Hi there! Yeah, another chapter in December… I think the story will be almost done by January… maybe… but then when school starts, I won't have time to write that many chapters… so maybe it's a good thing that I'm writing/updating now… but then the story will progress to fast…

Kiba: will you stop with the ranting?

What, you're jealous you can't rant?

Kiba: *rolls eyes* no, of course not. will you not suggest something like that?

Yeah, well, suck it up, I'm the authoress here.

Kiba: what the heck is that?

Come on, it's a title used by many great female authors!

Kiba: whatever…

And I have the power to make you anything I want! So beware of I'll make sure Kaitlyn will pulverise you!

Kiba: *growls* fine then, I'll shuddup now.

Good boy. And to my readers: please leave a review! Please? Please? Please? You know, I'm one of the authors who get excited by just another review other than my mom… so yeah. Oh, and I do get excited when she reviews as well… she's gonna kill me after reading this.

Kiba: then I'll be free?

No, stupid. It's a phrase. She won't kill me for real.

Kiba: darn it…

Kaitlyn's POV

We were now standing before an enormous forest. It was fenced, of course. Great. This made me look even more forward to the second exam. And I didn't really know/like the proctor. Gimme those written tests anytime.

"This is the location for the second phase of the exam," said Anko. "It's the 44th Battle Training Zone. But we call it…the Forest of Death. Now, before we begin the test, I have something to hand out to you all. It's just a standard form. Like the ones you get before doing anything? Anyway, before we begin the test, all of you are going to have to read over this form, and then sign it, because you might not come out alive."

Carol raised her hand. "And why is that so? Why is there a possibility that we won't come out alive?"

"Because the first thing you need to know is that this will test every one of your survival skills. First, I'll give you all a description of the terrain on the practice field. The 44th Battle Training Zone has 44 locked entrance gates. There are rivers and a forest inside. In the centre is a locked tower located ten kilometres from each gate. It's in this confined area that you'll undergo the survival test. There are many wild animals here too. Anyways, this test consists of anything, as long as you can get your hands on these scrolls." She brought out two scrolls to show us (sorry, was that bad grammar? Not sure myself. '-_-). One was white and the other was grey. The white one was the heaven scroll, while the other was the earth scroll.

Did I mention I was already looking at the test form and not liking it? Maybe not. I signed it anyway. I was wondering and calculating my chances of getting out alive.

"How do we pass the test?" a random genin asked (A/N: HAH! I GOT YOU! You though I was gonna say Kaitlyn, right? :D)

"All of your team members must bring both the heaven and earth scroll to the tower. And you have a time limit of five days."

"Oh my gawd…" I said silently, so no one could hear.

"Plus, there are ways for you to get disqualified. One: if all three members of a team can't make it to the tower with both scrolls in five days. Number two: if a team loses a member, or if a member becomes incapacitated and cannot continue. But most important, none of you, absolutely none of you may look at the contents of the scrolls until you've reached the tower. There are times when a ninja will asked to carry secret documents. Okay, we're done. Each team take your forms and exchange them over there for your scrolls."

"And one more thing: just don't die."

We went to the stand where we were supposed to hand over the forms. We got the heaven scroll. I took it. Oh well, it helps being the one with the scroll, as everyone will target you if they know it. And yes, Kiba wanted me to have it, as he said, "You're the most skilled of this team. Take it." and I was like, "Don't say that just so I will take it! I know you don't mean it. Or maybe you do," I mumbled the last part. We proceeded to Gate 8. "Nice," I said to Kiba. "Team 8; Gate 8."

"Will you shut up and just go with the test? Kiba told me.

"No, because it helps being someone." He should understand what I mean.

He just rolled his eyes. Then the gates opened. As we went inside, I said, "You should roll your eyes more often to make things speed up."

"Har-har."

"Duck!" Hinata said. We all ducked, and a kunai missed us by an inch.

"Hi there, we're here to take your scroll, if it's a heaven scroll," said a Mist ninja guy. He was kinda tall and intimidating. "Gimme it, little girl."

Anyone calling me little seriously pisses me off. "I'm sorry, we have an earth scroll."

"Liar! I know you have a heaven scroll. So I'm challenging you. You have two options: fight to the death, or just hand over the scroll and this conversation never happened."

