Jessica: OMG!! Do you know how little time I HAVE to get on the computer?!?! LAST NIGHT I WASN'T EVEN ABLE TO!! Between school, play practice after school, HOMEWORK, babysitting, I HAVE NO TIME WHATESOEVER DURING THE WEEK TO WRITE AND TALK ON FACEBOOK!!! IT'S A DISASTER!!! But at the same time, it makes me feel mature since I have something to DO instead of sitting on my ass all day…But still, updates might take a little longer, at least until March is OVER. That's when the play ends. Then I'll have a bit more time on my hands, unless my homework starts getting tougher. No one is over right now…which sucks…So it'll be just me today. So…no comedy in the author notes today. (at least until you get to the bottom, cuz I'll probably finish this chappie Saturday, or some other day) sooo….. All right, just letting ya guys know in case you're wonderin where the others are. And also, thanks for reviewing! Reviews give me inspiration to write more chapters!!! Also, DON'T BE AFRAID TO SPEAK YOU'RE MIND!!! Ok? Anyway…who to do the dissy? Who in fact…?
-portal appears and Jess grabs someone out of it-
Sasori: What the hell!
Jessica: Saso-kun, can you do the dissy? –puppy eyes- PWEASE!
Sasori: -glares- Don't threaten me, I know everyone else is busy today. You can't sick the She-demons on me today unlike last time!
Jessica: -pouts and glares- that doesn't mean I can't make a portal into your world and just send them there after you if. You. DON'T. DO. THE. DISSY. XD
Sasori: -sighs while glaring at his tormentor- FINE! Dammit it all to hell…How can such a sweet little girl come from an evil mind like yours?
Jessica: -opens mouth to speak, smirking evilly-
Sasori: Never mind, don't answer that. Jessica doesn't own Naruto because if she did…You've all heard and SEEN what this demoness can do.
Jessica: Thank you for the compliment, Saso-chan, but it's not nice to swear! –opens portal and pushes Sasori into it- Anyway, enjoy the story!
Torn Destinies ~rewrite~
By: Jessica, co-written by Alice, and sometimes Jake
Started: 1-21-10
Misery
"Someone's late." Said a spiky red haired young man amused as Mitsukaiko panted for breath. Mitsukaiko stuck her tongue out at him playfully.
"No, you guys are just early." She retorted and looked at her friends. The young man was Axel, smartass number 1, and was 14 (lol, I'm making him younger. obviously), and a Chunin. His vibrant red hair was spiked back, and two purple tattoo-like tear drops were under each of his eyes. His emerald eyes glowed with amusement. He was wearing his usual outfit: a black, tight-fitting tee, with red "8", black pants, black boots, and a black coat that fit over it all. He had his arms crossed, while leaning against a wall.
"You always say that, shouldn't you find another excuse?" asked a slightly younger teen, with blonde hair, blue crystal-like eyes, and a smirk on his slightly tan face. Roxas, smartass number 2, in her opinion was pretty cute, with his upspiked blonde hair, slight muscles, and boyish, yet mature, face. He was 13, her age, and in her genin group along with Xion, Roxas's younger twin sister, though the two looked nothing alike. Roxas was wearing, like Axel, a black coat, and under it was a black tee, with red, "13" on the front, black pants, and black boots. He crossed his arms and shook his head, which made Xion and Haku giggle.
"Roxas, maybe we shouldn't scold her this time, it looks like she was late for a real reason this time." Said Haku, who was a shy girl and also a medic nin. She had long black hair, which was tied into a low braided ponytail, and tender honey-brown orbs that could see into your soul. She was wearing a light pink kimono and green obi, with brown boots. Unusual, yes, but Haku wouldn't change her mind about the boots.
"I don't know, Haku. Mitsu-chan is always late, and Zabuza-sensei looks like he's going to murder her." Xion, a small girl maybe around 13, giggled out. She had black hair with a tomboyish haircut, that reached to her chin in small spikes. Like her older brother and Axel, she, too, wore a black cloak, and the usual black, tight-fitting tee with the red number "14" on the front, and black pants. Her boots, instead of being flat, were high heels and pointed at the toes. She crossed her arms and smirked at her, Roxas's smirk. However, Mitsukaiko paid no attention to her, instead freezing up at the mention of an angry Zabuza.
"O-Oh, hey, Z-Zabu-sensei! Um…didn't see you there…Hehehe…" everyone sweat dropped, since she had believed Xion when she had said that.
"Really? I thought after she's fallen for that so many times, she wouldn't go for it, but I've been proven wrong before." Roxas deadpanned and Mitsukaiko glared. Huffing, pouting, she stomped her foor once.
"Fine! I guess I WON'T show you the cool new weapons I got today from Amaya, and the cool new technique!" sticking her tongue and closing her eyes. She heard the other girls ask what she learned. Opening her left eye and smirking, she saw the two boys, also curious but too stubborn to admit to anything. Grinning, she put her finger to her lips and leaned in, motioning for them to mimic her. "I'll tell and show, but I won't show and tell!" leaping up from them she ran towards their training grounds and looked back, shouting, "Follow me, guys!" laughing, they all ran after the young girl.
