Hey everyone! So it's been a really long time since I last updated, and I'm really sorry for that. I had the start of fifteen started but then I got stuck so I just stopped and didn't want to update because I wanted to be ahead at least a chapter in writing. So I'm really sorry for that because I felt like I was falling behind. sweat drops I'm really happy to all of you that have stuck by my story even through all the boring stuff. It's exciting now though I promise! :3
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Enemy
Everyone gathered outside the Forest of Death, waiting for the second part of the Chunnin exams to begin. I stood behind Hinata rather impatiently. I had been inside the forest before… I knew how dangerous it could be inside. The kinds of creatures within were unfathomable. I didn't want to meet up with any of them.
"You guys be careful in there," I told Kiba, Hinata, and Shino rather warily.
'The last thing I need is for them to end up getting hurt.' I pulled my head protector down over my left eye and covered the right with my icy bangs. No one needed to know what I was in a place like this.
"W-we will," Hinata assured me with a smile.
"Hey Suzu," Kiba's voice asked me, "Why do you do that? The head band thing?"
I looked confused for a moment before laughing slightly.
"It helps me concentrate more," I lied with a wide grin.
Akamaru barked, which drew Kiba's attention and he looked up.
"She's going to start," Kiba stated, turning around to face Anko.
When she said something, Naruto burst out with some nonsense and she quickly threw a kunai beside his face; cutting his cheek. I snickered slightly at the sight before I got a cold chill doing down my spine. 'Something doesn't feel right…' Narrowing my eyes, I looked around for that person… where the feeling was coming from. My golden orbs stopped when they saw someone appear right behind Anko – her kunai in a very long tongue – as they handed her weapon back to her. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but I knew they said something.
The person left and then Anko explained the rules about the second round of the Chunnin exams. We were to go to a gate and receive a scroll; a Heaven scroll or an Earth scroll. We had to reach a tower in the forest with both scrolls… meaning that we had to take down another ream for their scroll.
"I'm at such a bad disadvantage," I mumbled, glaring at the forest.
Every team had three people… every team but mine. 'Oh well. It's not like I've never had to take on three people at once before.' I sighed. We had two days to complete the task. If we didn't make it… we weren't going to pass because there was the possibility of death in the forest… hence the name.
"Good luck guys. Make sure you make it to the tower!" I told Hinata's team before turning to go to my gate.
"You be safe too!" Kiba called with a smirk.
We were excited… most of us were anxious beyond belief. This was a new experience for a lot of us; very few had this chance beforehand. 'We can do this… We can all do this.' I disappeared before appearing at my gate; one hand tucked in the top pocket of my pants. I looked at the shinobi before I received my scroll. It was a Heaven scroll.
"This should actually be very interesting," I said with an amused smirk.
Unfortunately for some other teams, I had experience.
After a few minutes, the gates were opened and every team took off into the forest. We were all on the hunt in this big forest.
I ran through the trees rather quickly, being sure to take higher ground. The tree branches were probably a lot softer than the open space along the ground. 'Okay, so I have to find an Earth scroll… how the hell am I supposed to know where to find an Earth scroll instead of a Heaven scroll?!' I tried to ponder it through my mind before a different thought came to mind.
"I wonder where those two genin from the other day are," I mused, smirking at the thought.
'It'd be great if they had an Earth scroll instead.' I kept my eyes at the ready- the Sharingan appearing because of the darkness in the trees – searching for any enemies. 'I'll be sure to stay away from Neji and Tenten… and I won't go after Kiba, Hinata, and Shino. That just leaves a lot more people open for attack.' My feet guided my quickly over the branches as I made sure to not stay in one place for a long period of time.
In what only felt like a few minutes, a kunai had been thrown at me from the ground. I quickly jumped to the side to dodge and jumped to the ground with anticipation. It was a team of two girls and a boy.
"I thought I smelt something foul around here," the boy laughed with a smirk.
"The only thing foul around here is you," I mused as I pulled out a kunai.
"I've heard about her," one of the girls said with narrowed eyes, "She's the one out of all the people in the Chunnin exams without a team."
'Well aren't you just smart.'
"She looks to simple. We could be out of here in no time," the boy stated cockily as he got to his feet.
He stepped forward and got into a low stance to get ready for a fight.
"You're going to be first?" I asked, tightening my grip on my kunai.
"Yeah, that's right. I'll take you down."
"I'd like to see you try."
