KG: Hehe, umm okay people a bit of clarification on that last chapter. Sorry, but I meant to say Mangekyou sharingan for Sasuke, not the eternal part. That was a pure error on my part and I apologize. Hehe little slip-up there.
Naruto: I'm sure they'll forgive you.
KG: I just wanted to make it known and what's up with her?
(Points to Sakura near the edge of the wall poking her fingers together)
Sakura: No stats, no stats. Not a single stat to my name. (Sniffles)
Naruto: Umm, can we just go to the story?
KG: Why?
Samui: Because we'd rather not waste our time trying to be in the same room as her.
Ayane: I second the notion. Hurry up.
KG: (Shrugs) Whatever.
Having left the examination room behind and moving onto the second stage, Naruto, Shino, and Sakura quickly made their way from the Academy towards the Forest of Death where Kyoko had told all the teams to gather at. She had even gone as far as to threaten them with failing should they all be more than five minutes late, but luckily for Naruto being the brother of the Snake Mistress granted you a good time in places that are normally out of your reach.
"Naruto-san are you sure this is the right way?" Shino asked as they hopped along the rooftops. Naruto turned his head to the Aburame teammate and gave a small nod as Sakura folded her arms.
"That first exam was a piece of cake. This is a lot easier than what I imagined," Sakura said with a small smile on her face while Naruto nearly faulted and Shino adjusted his glasses. The two couldn't believe how lax Sakura could be at a time like this, but they didn't mind it at all nor would they waste their breath in explaining.
"Come on guys. We have to hurry up and Sakura, you're starting to lag behind," Naruto told them and Sakura looked up to see that Naruto was right as he and Shino were quite a ways away from her. Sakura, not having that much stamina, quickly tried to supply chakra to her feet and made a mad dash after Naruto and Shino.
With Anko and Kurenai
Kurenai patted Anko's shoulder while the Snake Mistress ate another dango stick and cried comically. To the Genjutsu Mistress it wasn't a big deal, but to Anko well it was downright unfair in her eyes.
"Why couldn't I do the second part? I've always done it. Now Kyoko gets to try it. She'll never be able to intimidate them like I could. It's not fair Nai-chan," Anko said and Kurenai sighed while she pinched the bridge of her nose.
"Well you now have a lot more free time as do I. Well I will have to go to the tower a little later to go and meet Naruto-kun, Shino and Sakura," Kurenai said and Anko nodded while she placed her dango stick on the plate next to her.
"Hmph lucky. Well whatever. I just hope that she doesn't bring down my name and embarrass the second proctor position," Anko muttered to herself, but Kurenai caught it nonetheless and couldn't stop the small heavenly giggle that came out of her lips, but she still couldn't forget the feeling of having Orochimaru in the village. She really wanted to tell the Hokage to stop the exams and not have Naruto in danger, but there wasn't much she could do expect believe in the years of training that she and Anko instilled in Naruto.
Back with Naruto and the others
Naruto, Shino and Sakura were the first ones to arrive to the forest of Death as they landed to the ground. The three saw Kyoko sitting on top of the fence cleaning her sword before her blue eyes casted a glare on Naruto and his team.
"Hey brat. It seems that you made it after all," Kyoko said with a small smile and Naruto waved.
"Don't underestimate me Kyoko-chan. I haven't been slacking off and you know that," Naruto responded making Kyoko nod that he was right.
"Yeah yeah whatever," she said to him and before long more and more people started to arrive before the field was filled with chunin examinees that started to spread over the field.
Naruto walked over to Sasuke's team and grinned while the Uchiha heir turned to him.
"Glad to see that you made it Teme. I didn't want you losing already," Naruto told him and Sasuke closed his eyes while folding his arms.
"Hn, if you passed then it shows you at least have some smarts loser," Sasuke said to him and Naruto snickered while Sakura had hearts in her eyes. Before long Tenten and Lee noticed them and came up also.
"So you're Naruto. Can I see those swords on your thighs?" Tenten asked with her eyes gleaming. Naruto and the others sweatdropped at her words and giddy attitude, but the blond slowly reached for his Kodachi and passed them to Tenten who was looking them over like she just found a lost treasure or something like that.
"Who made these? They're amazing. This shiny metal, the firm, yet soft handle. The uniqueness of the blade. It's so awesome," Tenten said and Naruto rubbed the back of his head nonchalantly.
"I had them upgraded in the Land of Iron this old man named Muramasa. He really did a good job," Naruto said to answering her question and soon everyone watched as Tenten dropped Naruto's swords to the ground. She widened her eyes and Naruto wondered if he saw something wrong before Tenten grabbed his collar.
"You met the world's most famous blacksmith?!" she asked and Naruto slightly turned his head to the side.
"Most famous blacksmith?" Naruto asked while Sakura and Shino wondered what she was talking about to which Tenten slapped her forehead and sighed as she took out a scroll and unfurled it showing to her Sasuke, Lee and Naruto's team.
"Muramasa, this is the guy who actually made the Seven Swords of the Mist for the original Swordsmen of Kiri. How could you guys not know this?" Tenten asked and Naruto shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey the guy, while cool, was like more than a hundred years old by the looks of it. So he made their weapons huh? I'll have to ask him next time," Naruto said more to himself than to anyone, but that comment made Tenten anxious as she furiously shook Naruto left and right telling him to explain his connection to Muramasa.
Samui, Karui and Omoi watched in interaction with only slight interested and Omoi poked Samui's shoulder.
"You gonna let her manhandle your husband like that?" he asked with a snicker and Samui closed her eyes while she leaned on a tree.
"He's not my husband Omoi," Samui said in the usual cold attitude, but being around the genin for a bit of time taught Omoi and Karui about their teammate habits to which Samui seemed to more into the action than them.
"Alright fine. He's not your husband. He's just the man you kissed as you weren't able to control yourself and simply went at him right?" Omoi asked. Samui tried to ignore that little jab, but she really couldn't as she had never stopped thinking about that interaction. She had never kissed anyone before so that was new to her in a sense.
"Not cool Omoi," Samui said while she turned her eyes from his view and Karui bonked him on the head making Omoi lightly curse at her before they all heard someone yell.
"Alright you brats! Shut up and listen to my words!" Kyoko yelled and Tenten stopped shaking Naruto as the blonde slipped to the ground and laid there a bit before getting to his feet. Samui and her group paid attention as did the others while Kyoko pointed to the forest.
"Inside this forest are the most deadly, gruesome and vicious creatures that you might ever meet. They won't hesitate to pick you apart long before you even complete your objective, but I'm sure you'll do fine right?" she asked and some people gulped as they heard the strange roars of the forest making Kyoko smile.
"Let's hope you don't turn into food. Now then on with your exam. I have these two scrolls in my hand. We'll call them the Heaven and Earth Scrolls. Each one of you teams will be given a scroll. You must all reach the tower that is directly in the center of the forest in five days in that time you will be living in this forest," Kyoko said and everyone gasped while Naruto didn't see the problem. He'd had a night over at the Forest of Death with Anko before which only served for them both to receive a swift blow from Kurenai for their recklessness.