XxX
"Naruto, come on! We have to hurry or we'll be late! And you don't want Kakashi-sensei mad again, do you?" Sasuke asked in a low voice and Naruto glared while looking away.
"Whatever. Man, you're such a teme, bastard!" Naruto taunted while the raven smirked back.
"And you'll always be the dobe, won't you, eh?" he retorted and Naruto grunted.
"Last I checked, I'm ahead by two." Sasuke growled and stopped the conversation there, before it got out of hand. Lucky too, since they had now reached the training grounds and their teammate, Sakura was there. The pinkette immediately gushed as she saw her two teammates.
"Sasuke-kun! Naruto-kun, how are you two today?" she asked politely, but still fangirlish. Sasuke grunted while Naruto nodded.
"Fine, Sakura-san. And you?" Sakura blushed while Sasuke shook his head.
"He's only burying himself deeper, that dobe. He's nice to her and she'll never get it out of her head that he 'loves' her. Dobe…" Sasuke shook his head at his rival/best friend while the blond just gave him a look that said, 'help or I swear to Kami that I'll tell everyone you still sleep with Mr. Googly!' Sasuke paled considerably and quickly changed the topic.
In a cool voice, "So who's thinking that Kakashi is entering us in the Exams?" Sakura quickly got out of fantasy land to hear the question and calmed down, realizing the topic.
"Kakashi-sensei wouldn't do that, we're too young for those. We could get seriously injured, or worse." The pinkette stated calmly, as if it was her decision. Naruto smirked, crossing his arms and leaning against the railing.
"Actually, YOU would get seriously injured or worse, however since Sasuke and I are on your team, things shouldn't get too rough for ya." Sakura narrowed her eyes.
"You sound as if it was YOUR decision." Naruto's smirk widened.
"It is." As soon as Sakura opened her mouth to protest, Kakashi poofed, looking wearied and worse for the wear. Naruto stood, relaxed as he knew what was about to go down. Sasuke and Sakura, however, tensed up, waiting for the verdict. Kakashi sent a look at Naruto.
"If they get hurt Naruto…It'll be on your conscience." Naruto, the freakin' psychic, felt his thoughts and nodded solemnly. The two others noticed this interaction carefully. The two, Kakashi and Naruto, would always speak to each other in waves of silence, where neither Sakura nor Sasuke understood what was going on. Kakashi sighed and took a breath.
"Involuntarily, I have allowed Team 7: Naruto Namikaze, Sasuke Uchiha, and Sakura Haruno to participate in the Chunin Exams." Sakura and Sasuke looked confused.
"Involuntarily, sensei? What do you mean?" demanded Sakura and Kakashi sighed as he felt a headache grow on.
"It means what it means, Sakura. Now please stop yelling. I have had a rough day and you are being inconsiderate, yelling like that." Sakura blushed, angered and embarrassed at the scolding. Team dismissed, everyone must meet tomorrow at the Academy in room 375." With that, Kakashi poofed, gone in an instant. Sakura rounded on Naruto, eyes narrowed.
"How did you know we were getting picked for the Exams, Naruto? Answer me!" at this, Naruto's own eyes narrowed and Sasuke smirked.
"Answer YOU? Is that a joke? I do not answer to you, Kakashi, nor anyone else for that matter. I serve only one, and even he knows not to push my buttons. I will NOT be ordered to do ANYTHING, especially by YOU. If you value your life, do not do that EVER again. Come on Sasuke. I feel a familiar friend enter Konoha. Let's go meet up with him." Sasuke nodded, and without looking back at a crying Sakura, the duo left.
"Is it Panda?" Sasuke asked and Naruto smiled.
"Of course! Panda-chan is entering the Chunin Exams, with Wind-chan, and Doll-chan are going to meet us up for some ramen!" Translation: Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro were meeting up with them in the Hokage tower to figure out the plan for the surprise attack coming up in about a month.
"Oh, I see. Are we going to be able to catch up on old times while you stuff your face, dobe?" Sasuke asked. Translation: Are we going to be able to spar, hang out, and talk if this takes a long while?
"Sure, we have a week til the Chunin Exams!" Naruto replied, chipper and grinning as he saw Kankuro bullying Konohamaru and his friends. Deciding to drop in, Naruto jumped up high, and then landed on Kankuro's back, making him release the young Sarutobi boy. Naruto waved while Temari and Sasuke rolled their eyes. "Hey Kono-chan!"
"Naruto-niisan! What are you doing here?" asked the young boy in the middle, Udon.