The boy ran at me and I watched him intently. 'It's only a clone…' I jumped to the side and threw a shuriken quickly, stabbing the clone in the back. It disappeared in that instant. 'Now where's the real one?' My Sharingan eye quickly glanced around before I saw him running through the trees; in a circle around the area. I took off and headed towards him to cut him off. My kunai was still held in my palm, reading to be used. When I was close enough to him, he ran up a tree trunk to get away.
"Not a smart idea," I mused as I started to run after him.
I did a hand sign as I concentrated my chakra.
"Sky Style; Hawk's Eye jutsu!" I called as I summoned Virid.
The large hawk had become greater in size over the time of my training. More size meant more strength; Virid was a good threat to everyone around him.
"Grab him by his shoulders!" I ordered as the large hawk went in for a sweep.
Virid's talons grabbed the boy by his shoulders and pulled him off the tree. Once I was high enough, I crouched down and pushed off the tree trunk with my hands. My feet kicked him in the stomach and the force knocked him out of Virid's hold. I watched as he flew backwards into a tree. His back collided with the trunk and he slumped down onto a thick branch.
"Good job Virid," I said with a grin before ending the summon.
When Virid disappeared, my eye caught sight of something falling out of the boy's pocket. 'Is that a scroll?' I wondered as I went to grab it before it fell.
"I'll take that," I said as I grabbed the scroll and ran on ahead.
After a few moment of running, I paused to look at the scroll. I had taken from my opponent. 'Damn… it's a Heaven scroll.' I put the extra scroll into the pocket at the side of my pants.
"Well at least I can use it later if someone takes mine," I murmured as I continued to run on ahead.
I didn't want to waste time. Being attacked like that made me realize that I would be a target to some teams who wanted an advantage. 'Lazy people piss me off…' Getting back into the trees, I put chakra to my feet for more balance.
"I hope that there's more competition than that," I said thoughtfully as my right eye glanced around for any danger.
My ears were open as well… keeping tabs on any sound that was to be made by anyone other than myself. 'I won't be made a fool of by being followed.'
The time running drew on and I stopped for a moment when I heard some sounds. I stopped at a tree, back to the bark and a kunai at the ready just in case. 'What is that sound?' It was like breathing somewhere near by… as if something large were resting. As I silently peered around the large tree trunk, there sat an extremely large snake. 'Holy crap that thing is huge! And here I thought that Virid was getting too big… llama's starting to take up my bed a little though…' The snake seemed to be coiled up – resting – as it hid in the forest.
"Thank you for being asleep," I whispered before taking off again.
I had no desire to become giant snake food at the moment. I wasn't quite ready to be killed, especially not by an animal.
Hinata quietly ran along being Kiba and Shino. Kiba had Akamaru in his coat as they went. She had her Byakugan activated and was searching for any enemies. They had come close to an enemy already and that worried the small Hyuga. She had trained as hard as she could, but she was wary of fighting a real enemy in real combat.
"We're going to do this, right guys?" Kiba asked with a smirk on his face.
"Y-yes," Hinata agreed nervously.
"This isn't the time to be nervous Hinata," Shino said calmly, "Save it for when this is over."
"I-I'm sorry," she apologized to her comrades, "I'll do my best."
The sound of footsteps made me cautious because I couldn't tell which way my enemy was coming from… or if they were really my enemy. 'If it was Kiba then I'd probably just keep running. I don't want to have to be the one to either knock them out of this competition or knock myself out…' I wasn't going to deny it. If I fought against Kiba, Hinata, and Shino, or Neji and Tenten then I would lose. No question about it. I wasn't about to make a fool out of myself either. I'd be stupid for trying.
"There you are," a familiar voice said quietly from close by.
'They're no friend of mine.' I hadn't recognized who it was, but I knew I didn't know them personally.
Jumping down to the forest floor, I jumped into a bush and waited rather patiently. If my enemy wanted me, then they would come get me. 'They're coming closer.' Four feet made an appearance in front of me and it made me wonder on where the other pair was. 'It's a trap, but who cares.'
"The golden eyed one is here," a girl stated, her feet shifting slightly in front of me.
She was searching, and I knew she was.
"She's close," a guy agreed, turning slightly to the left.
'It's those two from the other day! Maybe they have an Earth scroll!' The thought was enlightening; kill two birds with one stone. I did my hand signs and thought the name of my attack.
