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Chapter 2
After the first mission, the team was getting better and better. It seemed nothing could stand in their way of becoming strong. Except for one small problem.
"Orochimaru-sensei. The Chunnin Exams are coming up yet we only have two members. How can we enter with only ourselves?" Anko asked Orochimaru while all three were walking from another finished mission.
"I will talk with the Hokage. I have someone who can help us with that problem but I need the Hokage to authorize it." Orochimaru said. "Who is it?" Sasorimaru asked.
"One of my helpers that I got from a friend. He is skilled and can help with the Exam." Orochimaru said. "Now go. I will see you both tomorrow at the usual time." Orochimaru said as they approached the village. Anko and Sasorimaru nodded their heads and disappeared. Orochimaru continued towards the Hokage Tower and enter the building. He knocked on the door and entered the room.
"How was the mission?" The Hokage asked.
"Went well. The teamwork of my squad is becoming better and more refined." Orochimaru said as he gave the documents to the Hokage. "These are the scrolls which were in the bandit camp."
"Good. Here is your payment." The Hokage said as he gave an envelope to Orochimaru. "Is there anything else?"
"Actually there is. The Chunnin Exams are coming up and we only have two members. I request a third to join our team for the Exams. I already have someone in mind." Orochimaru said.
"Who?"
"His name is Kabuto Yakushi. He is a Genin from this village who I associate with." Orochimaru said. "I will see. For now, train your team and I will give you your answer tomorrow." The Hokage said. Orochimaru left the room and went towards the hospital.
When Orochimaru entered, he went to the basement towards the psychiatric ward and entered a room. A boy around twenty stood in the room in a white overcoat holding a notepad. Orochimaru closed the door and dispelled the genjutsu in the room. Everything turned into a dark dungeon with many dead bodies in cells.
"Ah, Orochimaru. What brings you here?" Kabuto asked.
"I have requested that you join my Genin team for the Chunnin Exams. The Hokage will reply tomorrow although he will probably allow you to join my team regardless. How is the permanent Transformation Jutsu coming along?" Orochimaru asked.
"It is hard to figure out what your former teammate wrote in these notes. How she holds her technique for so long amazes me. But I am getting closer to it and soon I will figure it out. Then I will look like this forever." Kabuto said.
"Good. I will see you tomorrow with the answer." Orochimaru said as he activated the genjutsu again and left the room.
The next day Orochimaru went to the Hokage and asked for the response. The Hokage allowed Kabuto to enter and Orochimaru left the room. An hour later, Anko and Sasorimaru were waiting at their usual spot when they saw Orochimaru walking with a grey haired boy.
"Anko, Sasorimaru, this is Kabuto. He will be your third member for the Chunnin Exams. For the rest of the day, you are to train together so you will know how each other works. I will be back during the afternoon and see how your results from your training." Orochimaru said as he left.
Kabuto introduced himself and told the others what he could do. Basic medical jutsus and analytical fighting styles were his strong points. They trained until four in the afternoon when Orochimaru returned. After a small talk, Orochimaru dismissed the three and left. Kabuto said he had to go and will see them tomorrow. Anko and Sasorimaru continued to train until the evening and they left as well.
Late at night, Orochimaru entered the room again in the hospital.
"So how were they?" Orochimaru asked.
"Their teamwork is flawless and they quickly adapted to my fighting style. I must say, you chose very good pupils to train." Kabuto said.
"Good. During the Chunnin Exams, spy on them and see how they react in the second part of the Exam." Orochimaru said. "No problem. Is there something which I should specifically look for?" Kabuto asked.
"Not really. I just want to know who of the two is better to stay with me. I have a feeling that Sasorimaru is currently winning that battle. Anko is becoming soft." Orochimaru said.
"Well you can't really blame her. She had a normal life compared to Sasorimaru. She had not experienced death before your first mission." Kabuto said.
"Yes I know that. Let's see how she handles in the second test. Sasorimaru will probably have fun there." Orochimaru said.
They continued to talk for the rest of the night.
A month went by until the time for the participating teams to go to the Sand Village to participate in the Chunnin Exams. The Cloud Ninja said that all fighting would stop for the duration of the Chunnin Exam as their own teams are participating.
Orochimaru and his three Genin left the village and reached the Sand Village in three days. Orochimaru and his team entered the Kazekage Tower and registered their team there. They then left and Orochimaru told them that they can do whatever they want as long as they don't get in trouble. Kabuto and Orochimaru then left in separate directions leaving Anko with Sasorimaru.
"What do you want to do?" Anko asked.
"I don't know. Want to get something to eat? I think I saw a dumpling stand near by." Sasorimaru said as Anko agreed to that and they both left together.
They talked and ate dumplings for a while until Kabuto joined them and they ate even more dumplings. When night approached, they went to their inn and went to sleep early to prepare for the Chunnin Exam which was the next day.
