Chapter 6: Sensei and student
At the gates to the 44th training ground, also known as the Forest of Death, Anko Mitarashi was sat eating her favourite treat of Dango. "After this snack I reckon it will be time to see how the kiddies are doing," she said in delight as she chomped on the last dango ball on the stick before she threw the stick to a nearby tree completing a hidden leaf symbol that she was making with the sticks.
Just then an ANBU black ops member appeared before her with his head bowed respectfully, "Anko, we have a problem. Please come with us" Anko raised her eyebrow and nodded following the ANBU member away from the gates, soon coming to a small grassy hill where 3 small statues stood. Anko's eyes widened in shock as she looked down at the statues and her fist clenched tightly, at the feet of the statues were 3 dead bodies, their blood dotting the statues, but the worst part was what made Anko truly shocked….the faces of the bodies were gone.
"There is no doubt about it….this is HIS jutsu. Lord Hokage has to be warned, send a messenger to him right away. The exams continue until further notice, no-one is to know except Lord Third. For now I'm going into the forest to do a patrol, make sure everything is alright." At that the ANBU dispersed to report to the hokage except for one ANBU who stayed behind looking at Anko.
The anbu took off her mask to reveal the white haired woman from the first exam, Karina, who bowed her head to Anko, "Anko, I'll accompany you into the forest, we can't be too careful after all," she said, looking Anko in the eye who reluctantly nodded and jumped forward into the forest to begin her search with Karina in tow. As they traversed the trees Karina looked over at Anko and raised an eyebrow, "do you really think he has returned to the village? Why would he come back here unless it is to destroy this place" she asked receiving a shrug form Anko. "No idea but whatever it is it CAN'T be good, we have to make sure he isn't doing anything to harm the Genin."
Karina nodded her agreement and resumed looking around as they jumped through the trees, searching for any sign of Orochimaru. Anko soon lost herself in her thoughts until Karina's voice snapped her out of it, "hey Anko? Do you think Orochimaru came back for the Tenno brat maybe? The Jounin and the Anbu know the story so what if Orochimaru wants his Sharingan back?" she asked curiously. This made Anko start to worry about her young charge, what if he was in trouble?
Karina soon stopped on a tree which in turn made Anko stopped and look at her, only for Karina to raise her head for quiet and close her uncovered eye as she listened to the sounds around her. Her eye then shot open and she pointed west and started jumping towards that direction with Anko following. As they jumped, Anko's hand drifted to the left side of her and an angry looked soon formed on her face as she wondered what atrocities Orochimaru could be committing this time.
The man in question was standing in a clearing, just looking at the trees as if deep in thought. His chain of thought was broken when the two women appeared in the clearing in front of him making his smirk widen. "Well well, isn't this a surprise? TWO old friends showing up in one day, it must be my lucky day" the snake pondered as he stared at the two in front of him, his visible golden eye glowing.
Anko's hand unconsciously went to the left side of her neck where her curse seal was and glared at the man with all the hatred she could muster, " Orochimaru, what are you doing here? What are you scheming?" she asked drawing a kunai as Karina got into a fighting pose ready to respond if needed. She glared at Orochimaru with her uncovered eye as he took hold of his damaged face and in one slow motion he tore it off face revealing his pale white face in its whole making the women's eyes widen.
Anko grit her teeth and raised her kunai preparing to strike as she assessed the man for any signs of injury with which she could take advantage of, but alas found none. "Do you honestly think you can take me down? My dear Anko, don't forget that it was I who taught you, I who took you and made you strong, I who made you into what you are today" Orochimaru stated as he licked his lip itching for the battle to begin.
Having heard enough Anko charged forward, kunai ready to strike. "It is you who is the ASSHOLE! What are you planning to do to the leaf?" she inquired as she swung the kunai at him, only for him to grab her wrist, twist it and kick her away. Karina then charged at him striking at him with taijutsu, but Orochimaru merely side stepped her strikes and kicked at her knee then raised his knee up to her face.
Anko jumped at him from behind launching her arm forward, "Striking Shadow Snakes", her snakes shot out of her arm straight to Orochimaru, who batted them away as if they were nothing and grabbed Karina's leg, disrupting her attempt to attack him from behind, and threw her into Anko sending both kunoichi rolling. Anko got up from the roll with anger clear onto her face as she charged at him flinging shuriken as she went.
