A/N hiya all! So here's chapter 14 yay I finally finished... hope your all happy that there wasn't a cliff hanger on that one but for future reference there is many more to come! Weeeee on with the fic!
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Naruto stood in the large opening that was outside the forest with Sasuke, Sakura, and Haku standing beside him. A fake smile plastered across his face as he glared at a grass Nin. Anko was giving instructions on what was going to be the second part of their exams. "Forest of death..." Sasuke repeated the words with a smirk.
"Well what did you expect the forest of happy rainbows, sugar and fairies?" Naruto said smirking.
"Well no but I think that would have been a lot more scary" Sasuke said with a smile.
Naruto laughed at the small joke trying his best to remain happy. WOOSH! A kunai whizzed by Narutos head grazing his cheek between his whisker marks. "Hey what was that for?" Naruto half yelled at the half mad examiner. She jumped behind Naruto and spoke into his ear.
"Do you think the forest of death is a joke? There are things in there much worse then just enemy ninja."
"Err... umm... maybe?" Naruto raised a brow at the expression he was given. Then a tongue slipped by his face and handed Anko back her kunai. "Just thought I should return thissss." The man said in a slippery voice.
"Why thank you!" Anko said before going back and explaining about the scrolls. Naruto stepped on the masquerading Nin. The man grunted in pain and shook his foot slightly.
"Oops sorry." Naruto sneered out with a glare that could make someone's blood run cold before walking a few steeps away.
With in a half-hour everyone was standing at a gate waiting for the signal to go. Once the gates flung open all the teams ran in as fast as possible. "So Sasuke?" Sakura asked as they were running.
"Hmm" Sasuke answered
"Well what are we going to do if we have to fight someone?"
"We will just take them out." He explained simply.
"I agree we do have a one man extra advantage." Haku said coming beside Sakura.
"That makes me wonder though... how Kakashi got us all to compete together.. I mean I doubt the Hokage would simply give us the advantage... there has to be a catch somewhere..." Naruto said coming up beside Sasuke.
"And how right you are!" Anko's voice came up behind them. Naruto watched as the odd woman came up from behind them.
"Ha knew it!" Naruto said with a smile.
"So what's the catch?" Sasuke asked pretending to not care.
"Simple your supplies are to be more limited. Where other teams are allowed as many things as they can carry you four are only allowed a set amount of weapons and solder pills." Anko said with a devious smirk. "You're allowed no more then 10 kunai apiece as well as 10 shuriken or other choice weapons." She said holding her hand out expectantly.
The confused genins reluctantly handed over more then half their weapons. "No more then 12 soldier pills that's 3 a piece." More supplies were handed over.
"So that's it then?" Sakura asked somewhat surprised.
"Yes this will make it harder if you come across an enemy, you must value your supplies knowing that what you have is very limited." Anko said with a solemn smile. And with that she was gone taking the extra provisions with her.
A few minute later the buzzer sounded and the race was on.
Every one ran off in different directions. Naruto ran off quickly with his team in close pursuit. He was going fast and had no plans on stopping any time soon hoping that he might be able to avoid the snake man completely.
After a long time running it started to get dark and it wasn't long before they needed to set up for camp. Naruto was on full alert now jumping and flinching at every rustling noise he herd or every shadow he saw flash by. Sasuke finally gave up ignoring his antics and went over to him... quietly.
Sasuke wasn't much of a prankster but Naruto was pretty much giving him this one on a silver platter. Sasuke snuck up from behind Naruto and laid a hand on his shoulder Naruto flinched but relaxed as he looked up to Sasuke. "Quit it." Naruto said jumping at the wind.
"Oh come on dobe your scared of the wind now? Acting like a scardy cat isn't going to help if we get attacked. But don't worry I'll be there to save your sorry ass." Sasuke smirked as he sat down beside the now shivering Naruto.
"I'm not the one who's going to need saving.." Naruto said not looking at Sasuke, instead seemed to be focusing on his own little world. "But this time I won't let that happen to you.." Sasuke looked rather confused about the last part and was about to ask when a loud noise came from behind.
A giant snake came hurtling towards the four almost imitating a torpedo. They moved out of its way and grouped together. Naruto ran straight for it kunai at the ready. He hit the snake but it dodged at the last possible moment so he didn't hit its forehead but instead hit the hard underbelly. Haku then came running in throwing several shurikan.
The snake slithered out of the way of most of them but a few caught it. Sakura and Sasuke were also throwing various sharp and pointy objects at the snake but from a farther distance. The snake hissed as Naruto and Haku threw more kunai and shuriken at the reptile diminishing their supplies. However while everyone was focusing on its head its tail was slowly slinking around Naruto and Haku.
