-1The Plan for Hinata Hyuga

A/N: I'm updating again! WOOT! Well, since I have to finish this story, mostly because I like it, I shall continue updating as fast as I possibly can. Well here is the next chapter! Remember, the review button is lonely.

Disclaimer: Is my name Masashi Kishimoto, then no, I do not own Naruto. I barely own my socks…

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Chapter Ten: Chuunin Exams Part Two

After waiting for the other teams to pass, or die a horrible, horrible death, we sat down in a room filled with the others that had passed. The Nuzashi team apparently held a fear of Gaara also, so we mostly talked and got to know each other.

The leader of the team was a kid around my age named Akira Narumo. His spiked black hair was a little funny looking, but the katana around his waist said not to laugh to much. "So you guys passed also? Cool, now there's at least someone we can talk to without having to fear for our lives." Gaara looked in our direction as he said that and we took a few steps further away.

The others in the team were actually very kind and held a lot in common with us. The girl in the team was named Ururu, and apparently she was a user of mostly genjutsu and weaponry. "Hi, I'm Ururu, and if you mess with me, I will mess with your mind." That was her introduction, which was followed by her glaring an evil look then laughing her face off.

The third member in the group was named Mazuri, and he apparently did not like to talk much. "I am Mazuri. I hail from the Wave Country." That was all he said the entire time, and he did not keep eye contact with anyone in the room, even his partners, for a long time.

"He's a little shy. Just be nice to him, he's had a hard time in his life, okay?" We turned around to see Akira saying that, then not commenting on that any more. 'I could probably relate to that…' "Anyways, how did you guys pass? We just stumbled upon a scroll that was abandoned near the tower. It was a heaven scroll, and we just happened to have an earth scroll."

"Wait, did you just say it was a heaven scroll?" He nodded. "We lost ours in a match against that team over there, the scroll was in fact a heaven scroll too. I think we lost it in a clearing about a mile southeast from here." Akira started to put on a thinking pose, which actually suited him, and then thrust his hand in the air.

"That is where we found it! It must've been yours then!" Well that is an odd coincidence, or is it? I didn't think too hard on the matter and we set back to playing some games, or at least that is what the others did. Mazuri didn't play and just walked off stating that he would be back. I set off after him.

'Where did he go?' He walked off in the direction of the stairs, but he wasn't found anywhere near them. 'He went outside then.' I heard a clunk as if they were footsteps come from directly above me, but that was impossible since I was on the top floor.

I quickly jumped out a window and walked up to the roof.

-Scene Change-

"There you are. I have been looking for you, little worm." I looked around to find the voice, but then I saw it. A creepy blue-haired guy with a flower in his hair was standing in front of Mazuri, with his hand outstretched as if pointing to him.

"Leave me alone for once, Reshuko. I have a life now, with friends." I saw Mazuri standing there as if challenging him. "Your Akatsuki gang cannot harm me now. Especially with another backing me up." He turned directly to me.

"So you are another Akatsuki member? I will show you what I did to Kakuzu, Itachi, and Kisame!" I ran directly at the freak and thrust a kunai straight through his heart. "No blood, what in the hell?" I felt the body explode into a bunch of cherry blossom petals.

"You are Kail Kazerai, are you not? Even without Orochimaru, I can take you both on!" As I stood there trying to find his position I turned to Mazuri and motioned for him to flee. Mazuri instantly disappeared. "I came here for a demon, but instead I get to kill two idiots with one kunai!"

I felt blood trickle down my back, the slice was not lethal. "You are going to torture me, not kill me? What a mistake that is then!" I turned around and channeled chakra around my palm. "Die you freak!" The palm went straight through him, nicking enough parts to be fatal.

"I will come back later, have fun being with three demons and a bunch of psychotic ninjas!" Then he disappeared in a whirlwind of petals. I looked around and saw that Mazuri had escaped back into the tower. 'Three demons? What is that freak talking about?'

I headed back into the tower to ask Mazuri a few questions.