"I was just jumping along when I saw this here stranger bullying ya and thought I should help out. I mean, I did promise to play ninja with you guys later, right? How can we play if you guys are in the hospital from a beating? Speaking of which, when were you going to interrupt, Gaara?" Naruto asked as sand suddenly appeared and moved around, before dispersing, revealing a young teen with wild, untamed crimson hair and light sea-green eyes. "Yo, Panda-chan!" Naruto grinned, giving a peace sign with his eyes closed, making him look fox-like. Gaara rolled his eyes, smiling a small smile at him.
XxX
As the group of friends entered a small clearing, Mitsukaiko stopped and turned around suddenly.
"Ok, this is good! As you all know, Uncle Pein has been teaching me about refining my techniques and my Rinnegan. Well, I've FINALLY unlocked the sixth element. I still don't know why I learned how to control light and the dark chakra types before gravity."
"Wait! GRAVITY? That's the sixth element?" exclaimed Roxas and Mitsukaiko grinned, nodding.
"Yeah, pretty cool huh? Watch this." Concentrating, the young girl focused on the gravity around her, and tried to will the gravity to lighten up around them, which would make her friends float.
"What the-!" she heard a yell and opened her eyes, which caused her to loose her focus and drop her friends. The group ended up in a pile, with Axel on bottom and Xion on top. Mitsukaiko covered her mouth and snorted.
"That's a picture-perfect moment, eh guys?" getting more than one glare, Axel grumbled at her.
"Don't you dare. Now what are your other techniques?" asked Xion, who was excited.
"Well, I got these from Amaya," Mitsukaiko started, and willed her whips to appear in front of her.
"Badass, dude! You can do major damage with these babies!" Axel exclaimed, and soon added, "But my chakrams are so much cooler!" his friends rolled their eyes, ignoring the redhead.
"And as for one of the techniques…" Mitsukaiko willed her whips away and backed away, closing her eyes. Slowly, she felt the still new familiarity of transforming, this time into a jaguar instead of an eagle, like before.
"Holy shit, Mitsu! You can transform?" everyone's eyes were wide open, as they now saw a golden cat with a beautiful spot design, a white underbelly with stripes. Her eyes were now like a glowing yellow-green, eyes that seemed like they would glow in the dark and can see anything and everything. Mitsukaiko gave a catty smirk, well, it seemed like a smirk to her friends, and shook her head up and down.
"Yeah, pretty neat, huh?" her friends, except Haku, jumped when they heard a voice in their head. "Oh yeah, I talk in your head, if that doesn't sound weird at all."
"Ok, you can change back into your human self now, Mitsu, your new kitty form is scaring me a little." Roxas eyed the jaguar warily as Axel said this.
"Chill, because I have to practice. If I don't eat you by the end of the day, I'm good in this form at least."
"What do you mean THIS form? How many do you have?" asked Xion, tired of being left out of the conversation. The jaguar sighed, which was comical to say the least.
"Weeeeell, I have three forms. This one, an eagle, and the last…a shark…Now, that one I will have to practice on not eating my friends."
"Wait a minute, you're actually thinkin 'bout EATING US! Some friend YOU are!" Axel panicked and Roxas glared at the red head.
"Hey, Axel, CHILL. Wait you can't because you're AFRAID of water!" everyone laughed, Mitsukaiko in everyone's heads, while Axel crossed his arms and glared.
"Shut it. I work with fire, I AM fire, fire is inside me. If I get near water, I can't fight. If I can't fight, I'm useless and will get killed!"
"Better not get anywhere near the mist Shinobi then." Haku added, though not for teasing but a friend warning another friend. Axel waved his hand.
"Eh, it's all right. I already thought of a backup plan, if that ever did happen anyway." Roxas sweat dropped. If Axel had a back up plan, then why the hell did he never go swimming with them when they were in a warmer country? Speaking of water and fire…
"How the hell do you take a shower or bath?"
XxX
"So, you guys are entering the Exam as a distraction?" asked Naruto and Gaara nodded.
"Yes. Our Kazekage believes that during the third part of the Exams, we will attack Konoha. However, what he doesn't know is that I gathered a group of ninja together who believe this is wrong. They will be fighting on our side. To know the difference, they will be wearing their headband on their right arm, a symbol for loyalty of the rebellion. Of course, doing this will most likely cause a civil war in Sunagakure, one that we will need help to fight." Gaara stared at Naruto, who nodded.
"You have my full support, along with some friends I can trust." Gaara nodded as Naruto put his hand on his friend's, almost brother, shoulder and gave a foxy grin. "And don't worry so much! This Orochimaru guy is going down."
XxX
It has only been a month, and now the Chunin Exams have arrived. Mitsukaiko and her group were currently getting ready. Speaking of the fiery angel, she was in her room, talking to her two demons and looking for an outfit.
"How bout the one with the red cloud on black tee, and a black miniskirt with black kaprees underneath?" Amaya suggested, and Kyuubi shook his head.
"No, go with the crimson shirt, with the black kanji for betrayal, and the red miniskirt with black kaprees." Suggested Kyuubi, which earned a glare from Amaya. As the two started their daily fight, the young red head sighed and searched through her closet.