'Earth Style; Llama Pursuit jutsu!'
Llama made its appearance and charged out of the bush, knocking the guy over. The girl had moved to the side to get out of the way. I jumped out and kicked the girl in the back to knock her out of my way. She stumbled forward and I landed on all fours, getting ready to go from there. My llama turned to look at me before I ended the summon.
"I'm close all right," I laughed with dark amusement.
"Stupid girl," the girl growled at me.
"Wow, if I'm stupid then that must make you a moron," I stated with a smirk on my face.
I wasn't about to be nice to people who had threatened me.
"Go ahead Keira," the boy told the girl with amusement, "Have some fun and take that scroll from her."
'Them, take my scroll? I don't think so.' I stood up properly and watched the strange girl intently. I wanted her to make the first move.
"What's the matter? Are you afraid?" she taunted me with a smirk.
She had some shuriken at the ready, just as I had my kunai.
"I don't get scared by people like you. You're all the same," I stated with a shrug.
Keira growled something before running at me. 'Yay, she's got anger issues.' I threw my kunai at her and she disappeared.
"I hope you weren't expecting that to hit me," she mocked coldly.
Her voice caused me to look up, only to see her foot coming down at me. Grabbing her ankle, I swung her to the side and watched as she skidded across the ground.
"I hope you weren't expecting that to work," I mused, mocking her as she got to her feet.
I had to admit, I enjoyed taunting my enemy and making them mad. It made them lose their concentration all the more.
"You're pretty cocky for being on a team of your own," Keira decided to mock back, "Maybe once I'm through with you, I'll find those friends of yours that you were protecting the other day."
'That's a little low…'
"Go ahead and try. You'll have to get by first," I mused, getting ready to follow Keira's movements.
Keira ran at me with a kunai in her hand and I chose to ignore it as I blocked a kick to my stomach with bare hands. She pushed away and threw the kunai at my shoulder. I felt the blade cut the side of my arm as it quickly went by. 'Damn… she's got bad aim, but they're quick…' Keira stood with a smirk, waiting to continue. 'She's more melee which is unfortunate because that's what I am… I'd sooner use my fists than a jutsu…' I ran at her and catching enough momentum, I dropped down, sliding to trip her. She jumped over my leg to dodge the attack quickly. I rolled backwards to get on my hands and pushed my legs upward to kick her in the stomach. A smirk formed on my face when my feet collided with the soft part of her body.
Keira was thrown up with the force and on her way down I swung my heel back to kick her in the ribs.
"So much for this being easy," I heard the boy murmur as I fell backwards to land on my feet.
A few feet away, Keira landed on her back and let out a cry of pain. 'I must have broken a few ribs with that one…'
"I guess you would have to be strong to be on your own team. You have no one for back up then," the boy mused as he stopped leaning against a tree trunk and came forward slightly.
"E-Echi," Keira tried to call, reaching up a hand.
'She's done already? Wow… that's kind of sad. By her attitude I would have thought that she would be stronger than that.' I thought as my Sharingan eye watching from behind my bangs.
"We'll get her scroll Keira, don't worry," the boy assured her.
"Go ahead and try," I mocked with a smirk.
"I don't think you understand, little girl," Echi mused, "The thing about fighting with me, is that you have to fight yourself as well."
My eyes narrowed as he snapped his fingers. After a few moments, someone else made their appearance. Their look shocked me at first and it caused me to furrow my brows as well.
"Just because they look like me doesn't mean that they can fight like me," I told Echi with some amusement.
I crouched down and got ready to attack, the imposter did the same. 'What the hell is this? Is this their third team mate?' Echi reached back into his pockets and pulled out six shuriken.
"So I see that you've figured it all out," Echi mused, "She is indeed our third teammate."
'A Genjutsu user… They stay out of the first fight to analyze the opponent's fighting style… then once the first person is defeated the third person joins in.' It was a good plan, so long as you believed in self-sacrifice.
"Well I hope she got enough information because I didn't show everything."
I ran at the copycat and she ran at me. When I got close enough, I jumped into the air, using my right leg to drive me upward and my left to kick her. Her hands raised and she blocked the kick with her palms. With the amount of momentum put into my kick, she pushed upwards to flip me backwards.
"How'd that for copying?" she asked me with my tone of voice.
"Pretty bad," I stated as I was upside down in the air, "I wouldn't leave myself open like that."
"What the hell are you talking about?" she asked, looking around.
