Magnus: Sorry for the delay, but I had many double shifts at work, which left me very drained to accomplish the updates in time, hopefully next week will be normal once again, so I can update sooner, anyway, enjoy this chapter, and remember, Read and Review!
Disclaimer: We don't own Naruto, or anything you believe is being mentioned in this fanfic, Reiko Zonbolt, Arashi Uzumaki and Yukina Hyuga belong to Kage Bijuu, the Harvesters are co-owned by Kage Bijuu and me, the other OCs belong to me
Chapter 38
The Hunt
The Night before the test in the forest of the death, the genins were making preparations for the trip, some, Like Chouji Akimichi, were packing emergency food, others, like Sakura Haruno, were making sure to carry all the required tools and first aid kit, there were others, like Lee and Shino, who were enjoying a last wonderful night with their beloved girls, for they were told that the test will last five days, however, in the Uzumaki apartment...
"For me?, even if it's not my birthday?", Naruto asked with a wicked smile, the ebony box in front of him was really enthralling, it looked as if holding something REALLY dangerous
"Why does it have to be your birthday to spoil you a little more, my son?, if you want to see it as a prize, then you can consider it your reward for passing the first part of the test!", Ankiseth said with a happy smile
"OPEN IT! OPEN IT!", Hinata happily squealed, sometimes it was hard to tell if she was a cute angel, or a demon in disguise
"Ok!, let's see what daddy got me this time!", Naruto finally said, and Minato flinched in a corner, he still hasn't been able to overcome being not call his tittle as father, while another person got it
"Wow!, a new gun!, what's it name, daddy?", Naruto asked, while checking his new toy, it was similar to Casull, but it was black, and heavier
"That one it's the Jackal, just as Casull, it fires chakra bullets, ut where Casull uses your natural chakra, this one uses Yokai chakra in explosive shells, if something can withstand Casull, it'll fall with this one", Ankiseth explained, and Naruto promptly hugged him
"THANK YOU DADDY!!!", Naruto shouted in happiness, while Hinata happily clapped
"It looks like my child is enjoying the gifts", Kushina suddenly said, looking at the group through one of the countless mirrors
"Yes mom, but I wish to hug you too", Naruto replied, failing to see Kushina's smile
"Wish granted, my son", Ankiseth said, Naruto was about to ask what was that, when Kushina tackled him and Hinata into a motherly bone crusher hug
"I'M SO HAPPY TO BE ABLE TO HUG MY MANLY SON AND HIS BRIDE!!!!!!", Kushina boomed, but Naruto and Hinata were unable to reply, for they were fighting for air
Next day...
At the gates of the Forest of Death, all the chunin hopefuls were reunited, some were scared, for the forest was giving a creepy eyesight, others were excited by the idea of fighting other genins, but one group was trying to stay focused on their current mission
"Remember, as Ankiseth told us, our target will present itself during this part of the exam, we must keep our eyes open, so we can catch him, and go home ASAP", Maka stated to the group
"Fine, but I won't go back until the exam is finished, I want to get the Chunin rank!", Black Star replied
"But we should return as soon as we accomplish the mission!, I don't know how to deal with this, to fight kids, it's too much for me!", Chrona whined, yet he had a point, for they were technicians, and the shinobies were mere humans, or so they thought
"Black Star!, the mission goes first, and before being a ninja, you are a Shibusen student!, so stop this game, and act with seriousness and responsibility!", Maka reprimand the knucklehead assassin
"WHO NAMED YOU LEADER OF THIS TEAM?!", Black Star shouted
"Shinigami-sama", the rest of the Shibusen students deadpanned, silencing the knucklehead ninja
Meanwhile, another team of genins were watching the still bickering technicians, thinking on targeting them first
"Such a group of weaklings!", Kin said, not feeling a great chakra signature on the Shibusen students
"Indeed, but their weapons show a vibration, as if alive, perhaps they are dependant on powerful tools?", Dosu replied
"So?, let's kill them and gather their weapons!", Zaku interjected
'That was too easy, as Ankiseth-sama requested, my team will be obliterated by the Soul Hunters, while I give them the required information about Orochimaru, I kinda feel bad for Dosu, but what the master wants, the master gets', Kin thought, long ago she was recruited by the Merchant, and now, she was playing her role as a pawn
"Fine, we'll ambush them, perhaps their weapons will be usable with our techniques", Dosu finally said, and then, another voice was heard
"Ok kids!, now my beautiful assistant will deliver to you some forms you need to sign, this is required to keep on the test!", Ed voiced, and then Ashlotte went to the different teams to deliver the forms
"Hey, shorty!, what is this form for?!", a random genin shouted, said genin and his team were sent into orbit by an irate Ed, holding a smoking Mallet-sama
"THAT WILL TEACH YOU NOT TO CALL YOUR SUPERIORS 'SHORT'!!!", Ed screamed, still flailing his hand, needless to say, said genins will not participate on the test anymore
"To answer the question that that team made, this form will free us from any responsibility about your well being", Al replied, and the message inside his kind words was VERY unnerving, making a deadly silence to take over the area, although, this silence was wrongly taken by Ashlotte
"What master Al tried to say, is that we won't answer to anyone for your most likely demise inside the perimeter of sector 44", Ashlotte clarified, making a few genins to soil their pants, perhaps if a psycho woman had said that, they wouldn't take it too seriously, but coming from these people...
20 minutes later...
All the teams were entrusted with a scroll, either from the earth, or the heaven, each team was told that their objective was to take the other scroll from the other teams by any means necessary, and all the teams entered the forest by a separate gate, meaning that no one knows the location of each other, the only thing clear, was to reach the tower in the center of the forest, and while this part was stressing to most of the teams, some were less than startled...
