"Was that a scream?" Sakura said, "I'm getting nervous." Naruto said nonchalantly, "Puh-lease, this is nothing. Anyway I gotta take a piss." Sakura shouted, "What are you thinking? Doing that in front of a lady!!!"
Naruto looked back, "Who says I was going to do that in front of you? I don't want you to jump me to compare if little Sasuke-chan is bigger and the lady part is arguable. If you were a lady, you would have assets…and you seriously don't have any."
Before Sakura could comment, Naruto went behind the tree to relieve himself of his bodily functions.
Naruto- The Namikaze just finished relieving himself until he heard something behind. "You know…it is really rude for someone to sneak up on someone doing business with nature." Naruto said, turning to see a lone Ame nin in a beige jumpsuit and a breather.
"Damn, I got the wrong one. I got the wrong one. I'll just impersonate you and take your team's scroll by force." The Rain ninja said. He moved to attack him, but Naruto ducked under his outstretched arm and aimed Ivory at the ninja's temple.
"I don't think that is going to happen…sweet dreams." Then Naruto knocked him out with the butt of his gun and then searched his belongings, "Hmm…some explosive tags, double-ended kunai and…a heaven scroll." Naruto thought, "Sasuke has ours, but if I tell him, he might try to take it from me…so I won't tell them about it." After he tied up the Rain Nin to the tree with his own clothes, he went back to his team. "It is about time, what the hell took you so long?" Sasuke shouted.
"Yeah, Naruto-baka!" Sakura shouted, trying to gain favor with Sasuke.
Naruto commented dryly, "Sorry, it is just so hard to fit it all back in…blame fuckin' genetics." Sasuke and Sakura blushed heavily at the sexual innuendo.
Sasuke recovered first, "Er..um…anyways I think we need a password just in case we get separated. Assume that they are the enemy no matter what they look like. The phrase, the nin song "Nin-machine", that person must recite this answer, 'A large amount of loud enemies is the friend of the shinobi, hide and remain. A shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill-prepared.' Got it?"
Sakura nodded and Naruto waved his hand, dismissing Sasuke, "Yeah, yeah, whatever…huh?" Next, a great wind was blasted away Team 7 to different locations, Naruto was pushed the farther since he was in the center of the wind blast.
Sasuke and Sakura- "What was that…an enemy? Sasuke said as he took cover in a nearby bush. Then he came out of hiding to run into Sakura. "Sasuke-kun…" she began to say until Sasuke abruptly interrupted, "Stay away! First, the pass code."
Sakura recited, "A large amount of loud enemies is the friend of the shinobi, hide and remain. A shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill-prepared." Sasuke lowered his guard, "Okay, you are clear, Sakura…now we just need to regroup with the dobe."
Sure enough, Naruto came out, saying, "Ow…that hurt like a bitch."
Sakura said, "Naruto…the codeword."
Naruto smiled, "A large amount of loud enemies is the friend of the shinobi, hide and remain. A shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill-prepared." Sakura let out a sigh and Sasuke smirked to throw a kunai at Naruto. Naruto dodged the projectile, "What the fuck, Sasuke?!" he shouted.
Sasuke retorted, "You are not Naruto, he didn't listen to a word I said and he obviously didn't care about the passphrase, but at least you are good enough to dodge my attacks." 'Naruto' smiled and disappeared in a puff of smoke as he said, "Impressive that you knew I was a fake. This will be more fun than I anticipated."
The smoke cleared to reveal a strange-looking woman with a headband indicating that she was from Kusa. "So…where is that idiot Naruto then." Sakura thought, "I don't like this…that woman is giving me a creepy feeling." Sakura's thoughts were confirmed as the woman took out her earth scroll, "You want my earth scroll since you have the heaven, right?" The woman stuck out her abnormally large tongue and forcibly shoved the scroll down her tongue.
"That was utterly disgusting." Sasuke commented.