They woke up early and washed up. They all met up in the lobby and had breakfast. Orochimaru told them to go alone since he was not permitted to join them. He would wait for them in the lobby of the Academy.
The first test was a written test which had extremely hard questions on them. Even though they sat nowhere near each other, they knew that they had to cheat. Anko silently summoned a snake which Orochimaru taught her how to do and it crawled next to another participant. The snake returned and wrote out the answer with its tail on Anko's leg. Anko felt the answer and wrote it out. Sasorimaru used his eyes to negative the room. The ink on the paper was now more visible to him and he copied what another participant wrote. Kabuto knew most of the answers already but wrote the wrong ones fast to fool others who might have thought he knew them. In the last five minutes, he changed the answers.
After the exam was over, the results were posted. Orochimaru's team passed with flying colors. Orochimaru congratulated them and they went out to eat. The second test was the next day which would last five days.
When they came to the site of where the second test was located, a large desert surrounded by mountains, Team Orochimaru received a map and were told to find two scrolls in the caves which surrounded the area. The bell was rung and the test began.
Team Orochimaru went towards the farthest cave and went in after reaching it in 45 minutes. Sasorimaru used his eyes to see in the dark and they explored the cave. They found a chest inside but it was empty. They were about to leave the cave when another team blocked their path. Three Cloud ninja with each holding swords were standing there.
"Well well well. What do we have here?" One of the Cloud ninja said.
"Konoha wannabes are taking this Exam. Looks like we will have to teach you a lesson in which village will win the war and this Exam." Another one said.
All three Cloud ninja took their swords and poured chakra into it. The swords began to glow and they charged the three Konoha ninja. Anko took out a chain from her coat and began to swing it around. Kabuto charged chakra into his hands and they began to glow in a blue color. Sasorimaru just stood there waiting for his opponent. Anko swung her chain into the enemy but missed. She hit the wall and the wall shattered and rocks fell on the Cloud ninja. The Cloud ninja was so shocked as to what happened that he couldn't dodge the falling debris and got squished by all the rocks. Kabuto was dodging his opponent and managed to hit his opponent a few times in crucial locations. After a while, his opponent was out of breath and Kabuto struck him in the chest. The Cloud ninja fell on the floor dead. Sasorimaru stood there and was about to get cut in half by the sword when he grabbed it with his hands. Or what were hands.
"Secret Art: Scorpion Pincers." Sasorimaru said as he crushed the sword in two. His other pincer grabbed the ninja by the neck and the next thing the Cloud ninja knew, he was dead and his head was ten feet away.
The pincers on his hands began to shrink into his knuckles and thumb. Although Sasorimaru knew how this technique worked, it was still a bit painful for the transformation. Of all the techniques, this one hurt the most. The others were nothing already.
The three checked to see if they had any scrolls but were disappointed. They left the cave and searched another cave. They found one scroll and ran into another group of ninja, this time from the Mist. They were easily taken care of and this time found the other scroll in their pockets. The three went towards the 1 mile wide pit in the center of the test location and gave the scrolls to the guard. They entered a door which led them down into the pit. There they saw another group from Cloud and a group from Rock. They sat down away from them and spent the rest of the test relaxing.
After five days, the second test was over. Of the twenty teams that entered, only four remained. The last group came on the last day with a lot of blood on their clothes. This team was from Sand. The Kazekage gave a speech to the remaining teams and told them the next part of the exam was in one month. With that, all the teams left and Team Orochimaru met up with their sensei in the inn.
"Good job with the second test. You are the only Konoha team to pass of the seven that entered." Orochimaru said. Orochimaru left the inn at night and met up with Kabuto in a secure location.
"How were they?" Orochimaru asked.
"They were fine. Anko was pretty much the same. She took out the first enemy by making rocks fall on them. The other enemy she took out was swung into Sasorimaru's tail which impaled him and killed him on the spot. Sasorimaru was ruthless. His first opponent was beheaded while the second one, well even for me it was too much." Kabuto said.
"What did he do?" Orochimaru said with interest.
"He struck his tail into the enemy's spine and crushed it from the inside. The enemy did not die at first but died after a while without his central nervous system to support his body." Kabuto said. Orochimaru chuckled and knew who he liked of the two. "I think there is more to Anko then we see. She is getting stronger but not at the same speed as Sasorimaru." Kabuto added.
"Very well. You may go; I have to meet with someone." Orochimaru said as Kabuto bowed his head and disappeared.
Orochimaru went towards the outskirts of the village where not many people lived. He went inside a house and saw a short fat man standing there.
"What took you so long Orochimaru?"
"I was busy speaking with the boy you gave me." Orochimaru replied. "What are you doing here?"
"I am looking for a new puppet. I have my sights on one but it will be hard to take him down. I will need your help." Sasori said.
"Who is the target?" Orochimaru asked.
"The Third Kazekage." Sasori replied.
A/N: There is chapter two. Not much action, but there will be more in the next one.
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Next Chapter: The third test and the assassination of the Third Kazekage.