"This is Konoha's 44th training field. Or as we like to call it, The Forest of Death," Anko aid making all the genin gulp at the next portion of the exam. Naruto and his team seemed shaken by it, but not as much as Sasuke and Sakura were. It was weird to the blonde that Sai seemed to be indifferent about it, but he didn't pay too much attention to it.
"So what do we have to do?" Naruto asked wanting Anko to stop with the mind games and get to the point of these exams. Anko turned towards Naruto and gave a grin while she took a toothpick that had held her dango on it. She then threw a kunai at Naruto and grazed his cheek making the blonde narrow his eyes at her as she appeared behind him and licked his blood.
"I always did like brats like you. You're usually the ones who die the fast," Anko said with a grin. She looked to see most of the genin freaking out and she felt that she got her desired reaction until she heard Naruto snicker at her.
"And it's usually people like you who underestimate people like me that die the fastest," Naruto said to her. Anko raised an eyebrow and Naruto pointed to a kunai he had at her waist. The Snake Mistress narrowed her eyes at the blonde before smiling.
"Well at least one team has some guts," Anko said slapping Naruto on the back. It was then that both Naruto and Anko took it a kunai and twirled around to meet a woman who was behind Anko with one hell of a tongue. Anko's kunai was aimed at the woman's jugular and Naruto's kunai was aimed at her lower abdomen.
"Sorry I just wanted to return your kunai," she said and Anko grinned with a nod.
"Oh, well thank you, but don't sneak up on me or I'll kill you," Anko said and the woman nodded. Naruto however narrowed his eyes at the woman. He felt something off about her. Something so evil and vile that it could almost rival Kyuubi when she was pissed off.
"Naruto-kun, stay away from her. That person is evil. Her chakra is so vile for a human!" Kyuubi stated and Naruto took note of that. Anko and the women left his spot and Karui, Omoi, and Samui regroup with Naruto.
"Man that lady is crazy," Karui said and Naruto had to nod along with Omoi and Samui.
"Yeah, she's even crazier than you. And unlike you, she had a better bust," Omoi said before Karui bonked him on the head along with Naruto. The redhead then smiled at her surrogate little brother. Samui simply smirked while Omoi rubbed the two lumps on his head.
"Man,I thought you two were gonna put me in a coma," Omoi said making the three sweatdrop. It was then that Naruto remembered what Kyuubi told him and the blonde wanted to quickly inform his teammates.
"Guys, you see that woman over there?" Naruto asked pointing to the same one he and Anko encountered a few minutes ago. Omoi, Samui, and Karui looked at her for a second and nodded.
"Yeah what's up?" Omoi asked. Naruto narrowed his eyes while looking at the woman.
"Kyuubi said to stay away from her. She's trouble for anyone," Naruto told them. Samui instantly widened her eyes along with Omoi and Karui. Not many things could warrant a bijuu's attention and if something did, then it was best to really stay away from it for good.
"Well then, let's hope we don't run into her. I think that snake lady's explaining the rules now. Let's pay attention," Samui said and everyone nodded. They turned back to Anko who was still explaining the rules.
"Alright, you will all be going inside here. For five days, you must survive in the wilderness and try to make it to the center of the tower with one of these," Anko said holding up a scroll that said 'Heaven'. Everyone glanced at the scroll and Anko continued.
"However that not all you'll be doing. Each team will take one scroll of these Heaven and Earth scrolls. How do you pass this part of the exam? Well you are gonna fight for them. Too the death if you must. This is the only way to pass. Oh and word of warning. DON'T open these until you reach the tower. But before the fun starts, you must sign these wavers," Anko said getting two chunin to pass them out.
"What are these?" someone asked and Anko grinned.
"Oh, well they state that should you die Konoha is not responsible for it. It's used to avoid war between the villages," Anko replied and all the genin nodded and signed the forms, but it was then that one from Kiri saw the four Kumo genin and pointed at them.