The Kusa kunoichi said in a dark voice, touching her eyeball with her finger "Now the battle for the scrolls will commence with our lives on the lifeline." Sasuke and Sakura's eyes widen with fear as they literally saw their death played out before their eyes.
Sakura kneeled to the ground in shock while Sasuke emptied his stomach. Sasuke struggled to look at the kunoichi, "Was that genjutsu..no…that was only killing intent alone…she made us to see a image of death, who the hell is she?!" Sasuke called out to his teammate to move, but realized that she was still in shock. "Damn it, she was too weak to withstand the intent and now she is frozen. We gotta run or we will die in only a few moments."He thought desperately.
The Kusa kunoichi chuckled cruelly, "Kukukuku…you can't move a single muscle, can you? Funny, I thought this was going to be fun." Sasuke struggled to move, armed with a kunai, "C'mon, just..a little..bit more. Move!!"The kunoichi threw several kunai at them, blood spattered on the ground. The kunai sent by the kunoichi missed its intended target.
Sasuke wrenched the kunai from his thigh as he set Sakura down, a few feet away from the place they meet the Kusa kunoichi. The unnamed kunoichi thought, "He overcome the fear with pain…I guess I will be able to have more fun."Sasuke thought, "Damn it, I hope Naruto is not in a predicament like this."
Naruto – (moments before Kusa encountered Team 7)- "Ugh, when I find the son of a bitch who did this, I am seriously gonna that motherfucker a new asshole. Tch, now where are those two are?" Naruto looked up to see a large snake in front of him.
"Wow…a giant snake. Perfect, this just keeps on getting better and better." The snake hissed and lunged at Naruto. Naruto took Red Queen from his back as the snake clamped its blade on the blade. "Heh, big mistake, snakey." Naruto said as he revved up the handle, cutting the snake in half from the corners of its mouth. It poofed in a large smoke column.
"That was a summon and there are only two people that can summon these snakes… that lady Anko and the Snake Sannin, Orochimaru. Sasuke and Sakura are in trouble...but why Orochimaru comes here…unless he wants the Sharingan, the ability to copy any jutsu. Damn, I need to hurry."Naruto suddenly heard noises surrounding him.
The descendent of Sparda said, "Now what...the hell is this?"
A red barrier appeared around the perimeter and demons wielding scythes slowly approached him as Dante warned Naruto, "Kid, these are one of the Seven Hells: The Demon Army, each type represents one of the seven deadly sins: Pride, Envy, Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Gluttony, and Lust. The ones before you are Pride, the weakest of them all."
Naruto thought, "Well, looks like I am gonna have to do some exterminating while I am at it." Naruto hefted Red Queen and took out Ombra, "Shall we dance?" He said as he did a exaggerated bow. The Prides attacked him from all side, but Naruto easily evaded their combined attack.
As he was in the process of the back flip, he raised Ombra and shot three down, making them dissolved into sand. He landed near the barrier and heard a noise. He turned to avoid a large red hand that swiped at him. "Oh…I forgot to mention to not get too close to the barrier or a large ethereal hand will try to hit you and cause damage." Dante said sheepishly.
Naruto growled out, "Dante, if I get out of here alive, I am driving my foot so far up your anus, you will be shitting out of your mouth for weeks on end." Vergil looked at his twin, "Well…since he inherited the Sparda cruel streak from me, you are basically…how you say, screwed."Kasumi cackled in laughter, "That is my vessel."
Naruto decided that gunning them down was not helping at all unless you aim and shoot for the head, so he holstered Ombra away and started slicing through them.
"High Roller!" Naruto shouted, launching one in the air. Then he kicked another one away and as the Pride in the air came down, Naruto punched it with the Devil Bringer into a nearby tree. Next, the teenager swung Red Queen in an arc, catching 6 Prides, dissolving into sand as their spirits were sent back to Makai.
