Hunt Or Be Hunted

Mugen jumped from tree branch to tree branch, over the bodies of fallen Genins. "Damn, this year is pretty rough for them. Well, don't sweat it. You can try next year. Yes, the whole death thing was a lie. Just like that one cake. Well, it's partially a lie. Some of the animals and insects living here are dangerous and not to mention deadly. Imagine all the suing the villagers would do to the Old Man…that would be kinda funny and sad." He thought and stopped when he noticed Naruto's Team fighting the ninjas from the Hidden Rain. "This is a tough one…Good luck, all three of you." He said and continue jumping.

While he was looking for Kabuto and his team, he stumbled something strange on the floor of the dangerous forest. "What the hell?" He jumped down and inspected the two lifeless bodies on the ground. He turned them to see their faces and it shook him as they have no faces. "Whose work is this? Gotta let the Anbu and Anko know about this." He thought and made a bird sound that was taught to him when he was an Anbu, it's a call for other Anbus. Not too long after that, three Anbu jumped down behind him. "What's up, Senpai?" One of them asked as they walked up to him. "Well, take a look at this." He said and stood up. They were surprised to see something that horrific.

"Listen, take this bodies to the building and let Anko know about this. The intruder could be disguising him or herself as a candidate in the exam." Mugen ordered and they nodded in response. The Anbu picked up the bodies and jumped on one of the tree branches. "What are you doing to do, Senpai?" A female Anbu asked. Mugen was about to say something but stopped. "My clones..!" He thought and surprised. His clones were dispelled by someone and they didn't see who attacked them. "Damn, someone attacked my clones and they didn't get the chance to see them. Not even their clothes." Said Mugen and he put his hand on his chin, thinking. "You guys found that four eyes, yet?" He asked and she shook her head. Then, an Anbu dropped down in between Mugen and the female Anbu.

"Senpai, I found Kabuto. He is now with Team Sasuke, assisting them fighting against the Genin from the Hidden Rain." The Anbu reported. Mugen nodded and clicked his tongue, couldn't believe he had just missed him. "Thanks, Mito. Anything else?" He asked and the Anbu nodded. "Yeah, what's weird is his team was not with him. Probably didn't want to help the other team and instead trying to get scrolls from other teams." He said and Mugen nodded again. Mugen thanked for reporting and keep watching. He ended with swing his hand horizontally and the Anbu disappeared before him.

Anko was sitting on a bench in the building, waiting and eating her dangos until two Anbu's dropped by at the entrance. "Oh hey, you guys! What's up?" She said and walked up to them. They told her that Mugen found the bodies and showed her their state. Her eyes widened and chill was running down her spine. "Damn, of all times…Thanks for showing me this. We'll take it from here." She said and called two men in white, picking up the bodies. Then, a realization came to Anko and she told the men in white to stop. They did so and watched her as she looked at them closely. "They're from the Hidden Grass…There's a woman on their team, where is she?" Anko turned and asked the Anbu.

"We don't know, we already suspected her to be the enemy we're looking for. Mugen-Senpai and the others are looking for the culprit along another suspect." The Anbu reported and Anko looked down, clenching her fists. "Shit! I let the enemy in under my nose..!" She thought and . "Hey, look after the place for me! I'm going to help and look for the sneaky maggot!" She said and walked past the two Anbu. "In that case, we'll come with you." They said and followed her high on the trees, night time was near.

Mugen went back to where he last saw Naruto and his team. Instead, he found three unconscious Hidden Rain Genins. He looked around and noticed a burnt mark on the ground but he shook his head on it and jumped back onto the tree branches while made three clones to send the three Genin to the hospital. "Get all the ones that are disqualified to the Hospital!" He told to his clones and got a nod from them. He looked everywhere and found the teams that are still active, Team Shikamaru and Team Kiba. He didn't approach them and kept searching.

Suddenly, something caught his attention when he felt someone or something was approaching behind him, on his right side. He turned his head and immediately turned his whole body to block a kick from a mysterious cloaked figure. The kick was enough to send him flying and hit into a tree bark. Mugen grunted and looked around as the attacker disappeared. "Tch, where are they?" Mugen thought and held a kunai in his hand. His ear picked up rustling from the higher tree branch and quickly threw at that direction but only to see his weapon got deflected and the enemy jumped out towards him. Mugen also jumped, both punched and slash as soon as they collided. Mugen punched them on the cheek and jumped off of their body to retrieve his falling kunai, throwing it again at the same target.

The enemy noticed the kunai flying straight at them and knocked it away. They landed on a branch and Mugen landed on one as well, both facing towards each other. "No point in asking types like you…But maybe Ibiki can after I take you with me." Said Mugen, pulling out his katana and held it on his right hand, leaving the other one safely in it's scabbard. The enemy pulled out two kunais and covered them with chakra. Mugen did the same as well, covering his blade with chakra. Both jumped from the branches at the same time and clashed.

Naruto was walking towards the building as they already go the scrolls they needed along with Shikamaru's team. The boy was tired after fighting someone weird and protected Sasuke from a giant snake. He kept looking at his teammate, who was being supported by Sakura. Sasuke had gone through a lot as well but Naruto didn't knew anything that had happened while he was unconscious. When he came to, Shikamaru's team was there and defeated the Hidden Rain Genin. He was the only one at the back of the group and he stopped when he heard something. He turned to see where the noise came from but saw nothing but darkness and the sound of wildlife. "Hey, Naruto! Hurry up!" Sakura called out to him at the entrance of the building while Shikamaru and his team had already went inside. "C-coming!" He said while still looking back until he shrugged it off and joined his friends.

Mugen fought the enemy on the tree branches until they reached at the top of the trees. They stopped to recover their breaths after managed to put in some hits on each other but Mugen did more damage than the cloaked enemy and torn his black cloak in pieces. The enemy was about to jump at the Leaf shinobi but stopped when a group of Anbu stood on top of the trees, surrounding them and Mugen. "It's over, give it up." Said Mugen and got into his stance, ready to jump at him and give the finishing blow. The enemy smirked under the cloaked and intentionally fall from the trees. The Anbu quickly followed the falling body but failed to capture it as it suddenly explode and engulfed in flames. Followed by a loud thud from the ground. "Damn it..! Anko?" Mugen saw her stood next to the body, inspecting it while he made his way down. "Is he.." Mugen asked and Anko gave him a nod, made him clicked his tongue. "But look at this, Mugen." Said Anko and showed him the enemy's face. "It's the woman from the Hidden Grass team…" Mugen said and left the body to the Anbu.

"The exam is already over, let's go to the building for now and report to the Hokage later." Said Anko, while had her hand on the curse mark. Mugen nodded and followed her from behind, "Are you hurt?" He asked as he clearly noticed she was somewhat in pain or her mind was disturbed. "It's just…this curse mark started to burn up for some reason..It doesn't hurt much but it's irritating as hell." She said. Mugen knew what she was thinking and he was also thinking the same thing. Could Orochimaru be the intruder they were looking for?