"TELL US!!!", Kiba and Sakura shouted, their curiosity about Shino's sexual life was too much to bear
"No", Shino deadpanned, it was both the respect for his beloved Nyu, and the fun of teasing his companions, however, they were being watched from above
"Hehehe, these Konoha genins will be an easy prey", A genin from another village said to his companions
"Yeah!, just look at them, completely oblivious to everything!", the second genin added
"And they look so weak, we should also take our time to rape that pink haired girl", The third proposed, none of them noticing the little insects crawling into their bodies, until
"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!", the team screamed as they fell to the forest ground, just in front of team 8
"Oh, that kind of insects will drain you from chakra until you are dead", Shino stated, scaring the crap out of the downed genins
"PLEASE HELP US!!!", the foreigner group shouted in despair
"Give us your scroll, and we may help you", Sakura offered, the the genins didn't hesitate about it, they thrown their scroll
"Hey!, is the one we needed!", Kiba exclaimed, this part of the test has come to be truly easy
"Help us, please!", the downed genins begged, and Shino's gaze fell on them
"No", Shino deadpanned, and then walked away, being followed by his team, soon enough, they started their usual conversation, trying to get insight of Shino's love life, leaving a screaming genin team on the forest ground
Meanwhile...
"DENKOUSEKKA GIRI!!!", Reiko shouted, her attack destroying several trees, leaving a badly injured Iwa gening team in the ground
"I think she overdid it this time", Naraku said, he didn't required eyes to know that she went for an overkill, probably killing innocent animals, or other genin teams on the way
"I think it was fitting", Matsukaze replied, knowing that if Lee had hear the insult, well, the forest of Death would be known as the crater of Death after he was finished
"For insulting me, The Goddess of Light, I will shred you to ribbons!", Reiko shouted while readying her sword, being called a 'hot slut' really enraged her
"NO! WAIT!, WE NEED TO TAKE THE SCROLL FIRST!!!", Matsukaze and Naraku shouted, trying to get their hands on the scroll before it was lost forever in the wrath of the Goddess of Light
On another part of the forest...
"Well, in the end this group wasn't that dangerous", Ino stated, while looking at the downed enemies
"True, but now we need to take their scroll", Chouji said, unlike Ino, he and Shikamaru were covered on bruises for the fight
"Troublesome...", Shikamaru muttered, while getting close to the genins, suddenly, one of them moved, showing a vial with a strange liquid
"You'll never win!", the genin shouted, while drinking the vial, Shikamaru tried to back off, but he had no chance, before their eyes, the genin's body transformed into a big humanoid wolf, which darted at Shikamaru with terrific speed, biting on Shikamaru's shoulder
"GGGHHHHAAAAAA!!!!", Shikamaru's scream of pain was horrible, and it menaced with being worse, when...
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Three shots that hit the beast in the back, making it roll to the side, team 10 looked at their savior, the orange clad Naruto
"Are you ok?", Naruto asked, still pointing Casull at the beast
"Shikamaru is injured, and it looks badly!", Ino replied, for Shikamaru's wounds were horrible, the fangs of that thing were really big, and they even pierced bones
"Troublesome... I should have reacted faster...", Shikamaru muttered, and Hinata quickly reached him
"Don't worry, I'll heal you", Hinata reassured, and then started to work with healing magic on Shikamaru's wound
"SPAWN OF FENRIR! I'LL KILL YOU!!!", Lee shouted in blind rage as soon as he got to the scene, the sight of the werewolf making feel horrible pain in his right hand, the wolf stood no chance, Lee pummeled it until nothing but a bloody mass was left
Meanwhile, outside the gates of Konoha...
Itachi and Kisame were supposed to go to Konoha to look for the vessel of the Kyuubi no Kitsune, it was supposed to be an infiltration mission, and not engage in combat, all their plans were crushed when they were surrounded by black cloaked figures, five figures to be precise, and the sixth one, which looked like the leader, was battling with the two of them, at the same time, showing no signs of being tired, unlike the two Akatsuki members
"THIS IS A NIGHTMARE!", Kisame shouted in despair, he was sure that nothing could withstand his power as long as Itachi was with him, not even a Kage, but this figure?
"Calm down, we need to think on a plan", Itachi stated, the truth, is that he was dead scared
"Ok, why don't I hold him in place while you use your eyes on him?", Kisame proposed
"Sounds like a good plan", Itachi replied
"It was a joke, you know?", Kiame muttered, and just then, he got stabbed on the abdomen by the black clad figure, Kisame fell to the ground, while Itachi leaped back, but the black figure just kept standing, until he spoke
"Yes, Kisame, you are going to die, but that fate can change, if you serve me", Minato said to the fish man, while dropping a gold ring in front of him
"Just put that ring on your finger, and you'll live", Minato continued, and then Itachi decided to strike, he jumped in front of Minato, and activated his Magenkyo Sharingan to trap him in the Tsukuyomi, but soon he found himself in the same place, but everything looked different, the black clad figures were now dressed in white, and he could recognize their faces, Zabuza, Raiga, Sasori, Hidan and Kimimaru, then he looked at the leader, and his will of fight banished
"MINATO?!", Itachi screamed, now he understood why he was not bound to win, and why he was bound now to serve
"You too, Itachi, put this ring on your finger, and you'll get what you were looking for", Minato offered, soon the two Akatsuki members raised as Wraiths, the circle was almost complete
"Yes!, only one more to go!... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!", Minato's evil laughter filled the air, and the guards of the gate were soiling their pants just by hearing him, none of them willing to take a peek at what was happening
Magnus: Well, I hope you have liked it, more battles will come on next chapter, including Chrona against the sound nins, screech power against sound waves!, see ya in next chapter!!!