Naruto revved up the handle and proceeded to slice up the Prides as he charged through them in a straight line. One of the Prides swung its scythe down upon Naruto, but he avoided it by cart wheeling to the side out of harm's way and slashed off its head while in the middle of the cartwheel. Naruto stabbed a next one in the chest and stepped on another's scythe edge, but then he was surrounded and the remaining Prides' scythes stabbed him multiple times in the chest, legs, and arms.
"Aghhh….son of a bitch, that hurts!!!" Naruto shouted.
The Prides looked at the Sparda in ghoulish surprise as Naruto punched one in front of him, then broke free of the circle. He took out a broken scythe blade from his left forearm and threw it like a boomerang. Naruto ducked as the metal boomerang beheaded the last of the Prides.
"Those are…ugh…some…guh…annoying bastards." Naruto grimaced as he yanked out the remaining blades out of his body. Suddenly there was a slight tremor in the ground as Naruto sat against a tree. "Ugh, what now…haven't I been trialed enough already? I just wanna get to the tower for Kami's sake." Something very big looked at Naruto with glowing eyes.
Naruto whistled, "Houston…we have a problem." A big snapdragon shot out to pounce on him, Naruto avoided it by dodging to the side as it crashed into the big tree. "Who the hell are you?" Naruto asked. The snapdragon opened its mouth to split in four places to reveal a humanoid woman.
"I am Echidna the She-Viper, your first trial…prepare to die and become one with one of my children." Echidna instantly reverted back to her snapdragon form and lashes out to consume Naruto.
Naruto opened her mouth forcibly to prevent it from closing, "Sorry…but Hell will freeze over before I become plant food. Let's go, plant bitch!" Echidna shouted, "You will regret that remark!!"The She-Viper attacked back, charging at Naruto with its snapdragon mode, Naruto jumped up and then grabbed its tail with the Devil Bringer.
Naruto roared as he swung Echidna over his head, "Around and around…and away you go!" Echidna's head smashed into large trunks as the Sparda spun her and threw away. Echidna crashed through the forest breaking down solid trunks into splinters.
Naruto jumped after her only to be smacked bodily by Echidna's thrashing tail. Echidna suddenly flew into the air and her tail split into sections, suspended her up. Next, a small pinkish sac appeared under her.
Nero yelled, "Naruto, that is Echidna's womb. It is her weak point and also gives birth to her babies, Chimeras."
Naruto proceeded to hit her where it hurts without question, Echidna screeched in pain as she felt the blade constantly cut into her flesh and destroy her seed.
"My children…you bastard!!!"the She-Viper screamed at the Sparda.
Naruto taunted, "Why you are screaming about your children for? I am doing the world a favor by ridding the world of your ugly babies." Echidna leapt up and charged at Naruto in snapdragon mode, but Naruto jumped and ran across her body.
She turned sharply to try to hit him again but Naruto then moved to the side and grabbed her tail for a ride. He quickly ran across her body, leaping and dodging branches expertly and moved to her head to punch her head.
She fell back and her mouth opened to reveal her humanoid form. Naruto decided to end the fight quickly by stabbing her chest and revving Red Queen inside her, making her feel uncomfortable.
Echidna screamed in pain as she thrashed around, trying desperately to throw Naruto off, but the Sparda wouldn't relent. Then he pulled it out, jumping away. "Ugh…my forest, my children."
Naruto looked at her and shot her with Ombra, Echidna stiffened and then said with her last breath, "You truly are a descendent of Sparda, good job in passing your first trial..step forward and claim your first Devil Arm- Gilgamesh."
Echidna disappeared to leave behind a glowing green orb, Naruto grabbed it and a light engulfed him to ordain Naruto with greaves, gauntlets and a mask. "Nice, now to find Sasuke and Sakura!" Naruto said, rushing off to the noise of battle.
Sasuke and Sakura- "Sasuke-kun, are you alr…mmph." Sakura started to say until Sasuke's hand clamped over her mouth. "Shh.." Sasuke said as he looked to see the Kusa kunoichi, the panic written on his face.
"This is bad if Sasuke-kun is like this." Sakura thought.
