*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts or Naruto characters, I only own Katie

Oh! And sorry if I have some OOC going on...^-^'

Katie and the gang followed the crowd of rookie ninja to a large electric fence around an even larger, darker forest.

"Is this the forest you were talking about earlier, Katie?" asked Riku.

Katie nodded, "Yup. Creepier than it looked in the anime that's for sure…"

Repliku's Dark senses were going crazy, giving him a major headache. "Jeez…so much Darkness…there's too much!" He hissed in pain. He jumped when he felt a hand on his back; he looked up to see Katie looking down at him with a worried frown.

"You gonna be okay, Repliku?" Katie asked him.

Repliku nodded. "Yeah…just need to focus on one thing…" He mumbled.

"Try finding out if there are any Heartless lurking in there." Suggested Riku.

Repliku huffed and focused hard, trying to sense any Heartless. Their dark presence hit him like a wave, he pressed the palm of his head and groaned, "They're all over the place…the only thing making them not advance to the village is that fence." He pointed a shaky finger at the electric fence with his free hand.

Riku smirked. "Well, at least this trip won't be wasted…"

Katie felt something tug on her arm, she looked down to see the spikey-haired blonde ninja, Naruto. "Come on, Katie-San! You gotta go and sign the Consent Forms!" He told Katie as he pushed a pile of paper into Katie's gut.

" 'Consent form'?" Riku asked in a low voice. "What for?"

"So that the Academy doesn't get sued for a ninja's death." Naruto answered shortly and calmly, like it was nothing.

Repliku stared at the blonde with wide eyes. "People die in these Exams?!" He exclaimed.

Naruto nodded and handed Repliku pen. "Yup! Anko said it's normal."

Katie blinked twice then shrugged her shoulders. "Meh. People die every day, nothing abnormal about that…" She signed the Japanese written form in English. "So, where do we put these?" she asked the blonde.

"Follow me!" Naruto marched through the crowd of rookie ninja to a shack. "You turn it in there. I have to turn my form along with my team, catch you guys later!" He ran away from the trio.

Riku turned to Katie after the blonde left. "So, you knew that the second part of the Exam was a total blood bath?" he asked her lowly.

"Uh…yeah. I knew. Why you askin?" Katie asked.

"It would have been nice to know that we were going into a life-or-death situation." Riku stated flatly. "At least explain what we are supposed to do once we get inside of the forest."

Katie rubbed the back of her head. "Let's see…each team is given a scroll: one labeled 'Earth' and the other 'Heaven'…I think. It is the team's job to get both scrolls and get to a tower in the center of the forest in five days' time in order to pass the second part of the Exam. It's basically a survival test. You find your own water, shelter, and food. You also have to watch your back 24/7 for ninjas trying to take your scroll…if you have one, that is. Everyone is basically the enemy, especially the Sound ninja and…" She pointed at a very tall, very pale man at the edge of the crowd with long jet-black hair and wearing a straw Chinese hat. "…Him."

"Who is that?" asked Repliku.

"Well, that's Snake Boy, Repliku." Katie answered.

Repliku nodded and got in front of Katie to get in line to get a scroll. They waited for at least three minutes until they acquired a Heaven Scroll and a map of the forest. The trio were assigned gate thirteen. The gates shot open and the trio rushed inside, Keyblades and Soul Eater ready to be summoned if needed.

Katie took the lead because she owned the map. "Okay…we had Gate Thirteen, right?" She asked over her shoulder.

"Yeah…don't tell me you're lost already." Repliku snickered.

"I'm not lost! I'm just confirming our location, that's all…" Katie mumbled, cursing mentally at Repliku for being right. "The sun was in the middle of the sky when we started and it's now about a fourth away from its last position so it's around two 'o-clock now and it was noon when we started. That makes it two hours. If it took us about ten minutes to get from the gate to that giant oak, that means we have ran for about…fifteen, twenty miles…? Yeah, that sounds right. So if we keep up this pace without running into anybody, we'll get to the tower in three days tops." Katie rambled to mostly herself.

Riku raised an eyebrow. "And what if we do run into somebody?"

"I don't know; probably make it to the tower in four days' time. But I really don't care if we get finished with this part of the Exam. Gotta find that opening to the Dark Realm and watch out for Heartless, right?" Katie gave Riku a weak smile before returning her gaze back to the map.

"I'll let you know if I sense a spike in the Darkness, Katie." Repliku huffed.

"Good to know…" Katie folded the map and stuffed it into her vest pocket and continued forward. A scream made the trio stop in their tracks. Darkness' Master and Void Gear automatically appeared in her hands. "Did you guys hear that?"

Riku summoned Way to Dawn. "Yeah. It came from that way!" He ran to the source of the scream and found a swarm of common Shadow Heartless around a ninja team.

"W-what are th-these things…?" stuttered a girl with purple hair and white eyes.

Katie slashed at a Shadow that jumped at the girl. "They are called Heartless. We'll handle them." She told the ninja team calmly.

The boy with a white dog by his side shook his head roughly. "Nuh-uh! This is our fight, so buzz off!" he yelled at Katie.

"W-we should l-let her team f-fight those creatures, K-Kiba…they look like they k-know how to h-handle t-them…" the girl stuttered again.

"It'd be safer for your team anyways." Riku reasoned with Kiba.

Kiba looked at the trio. "And how am I supposed to know that this isn't some sort of trick to get our scroll?" He growled, showing his over-sized canine teeth.