"Humph. You got guts. I'll fight," I said. "One-on-one or team?"

He snickered. "One-on-one. Unless you're too scared?"

That really took me off the edge. I charged toward him, sending my fist out. He caught it. "You gotta do better than that." he said. "I know, and I just did." BOOM! Just an explosive clone. I learned it from Itachi (A/N: she learned it during the time-skip, it was never explained :P).

"What the?" he said as he got thrown a few feet back. He managed to land on his feet. "Hey, I'm not done yet!" I said. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" I fired a huge fireball at him. "Water Style: Rampaging Water!" he put out the fireball jutsu. That's when I teleported and kicked him in the chin, and sent him flying up into the air. "Shadow of the Dancing Leaf. My version," I said as I put a paper bomb on his back. "See ya!" I said. I teleported so I wouldn't get caught in the blast. The bomb exploded, making the mist nin fly towards another direction, hit his head and rendered him unconscious. His team-mates watched in horror.

"So, does that mean we get your scroll? Or you want to fight for it?" Kiba asked the other two mist nin. They stepped forward. One of them ran towards the guy I knocked out, and took the scroll from him. "Fine then, since you want a fight," Kiba said. He immediately charged at the mist nin with the scroll. "Water Style: Water Prison!" Kiba was now trapped in a water prison. "The scroll, or your friend's life," said the mist nin. "I would rather let him die than give you the scroll."

Hinata looked at me like I was going mad. "Sont worry, I got it under control," I told her. Just then, the real Kiba and Akamaru (who transformed into a perfect copy of Kiba) appeared behind the mist nin. "Fang over Fang!" somehow, the mist nin managed to throw the scroll to his other friend. How long is this gonna go on? I asked myself. Hinata charged (WOAH. I totally didn't expect this) and hit the guy in the gut. He dropped the scroll. It seemed he was knocked out. "Cool, Hinata, I didn't know you were like that!" I said.

She blushed. "Um, yeah, it's nothing, just trying to get the scroll."

In normal situations, I would have read her mind to see what she meant. But Hinata was a good friends, I didn't want to do it. "So, now for the tower?" I asked.

"Yup. I know where it is. Let's go!" Kiba jumped into the trees. Akamaru followed his master.

With nothing else to do, I followed him.

Wait! The chapter didn't end yet. Haha! Fooled ya.

Kiba: that was kinda mean.

As the authoress, I can do whatever I want. It's just a filler thingy, and you made it longer. Anyway, continued.

We reached the tower. "YAY WE DIDN'T HAVE TO STAY FOR A FEW DAYS!" I exclaimed. I hate being in the forest, because of those little critters.

There was a sign on the wall of the tower. If qualities of heaven are your desire, acquire wisdom to take your mind higher. If earthly qualities are what you lack, train your body and prepare to attack. When heaven and earth are opened together, the perilous path will become righteous forever. This is the secret way that guides us from this place today.

"Ok, cool, now what happens?" I asked Kiba.

"Take the heaven scroll, I'll take the earth scroll," he said.

I did as I was told. "Now open it."

I opened it. "BEWARE A COCKROACH!" I threw the scroll away, then Kiba threw the other one, forming an 'X'.

"WHAT THE HECK KIBA WHAT WAS THAT FOR YOU IDIOT!" I yelled.

"For fun. I wonder who we got?" he turned to look at the scrolls. Smoke appeared, and when it cleared, Kakashi was there. "Seems like we got him," Kiba pointed out. captian Obvious. Hmph.

"I've come to tell you that… you've failed."

We (Kiba and I, Hinata would never do that) were angry at Kakashi. And he was just rubbing the back of his head, like some guilty person (A/N: you know, like the episode where Team 7 tried to uncover Kakashi's mask and he said, "Oops, my hand slipped.")

"Alright, just kidding, you pass." He corrected himself.

"Phew, I thought we failed." I said, breathing a sigh of relief.

When we left, Kakashi was thinking of something. Seems like this year's genins make last year's look weak. Good luck, you'll be needing it.

I wonder what he meant by that…

Ok, now it's over. Please tell me what you think of the story! I'll really appreciate it! :D and please, I didn't mean to offend anyone by the fake ending… please don't kill me, or Itachi will haunt you. ^w^ bye!