Magnus: Sorry for not updating in a long time, but I got an angry boss at work to deal with, and that left me with very little time to write, hopefully his wrath has subdued enough, so I can update sooner next time, so, here goes a new chapter of this story, enjoy, end 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 39
Too Loud
On the 'Forest of Death' floor, three kids were walking, seemingly uncaring about the test, or the dangers of the forest itself, said kids were seemingly unaware of being followed by the genins of the sound, the two boys of this team were almost licking their lips, at the prospect of both an easy victory, and getting some special weapons, the only girl of this team, was trying her best to not soil herself, for she was the only one to notice the most disturbing facts surrounding the Soul Hunters
'All this time, and not a soul to disturb them... not even the wild life...', Kin thought, while trying to take a better sight of her surroundings
'This forest is supposed to be filled with the most deadly...', Kin thoughts were interrupted by the sight of some of the so called deadly inhabitants of the Forest of Death... cowering in fear, just as any animal would do in presence of Death itself, obviously aware of the presence of the Soul Eaters
'This is not going to end well, not at all...', Kin finally thought in despair
Meanwhile, the Shibusen Students were having their own conversation...
"Why can't I go and beat them already?", Black Star asked, he was getting annoyed, Maka, with her ability to see the souls of anyone, detected the genins of the sound, but gave no importance to them, she had a mission to accomplish
"No, let them make the first move, or let them leave, this exam is of no importance or consequence to us, stay focused, we still have to find our target", Maka replied, still scanning the surroundings for a truly evil soul
"How am I supposed to surpass the gods, if I can't attain the tittle of Chunin?!", Black Star whined, while crossing his arms in a very comic way
"I don't think that there are any ninja gods, and how is this tittle supposed to help you in that?", Chrona asked, his voice very shy and insecure, yet his statement was enough to silence Black Star for a moment
'Now, that was a very good one!', Soul said to Maka, who snickered, because sometimes Chrona was able to say smart remarks, even if he didn't know that he was saying them
'He has a point', Tsubaki stated, and this made Black Star see red
"WHO ASKED YOU?!", Black Star finally shouted, while in the trees, the genins of the sound were perplexed, their ears, finely trained to decipher any kind of vibration, caught the words of the weapons, and Dosu and Zaku were now daydreaming on having them
"Did you hear that?!, these weapons can talk!", Zaku stated, while eyeing the scythe, big and powerful, just as he pictured himself
"Indeed, and the way they resonate, it's obvious that they are not only powerful, but also capable of power up our techniques!", Dosu replied, while eyeing the custom kusari-gama, the perfect complement for his gauntlets
"Then what are we waiting for?, let's strike now that they are unaware of our presence!", Kin finally said, the two boys needed no more incentive, and they darted toward the Shibusen students
'I'm sorry, Dosu, I'm sorry for sending you and Zaku to your deaths, but I promise to give you a proper burial, if the soul hunters leave enough of you... or if I survive the crossfire...', Kin finally thought, while following Dosu and Zaku
The seemingly unaware Shubisen students jumped away from the point were they were standing, with the exception of the shy boy, the genins of the sound landed where they were standing, but ignored Chrona, Dosu darted against Black Star, and Zaku against Maka, while Kin kept where she fell... in top of Chrona...
"C-Can y-you s-step a-aside?!", Chrona asked, very stressed, and Kin quickly raised and bowed apologetically
"Sorry!, I didn't intended on that to happen!... you should have moved away... I mean... I...", Kin tried to explain
"You are here to fight for the scroll?... can you just give up please?... I... I don't want to hurt you", Chrona shyly asked, and while this could have been taken as a joke, Kin was actually trembling on fear
"I-I'm not here to fight!, in fact, I'm here to aid you in your mission, look, I'll even give you the scroll of my team!", Kin tried to react fast, gaining the trust of a soul hunter will most likely ensure her survival, the hopeful look in Chrona's eyes was a bright light in Kin's eyes... until a little funny being came out of Chrona's body, and started to pound on his head
"IT'S A TRICK! DON'T FALL FOR IT, AND KILL HER ALREADY!!!", Ragnarok commanded, and Kin almost fainted by the sight, but since that could cost her her life, she decided to play another card
"NO! WAIT! I WORK FOR ANKISETH!!!"
Meanwhile...