"What about them? It's unfair that they have more people than we do," one of them said an soon a lot of the other examinees complained also. Anko sighed and looked at Naruto's team.
"Their special. One of them will get a different scroll from the others and that person must find another scroll. Now stop complaining and get ready!" Anko yelled and everyone returned to signing their sheets. Naruto and his team sighed that they had more work, but didn't complain as they signed their sheets. It all generally took about 10 minutes and once Anko had all the forms, everyone arrived at one designated gate entrance and waited for the time to start.
"So what formation are we going with?" Omoi asked holding an Earth scroll. Karui and Samui had turned to Naruto since he was generally the more experienced one of the four. Naruto glanced at them all and then he smirked.
"For one, let's have Samui-oneechan hold onto the scroll. Karui-oneechan, Omoi and I will be in a triangle shape around her. I'll take the front and you two take the two base points. Unless the situation demands it, we won't change that formation," Naruto told them. The three Kumo genin nodded with his instructions and simply waited while Samui placed the scroll in her pouch.
After about five minutes, the gates bursted open and all the genin rushed into the forest. When everyone passed, the gates closed sealing their fates and Anko leaned on one of them.
"Well time to hear the screams of the gaki when they find out what's in store for them," Anko said and simply leaned on the gates before slumping to the ground. She then heard three screams and quietly drifted off to sleep.
"Music to my ears," Anko thought and went to sleep next to the dangerous training ground.
With Naruto and his team
As were Naruto's instructions, the group was traveling in a diamond formation through the forested area at a fast pace and so far they hadn't encountered any of the 'dangerous' things in the forest, but they were about to underestimate the place just cause they hadn't seen anything.
Pretty soon, the four stopped and Naruto already saw one group of Kiri genin. He smirked as the odds were in his teams favor. If they had his team's opposite scroll then they would fight and if they had the opposite of Naruto's Earth scroll then they would fight. It was a win-win situation, but the blonde was going to be cautious just in case.
"Alright then. Samui-neechan you stay back. Karui-oneechan, Omoi, and I will handle this one," Naruto told her. Samui sighed, but nodded and hid behind a tree as Naruto, Karui and Omoi grabbed their swords and waited for the right time to strike. The three genin were all discussing their plans for anyone they encountered and it was funny that they were being stalked at this very moment.
With a swift handsign as a morse code, Naruto relayed his instructions to Karui and Omoi. The two nodded and all three jumped off the trees and landed on the ground surprising the hell out of the three Kiri genin. Naruto clutched his sword tightly and walked towards the three.
"Alright we can do this the easy way, the hard way, or the extreme way. Pick now," Naruto said to them. Karui grinned and Omoi sighed, but didn't say anything.
"Please like you could match up to us. We're the top genin of Kumo and mind telling us what scroll you have, cause we might have to hurt you," one of them said while the others grinned. Naruto reached through his pouch and pulled out his Earth scroll.
"So what do you Kiri guys have?" Naruto asked and the Kiri shinobi smirked and took out another Earth scroll.
"Well looks like you Kumo brats have it lucky. We don't have to fight each other," the lead genin said with a grin. Naruto raised an eyebrow at turned to Karui and Omoi, but grinned and Naruto turned back around.
"Well that's all good for me, but for them it isn't. See, you have the scroll my team needs to pass. I'm simply the extra in the group so if you would be so kind as to had it over and not fight, I would really appreciate it," Naruto told them. Suddenly the Kiri genin smirked and each of them drew a sword.
"Well that's a shame. Looks like you won't be leaving her if your other teammate has what we need," the lead genin said and Naruto smirked. Big mistake on their part.
"Well then it looks like we're goin' kenjutsu today dattebayo," Naruto said taking out his dual sword. Applying chakra to his feet, the blonde shot towards the genin group. Karui and Omoi quickly went after them also as everyone got ready for a fight. Naruto and the genin clashed with their swords as the sparks flew from their weapons. They were both in a dual against each other, but the blonde had been trained by Bee. Who would Naruto be if he couldn't take something like this?