"Is that all there is to it?" Naruto thought to himself unknowingly making Kyuubi open a tired eye as he had nothing to do at the moment.
"I doubt it brat. Just make sure you don't lose," Kyuubi said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Since when did you wake up?" The blonde asked and the fox unfurled his tails and allowed one to scratch his ears making him sigh before he bellowed out a yawn.
"Few seconds ago. I plan on going back to sleep. Just make sure that you don't lose. I don't want a weak container. Though I'm sure your reasons for winning this thing are entirely different that what you think," Kyuubi snickered and Naruto raised an eyebrow as to what his bijuu/friend could be talking about.
"So exactly what are you talking about?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi sighed.
"I'll chalk this up to you being a brat and not knowing all the ways of the world, but you're not just doing this to be a chunin are you?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Well obviously. That the on...ly...Oh there is that," Naruto thought as he turned to Samui and for a split second he was sure that she was looking at him too before she averted her gaze to some place else.
"Yeah there is that isn't there?" Naruto asked himself making a small smile as Kyoko continued.
"I don't need anyone complaining and those who get distracted are met with death instantly like...this," Kyoko said and in a swift motion she threw her sword at Naruto making everyone gasp while the blonde quickly turned his body and used his left hand to grab the handle which caused some murmurs to go throughout the entire field.
"I wasn't distracted to let you know," Naruto said as he handed Kyoko her sword and the blue haired woman smiled a she rested her hand on her hip.
"Yeah right brat. You're just lucky that I didn't put all my strength into that throw," Kyoko said to him and Naruto merely shrugged his shoulders at her.
"Well anyway. Simply get the other half scrolls from another team and make it to the tower. Oh and don't die," she said to everyone, but mainly to Naruto as the blonde had some place in her heart though she'd be damned before she ever admitted that to anyone.
"Alright then, now before I do had you these scrolls you must all sign this," Kyoko said holding up a paper in front of everyone while an Ame shinobi raised their hand.
"What is it?" they asked and Kyoko smiled as she simply loved to try and say this from Anko 'training' her.
"What is it? Why it's a warranty. Simply in the event that you die then Konoha bears no responsibility for it. Simple as that," Kyoko said making everyone gulp, but they all took the moment to sign their papers and Kyoko started handing people their scrolls. There was one person who held out their hand and Kyoko stared at it. She suddenly widened her eyes and growled, but she gave that person their scroll and soon everyone had them while Kyoko jumped to the top of the fence and glared at them all specifically a group of Kusa genin.
"So you are here after all. Oh I'm gonna have so much fun with you," Kyoko said unconsciously licking her lips and turned around.
"Get going brats!" Kyoko said and the gates blasted open.
Naruto, Shino and Sakura along with everyone else shot inside the gates and quickly went into the trees leaving Kyoko behind. The blue haired swordswoman smiled and leaned on the fence. She slowly sighed and before long she heard a yell before brushing a hand through her hair.
"Hehe now I see why that girl loves this job. It really is fun. I should do this more often," Kyoko said in her thoughts although she couldn't ignore the fact that Orochimaru actually entered the forest. She'd be going in sooner or later and she'd have her fun.
With Naruto and his team
The three genin quickly stopped at a tree branch and Naruto quickly turned around.
"Sakura hand me the scroll," Naruto told her and the pink haired genin's eyebrow twitched.
"For what? I'm more than capable of protecting it," she said and Naruto rolled his eyes.
"Would you just give it to me already!" Naruto ordered making Sakura flinch, but she did as he requested and handed him the Heaven scroll. Naruto sighed in relief as he took out off Sakura's pouch and quickly took a ink pen.
"Watch my back and my front," Naruto said to them making Shino and Sakura turn around. They heard the weird noises in the forest while Naruto drew across Sakura's pouch and then placed the scroll inside. A small white light shined on the pouch before fading and the blonde stood to his feet and smiled.
"There, now you can carry it Sakura," Naruto told him and Sakura seemed confused as did Shino.
"I drew a blood seal over your pouch so that it would only open for you, me and Shino. Now come on, we have a lot of ground to cover," Naruto told them both making Shino and Sakura nod.
The three quickly had their pace set through the forest. They had encountered some creatures, but nothing to really warrant a threat, at least not to Naruto.
"Man this place is weird," Sakura said and Naruto felt Mikata tighten around his stomach which was a single for Naruto to let her out. Naruto stopped and unzipped his jacket allowing Mikata to slither to the ground.
"Naruto-sama I feel a heart signature behind you. It's really close," Mikata said and Naruto narrowed his eyes as he turned around. Sakura seemed weirded out by Mikata all the time and Naruto turned to Shino. The Aburame nodded confirming Mikata's words. It's not like he could understand her as only Naruto and Anko could since they studied the snake language enough and since Mikata spent her time learning human words, but Shino had a feeling.
"Great, trouble already. I guess we'll fight then," Naruto said and Sakura gasped as she wondered if someone was onto them already. Naruto grinned and Shino turned around.
"How do we proceed?" Shino asked and Naruto rubbed his chin.
"Let's find out who they are and what scroll they've got before bursting off," Naruto said and Shino could agree with him. Sakura thought their best chances were to run and wait for the enemy to appear, but that wouldn't hold any real merit so they al waited.
It didn't take long, only about three minutes and Naruto saw three members arrive. They were each wearing the Oto symbol on their heads and Naruto grinned.
"So you're the people following us?" Naruto asked to see some mummy looking dude, another man with holes in his hands and a girl with brunette hair. They all smirked while Kin sighed.
"Looks like the rats have stopped running," she said and Naruto snickered.
"Well you know, we just thought we'd say hello. Besides there's no need for us to fight so long as we know what scroll you've got," Naruto told them and the one eyed man smiled.
"That's true. You might be in luck or you might die," Dosu said and Naruto closed his eyes.
"Hurry up, we're wasting time," the blonde said and the man's teammate, Zaku turned to him.
"Dosu, we have to hurry and find the Uchiha and kill him since that's what Orochimaru-sama wants," Zaku told him making Dosu nod and Kin grin before Naruto narrowed his eyes. Shino placed his hands in his pockets and Sakura gasped.
"What are you planning to do to Sasuke-kun?!" Sakura asked/yelled at them making the three Oto genin smile.
"Oh so you know the target huh? Well then mind telling us where his is in exchange for our Earth scroll?" Dosu asked taking out the scroll and Naruto's hair shadowed his eyes. Shino turned to Naruto for anything to do and Sakura bit her lip. Everyone soon turned to see Naruto chuckling like mad and before long he settled down.
"Well it seems that Sasuke-teme has been busy. To get even an S-rank interested in you is something else. Sorry I don't know the Teme's whereabouts, but...," Naruto turned to Shino who nodded and he slowly watched as Sakura took out a kunai.
"...you've got our scroll that we need and we'll be taking it!" Naruto said and in a dash of speed he quickly erased the distance between himself and Dosu enough to make the others gasp. Naruto slammed his knee into Dosu stomach making the man wince before the blonde sent him into the air.
