Chapter 6
Nozomi wasn't fuming anymore, no; she was pissed and had all rights to be peeved and furious too. "How the hell did you know? I mean what about the sushi bar!" They were in a high room in the Tower, so no one could really hear. Plus, Asuma did a jutsu for extra measures. "Well I didn't see you fight and second I didn't see the dog either…" Kakashi was counting off the reasons on his fingers. Nozomi was silent, and her brown hair was covering her magnificent blue eyes. 'Oh dear, usually when she's this quiet, she is really mad or she's about to kill someone. Hmm… oh what's he difference, I better stop her.'
"Nozomi," interrupted Misa, "come on now, so what if they find out, it's not like they're going to tell someone," she stopped to look at Kurenai, Asuma, and Kakashi, "right?" "Well you see we could at least tell the Hokage-" "I don't care right now if you tell the whole world, I just want to know what's going to happen now damnit!" interrupted Nozomi frustratingly, but calm. "We would still have to continue the Chuunin Exams because of Orichimaru, but you guys have o promise not to kill anyone got it?" Kakashi said. Nozomi and Misa were silent and Marco was curled up at Misa's feet, sleeping but keeping his ears up. Kakashi sighed, "Okay Nozomi, who did kill?" he said in a bored tone. "The three members from Cloud." She said, taking full responsibility. Misa looked at her in a shocking way, 'What is she doing? Now's not the time to actually admit you killed someone this time.' Kurenai gasped, 'She killed them all! Well what Kakashi told us, I shouldn't be so surprised, but, why am I?'
Kakashi just sighed, again. "Honestly Kakashi, sighing too much makes you look old, especially with that hair." "Now's not the time to joke Nozomi! Take the matter at hand and act like your age for once!" Nozomi placed her hands behind her head and said, sternly but yet calmly, "Dude I'm 12, this is how we act." "THAT'S IT!!" Kakashi had had enough. "Say something smart or don't talk at all! Don't you see this! How are we suppose to explain the world's two best ninja's are participating in the Chuunin Exams?!" Nozomi rolled her eyes while saying, "Geez, for a guy who claims to now everything, you sure are missing something." Kakashi gave her a skeptical look, "What? That you "accidentally" killed them? We're not Genins anymore Nozomi, so don't feed me that crap!" Nozomi's eyebrow twitched, she just hates when somebody interrupts her just to yell. "I ain't trying to, you nincompoop! NOW LISTEN!" He went silent. "Thank you, now look, you can't pi me on murder for one." Asuma spoke up while glaring, "And why can't we? You even admitted that you murdered them."
Misa slapped her forehead and Nozomi sighed, "Yes. I know I killed them." "Then what says we can't tell the Hokage?" Kurenai spoke up. Nozomi laid out her palm and a duplicate of Anko's contract laid there. "Because all of us did something before we even entered the forest of Death." At this everyone was stumped, even if the freakin contract was right in her hand!!! "The contract! Saying that if anyone were to die, it ain't no ones fault they died and they knew the consequences!! Once they entered the forest that is… So anyways, you can't blame me" – Misa gave her 'What-about-me?' look – "or Misa. It's like once they signed the contract and entered the forest, they're a walkin' target." Nozomi was looking proud with her arms crossed. So technically she was right all along. "So you knew the whole time, you knew!!" screamed Kurenai.
Nozomi just nodded, "Oh!! Now you understand! So what exactly are you planning on telling the Hokage?" The teacher were silent, they didn't know either. It's not like they could go up to the Hokage and say, 'Nice weather we're having, oh and did you know that the two ninjas from Kohana Maru are the famous two ANBU leaders that went missing about a month ago?!' No, it didn't work like that. Not to mention you would have to prove who they were. "Huh, I thought so. We'll see you in the preliminaries." Nozomi then puffed away. Misa then had a huge angry mark on her head, she even stomp her leg, making Marco wake up all of a sudden, loosing his balance. "SHE NEEDS TO STOP DOING THAT!" Misa also puffed away with Marco.
What they didn't know was that Nozomi just puffed at the front of the Tower while Misa went back to the training grounds. While she was there, Nozomi noticed Neji's team opening the scrolls. That was when a dude looking exactly like Lee pop out. Nozomi looked To Rock Lee then to the bigger version of Lee. She looked back and forth. "Holy shit, they're multiplying!' If Nozomi wasn't who she was, (you know, cool and what not?) she would have fainted. Good thing she wasn't like Misa and Ai in other words. She just looked at them with her right eye twitching. She soon started shaking her head. 'Snap out of it, go back to the training grounds and forget it.'
Later that Night…
-Nozomi's Dream-
"Look mama, I got you these flowers. Aren't they pretty?" "Yes sweetie, they're very pretty." A 3-year-old version of Nozomi and her mother were having a picnic on a field of flowers. "I always get the best for you mama!" "Ahh, thank you sweetling, but was killing me for the best?" Her mother suddenly vanished and the flowers in her hands turned to blood while the field turned into a graveyard. Blood and gore were everywhere, bones and bodies were scattered as far as the eye could see. Voices could then be heard, all around her, "Creature!" "Leech!" "It's your fault she's dead…"
"Monster!" The 3-year-old started sobbing while clutching her head, kneeling she shouted, "No! I didn't kill her! I loved her!" but the voice returned, even louder this time. "You killed her!" "You're to blame!" "She's gone because of you!" Then the voices disappeared, the toddler looked up and stood straight. Before her was the Nibi in all its glory. It was smiling menacingly down at her. The small child then turned to her present form. "What do you want? You usually don't do this unless you were really serious about getting my attention." The Nibi was still smiling grimily while it said, "Smart girl, I expected nothing else from you." Then the haunting field turned into a forest. But Nozomi just glared at her. "Just cut to the chase. What do you want? I actually want to dream then listen to you complain." The Nibi just lied down while Nozomi remained standing, and then laughed.
"You were always impatient but okay," Her voice went grim gain, "during he Preliminaries, I want you and Misa to watch you asses out there. Something big is about to happen." Nozomi just looked ticked, "What now, you can tell the feature!?" "I'm serious Nozomi!" she roared. Nozomi knew better than to take it any further. "Heed my warning, you'll need i." Nozomi just nodded. The scene changed into flashes of her mother being killed 100 ways.
-End of Dream-
Nozomi woke up yelling in her head, "Okay, the Nibi was either really serious or ticked to send me all those images.' She was in a room in the tower somewhere. All she knew was that she was at the top of the top, overlooking the forest. She got out of bed and looked at the forest through her window. 'I wonder what the matches are gonna be?' She was still looking out the window when she decided she would just go back to sleep. That was until her alarm clock went off. 'Whoever invented alarm clocks should die!!' She mentally noted. She then got dressed and walked out the door. She started wandering…and wandering…. Until she came across a door she thought was the exit. She opened the door to reveal….