Naruto and the genin backed up while the leader threw three kunai at the blonde. Naruto did a quickstep and moved out of the line of fire before taking out a shuriken and threw it at the genin. The genin smirked as he dodged it with ease, but what he failed to notice was the raiton current running through Naruto hand as the blonde connected the chakra to the shuriken. Using it like a whip, the blonde was able to pull it over his head and snapped it at the genin making the genin dodge around the blond like it was a dance. When Naruto released the raiton whip, he charged back at the Kiri genin who was doing handsigns fast and Naruto cursed his luck of being in such a dense area so he knew it would be hard to avoid. It was then Naruto wished he had a Doton affinity, but sadly that wasn't the case. So he had to improvise. Naruto looked at his swords in hi hand and suddenly grinned.
"It's still experimental, but I'll try it out," Naruto thought as he gripped his swords tightly. He could only hope this worked and that he managed to keep it to a controllable size of power
Meanwhile, Karui and Omoi were dealing with their own opponents rather easily. They had been on a few C-ranks so they could deal with genin like this. Karui easily knocked the girl out with the blunt of her sword and so did Omoi. Both sighed and sheathed their swords.
"Well that was fun I guess. I got Otouto's scroll. I think he's still fighting though," Omoi said and the two quickly ran back to meet up with Naruto to see if their comrade needed any help.
"Suiton: Daisuiryuudan no Jutsu( Water Release: Great Water Dragon Jutsu)," The genin yelled and a larger than normal water dragon roared through the forest and launched itself at Naruto. Said blonde focused all his raiton chakra into one of his swords and made the other blaze with katon chakra. The blonde breathed deeply and held his swords out at full arms length.
"Raiton: Rasenryu Tatsumaki( Lighting Release: Spiraling Dragon Tornado)," Naruto yelled as he began to spin violently. The water dragon reached Naruto, but it stopped when Naruto's entire form was cover in a blend of spiraling fire and lighting. Due to the pressure of the two natures against the one water dragon, it was easily repelled and the blonde kept on spinning until as the technique roared out scaring the Kiri genin as the blonde neared him, however before Naruto could finish his attack, he was stopped by Karui and Omoi.
"Naruto we got the scroll. You can stop now," Omoi said, but Naruto kept spinning.
"No I can't dattebayo," Naruto said as he neared the genin, who was starting to cower. Karui and Omoi gasped and using their raiton affinities, they drained Naruto's jutsu of it's raiton nature and the blonde slowly stopped spinning. His sword was only inches away from the Kiri genin's throat before he stopped.
"Well that was close," Naruto said making everyone sweatdrop. Naruto soon got up and turned back to the genin.
"Well we'll be going now. Thanks for the scroll," Naruto said as he and his team left the field.
The three regrouped to a tree where Samui was and Karui handed the scroll to Naruto. The blonde thanked his surrogate sister and placed it into his pouch.
"Thanks Nee-chan. I really need this. Now we can work on you guys and your scroll," Naruto told them. Karui, Omoi, and Samui nodded and dashed through the trees to find their next target.
As the four raced through the trees, Karui turned to Naruto with a rather puzzled look.
"Ne otouto, what was that jutsu you used awhile ago?" Karui asked. Omoi and Samui turned to Naruto wanting the same question answered and the blonde sighed while rubbing the back of his head.
"Oh that. Well that was a new raiton jutsu I'm in the process of making. It was still in the experimental stage so I had my doubts about using it. As you saw, I can't keep the pace steady enough to stop spinning. I would've stopped if I could, but the force was making me turn too much," Naruto said and he had the three of them staring at hum before Karui stopped jumping the tree branches and began to shake Naruto in a violent fashion.
