a/n: sorry for the extremely late update I just got kinda busy, I'll explain at the bottom

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, there I said it! NOW leave me alone…cuz I ain't writing it again…I think I said that the last time I wrote a disclaimer O.o

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LAST SHOT FOR VOTING

Hinata: 4

Sasuke:1

Temari: 1

Harem: 1

Not Naru/Hin: 2

Not Naru/Saku: 1

I am not doing GuyxGuy romance thing or Harem, sorry guys.


Chapter 6: ...


"Sticks and stones may hurt me, but the words just totally broke me."


Sasuke and Naruto were running as fast they could dodge weapons, jutsu (some of them really crappy). Sasuke had several kunai sticking out of his right leg, trying to ignore the pain he stood back up and continued on.

"You're suppose to be covering me!" He yelled back at Naruto.

"Well excuse me for not---" He broke off in mid sentence when something grabbed him from underneath. "What the…!" Naruto's body was quickly pulled under the ground, with only his head sticking out.

Apparently Sasuke hadn't noticed Naruto's situation because he kept on running. Naruto scoffed, Whatever I don't need his help getting through this by myself… A kunai raced by his cheek cutting him across the face.

He gulped. On second thought. "Sa…Sasuke! You idiot! Come back here, a little help would be nice!" He looked around the fields around him, when something landed on him successfully making him kiss the dirt. Someone had landed on him thinking he was just another rock…with blonde hair. "Please..." Naruto said dejectedly.

Sasuke was stuck trying to figure out if he should head to the entrance before they ran out of time or go back and get his teammate and possibly run the risk of not making it back on time. When he heard his teammate's skin, his body just moved on it self it of course, it's not like he cares for the blonde or anything.

Naruto felt someone pulling his head in an attempt to free him, that or to make his head pop off; he was hoping it was the former. His shoulders slowly came out of the loosened ground.

"The dirt's loose, get yourself out and let's go." Sasuke said curtly said looking around cautiously, most people had already snapped out of it, heading back and those that didn't, Sasuke looked at the ground to see the dead body's of some, pools of blood; it brought back many memories. He mentally shook his head, reminding himself that this was not the time to think about these things. Even though it visibly showed that he was shaking he would never admit, so help him kami that him, Uchiha Sasuke was feeling scared.

"What are you looking at?" Naruto asked, dusting him off. When he looked up to notice on the ground, he only came up with one word. "Oh." He gulped slightly shaking at the sight. The hairs on his neck stood up, sure he'd seen it before but now that the smart ones that had escaped the jutsu were heading back to finish their tests, it looked….horrible.

He looked down at himself, cuts, scrapes, gashes, his wrist was throbbing, clothes were shredded, a black eyes, his left leg was throbbing in pain too. He was out of breath and felt like he could drop any minute.

Never in his life had he seen so much blood, so many…he shivered…dead people. His eyes flickered to the right, and his eyes got big.

"Did you see that?" He nudged Sasuke who seemed to have spaced out, his eyes held pain but as soon as he realized Naruto was talking to him Sasuke's features hardened.

"See what?" He said picking Sakura up again, wincing slightly when he bent down.

"N…nothing I guess, must've imagined it." Naruto said taking in deep breaths.

Somebody pushed passed him knocking him over. "Let's go." Sasuke said again. They started running again.

We're quite a ways behind, damn if we want to make it through this exam we'll have to hurry up… Sasuke picked up speed without saying a word, hoping that the blonde would be smart enough to know that means they have to go faster.

Noticing the change of speed Naruto also picked up his face. He slightly tripped, but continued on. His vision was getting blurry, good thing they were almost there.

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They had just gotten back to the entrance some time ago, the ninja's that had gotten their before them were being treated and hospitalized. Naruto saw Lee being carried away on a stretcher, blood running down his head. His body was covered in white sheets.

"What did you see back there?"

"Wh-what?" Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and turned to Sasuke, who was bandaging his hand.

"You said you saw something, what did you see?" He asked again in a cracked voice, he coughed up some blood.

