Innerselves: Well, well, well...Look who finally updated this pathetic fanfic...
Me: Yeah yeah, I'll tell you guys what happened since the last chapter afterwards, kay?
Innerselves: No.
Me: Too bad. On with the chapter!
Warnings: If you actually read it properly, you'd notice I changed a little of the story's format here and there. Swearing. Too much of it, in my opinion. Incredible feats by
Emi-chan too. XD
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Flashback:-
As if it heard her thoughts, the rain just became heavier. Elaine sweatdropped. I take it back, it's raining oceans now. Wait, was that a fish I just saw? Ah who cares...Tiredly, she
flopped down onto the thankfully dry forest floor and fell asleep.
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Back to the present time...
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Ah...damnit, I've lost Eli-chan. Oh noooooo.....!!! Emily almost tore out chunks of her hair by her growing frustration. Gripping her head, she shook it vigorously in an attempt to make
herself believe that it's all just a dream. Or in Emily's case, a bad nightmare.
"Imouto, where are you...?!" Looking frantically at the surroundings around her, her brain slowly registered the fact that she's standing in front of a tall tower....A tower? Why the hell
is there a tower in the middle of this goddamn forest...? Unless...woaah...I'm in the middle of the forest already?! Exactly how many kilometers did I run just now? -shrugs- Eh...probably a
few hundred metres or so.
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Behind her, a group of tired-out rain genin emerged from a clump of giant shrubbery. All three of them looked thoroughly shaken about something.
"Oww...my back hurts all over ever since that girl ran over me." Said the shortest rain genin winced as he said that.
The only girl in the group was supporting herself with a pair of crudely-made crutches. She frowned as she spoke, "You think you're the only one?! She sprained my right ankle and
my left kneecap! And there isn't a hospital in the middle of this bloody forest! I hate to admit it, but she is formidable."
The third one had his or her head covered with stained white bandages. "Both of you shut up...! Thanks to that woman, my head is now a freakin' ball of bandages! Obviously, she's
never heard of the saying, "Look before you trample and run over others"!
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"Hey, do you think she ran the whole five kilometers left to the tower?" At that, Emily inwardly sweatdropped. Okayy...so I ran more than a few hundred meters...
"Che, she's probably one of those ninjas who run around their village a few hundred times like it's nothing every day. Damn, I'd hate to face her one-on-one in the exams."
"I can faintly recall her brown hair and knapsack...I think they'll never look the same way again." The three rain genin sighed simultaneously. Finally they noticed Emily who was
staring at them like they had two-heads.
The rain genin started indignantly, "Hey who do you think you're-"
"-Wait a second," the rain kunoichi interrupted her teammates, "brown hair...brown knapsack...is she-?!"
This time, Emily sweatdropped for real. "Umm...hi?"
"RUN FOR YOUR LIVES...! EVERY GENIN FOR HIMSELF...!" The three genin shouted as they abandoned all their belongings to run back into the forest of death.
"H-hey...! You left your...bags behind...-shrugs- They don't look like they're coming back anytime soon...Oh well, a little rummaging won't hurt anyone. I've always wanted to peek in
these ninja's knapsacks and such! Hmm...some random kunai...a few lost throwing stars...these ninja's aren't very neat now, are they? Hey...what's this? Oh my God! It's the two
Heaven and Earth scrolls...! I'm sure I can enter the tower with these! No but Eli-chan isn't here yet...! And I can't even look for her in this godforsaken forest...-sigh-"
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Suddenly, Emily looked up to the sky with a small smile on her face. "I know you can do it, Eli-chan...Just hurry up and come back!...I'll be waiting..." With that said, Emily went into
the tower determined to wait for her younger sister for however long it takes.
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Somewhere in the forest, a girl called Elaine sneezed. "Damn it all! I hate sneezing, I hate sneezing, I hate sneez-...AHH-CHOO...! Goddamnit...!"
Sniffling, Elaine finally started to walk to what she thinks is the direction to the middle of the forest. Frustrated with her sniveling, she folded her arms and cursed at whatever came
into her mind at the moment. Her conversation with herself goes something like this: "...Stupid rain! Stupid cold! Stupid Life! Stupid weather! Stupid-...ooh a rainbow...!" Huh...who
knew rainbows would appear in The Forest of Death. Miracles do happen. Emi-chan and I being here are living proof itself.
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Beside her, another clump of giant shrubbery started rustling as if someone were trying to get through it. Without warning, a green blur sped towards her and tackled her to the
ground. In the process, Elaine had squeezed her eyes shut in preparation to face the unforgiving forest floor. After a few seconds, she still hadn't felt the ground yet. So she slowly
opened her eyes only to find two matching ones staring back at her approximately 10 centimeters away.
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"GAAH...!" Startled she bumped foreheads with the stranger and he let her go from his unromantic-swoop-the-unknown-girl-into-his arms in pain. Unfortunately, Elaine landed on her
backside which caused infinite pain to her poor pelvic bones. Crap, I'm definitely gonna bruise internally...Fish. As she glared at the stranger, her mind slowly registered the clothes he
wore. Eye twitching, she started from his legs and worked to his hair. Okay, normal ninja sandals...Obviously another genin taking part in this contest...orange leg warmers? For some
reason those look pretty familiar...Hn...so he wears his forehead protector as a belt? Interesting...Okay...bandages. A lot of them are wrapped around his hands and wrists...W-what the hell?
G-green jumpsuit?! He is-...!
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Over at the tower, Emily and everyone else already at the tower heard Elaine's shout of "GAAAAHH...! IT'S LEEEEEEEEE...!" Was that Eli-chan's voice I just heard? Nah...I'm just
thinking too much about her...I miss her so. "Damn it, imouto! When I see you I'm gonna pinch you within an inch of your life! Just you wait and see...!" Emily said as she conveniently
ignored the weirded out stares from the other, normal genin.
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Important Author Notes...(Or Useless Author's Rant)
Okay, for those who are curious I'll just tell a brief summary of my life starting from the last chapter...First thing you guys should know (you probably do already but-) I'm an emo gal.
Yeah...A little too sensitive too. Whatever. I'm doing a crappy job of a summary, but just LISTEN! I'm back with Emi-chan again. Yayyyy~! And we rekindled our lost love. (That
sounded wrong. Don't you dare think...whatever you're thinking!) And now I've become less emo-er. Oh the joy. I see my sarcasm still hasn't gone though. Wonderful. Oh well, you
can't have everything. -shrugs- Okay! That's enough rant-ing to last a few days, I think. So! See you guys next chapter...! XD
--Nilz-sama-- (I've changed it again, why do I keep doing that?)