"You made a new jutsu and you didn't show it to me?" Karui asked shaking Naruto while the blonde was trying to explain himself, but due to the strangling he couldn't. Samui and Omoi soon stopped Karui from killing her brother and Naruto gasped on the air that he needed.
"Alright first. It's not complete, it's experimental. I was going to show you when I was done with it," Naruto said and Karui blushed in embarrassment. It had become a custom for Team Jinchuuriki to show their latest moves to the group and anyone not doing so was set to spend three hours alone with Bee and his rapping. It was a fate worse than death. Omoi could testify to that.
"Well then, can we go now? We still have to get our other scroll. I'd rather not spend the night out here if I don't need to," Samui told them. Naruto, Karui and Omoi nodded in agreement and the four continued running.
A few hours later
"I wonder where anyone else is? You think some people died by now?" Omoi asked as it was a little too quiet. They had been running for about three hours and not one sign of a team since the Kiri shinobi that they took down. It was a little creepy.
"Omoi's right. You'd think we would see someone by now. Maybe more people died than we thought," Karui said suggesting her own idea of the lack of people. It was then that Naruto stopped for a second and looked at a tree. He touched it and narrowed his eyes.
"Karui-neechan, Samui-neechan slash this tree. Omoi and I will slash another one," Naruto told them. Everyone gave a confused look, but did so as they swiped the trees. Before they could asked what it was about, Naruto shot off and the three went after him. Naruto kept running and running for a few minutes, but then he stopped the same tree that he and Omoi slashed and the same one his two sister slashed also. The blonde abruptly stopped and the other had finally caught up to him.
"Otouto, what's the matter? Why are we still running? And why did you have us slash that tree?" Samui asked and Naruto smirked before a chuckle escaped his lips. It was so obvious now. Naruto could almost berate himself, but Kyuubi, playfully, did that for him making the blonde pout slightly.
"We're in a genjutsu. I noticed some of the familiar things more than once. I'm not good with genjutsu so I wasn't sure what I was doing, but now I know. Whoever did this is a very good genjutsu caster to get by Samui-neechan since she's the best out of the four of us at detecting genjutsu," Naruto told them. Everyone widened their eyes at Naruto's revelation and instantly they put their hands together.
"KAI," They yelled and pretty soon the forest faded and they were in the middle of an area still surrounded with trees. Everyone sighed in relief, but it stopped when they all dodged three kunai that were aimed at them. Soon three figures came out of the trees and stood before Naruto and his team.
"Well I didn't think that they would figure out my genjutsu," a girl said and two male teammates appeared.
"You should've done a higher one then. Well it doesn't matter. Looks like today is our lucky day, we get to bring the Yondaime's son's head to our Tsuchikage-sama. We'll be more than appreciated when he finds out that we killed our village's number one hated enemy's son," One of the boy said. Naruto raised an eyebrow at them as he knew this would be coming, but he didn't expect it so damn early.
"Well, I'm not dying anytime soon, but if you want my scroll, you'll have to take it," Naruto said with a devious grin. Samui, Omoi, and Karui grinned and reached for their swords while the Iwa genin stood in a formation.
"Oh we plan to take it from you and enjoy killing you in the process," The girl said before Karui cracked her knuckles.
"Sorry, but your not harming one hair on my Otouto's head. You'll sooner did before I let that happen," Karui said to them. The three genin chuckled at her and quickly grabbed their kunai.
"So the Yondaime had another kid. Well, we get to kill two now. How much fun is this?" One of them said as they charged Karui. Said redhead also ran at the Iwa genin and their weapons clashed. Karui gritted her teeth at the female genin as the two dueled it out. It was then that the genin pivoted her foot for Karui's face, but the redhead saw it coming and shifted her stance to block the kick with her other foot. It was then that the two male genin got into the fight also and charged at Naruto. However, before the blonde could react Omoi and Samui came between them with their own swords. The two guys glared at the them for blocking their target while Naruto went through some handsigns, but was stopped by Samui.