"Bastard you'll regret doing that!" Zaku said as he pointed his palms at Naruto. He was about to launch some kind of attack before he saw a swarm of bugs launch in front of him.
"I shall be your opponent," Shino said and quickly fought with Zaku while Naruto took care of Dosu and Kin since Sakura was holding their scroll.
With Naruto
The blonde backflipped away from his two opponents and grinned as Dosu got to his feet.
"Lucky shot. It won't happen again," he said and Naruto crossed his fingers.
"Oh it'll happen. Again and again and again. Kage Bunshin no Jutsu," Naruto shouted and two clones came next to him. Dosu and Kin growled at the blonde and Kin threw three senbon and the two clones, but they easily dodged the two and dashed for them both.
"Here we go Mikata," Naruto said and on top of a tree and Mikata hissed with a nod as the blonde jumped in the air. Mikata did the same and the blonde shouted.
"Go Mikata!" Naruto yelled making Dosu and Kin look up from their two clone opponents to see Naruto's snake disappear in a cloud of smoke. Immediately a much larger and wider snake appeared and slammed the ground while Naruto stood on top of its head.
"W-What the hell!" Kin said and Dosu widened his eyes while Naruto stood on top of Mikata. The familiar's training as a snake summon had really been good. She only wore her henge to mask her size. She was really this big without it since summon snakes grow very big. Naruto smiled on top of Mikata and patted her head.
"You're eating too much," he told her and Mikata's response was a light hiss.
"I'll ignore that one," she said and before long she dashed at Kin and Dosu destroying the trees around the forest while Naruto rode on her head.
Kin and Dosu jumped out of the way from Mikata large bit while she snake continued going. Shino and Zaku managed to spot the large creature Naruto was riding and gasped.
"There is another snake rider like Orochimaru-sama?" Zaku asked and soon Mikata slithered around and hissed dangerously at them all.
"Shino, Sakura move out of the way!" Naruto told them and Shino backed away while Sakura did the same. Mikata caught what Naruto wanted her to do and forked her tongue.
"Go Mikata! Dokugiri( Poison Mist)," Naruto yelled and Mikata's mouth opened unleashing a purple smoke over the three Kusa genin. They all didn't seem prepared for it, but they managed to get away while Naruto cracked his knuckles.
"Anko-nee taught me something really good that you can do with poison and just a little bit of fire," Naruto said doing his handsigns and ended them with the tiger seal.
"Katon: Kusa Hebi( Fire Release: Grass Snake)," Naruto yelled and he sent the fire roaring into the mist. Soon the two elements mixed and exploded in front of Naruto, Shino, and Sakura's face. The blonde grinned, but it didn't last long as he saw a kunai coming for Mikata. The blonde quickly told Mikata to maneuver her body and the large snake did so. Everyone watched as Dosu, Kin and Zaku came out of the explosion, but their clothes were in tears.
"Damn that was close," Zaku said before glaring hard at Naruto or where he should've been as the blonde was gone from Mikata's head.
"What where did he go?" Zaku wondered before the three heard growling. They looked to see six wolves come from the trees and their teeth itching for their blood. Kin gulped and backed away while Zaku gasped. Dosu cursed as the wolves neared them.
"Get away you mangey mutts!" Zaku said and that only proved to make them come closer before Dosu grabbed Kin and shoved her in front of them. She fell down and gasped as the wolves looked at her.
"Dosu, what the hell!" she shouted and only turned around to see the wolves looking at her with murder in their eyes.
"N-No, I don't wait to die. Wait, n-no please. NOOOOO!" Kin yelled before she passed out.
Shino and Sakura watched the actions of the trees and sighed as Naruto smiled.
"Genjutsu success. See how easy that was?" Naruto asked and Mikata henged back into a snake and slipped around Naruto's waist.
"Nice touch Naruto-san," Shino said before he saw Naruto's glare.
"What's wrong?" Sakura asked and the blonde jumped to the ground.
"Did you see how they pushed her forward. They were planning to sacrifice her to my genjutsu. Teammates don't do that!" Naruto said as he started to tie everyone up. Sakura sighed and Shino merely nodded.
"Don't let your emotions betray you. That's the world Naruto-san," Shino said and the blonde sighed with a nod before Kin opened her eyes.
"What the hell? I'm not dead?" she asked and Naruto gave her a smile.
"Nope, you were just knocked out from my genjutsu. Now then mind telling me where that scroll is?" the blonde asked and Kin growled before she turned to see Zaku and Dosu still knocked out. Soon the memory came back and she growled.
"Those bastards!" She said in her thoughts before she turned to see Naruto sighing.
"Well we found your scroll. Thanks for it, but tell me...why does Orochimaru want Sasuke?" Naruto asked and Kin turned her head in defiance.
"Like I'd tell the enemy anything about Orochimaru-sama's plans," Kin said to him and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Shino, Sakura, go one ahead," Naruto told them. Shino narrowed his eyes behind his glasses and Sakura was about to retort, but the cold glare that Naruto sent them both, that he got from his mother, made them decide quickly and they left him alone. Naruto turned back to Kin and tapped his chin.
"Well for not telling me I could always just have Mikata bite you and then you'll die slowly by the poison," Naruto said and Kin had to admit that that didn't sound pleasant.
"P-Poison?" she asked and Naruto nodded.
"Oh yeah, first your bit and the pain hurts, but then it subsides. After four hours, the body starts to itch all over and you start to cough. After that you start to spasm out of control and your whole body shuts down. You can only lay down as you suffocate from the venom attacking your heart as you fade to death. Sound like fun?" Naruto asked and Kin gulped as she shook her head violently that it wasn't.
"You might as well kill me since I'll die for not completing Orochimaru-sama's wish," Kin said and Naruto scratched the back of his head.
"Why do you serve someone who gonna kill you?" Naruto asked and Kin sweatdropped.
"He's a freakin' S-rank sannin. I wouldn't want to get on his bad side," Kin said and Naruto cocked his head slightly to the side.
"Are you already like that?" he asked and Kin's silence was definitely the answer. Naruto chuckled at her and Kin growled.
"Hurry up and finish me off already!" Kin yelled at him and the blonde closed his eyes.
"I hope your not planning on attacking your fiancee," Naruto said and Kin wondered who he was talking to before he saw Samui, Omoi and Karui jump out of the tree.
"No, but I can only wonder what you're doing out here," Samui said as they decided to enter the conversation.
"Well just talking for some information," Naruto said and Kin growled.
"That you aren't getting so don't try," Kin said while Karui shrugged her shoulders.
"Well we have nothing, but time so I think the dude could come up with something to do to you in that mind of his," Karui said putting her sword on her shoulder. Naruto snickered and nodded a he folded his arms.
"By any chance Naruto-san...are you going to...'keep' her?" Omoi asked and immediately Naruto glared hard at Omoi making him sweat.
"You'd better not be saying what I hope your not saying," Naruto said with a growl and Samui seemed intrigued to wonder also about Omoi's question.
"Umm no?" he asked and both blondes' glares softened as Naruto turned back to Kin.
"Tell you what, you give me the information on Orochimaru and...I swear that he won't kill you," Naruto said to her and Kin widened her eyes.