Dosu finally caught up with Black Star, and he had to admit, that for someone with a low chakra signature, he was pretty fast, and yet, he had to make a plan to win that weapon, that Kusari-gama
'The perfection of the blades, the chain masterfully crafted, that peaceful vibration, and that tender female voice, I must kill that brat, without scratching that heavenly tool...', Dosu fell in love with that weapon, and he was now obsessed with it
"You surely took long enough to decide to strike, why?, my greateness was scaring you?", Black Star asked to Dosu, who sweat dropped at the comment
"Now I see it clearly, you are unworthy of that weapon, I'll make this quick, I'll kill you so fast that you won't know it, and then I'll take that weapon, and use it to it's full potential", Dosu stated, while getting into his fighting stance, uncovering his gauntlet
"HA!, YOU WON'T EVEN BE ABLE TO LAND A HIT ON ME!!!", Black Star shouted, while getting on his battle stance, holding both ends of Tsubaki on his hands
'Be careful, he is a trained shinobi, he will rely on deception and stealth, unlike any other foe you have faced up to now', Tsubaki warned
"Shinobi or not, he stand no chance against the one who will surpass the gods", Black Star muttered on reply
"Even at the edge of your death you refuse to hear your weapon?, your loss, and my win", Dosu said, just behind Black Star, while activating his sound jutsu, which Black Star barely evaded, but he was not without harm
"What?!... I can't stand straight!", Black Star muttered, doing his best to not fall
"Your speed is meaningless, for my jutsu travels at the speed of sound, even when you can manage to dodge my fist, the sound waves will hit you, and my jutsu will take effect on you, now, do yourself a favor, hand over that weapon, and I'll kill you in a painless way", Dosu offered
"Hand over Tsubaki to you?, not even dead I'll allow that, it seems that I have to take ths seriously, Tsubaki!, Ninja-to mode!", Black Star shouted, morphing Tsubaki into a short ninja blade, and taking a defensive stance
"So, the name of that weapon it's Tsubaki, very fitting, but taking this seriously will only make you suffer, but have it your way", Dosu stated, while taking his stance again, suddenly, he noticed that Black Star presence changed completely, he was not only more serious, but more focused, the rhythm of his heart synchronized with his own, even his breath, making him near impossible to detect, Dosu had to keep his eyes on Black Star, out of fear to lose track of him, and lose the fight for a sudden attack
'Impressive, in just a heartbeat, he changed from a loud idiot, to a experienced ninja, it's almost as if... he was another person...', Dosu thought, while expecting any sudden move from the knucklehead ninja, until in a moment of focus, he saw how Black Star body was falling apart, revealing a young an beautiful girl, with such tender eyes that captivated the sound nin for a moment, too late Dosu caught the deception, Black Star was no longer in front of him, but an entire different person
"BLACK STAR BIG WAVE!!!"
Dosu felt the hit on his back, and his entire body screamed in pain, his chakra being disrupting in a savage way, his soul almost tore apart from his body, and his senses clouded by the immense damage, in a heartbeat, Dosu was down, and unable to do anything besides feeling the horrible pain
"Are you ok, Black Star?", Tsubaki asked to the knucklehead ninja, who was rubbing his ear
"I feel a little weird, but it's nothing to worry about", Black Star replied
"I'm glad to hear that, now let's look for the scroll, and go back to the others", Tsubaki finally proposed
Meanwhile...
Zaku thought that taking the scythe from the girl will be an easy task, he thought that a sweet looking girl like her would be an easy target, he even planned on raping her for a while after stealing the weapon and the scroll, he never thought that said girl would fight with a ferocity that would have scared the most brave of the men... which he wasn't...