Then she squirmed as she saw a snake slithering up the branch, poised to strike Sasuke. Sakura managed to yank Sasuke's hand away and warned him about the snake. Sasuke jumped away and got scared as the snake's eyes flashed an image of the Kusa kunoichi.
"NOO!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" Sasuke shouted as he flung several kunai and shuriken, killing the snake. Then to Sasuke and Sakura's surprise, the kunoichi appeared out of the dead snake's body, "You guys shouldn't let your guard down, after all, prey always do their best when they are threatened by a predator."
Then she proceeded to climb the tree up like a snake until she was shot by numerous thunderclaps. The kunoichi fell down and Sasuke and Sakura look up to see Naruto. Naruto said, "Guys…I forgot the password."
Sasuke shouted, "Naruto, we need to run away, this guy is on a higher level than us."
Naruto snorted, "Of course, did you really think you two could stand a chance against a Sannin?"
Sasuke and Sakura said, "What?!"
Naruto turned to the kunoichi, "You know, Orochimaru, you are really sick and a little old to play dress up with people's bodies. Show your disgusting face!"
Orochimaru thought, "The Kyuubi brat is a Sparda?! This is perfect! With Sasuke's Sharingan and Naruto's blood, I will attain perfect immorality."The sannin shouted, "Your blood is mine!"
Naruto unsealed Yamato, "You really want a piece of me literally, well…come and get it if you can..!!" Orochimaru bit his thumb and spreaded on his summoning tattoo, "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!"A snake appeared with Orochimaru on top of his head, but Naruto countered by sending a upward slash with Yamato, splitting both Orochimaru and the snake in half.
"Shit, I missed him...he replaced himself with a Doton Bunshin." Naruto cursed. Then Naruto's keen senses kicked it and Naruto blocked a slash from Orochimaru's Kusanagi. "You will not get Sasuke, you pedophile." Naruto declared.
Orochimaru chuckled evilly, "I don't want Sasuke, I want his eyes….his eyes hold absolute power in them and so do your blood." Naruto and Orochimaru separated and launched at each other again, matching blow for blow. "This is bad, I am worn out from the fighting with those demons and Echidna, and he was mainly toying with Sasuke and Sakura. I need to end this quickly or Sasuke and I are doomed." Naruto thought.
Anko- The Snake Princess rushed through the trees as she thought, "How could I been so stupid, not to recognized that eerie tongue of his. Why is he in this exam for?" She stopped to find a decaying snake. "He was definitely here." Suddenly she heard a deafening noise over a few yards away, "Let me make it in time." She thought desperately.
Naruto- The Namikaze-Sparda panted in exertion as Orochimaru said, "What is wrong, Naruto-kun? I thought you were gonna kill me." Naruto said, "Go…blow…yourself, you…lousy excuse of….a Michael Jackson impersonator. You shame his good name, looking like that."
Orochimaru scowled, "How…dare you insult my image!" Orochimaru thrusted Kusanagi at Naruto, but then a kunai was thrown at him.
He turned to see Anko came at him. "Shit! I will have to play with you later, but first… a gift from me…" Before Naruto could register anything, Orochimaru's neck elongated to bite the Uchiha on the neck.
Anko shouted, "No! You bastard!" She threw a kunai at her master only for him to shunshin as her voice echoed, "Sasuke-kun…will seek me out for power." Sasuke froze for a moment and then started to scream in pain.
"Sasuke-kun!" Sakura shouted, kneeling next to him, "What's happening to you?"
Anko followed Orochimaru, shouting, "You will not get away, Orochimaru!" Naruto struggled to stand up, "Ugh…I can't move." He thought as he blacked out and fell to the ground, leaving Sakura alone and crying.
Team Gai- Neji said, "Okay, the sun should be up in less than an hour and we have already spent a day searching for food and water. At this time, most teams should be resting, so scout out and we'll return back here in 30 minutes." Lee and Tenten said, "Hai!"
