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A/N: Thanks for reading this wonderful story, I have been over here thinking of this story in the breaks from the others. Give you guys a big warning, I kind of threw a wrench in the plan for the other FF on here that I'm writing and no it wasn't planned but when I write I do tend to get really into it. So I apologize if it is taking a while for the final chapters to come to a close. This story will be taking me a while to finish it since it's really based on the manga. Don't forget to review, I love reading them and yes if you put hints of what you want they will be taken into consideration. I've been wanting your opinion on something as well. I have been thinking that I should create a story of my readers creation. What I mean is that I will start the chapter and at the end of the chapter I will give each and everyone of you a chance to choose what happens in the story. It will be a selection choice and if you guys so choose you can give me hints to put them in the story and you never know it might actually show up. Granted this story will not be a FF so if you guys want to read it and make your choice then you will have to go to Wattpad. Now for the reviews:
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Chapter Twelve
"Ahhhhh!" Naruto wakes up screaming on the top of her lungs. Shikamaru knocks her aside the head to shut her up and she looks towards where Sasuke and Sakura were sitting. To her thoughts she didn't like how close those two were. In fact it down right pissed her off. "Uh!" She moans out rubbing the sides of her head. She thinks while watching Sakura put the teen boys arm around her shoulder to help him walk. The man from before pops in Naruto's head and she notices the missing prescence of the man from before. 'Where is he?!' She ducks down and throws her body onto the ground. "Everyone hide! No, get down now! Where did that guy go?!" She screams out while looking around wildly. Her team mates both look at her.
"Naruto…" Sakura mumbles out as she looks over at the girl.
'That idiot is finally awake…!' Ino thinks while she helps lug an incapacitated Rock Lee. Naruto's eyes widen as she feels someone nudging the big bump on the top of her head with a stick. She starts growling while Choji continues to poke her bump.
"You sure are a one of a kind…" Shikamaru says while giving the girl a weird look.
"Ha?" She sneers up at him.
"…Just looking at you gets on my nerves…" He says not caring if he hurts the girls feelings.
"Huh?" Naruto looks around trying to ignore what the boy is saying to her. "Oh! Sakura-chan!" She shouts out and saw Sasuke still staring at her out of the corner of his eyes.
"…What?" The girl asks while looking at her teammate. The blond gets up and runs to the girl sitting next to her boyfriend.
"Sakura-chan…Your hair…!" She flips out as if she is the one who got her hair cut off.
"Oh! You mean this…Just trying to change my image!" She boasts while fluffing out her hair a little. "An image change!" Sasuke and Ino look at her with doubt. "I like it longer but…You know, in this forest it can get in the way."
"Ahhh…I see." Naruto muses as she kneels down in front of her team member. She looks at Shikamaru and Choji. "By the way, why are you guys here?"
"Man…Explaining to you is a waste of my time."
Shikamaru says as she starts to ignore her again.
"Everyone came to save us." Sakura explained as she rubbed the back of her neck feeling the now shortened hair. Ino looks at her rival and smiles with furrowed brows.
'Pft…Sakura's hiding her feelings again…' Ino thinks as she stands there by herself trying to hold up Rock Lee. Tenten jumps down in front of her and startles her.
"I'll take it from here." Tenten huffs out. She takes the boys arm and puts both of her hands on his shoulders. "Snap out of it! Lee!" She shouts as she shakes him back and forth causing him to moan and groan.
"Uu…U…" He groans. "Nnn…Tenten, why are you here?"
"We came here to save you!" She answers as he falls to his knees and looked at her with tired eyes.
"Hey? Where are the Sound Nins?" He asks her as he just realized that they weren't there.
"That Sasuke kid drove them off." She told him and they both looked towards Sasuke and his group.
"I see…" He looks back at Tenten.
"Why did you break the plan and act alone? Plus you are all beaten up." She crabs at him.
"Sakura-san was in trouble…And as a man…" She looks at him with narrowed eyes.
'If he was alone, Lee would never lose to those guys!' She thinks and then brought her attention back to the boy. "You are such an idiot!"
"Haha…I can't argue with you there…" He says as he starts hugging his legs while looking depressed.
"Ohh!" Naruto pops up in front of them and points at Lee. "It's thickbrow!"
"How dare you be rude to Lee-san!" Sakura says as she punches the girl straight in the face making her fly off.
'What the hell…? What happened while I was asleep…?'She thinks as she lays there.
"She is totally clueless." Shika says while shaking his head.
"She must be the type that could never become the main character of a story." Choji jokes around.
