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Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, just Ami and her family.
The Tragedy in the Forest
Anko took us all to a forest that was inside a gate. Gaara, Kankuro, and I were standing near Naruto's group waiting for Anko to start explaining. "Woah nice place. What is it?" Naruto asked.
'This place is kinda creepy....' I thought as I unconsciously scooted closer to Gaara.
"This is the location for the second phase of the exam." Anko said.
"Its the 44th battle training zone. But we call it...'The Forest of Death'."
"The forest of.....death?" Naruto said scared. I couldn't blame him. The place was terrifying. "Why is it called 'The Forest of Death'?"
"Because almost everyone who enters it, never comes out. At least not alive." Anko said smirking. She explained more about the scrolls, and having 5 days to get to the tower with 1 of each scroll. Then she handed out the release forms. I took mine and Anko continued talking. "Oh and I have one more word of advice....Just don't die!" I gulped.
I sat under a tree with Gaara and Kankuro to fill out my form. I thought this was kind of extreme. I mean release forms? Seriously? Then again…..I looked up at the forest again. Maybe it wasn't really that extreme. When we finished, the three of us took our papers to the proctors and got our scroll. I handed it to Gaara-knowing he would be the best to protect it-and he put it in his pocket. Then we went to Gate number 6 and waited for it to open.
"I hope we get through this ok." I said a little nervous.
"Don't worry Ami. We've got Gaara with us. We'll be safe." Kankuro said.
"No, Ami will be safe. You can protect yourself." Gaara said. I looked at Kankuro and stuck my tongue out at him. He glared at me. Unfortunately, I didn't feel as safe as Gaara seemed to be. Finally the proctor opened the gate and the 3 of us entered the forest and the 2nd exam officially began.
We had been walking for about 45 minutes when we ran into these ninja from the rain village. They of course wanted our scroll and Gaara, being how he is, was going to fight them.
"Do you believe the nerve of these sand village ninja Shibure? Challenging us head on?" one of the ninja said.
"Yeah they're a bunch of fools!" another one said.
'These ninja must think we're just some weak little kids.' I smirked. 'Boy are they in for a surprise.'
"Too bad kids." The ninja in the front said. I guessed he was the leader. "Now you're all gonna die!"
"I've heard enough out of you." Gaara said. "Lets make this quick. I don't wanna waste time on this guy."
I sighed, feeling kind of sorry for these guys. It was just their bad luck they ran into our team.
"Hey Gaara! Doesn't it make more sense to follow these punks and gather information first?" Kankuro said. "I-I mean if they had the same type of scroll as us, we're just fighting an unnecessary battle."
"I don't care." Gaara said. "They looked at me the wrong way, so they're gonna die."
'Oh great.' I sighed. 'I hate when he's like this….'
"If you think you can kill us…." the rain leader said as he took out some umbrella type things. "Try it!" He threw them up in the air. "Now! Ninja Art: Senbon Rainstorm!" The umbrellas started spinning and needles came out and were aimed for Gaara….who just blinked. "Up, down, left, right. No matter where you go I can get you. There's no blind spot in this jutsu! And its deadly accurate!
All the needles attacked Gaara and there was an explosion. I covered my face to block out the dust and dirt.
The rain leader smirked, then his eyes widened as the smoke cleared. "Hunh?" he said. Gaara was surrounded by a cocoon(A/N: I don't know how else to describe it) of sand that all the needles were stuck in.
"Is that all you can do?" Gaara said.
"It…can't be! Not one wound...impossible!" the leader said. "Alright!" he made another handsign and needles flew at Gaara but instantly sand blocked him from getting hit.
A senbon rainstorm huh?" Gaara said. "I have an idea. Lets make it rain blood instead."
'Here we go again.' I thought sighing, as the rain ninja looked terrified.
"He's created a wall of sand!" the rain leader said.
"That's right." Kankuro said. "It's a defense, and nothing can get through it. He carries around all that sand in the gourd he has on his back. And when he's attacked, he uses his powerful chakra to harden the sand. It's a jutsu that only Gaara can do. And somehow it comes automatically, independent of his will. So any attacks against him are doomed to fail."
"Yeah? Well we'll see!" the rain leader said angrily.
"Just face it. You guys can't hope to defeat Gaara." I said crossing my arms.
The rain leader growled and yelled "Give me a break!" before running towards the three of us. Gaara made a handsign and I knew what was coming.
'We warned him not to fight Gaara.' I thought closing my eyes with a sigh.
"Sand Coffin!" Gaara said and sand wrapped around the ninja.
"I…can't move!" he said. "Let…let me go!"
Gaara walked forward and picked up an umbrella. "All I have to do is cover your big mouth and you'll be dead." He said opening it up. "But that would be too easy and too boring." He moved his hand up so the guy rose in the air. Then suddenly Gaara made his hand into a fist. "Sand Burial!" The sand coffin exploded spraying everything with blood.
I looked up at the other two rain ninja, and saw the terrified look in their eyes. And I couldn't really blame them. If I was just meeting Gaara right now, and saw what he did, I probably would be scared out of my mind too.
"There wasn't any pain." Gaara said to the two remaining rain ninja. "I crushed him with more force than necessary so it was over quickly. The corpse's bitter crimson tears flow and mingle with the endless sand, feeding the chaos within me, and making me stronger."
One of the rain ninja stepped forward a few steps and put the scroll on the ground. "Just take the scroll." he said. "Go on…take it."
"Yes! Just please…spare us!" the other one begged.
Gaara threw the umbrella aside and put his hands out in front of him and the two ninja were put in sand coffins. Gaara clenched his hands into fists again and blood splattered everywhere.
Kankuro went over and picked up the scroll. "We got lucky. Its a Heaven scroll." he said. "Alright. Now lets head to the tower."
"Just shut up." Gaara said.
"Huh?" Kankuro and I said confused.
"It's not….its still not enough for me." he said.
'Oh no.' I thought scared. 'Does he sense the other ninja that are here too?'
"Come on Gaara...Lets go." Kankuro said.
"What are you scared? Coward." Gaara said to him.
Kankuro walked back over to us. "Look, Gaara! I know this test is no problem for you, but its dangerous for Ami and me!" he said. "One set of scrolls good enough. It's all we need to pass."
"Losers….can't tell me what to do." Gaara said putting his hand out.
Kankuro glared and I just sighed. When would he learn? He grabbed Gaara's strap that held his gourd. "Alright that's enough!" he yelled, and Gaara put his hand down glaring. "Sometimes you have to listen to what your big brother says!"
"It's too bad I don't think of you as my big brother at all." Gaara said. "If you get in my way, I'll kill you." They both glared at each other before Gaara smacked Kankuro's hand away. He held his hand out to some bushes where I knew the other ninja were.
"Wait….just hold on Gaara." I said cautiously, trying to spare the other ninja. "Don't do this….please."
Gaara moved his hand back in front of Kankuro, then back to the bushes as sand started to swirl.
"Gaara!" I yelled. He clenched his fist then showed us his cork.
"Alright this time." he said and put the cork in his gourd then started to walk away. I looked back at the bushes, sighed, then followed Gaara along with Kankuro.
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