Chapter 6: A Secret Mission- The Chunin Exams
A.N.
Yes everyone the Chunin exams are here. I'm making this the first and second exams so it will be longer. I'm sorry I'm late, but I've had a busy week. I don't have really anything else to say so let's get to the chapter.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto…
My team and I trained at the training ground, as we waited for our sensei.
"Let's do one on one fights." I suggested.
"All right me and Kankuro and you and Gaara." Temari said.
"But…" Kankuro said before getting hit by Temari. "Hey!"
Temari and me had this wearied theory that Gaara wouldn't hurt me and whenever we'd get the chance we'd test out this theory.
"Alright Gaara let's spar." We stand across from each other, as did Temari and Kankuro. "Go!" I yell.
Sand lifted up in front of Gaara then lashed out. I moved out of the way and the sand fallowed me. I circle back around and raced towards Gaara at average speeds, and started forming hand signs. "Sand Shadow!" Tons of sand raced into the air above Gaara and made a shadow over top of Gaara. "Smashing Sand Shadow!" Every drop of sand came down on Gaara's head, but was blocked by his ultimate defense.
"All right how about this, shadow clone jutsu!" I race forward clones appearing all around me and I jumped right in front of Gaara and started to send punches in his direction, but sand still blocked it. My clones toke care of some sand and I was about to hit Gaara right in the face, but his sand deflected it. I jump back just as another presence appeared.
"Oh hey sensei." I said running towards Gaara, but I lost my footing and went face first into the sand. "That hurt." I sit up and rub my still soar shoulder.
"All right team we are assigned to a mission that will involves the up coming Chunin exams. We will be having a meeting with Lord Kazekage for more information." Baki explained to us, handing up each a piece of paper.
"Ah sensei only teams of three can enter the exams." I point out.
"Lord Kazekage has already dealt with that."
"Oh."
"Sensei why are we attacking an ally?" Temari said carefully.
"If you want to know that ask your father." Baki replied. "But right now we go into advanced training. Everyone will be learning a new jutsu."
In matter of minutes everyone was learning a new jutsu to go with what they know already, but I asked sensei if I could just go to the library to look for a jutsu to learn. He agreed, and he sent Gaara with me telling him to look up some sand jutsu.
"So… you excited for this mission?" I ask Gaara as we walked.
"…" Gaara didn't say a thing, which disappointed me for some reason.
"I'll take that as a no. What kind of jutsu are you looking for? I know where's there's a whole isle for earth style jutsu, I'm sure we can find something to suit you." I tried to make small talk, but it didn't seem to be working.
For the rest of the walk there, it was silent between the two of us. It didn't take us long to reach the library though, but right before I reached the door it flew open and a bunch of large spiders crawled out. I felt one crawl on to my foot and I just started freaking out, trying to shake it off.
"Get it off, Get it off!" I yell shaking my foot, but he spider just seemed to hang on. I brought out a kunai to kill the spider, but something hits the spider and it runs away. "Thank Kami." I sigh.
"You all right?" The question from Gaara completely threw me, since he isn't really concerned about others.
"Yes, I'm just… a bit afraid of spiders." I was stretching it when I said a bit, but if you're stuck in a very dark place for a very long time, and you feel spiders crawl over top of your skin, it gives you shivers just to think about it. "Come on let's go in."
Together we enter the library and start to look for good jutsu to learn. "Oh this looks like it would be good for you Gaara. It's called… Sand Tsunami, but it takes a long time to learn." I hand him the scroll and start looking for myself.
"Will this one work?" Gaara handed me a scroll after a little while and I open it.
"It's an earth style jutsu called Rock Dome… it could work… it would also be very useful. Let's go back to the training field then." I walk to the front desk and I cheek out both our scrolls then we head back.
"I see you guys found some useful jutsu, but our training is over for today, and I expect some perfected jutsu from you tomorrow Shi. So you'll have to learn it on your own time, but right now we got to head to the Kazekage office now for the meeting."
"Hai sensei." Me, Temari, and Kankuro say together.