"Lee-san…Thank you…" The pink haired girl bows. "Thanks top you I have awakened. I feel like I've become a little stronger."
'Sakura-san…' Lee's eyes teared up and he gets up to stand straight. "It looks like I need more hardwork…Sasuke-kun." The Uchiha heir looks at the teen with a startled expression. "The Uchiha clan sure is great. To drive off those Sound Nins, you are the owner of incredible powers. I got my butt kicked."
'What!? He was beaten…!? What's going on? They were that strong?' Sasuke mused.
"Sakura-san…" He paused while her attention gets drawn towards him. "The Leaf Lotus blooms twice…" He tells her causing her face to blow up with confusion. "The next time we meet I will be a stronger man…I promise." Both Tenten and Sakura were confused.
"Yeah!" Sakura agrees even though she isn't quite sure what she is agreeing to. Naruto is leaning on her hand looking at them like they are imbaciles.
"Hey Sakura! Over here!" Ino shouts and waves her arm around trying to get the girls attention and when she did the pink haired girls face was questionable. "I'll straighten out your hair!"
"Please…" Sakura said with grateful eyes.
"You are so dirty! Hugging him like that. You large foreheaded…" Ino whisper shouts at her while her face explodes with fury. Her hands moving adeptly while trimming the hair on Sakura's head.
"They say the first attack is the most important one! Ino Pig-chan!" She looks at her rival from over her shoulder. "We both are a lost cause I hope you realize this. Naruto is what caught Sasuke and she didn't even have to do all the same stuff we do." The Hyuuga boy that is still standing in the tree narrows his eyes when he hears this. His eyes flash over to where the young Uchiha stands.
'Uchiha…Sasuke…He seems to be a formidable enemy…
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Naruto jumps off of a high cliff and power bombs into a small river. She's wearing a green bikini with yellow lizards decorating it in small patterns. Summoning two Shadow Clones she stays under water. Her gurgling sounds as she stalks one of the fish then tosses it out of the water where Sasuke is standing with three Kunai in his hand waiting patiently for Naruto to make her move. He quickly throws it when he saw the first fish break through the waters surface. All three Kunai hit their mark and pinned the fish to a tree while Naruto stands up in the water letting her two clones disappear while she shivers.
"Do it again! We need to have food for later. 3 fish isn't enough." He says looking at the girl with a small blush covering her cheeks as he noticed the water dripping down her bosom. "Do it three more times, you moron." He demands while looking away from her.
"This is really tiring! You do it!" Naruto shouts as her face explodes in anger and she waves her arms around showing her frustration.
"Sasuke-kun! It's all set up for a fire! We just need a fire ball please!" Sakura calls to him with a smile on her face.
"I guess three fish is enough…" The brunette says as he turns towards the pink haired girl.
"Wait a second! Hey!" She shouts at her boyfriend trying to get him to come back while Sakura looks at them in confusion until she noticed what Naruto was wearing and her eyes narrow. The fire was started and the team were all waiting for the fish to cook. Much to the pink haired girls disdain Naruto still sat there with only her bikini on.
"This is the 4th afternoon since the start of the second test…" Sasuke muses and Sakura agrees while Naruto is staring in the fire wondering why she cannot talk to the Kyuubi at all. "The second test started around 2:30 PM…Meaning we only have about 25-26 hours left."
"Many teams have already passed…That means…" Sakura pauses as she looked at Sasuke.
"Ahhhh! I wish it would cook faster!" Naruto says as she turns her attention towards the delicious looking fish, drool started dripping down her chin. Sasuke looks at the scroll in his hand with an expressionless mask on his face.
'This is getting bad…' He thought as he looked up from the scroll to look deeply into the forest.
'The biggest fish is…That one! Ok!' Naruto thought as she rubbed her hands together. They all grabbed their fish and started eating while silence surrounds the campfire.
"You know…There may not be anymore Heaven scrolls…" Sakura says drawing the others eyes to her.
"What do you mean, Sakura…?" Sasuke asks around the food in his mouth.
"Because…The fact that it's the fourth day of this five day second test means…That 80 percent of the test is over…Plus…There are 78 entrants…26 teams…And only 13 of each scroll…So…The highest amount that can pass is 13 teams, right?" She asks while the other two continue to listen to her reasoning. "And…You guys remember right? That Orochimaru guy burned the Heaven scroll we had…" Their eyes widened as they remembered.
"So that means…" Sasuke prompted.
"From that point on…The amount of teams that can pas went down by one." She frowns and looks from between the two. "And we can't be sure that the rest of the scrolls are intact. If one of the scrolls is destroyed, that makes the other half meaningless."