Sakura- Sakura applied a wet woolen fleece to Sasuke's head, "He is breathing normally, but his fever is still strong." Then she turned to Naruto, "And Naruto…he still is asleep from that fight, to think that he is this strong…maybe stronger than Sasuke. I must protect them with my life until they recover."
In the bushes, the Sound Trio hid and found the crippled Team 7. "Heh, found them and like Orochimaru-sama said we attack Uchiha Sasuke." Dosu chuckled.
Zaku said, "But Orochimaru-sama didn't say anything about the other two, so we can kill them." First, they caught a squirrel and attached an explosive note on its back to send it out on its way, but Sakura threw a kunai at it to scare it into the woods. "Okay, she is smart, but weak and that will be her downfall." The trio walked out of the woods in the clearing, making Sakura gasp in terror.
Dosu demanded, "Wake up Sasuke now…so we can fight him."
Sakura flinched, instantly her hand went to her holster, "What are you talking about you want to fight him? I know Orochimaru is pulling the strings, so what does he want? What is that weird mark on his neck?" she shouted.
The trio was taken aback upon this new information. "Hmm…I wonder that man is doing?" Dosu mused.
Zaku licked the edge of his kunai, "But hearing that, I am afraid that we are going to have to kill you and Sasuke."
He moved forward only for Dosu to stop him and lift up her trap. "Nice try, but you need to make your traps less noticeable. Attack!" The three sound genin shot forward only for Sakura to smile and cut a line behind her, making a giant log swung in front of them.
Dosu scoffed as he shot his metal gauntlet forward to bust a hole in the middle.
"That was pathetic, weaklings like you never should go against us." Zaku shouted.
Suddenly a new cry was heard, "Konoha Senpuu!" The figure kicked all three of them away.
"Huh? Lee!" Sakura said.
Lee said, "I told you already…I will protect you with my life always." Dosu took out his earth scroll and gave it to Zaku. "Zaku, you get Sasuke. I deal with spandex freak and Kin, you just stand there."
Kin scowled at Dosu, who charged at Lee, who dodged his attack and kicked him away. "I can't play around here, I am at a disadvantage…I got to use the Lotus." Lee began to unroll a part of his bandages. Dosu flew at him, only Lee disappeared from sight.
"What the hell?! Where did he…" Lee suddenly appeared in front of him and kicked him high into the air. Then Lee pushed himself up to appear behind him, wrapping him in the bandages. "Oh shit, he can't protect himself like that." Zaku said as he performed hand signs.
"Take this! Omote Renge!!" Zaku stuck his hands in the ground before Dosu's head touched the ground. "Heh…made in time." Zaku said with a grin.
Dosu pulled himself out of the ground and replied, "My turn." Lee's eyes widened, "Damn it…my body hasn't recovered yet."Dosu charged and swung his right arm at him, but Lee managed to move out of the way.
Lee smirked, but then the smirk was gone moments later as Lee threw up. "Your taijutsu may be at high speed, but our moves go at the speed of sound."
Lee then noticed that his right ear was bleeding. "There is a little trick here, you can't dodge my attacks. You see you can dodge my fist but not the sound. It travels to your inner ear membrane and destroys it, making you lose balance. You won't be able to move for a while."
Zaku pulled his hands out of the ground, "You were doing so well, but you failed. My jutsu allows me to control air pressure and sonic waves, yours are inferior to ours."
Dosu turned to Sakura, "Now you…" Lee intercepted Dosu and shouted, "Konoha Senpuu!" Lee's right ear chose that time to act up, allowing Dosu to block his attack. Dosu swung his Melody Arm at Lee, causing it to vibrate and used his chakra to guide it into Lee's damaging ear.
Lee screamed in pain and slumped to the ground. "Now to end this!" Dosu shouted, poised to end Lee's life. Sakura shouted, "That's what you think!" She threw kunai and Dosu blocked them with his gauntlet. She attacked again, but this time Zaku moved in front of them and blasted them away. Sakura looked shocked, but then she was yanked back from her feet by her hair courtesy of Kin. "Kin, I told you not to move!" Dosu shouted.