"You? You just a genin, what can you do?" she asked and Naruto smiled.
"That's for me to know and for you to not find out. Besides I can think of a better mission that you can do for me," Naruto said and Kin gaped like a fish out of water. She had never heard such words before.
"You seem to be trying hard to get her. Are you cheating on Samui already?" Karui asked drawing her sword and Naruto chuckled.
"Of course not. Samui-chan's very important to me. I would never think of hurting her like that," Naruto said and Karui inched from her blade while Samui seemed...relieved to hear those words.
"Mission? I said I'm not following you and that's that!" she yelled and Naruto merely nodded as he got to his feet and unzipped his jacket as Mikata slithered out.
"Do your stuff Mikata," Naruto said and the snake inched closer to Kin. The Oto genin gulped as Mikata opened her jaws showing her long fangs and Kin cursed.
"Alright fine, just make the snake back off!" Kin yelled and Naruto chuckled. He quickly whistled and Mikata stopped in mid bite. She retracted her fangs and left Kin alone then slipped back around Naruto waist.
"Well alright then. Well my team is waiting so I'll hurry this up. Kin, will you trust me?" Naruto asked and the girl growled.
"I'm not really getting much of a choice am I?" she asked and Naruto shook his head making her sigh loudly.
"Dammit, fine what do you want me to do?" she asked and Naruto smiled.
"Simply do this...," the blonde spoke as Team Samui and Kin listened to the blonde's words.
With Shino and Sakura
The two genin were currently near a stream that they happened to pass by. They could see that it was getting dark and no one wanted to spend time on the creepy looking forest since it wouldn't do their skills much good in the dark.
Sakura tapped her foot impatiently and growled.
"Where is he? He's keeping us up. I swear that guy is something else," Sakura said to herself while Shino took the time to get some water.
"Just calm down. Naruto-san will be coming. When he does we'll head for the tower. Simple as that," Shino said to her and Sakura sighed with a nod, but that didn't last long before they felt a large burst of wind coming at them. Shino grabbed Sakura and pulled her to the ground while they waited for the wind to subside. It soon did and the two got to their feet.
"What was that?" Sakura asked and Shino seemed to wonder the same thing.
With Orochimaru
The snake sannin snickered as he leapt through the trees. He couldn't put the curse mark on Sasuke, but he knew the Uchiha would seek him out. He had to. He had the power that the Uchiha needed to kill his brother. It wouldn't be long before he had the ultimate vessel.
"Kukuku Sasuke-kun shall be mind. If not for that green clad fool and his female teammate then he'd be mine now, but that is of little consequence," Orochimaru thought as he raced across the trees. He had little time to be messing around, but it was then that a kunai came flying towards him before he knocked it away and stopped.
"It seems that I've been found out," he said with a snicker and soon Kyoko appeared from the shadows as she held her sword on her shoulder. She gave a smirk as she licked her lips.
"Oh you have no idea. I knew I might meet you. Mind telling me what you're doing here of all places?" Kyoko asked and Orochimaru smirked as he turned around.
"I find that the world needs to be set in motion and I will do just that. I suppose I can't ask that I go free?" the snake sannin asked and Kyoko shook her head at him while she dropped into her kenjutsu stance.
"Sorry, but no. I'm taking your fuckin' head!" Kyoko yelled as she dashed at Orochimaru. The sannin took out his sword, Kusanagi, and quickly parried Kyoko's shot. The blue haired swordswoman narrowed her eyes at the defense tactic before she maneuvered her body and tried to kick Orochimaru in the side, but he blocked that with his leg making Kyoko grow as the two separated.
"Not bad. Entertain me more Kukuku," Orochimaru said and Kyoko sighed as she rubbed the back of her head. She glared hard at the snake sannin before dropping her sword to the ground.
"Might as well get serious then," Kyoko said as she knelt down on one knee. She closed her eyes and clutched her sword tightly. The blue haired woman channeled her chakra through her sword and watched it glow.
"Kiri no Kenjutsu: Kirigakure Shi no Mai( Mist Sword Technique: Hidden Mist Death Dance)," Kyoko said silently and quickly she erased the distance between herself and Orochimaru. The two quickly unleashed blow after blow onto each other as their sword clashing rang across the forest. Orochimaru tried to kick Kyoko in the stomach, but the woman saw it coming and quickly moved her feet into the air which gave her the time to slam Orochimaru in the stomach knocking him back a few feet.
"Not bad at all," Orochimaru said before he saw Kyoko beginning to fade. Her entire body was missing from his eyes before he heard a light ringing sound. Orochimaru narrowed his eyes only to dodge a strike from Kyoko who was in the air. The two clashed again as the glared at each other.
"Splendid work. Anko was never this much fun," Orochimaru said and Kyoko narrowed her eyes at him before she backflipped.
"Well I'm not an A-rank for nothing. Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu," Kyoko yelled and the entire place was suddenly filled with water as a dragon roared at Orochimaru. Said sannin cackled before he dodged the shot.
"Yes, let' play with our lives on the line," he said and Kyoko smiled and her eyes grew cold.
"My thoughts exactly. I'll show you how amazing I am, but don't think that you're going to be leaving here," Kyoko said and the two blurred out of sight while the forest continued to ring with the sound of swords clashing through the forest.
With Naruto
The blonde sighed as he raced through the trees and landed on the ground to see Shino and Sakura getting to their feet.
"You guys alright?" the blonde asked and the two easily nodded their heads before they turned to their teammate.
"So what did you do with them?" Sakura asked and Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"I let them stay there. It was nothing serious. Come on. We've got to hurry up," Naruto told them as they shot off. They knew they wouldn't make it to the tower before dark, but they wanted to put at least as enough distance to be there by early tomorrow morning. It wouldn't do them any good to rush.
With Ayane
The purple haired kunoichi had obviously grown over the five months. She was a little taller than last time. Her body just a little more developed that last time and her features a lot more appealing to the male eye. She had been working hard as a messenger for Murai of the Shadow Ninja Clan.
Currently, Ayane was back home enjoying the quiet as she leaned on a tree branch. She quickly closed her eyes and sighed of the lovely scene of her village. It was hard to believe she could like the view this much, but that was beside the point.
"That idiot hasn't contacted me yet," Ayane said to herself with a sigh. She had been granted a few weeks off anytime that she wanted and she wanted to use that time to go see Naruto perform at the chunin exams. He said in a recent letter that he would contact her about the details, but she had yet to hear anything. She was also slightly worried since Hayate, Kasumi, Ryu and Momiji said that they wanted to go and see this 'blonde' fight in whatever he was doing. Kasumi especially, but Ayane chalked that one up to curiosity of Kasumi's part.
"So this is where you were," Hayate said calling for Ayane and the purple haired girl dropped to the ground. She brushed a hand to her hair and sighed.
"Just enjoying some time to myself. What is it?" She asked and Hayate folded his arms.
"You haven't told us when you're taking this vacation to go and watch this 'Naruto' perform. I'd really like to see what he's made of," Hayate said and against her personality Ayane sweatdropped and Hayate and his overprotectiveness, but she found it slightly endearing in a way.