-Scene Change-

I found Mazuri attempting to pay for several bowls of ramen at a stand within the tower. "Here is the money, just give me the ramen. Yes, I don't care what kind, just give me them. I SAID I DON'T CARE!" Maybe now wasn't a nice time to ask Mazuri anything. So much for being 'shy'.

"O-okay sir, h-here is y-your ramen! Just don't kill me…" After the ramen was delivered to Mazuri, and the stand operator got his heart beating back to normal, I headed to ask Mazuri.

"Mazuri, besides the fact you almost scared that guy to death, what are you doing?" Apparently I startled him because he almost dropped the bowls. "Do you need some help?"

"No thanks, this is excellent training for balance. Oh, and the others made me pay for it…" So that was why he had fifteen bowls of ramen, wait, fifteen? 'Oh yeah, Kara is fat, I forgot…'

As I snickered inwardly at my comment, I got back to the real questions. "Why is the-" Just then an announcement came on.

"Will the owner of a flying purple cow please turn their headlights off? Oh, and will everyone please come to the auditorium that just appeared in the basement? The second test has been finished." With a loud beep and an exclamation of 'OUCH!' from every team that was in the tower, the announcement had ended.

"Anyways, Mazuri I'll see you later." I vanished off to see what the next exam was going to be. "I HOPE IT'S A FIGHT!"

-Scene Change-

I looked around for who else had finished the second test and found the others. Hinata, Kiba, Shino, Tenten, Lee, Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, and Naruto had passed. Sadly so had Neji, Sasuke, and Sakura. There was also a sound team and the Nuzashi team.

"This is gonna be interesting, isn't it Kail?" I looked over to see Shiro talking to me, with an overenthusiastic Kara bouncing around in circles around him. "I heard that several teams died during the second exam from some unknown cause. Probably Gaara though…"

"I had heard that. There's something weird going on here, I can tell that everyone else is highly strung. Even Naruto looks a little odd today, and not like he normally is. Did something happen to their team?" Shiro shrugged and then looked up as Gekko Hayate coughed as if to signal an announcement.

"AHEM! Will -cough- everyone please settle down? Okay, -cough- since there are too many -cough- teams to properly compete in the -cough- third exam, there will be some -cough- preliminaries." To take over for the coughing jonin, in came Sarutobi, the evil Hokage.

"As Gekko here was saying, there will be preliminaries before the third exam. These preliminaries will be one-on-one matches. The winners will then be eligible for the third exam, and to become a chuunin. The matches will be randomized and shown on this screen." He pointed to the screen which was incredibly huge, especially in comparison to the rest of the room. "If your name is shown, proceed to the center of the arena for your match."

I raised my hand. "If the matches are too boring, can we leave and venture outside of the arena? If we do, can we just come back for our matches?" Everyone started to whisper saying things like 'I hope my match isn't what he will consider boring' and other things like 'and that kid thinks battles to the death is boring'.

Sarutobi boomed in over the loud din. "AHEM! Yes Kail, you may leave and walk around during the boring matches. Just be back in time for your match." The entire time I was thinking 'Yes, I get to miss Sakura's match!' "Anyways, let the first match begin!"

The names on the screen began to spin like a roulette wheel. As the names started to slow down, I noticed that my name had passed about seven more times than the others. 'That Sarutobi really wants me to die, doesn't he?' Finally the fixed names stopped. "Sasuke Uchiha versus Yoroi Akado." (A/N: Is that the guys name?)

'Great, the almighty Uchiha versus some random sound ninja. I would leave but Sakura's screeching is binding me in my spot. I hate her so…' As my thoughts went on, so did the screams of "GO SASUKE!" and many annoyed sounds of "Tch."

The match went very oddly. Sasuke didn't even attempt to use any of his fire jutsu, which were pretty much the heart of his wimpy strategies. The sound ninja not only looked creepy, but he also had a weird aura around him. 'So he can leech chakra from his opponents, eh? Sasuke's totally doomed.'

Then, Sasuke pulled out a reversal that caused him to have a moment of attack. "This is it." That is what I heard him say under his breath as he pulled out a taijutsu attack that was put into action with the words "Shishi rendan!" 'Lion Combo? Wait, I know what that means but I can't read kanji? When in hell did that happen?'