"Little brother, you stay back this time and let us handle this," Samui said and Naruto reluctantly nodded. The blonde backed up into the trees and watched his teammates fight. He wondered if Samui was feeling a bit frustrated having not participated in the last fight.
"Hmph trying to protect the spawn of the Yondaime? Please bitch, your goin' down," The male genin said to Samui. It was then that Naruto, Omoi, and Karui gulped. There are many things a person shouldn't do in the world. They shouldn't use kinjutsu, they should seal tailed beasts inside of people and they sure as hell DON'T call Samui a bitch.
It was then that Samui's eyes grew cold and she stared at the Iwa genin. With a simple step of her foot Samui used amazing speed and got around the genin before hitting him square in the back and sent the Iwa genin flying. His teammates gasped at the hit their male teammate took, but that was their mistake as they took their eyes off Karui and Omoi. Both genin managed to get behind the two genin and unleashed a fury of fluid strikes and slashes. To Naruto's view, even though they were apart from each other, Omoi and Karui seemed to be...dancing with each other. It always astounded him at the teamwork him, Samui, Omoi, and Karui could do. When Yugito had seen how they fought with kenjutsu she said it felt like she was watching a performance of experienced dancers in fluid motion.
"You should never take your eyes off your opponent," Omoi said slammed the genin in the back, but he saw a smirk as the genin turned to stone and disintegrated into the ground.
"Tsuchi Bunshin?" Omoi asked and suddenly three large spikes were headed for him. Omoi gasped when he saw them coming for him, bit he didn't back down and went through his own handsigns. His sword coursed in raiton chakra as he pulled it behind him. The cackling of his sword grew louder as he slammed it into the ground.
"Raiton: Raiga Otoshi (Lighting Release: Liger Drop)," Omoi yelled and the cracks in the ground started to break as the area around him was covered in a lightning wall that saved him from the spikes.
"Whew that was close. Those things might sent me all the way back to Kumo if I let them hit me," Omoi said to himself before seeing the Iwa genin emerged from the forest.
"Not bad Kumo trash. Now then let's continue," the genin said and Omoi sighed as he rubbed the back of his head with a sigh.
"Well it's already over. My jutsu did more than just stop your attack," Omoi said and the genin scoffed. He then went through his hand signs for an earth jutsu, but it wouldn't come and Omoi grinned.
"I was able to neutralize the properties of the earth so for a good three minutes, you can't use any Doton jutsus," Omoi said charging at the genin who was still shocked. It was then that Omoi slammed the genin in his stomach knocking him out.
"Too slow," He said and then proceeded to check the genin's clothes. He smirked as he pulled out an earth scroll.
"Okay, we have our scroll. Now we can leave, just as...soon...as-uhhh," Omoi stared at the other two genin. One was simply knocked out and the other looked like he was beat an inch within his life. Karui and Samui grinning at each other. Naruto in the meanwhile was slightly trembling while he sweatdropped.
"Kami-sama I promise never to make Samui-oneechan or Karui-oneechan mad. EVER!" Naruto yelled and Kyuubi was laughing at the blonde Kumo genin.
"Your such a chicken Naruto-kun," Kyuubi said while laughing. Naruto narrowed his eyes at her before giving a devious grin of his own.
"I don't want to hear that from the woman who got trapped inside me because she was too weak-willed to not be controlled," Naruto said and Kyuubi abruptly stopped laughing.
"One time. You slip-up one time and no one forgets it," Kyuubi said with a sigh. Naruto chuckled with a nod. Soon Samui, Karui and Omoi appeared next to him.
"Alright we have our scroll. Can we please go now? It's getting dark and I'm tired of fighting? Omoi said to them. Naruto chuckled with a nod and the three Kumo genin shot off for the central tower not seeing any other reason for staying in the forest.
"How long have we been out here anyway?" Karui asked and everyone seemed to be thinking about it for a bit.