-Time skip-
After the meeting on what's going to happen during the Chunin exams I head to a training field to learn my new jutsu, even though it was late. I spent hours on it, even though I was dead tired and I haven't really slept all that much since the Land of Waves thing and that was weeks ago. I knew that I would most likely pass out before morning, but I always work to my breaking limited, which toke a very long time to happen if you ever trained with Guy-sensei. Sure enough I woke up face down in the sand the next morning.
'I really got to stop doing that.' I rub my head as I thought to myself.
"Hey Shi you're here already." My tired brain couldn't process who was coming over, but I knew it was my team.
"Ah… Yeah." I yawn back.
"What do you say we do some target practice, why we wait?" I now know that it was Kankuro talking since he always asks me to target practice.
"If you want to." I stand up and face Kankuro as he pulled out his puppet Crow.
"I bet you won't get I single hit today." I could tell he must be smirking at me. As if he knows something I don't.
"Maybe." I start pulling out kunai to throw at his puppet, while giving him a devilish smile. "But remember Kankuro I never miss."
We both stood silently waiting for the other to make a move, but I knew Kankuro would be waiting for me to go first. I throw a few kunai that reflected off each out and Crow dodged, but I threw a few more and The started bouncing off each other tell Crows face looked like a porcupine.
"Oh come on I was for sure I got you this time." Kankuro said.
"I must say Crow has gotten a lot faster, but I don't go easy, even when I'm tired." I replied.
"Remind me to never get into a death mach ageist you."
"Alright. Never get in a death match with me." I said jokingly, as I sat down.
"Yeah." His voice seemed to turn into a whisper, which
I never heard him do before.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Y-yes of course, why wouldn't I be?"
"I was just wondering. Where's Temari and the team?'
"Temari had to talk to dad and Gaara I don't really know."
"Actually there both over there with sensei." I point towards the village where the rest of our team was coming from.
We wait as our team came over and sensei started giving instructions. "We'll first see what new jutsu Shi has been learning then we will improve on your other jutsu."
We started with me standing a few feet away from the rest the team, and forming hand seals. "Rock Dome." A rock dome went over top my head creating a protective barrier. "Rock Dome change: Glass Rock Dome." The air around me heated up then I continued. "Hidden Glass Rock Dome." I waited for my sensei to tell me to stop, but when he didn't I decide to punch a hole in my dome to get out.
"It seems like it's good for hiding, but what good is it for battle?" My sensei questioned.
"When I create a new one hit it with what ever amount of power you want and see." I form another one and wait for my sensei to attack, but I heard sand cover my dome instead.
"Sand Coffin." Gaara's voice said.
I heard as the sand tried to break my barrier, but it held and the sand fell away. I again broke a hole in the wall to get out and stood in front of my team. "It's a good defense, no?"
"It's exceptional, but how are you able to break out?' Sensei asked.
"Well the only flaw is that it's easy to brake from the inside so you can't trap someone in there, unless you use a lot of chakra which I didn't feel like trapping myself inside, then using a lot more chakra to get out."
"Alright, Let's move on then." For the next few hours we work on the different kinds of jutsu we already knew, but I didn't do much anything since I already completed my jutsu, so I sat in the sand writing.
Entry 937
So the Chunin exams are here and I need to come up with a plan, and I thinking on sending a clone to hide on the roof of the Kage stand during the final test, while I myself go with my team. This plan isn't confirmed yet, but I need to think about it, on the other hand I have to worry about getting into the Chunin exams finals since I won't know who I'll be fight, but I hope I can fight that weirdo Kabuto, so I can beat his sorry little but.
In other news I'm thinking about inventing a jutsu to go with my two most powerful chakras types, which are earth and wind. I'm not sure what I'll come up with, but I'll know it will be cool when I'm finished. For now I'm going to focus on up coming events then I'll go learn Sage mode from the toads after barrowing the contract scroll from Jiraiya to sign and give it back.
"Hey Shi we're done training now, you want to come over?" Temari asked.
"Ah, sure. I don't have anything eased planed." I stand up and put away my journal. "Let's go."
-Time Skip-
The day we would leave for the Chunin exams was approaching fast. In a day we will be heading out for our three-day journey to Kohan. I had lots to pack and I needed to finish up this new shirt I was making that would hold so many weapons that would last me a very, very long time. There were other things I had to do like meet up with Haku and Zabuza for a small meeting, but of course sensei had to ruin everything.