"Since parting with our Leaf comrades…We needed two days to heal our injuries…But we have to be more active now…" Sasuke says as he looks into the fire. "Either way…" A deadly expression is formed onto his face. "The next enemy is…Our last chance!" He starts getting up and turns away from the other two. I'm going to get some water…" As Sakura thought about what he said Naruto looks at the girl with curious filled eyes. She grabs the scroll that they have and looks at Sakura again.
"Hey! Hey!" She looks at the blond with a lost look on her face. "There's a way…To get the scroll without fighting any enemies." Naruto whispered with her mouth full.
"Huh!?" The girl sounded out her confusion while watching the blond searching through her bag to pull out multiple scrolls. "You…Don't mean…"
"That's exactly what I meant." Naruto says holding up one of the scrolls to show her. "I have tons of scrolls…Ninjutsu manual, poison manual, blank ones for taking notes…If we change one to look just like the Heaven scroll…" Naruto says as a smirk appears on her pink lips.
"Wait…Wait a second!" She holds her hand up to stop the girl. "Even if we do that we don't know what's written inside! When the examiner looks inside we'll be caught! Idiot!" She points her finger at her.
"These things usually…Have a password in them. One that you need 2 parts to understand." Naruto says as she rubs her chin with a smirk on her lips. "Basically! Basically! To pass this test you need to say a password when you make it to the tower. It must be like that!" Naruto points out to Sakura.
"So what?! Since we don't know what's in the scrolls, making a fake is still meaningless!" She says and the blonds shoulders sag. 'She had a serious face so I got my hopes up…What a naïve moron…'
"But…If we could figure out what's inside the scrolls…" She argues back and shows her a scroll. "This Earth scroll…"
"You…No way…" Sakura chokes out.
"I'm gonna open this scroll!" Naruto says with a terrified expression on her face.
"No!" Sakura shouts at her and punches her directly on the nose. "Did you forget the rules! Idiot! We were told never to look inside the scrolls until we reach the tower!"
"But…At this rate…We are in trouble…" Naruto whines as she hides her head with her hands. They both look at the scroll with terrified expressions then looked at each other. Sakura nods her head. Naruto slowly starts to open the scroll with shaking hands. Her thumb slightly moves underneath the opening of the scroll, but a gloved hand stops her.
"You shouldn't do that…" Kabuto says as he quietly lands besides them. The two young girls look at him with surprised expressions. "Did you forget the rules?" Kabuto looks at Naruto from the corner of his eyes and the blonds eyes narrow while they all looked at each other. Sasuke walks from around a rocky hill and was startled to see the older teen with his teammates.
'An enemy?!' He thought as he springs into action running towards them. They all form a ring around the dead fire. "Geez…What were you thinking?" He asks the two after Kabuto explains what happened.
"That was close…" Kabuto sighs and looks at the blond who felt ashamed.
"So…Sorry…" Sakura apologizes looking down at the rocks around them.
"Those that ignore the rules…Are put in a condition that forces retirement." He explains to them. "In a previous exam, within the scroll…Was set up a Hypnotism type Jutsu…Those that saw it would be knocked out here until the end of the exam."
"By the way, you're Kabuto, right? What are you doing all alone out here?" Sasuke asks as he glares at the teen.
"It's not like I'm after your scroll…" Kabuto says as he smirks at the boy whose eyes narrowed even further.
"Yeah…If you were, you could have just taken it from Naruto just then." He steps closer. "So you're also after the Heaven scroll…"
"No…I already have both." Kabuto reveals his teams scrolls. "Something's happened and I'm on my way to the tower to meet up with my teammates."
'What!?' Sasuke's eyes widen as he saw the two scrolls.
"Well, I'm off…" He turns around and starts walking.
"Wait!" Sasuke shouts at him and he stops and looks at him over his shoulder. "Fight me…" He says with a serious expression on his face.
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A/N: Sorry this one took so long and is so short. I had to read a bit on these parts and got some pointers from an editor friend of mine not counting home issues. If I'm taking longer than needed to put out the chapters then you will have to forgive me because I'm stretched to the maximum right now. My daughter has epilepsy and it seems like her seizures are getting more and more likely to happen so I have been having to go through the whole doctor route which has been causing a lot of time taking. Not counting school just started here so I have had to do school shopping and getting her ready for the fourth grade. Anyway, I hope that you like this even though I think it is too short. Blame the lack of content of important stuff. It took me ten chapters to get this much. I will be working on the chapters for the other three books as quick as I can to get to the next one for this one.
Annie Angel