"I don't know how long we were in that genjutsu, but it must have been quite some time since the sun is going down. We should hurry up and get there. I'm sure that Suna team has already made it there. Something felt off about that guy with the gourd on his back," Samui said and everyone nodded, but didn't ponder it long.
Thanks to Samui's natural skills at navigation, the team made was making good time as far as they could tell and continued to race through the trees. Naruto had asked Kyuubi to tell him if they were ever in a genjutsu and his tenant did so. So far, they were fine and hadn't met another team and they were happy for that, but then the team stopped when they saw someone on a tree branch passed out.
"Hey guys wait a second. Look over there," Omoi said and what they saw surprised them. It was their proctor for this part of the exam, Anko Mitarashi. She looked badly injured and she could hardly stay on her feet. The four genin ran to her aid and quickly scouted out if an enemy was nearby.
"Mitarashi-san are you alright?" Naruto asked as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Anko winced at the pain in her shoulder, but lifted up her head to see who was talking to her. She noticed the blonde hair and the Kumo headband. It was the Gaki she had met those hours ago back at the gates.
"Hey Gaki, I'm alright. A little worse for wear, but I'm fine," Anko said struggling to her feet, but she slumped back down and Naruto narrowed his eyes at the jonin.
"Guys, can you sense anyone near us?" Naruto asked them. Karui, Omoi, and Samui shook their heads and Naruto sighed. He turned back to Anko and looked at her injuries.
"Samui-oneechan, how far are we from the tower?" Naruto asked. Samui looked at the dense forest for a bit and thought back to how long they had been running.
"I'd say about half an hour, maybe forty-five minutes," Samui replied. Naruto nodded and he then grabbed Anko and flew her over his back in a piggyback ride. Anko stuttered with a small blush and Naruto grinned.
"Well we can't leave you like this. We'll just drop you off at the tower," Naruto told her. Anko looked at the others who were smiling at her and she sighed.
"Not a word of this to anyone," Anko said with a glare. Everyone nodded and they proceeded to rush through the trees again. They were lucky that everyone else was still fighting so they managed to get by undetected. It only took about an hour for them to make it to the tower since they were going at a slower pace, but they all made it and Naruto set Anko on the ground easily.
"So Mitarashi-san who did this to you anyway?" Naruto asked. Anko's face cringed when he asked her that and she balled her fists until they bled a little. Everyone was generally shocked at her rage, but then she gritted her answer through her teeth like she was trying to control her anger.
"Orochimaru," Anko seethed making the four genin widen their eyes. Every great nation knew about Orochimaru. He was one of the few 'Approach with Extreme Caution' record in the bingo book. Both Bee and Yugito talked with their team about dangers like him and to run as soon as could. Everyone in their group knew their limits. Granted underestimation was a good thing for them, it wasn't that good.
"He's in the Chunin exams? That's not good. I wonder what he wants," Samui said while everyone pondered it for a second. It did baffle them, but then they realized that they still had their portion of the exam to win.
"Well let's go inside. We can get Anko-san some help once we're done here," Omoi said and everyone agreed with him. Naruto went to grab Anko, but the Snake Mistress lifted her hand up.
"I'm fine now Gaki. I can make it back on my own. Thanks I guess," Anko said as she walked inside the tower. Naruto and the others grinned and walked inside. When they finally got inside they took out their scrolls and finally opened them. It was still dark outside so they were all dead tired. They placed them all on the floor and suddenly there were two big poofs. Everyone covered their eyes and waited for the smoke to dispel. When it did it revealed Bee and Yugito to the group of shocked genin.
"Alright you guys did it. And in eight hours to. It's a shame your not the first, but oh well," Yugito said to the still stunned genin.
"What are you guys doing here?" Karui asked. Yugito and Bee smiled at her question.
"When ya got da scrolls, when Dey are opened, we they teleported," Bee rapped making everyone sweatdrop and still they didn't know what the hell he was talking about so Yugito translated.