"Were heading out to day, Kazekage wants us to get there early for some scouting and to get used to the different climate." Baki announced. "So I need you guys to go get your bags and meet me at the gate, at noon."
My jaw dropped since I was completely unprepared, my bags weren't packed, I now need to talk to Haku and Zabuza now, and finish up my new shirt that is half done, in less than three hours. 'Oh Kami this going to be hectic.' I face palm since I had to do so much. 'Maybe I can multitask…'
"I'm going to go and get ready." I sunshine away before my sensei could even protest, but I was more worried on getting everything finished, and I'd have to start with packing, because that was my main priority right now.
In a half an hour I through together a bag, then I spent an hour or so working double time on my shirt. The last hour and a half or so I went to my meeting, made my shirt was put together properly and filling it with weapons, then got my stuff to the gate.
"Good your all here early, we can go now." Baki said when I arrived. "Let's go."
We all fallow Baki out of the village, and take our journey to Kohan at moderate speed.
-Times Skip-
We reach Kohan in two days instead of three since Kankuro wanted to race me, and everyone else had to keep up with our pace. Even then I won by a landslide.
Once at Kohan sensei left and so did Gaara leaving me Temari and Kankuro to wonder the village, but I knew what would happen so I just fallowed them.
After a bit of walking I sensed some familiar chakras and one ran straight for us. In a just a few seconds, Konohamaru bumps into Kankuro and Kankuro looks down at him.
"Do you need something?" He asked, and soon picked up Konohamaru. "Does this hurt punk?"
"Put him down Kankuro or you'll know you'll pay for it later." Temari scolded.
"I'm sorry this is all my fault." Sakura apologized.
"You better put him down right now!" Naruto yelled.
"We got a while tell he gets her so let play with these punks for a bit." Kankuro said lifting Konohamaru a little higher.
"Let me go!" Konohamaru yelled.
"You won't be yelling like that for long, besides no ones going to save you not even this…" at that moment I hit Kankuro over the head hard enough for him to drop Konohamaru.
"Can you stop causing trouble, anyway Gaara is going to be here fairly soon, and we have other company up in that tree." I point up to the tree were I sensed Sasuke's chakra. "Let see Sasuke Uchiha, Naruto Uzamaki, and Sakura Harano, all part of team seven I believe. Anyway I'm sorry about my team mate he can be a real idiot at times…"
"How do you know our names?" Sakura questioned cutting me off.
"Don't you know everyone's name? Oh and hello Gaara it's nice of you to join us." I could tell Kankuro must have gone pale, when I said that, knowing that he'd be in trouble.
"Oh hi Ga-Gaara." Kankuro stuttered.
"I think it's time to go." I start to walk away brushing Naruto's arm and my team fallowed, eyes burned in the back of my head as I went.
"Wait! What are your names?" Sasuke yelled, jumping to the ground.
"Oh this is Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro. As for my name people call me Shi." I said as monotone as possible then started to walk off again.
Once away from the group I hit Kankuro over the head again and he yelped in pain.
"What was that for?" He asked rubbing his head.
"Stop picking fights, they're in the Chunin exams… and their actually strong." I mumbled the last part.
"And you know that how?"
I didn't answer them and I didn't talk at all not even when we got to the hotel.
-Time Ship-
The Chunin exams were tomorrow and our sensei left us to ourselves for the few days that we were here. The others sat in the hotel mostly and I ventured off every once in awhile, to see what was different. Right now I was doing the exact same thing.
I was walking past my house it seemed peaceful, and my old room's window was even fixed. I couldn't help, but to jump to the roof to see what was inside. From what I sensed everything was still where I left it only a long box laid on my bed.
I silently open the window and jump inside on to my bed, then carefully opened the box. In side was a pair of dual katakana with some of the kunai my dad always used. I wrote a thank you on a piece of paper that was sitting on the floor then I just stood there. Just then I heard the door down stairs open so I grabbed the weapons out of the box and hid in the closet.