"I see, well that idiot has contacted me yet so I can't say yet," Ayane said and Hayate suddenly placed a finger to his chin.
"It's my understanding that you only call someone idiot is when you really like them. I remember when we played together that you called Kasumi an idiot once and even myself. In fact, the only person you have called an idiot was Ryu," Hayate said and Ayane's eyebrow twitched.
"That means nothing. Now then, did you need something?" she asked rather impatiently making Hayate give a small smile.
"Yeah, we have a mission. We're heading to the Russian Embassy immediately with Kasumi," Hayate said and Ayane sighed with a nod as she leapt back to the village to go and get ready. She really didn't have that much time on her hands and besides that she would need to get back to Murai in a few weeks.
"I worry about that girl," Hayate said with a sigh before he quickly left the place he was standing on.
Back with Naruto, next morning
The blond and his team hadn't discovered anyone else in the exams. They had run into a few creatures that were more of a bother than anything else, but other than that it was relatively easy. Naruto was sure it could've been a lot harder for him, but he was also worried about Sasuke. He hadn't seen hide nor duck-butt hair of his rival and it irked him somewhat. Kin had told him only that they were used to kill Sasuke in the exams. It was then that Naruto had known that Orochimaru was planning on sacrificing Kin and the other two for the betterment of Sasuke's potential. The blonde could only hope that his friend hadn't gotten played with by that pedo ass sannin.
"You know you haven't spoken once since the time I've been in here," Naruto said and Kyuubi stirred as he raised a tired eye.
"In case you've forgotten, but I was busy getting some well deserved sleep. It's not like I have anything else to do in here. While this place is amazing I just wish I had my wife with me. Then I could do this...then that...and maybe a little of this. Hehehe," Kyuubi suddenly started to giggle perversely while Naruto's eyebrow twitched.
"Why do I not what to know what you're thinking?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi snickered.
"Please brat, once you and that blonde girl tie the knot then you'll start seeing things differently also. However besides that brat, don't you think you should start saving money to buy a house?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto raised an eyebrow while he hopped along a tree with his teammates.
"What do you mean?" Naruto asked as he cocked his head to the side in confusion. Kyuubi sighed and scratched the back of his head. He knew that no matter how smart the blonde was, he still was an idiot.
"Alright then, let me explain this while you're running towards the tower. She will be your wife and you will be her husband. Do you know of any husbands that are married that live with their mothers?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto gasped as he found that to be true while Kyuubi nodded.
"But what does that have to do with..,"
"Getting to it. Now then, that blondie kissed you right?" Kyuubi asked and Naruto nodded as it was one of the best sensations he had ever felt. He really would've wanted to kiss her again, but he wasn't sure how she would feel about it.
"That was just a thank you wasn't it?" Naruto asked and Kyuubi groaned, but had to keep his patience about him. Hell, being the husband of a horny two tailed cat definitely had its down sides.
"Yes, it was a thank you, but you'd better realize that she likes you. She seems more than happy with this marriage proposal. Now let me tell you this. After you officially get married then you will have what is called a honeymoon. On that honeymoon you will...go the extra mile," Kyuubi said and Naruto cocked his head even further.
"Huh?" the blonde asked and Kyuubi groaned.
"Make the beast with two backs?" he asked again and Naruto sweatdropped. Shino and Sakura watched their teammates weirdly as the blonde seemed to into his thoughts to know that they had arrived at the tower already.
"What are you talking about?" Naruto asked.
"Get laid? Coitus? Doing it? Getting it on? The best of the best? Get lucky? Bump uglies? Bury the bone? Mattress dancing? Wind the Clock? Tie the true lover's knot? The ole' one-two? Anything?" Kyuubi asked trying to get Naruto to see the point, but the blonde cocked his head so far to the right that he was getting a neck pain while his confusion continued to rise.
"Sorry, but I've got no idea what you're talking about," the blonde said and Kyuubi sighed.
"Damn virgins to hell. I'm talking about SEX brat! You're going to go that far with her once you both become chunin!" Kyuubi yelled and there was only one reaction.
Shino and Sakura watched as Naruto's face lit up like a new type of rose while the blonde sputtered nonsense.
"No way!" Naruto yelled out and Kyuubi grinned.
"Yes way. I'm just saying that you wouldn't want to get it on with your mother in the house. So to avoid all forms of awkwardness then I suggest that you and her sit down at talk that out," Kyuubi said before cutting the connection leaving Naruto to the most insane thoughts of his young life.
"Naruto-san, we're at the tower," Shino said and the blonde quickly looked up to see that they really were there. He sighed in relief that they made it and then Sakura tapped his shoulder.
"Why were you blushing?" she asked and the blonde's hair shadowed his eyes. He breathed a small sigh and rubbed the back of his head.
"Nothing really. Just a little tired hehe. Now then let's get going dattebayo!" the blonde shouted and everyone entered the room. Shino and Sakura opened their pouches and pulled out the scrolls and opened them. Immediately there was a poof and Naruto saw Iruka appear in front of them.
"Iruka-sensei?" Naruto asked while Shino and Sakura glanced at each other before looking at said man.
"Yo Naruto. I'm glad you made it. You're going far you know," Iruka said and the blonde smiled with a nod while Sakura still seemed to be confused by everything that was going on.
"Umm why were you inside the scroll?" Sakura asked and Iruka scratched his cheek as Naruto smiled.
"He wasn't really inside the scroll. It was designed to teleport him here when we made it to the tower and opened the scrolls. It's a basic fuinjutsu seal," Naruto said making Sakura widen her eyes as she didn't know about fuinjutsu in the slightest. Shino knew only the sealing weapons aspect of fuinjutsu, but it sounded really interesting with the way Naruto explained it.
"That's right. You guys made it here fast. Only two teams made it before you," Iruka said and Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"Who is that?" Shino asked and Iruka smiled.
"Well one was the Suna team who made it four hours before you. Last was the Kumo team who made it two hours before you," Iruka said and Naruto sighed in defeat that Samui might be faster than him, but they got through with it in a day or two so that was good with him.
"Well there isn't much going on so you and your team can rest for a few days then you will meet here. Enjoy yourselves," Iruka said before vanishing out. Naruto narrowed his eyes and sighed.
"Well let's relax you guys," Naruto told them and the two fully nodded as they were still tired for last night.
Hokage Mansion
Sarutobi was currently in his office with Kyoko who was slightly scuffed up and the blue haired woman gave her report.
"So you fought Orochimaru?" Hiruzen asked and Kyoko nodded as she slammed her fist into the wall.
"I thought I had a good hold on him with my kenjutsu, but he escaped at the last minute. I let my guard down," Kyoko said with a sigh and Sarutobi nodded.
"Orochimaru has always been slippery. Don't let it bother you Kyoko-san. I'm afraid that despite the treaty with Kumo we must cancel the chunin exams," Sarutobi said, but Kyoko shook her head.
"No, he said let the exams continue as they should. He said if we don't then he won't be responsible for Konoha's destruction," Kyoko said and Sarutobi glared hard before he looked out the window.
