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Naruto, the next Shinigami-Shinobi Meister

Chapter 11: Chuunin exam, test 2: forest, fights, surprises.

Naruto and his squad stood at ready, should the stranger or his goons make the first move. The stranger spoke, his voice grave, dark, almost inhuman(think cad bane from star wars: clone wars, to get a good audio) "So, your his great-grandson, what is your name?"

Naruto retorts, "Shouldn't you give your own name first? Common curtsey after all."

The stranger said, "Oh, where are my manners? My name is Draven, and I'm the one who will kill the shinigami and take his place." He said this with a sinister look coming on his face.

Naruto, hearing this, loses any joking thoughts, and says, "Is that so, too bad, because I will KILL YOU BEFORE THAT HAPPENS!"

Ryu, knowing that the fight began, changed into his weapon form. Naruto got ready, seeing how his opponent will act first. Draven drew his scythes, holding them as if he were going to use them as if he were a farmer. (they are the kind they use, sorry if I wasn't clear before)

Draven made the first move, rushing at Naruto, swiping his scythes when he threw a punch. When Draven was close enough, Naruto could see that the blades were coated in a paralyzing poison.

Naruto thought, 'If I get hit, I would get cut, and that poison would cause a problem.'

Naruto ducked under a swipe, and using Ryu as a pole, he swung himself around and kicked Draven into a tree. Draven, seeing that he had to step it up, took his scythes and sealed them away. He then unsealed a large scythe. It was dark Grey, with a skull at the top, with the blade coming out the mouth.

He then charged, swinging the scythe around his body as he moved. The combatants matched each other, continuously blocking and maneuvering, in an endless dance it seemed. Head-shot, duck, knee-shot, jump, body-shot, sidestep. This continued, neither one stopping for a second, for if they did, it was certain death. Hinata and Shino could only look on, as the scarecrows kept them from entering the fray.

CLANG!!

They were shocked, as the fighters were in a grid-lock. Naruto and Draven had large grins on their faces, clearly enjoying the fight.

Draven spoke up and said, "Not bad kid, you know what your doing, as I haven't had a fight like this in a while. It's a shame we are on opposite sides."

Naruto replied, "I have to agree, why are you trying to kill my Great-grandfather? Did he do something to wrong you?"

Draven replied, "Sorry, but I have my reasons. You look a little beat, let's finish this, one strike to decide it." Naruto nodded his head, and the two broke apart.

"Ryu, we have to use 'it'." Naruto said, looking at Ryu with a serious face. Ryu replied, "Guess so, glad we practiced it." An aura started to form around the two, and Draven saw Naruto's soul was getting stronger, and he knew what it was. Naruto and Ryu shouted at the same time, "SOUL RESONANCE!!!" Ryu then had a large light-blue ethereal blade form, and Naruto called out the technique, "WITCH HUNTER"

Draven saw this and smirked, he knew this would be fun. He held out his scythe, and Naruto saw that he was using a technique similar to theirs, he was wide-eyed at the sight. Draven called out, "SOUL HUNTER" as his own scythe gained a larger blade, but it was a dark blood red, almost black. It gave off a screeching sound that nearly blew everyone's eardrums. Naruto said, "How are you able to do that without a partner?"

Draven sneered and said, "I learned how, enough chit-chat, let's end this."

Naruto and Draven rushed each other, each taking a swipe as they passed by. They each stopped where the other began. Naruto had a large cut going across his chest, while Draven had a deeper one. Draven turned to Naruto and said, "Not bad kid, looks like I need to train some more. I should of cut you in half with that. By the way, you may want to hurry, I saw a dark-haired kid getting attacked, what was his name, Sasuke I think. The guy he was fighting smelled of snakes."

Naruto went wide-eyed, as he knew who Mikoto was up against. He shouted, "HINATA, SHINO, WE GOTTA MOVE, NOW!!!!"

They nodded their heads, and they jumped into the trees.

Draven looked at them and said, "The kid is good, he almost killed me with that one, gonna have to be careful from now on." And with that said, Draven disappeared in a swirl of crows.

(with Naruto and the others)

Naruto, Hinata, Shino, and Ryu(who changed back from weapon form) were running through the trees. Hinata saw that Naruto had a worried look on his face, so she asked, "What has you so spooked Naruto-kun? Could the person that guy described be that bad?"

Naruto stopped, the others stopped as well, but before they could ask, Naruto said, "It is that bad Hinata-chan. If I'm right, and I pray to Kami I'm not, then Mikoto-chan is fighting the snake sannin Orochimaru. He is an S-class ninja, and has the power to back up that rank, if we don't hurry, I couldn't live with myself, knowing I could of prevented it."

The others looked at him in understanding, as they knew that Naruto and Mikoto were close, and only growing closer. But before they could say anything else, a large wind blew through, Naruto was blown to a different part of the forest. Hinata looked for him with the Byakugan, but he was out of her range.

(with Naruto: S-class section of the forest)

Naruto did not have the best of landings, as he crashed through several trees on the way back to Earth. As Naruto got up, he felt a chill in the air. Even Kyuubi, who was inside Naruto, said, "I can feel it, this entire section of the forest is laced in insanity. The aura, it's as strong as your own. But, there was only one person with that kind of aura, right? Maka-san killed him, so-"

Naruto, knowing what she was going to say, finished, "How could Asura be still alive? I'm not sure, but we have no choice but to find out. We need to if we want to get out of here."