The door to my room opened and Minato walked in, but froze at the door. I was too panicked to even slow my heartbeat, I was sure he was going to hear it. He slowly walked over to my bed and picked up the paper.
"She acutely came." He muttered.
I felt like I should use a genjutsu on him and bolt, but I couldn't bring myself to it. I waited in the closet tell the door bell rang and I used my senses to tell it was Kakashi.
"Coming!" Minato called and left the room taking the box and the note with him.
I toke this small opening to get out of the closet and as far as I could. The weapons were held tightly in my grip, my heart was beating so fast I was sure it was going to burst.
'That was to close, way to close he could of seen me!' The though of me being found out would just completely ruin my whole plan I needed to get away and I needed to do it fast. I stop only momentarily to stash away the kunai and strap my katakanas to my back, after I headed straight to my hotel.
-The next day-
"Why are you acting so spooky?" Temari asked as we headed to the first exam. "You look like you seen a ghost."
"Oh I had a nightmare last night." I answered, truthfully. Last night I had a terrible nightmare like every other night I've been in the village only this one was worse. It was of the time I was kidnapped in my old world and it was just so dark...
"What was it about?"
"Pain." I whispered, even that was hard to do right now.
"Oh well don't think of it during the exams." I just nodded my head, not wanting to talk.
With in a few minutes I lead our group to the room we were needed at. We take a seat somewhere in the small crowed that started to grow after awhile. After 15 minutes all the teams were here including Naruto's.
Naruto's team started to talk to Kabuto and I didn't pay attention to it tell I heard my name.
"There's Gaara of the Desert, Rock Lee of the Leaf village, and a Shi which is Garra's team mate." Sasuke said.
"Oh come on you know their names, that makes it easy." Kabuto said. My attention zeroed in on the group and I made my way over there. "Here they are."
"Show them to me."
"Alright first off is Rock Lee., Looks like he's a year older then you and his mission experience is 11 C-rank, and 20 D-rank. His squad leader is Guy, and in the last few months his taijutsu increased dramatically. His other skills are pretty shaky though. Last year he got a lot of attention, but he didn't come into the Chunin exams tell this year. This is his first year of him being a candidate and his team mates are Tenten and Neji Hyuga."
"Ah Hyuga?" Naruto questioned himself.
"Alright now for Gaara. His mission experience is 8 C-ranks, and get this 1 B-rank. I don't have a lot of information on this guy, he was a rookie from another land, but there is this he survived every mission, with out a scratch on him."
"He's done a B-rank as a genin and he has never been injured." Shikamaru cut in.
"What's the deal with this guy?" Naruto said.
"As for Shi." He placed down another card and I waited at the edge of the crowed. "Let's see her actually name is Shi No Ko Himura. Her mission experience is 10 C-rank and I don't have any information on the other ranks, like her teammate I have no other information on her skills wise. All I know is that she has never failed a single mission like her team mate."
"And I'd like to keep it that way." I picked up the info card from him gave it one look and ripped it to shreds. "My information is my business." It was hard for me to speak, but I managed.
I walked back to my group and sat down, soon enough the sound ninja stepped in and used their sound attack. I my ears started to hurt and I cover them. 'Danm I have to most likely fight him in the exams, well if I get that far… and if Gaara doesn't kill him…"
"Hey Shi what was that about?" Temari questioned.
"They could learn too much," I answered simply.
"Alright, pipe down listen up!" Ibiki's load voice filled the air. "It's time to begin. I'm Ibiki Marino, your proctor, and from now on your worst enemy! "
The whole room started to mutter to each other it was hard to fallow.
"First, you from the Village Hidden in Sound. Nock it off! Who told you, you could fight! You want to fail the test before we even begun!" I didn't listen to Dose's lie apologies until Ibiki continued. "I'll say this once so listen, there is no fighting unless we say so, even then fatal force is forbidden!" I space out not wanting to listen to the rules, which were boring, that and I, still couldn't hear well.
Soon we were all seated in our spots and told to begin. I ran my finger over the questions answering the one's I knew, and could figure out easily. In no time our time for the first nine questions were up and I sat back bored. 'Now I know how Shikamaru feels.'