Kin retorted, "Hey! I got the girl, right?!"
Zaku said, "Shut up and hold her still while I kill Sasuke." Sakura thought, "No…I will not let them do this…I have always been protecting and not able to do anything to help…This time I will protect them." Sakura pulled out a kunai and cut her hair, releasing Kin's grip and shocking Lee, the Sound Trio, and some other speculators.
"This time…you guys can watch my back!" Sakura thought in determination.
"Kin…kill her!" Zaku shouted.
Kin moved to crash into her, but Sakura kawarimied and went for Zaku, throwing kunai at him. "Die!" Zaku shouted, "Zankuuha!" Kin moved barely out of the way while Sakura's kunai flew straight back at her. Again, she utilized the Kawarimi no Jutsu.
Next, Sakura appeared above him. Zaku scoffed, "Is that all you know? This is useless!" He threw kunai at her, and they pierced her body.
Zaku, stuck in Sakura's plan, didn't notice until Sakura descended on him with a kunai. Zaku used his forearm to block the kunai and Sakura grabbed his next arm with her mouth. "Agh…let go of me!" Zaku screamed as he punched her repeatedly in the head. T
hen Sakura loosened her grip and was thrown off. "You little bitch!" Zaku shouted, aiming his hands at her. Then Team 10 rushed on the scene in front of Sakura and Zaku. "Ino…" Sakura said. Ino said, "Heh, I can't have you show me up now, can I, Sakura?" Choji looked at Shikamaru and Ino, "But…we can't beat these guys."
Zaku commented, "Of course, you can't, fatass!" Shikamaru inwardly smirked, "That word is taboo for Choji, I hope he said it twice." Choji's eye twitched, "Say that again!"
Zaku smirked, "I said of course, you can't…fatass!" Choji roared, "I'M NOT FAT, I'M CHUBBY!!!!!" Choji moved at Zaku, shouting, "Baika no Jutsu!" Choji's body moved to extra proportions as he shouted next, "Nikudan Sensha!" His head, arms, and legs slipped inside and rolled towards Zaku with blinding speed. "What the hell kind of jutsu is this? Zankuuha!!!"
The air pressure made Choji bounce upwards in the air and Dosu rushed to help his teammate, but found out that he couldn't move. "Heh…Kagemane no Jutsu success." Shikamaru said. Zaku resorted to dodging the human boulder, then Ino shouted, "Shintenshin no Jutsu!"
Kin was caught in Ino's jutsu. Ino demanded, "Ok, now stop or I will kill your teammate, leave your scroll and move away until I don't sense your chakra anymore."
Zaku and Dosu smirked as the Sound nin smirked and shot at her. "Heh…what makes you think that we care about her?" Zaku said. Then Shikamaru's shadow detached from Dosu's and the Sound nin commented, "So your jutsu only lasts five minutes…time to end this once and for all."
A new voice said, "I wouldn't do that if I were you." Dosu said, "And why not? You want some?" Everyone looked up at Tenten and Neji in the tree. Tenten said, "Because of those two…especially the bleached blond one."
Sakura turned to see Naruto glowing in an eerie yellow and Sasuke covered with black markings and purple contaminated chakra. "Okay, Sakura…who did this to you?" Sasuke said. Dosu thought, "He actually survives the cursed seal."
Zaku spoke up, "We did it!"
Dosu shouted, "You idiot!"
Zaku didn't listen, but chose to attack Team 7, "Zankukyokuha!!" Naruto appeared in front of Sakura, taking the brunt of the attack while Sasuke attacked Zaku by sending a backfist to the head.
Sasuke flipped through hand signs and shouted, "Katon: Housenka no Jutsu!" Zaku laughed, "Heh…I'll just blow them away! Zankuuha!" But that was a mistake on his part, since there happened to be shuriken hidden in the flames and Zaku was sliced to ribbons.