"Damn Orochimaru. What are you plotting? Alright, fine, but keep everyone on the highest alert. Understood Kyoko?" Sarutobi asked and Kyoko nodded as she exited the room.
"I will correct my mistake from the past and I will bury Orochimaru in the ground this time," Sarutobi said in his thoughts.
Four Days Later
Naruto, Shino and Sakura appeared along with the other competitors as they lined up together. He quickly looked around and didn't see nearly as many people as the last time. It amazed him that so many people didn't pass the exam, but he saw Kin, Zaku and Dosu all fine. For a split second, Naruto spotted Kin's glance at him and the blonde nodded while Kin sighed. She nodded in turn as she would fulfill her mission to her new master though she was sure that she would get killed for it.
Naruto then turned his head to see Samui with her teammates who were bickering as usual, but the blonde still saw that to be rather fun as he had the same type of thing with Sasuke even though the two had never been teammates before.
Speaking of Sasuke, Naruto turned his head to see Sasuke, who clothes were in tears from all the fighting, along with Tenten and Lee who looked a little bit worse for wear.
"Sasuke-san are you alright?" Lee asked his teammate and the Uchiha nodded as he rubbed his neck.
"I'm fine, just a bit of neck pain is all. Almost getting bit does that to you," Sasuke said making the two nod at him.
"Well you brats made it. That's good and now we come to the hard part. The problem is-," Kyoko started, but Anko growled.
"At least let me get this one," she said and Kyoko nodded as she stepped back allowing Anko to have her say...finally.
"The problem is that too many of you made it here so we will having preliminary matches. All those who don't want to do this part can pack up and head home," Anko said and a soon as they heard that Kabuto and his team raised their hands.
"Yeah we're out. We wasted too much chakra. Sorry about that," he said and Anko glared at him for a bit before nodding and allowing the three members to run off from the tower.
"Alright anyone else?" Anko asked and no one seemed to be leaving or anything so she smiled and pumped her fist into the air.
"Alright then. I'm the proctor for the next exam. Since someone stole my rightful place," Anko said glaring at Kyoko who was whistling while looking at a different direction.
"Your names will pop up on that screen. When they do they you will get your ass down here and show me what you've got. Understood?" she asked and everyone nodded while she smirked.
"Good brat, now start the board!" Anko yelled as the board quickly lit up. Everyone looked for their names to appear and soon the board flashed.
Sasuke Uchiha vs Dosu Kinuta
"Alright then, everyone get off the field now!" Anko ordered and people quickly left with Sasuke and Dosu staring at each other.
Naruto leaned on the railing and looked around the room. Team Samui was looking at the ground with their sensei, who had lovely blonde hair just like Samui except it went down to a ponytail. Shikamaru, Ino and Chouji had Kakashi. Sasuke, Lee and Tenten had Gai. Mikoto had Neji, Hinata and Kiba. While Sakura, Shino and himself had his mother, Kurenai Yuhi. Kin's team had someone that Naruto didn't know, but he looked creepy and the same could be said for Suna's team.
"Well it must be my lucky day. I get the Uchiha brat that I was to kill right off the bat," Dosu said and Sasuke smirked as he closed his eyes.
"Hn, don't take me lightly or I'll show you just how much I'm above you. Just you wait," Sasuke said with a grin and the Konoha team cheered for the Uchiha with Sakura trying to be the loudest though no one was really trying to compete with her.
"So the Uchiha first. That guy's toast," Karui said making Omoi and Samui nod while Gaara and his team had their opinions.
"What do you think Temari?" Kankuro asked and Temari smiled while looking at the cute Uchiha.
"That mummy is about to lose," she responded, but both were silenced by Gaara who was looking at the fight with interest.
"Alright match one for Sasuke Uchiha and Dosu Kinuta, Begin!" Anko yelled as she jumped back. Sasuke quickly threw a kunai at Dosu only for it to be blocked by his gauntlet. Sasuke growled and then took out another kunai. He quickly threw it in the air making Dosu look up while the Uchiha smiled.
"Where are you looking?" Sasuke asked as he tried to get under Dosu, but he missed the smirk from his face since it was hidden as Dosu flicked his wrist. Immediately the sound vibrated from his arm and entered Sasuke eardrums.
"Ahhhh dammit!" Sasuke shouted shocking everyone before he backed away from Dosu as he gripped his ears in pain.
"What happened? Sasuke was about to floor the guy," Kiba said and Mikoto narrowed her eyes.
"That gauntlet amplifies sound waves and to a human's ears it would naturally hurt that much. Sasuke-kun, be alright," Mikoto said with the last part in her thoughts.
Sasuke cursed and Dosu smiled before the Uchiha felt the ringing in his ear stop. He sighed in relief and turned to Dosu.
"Not bad, but...," he said as his eyes turned bright red with two tomoes in them. Mikoto smiled and everyone gasped. Naruto grinned and looked at Sasuke's eyes.
"So that's the sharingan huh?" the blonde wondered while Sasuke did his handsigns.
"Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu," He yelled out sending several fire shots at Dosu who managed to dodge them all.
"It takes more than that...huh?" he gasped as he saw Sasuke disappear. The Uchiha came up behind Dosu and grinned.
"Too slow fool," he said before he kicked Dosu in the air. The mummy genin cursed and everyone watched as he went flying. Naruto and Anko whistled while Sasuke appeared behind Dosu and snickered. Soon threads of wrappings appeared around Dosu's body holding him tight.
"Go Sasuke! Show him your flames of youth!" Gai yelled while everyone watched.
"Gai of all the reckless shit you've pulled," Kakashi said and Sasuke grabbed Dosu's body as he spun him around and around spiraling towards the ground.
"Here it goes. Omote Renge," Sasuke yelled as he slammed Dosu into the ground. The Uchiha quickly got to his feet and turned around to see Dosu with his head in the ground. The Uchiha 'hmphed' and Anko smiled.
"Winner Sasuke Uchiha," Anko yelled out and Mikoto turned to Gai.
"What were you thinking teaching Sasuke that move!?" Mikoto asked/yelled and Gai gulped.
"It was a serious reason so that he would improve. Sasuke has progressed faster and he never wanted to lose to Lee so I used that. It would be unyouthful not to," Gai said with a thumbs up and Mikoto sighed. Sasuke quickly got off the field and Naruto patted him on the back.
"You're turn loser," Sasuke said and Naruto nodded as he was more than willing to have his fun while the board lit up again.
Omoi vs Sabaku no Kankuro
"Go Omoi, show that clown bastard who's boss!" Karui yelled and Omoi sighed with a nod as he left for the field along with Kankuro.
In Naruto's opinion that fight was rather...unique if he could give it a word. Omoi had easily dominated Kankuro as the white haired genin used his swords to cut Kankuro's chakra strings and any chance that he could use his puppet for some kind of aid. Omoi was just slightly better as the genin had never let Kankuro get away from him for even a second.
"Winner Omoi," Anko called and the board rang up again.
Kin Tsuchi vs Shikamaru Nara
Kin looked at Naruto instead of Shikamaru as a way of confirmation and the blonde slowly nodded his head with a smile while Kin merely growled her frustration, but ultimately sighed.