Orochimaru realised too late that this was a feint as Anko weaved hand signs and sucked in a deep breath, "Fire style: Dragon Fire jutsu" she called as she let out the breath, breathing a torrent of fire as she did that formed into the shape of a dragon that flew at Orochimaru snarling as it went. The Sannin made a noise of frustration as the fire engulfed him, burning at his skin leaving Anko and Karina both smirking, until Orochimaru melted away into mud and his laughed was heard from behind them.
The two kunoichi spun on their heels to face him, not surprised that the snake slipped from the jutsu. He smirked at them flashing his teeth, "did you really think that would work my dear Anko? I taught you better than that" he said as Anko continued to get angry at the man, causing Karina to touch Anko's arm to try and keep her calm. "Relax Anko, don't let him get you riled up," Anko nodded at her partner and nodded her head at Orochimaru and Karina nodded understanding and began to ran at the snake.
Anko followed her, running after her making hand signs as they went. Karina jumped into the air and crossed her arms and when she had gotten in range of Orochimaru,"Wind style: Wind Blade jutsu", she flung her arms out swinging them side to side, flinging blades of wind at Orochimaru which cut at his body leaving deep lacerations. Karina then smirked and backflipped away as Anko appeared from behind and unleashed another Dragon Fire jutsu at Orochimaru burning up what remained of his skin leaving the Sannin charred and smoking.
The Kunoichi smirked thinking they had finally done some damage when out of the charred body's throat, Orochimaru appeared unharmed. Not giving him a chance to attack, Anko pushed him against a tree behind him pinning him to the tree. She then gripped his hand in hers with their index and little fingers touching, "let me just borrow your hand for a bit" she said as she charged up chakra.
Orochimaru's eyes widened as he recognised the jutsu that Anko was using, "Twin Snakes jutsu" Anko said closing her eyes, only to open them as Orochimaru began to laugh. In front of her was an earth clone and the real Orochimaru was behind her with Karina unconscious under his foot. The snake then lunged at Anko pushing her against the tree, he then leaned in close and cupped her cheek stroking it, "while it would be fun to torture you like old times Anko, I have plans for the leaf to fufill. The Hidden Leaf village will be destroyed, so be a good girl and make sure the Chunin exams continue." With that threat lingering he then dropped Anko and disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving Anko sat there panting, amazed she got away so easily.
Realising she couldn't just sit here, she then got up and went to Karina picking her up and carrying her to the Hokage. On arrival at the Hokage mansion, Anko found herself in the Hokage's office waiting for the aged man to respond to her report. Hiruzen took a long drag of his pipe and opened his eyes looking at Anko, "so Orochimaru has returned, why would he come back here? What could he be planning?" Hiruzen wondered as Anko stepped forward. "What about the Chunin exams? Should we cancel the exams?" she asked making Hiruzen shake his head, "no. The Chunin exams will continue as planned, we cannot ignore Orochimaru's threat."
Anko nodded and left the office holding her Curse mark as she headed back to the forest. Hiruzen turned to look out of the window, his thoughts turning to Orochimaru and his plans could be, "Orochimaru, why have you come back? What are you planning?"
Back at the forest Lukyo was still carrying Ryouske and Namito with help from his clone when, after turning around a tree he bumped into team 7 and Kabuto. On seeing Lukyo he smiled but then got a worried look as he saw Ryouske and Namito, "are they ok?! What happened to them?!" he asked concerned. Lukyo shook his head sadly and looked at Naruto, "we ran into that ninja with the snake that you guys fought, it was an…educational experience to say the least, but Ryouske will explain when he is awake."
Sakura walked up and looked at the injured ninja and her eyes widened in shock from seeing Namito's hair and Ryouskes arms. "What happened to them? How did Namito's hair go silver and what happened to Ryouskes arms?" she asked making Lukyo make a sound of frustration looking at the ground. "That ninja was brutal, he did some genjutsu to freeze us with fear and he dislocated Ryouske's arms with a sick, twisted, sadistic smile on his face."