"I need an outfit that will show who I am, but will leave me mysterious. I need an outfit that will show spunk and character, but won't be too flashy…Dammit…Wait a second!" the young girl got a spark of inspiration in her head and a grin formed on her face as she saw her outfit.
XxX
"Does it really matter what you wear, kit?" sighed Kyuubi in Naruto's mind as he searched through his organized closet. The blonde glared mentally at the fox and replied with a yes. Fubuki, Naruto's guardian demon, sighed at the statement.
"Are you really that idiotic or just lazy? Appearance is everything. If Naruto wore an orange jumpsuit, heaven forbid, nobody would respect him or fear him. However, if he wore something that gave off the appearance that he was no pushover, people would respect him more. Do you see the importance now?" Kyuubi growled at the silver wolf.
"Why are you here anyway, again? I thought I was doing just fine on my own, dammit!" Fubuki rolled his eyes. He was used to the fox's pride, since he had been friends with him for centuries, but being in the same body with the prideful, mean side was a little to much. The wolf was in his half demon form inside Naruto's mind, and sitting crossed-legged, drinking some tea he conjured. The man had short silver hair that was braided down and reached just below his shoulders. Soft, white ears were above his head and twitched whenever Kyuubi let out a curse word. He had a black patch over his left eye, and a scar protruded from the badge. His right, and only seeable eye, was a bright yellow, but right now was closed, trying to concentrate on ignoring the great fox demon. He was dressing in samurai clothing, and a sword hung from his back.
"Don't swear, please. It is most unbecoming, especially for one of the great demon Lords." Kyuubi grumbled at the wolf.
"Not like I'm the only one…" he replied, referring to Naruto, which Fubuki only frowned at.
"AH HA! I found it!" exclaimed Naruto, who had ignored the whole conversation, intent on finding his outfit.
XxX
The gates of Konoha came into view, and Mitsukaiko hesitated for a millisecond, which her group noticed.
"You know…in order to conquer your fears you must first face them. You won't be doing any conquering if you keep doing that." Their sensei, Zabuza told her gently. The red head nodded.
"Yeah, I know…It's just….It's just hard, all right? First time I set foot in Konoha and I might see my…brother…" Roxas and Xion frowned at their friend.
"It's a big city, Mitsu! I bet you won't even see your brother!" Roxas told her and Xion sighed.
"Jinx, Roxas, you just jinxed her." The blonde frowned and stuck his tongue out at his sister, who only rolled her eyes in response. "That's REAL mature, Roxy. I bet you won the 'Most Mature of the Month' award."
"Hey, I am too mature! But I don't act like it most of the time." His friends and sensei blinked.
"Dude…you just channeled Axel…" Mitsukaiko replied with a grin and a wink. Roxas blinked and frowned before shuddering.
"That's creepy. Shoot me if I say, 'Got it memorized' OK?"his friends giggled and Zabuza sighed.
"Brats…Mitsukaiko, are you ready now?" the girl addressed nodded her head, eyes determined, though no one could see because of sunglasses in the way.
"Yeah. I'm ready! Are we ready to get promoted to Chunin guys!?"
"Yeah!" her friends answered, and the three pounded their fists against each other.
Zabuza walked ahead of them, shirtless like always and in his blue and grey camo pants. He had a mask of bandages on his lower face, however you could see when he was grinning, like now.
Roxas came second, as he was captain of the team, being the strongest. He was wearing his usual clothing, complete with black cloak. Next came Xion, who was also dressed in her usual clothing, complete with a black cloak and high heels. Next came Mitsukaiko, though she was lagging a bit behind, still apprehensive about going through the gates.
She was dressed in tight black pants, and had black high heeled boots on, like Xion. However, she had a red skirt on over that, and a tight fitting black shirt that showed her stomach, which had a small genjutsu over it to hide the seal. On the back of the shirt was a dark red broken heart with lighter crimson red rivers flowing from it. On the shoulder was kanji for, 'Torn Destinies' in red writing. She had a black glove on her right arm that reached her elbows, and a red fingerless glove on the left that showed sharp black claws with red clouds on the black paint. She had her head band on her right arm, and several pouches on her left and right thighs. She also had a black wooden bow on her back, with a pouch for arrows that was slung over her shoulders. Her hair was in a simple short half ponytail, with black dyed bangs framing her face. Really, her favorite colors were black and red, if you couldn't tell.
"Papers please." Said a bored voice from the Chunin guard at the door. Mitsukaiko and Roxas slightly laughed at his misfortune quietly, while Xion scolded them. Zabuza ignored them and showed the proper papers. When the guard read them over his eyes widened in surprise.
"Zabuza Momichi, Demon of the Mist! You're allied now with Rain?" Zabuza laughed as this exclamation drew surprised looks from various people.