"I...give up," she said making some people fault especially Zaku who was constantly asking her why, but Shikamaru didn't care in the slightest as he just felt that he had the easiest victory of his life.
"Winner Shikamaru Nara," Anko said and Zaku growled.
"Kin what the hell is the matter with you?!" he asked and Kin growled.
"Shut the hell up Zaku. I didn't feel like fighting. I'm leaving," Kin said and exited the stadium with Zaku growling at her. Samui, Omoi and Karui glanced at Naruto who had a small smile across his face and wondered what the blonde was planning as the screen showed the new names.
Zaku Abumi vs Samui
Naruto smirked as he watched Samui unfold her arms and head down to the field. Karui and Omoi cheered for her to give it her all while mostly everyone, even the Hokage, were interested in it.
"Here she is. If she makes it then Naruto-kun will need to make it. Once that's it then the treaty will officially be finalized between Kumo and Konoha," Sarutobi said and Naruto smiled.
"Go for it Samui-chan. You've got this in the bag!" the blonde yelled to her making Samui sigh with a short nod, but soon both blonde could hear the kissing sounds from Kiba to the blonde as the two growled.
"Alright Samui of Kumo vs Zaku Abumi. Match begin!" Anko yelled and jumped back while Samui took out her tanto. Zaku sighed and scratched his head.
"Why do I have to get some weak ass girl?" Zaku wondered, but he didn't have the time to contemplate those words as he felt the wind get knocked out of him and noticed that Samui was right in front of him with her knee edged into his stomach. Zaku gasped and everyone was impressed by the speed that Samui possessed and before Zaku could counter Samui quickly backflipped away from him and landed near the wall.
"She's so fast," Sasuke said and everyone nodded while Yugito smiled.
"Of course she's fast. Samui was the fastest genin in the academy. That's why I'm proud of her," Yugito said to herself and Samui glared at Zaku.
"If you want to lose then it's cool with me, but I'll take you with everything I've got," she said and Zaku pointed one of his arms at Samui. He immediately sent a blast of air at her.
"Zankuha( Decapitating Airwaves)," he yelled out sending each blast towards Samui would effectively dodged the incoming shots with great speed. Samui quickly threw a kunai at Zaku who blocked it with his own like it was nothing.
"Yeah run bitch run!" Zaku said as Samui was forced around the place. Naruto grabbed the bar handles and growled as he watched Samui run around before he watched her eyes narrow. Samui quickly stopped running and Zaku smiled.
"Yeah just stand there and take it!" he yelled sending the blast of wind at Samui. Said blonde quickly jumped into air and twirled her tanto. She surprised everyone when her tanto glowed in blue chakra which turned into lightning. Her sword cackled while Zaku pointed his hands up.
"Get lost. Zankuha," The Oto genin yelled and sent the blast of wind at Samui knowing that she couldn't dodge. Samui quickly maneuvered her body and surprised everyone as she managed to dodge wind blast, but just barely and landed on the ground before charging at Zaku.
"Sanda Furasshu( Thunder Flash)," Samui said as she stuck her sword into Zaku's arm before the genin yelled out from getting electrocuted from Samui's blade before he dropped to the ground. Samui closed her eyes and sighed.
"Fighting you was...not cool," she said as she walked away.
"Winner Samui," Anko said with an extra enthusiastic smile while people turned to Naruto.
"Your turn Naruto-san," Shino said and the blonde groaned as all eyes seemed to be on him for the moment while the board rang.
Ino Yamanaka vs Sabaku no Temari
"Ino, Temari get your asses down here," Anko called to them both.
To Naruto, that fight was rather uneventful. Temari had easily kept her distance from Ino and her wind release technique made short work of the aspiring Yamanaka. No one really held it against Ino, but the fact was that she didn't train as much as she should've. In the end, Ino had brutally ended up on Temari's fan and was then carried away by a stretcher. Sakura had made her comments that she would win her fight, but no one really paid it any mind.
"Winner: Sabaku no Temari," Anko called out and soon the board lit up again.
Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzuka
Everyone had been waiting for this fight as Kurenai smiled at her son. She patted him on the shoulder and watched Naruto leave while Mikoto allowed Kiba to go and have his fun. Samui gave a gentle smile while Karui and Omoi cheered.
"Go one Naruto, show us how much you've grown," Kakashi said to himself while everyone could hardly wait to see the two go at it.
"Don't you dare lose you loser," Sasuke said to himself with a confident grin on his face.
"So we're finally here for little bro huh? Well alright then," Anko said to herself and Sarutobi smiled.
"Minato, Kushina you would both be happy and proud of your son. I'm sure of it," Sarutobi said silently to himself. Everyone's attention was on this fight while Naruto turned to Kiba.
"Ready dog breath?" Naruto asked and Kiba smirked as he let Akamaru get on the ground.
"Sure am. I'm gonna pound you into the ground," Kiba said and before long Naruto unzipped his jacket allowing Mikata the honor of slithering out to the ground. The two boys with their familiars/ partners out faced each other while Anko smiled.
"Alright then. Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki vs Kiba Inuzuka. Begin!" Anko yelled and backed up as Naruto and Mikata quickly ran at Kiba. The Inuzuka prepared himself for whatever Naruto had in store for him as he blocked a punch to the face. Naruto smiled and then jumped into the air while he swirled his foot and slammed Kiba in the chin knocking him back for a bit, but Kiba only rubbed his cheek and grin as Akamaru jumped on top of him.
"Let's go Akamaru. Juujin Bunshin( Man-Beast Clone)," Kiba yelled and the two disappeared in smoke while Naruto and Mikata jumped back. Soon the smoke subsided and the blonde noticed two Kibas grinning at him.
"Alright Naruto, prepare to get your ass kicked. Gatsuuga," Kiba yelled as he and Akamaru began to spin at the blonde. Naruto and Mikata nodded to each other while Mikata stood next to Naruto.
"Konbi Henge( Combined Transformation)," Naruto yelled as they disappeared into the smoke. Kiba and Akamaru drilled through the smoke, but hit nothing except the air as they turned around.
"He got away?" he asked, but then he heard a smile.
"Over here dog breath," Naruto said with Mikata on his shoulder. The two were laughing at Kiba and Akamaru while Naruto rubbed the back of his head.
"We can't do that just yet," Naruto said making people sweatdrop at his actions before Mikata slithered to the ground,
"Don't make fun of me!" Kiba yelled and charged at Naruto while the blonde unfurled his sleeves and pointed his arms at Kiba.
"Sen'ei Tajashu( Many Hidden Shadow Snake Hands)," Naruto yelled and soon more than a dozen snakes shot from his sleeves as they headed for Kiba and Akamaru.
Not wanting to find out of their collaboration technique could stop the snakes, Kiba stopped and dodged the dozens of snakes that littered the ground while Orochimaru snickered.
"So he can use the snakes as well? Interesting," Orochimaru thought and Kiba jumped in the air, but that was a big mistake as Naruto grinned.
