Magnus: Here goes the beginning of a series of epic battles, and some bashing battles too, feel free to suggest any match you feel that is needed, but mind you, some are already fixed to happen, anyway, enjoy, ad 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 rest of the OCs belong to me
Chapter 41
Battle Tower Part 1
On a room at the tower of the Forest of Death, a series of chunins and jounins were watching the monitors, that showed the groups of genins that were arriving, as well as those who already where there, some of the images shown were pretty normal, with bruised and tired genins, some injured ones, others taking a nap that made them look like dead, but other monitors showed something terrifying, a set of genins, with not even a scratch, or the mark of sweat, thing that was impossible even for a jounin, considering all the dangers of the forest
"These kids are scary", one of the chunins stated, while looking at the monitors
"What is scary?", Asuma asked, since he was there to look after his team, along with the other jounin senseis
"Look, these three teams, without a scratch... also, all of them got at the tower in record time...", The chunin stated, clearly unnerved, while pointing at team 7, team Shibusen, and team Suna
"And that's scary because?", Stein asked, his boring expression told volumes of what he was used to do, and that made the other senseis nervous
"Don't tease them, Mr. Screw, their teams are just normal to average genins, not demon hunters, demon kings, angels or gods, let them deal with the normality of the shinobi world", Anko teased, although most of the reunited there would have loved if she hadn't said anything at all
"Freaks, that's what these kids are, freaks, I mean, what kind of shinobi uses a scythe now days?, I mean, a Kusari-gama it's ok, or a katana, even specializing on hand to hand combat, but a scythe?, is just as weird and freaky as a gun!", Kakashi voiced his displeasure, earning the looks of the other jounins, Stein included, who was giving some turns to his screw
"Hatake, give us a good reason to not kick you to your death", Kurenai demanded, with the passage of the days and missions, Kakashi has become quite unpopular, mostly for his habit of demoralizing anything that was clearly greater than his beloved last Uchiha
"OH NO! SASUKE!", Kakashi screamed, and ran away, the jounins looked a the monitor, where they were able to see the reason of Kakashi's worry
"It's just me, or does Chicken-Butt-hair-Emo-King looks as if he was raped by a large group of idiots?", Anko asked aloud making everyone laugh, even the Shibusen teacher, who knew very little of the Shinobi affairs
Meanwhile...
What started like a conversation between Naruto and Gaara, turned now a group conversation, for the Shibusen team joined, and this brought the others to talk too
"So, Lee, eerrrr... it's ok if I call you Lee?... errr.... I don't know how to deal with this...", Chrona babbled, trying to start a conversation with the over-muscled boy, who actually found him quite amusing
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!, YOU ARE SO FUNNY!", Lee boomed, and then gave a playful slap on the back of the meek boy, earning a small yelp of pain
"Hey!, who are you supposed to be cosplaying?, I mean, all in black, long trench coat... and a hat?, that looks like overdoing it!", Black Star shouted to Gaara, who didn't take it kindly, and in a heart beat, he covered the hyperactive ninja with sand, in a non lethal move
"Your silence will be highly appreciated, thank you", Gaara said to the sand covered assassin technician
"So, Maka-san, Have you found what you were looking for?", Naruto asked to the leader of the team, who gave him a friendly smile
"Not in the way we expected, but thank you for asking, we found our informant, and she told us to keep on the exam, that he will appear here during a special part in this tower, also he will attack during the last part of the exam, of course, we hope to put an end to him before that happens, anyway, thank you and your father for the help given", Maka replied, in a very kind voice, unlike the way she bark her orders
"There is nothing to thank, by the way, here comes another group... hey!, look at that, Sasuke looks like he has been dragged from the very entrance!, what happened?, did he trip with a nut?", Naruto asked to the two groups entering, his mocking voice was clearly appreciated by Neji and Tenten
"In fact, a little beyond the door, anyway, it wasn't a nut, but a shinobi of the grass", Neji replied
"Yeah, but that shinobi was nuts!, he bite Sasuke in the neck!, not that I care for his safety, but that gave me the creeps!, for a moment I thought he was to introduce his tongue on his mouth!", Tenten freaked out, and Neji shivered at the memory, and this helped to prevent anyone to notice that Lee and Kabuto were in the middle of a eye fight, with Kabuto clearly losing, until Kakashi arrived, preventing a massive disaster