As I stood wondering to myself on how in hell that anomaly occurred, I must've missed something. Sasuke was not in the arena and the next match had started. "At least Sasuke won, and not that other guy. Maybe I can look forward to beating him off his high pedestal." I just then noticed the two intimidating girls standing next to me cracking their knuckles. "Uh, hi Ino. Sakura your just a wannabe ninja." Ino laughed while Sakura stood their speechless.

I looked back to see Shino walking out of the arena, glaring daggers at me. "I want you dead." Well at least he has goals.

"The next match is…" The screen froze on the names. "Kankuro versus Tsurugi." I left the arena to find something to drink.

"Ah, absolutely nothing. Splendid. WHERE IS THE DRINKS IN HERE?" I turned around several corners in a futile attempt to find a drink, as I suddenly heard something.

I listened closer to the sound and used sense of the winds. It came in full sound now, like something akin to surround sound. "Kabuto, find the Uchiha, then report to me." I heard the footsteps come in my direction. "What are you doing? Aren't you watching the matches?"

With a quick version of "No, I went to get a drink" I fled from the creepy guy who was glaring a hole through my head. At least the Kankuro match had ended by the time I had got back, and apparently someone had ended in the hospital with several broken bones.

I got back to my spot in the stands to observe the matches. Little did I know that I had knocked over Choji's chip bag and had nearly knocked Tenten off the stands in the process. "What's the matter Kail? You look like you saw a ghost." It was only Tenten, and she was not one that spoke to me often.

"Something is going on here, something odd. No, it was not a ghost either, it was that guy." I pointed to the sound jonin that was quietly observing the matches. "He was talking to a guy named Kabuto, telling him something about Sasuke. I think someone should watch over him." Tenten seemed to think I was delusional.

"Don't worry, Kakashi is watching over him in the hospital. If anything happens, he can take care of it." She turned back to look at the sound jonin. "He's gone!" She was right, he wasn't there anymore.

I felt a light tap on my shoulder. I turned to see the sound jonin. "Is something wrong here?" 'No duh, let's see here: you want to KILL SASUKE! Now doesn't that seem wrong?'

"Oh, umm, no n-nothing is w-wrong! I'm just a little thirsty from the exams." I barely squeaked out the first part. The jonin smirked and just ruffled my hair, then walked off with a grin. What I didn't noticed was the shadowy look in his eyes, the look of malicious intent…

"The next match is Sakura Haruno versus Ino Yamanaka. Begin!" I noticed a lag in the announcers voice, he must hate his job indefinitely.

"Go Ino, you can beat the hell out of that banshee! Watch for her forehead, and her shriek of deathly proportions!" Apparently that rest of the people in the crowd was amazed that I said such things in the presence of Sakura, or they were amazed that I knew the statement 'deathly proportions'. However, Ino smirked and Hinata giggled a little. 'Well that was very out of character, but it was cute…'

As I smashed the bad thoughts from my head, I watched as the match sadly drew out in a draw. Everything was matched punch for punch, kick for kick. Then, Ino cut her hair, which made her look, surprisingly, hot. "Whoa, go for the throat Ino!" She smiled then did the oddest thing I had ever seen, she sent her valentine jutsu. However it traveled through her hair and got Sakura.

Then Sakura got out and the two punched each other. 'Great, Sakura made it a draw. She is actually an okay fighter… Wait, what the hell am I thinking? SHE SUCKS AT FIGHTING!'

Then the other matches proceeded up to another epic match, Lee versus Gaara. As Gaara stepped down, he gazed at me with his bloodshot eyes. I saw a bright flash and felt the room start to spin. 'What the..?'

I succumbed into another white flash. 'Accursed repetition…'

-Scene Change-

The room was white as always, since I was once again in my mind. I felt along the ground and was waiting for some new anomaly to occur. "Come on Azarenuemo, I know your there somewhere!"

