The next few weeks came and went and before we knew it, it was time for the Chuunin exams. We had meet Kakashi in front of the exam room, where he wanted to give us some last minute advice.
"So do you guys think that you can handle this?"
"I think we'll be just fine"
He just watched on as we went into the exam room. The proctor looked oddly familiar, but so did the rest of the village considering my dad meets with them on a regular basis. We all sat down next to each other and waited for everyone to walk in. The proctor finally started talking about 10 minutes after we sat down.
"Hi everybody *cough* I am your first *cough* proctor for the *cough* chunin exams *cough*, this will be a *cough* written exam *cough* you have 30 min start!"
I looked at the test. It didn't look that bad, people were just over dramatic. I figured the only way to get through was to cheat, which was fairly easy considering you could find the Chuunin spread across the room. They would just answer right away without any thought to it. I found the answers and discreetly slid my paper to my teammates. It was all mainly general knowledge and common sense sort of things, but they still missed a few that I helped them with. We waited for a while until I noticed something about the paper, it was a genjutsu? I released the genjutsu and it had a message on it. 'If you want to pass the test, I suggest you write 'nani?' on the back and give this to the proctor. Oh and congratulations, you just made it to the second exam'. I thought something was up, but that's a good trick. I dropped the hint to my teammates. I wrote on it and gave it to the proctor. He directed me to another room, where there were a few other people.
"Well that was interesting"
Nobody in there was talking, just sitting there waiting. After ten or so minutes, the proctor finally came in, it seems he was going to talk about the next round.
"Ok so *cough* all you guys need to do *cough* is go over to *cough* the forest of death *cough*"
"Isn't that just a training area though?"
"Not this *cough* year, we're going to try *cough* to set up the Chuunin exams *cough* there"
That was good enough for me, we wandered over to the forest of death, daunting name isn't it? We finally got over there and they explained the rules. The first 4 teams to make it to the tower in the center would win, but the gates to the tower only opened on the second day. So basically it was a survival mission, be better than your opponents. We were still in groups now and we all headed to the door. When we were let inside, we headed straight towards the tower in the center. This was everyone else's plan too, so after a few hours we had found some unfriendly Sand ninja. We got into a little brawl, but they were really pissing me off. They used the cheap tricks and not the noble ninja's way of fighting. They were shooting their mouths off, about family and jutsus and I just snapped. I closed my eyes and started manifesting my anger. I opened them and the anger immediately became fear. I was staring down a hallway made of snow and ice. There was a slight wind, but it didn't seem cold to me.
*Where am I?*
"I would not let loose your aggravations so easily, you never know what will happen"
I turned around to face the accuser, it was a sight that would send most people fleeing in terror, the three tailed dragon.
*Why…why am I here!?*
"I can hear the slight hint of fear in your voice. Do not be so afraid, I will not kill you. When you let your aggravations get the better of you, I can come freely out"
The voice was so deep and obviously came from the throat.
*What are you talking about? You can't come out…I thought you were sealed away years ago!*
"True I am stuck here, but that does not mean I am gone forever. You want to get back at those ninjas correct? I can help you. Just let me take hold of your aggravation"
I opened my eyes again and the chakra started emanating off of my body as I let it feed off of my rage. Itachi and Hiro just stared with a slight hint of fear in their eyes. This guy and his friends were going to die right here, right now. The chakra took shape and I could see the panic and horror in their eyes. I jumped over to the leader of the group, grabbed him by his shirt, and used a close range rasengan on him. He was dead on impact. I turned to his friends, readying another. They looked in terror, throwing their scroll at me and pleading for mercy. I was about to lunge at them but I felt something around my waist and on one arm. It was Itachi, looking over at me with pleading eyes. That snapped me back, the chakra disappeared and I blacked out onto the ground. My eyes revealed that same icy room.
"That boy, you must have true feelings for him. The chakra does not dissipate easily. Still, you should be grateful to me, I helped you achieve your short term goal. If you need help again, I am always here, and waiting for a chance…"
I started coming around, I opened my eyes and saw Itachi and Hiro sitting around a fire. I sat up, but was immediately pushed back down onto my back. They told me to lay down, I had used a lot of chakra and needed the rest. I felt it in my body, now I knew why people feared me, why they hated me, I was a monster. It lives in me, I would never be normal. No I couldn't think like that, I had to learn how to control it so I wouldn't hurt the people around me. Itachi gave me a caring glance.
"Don't worry, I'll always be there for you"
I smiled at him, he always knew exactly what to say. I started feeling lightheaded again and was out. This time when I woke up I was moving. Well not me, Itachi, I was on his back as he was running down the path. I blinked and looked around in confusion.
"Are you ok?"
"Technically yes, but I can't walk on my own"
He nodded and kept running. We made it to the tower in the middle and there was nobody else there. It was past the second day and there were still 4 doors open. We got into one of the rooms and I just positioned myself to lean against the wall. The same proctor from a few days ago came inside and talked to us about how the finals were in two days, but we were free to go…for now.
Yayz almost done with the stuff pre-anime/manga! I'll be uploading more of this one compared to the others for a little while, until I actually explain some things because some people have been wondering how it plays out. I will try to update very soon!