"Of course. You didn't think I'd stay a missing-nin forever did ya?" Zabuza joked and grabbed the papers from the Chunin's hands. "By the way, no one can attack me unless you was a war on your hands with Amegakure. And everyone knows how good we are, especially with our technology." With that, the team sauntered past a shocked group of people and went towards the hotel they'd be staying at, requested by the Amekage.
"Wow, Konoha is a really pretty place. Take out all the demons and monsters of course." Zabuza looked at Mitsukaiko who nodded, agreeing with her sensei.
"Yeah, they're certainly everywhere, in human disguises after all." A group a people had heard their conversation and smiled. One lady came up to them and decided to strike up a conversation.
"Ah, you must have heard about the Demon. Yes, he and his sister, who has disappeared long ago, thank heavens, are trouble. Heard he tried to kill her, but failed…unfortunately. That would be one less demon to get rid of. Heard she ran away with that other traitor, Itachi Uchiha." The rain team scowled.
"No, actually we were talking about people like you who discriminate against defenseless kids. Wouldn't be surprised if the sister returned to Konoha with a vengeance with how you monsters seemed to have treated them. Not nice to tick off people more powerful than you. Wouldn't know where you'd end up." Xion rebuked the woman, who shrunk back as if bitten.
"Well, people your age have no manners." The woman sniffed and turned around with her nose in the air, walking to her friends and started gossiping with them, while pointing to the group. Roxas made a face and yelled at them.
"Same back to you! People YOUR age have no manners either old woman! As if it isn't obvious you're talking about us!" the women glared and left, making Roxas smirk with victory. No one messed with his friends or little sister.
"Ok, we're making a scene. Let's just go inside the hotel and chill." Zabuza said, trying to calm his students down. It didn't work very well.
"Fucking village, if it weren't for Uncle and the Exams, I wouldn't be here!" Mitsukaiko grumbled, and her friends agreed as their sensei sighed. Teens were so troubling sometimes.
"And I was like, Naruto-baka, you don't decide who enters the Exams or not, so stop acting as if you do, and you know what?" a pink haired girl was gossiping with her blonde haired friend, as they walked down the streets. Her friend shook her head.
"No, what Sakura?" the pinkette glared and crossed her arms.
"The idiot tells me I can't tell him what to do, and then Kakashi arrives and says we were entered in the Exams, though not by him! Makes ya wonder, doesn't it, Ino?" Sakura asked and Ino nodded.
"Yeah, it's like he's pulling the strings and Kakashi has no say in it. Now isn't that just hot? You are so lucky, Sakura! The two hottest males in Konoha are in your team: Sasuke Uchiha, the calm male that seems so mysterious, but knows how to have a good time around friends, and Naruto Uzumaki, the hot blooded male who can make any girl melt with one single grin. Not to mention he's SO dominative!" Ino sighed as she and Sakura entered fantasy land about the two. The Ame group caught wind of the conversation and Mitsukaiko looked at the two girls, who were conversing.
"You know what, though? I heard Sasuke is still trying to find Mitsukaiko Uzumaki, I heard he likes her." Sakura gasped as Ino told her this tidbit.
"Uzumaki? As in Naruto's sister? How could Sasuke like her? She betrayed us and ran off with Itachi like the slutty coward she is. She doesn't deserve Sasuke." Mitsukaiko held back her K.I., but during the Exams…she was going to massacre the two girls. Speaking of which, the two had now seen that the group was staring at them and narrowed their eyes.
"What are you looking at…freaks. Seriously, what is up with your outfits? Did you all come from the village of goths and freaks?" Sakura shot at them and this time Mitsukaiko wasn't the only one to let out K.I. Her whole team, minus Zabuza glared at the two bitches.
"You're right, we are freaks but that only makes us so much more popular than you bitches because we know how to have the best fun, if you know what I mean. Of course you do, because you're a bunch of worthless sluts who are easy as hell to get because you get into everyone's pants." Mitsukaiko shot at them, and the two girls gasped.
"By the way, if you're telling us our clothes are idiotic, look at yours. You two aren't proper kunoichi and will get killed during the Exams. I just hope I'm the one to do it." Roxas turned to his friend and sister. "Let's go, before they get even more bitchy and slutty. I don't even want to be near them, who knows what they got." Zabuza had long ago entered the hotel and left them on the streets, waiting in the room for them.
"Jeez, what are you guys trying to do? Get us noticed and kicked out? What then huh?" Zabuza scolded them. The genin looked down at their feet, ashamed. "You can't let people like that get to you, otherwise you'll get the enemy under you skin, and more importantly, under your guard. Then you're dead. If you go starting a fight with everyone you see, that won't be setting a good example for our village either. We are proud Ame shinobi and must show everyone that we are the best. We can't do that if they all think we're nothing but a bunch of babies who get angered at being called something. I'm adding twenty more pounds." There were protests as the group suddenly fell to the ground.
"Awwww man!" came the chorused reply from Roxas and Mitsukaiko, while Xion just groaned from the extra weight.