"GGAAAHHHHHH!!!!, I SAID I'M SORRY!!!", Zaku shouted, while barely evading the overly-sharp edge of the scythe, he gave up to the idea of hiding behind a tree when said scythe cut in half a solid rock with diabolic easiness
"Give up!, and hand over the scroll!", Maka commanded, without stopping the swings of Soul, her impressive skill with the scythe seemed to improve with every passing second, even when using his full speed, Zaku could tell that the blade was getting closer to his skin with every swing
"I GIVE UP!, BUT I DON'T HAVE THE SCROLL, MY FEMALE COMPANION HAVE IT!", Zaku finally shouted, Soul's edge now caressing the skin on his neck, he could have used his sound canons, but it would have required to charge his chakra, thing that Maka was not allowing
"Fine, I believe you, now go, and don't bother us anymore, next time you will lose something more than your life", Maka warned, she was able to see the evilness of his soul, but it wasn't her target, yet she knew, that he would try to strike again, so, she gave him her back on purpose, while walking toward their original point of departure, where Chrona should be waiting for them
"I will never forgive you for this, bitch!", Zaku wildly said, while quickly charging his sound canons, Maka felt it, so, she prepared to slice the attack with her Majo-Gari, but it wasn't needed, for another figure jumped between the two, receiving the attack full force, but not being moved by it, by the end of the attack, Zaku was looking at the shy boy, standing in front of him as if the attack had been a mere breeze, but the black sword he was holding looked malefic
"What are you?", Zaku asked, unable to understand how a scrawny boy can withstand such a powerful blast
"NOBODY! INSULT! MAKA!", Chrona shouted, his voice now full of anger, and in a sudden move, Zaku found his chest being pierced by the black sword, it was over, this was a deadly hit, but Chrona was far from done, and the malefic shadow on his eyes was a terrifying proof of this
"Screech Omega", Chrona muttered, and then he opened his mouth for a great scream, but no sound was heard, even the sounds of the surroundings died, yet, the power of his technique was a cruel vision to behold, his body, along with everything else on a radius of 20 ft, became a blur, Zaku's body, the plants, the wild life, and even the rocks on that area, were turned to fine dust due to the massive power of his screech, which destroyed the molecular unions of everything on his range of effect, his most powerful technique, while everything out of the 20 ft, had to withstand a powerful blast, that was felt even on the forest tower
"And I... was about to... being attacked... by that?!...", Kin muttered, just to faint of terror, avoiding any questions from Maka, who was still shielding her ears
"Yeah, I know, it's terrifying the first time you see it... and any other time afterwards...", Maka stated, while looking at the mass destruction
"Perhaps kissing him that time was not the brightest of the ideas?", Maka muttered to herself, remembering that this attack was born out of Chrona's need to have a way to defend her, other than using his body as a shield
'Nope, not your brightest idea... ever', Soul replied, Chrona was already a deadly opponent to face, this technique just made him a big NO on the list of foes to face, the only good thing, was that Chrona was still a shy little puppy
"Maka!, I think I overdid it again!, I don't know what to do!", Chrona nearly cried, making Maka sweat drop
On another part of the forest...
Neji and Tenten were currently carrying the unconscious body of the last Uchiha, who out of cowardice handed their scroll over to weird looking shinobi of the grass, Neji and Tenten fought bravely against such foe, but in the end, it proved to be too much for them...
"I still can't believe that this idiot handed over our scroll, now we have to hunt for the two of them!", Tenten shouted, if only they didn't needed him to complete this part of the test, she'll kill him in the spot
"I really hope that that bite really hurts... or that he dies for the infection after we complete this part of the exam...", Neji finally muttered, and Tenten snickered at the memory, how Sasuke screamed like a girl when the shinobi pierced his neck with his fangs, none of them noticing the weird mark that appeared on the neck of the emo ninja
Later that day...
Dosu was still in agony, his body barely able to breath, whatever Black Star did to him, overloaded his chakra system, burning it entirely, he was at the verge of death, and the black figures in front of him seemed to confirm this
"Yes, Dosu, you are about to die, in a very slow and painfully way, but it does not need to end this way, you can live, and fight again, gaining limitless power, if you chose to serve me", Minato spoke, his distorted voice drilled into Dosu's soul, but it wasn't an option, it was a lack of options, so, the sound nin took the ring, and with the last of his strength, he put it on his finger, soon, he raised from the ground, no more pain, no more suffering, no more Dosu, but a Wraith, the last one
"YES! NOW WE ARE COMPLETE! WE WILL RIDE ON THE WINGS OF DOOM AGAIN! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!", Minato's laughter was diabolical by itself, but this time, the other eight wraiths joined him, scaring to the death anything nearby enough to hear them, being it wild life or shinobies, something horrible was bound to happen, and the only one to blame was The Ancient One
Magnus: Well, I hope you liked it, next chapter will include Gaara in a new outfit, impersonating my favorite wrestler THE UNDERTAKER!!!