"Look out!" Haku yelled when he noticed. It was too late. As the two tried to jump the snake coiled around the two squeezing them together back to back. They were being held to tightly to move. Before either Haku or Naruto could even think about how to save themselves as well as the other the snake reeled its head back.
"Awe crap.." Naruto said as he saw the snake open its jaws wide.
"Great last words Naruto." Sasuke said sarcastically. Naruto was about to reply but the snake had swallowed them. The snake licked its lips and began to slither away.
"Naruto...Haku..." Sakura said blinking.
"Come on its getting away!" Sasuke yelled as he began to take off.
They didn't get far as they ended up running into a tall pale man. "Well, well, well" He smirked maliciously "It seems my pet has caught itself a snack. And lured the prey right to me."
"Let them go!" Sakura screamed at the man.
"Oh dear, quite a temper. Perhaps if you had asked nicely I would have given them back to you." The man smiled.
"You bastard!!" Sasuke yelled as he charged towards the man.
"Now, now children" the pale man said as he looked Sasuke right in the eye. He instantly stopped and began to quiver willing his legs to keep moving. ' I need to do something or else... everyone will...' she bit her lip as he threw a number of weaponry at the man.
This caused him to break eye contact with Sasuke giving him time to jump back. "Well it seems to me that you have a heaven scroll." He pulled out a dark scroll and smirked an evil smirk. "If you want this earth scroll." He paused a moment to swallow it. "You'll have to kill me to get it" an evil laugh escaped his lips.
"Ewww..." Sakura and Sasuke said together as they watched his throat bulge as the scroll went down. The two stood there watching the scroll go down his throat when the snake exploded.
(Earlier inside the snake)
Naruto looked up as the snakes jaws closed over him it was almost completely dark but it seemed as the snakes skin let in light. He felt himself being squished against Haku and grabbed on to him. Unfortunately the snake swallowed. "Ahh this is got to be the most disgusting thing I've ever been through!" Haku said as a bit of saliva fell on his cheek.
"Haku, don't worry, I can get us out of..." Naruto started but was interrupted.
"I mean why would one enjoy being crammed into warm moist openings and rubbed in a throbbing motion?" Haku said turning a little green.
"I don't think this guy would appreciate it if you got sick in his stomach..." Naruto said looking over at his sickly friend. The inside of the snake was pulsing back in forth to its heart beat and was rocking Haku. He looked more like he was going to be sea sick more then anything.
"I'm getting us out of here now." Naruto said twitching as huge blob of... something fell on him and Haku. He quickly put his hands into a seal.
KABOOM! The snake exploded in slime, smoke and other…things. Sakura, Sasuke and the pale man with a scroll still visible through his esophagus. "Gah so SO, SO! DISGUSTING!" Haku said twitching and shivering a little before leaning over a bush and puking.
"Soo gross, so wrong...why…why me...why again…" Naruto said shaking all the snake goo off of himself. Once he was ...relatively goo free he looked up to the man who was looking at them with a smirk.
"Well then let..." he then promptly broke out into a fit of coughing.
"Is he choking on his scroll? Well its your own fault!" Sakura said to the man.
"He doesn't seem all that threatening when he gets thwarted by his own ideas..." Sasuke said dead panned. Naruto smiled and couldn't help but laugh.
"Ha ha! I cant believe he did that! I mean he.." however his victory was also short lived as he too started coughing and spiting. "Ahh gaaa! Pleth!" Naruto spat before going over and licked a tree getting strange looks from Sasuke and Sakura.
"What was that all about?!" Sasuke asked. Naruto looked to Sasuke with a comical but pained look on his face.
"I got snake goo in my mouth!" he screamed.
His teammates sweat dropped to Narutos comment. "Anyway... maybe we should attack that guy before he recovers..." Haku said pointing to the mystery choking man as a bit of goo ran down his finger. Sasuke nodded and took off towards him in a run and punched the man right in the gut. Sasuke watched as the man recoiled slightly and then wiped his lips.
"I'll finish this quickly." He said and began flashing through seals.
"Just who are you any way?" Sasuke said angrily.
The man laughed "I am Orochimaru!" he finished his seals and head flew out and his neck stretched.
Sasuke jumped back but it did little good as Orochimaru bit his neck "Sasuke!" Sakura screamed.
"NOOOO!" Naruto screamed full blast as he jumped at Orochimaru's neck red chakra surrounding him. He lunged at Orochimaru like an attack dog and bit the snake man back and dug his claws in as hard as he could trying to stop him before he could finish his jutsu on Sasuke. "LET HIM GO!" Naruto screamed although it came out muffled.