XxX
"Naruto-kun, Sasuke-kun! I'm so glad you two aren't late! You should have been there earlier! A bunch of freaks came from one of the villages, two were in black cloaks with numbers on the back, their sensei was shirtless, and one was completely dressed in red and black! It was like she was entering the Gothic Exams instead of the Chunin Exams. Hell, she even had sunglasses on, like Shino!" Naruto and Sasuke narrowed their eyes, both for different reasons.
"You shouldn't belittle people like that, Sakura. You're no better, unless you prove you're better, and from the sounds of it, it seems like they could kick your ass in an instant. Otherwise you're no better than trash. Who cares how someone dresses, they could be the best damn fighters in this area and you'd have made enemies with them by saying that to their face. They could also have been great people to get along with, could be one of your best friends. Guess we won't know now, though will we? We just lost allies." Sasuke told her, and Naruto nodded his head.
"Although, I'm more worried about the black and red girl. Sounds like an organization I know about." He muttered, though his two teammates heard him. They continued to walk, and stopped as they got to a large crowd of genin before a large door. The three immediately saw through the genjutsu. Naruto was about to say to his teammates to keep walking when he saw Neji and his team at the front of the crowd. He nodded to him, which the Hyuuga saw and nodded back.
"Lee, it's no use, let's just go. Anyway, I am getting famished being around a crowd of people breathing down my neck trying to get through the door." TenTen told Lee, the ever energetic boy nodded, agreeing. Neji stayed silent and as he passed Naruto and his group on the way upstairs, he nodded.
"All right, let's follow them and keep quiet about the genjutsu." Naruto told them, and his teammates nodded, and followed their leader.
"Hey, Naruto-kun, it's that team I was talking about earlier." Sakura pointed to a group of Ame genin, who were silent and relaxing while waiting for the Exams to begin. Naruto eyed the girl dressed in black and red and narrowed his eyes.
"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's go and apologize." Sakura protested but Naruto grabbed her wrist and dragged her towards them. The group turned to them, silent and curious.
"Hello, I am very sorry for my teammates behavior earlier. She had no right to say those things." Naruto told them and the red and black girl nodded.
"Thanks for apologizing, but we don't need it. She was right, we are freaks and damn proud. But she had no right to say those things. You're lucky Xion's on our team otherwise I wouldn't be so forgiving and would have killed her on the spot." Naruto and Sasuke narrowed their eyes.
"Really? That would be impressive, since to kill a Konoha nin in our own territory during a passive time would get you executed and would be seen as an act of war." Sasuke replied.
"Whatever, if you were hoping to come and make peace with us, you're mistaken. Now go and run off to your little friends, unless you want to anger a PMSing woman." Mitsukaiko, though they didn't know it, replied. Naruto frowned.
"May I at least get your names, before 'running off to my little friends'?" Mitsukaiko growled.
"Tenshi. That's all you need to know. The blonde is Roxas, and the other girl is his twin sister, Xion." Naruto pouted, earning a twitch from 'Tenshi'.
"Awww, no last names? That's no fun." Sighing he turned away. "Whatever, see you in the battlefield." Whatever that meant.
"uh oh…Tenshi is mad…" Xion whispered to Roxas, who chuckled.
"Give her a sharp object, or a hug?" Xion and Roxas looked at each other before grinning.
"ANGRY PEOPLE NEED HUGS!" they glomped Mitsukaiko, who was surprised at the sudden contact and fell forward.
"Ow, Jeezus what the hell!" Mitsukaiko exclaimed as the three piled onto the ground. Naruto saw this and hid his grin.
"Those three…" he shook his head and kept going forward, towards his group of friends.
"Give me a warning before glomping me! Now…please get off me!" Xion and Roxas quickly got off their friend and helped her up. Although she tried to hide it, the red head was in a definite better mood. "Thanks…" she muttered and crossed her arms, leaning against the wall. The twins blinked at her. "What?" she asked, noticing.
"Do you know how Axel-like you seem right now? You could seriously be in twin, er…incarnation!" Xion quickly added, substituting incarnation for twin. Mitsukaiko sighed.
"It's all right to say twin, be twin-like, whatever has to deal with twins. Just because my twin tried to kill me doesn't mean I hate all twins now. Jeez…"
Naruto heard this and turned towards the young girl. "Her twin tried to kill her too..."
"Hey, Naruto! What's up buddy, checking out those hot Rain nin over there? Gotta admit, the girl in black and red looks feisty." Kiba grinned at his blonde haired friend, while staring at the red haired girl. However, the said girl heard that and turned to the dog nin. "Gulp…not to mention scary." He added as she glared at him. Kiba practically felt the heat coming off those glasses.
"She and her friends seem to be well coordinated and get well with each other. They must be good in teamwork. As they hail from Amegakure, however, they must be dangerous. Keep an eye on them." Shino spoke up, and the genin nodded.
"That girl, Tenshi…she is hiding something, for there is a genjutsu over her eyes. Along with the sunglasses, she seems to be taking great care in hiding away her eyes." Neji added to Shino's warning.