While her attention was diverted, I threw two shuriken at her before disappearing. The illusionist jumped to the side to dodge and I appeared behind her, kicking her forward. 'She may be able to copy everything I do, but I know that she can't copy my jutsu or my summons.'
I started to do my hand signs only to have Echi throw senbon at me. 'Damn… that's ridiculous. He stands on the sidelines and keeps the opponent from using jutsu… That might be a challenge…' I moved to the side to dodge and the illusionist came at me quickly.
"You're quick at recovering," stated Echi, "but we shall test how quick."
I pulled out a kunai and slashed at the girl. She ducked down and I jumped up before bringing my heel down onto her back. When she hit the ground, I threw the kunai at Echi and started my hand signs.
"Earth Style; Llama Pursuit jutsu!"
'Okay, never mind… that was too easy.' I made a dull expression at the thought and shook my head slightly. Llama made its appearance and stood beside me with a snort. Both llama and I had grown in height, but my llama was taller than me; its chin started at the top of my head.
"Am I quick enough for you two yet?" I asked coldly with a smirk on my face.
The girl rolled to her side before pushing to get to her feet. She was panting and I watched as the ice blue hair turned black and the front became shorter and the back longer. Her headband changed from Leaf to Sound. Her clothes went from me black baggy t-shirt to a rather light grey tank top and white pants. The black and red add on sleeve disappeared completely, revealing a black tattoo of a snake.
"Too quick," the girl panted, wiping blood from her lip, "Can we end this now Echi? I'm tired of fighting her way."
"Be my guest," Echi mused.
I watched as her hands filled with chakra and she smirked devilishly.
"I hope you've enjoyed winning so far, because now you're going to lose," the girl mused rather joyfully.
'Yeah… I don't like the way her chakra is flowing through her hands right now.' It made me suspicious on what she could do.
"Go after her from the left," I whispered to llama before going to the right.
We were both on either side of her as I crouched down and pulled out two shuriken.
"You're shaking," I mused, watching as her legs and arms shook slightly, "Are you scared? Or are you too tired to keep going?"
"You wish I was too tired to keep going," she hissed at me, her hands balling up into fists.
'She must not be confident in what she can do… Why else would she be shaking if she's not scared?' Cracking my fingers, I got ready to attack. She attacked first and then both llama and I took after her. The girl took a punch at me and my hand came up to block her fist before she grabbed my arm. I was rather confused as she pulled me around so my back was to her. Her palm collided with the middle of my back before she pushed me towards my llama. I jumped as my llama ducked and landed on my back on the ground. Numbness started to go through my left arm and I writhed slightly on the ground. 'What the hell did she do to me?'
Llama nudged me before licking me.
"Hi llama," I groaned, about to roll onto my right side.
It snorted before looking up and being knocked to the side. 'She kicked… my llama.' I immediately pushed myself to get up. Instead of seeing the girl standing there, it was Echi with a smirk on his face.
"What are you thinking?!" the girl hissed at him.
"It's only a summon," he stated simply.
As I made it to my feet, I panted as I glared at Echi hatefully. 'That bastard… No body touched llama and gets away with it.'
"To you, bastard, llama may just be a summon," I told him, gripping the shuriken that was in between my right fingers and ending the summon, "Llama is worth everything. He is my teammate!"
I threw my shuriken at Echi and did more hand signs.
"Fire Style; Fireball jutsu!"
I put my chakra into my hands and blew. The flame stretched across the small area and Echi backed away as he dodged the shuriken.
"What are you doing? Aren't you going to help?" I heard Echi growl at the one girl.
"Not on this one. You're on your won now," she stated before crossing her arms and legs and sitting down beside her fallen teammate.
I could feel the jutsu draining my chakra rather quickly and was forced to stop so I could make it through the rest of the exam. Panting, I smirked at Echi with rather dark amusement.
"Looks to me like your plans kind of fell apart."
End of Chapter 14
So, how was it? Was it accurate enough? I hope it was because I've never really been a real fan of Naruto, which I think I've said before. Anyway, lol, I'm having fun now again which is always a bonus and there's like… 3-4 chapters left? I don't know. xD Lol. Anyway, thanks again for reading and I'm sorry for any mistakes and my foot's asleep right now so I can't really pay attention. Same goes for the really loud scary movie that my dad's watching. xD Lol. So thanks again, I appreciate it and I hope you all liked that chapter. :3
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