"Stop yelling, I can hear your thoughts. Baka…" Well at least Azare was here this time, not Hinata clones. 'Hinata… I remember that last time… Kissing with Hinata.' "Ahh, yes. Hinata was your crush's name wasn't it? Anyways you are wondering why your are here, right?"

"Sort of. Who cares anyways, all your going to say is some weird junk that won't make sense, unless you were talking to Sasuke or Shino." I spoke, just looking around for a change of scenery. 'Come on, give me something pretty to look at.' Then Hinata popped up. 'NOT HER, TRY A MARBLE ROOM WITH A STATUE!' Then it changed to that, just with a statue of Hinata.

"You know you are a total idiot, right? Anyways, you are here for some information on the three demons that blue-haired freak from the Akatsuki was talking about. The three are Gaara no Sabaku, which explains a lot, Mazuri, and…" He paused for dramatic effect. 'He's going to say Hinata, isn't he? Well it sure can't be Naruto or Kiba, they're too happy and outgoing.' "Naruto."

"You've got to be kidding me. Naruto and Mazuri? Gaara I can understand, 'cause he's a freakin' psycho, but those two?" I couldn't believe it, Naruto is too happy and Mazuri is too nice to hold something like that.

"You are an idiot. The Akatsuki hunt down demons, and us because we can seal demonic energy of major proportions. Mazuri was being hunted down by flower boy over there because he has a demon, the six-tailed demon if I'm not mistaken. Naruto has a demon, the nine-tailed fox, which threatened Konoha many years ago. Gaara has the one-tailed Shukaku, which threatens to take over his body even as we speak. Do the math. Oh, and bye. May we meet again later on in the exams." I took the time to absorb the data, which made little sense to me at the time. Then, with a wave, the Azarenuemo disappeared.

"Great, a thirteen second conversation and I don't even have a clue what he meant. Wait, the background hasn't disappeared yet. What is going on now?" The background then began to waver, as if to change, not to disappear. It was replaced with a sewer area, with a cage in the center, a cage with a creature with so much malicious chakra I couldn't see.

"So you are the container of Azarenuemo? The friend of mine as well, Kail was it not? I am the Kyuubi, the nine-tailed fox, destroyer of Konoha, the spirit in the one you call Naruto. You are the only one who can release me from this cage, and release me from Naruto forever. You are the one who can make Naruto happy for once in his life, happy behind his façade, not just on the outside. Remember that for now." Then the flash happened and a huge, albeit demonic, grin appeared.

"Make him happy on the inside?" Then I was gone again, back to reality.

-Scene Change-

"KAIL, ARE YOU ALIVE? ITS TIME FOR YOUR MATCH!" I heard the loudest scream in the universe say to me. 'I hate Kara so…' "AND WHAT WERE YOU SAYING ABOUT HAPPY ON THE INSIDE? ARE YOU A PSYCHO?"

"Can you stop yelling in my ear Kara? I think I went temporarily deaf because of that." I looked at the board and saw my name followed by Akira's name. "Here I go!" Apparently, my balance wasn't back because as soon as I got up, I fell down again. When I regained my bearings, I jumped down into the arena.

"Nice for you to join us, Kail. Oh, and who do you want to make happy on the inside? Is it that Sakura chick?" I cracked my knuckles and nearly dented his face in with my fist.

"Sakura is nothing more than a useless girl with pink hair, an overly high-pitched voice, and an unhealthy obsession with the Uchiha emo-kid. The one thing you should worry about is getting a dentist for your teeth after I'm done with you." I kneed him in the stomach, followed by throwing him straight into the far wall. "Oh, and which matches were good?"

Akira quickly gathered his ground and wiped the dirt off of his face. "You missed Naruto's match, Gaara's match, oh and you missed Shiro's match. Your friend over there has some mad skills with senbon, he took out Mazuri in no time flat. Although Mazuri seemed a little out of it…" He then ran at me after unsheathing his katana. He then stopped and swung the sword around aimlessly.

"Are you going to try to slice me or are you going to at least going to cut yourself?" He then smirked and looked at me. I felt my left arm move without my will. "Puppetry? No, shadow imitation? Oh, no." He then ran forward. "Voodoo shikigami!" I saw a small paper puppet that he had carved with his slices.