"Wait, a doujutsu?" asked Ino and Neji nodded.
"Most likely." Lee grinned, along with Kiba.
"WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH I WILL PROVE THAT HARD WORK DOM-AGH!!" TenTen grabbed her teammate and started choking him.
"You're attracting attention, dipstick! What, you want everyone to come after us when fighting is allowed! Good going, Lee!"
"Choking! Not breathing!" Lee gasped in a comical way and tried to get out of his angered teammate's grasp. Neji sighed.
"TenTen…Now YOU'RE the one attracting attention." The bun-headed girl blushed and quickly let go.
"You guys shouldn't be attracting so much attention. Everyone's stressed about the Exams, and you guys over here yelling and thinking you're about to go on a vacation is only making them angry." A guy with silver hair and glasses walked up to them, smiling gently. Over at the Ame group, they tensed.
"That's…" Roxas began, and Mitsukaiko finished with a glare and venom in her voice.
"Kabuto."
"Really? From our point of view, it seems everyone's relaxed." Sakura said innocently and Kabuto chuckled.
"Oh no, far from it. Let me introduce myself, I am Kabuto Yakushi."
"Really now? Aren't you a medic-nin? What are you doing in the Exams then?" asked Naruto, who read lists of ninjas, and he remembered Kabuto's clearly.
"Well, I want to be a medic-nin out on the field, instead of staying inside a hospital all day. Can get quite stuffy." Kabuto rubbed the back of his neck, chuckling a bit. Naruto nodded, though not really agreeing. This Kabuto was up to something…
"Kabuto, is this your first time in the Exams also?" Sakura asked politely. Kabuto blushed, and shook his head.
"Actually…er, it's my seventh…" gasps were heard from the group. "The Exams are held twice a year, and this is my fourth year, seventh try."
"Is it really that hard?" Ino doubted herself and started wishing she hadn't pressed her teammates into entering.
"Yeah…It's pretty tough. But I'm sure you'll do fine." Kabuto reassured them. "Though, to help you out, would you like to know anything about anyone here? Failing hasn't been entirely useless, it allowed me to collect information on other village's genin. Real helpful on avoiding the dangerous ninja."
"Actually…What about that Ran group over there. I believe their names are Roxas, Xion, and Tenshi." Kabuto looked over to the group Naruto was talking about and froze. They were glaring at him, especially Mitsukaiko, whom Kabuto easily recognized.
"Them? Oh, let me see if I have information on them…" he sent chakra into his deck of cards and immediately three popped up on the top. "Oh, here they are…" he paused , sending a nervous look at the Rain trio, which didn't go unnoticed by Neji, Naruto, Sasuke, Shino, and Shikamaru. "Roxas Hikari, he has high kenjutsu, average genjutsu, above average ninjutsu, and above average taijutsu. Has been on 15 D ranked missions, 23 C ranked, and 4 A ranked. Teammates are his twin sister Xion Hikari and Tenshi Buroukun. Sensei is Zabuza Momichi." He winced, he was so going to get yelled at later. "Xion Hikari, her kenjutsu is high, her genjutsu is above average, ninjutsu is also above average, and taijutsu average. Her missions are the same as Roxas', as is teammates and sensei." He felt the K.I. directed at him. "Tenshi Buroukun, an alias, has above average kenjutsu, but…her genjutsu, taijutsu, and ninjutsu are off the charts!" he wasn't surprised, but he had to act it. "Overall, this team is highly dangerous, so stay away from them. Especially Tenshi. She is easily angered…I may have just put myself in a highly dangerous position, revealing her abilities." Kabuto looked at the Rain team and winced. They were definitely out for blood. "All three…have a bloodline…" oh yes…Kabuto knew he was in for a beating. The things he did as a spy.
XxX
The first Exam had been a bit boring, a written test, nothing more, nothing less. However, the second Exam looked interesting and Mitsukaiko straightened up as she listened to the rules. Looking determinedly at the forest and at Naruto, she grinned.
"Now the fun is starting to begin…"
"Roxas, ya wanna get the scroll, please?" Xion and Mitsukaiko both did a puppy dog look and the blonde sighed.
"Fine." A few minutes later, he came back with a Heaven scroll.
"Heaven scroll…more like Hell if you ask me." Mitsukaiko muttered and Roxas laughed.
"Come on, so far it's not bad. Hey, who says we go after Naruto's team? Come on, no killing but a little fun, eh?"
"Now who's channeling Axel?" Xion snapped back, eyes narrowed and Roxas sighed. "No, we can't do any fooling around, Roxas. Not to mention you're not really paying attention to Mitsukaiko's feelings if you want to do that." Roxas sighed and nodded.
"Sorry, Mitsu-I mean Tenshi-chan." Roxas fixed up his slipup before anyone noticed, which, thankfully, no one did.
"Kami…Anyway, besides slipups and going after my twin, what OTHER plans do we have?" Mitsukaiko asked, rolling her eyes though neither could see.