"Kage Bunshin No Jutsu," The blonde shouted and quickly Kiba watched as he made three clones. The real Naruto and Mikata jumped on the clones back and jumped into the air. Kiba growled and tried to take a soldier pill before things got hectic, but Naruto didn't let him as the blonde took out his kodachi.
"It ain't happening dog breath. Go Mikata," Naruto said and his snake quickly wrapped its self around Kiba. The Inuzuka could barely react as Mikata sank her fangs into Kiba's neck. The Inuzuka cursed while everyone widened her eyes. She soon released her hold and slithered back to Naruto while Kiba fell to the ground unable to move.
"W-What the...why can't I move?" Kiba asked and Naruto smiled as he petted Mikata's head.
"Paralysis venom. You wont be able to move for the next six hours without the antidote. I think we've done enough," Naruto said with a smile and Kiba glared hard at him while Sasuke narrowed his eyes.
"He didn't even try to use his genjutsu. That guy is something else," Sasuke said making the others nod in agreement with him before the blonde turned to Samui and smiled while Karui patted Samui's shoulder.
"Now then Samui Yuhi-Uzumaki, how does it feel to be engaged?" Karui asked with a sure smile and Samui closed her eyes, but had a small unnoticeable smile on.
"So that's Naruto. There's your husband's container Nibi-chan," Yugito said and Nibi quickly bounced up and down in her cage.
"Kyuubi-kun is so close to me. I want my husband. Kitten after this you are to meet with that boy at least for bit so I can talk to him. Oh Kyuubi-kun, so close, but so far," Nibi said and unknown to them, Kyuubi was feeling the same.
"Brat, that chakra the woman with the blonde hair. She has Nibi-chan! There Kit, there is my wife right over there!" Kyuubi said and Naruto glanced at Yugito. The two seemed to sigh at the same time.
"Looks like I'll be busy," Naruto said while Anko raised her hand.
"Winner Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki," Anko said with a smile on her face and the blonde knelt down to gave Kiba a whiff of a vial which before long granted the Inuzuka the power to move again as they left the field for the next people to go.
Sakura Haruno vs Karui of Kumo
Naruto could honestly say that Karui did Konoha a favor as she thoroughly and he meant thoroughly kicked Sakura's ass and showed her just how far her fangirl tendencies actually went. It was amazing, but Sakura had never hit Karui even once and Karui went so far as to tell Sakura that she was a disgrace to hardworking kunoichi everywhere. Sakura seemed to have taken that quite hard, but Naruto now knew that the fangirl would get beaten out of Sakura and she might actually train now. It was really a saving grace for Sakura even though she had lost the fight.
"Winner Karui of Kumo," Anko called and the board lit up again.
Tenten Higurashi vs Shino Aburame
That match was interesting to say the least and Naruto could see why Tenten was called the Weapons Mistress of Konoha. She really had a knack for the weapons and their control, but Shino was a lot more calculative and managed to drain Tenten's chakra with his insects causing her to pass out and while Tenten was upset with losing she still had to acknowledge Shino's ability to which she thanked him for a good match.
"Winner Shino Aburame," Anko said and everyone sighed with nods as the board lit up again.
Neji Hyuuga vs Chouji Akamichi
That fight was quick in Naruto's opinion. Neji had told simply been to fast for Chouji to keep up and he simply shut down the Akamichi's chakra points with hi byakugan and his Jyuuken. It had been a short one, but people had to admire Chouji has the only hit he got on Neji was from the Human Boulder than he made himself into just before losing his pace in the fight.
"Winner Neji Hyuuga," Anko announced and everyone nodded as the board lit up. There were still three people who didn't get to fight so no one knew what would happen, but they would wait with bated breathe. Neji turned to Hinata and watched her gulp, but simply told her to calm down for the fight.
Rock Lee vs Sabaku no Gaara vs Hinata Hyuuga
All three applicants came down and glared at the other. Everyone watched the fight and couldn't wait for it to start, but they could all see that Rock Lee and Hinata would plan on taking Gaara together. It was really amazing as both Lee and Hinata seemed to be in sync with each other and their styles, while different, complimented each other very well, but Hinata didn't have as much stamina and quickly lost her ground while Gaara seemed to control his sand enough to capture Hinata. He was about to crush her leg, but Rock Lee saved Hinata at the nick of time only for her to get knocked out from some pain that was too much for her due to Gaara which only left Rock Lee and the Suna jinchuuriki.
The two had quickly upped the pace as they wasted no time in getting their fight underway. Lee did everything he could to fight against Gaara using only taijutsu that astounded nearly everyone in the room as they found a growing respect, but Lee had overused his body and passed out with Gaara breaking his arm and leg. Everyone winced at the pain, but the match ended when Gai interfered with it bringing the prelims to a close.
"Winner Sabaku no Gaara," Anko said with a slightly heavy heart since she had been cheering for Lee and Hinata.
Seeing that everyone had their turn Sarutobi came down and smiled.
"Very well those were spectacular fights everyone. I'm impressed, but now we'll be making this announcement. In one month, the chunin exams will continue in the finals," Sarutobi said and the winners gasped.
"What? Why can't we do it now?" Sasuke asked and Sarutobi smiled.
"All of your technique have been showcased. Now is the time to improve and show more of what you can do," Sarutobi said to them and Anko posted up the list in front of everyone.
"This is the list for the finals. Don't forget it anyone!" Anko shouted and everyone looked at it.
"Match 1, Samui of Kumo vs Sabaku no Temari.
Match 2: Naruto Yuhi-Uzumaki vs Sasuke Uchiha
Match 3: Neji Hyuuga vs Sabaku no Gaara
Match 4: Shikamaru Nara vs Karui of Kumo
Match 5 Omoi vs Shino Aburame,"
"I want you all to improve. Show us what you've got in the next month," Sarutobi said and dismissed everyone while Naruto smiled as he glared at Sasuke. The Uchiha did the same as they both vowed to get stronger for the next time, but Naruto had some other ideas on his mind. Ones that involved Kin for one and Samui for the second then informing Ayane as the third.
With Kin
"Ugh, why am I following this guy again? Dammit, well whatever. Let me see what he wants me to start looking into," Kin said as she reached onto the rooftops of the tower. She quickly dashed off through the forest and towards the village of Konoha.
Kin didn't know just how important her part would be as Naruto's little follower.
KG: Sigh, done. Finally dammit.
Naruto: Well Samui and I are engaged now. Awesome.
KG: Whatever.
Samui: But I have to meet her sooner or later.
Ayane: Yep and this will not be a good day for anyone.
Naruto: (Gulp) Oh that's just freakin' great isn't it?
KG: Oh no it's not. Well not for you it isn't. Also people, Kin isn't in the harem if you can even call it that. Just two girls, Samui and Ayane that's it. Kin is going to be...a messenger of sorts for Naruto. That's going to happen on more than one occasion though so be prepared. Wouldn't mind it if you guys tried to figure out what I'm trying to do.
Naruto: I know, you're going to...
KG: DON'T SAY! Let them figure it out.
Naruto: (pouts) Fine.
KG: Good. Well see you later. Bye bye.
