Chapter 6! Yay! :D
"Nori, what is your dad doing in the Chunin exams?" Asked Maria
"Our first task will be decided by him Maria…. Who knows what he could do….." I shivered. "He's pretty tough on people…. So…. Eh."
Kakashi soon sent everyone outside to explain his task, but we got brought to a cornfield. A maze out of all things. Wow, really? That seems like a piece of cake…. At least it looks easy. I looked over and gave my team a reassuring smile. We can get through this. With Michi's strategies, Maria's fastness, and my leadership, we can win, right?
"This, as you would expect, is a maze." Kakashi mentioned, pointing to the cornfield. "But not just a maze, in there you will find traps and turns that will lead you out to the beginning. If you appear back to the entrance, you will be kicked out of the exam."
"That's rough…" Maria whispered to me.
"That's my dad for you…." I mumbled back.
"Also!" Kakashi continued. "There are 20 items in this maze. Find one, and you and your team will go on. If you fail to find one by the end of the event, your team will be eliminated. Best of luck to all you teams."
Just then, a signal went off. All of the teams sent out and spread apart. Maria, Michi, and I headed into the maze, only to find twists and turns that could lead to nowhere, or could turn us back, with nothing. We had no choice but to split up, Michi heading right, me heading straight, and Maria heading left, each careful to where we are stepping and going. But who knows what will happen. No one can predict the future, at least none of us can.
So Michi who turned right, he managed to dodge every trap there was. He headed towards a dead end to find nothing. 'Damn. Someone must've been here before me…' Michi thought, looking at the blank ground before him, before heading out again, trying new twists and turns to try to find another dead end, hopefully a dead end with an item. But no luck so far, all the dead ends were empty. Not a single item in sight.
Maria was also able to evade traps, by following other dumb ninjas who actually ran into almost all of them. After she lost the ninjas, she spread out different ways, looking left and right for an item. But she looked up, to see a bird. But something strange was about that bird; it looked like it was clay, and not a real one. 'That's weird…' Maria thought, pausing for a second, observing the bird closely. 'That's not right…' She quickly followed the path the bird was taking though, and ran into a dead end, which she soon found an item. An item! They could get through! Maria quickly grabbed it and ran out excitedly, before she fell into a huge, dark pit.
"DANG IT!" Maria cried out, sitting there with the item clutched in her hand. 'Just as I got the item too…. Man…' she thought, slipping the item into her little bag. 'Nori… Michi… Help please….'
"Man, you really can't get anywhere in this maze without getting confused…" I mumbled, heading straight and taking a left turn, only to find a path which looked like had a ditch in the middle of it. A ditch? Oh, someone fell for a trap. I moved towards it, ready to go around, until I heard a familiar voice mumble to herself "I hate my life…."
"…. Maria." I said to myself. "Hey, how did you end up down there?" I called down to the brown haired member of my team
"I sorta like, stepped on a trap." She called back. "This ditch is too deep. Mind helping me out?"
"Can you get up? I don't really want to try to get you and then fall down…."
"Yeah, sure!" Maria struggled to get up, only to fall back down again. "Uh… Nori?"
"What?"
"I can't get up. My ankle's sprained. It can't support me….It really hurts. Sorry."
"Don't worry about it, hey, I'll go find Michi in this huge maze. Then we can help you get up." I said, as I turned, getting ready to head out.
"Nori!" Maria shouted before I completely disappeared from her sight.
"What?" I stopped and turned my head.
"Come back soon. Kay?" she said, keeping her sprained ankle up. "I have an item." She said, and grinned the goofiest smile ever.
"I won't let you wait." I said back, and ran to go find Michi.
It didn't take me long to find Michi, I went to the first right turn, and the first one I made, I slammed into someone. I stumbled back, regained my balance, and then noticed who it was. "Michi!"
"Nice to see you too…." He responded, rubbing his head.
It was a moment of silence, then we both looked away. I blushed and we both said "Sorry…" Then followed by us both saying "It's okay-"
"-you first." He said.
"Maria is caught in a ditch…. We gotta go help her…"
"Seriously? She fell for a trap?" Michi sighed. "I thought she was smarter than that."
"She got excited." I said, and whispered "She got an item…"
"That's good. I think we're the only ones left in this maze anyways. All other dead ends were blank. Also I don't see anyone else here."
"Come on, let's go." I said, and grabbed his arm. "Maria needs help. She sprained her ankle and can't stand." We headed out at that moment, hand and hand, going to find our team mate, who was stuck in the ditch in the maze.
Outside of the maze, 19 teams stood in victory. There was still one team lost in the abyss. One team left with an item.
"Kakashi, should we put out a search?" asked an anbu, waiting for orders.
"No. I believe they will come out soon enough. Besides, I know who's on that team. They won't give up in their lives."
Just then, out of the maze, came a boy with a girl on his back, and the girl was beaming with pride. She was holding an item, and following the two of them, was me. I could honestly tell by the look on his face, that Kakashi was very proud. Proud of me, proud of them, proud of my team. We made it. We were advancing on to the second challenge.
Going on vacation, so I hopefully will be able to type up chapters 7 and 8 at least! :P