"Well…normally I say we split up, however if Orochimaru is on the loose our first priority is to see who he is disguised as." Roxas admitted and the girls nodded.
"That one female grass nin gives me the creeps. Not to mention that tongue thing she did earlier has Orochirape written all over her. She's going after the Sharingan right?" Xion asked and the red head of the group sighed.
"Yeah…so that means we trail Team 7…dammit, we better get promoted after all this is done."
"Has anyone ever told you, you complain too much, Tenshi-chan?" Xion giggled at Mitsukaiko's incredulous expression. "It's true!" she defended and Mitsukaiko huffed.
"Whatever…When does this thing start anyway?" she complained, just to annoy her teammates, who sighed.
"When the gates open, that's when we start." Roxas told her, and just as Mitsukaiko was about to ask when the gates opened, they heard Anko's voice saying the test was about to begin and the gates opened. Mitsukaiko blinked a couple times, before being dragged by Xion.
"Come on, don't just stand there!" the raven haired girl exclaimed. "We've got a test to beat!"
Behind the scenes:
Sam sighed as the bickering of Sasuke and Naruto grew worse.
"At least my hair is shaped in the ass of a duck, emo-boy!"
"At least I didn't go to some old pervert for training! In this story AND the show!"
"HEY! I'm not a pervert! I'm a-" the toad Sannin was cut off by everyone else.
"Superpervert, we KNOW!"
"SHUT UP!!!!" screamed Jessica and there was silence. You could hear a silent paper crash onto the floor. "There was no school today because of the lots of snow we got, and since Indiana is a bi-polar weather state, I WANT TO ENJOY IT WHILE IT LASTS BECAUSE WE NEVER KNOW WHEN INDIANA DECIDES TO BE A BITCH AND MAKE IT BE SUNNY!! EVEN THOUGH WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF FRIGGIN WINTER!!" turning to the audience. "No…seriously, it will be in the middle of winter and there will be NO snow and at least 60 fucking degrees out. The next day, let there be rain. Then the next two days it will be fucking snowing NONSTOP! INDIANA, STOP BEING SUCH A BI-POLAR STATE AND MAKE IT STAY SNOWING!!!" everyone blinked as the blonde fell over, unconscious. Then they looked at Axel who shrugged innocently.
"What? Wasn't me. It was Xemnas." A portal opened up.
"WHAT! How dare you blame me, Axel! Everyone KNOWS it was you so FESS UP!" yelled a voice from the portal and suddenly it disappeared.
"Astral Voice Projection….AVP. Holy crap, isn't that a term short for aliens?" Naruto asked and Sasuke smacked his head.
"No, idiot…AVP is…what IS AVP? Some psychic thingy…"
"ANYWAY! Let's get ready for the next scene! IN the forest of death and we get to face…what did Mitsukaiko call him?" the red head appeared and grinned sadistically.
"Orochirape! He goes after pre-teen boys, and boys in their early teens, so Roxas…WATCH OUT!"
Jessica: Me bored…Me getting on facebook!
Alice: Holy crap…you got through training before the Exams, the week before the Exams, the little thingy at the start of the Exams, through the first Exams…though that shouldn't count since you didn't really write about it, and at the Forest of Death. Daaaaaaamn!
Jessica: Yesh, pretty cool, eh? Anyway, please review! I LOVE getting reviews and they inspire me to write more!!! Also…see the date at the top? Yeah, started this chapter then, and on the 10 of February, I NOW get it done. That's how BUSY I AM! It kinda sucks. I swear if I don't get the proper amount of Thesbian points, I am SOOOOO not gonna try again junior year! Maybe for the fall play, BUT THAT'S IT! Grawh!!!!
Alice: She's pretty busy…And this means not enough time for pranks on the mean neighbors.
Neighbor next door: And thank God! You brats need to learn responsibility, and blahblahblahblah blah blahblahblah blah blahblahblah blah blahblahblah blahblah blah.
Jessica: -shoves her out the window- ANYWAY! Has anyone figured out who they want Mitsu-chan to be paired up with yet? Of course, no Ita of Sasu-chan, of course. Anyway, the grandchildren of the Bijuu are coming up. Like I said, I'll be changing some of their names too. Last time we kept getting Kimi(Mitsukaiko)/demon, but there were a lot of demons, we didn't know which. Also, Kyuubi will be pairing up with Amaya, and blahblah. Stuff like that.
Alice: If you want Mitsukaiko to be paired up with one of the grandchildren, PLEASE say WHICH one. Unless you don't give a crap and say Mitsu/bijuu grandchild, which means will just pick which one of the children. Naruto and Hinata will be paired up. Sasuke and…I'm thinking one of the Bijuu grandchildren, actually…Votes will be up until the 20th chappie! PLEASE review!!!
Jessica: oops, spelled my name wrong...hehe ^_^'''''
Alice: -_-''' Please review and read!
Jessica: Wha? What the hell!