Naruto balled his fasts in anger and grit his teeth, "if we ever see that ninja, that bastard will PAY!" He soon calmed and suggested Lukyo accompany them to which Lukyo agreed and Naruto carried Ryosuke on his back. Soon they came to a clearing where they saw against a tree, much to their shock, a giant centipede pinned to it with a kunai. They decided to carry on only to swear as they found themselves at the same centipede.
Just then some ninja from the Hidden Rain village surrounded them with loads of clones in tow. Impatient as always, Naruto made his own clones and launched at the enemies, making them turn to oil. While Naruto kept attacking the clones, Kabuto and the others got behind the ninja and surprised them, rendering them unconscious.
After that minor annoyance, they continued to the tower, stopping along the way to rest. As they were resting, Ryouske and Namito eventually awoke making everyone smile in relief, "thank god you guys are awake, how do you guys feel?" Sakura asked kneeling beside Namito. He shook his head and looked at her, "I'm fine I guess…that experience was terrifying. Enough about me what about Ryouske?! Is he ok?!" he asked concerned.
Ryouske was just sat next to him looking down at his useless arms, a blank look on his face. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at him and walked forward, "what's up with you jackass? Your arms will be fixed at the tower." Ryouske just looked at him with the same blank face, "none of your fucking business".
Angered at the response, Sasuke walked up to Ryouske only for Namito to get in the way and push him away, "stay the FUCK back you emo reject, this has been harder on him than anyone. He will explain when he is ready." At his look, Sasuke backed off and Naruto stepped forward, "enough of this, both teams have both scrolls so let's get going to the tower already" everyone nodded their agreement and both teams soon headed off.
They eventually got to the tower when Kabuto and his team headed off to their own door and so did team 7, leaving team 13 in front of their own door. With a nod at each other, ablank faced one in Ryouske's case, they opened the doors and headed inside. The room was empty inside except for a banner on the wall that had writing on it. "If qualities of heaven are your desire acquire wisdom to take your mind higher, if earthly qualities are what you lack train your body and prepare to attack. When heaven and earth are open together the perilous path will become righteous forever this " " is the secret way that guides us from this place today" Lukyo read leaving Namito confused and Ryouske looking at the banner with a blank face.
"What the FUCK does that mean?!" Namito asked clearly pissed off. Lukyo suddenly had an idea and decided to open both scrolls but soon dropped them when they began to smoke. In a puff of smoke Anko appeared standing on the scrolls, arms crossed, smirk in place which turned into a worried look as she looked at Namito and Ryouske but thought it better not to ask.
"So, you runt's made it, not that I'm surprised. So I bet you are wondering what I'm doing here?" they nodded in response and then Anko nodded back and looked at the banner, "to lift your confusion, the moral of that expression is simple. If you focus on training your mind, like Lukyo, then training your body is what you require." Lukyo pushed his glasses up and nodded at her explanation.
She then looked at Namito, "if you focus on training your body but lack strength of mind, like Namito (FUCK YOU! Was heard from Namito) then building up your knowledge is what is required. Ryouske is the balance of both, lucky him." Ryouske blankly nodded at this. "What about that blank part in the middle?" Lukyo asked.
Anko nodded at his keen observation and smiled, "that blank space is for you, it means that only you, a ninja, have the power to join heaven and earth to make yourselves stronger. It means the future is in your hands. At any rate, you guys pass the second exam, congrats."
At that they all blew a sigh of relief and Namito jumped in the air cheering, Lukyo rubbed the back of his head and smiled, while Ryouske merely smiled blankly making Anko give him a concerned look, she then walked up and pulled Ryouske into a hug, his head pushed against her ample breasts.
"I don't know what happened out there Ryo, but don't close your emotions off to everyone, let them in and they can help you, alright? You are never alone." He looked up at her confused, his cheeks brightly red and nodded flashing his usual grin as his nose dribbled blood. Upon seeing this Anko gave him a pissed off look and smacked the top of his head making him fall onto his back grinning like a perverted idiot.
"YOU DAMN PERVERT!" Anko screamed at him while Lukyo and Namito laughed at them thinking that Ryouske was FINALLY back to his old self.
Aaaaaaand chapter END. PHEW this one took me a while to write, I had lost my muse many times. Sorry it isn't longer but my muse could only come up with so much.
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This is HaremKing666 signing off. Stay pervy everone ;)