"SASUKE!, WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?", Kakashi demanded, and Kabuto saw it as the perfect chance to start his plan
"Hatake-sensei!, I'm afraid that this is worse than normal injuries, I'm afraid that Orochimaru is the responsible, and he may have done something to his chakra system, I'll take him to the infirmary, while you give the alert, I'll be waiting, so he is not left unwarded", Kabuto said with what seemed to be a very concerned voice, yet Lee couldn't help but to growl on his direction
"Thank you, Kabuto, I'll go inform the Hokage, and I'll be shortly at the infirmary", Kakashi replied, while shunshining away, Kabuto quickly took Sasuke on his shoulders, and made his way toward the infirmary
"Uhmm... Maka, don't you think we should check what was that?, I mean... what happened to that boy?... errrr...", Chrona tried to formulate, but had trouble dong it, although the being living inside him had much less patience than the other Shibusen students, so he made his way out, freaking more than one with his presence and appearance
"Stop babbling!, if you can't say two words straight, then I'll do it!, hey!, you pigtailed bossy girl, move your butt and go and check that loser!, if he was attacked by Orochi-whatever he is called, then you can track him easier with whatever he has done to him, do it, so I can go home early!", Ragnarok voiced, much to Chrona's embarrassment, and to Maka's displeasure
"Don't disrespect me!, MAKA CHOP!", Maka yelled, making a thick book appear out of nowhere, and hitting Ragnarok with it, and, as collateral damage, Chrona too was hit
"OUCH!", Chrona whined, and Maka promptly apologized in a well practiced scene
At the top of the tower, in the Hokage's provisional chambers...
"So, let me get this right, Orochimaru has come to the village...", Hiruzen Sarutobi stated, and Kakashi simply nodded
"And he has put one of his cursed seals on Sasuke...", Sarutobi continued, and Kakashi nodded furiously
"And you haven't killed the brat because?", Sarutobi asked in a bored voice
"But Hokage-sama!, we can't kill the last Uchiha!, we can't simply banish from our village one of the most powerful clans and Kekke Genkais!, it would be a transgression to Obito!", Kakashi suddenly ranted
"Now this is rich, the first time I order something logical and proper of the situation, and I'm told to not do so, HA!, first it was Anko-chan, the poor little girl who got enticed by my traitor of a student, Orochimaru, All the council and the jounins of that time claimed for her death while I decided to give her a chance, yet to this day, all of you still look at her as if she would back stab all of us at any given second...", Sarutobi started, yet Kakashi couldn't help but to intervene
"But, Hokage-sama, she CAN back stab us at any given chance, more now that she has become a...", Kakashi started, but got cut off
"SILENCE!... then we have Naruto, at least Anko was a genin by the time all of you ambushed her and tried to destroy her in every way possible, but Naruto?, he was a mere child, unable to defend himself, unable to do another thing but to curl up and take the beating, and you all yelled for his death!, thanks to that merchant, he grew to be a great boy, able to face up anything, I don't want to imagine how wrong he would have turned if he hadn't had someone like Ankiseth to watch over him, he could have been a prankster, or he could have been manipulated by the fox inside of him!", The Hokage voiced, anger getting the best of him
"But he has proved to be the Kyuubi!, I saw it with my eyes, the nine tails in the form of shadows, and Anko is nothing but his puppet!, and to make it even worst, he has corrupted one of the Hyugas!, and what is the great thing about that merchant?, he has refused to aid the worthy Uchiha in becoming the strongest shinobi!", Kakashi near yelled, he was tired of this, he just couldn't take that his beloved student would be thrown out of the Shinobi path, where others were given another chance
"Pray tell me, why is the Uchiha so worthy, what has he done to deserve my finest artifacts, what has he endured to deserve everything in the world?", Ankiseth asked, coming out of the shadows, and while Kakashi was shocked by his sudden appearance, Sarutobi was quite unfazed
"I'll tell you this, I'm going to give him the chance you so much ask for, but you must make sure to seal whatever Orochimaru put on him, and if he ever tries to betray MY village, I'll make sure to send the most merciless hunters after him", Sarutobi stated in a cold voice, and Kakashi left immediately, ha had to make sure that Sasuke was fine, and make sure to seal the mark of Orochimaru
Dead line for the second part of the exam, battle arena of the tower...