"Basically when you reached to tower and opened the scrolls, we were summoned here to know that you passed. And you did it! Now you just have to wait for the others to show up and then you can begin the next portion. You've got four days to rest so spend them wisely," Yugito told them. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief at the word 'rest'.
"Wait, if we're second then who's first?" Naruto asked. Karui, Omoi, and Samui turned to them looking for the answer also.
"Well the Suna team made it here in four hours. Their resting also," Yugito replied. Naruto narrowed his eyes at that information, but was too tired to do anything for today.
"Oh Yugito-chan, you and Bee should got to Hokage-Jiji. Apparently...Orochimaru is here," Naruto said to them. Yugito widened her eyes while Bee narrowed his own, but through his glasses no one could tell.
"He's here? I wonder why. Well whatever it is, it can't be good. Thanks we'll go to the Hokage later. Now then, you guys rest. You must all be tired. There's some food in the room where you'll be staying. We'll check on you later," Yugito said as she and Bee poofed out of the room leaving the four genin inside.
"Sigh, this is such a pain. I'm going to bed," Omoi said with a yawn. Karui nodded in agreement and followed Omoi upstairs. Samui turned back to her little brother who seemed to have a worried look on his face.
"Naruto, are you alright?" Samui asked. Naruto narrowed his eyes and looked at the door to the Forested of Death.
"Ne Samui-oneechan, what's the chances of Orochimaru showing up to be a coincidence?" Naruto asked her. Samui raised an eyebrow at the question, but she thought about it as her eyes stared at the ground for a second.
"I'm not sure but the chances of it are slim. Very slim. Why? Is something the matter?" she asked her little brother.
"I think something's gonna happen to Konoha. I don't know what, but it's might be bad," Naruto said as he walked up the stairs. The blonde could only hope that he was wrong and was just worrying himself. Samui followed after him and pondered Naruto's words.
"This is the one time I hope your wrong little brother," Samui said to herself as she walked off.
Four Days Later
Naruto and his team were currently in a sort of arena along with all the other people who managed to make it. Naruto saw a Sound village team, all the Konoha genin, and the Suna team. At a closer inspection, Naruto saw Sasuke gripping his neck in some sort of pain, but he didn't say anything about since with how beat up Sasuke looked he must've been in some pain. It was then that all their senseis appeared and along with them was the Hokage.
"Welcome chunin hopefuls. I am pleased to say that you have passed the second phase of the Chunin exams. Normally after this we would have a tournament to test everyone, but now there are too many people so we will have the preliminaries before the real thing. I hope to watch all of your amazing talents and see your skills bloom," Sarutobi said and then he stepped back. It was then that a man with pineapple hair and two scars on the right side of his face. He gave a tired yawn and looked at the chunin applicants.
"Sigh, I'm Shikaku Nara and I'll be your proctor for the preliminaries matches. So damn bothersome. The fighters will win by knockout or by the loser forfeiting. Your names will appear in that board so anyone who doesn't want to fight should just make their their lives and my life easier and give up now," Shikaku said to everyone. It was then that Kabuto and his team raised their hands.
"we'd like to drop out, we're tired and we don't have the chakra to keep up. Sorry," Kabuto said and left the arena with his teammates. Everyone raised their eyebrows at him and his team, but they didn't say anything. Soon the board lit up and everyone looked up at the names.
Sasuke Uchiha vs Samui
"Alright everyone except these two leave the field now," Shikaku said and everyone left the floor to give the fighters some space.
"Go get him Samui-oneechan," Naruto said and the blonde genin merely nodded with a comforting smile to her little brother as her team left. Everyone entered the above platform and watched the two enter the center of the arena.
"GO SASUKE-KUN! KICK HER ASS!" Sakura yelled out making Naruto glare at her. It wasn't any use talking to fangirls. They were all talk anyway.
"Well Samui-oneechan, it's time to shut that girl up right now," Naruto said in his thoughts.