Naruto looked nervous for a second, "Uh…nothing, I told you it was probably just my imagination. Besides I just saw it out of the corner of my eyes."

Sasuke just grunted. "Whatever."

Kakashi saw his students on a bench at the entrance looking half-dead and decided to pay them a visit, because that's why he came at the end of the exam, to see how they faired.

Looking at their condition of I-decided-to-fall-off-a-cliff-into-a-lions-pit-then-play-with-boiling-hot-lava, he smiled cheerfully. "I'm assuming that the test was not-so easy?"

The two boys glared at their teacher for saying such a thing in a cheerful manner. Kakashi then noticed that his arm had third degree burns.

He took a closer look at it. "A fire jutsu?"

Naruto's glare went to Sasuke. "Ask the pyro-freak over hear."

Sasuke glared at him, "Shut-up loser. It wasn't like I was aiming for you."

"What do you mean you weren't aiming for me! You were doing the freaking seals right in front of me!" As Naruto and Sasuke started bickering, Sakura sat up groggily.

"Wha-t…going on?" She said yawning.

"Sakura! Are you alright?" Naruto said getting up but immediately fell down. "Ow!"

Sakura stood up in shock, "Am I alright? Are YOU alright?"

"Pffth…I told you to go see the medics." Sasuke said getting up, but he fell down too.

"I think you both should've seen the medics." Kakashi said slipping his arm under Naruto's. "Sakura grab Sasuke and let's get them to the medics." Sakura nodded slipping her arm under Sasuke's helping him up.

Slowly team seven walked towards the rest of the people who were injured. Sakura turned to see an older lady zipping up a body in a white body bag. She stopped and looked at the face of the person.

"Isn't that…" Naruto and Kakashi stopped hearing Sakura speak.

"Hmm?" Kakashi mumbled turning around and looked at the person who this older lady was zipping up.

Naruto stared wide-eyed. "No…it can't be." A tear slipped down Sakura's face.

The older lady noticing the attention that was set on the bag looked up at the kids. She smiled sympathetically. "Maybe you should go get those wounds checked. They could be critical."

Sakura gulped and nodded. "Let's go guys. Like she said those wounds could be critical." Another tear slipped down her face.

Naruto looked at her and he couldn't figure out, for the life of him why Sakura would care so much for this boy….or maybe it was….guilt?

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Kurenai, like Kakashi and the rest of the rookie nine sensei's had gone to visit her team also. At the moment two of her students were sitting in front of her, staring curiously at her face. Waiting for her to say something, she had said that it was very important.

She ran her fingers through her hair, it was obvious she was very tense. "You two best sit down for this."

"Kurenai-sensei we are sitting down." Said one of her students.

"Yes…of course. Well as you know…the chuunin exam was very harder than the previous one's…and many ninja have died. Some people you hadn't known for a day in your life and some people that you've seen everyday of your life."

The two tensed, not liking where this was going. "I know this is going to be hard to listen to and very hard to get over, but you have to keep your self together. A friend of yours died in the chuunin exams."

One of the students visibly paled, as the other shifted their weight uncomfortably. Kurenai took a deep breath, not sure if this was the right time to say this.

"I'm very sorry but you two cannot take the rest of the chuunin exams because…Inuzuka Kiba died today." Hinata dropped the medicine bottle she'd been holding, the bottle shattered into a million pieces, white liquid pouring out. It poured that night, the sky slammed every drop of rain onto the ground just like those words slammed into everyone who knew Kiba.


A/n: Kiba did die -cries- No I don't hate him and sorry for all the people who like Kiba.

YES a very STUPID place to stop it, please forgive me but I'm leaving for a movie soon and I wanted to get this thing up because I haven't updated in forever, and sorry for that I'll try and have a chapter posted every week or so.

It just that….

I got sick

I had to catch up on homework

My friends birthday

I had like three projects due. Now I only have two left –

I got hooked on to this book

LAST SHOT FOR PARINGS I TELL YOU ONCE AGAIN

Cya! -waves-

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