In the great hall, that looked like a battle arena, all the teams that managed to complete the test, were reunited, Team 7, fresh and smiling, Tam 8, Bruised, and looking very unnerved due to the presence of Gaara, Team 9, with a just recently sealed Sasuke, who looked really pissed off, and Team 10, who looked really battered, also, Kabuto and his team, slightly worked up, Team Shibusen, whose members were looking to every corner, as if searching for an unaware prey, and Team Suna, none of them harmed, but Temari and Kankuro were still trembling in fear, due to the proximity of their younger brother, all of them stood there for a little longer, until their senseis and the Hokage appeared in a balcony, from where they greeted the genins
"Genins, I'm pleased to inform you that all of you passed the second part of the test!", Sarutobi voiced, and all the genins started to cheer up
"Ha!, piece of cake!, I told you, we were bound to pass this!", Black Star boomed, and Maka and Chrona couldn't help but to smile
"Troublesome... at least we can go home and rest...", Shikamaru said, still holding his wounded body, even when Hinata managed to hel him greatly, the wound was still hurting, as if going deeper
"I think we need a nice party to celebrate this moment", Naruto stated with mischievous smirk
"AYE!, with lots of food, and joyful music!", Lee stated happily
"And a nice quality time after the party!", Reiko joined him
"A VERY nice quality time", Hinata muttered suggestively
"Unfortunately...", Sarutobi started, gaining a massive 'Oh Crap!' from all the genins
"Ahem!, Unfortunately, we didn't expected too many genins to pass this part, so, in order to continue this accordingly to the usual numbers, we'll proceed to start an elimination match, this time, teams do not matter, you will fight for yourselves alone, and even against your own teammates... anyone who does not feel ready or fit for this, rise your hands, so we can escort you to a resting area, for you will have fight immediately", the Hokage stated, and the genins started to murmur, the first to rise a hand, was Kabuto
"I'm sorry, but since the beginning, I felt bad, and I'm quite sure I won't do any good by trying to fight today", with that, Kabuto was escorted by two ANBUs, his smirk only grew as he felt Lee getting angry, the next to rise a hand, was Ino
"I can't take it anymore, I need a bath, new clothes, and I'm far too tired, I'm sorry...", Ino apologized, and soon was escorted out, the next was Chouji
"I can't stay here any longer, I have no more energy, and I'm starving...", Chouji stated, but to the surprise of everyone, Shikamaru decided to stay
"Anyone else?", Sarutobi asked, and when no one else raised a hand, he continued
"Very well then, come to the second level, and wait until your names are displayed in the screens, the battles will be selected in a random style, without further words for you... good luck!", Sarutobi finished, and soon the genins reunited with their senseis, all of them looked expectantly at the screen, where their names started to spin madly, as if it were a Russian roulette game, after what seemed to be an eternity, it stopped, and the first two names were now readable
Chrona vs Sakura Haruno
Meanwhile, in the shadows of the arena...
"This is getting interesting, isn't it, Kin-chan?", Ankiseth asked to the girl at his side, no longer a hitai-ate, and no longer dressed as a kunoichi, but as a french maid
"Yes, Master", Kin replied, her smile, while creepy, looked sincere, unfortunately, today she was more deadly than during her time in the village of the sound, such are the servants of the Ancient One
Magnus: There ya go, now that you know who will be the first to battle, it's up to you to guess the victor, so, se ya in next chapter!