Here is the continuation of the cliffy! …Chapter 4…yay! ;) And it's a long one! This is my 3rd update today! Man am I proud of myself, the 3rd update…yeah that won't last for long…
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Unwanted
Chapter 4 – The Mist Village Ninja
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They all continued their conversation, so that the people watching them didn't catch onto them knowing they were there. As soon as Sasuke pinpointed their position, he motioned to Sakura and Naruto, and they attacked.
Their enemies were easily beaten, but they unfortunately had an earth scroll, not a heaven, like they needed.
"That sucks," Naruto commented as they fried the fish over the campfire, "Our first win and they have the same scroll as us!" After a while Naruto commented, "This is the same place that we fried our fish last time, guys. And Kabuto-san said that everyone would be able to smell the smoke…so why are we cooking, Sasuke?"
"There is a slight wind, and it's blowing north," Sasuke replied, "north is the way of the tower from here, but that isn't what I'm trying to get at. We will wait here and set a trap, so that anybody who comes thinking they will be ambushing someone will actually be caught in our trap."
"Oh…" Naruto mumbled for a moment, "Does that mean we'll have to eat fast?" Sasuke nodded in slight annoyance.
After they were done their fish, they scouted around the area to see if anyone had already got there, there wasn't anybody. They set their trap, and from a place that they could still see the burning fire and all around it, they waited.
It took about 15 minutes until someone came. Two mist village ninja, as far as they could see.
"The third is hiding," said Sakura quietly, "You two go in, I'll look for the third." Sasuke agreed and Sakura went off to find the third ninja.
Naruto jumped down from the bushes and said arrogantly, "What scroll do you have? We might let you go if it's the one we want!"
"Idiot." Thought Sasuke as he jumped down and joined Naruto. "You heard him, what scroll do you possess?"
"You tell us first," one of the ninja replied, "I think we have the advantage here." The ninja scouted around the area, looking for Sakura. "I don't see their third teammate, he must be injured or something."
"We demanded first!" Naruto went childish with his words.
"Hand over the scroll and you might live!" Sasuke said once more. "I want to wait to see what kinds of jutsu they use before I attack…"
"If you won't talk," Naruto raised his fist, "then I'll beat the crap out of you first!" He charged towards the one that talked, then suddenly stopped as they heard a scream. "Sakura!"
Naruto looked back at the smiling ninja. "Guess your little trap didn't work out so well." Turning his back he fled past Sasuke to where the scream was heard. "I'm going after Sakura," he said as he got to Sasuke, "you stay and get their scroll!"
He jumped through the bushes and ran as fast as he could. Soon he found Sakura; she was lying on the ground, bleeding and unconscious. "Sakura!" he bent down and felt her pulse. There was none.
He felt an overwhelming pain in his chest. Sakura is dead? No, it couldn't be. She is way too strong to die, and so early too. "Sakura…"
"Naruto!" Sasuke came running up behind him. "It's genjutsu! Get back!"
But it was too late. The trap was sprung, and Naruto was caught in a way above Sasuke's head.
"What are you doing here, Sasuke?" he called down.
"They were easy to beat!" he replied, "But they left their scroll! It's heaven!" he showed Naruto.
"Great!" he replied. "But where is Sakura?"
"Looking for her?" they heard a voice come from the bushes, then a tall man walked out of them, holding Sakura unconscious from her neck. "She just happened to run into me, so I thought she wanted to die. She's still alive, mind you." He turned to Sasuke. "Now I want my teams scroll back now."
"You aren't gonna get it!" he replied strongly.
Naruto reached for a kunai and cut himself loose.
"Here is my deal," the ninja said. He was dressed in grey and red, and wore a mist headband and a mask covered his face. "Give me the scroll, and I'll give you back this fine young lady."
"Oh no," thought Sasuke, "This is exactly what I didn't want to happen! Unlike last time, if at least two of your team gets though, you pass, but will Naruto really let Sakura die so we can keep the scroll? It's only the second day…"
"Alright," Naruto said, "We'll give you the scroll." He turned to Sasuke, who smiled.
"Good ol' Naruto!"
Sasuke handed the scroll to Naruto, who walked towards the man and handed it out to him.
The man reached out to take it, but Naruto ducked and a flaming ball was coming straight towards him. In panic, he let go of Sakura and jumped to safety. Naruto caught her and moved also.
"Damn," the ninja thought, "Fine! You win, for now, but don't think you've seen the last of me!" he disappeared into the bushes. Naruto stood up to follow him.
"Leave it, Naruto." Sasuke said. Naruto looked at Sakura. She wasn't visibly injured anywhere, just unconscious.
They made their way slowly to the tower, because Sakura was still unconscious, and got there on the forth day. She was awake by then, and told them that the ninja that threatened to kill her was nice. They didn't believe her until she told them that she saw him, and he had a pet, a giant dog, that's why she screamed. He talked with her, and gave her some of his food, but suddenly he said 'sorry' and knocked her out.
"He was treating you nicely so that you wouldn't attack," remarked Sasuke, "and so that he could use as bait."
"Not true!" she argued. "His eyes were kind, I could tell! I know these things, Sasuke!"
"Well, maybe so." He replied. "But then don't expect to see him again, kind people are always the first to go." He walked a few steps away to drive his point in.
"Sakura," Naruto looked at her, "you said you saw his eyes?"
"Yes, his whole face, why?" she answered.
"Because," he replied, "he was wearing a mask when he confronted us." He smiled. "It's no biggy! Just observing, that's all!"
Soon they were taken to where the 3rd exam was being held. Anko, the proctor, looked strangely at all of the ninja that stood before her, all the ones that passed up until now.
"Well," she said finally, "This is going to be an interesting one, that's for sure."
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I need some ideas of what I should do after the chuunin exams, I have a rough idea, but more would really help! So please review, thanks!