"So you discovered it too? Well, at least your somewhat smart, except I got Mazuri to tell me your moves. He's an analyst, he can tell your abilities at a mere glance. Yours are only taijutsu, ninjutsu, and summoning. Simple actually, your defenses at genjutsu suck horribly." He laughed and then I noticed something. His shikigami had a slight problem, it was paper.

'Shi, no, ka, nar, u, kumo, bara! I control the winds now, let's blow that thing away!' I looked at the puppet and it hovered in the air, as did I. "There's my plan, you idiot I can fly!" I made the puppet fly in the direction of Akira, and move it's arms in the form of my jutsu. "Wind Release: Dancing Winds!" The wind picked up around Akira.

"What the..?" Then I picked up the wind's speed, creating gale force winds around only him. His shirt cut open in various places, followed by his skin ripping apart in several areas. "How can wind cut me? How can you fly? My strategy is flawless!"

I then remember Azarenuemo's immortal words. "You are an idiot. Wind Style: Vortex in the Winds!" The winds around him accelerated even more, creating a vortex that sucked all air from around him. His eyes began to close and his limbs became limp.

"May you win, Kail…" I cut the jutsu short and he hit the ground like a brick, as did the puppet of paper.

"The winner of the match is Kail!" Only five whoops were heard, coming from Ino, Naruto, Kara, Shiro, and Kiba. A 'troublesome' came from Shikamaru though. "The preliminaries are now over! A month break will be made so that you may train for the third exam, have fun." Such sarcasm came off from him that everyone sweat dropped, anime-style.

'Wait, that was the last match? Then that means that everyone has went already.' I jumped back up to the stands that surrounded the arena. "Hey, Kara, did you win your match?"

"Nope, I made it a draw. I used a self-destruction technique that took both me and Ururu out, but boy could she fight. Her little genjutsu techniques threw a flying cow at me, very original jutsu that was." Great, a floating cow. I told you genjutsu was a load of crud.

"So we have a month to train? Who else made it anyways?" That was another question that had bothered me .

"Shino, Sasuke, Dosu of the Sound Village, Shiro, Neji, Naruto, Gaara, Kankuro, Temari, and you. Oh, and Shikamaru won too, that kid's about as smart as they come…" Whoa, that's a lot of people that won. 'Wait, Hinata didn't win, neither was she in the stands during my match…'

"What happened to Hinata? Did she die? TELL ME SHE DIDN'T DIE!" Yes, I was screaming, and that caused about everyone's heads to turn towards me. "Aren't you guys supposed to be leaving now?" I cracked my knuckles and everyone fled as quickly as possible.

"I could tell you that she didn't die, but it would be a lie…" I ran at her with enough chakra in my hand to kill the Akatsuki leader fused with Kisame. "I WAS JUST KIDDING! She is in the hospital in a near-death status, though. You should go after her, we all know you love her."

"I DO NOT LOVE HER, SHE LIKES NARUTO NOT ME!" She had a giant 'O' plastered on her face, and then her eyes slanted.

"So, you love her, but you are also trying to pair her up with that dope? He is clueless, just go confess to her already." She was very sly, and apparently very smart.

"Goodbye, Kara. I hope I never see you again." I left without another word, knowing she was right. I had a month to make everything up and right again.

One month to force myself to get rid of the truth, the truth that I love her. One month to enlighten Naruto, and make him happy on the inside. One month to save the village. One month to make the village a slightly better place.

One month to save myself.

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A/N: After my longest chapter ever in existence, I feel slightly awesome, and tired. I have decided that this will be a slightly more action-packed. Now with Akatsuki troubles, Naruto's demon being slightly sly and evil, Mazuri also containing a demon, Hinata in a near-death status, and now with Kail having slight issues with his side on the line of love, this story is getting good. (And longer than I thought, sadly, now I will never be able to finish…) Since the story is getting slightly less romance-centric, the next chapters will center more around Kail facing his feelings, and Naruto facing his demons, head on.

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