"Good. I would like to inform you all that you… Pass!" Ibiki's voice rang in my ears so I sat straight up. There was honestly no reasons to pay attention tell we were heading to the Forest of Death with our teams.
"This test has Gaara's name all over it." Kankuro commented.
"There's going to be no death caused by my team mates while were here… unless it's a spider's." I said.
"Are you sure you can prevent that?" Temari question.
"Yep and if I don't, there is always this method so they don't do it again." I pull my hand and swatted Kankuro in the head.
"What was that for?" He said rubbing his head.
"To prove my point." I replied. 'And since you were about to pick on my brother.' I kept that last thought to myself.
"You've been getting really violent." He muttered, but I heard and hit him again. "Really!"
"Is everything all right back there?" Anko called.
"Fine!" Temari yelled back. " Stop yelling Kankuro."
After that we all shut our mouths, tell we got to the Forest of Death.
"Do you really think you can stop Gaara from killing?" Temari whispered to me.
"I can sense the people before they get any where nears us. I'll make sure no one dies. Just make up some fake plan and I'll get the scroll we need." I whisper back.
"All right don't let us down." Temari moved to stand beside Kankuro and started to whisper to him.
"…It's called the Forest of Death for a reason, and you'll find out soon enough." Anko said snapping my attention away.
"It's called the Forest of Death for a reason, and you'll find out why soon enough." Naruto mimicked "I'll take on anything!"
"Anything? It looks like we have a tough guy." Anko said pulling out a Kunai and throwing it at Naruto.
'I wonder what would happen if I stepped in or killed Orochimaru right now… I'd probably have to run away from Suna too. Hopefully she hurries up.' I just then papers were being handed out to everyone.
"Hey Shi were going to give you the scroll." Temari told me. "You'll be separated from the rest of us though we'll meet you at the tower, so get the scroll and hurry there."
"That's a great plan. Will it work out like your cakes did?" I joke.
"Oh shut up it was one time."
"And you nearly burned down the house."
"I did not, I only burnt down the kitchen…"
"Yay and I bet the cake would of still tasted like crap either way."
"I still can't believe you tasted it."
"Well it was cake and I wanted to make you feel better."
"Like hell you did you spit it all over my face, the only wired thing about that day was you managed to eat cake and spit it all over me with your mask on."
"All I remember was the fact that that cake tasted like sand and burnt toast."
"Why are you guys talking about burnt toast?" Kankuro question, while walking up to us with Gaara.
"Were not we're talking about Tamari's cake." I answered.
"Oh well my room still smells like hell."
"You guys are… never going to let me down about that are you?" She sighed.
"Nope." I say before I singed the sheet we were handed. "Now come on we have to hand these in." My team and I headed to the now set up stands to receive our scroll.
Temari hands me the scroll and I hide it in one of my shirt's pouches. "Were all ready to go let's head to the gate." We head over to the gate we were assigned to.
"This is going to be boring." Kankuro pointed out.
"You summed it up well." I said.
"Let's just finish this off fast." Temari suggested.
"How about we finish this in an hour or so."
"Good plan."
"All right teams on my mark you can enter the forest...Go!" Anko's voice yelled through the speakers, and the gate doors swung open.
"Let's go!" I yell.
In moments our team was flying through the trees as high speeds. I silently breaking away, heading in front of the group, in moments I found Team Shigure.
"Hello boys. Give me your scroll and I'll think about letting you live." I threaten.
"Really you taking us all out, all alone." Shigure laughed.
"Wrong answer." I pull out three kunai and threw it at then before appearing behind them.
"Wha…" In a moment each of them were on the ground with kunai sticking up beside there heads. I take the scroll from the one guy and I feel some familiar chakras behind me. I pull on a kunai and throw it between the heads of Kiba and Hinata. "You might what to be quite here you can die fairly easy." With that I hurry off to the tower in the middle of the training ground.
"Your finally here." Temari welcomed when I entered the building.
"Here are the scrolls." I toss her the scrolls.
"I guess our plan worked."
"Yes it did, now lets head up stairs." I stand up and head towards a group of stairs, at the far side of the room.
So this is the end of exam numbers one and two. This weekend I'll get my next chapter up. That's all I have to say for now so see you next chapter.
P.s. Please review.