Meanwhile, Sasuke stared at Samui like he was sizing her up for some reason and Samui found it kind of weird, but still kept her emotionless mask.
"Well it appears that Kami granted me an easy win. No way is some girl gonna beat me," Sasuke said with a grin. Samui rolled her eyes, but didn't say anything. She'd rather not waste her time replying to meaningless comments. Shikaku stood between the two of them and raised his hand. He looked at Sasuke, then at Samui.
"Begin!," Shikaku shouted out. The prelims for the Chunin exams started right then. Sasuke immediately closed the distance between him and Samui as he sent a right kick at the blonde. With a swift movement, Samui evaded the kick by accurately jumping over Sasuke's leg and performed a mid-air kick toward the Uchiha's face. Sasuke ducked under the kick and backed away from Sasuke and sucked his teeth.
"So she's not a total loser," Sasuke said to himself and went through some handsigns. Samui braced herself for a jutsu, but it didn't come as she saw Sasuke gripping his neck in pain. Samui raised an eyebrow, but now wasn't the time to be concerned for an opponent. Samui took out her tanto and charged at Sasuke. The Uchiha barely had the time to react before Samui slammed him in the stomach with the blunt of her sword. Sasuke felt the wind get knocked out of him and then Samui followed with a punch to Sasuke face sending the Uchiha back a few feet. Sakura screamed at Samui for hurting Sasuke, but the blonde girl didn't pay her any mind. This was a fight. People were supposed to get hurt.
Sasuke gritted his teeth at Samui as he gripped his neck. This thing or 'Curse Mark' as he called it was hurting like hell. It was also limiting his use of techniques so he was at a disadvantage. Sasuke cursed, but threw three shuriken at Samui who in turn dodged them with fluid accuracy, but then she saw Sasuke smirk and out of the corner of her eye was a small wire and Samui narrowed her eyes as Sasuke maneuvered them to come back at her. Samui preformed a basic evasive counter and avoided the shuriken with one being so close that it cut off a slimmer of her hair. Sasuke smirked as he found the opened in he needed when Samui was in the air and with a quick motion he lessened the distance between him and the blonde girl.
"Now I've got you," Sasuke said as he kicked Samui into the air. Everyone gasped at the act and Sasuke gritted his teeth through his pain. Samui now realizing she was in the air, cursed that she got distracted by the shuriken, but then she saw Sasuke behind her while he had that arrogant smirk across his face. Samui narrowed her eyes as Sasuke brought his leg around. Samui anticipated the hit and blocked it, but the smile from Sasuke never left and Samui widened her eyes when Sasuke brought his other leg around. The blonde Kumo genin quickly maneuvered her body and with her tanto she blocked Sasuke's leg in the nick of time surprising the Uchiha. She then proceeded to grab the same leg and threw Sasuke beneath her. While they were in the air, Samui managed to do a twirl and planted her foot in Sasuke's stomach sending the genin into the ground with a loud hit. Everyone widened their eyes while Samui panted, but then she brushed her hand through her hair.
"So not cool," Samui said to the passed out Sasuke. Shikaku looked at the Uchiha boy and sighed.
"The winner is Samui of Kumo," Shikaku said rubbing the back of his head. Some of the people clapped while Sakura looked wide eyed that her crush lost.
"See Sakura, I told you Sasuke was a spineless, dickless loser," Sai said making Sakura seethe.
"Alright Samui-oneechan," Naruto yelled out making her give a small unnoticeable smile. As the medics took Sasuke away and Samui returned to the balcony, the board lit up again and showed the new names.
Zaku Abumi vs Karui
"Will Zaku Abumi and Karui of Kumo come to the center field please?" Shikaku asked. Karui smirked as Naruto patted her shoulders.
"Kick his ass Nee-chan," Naruto said with his cheeky grin as always.
"You know it Otouto," Karui returned as she made her way to the arena followed by Zaku.