our sharingan to look for chakra signatures, while Hinata will see if they have a heaven, or earth scroll. Kiba, you and Akamaru also use your nose to sniff people out. Shino use your bugs to drain their chakra once we find people with the scrolls we need. Got it?" Everyone nodded.
Naruto activated his sharingan. "Let's get to it." With that, everyone took to the trees.
They've been searching for an hour and a half and no signs of a heaven, or an earth scroll. They searched the east, west, and south of the forest, but they couldn't find a scroll. Not one person was in sight.
It's not like they were hiding because Naruto would be able to see their chakra, but there was just no one. They were about to rest when they Naruto finally saw someone.
"Hinata, use your Byakugan." Naruto said in which she nodded.
"It's a heaven scroll."
That's the one that Naruto's team needs.
"Like I said before, Shino, use your bugs to drain their chakra while Sasuke, Sakura-chan, and I engage. Hinata, you stand back and give us a watchful eye." They nodded and went in to engage.
They were about 50 meters away from them. At the moment, they were waiting for Naruto to give the sign of a thumbs up to Sasuke for him to engage. Naruto finally gave it.
"Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" Fire balls came from Sasuke's mouth and straight for the ninja. They dodged it and took on a defensive stance.
"If it isn't the Kumo cowards. Are you ready for another ass whooping?" Sasuke said while activating his sharingan.
"Now that we're in the forest, we're not going to hold back. So, get ready." One of the Kumo ninjas said.
"Oh please, Kumo has always been inferior to Konoha. You guys are a piece of cake." Sasuke said that and one of the ninjas charged at him. Sasuke dodged and kicked him in the back.
Another ninja cake in and got 3 punches on Sasuke. Naruto dashed forward and kicked him back. 'These guys suck, but their teamwork is impeccable. Too bad mine and Sasuke's is better.' Naruto thought as he put his hands on Sasuke back. Sasuke knee what to do and loaded another fire attack.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" A huge fireball erupted from his mouth. Naruto enhanced it with even more fire chakra.
The Kumo ninjas dodged it, but just barely. One of the ninjas were unaffected, but the other's leg was burned, and he couldn't move it. The third member, the medic, came and healed his leg.
The uninjured ninja dashed at Sasuke. They were in a heated taijutsu skirmish. They were throwing punches and kicks. The Kumo dodged a kick and hit Sasuke 3 times in the stomach, then kicked him in the face, knocking him back enough for the ninja to get off a lightning style jutsu.
"Lightning style: Earth Flash!" The Kumo ninja sent electricity through the ground, electrocuting Sasuke. He laid there motionless.
Naruto was pissed. He ran at the ninja in a fit of rage. Now they were in a taijutsu skirmish, but Naruto was winning. He would dodge and then counter attack. The ninja through a punch. Naruto caught it, punched him in the stomach and the face 3 times. Naruto then kicked him in the stomach, knocking him into his other teammates.
"Fire style: Burning Ash!" Naruto enveloped the three ninjas in ash. Once they were covered in a cloud of ash, he bit down, and the ash blew up in flames. He made it so that the attack wasn't bad so they wouldn't die, but it did hurt.
He walked up to them. "We'll be taking that heaven scroll now." Naruto took the scroll and put it in his pouch. He then saw another scroll, which was an earth scroll. He took it and put it in his pouch. He then walked back to the group.
"Now, we need to find you guys an earth scroll." Naruto said.
"Naruto, I-I see a p-person to the e-east. T-They have an e-earth scroll too." Naruto nodded and the people headed out.
"Shino use your bugs to stop their chakra and then we'll do the rest." Shino nodded and sent his bugs at them. They latched on and started to suck the chakra from them.
The 3 ninjas ran electricity through their body to kill the bugs. They then turned around and got into a defensive stance.
"I didn't get much, but that will slow them down when you engage them." Naruto nodded.
Naruto dashed at them with a kunai out. The sound of metal clashing could be heard because the Suna ninja blocked it. The two were in a skirmish. Punches and kicks were thrown and dodged. A second person came and started to fight. Naruto pushed the first guy away, activated his sharingan, and put the second guy in a genjutsu. The second ninja stumbled back and fell.
Naruto dodged and blocked punches. He then found an opening in the guys attack. He dodged, punched him, then kicked him back 10 yards.
"Fire style: Fireball Jutsu!" The fireball went flying towards the guy and hit him.
The third member was trembling. Naruto walked over to him. "Iwagakure was always pathetic. No wonder they hated Yondaime-sama." Naruto took the scroll and tossed it to Kiba. "Let's go guys." They nodded and headed towards the middle.
They reached the tower. It was 4 hours since they first entered the forest. They finally had their scrolls. As they were about to enter, Naruto pulled out the other earth scroll and attached it to a bird. He also put note.
To Ino-Shika-Cho
Just in case you need an extra earth scroll. We Konoha shinobi have to stick together. If you don't need the scroll, send it to the remaining teams if they need it.
Best of luck,
Naruto
He attached the note to the bird's foot and sent it away.
"If you had another scroll, why didn't you just use that." Kiba said as he petted Akamaru. "It would've saved us a lot of time and trouble."
Naruto scratched the back of his head. "If I'm going to be completely honest, I wanted to fight. It helped me unlock my third tomoe." He activated his sharingan. "Well let's get into the tower." Everyone nodded and walked into the tower. This was easy, but what was to come, will leave them utterly astonished.
Tormint: Again, I'm so sorry for not updating. School is crazy, but hopefully it won't be that bad anymore.
I'm going to skip the Orochimaru invasion and the final part of the exams, but there are going to be flashbacks. Naruto is going to have flashbacks of his training trip, but he's going to be coming back from it in the next chapter. Also, Itachi is going to be seen more.
As for my new story, It's going to be a NaruIno high school and college AU because that's the perfect setting for that pairing.
I'm going to focus more on romance in my stories, after I finish this one. Starting with the NaruIno fic, I'm not going to have fighting in my stories.
Anyway, I think I've ranted on long enough. I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Tormint out!