Next, Sasuke slid and appeared behind him, with Zaku's arms held behind him. "You seem so proud of these arms…allow me to relieve them from you." Sasuke increased the pressure until Zaku's arms snapped.
Zaku screamed as he fell down, unconscious due to the pain. Then the Uchiha turned to Dosu, "I hope you are more of a challenge." Sasuke made a move toward Dosu, but Naruto appeared in front of him and slammed his fist into Sasuke's gut.
Sasuke keeled over, the marks receding back into the seal. Naruto turned his eyes on Dosu, "Leave your scroll and take them with you or I will kill you."Dosu left his earth scroll and took the unconscious Kin and Zaku with him.
The glow on Naruto's visage disappeared and Naruto collapsed on the floor. "What…was that?" Naruto thought. Kasumi said, "That must have been your Devil Trigger, but it was incomplete. It seems that the trigger was seeing one of your friends in danger."
Naruto replied, "Well…I hope it kicks without anyone getting hurt." Ino shouted, "Sakura, Naruto…are you guys alright?" Shikamaru said, "This is a drag, but Ino, take care of Lee."
Naruto turned to Sakura and smiled, "Hey, Sakura…nice haircut, it looks good on you."
Sakura smiled, "Thanks, Naruto."
Neji thought, "Those two's chakra were not human, are they that strong?" Naruto said, "Shikamaru, what scroll you guys need?" Shikamaru said, "Heaven." Sakura said, "Damn, we only have one."
Naruto smiled, "That is where you are wrong….remember when I went to give back to nature? Well, a ninja decided to attack me from behind, but I subdued him and got an extra Heaven scroll from him."
He threw the scroll over to Shikamaru, who caught it in midair. Tenten jumped down to them, "Are you alright, Naruto-kun." He smirked, "I'm fine, Ten-chan. Let's check up on Lee." Tenten shook Lee gently awake.
Lee mumbled, "Tenten, why are you here?"
Tenten replied, "We came to save you and the Sound nins were driven off by Naruto and Sasuke. Why did you break the plan though?"
Lee said, "Sakura was in trouble, so I…"
The weapons mistress nodded, "I understand, Lee."
Sakura said, "Thanks, Lee…thanks to you, I have awakened and become a little stronger now."
Lee bowed his head, "Looks like I need to work harder, but Sakura, the lotus blooms twice. When we meet again, I will be twice as strong."
Sakura smiled warmly at him, "Yeah, I'm sure you will be, Lee-san."
Naruto picked up Sasuke, "Sakura, let's go before we encounter any more obstacles." Neji thought as he stared at him, "Uchiha and Uzumaki, they are formidable opponents."
Naruto caught the stare, "Stop staring at me, pervert. I don't swing your way since I know your Byakugan can see through things such as clothes." Everyone especially Tenten gaped at Naruto for insulting the Hyuga genius. Neji scowled at him and Naruto flipped him the bird.
"Let's go." Neji said to Tenten and Lee. Tenten took Lee and jumped off. Team 10 and 7 moved to the tower.
Tower- Both teams appeared at the tower and approached a sign. Sakura read the sign aloud to them and when she finished, Shikamaru said, "It is telling us to open the scrolls now."
They opened the scrolls and threw them away. The scrolls smother to reveal Iruka and Asuma. Iruka greeted them, "Hey, guys, it seems that you are a day early."
Naruto said, "Hey, Iruka-sensei, what are you doing here?" Asuma puffed his cigarette, "Iruka is here to congratulate you for passing the exam and I'm here for you three. Hokage-sama requested your presence to discuss your encounter."
Hakureisaiga- And end chapter, that was a long chapter. Next chapter- the Preliminaries and I have something special planned for Tenten and Naruto
Naruto- Sweet! What is it?
Hakureisaiga-It…is a secret, tune in next time and review. If you don't, you will become one with one of Echidna's children. Yeah, I am evil like that, so sue me