"We could care less about your stupid scroll!" Repliku growled. Another Shadow got closer to the group but Repliku cut it in half without even looking at the dark creature.

"Here, I'll even send Repliku with you to a safe distance! If we wanted your scroll, you'd be dead by now, trust me." Katie added while she sent a large fireball at a pack of Heartless.

Repliku looked at Katie, "You can't be serious!" He exclaimed.

"Just go!" Katie shot back.

Repliku growled and yanked his head to the right. "This way, follow me." He left quickly with Kiba's team close behind him.

Riku threw Way to Dawn at a Shadow that tried to grab the stuttering girl ninja as they fled. He and Katie got back to back. "Can you handle these guys, Katie?"

Katie scoffed and rolled her eyes. "Oh, please Riku. I've kicked our ass twice in one day, of course I can handle a few Heartless." She snickered.

Riku smirked at Katie's reply. "Okay, then…" With that statement, he and Katie lunged at the Heartless.

Katie threw Darkness' Master at the ground. "Earthquake!" she yelled. The forest floor shook was high columns of rock pierced the Heartless, making them vanish instantly. She smirked when she noticed that her earth-based attack took out half of the Heartless, but her smirk slowly faded when the Shadows were replaced with Neoshadows; doubling the number of the Heartless lost. "Crap salad…" Katie mumbled. She jumped back to dodge two Neoshadows claws almost hitting her chest, not wanting a Castle That Never Was repeat. She rushed at the two Neoshadows with Void Gear crackling with electricity, cutting through them like butter. Katie pulled Darkness' Master out of the ground as she ran past it; she raised Void Gear in front of her like a shield and swung Darkness' Master like a sword. Katie swatted a Shadow to the ground cut it in half and jumped to the side to dodge more Shadows trying to bite her. Katie waited for more Heartless to surround her and jerked her Keyblades to her sides, pointing their tips outwards. With swift movement, she spun quickly on the ball of her foot like a top; chopping down the incoming Heartless that were stupid enough to get close to her. Katie jumped away from the crowd of Heartless and returned to Riku's side.

"Katie!" Riku yelled.

"I'm right here!" Katie yelled back.

"I want to try something." Riku simply stated while throwing his Keyblade at an incoming Neoshadow.

Katie slashed at the Heartless that got too close and said over her shoulder, "And that is?"

"Link arms with me." He simply commanded.

"Okay…." Katie sent a large fireball out of Void Gear's tip while she snaked her arm around Riku's. "What's your plan?" she asked.

"Use Apocalypse." Riku told her flatly.

Katie looked at him, "I have to be in the air for that."

Riku smirked. "I know." He spun around and with all his strength; he tossed Katie high up into the air.

"HOLY CRAP!" Katie screamed. Katie quickly regained herself and flipped while still gaining air with Riku's throw. With her gravity-like power, she stopped herself and floated in the air. Her hand glowed red and with a yell, she sent the red light to the ground. Red circles with runic symbols formed slowly around the Heartless. Katie raised her hand in the air. "Get ready Riku!" she yelled. Seeing Riku surround himself in a dark barrier automatically made Katie close her raised hand into a fist. Red lightning shot down from the heavens and hit the circles of red light as they burst into large flame. The explosion of the hellish move made Katie's ears pop from the shock wave's pressure. The explosion could be heard throughout the whole forest, giving rookie ninjas and birds a heart-stopping scare. The shock wave shook the trees' leaves. Katie slowly descended from the air the now black soil. She was surprised that few Heartless survived the large explosion. "Blizzard!" Katie yelled. Two large chunks of ice shot from her Keyblades' tips and froze the Heartless in place. Katie quickly charged at the frozen Heartless and used Octaslash on their icy prisons, destroying both the ice pillars and Heartless. She dismissed her weapons and turned to Riku, "Next time, warn me when you're going to send me three stories into the air." Katie mumbled.

"I didn't send you up three stories…I sent you up two." Riku told her with a smirk.

Katie punched him on the arm playfully. "It was three."

"Whatever you say, Katie." Riku chuckled.

Repliku hurried back and pouted. "Aw! You guys didn't leave me anything to kill?"

"Maybe if you weren't so slow you could've killed at least a couple." Katie snickered.

"I wasn't slow! Those rookie ninja's were!" Repliku exclaimed.

Katie shrugged and put Repliku in a head lock to give him a noogy. "Yeah, and I'm Queen Minnie." Katie joked, giving Repliku crap for being slow. She suddenly heard a low, menacing hiss. "What'cha hissing for, Repliku?"

"That wasn't me…" Repliku responded over Katie's arm around his mouth.

"Then what was—" Katie turned her head to see a giant snake in the corner of her eye. "S-s-s-s-SNAKE….!" She screamed and released Repliku from her grip. She frantically wielded Void Gear and Darkness' Master. "I HATE snakes!"

The giant snake looked at the trio and its oversized tongue flicked out its mouth as if it was saying: "Yum…humans for dinner!"

It was Repliku's turn to give Katie crap. "Look who just told our position to a snake bigger than Mysterious Tower..." he snickered.

"Shut it, Repliku!" Katie growled. Her mind clicked. Giant snake…they were close to Naruto's team, where Sasuke was going to meet his doom. "You guys take care of the snake, I got something else to deal with!" Katei hollered over her shoulder as she ran off from the group.

"Wait, Katie!" Riku yelled after her but it was too late, Katie disappeared in the undergrowth of the forest.

For the people who read/watch Naruto and know what's going to happen, do you think Katie should save Sasuke or let him suffer the Curse? Let me know! ^-^