Orochimaru gave a pained grunt but didn't let go of Sasuke. Naruto bit and dug in harder. Blood trickled down his hands and mouth and dripped onto the ground by his feet. After a few seconds that seemed more like hours Orochimaru let go of Sasuke and the curse seal formed above the bite. Sasuke stumbled back and put his hand over it. He gritted his teeth against the pain but was to stubborn to fall over.
"YOU BASTARD!" Naruto screamed letting his anger rise. More and more red chakra leaked off of him forcing out fox ears and a tail. Although it looked like pure chakra. Sakura ran over to Sasuke to help him stand. Haku had moved over to Naruto. A kunai flew towards Naruto making him let go of the skinny neck and dodge. As soon as Naruto was away from Orochimaru his neck retracted and Haku leapt in making his signature ice dome.
"Well well well... what have we here?" Orochimaru said smugly. Haku began quickly throwing water made senbon needles from every direction. The snake man held a kunai tightly as he deflected almost all of the deadly objects away. Haku stood his ground and had his image in every one of the mirrors. Haku was about to switch to shuriken when Orochimaru began doing hand signs
"Now its my turn" he sneered. His mouth opened wide and a giant burst of flame came out.
The real Haku had wisely moved behind him before hand and watched in shock as the fire blasted through half his mirrors. He now had a clear escape but he didn't take it. Instead, he shifted his position and slowly moved around burning the remaining mirrors. Haku came flying out as the fire burned the mirror he was occupying. Naruto had been using this small window of time to build up more chakra and now had four long tales behind him. The snake goo now incinerated by the burning hot chakra. Sasuke went to catch Haku before he went into a near by tree.
Sasuke caught him and managed to avoid smashing into anything himself but did end up falling to his knees from exhaustion. Sakura ran over to them trying to help Sasuke and Haku. Naruto looked over to Sakura blood red eyes holding compassion and sincerity as they looked upon her. "Make sure you keep them from being hurt." Naruto said in a rather deep and gruff voice that sounded like his own merging with another.
She took in his new appearance. Red eyes that seemed to calm her rather then scare her like she knew they should, his whisker like scars were enlarged into triangular marks although there was still a thin line in the dead center. Almost as if the scars were branching out from the middle and running longer across his face. But most noticeable of all was the red chakra surrounding him. It seemed to take on a shape of its own mimicking a feral animal with four tails.
Naruto smiled at her flashing his now sharp fangs and gave thumbs up with a clawed hand. "Don't worry, I'll get him" he said before turning to Orochimaru. His face instantly changed when his eyes fell upon the man. He had a pained and hateful look and in his eyes were blood lust instead making Sakura shiver.
"Oh and it seems the cursed child can use his accursed power? Now this will be interesting" the man smirked. "But I know how to fix your little power surge." He said taking a step back.
"Not so fast.." Naruto said rearing a hand back and forcibly punching the air. The chakra flared out and grabbed on to the snake mans hands stopping him in mid seal.
"It seems the cursed kid has a few tricks after all but a dog is a dog after all even if it's been trained." He sneered as his arm burned. Sakura looked up from the hurt males and over to Naruto. A chill ran up her spine as Narutos waves of demonic aura hit her. The blood lust was so strong she forgot to breathe in that instant. 'I can feel his chakra from here! It's so intense! He wants to kill that man and those vibes are directed towards that man but still...' Sakura looked towards his worryingly.
"Mmmm?" Haku said as he opened his eyes staring up at Sakura "Wha... what's going on?!" Haku asked sitting up as he caught a bit of the anger flaring off of Naruto. The snake man broke free of the burning grip and attacked with a fire jutsu. "So you like to play with fire do you?" Orochimaru said blowing out his fireball. Sakura turned away but Haku didn't. However a strange noise from the battle field made her turn back only to see Naruto just standing there. He didn't move, he didn't block he just stood there. The fire hit him square on but instead of burning him it enveloped him swirling around and forming around him. Naruto crouched low as another tail emerged from behind him.
"Don't you know not to fight fire with fire?"
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Author's notes: well I think I'll end it there... yes yes I know "how dare you cut it off on the beginning of a fight scene" well that's cuz I can. I'm sorry it took so long to update this time but its November and you know what that means! Yea between the parties and smash fest there was like no weekend time. And on top of that high school homework sucks.. any way plz R&R flames will be used to light the fireplace to heat my home for winter... yea... so R&R AND PLZ BUG THE BATA AND OWN HALARATY
Beta note: I'm sorry this took so long, but my teachers hate me and they don't know when to stop giving useless homework. Merry Christmas!!