As Naruto walked forward, he could feel the insanity in the air. It grew with every step, as he came closer to the source. He came up to a cave, but stopped at the entrance, as the insanity was evident. The area was twisted, but what in this forest wasn't strange. Naruto took a step inside of the cave, not fearing any hallucinations, as his wavelength canceled them.

He soon came up to a figure, seemingly frozen as he sat in a meditative trance. When Naruto took his next step, the figures eyes sprang open, all three of them. Asura looked at the one in front of him, his three red eyes looking straight in Naruto's face.

Naruto looked right back at the first demon god, he saw a skinny male, barely covered by the wrapping he saw was made from his own skin. Asura had his black hair slicked down, separated into wide strands, each having what looked like an white eye showing. He also had what looked like four scarves around his neck, each acting independently.

Asura stood up, and Naruto tensed, hoping he wouldn't have to fight the demon god. When Asura was close enough, he said, "You are not like most people. Most who see me would just start try to fight me, but it wouldn't matter. Why are you here?"

Naruto, shocked at how Asura was acting, spoke up and said, "I was blown away from my squad, I have no idea of the layout of the forest, and was hoping that-" He was cut off as Asura said, "That I knew of the way out of this place? While I do not, I can help you in another way."

Naruto said, "What do you mean? How could you help me?"

Asura laughed a little, and said, "I sense the soul of another in you, boy. It would seem that you care much for her, so I have a deal for you, if you would take it."

Naruto was wide-eyed, as he didn't think Asura could see the soul of Kyuubi while she was still behind the seal. So Naruto asked, "What kind of deal do you have in mind?"

Asura looked at the seal, as it was visible on Naruto. After looking at it, he said, "That is a complex seal, it's maker was a genius, to be sure, yet there is a flaw. It looks to be designed to contain a powerful being, while slowly draining it of it's power, and gives it to you. The flaw, is that should one powerful being take the place of the one held, it would allow a swap to take place, as it would not know the difference. My deal, is that you allow me to take the place of your tenant, she would have her own body back, and I would be able to see the world, that is all I ask."

Naruto was shocked, the great demon god Asura, wanted to become his tenant. Naruto would have Kyuubi-chan with him in the outside world. Kyuubi was screaming at him to take the deal, it was too good to pass up. And so, Naruto said, "You have a deal, Asura, how do we begin?"

Asura said, "I need to touch the seal, while you enter you mind-scape. The switch will happen there."

Naruto was reluctant to have Asura so close, but allowed it anyway.

(Mind-scape)

Naruto and Asura were in front of the seal, Kyuubi was standing near the gate, listening to what was needed to be done.

"Naruto-san, for this to work, you will have to grab Kyuubi, and pull her through the bars, when the seal reacts, and tries to grab her back, I will jump in front, causing the seal to grab me instead." Asura said in a calm voice, which shocked both Naruto and Kyuubi, as they knew Asura as insane.

Naruto said, "Better get started." He walked over to the seal, grabbed Kyuubi's hand, which caused her to blush. He then pulled her from behind the bars, and held her close. The seal reacted as Asura predicted, using leather straps to try and pull Kyuubi back.

Asura jumped in front of the couple, and the seal pulled him in. Once that was done, Asura said, "It is done, Kyuubi will have her body back once she leaves this place, I would suggest rushing off to your team, as I can feel them, and you should be able to as well."

After thanking Asura, Naruto and Kyuubi left the mind-scape, as well as the cave. They soon rushed to where Naruto felt the soul wavelengths of his teammates.

(Squad 8 and 7)

Both teams were not looking good. The only one not looking like crap was Ryu, and that was barely. Mikoto was on the ground, sweating up a storm, as she had a fever. It was caused by a black mark on her shoulder, shaped in the form of sharingan tomoe.

Everyone else was fine, for the most part.

Naruto arrived shortly, after telling Kyuubi to stay in the forest for the time being. When he saw Mikoto, Naruto was pissed, but mostly at himself for allowing this to happen. All he could do was heal everyone's wounds as he could, and get everyone to pack up. They needed to get to the tower, and soon.

(In a clearing near the tower)

Naruto stopped to check Mikoto's condition. Everyone saw Naruto's worry. As they took the time to rest, Ryu noticed they were being followed. He made a lightning clone, and had it sneak up on the pursuers, while he came up on the other side. When one of the genin turned and stabbed the clone, it exploded, killing him instantly. The other two were killed by Ryu slicing their throats without them noticing.

After checking their pouches, he gained both scrolls, which 7 and 8 needed to enter the tower. After Ryu got back to the others, he showed them both scrolls, and they headed in.

(inside the tower)

After reading the poem on the wall, the squads opened their scrolls on Naruto's orders. When the scrolls were revealed to be summon scrolls, they were thrown on the floor, landing in a X formation.

After the meet-and-greet with the senseis, the genin gathered into the testing hall for the next part to begin.

(skipping the speech, never liked it)

Anko spoke into her radio earpiece, saying, "Open it up"

When she said that, a piece of the wall opened to show a VERY large screen TV. There were two names being cycled through, eventually stopping at:

Ryushikon VS. Kiba Inuzuka.

AN: AND CUT, that's a wrap for now, any one have any questions, please send me a pm, and please, do me a favor and REVIEW, as I like to hear from you all.