Chapter 10: The Forest Of Death Part 1
The genins look at her weirdly.
"Your early..." Ibiki said.
Anko sweat drop slightly blushing.
"Oh great another Naruto" Sakura thought.
Anko looked at the genins "78... Ibiki you left 26 teams?" Anko ask shock "the test was too easy this time..."
"This time... There are a lot of outstanding ones" Ibiki said smirking.
"Bah that's fine... I'll at least cut them in half in the second test" Anko said grinning.
"Cut us in half?" Sakura thought raising an eye brow.
"Ahhh I'm getting excited... I'll explain everything once we've changed places, follow me" Anko ordered grinning like a madman.
The genins left the room and followed Anko out.
"Guys the weirdest thing just happen... My hand has a mind of its own..." Naruto said walking with his team.
Sasuke and Sakura stared at him like he just recited all of the shinobi rules.
"Baka, Sakura was controlling your hand like how she controlled the puppet" Sasuke said shaking his head at his best friend's stupidity.
"Oh... Arigatō Sakura-chan" Naruto said grinning at her.
"No prob that's what teams are for" Sakura said shrugging.
They continue walking until they reach a scary looking forest with iron gates around it.
"Welcome to the stage of the second test, practice arena 44 also known as The Forest Of Death" Anko said smirking.
The genins stared at the forest nervously.
"This is creepy" Ino said.
"You'll soon find out why it's called the forest of death" Anko said as if daring them to enter.
Naruto scoff "You'll soon find out why it's called the forest of death" he said mocking Anko "you think that scares me? That's nothing! I'm not afraid."
"Hai... You're spirited" Anko said smiling sweetly before pulling a kunai and throwing it at him with lightning speed gashing his left cheek.
"Kids like you are quickly killed... Hehehe... Spraying that red blood I love" Anko said suddenly appearing behind Naruto licking the blood on his cheek.
Anko pulled out another kunai.
"Here's... You're kunai..." A grass Nin with a really long tongue said Anko's previous kunai wrap around his tongue with Anko's own kunai under his tongue.
"Why thank you... But you know... Don't sneak up behind me... Unless you want to die" Anko said pulling her kunai form the grass Nin's tongue.
"No... I just get excited when I see red blood... Plus you cut my previous hair, I couldn't help it" the grass Nin said.
"Naruto-kun..." Hinata said worriedly.
"The grass Nin's chakra... It seems vaguely familiar" Sakura thought narrowing her eyes at the grass Nin.
The grass Nin caught her eyes, she smirked at Sakura before walking away.
Sakura shrug waving it off.
"Hey you alright?" She heard Sasuke ask beside her.
"Hai" She said giving him a half smile, half smirk.
"Sorry about that" Anko said watching the grass Nin walk away.
"Why is that guy's tongue so long?" Naruto ask confuse.
"Looks like we have a lot of blood thirsty ones in this test... Hehe this should be fun" Anko said smirking excitedly.
"You're the most blood thirsty..." Naruto thought wiping the blood off his face.
"Now before we start the second test... There's something I have to pass out" Anko said holding up a stack of papers.
The genins look confuse.
"You must sign these agreement forms" Anko said.
"Nani?" Naruto ask confuse.
"There will be deaths in this one... And if I don't have you sign these... It will be my responsibility heheh" Anko said cheekily.
"I'm going to explain the second test, then you can sign it afterwards and then each team will check in at that booth behind me" Anko said "I'll explain the second test... Simply put... You will attempt the ultimate survival..."
"Survival... Man this test sucks" Shikamaru thought lazily.
"First I'll explain the area in which it will take place, around practice arena 44... Are 44 locked gates... Forest, river, and a tower in the center, from the gates to the tower is about 10km... During the survival in here, you will be asked to complete a certain task, using your many weapons and Jutsu you will compete in a... No rules scroll battle" Anko explained.
"Scroll?" One of the genin ask.
"Hai... You will fight over these two scrolls, the 'heaven' and 'earth' scroll" Anko said showing them 2 scrolls.
"There are 78 people here... Meaning 26 teams... Half 13 will get the 'heaven' scroll" Anko said holding up the 'heaven' scroll.
"And the other 13 teams... Will each get the 'earth' scroll" she said holding up the 'earth' scroll "To pass this test... Your team must make it to the tower... With both scrolls."
"So, 13 teams will lose their scrolls... Half the teams will definitely fail... This is getting more and more exciting..." Sakura said smirking.
"But there's a time limit these second test will last 120 hours, exactly 5 days" Anko said.
"Five days?" Ino ask exclaimed.
"What about dinner?" Chōji ask worriedly.
"You're on your own, the forest is full of food, just watch out for man-eating beasts, poisonous insects, poisonous plants... And 13 teams passing is not likely... As the days go on the distance to the goal will become farther, and the time to rest will become shorter, and the area is crawling with enemies, you won't get much sleep" Anko said "so not only will some fail by losing the scroll... But some will die from the harshness of the course... Now I'll talk about what will disqualify you... First, those that don't make it to the tower, with both scrolls within the time limit... Second, those who lose a teammate or those who have a teammate killed."
"As a rule... There is no quitting in the middle, you will be in the forest for five days and one more rule... You must not look inside the scroll until you make it to the tower" Anko warned.
"What happens if you do?" Sakura ask raising an eye brow.
"That will be a surprise for anyone who does, a Chūnin will be asked to handle classified information... This is to test your trustworthiness" Anko said "that's it for the explanation... Exchange the 3 forms for your scroll, then choose a gate to get ready for the start... A final word of advice... Don't die!."
"It's about time to exchange for the scrolls" A jōnin said poking his head from the curtain of the booth.
After signing the agreement forms and getting their own scroll, the Genin teams stood outside their gates.
Gate 16: team Kurenai.
"Yahoo! Survival is our specialty... Hinata don't go soft on us" Kiba said grinning.
Hinata nodded meekly.
Gate 27: team Asuma.
"Risking our lives... This sucks but we'll have to do it..." Shikamaru said "let's go after Naruto..."
Gate 12: team Kakashi.
"Ok I won't lose... I'll kick anyone's ass who gets near me" Naruto said confident.
Sakura keeps thinking about the grass Nin and can't shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen.
Gate 20: team Dosu.
"Hehe it's finally here... The chance to fulfill our mission" Dosu thought.
Gate 38: team Kabuto.
Kabuto smirk.
Gate 6: Sand Sibling.
"Of course the other teams... But I'm also afraid of being with him for five days" kankurō thought.
Gate 15: mysterious grass Nin.
"So first we'll go after the rookies... We're aloud to kill from here on... That makes things easier" a grass Nin said.
Gate 41: Team Gai.
"Gai-sensei I'll do my best" Lee thought determine.
"Everyone follow an instructor and go to your gates, we will start in 30 minutes" Anko said.
After 30 minutes...
"THE SECOND TEST OF THE CHŪNIN EXAM... NOW BEGINS!" Anko shouted from afar.
Most teams ran in as quickly as they could, others took it easy and slowly walked in.
Team 7 walked slowly inside, Sasuke, Naruto and Sakura looked around when they stepped inside the gate, Sasuke nodded and they jumped one some trees and headed deeper inside the forest.
3 Konoha nins were spying on team Kurenai.
"So basically everyone is headed to the tower right?" Kiba ask his team "then setting traps near there would be best."
Akamaru sense the team who were spying on them and immediately told Kiba.
"Huh? Already... Where are they...?" Kiba ask quietly.
"Heh kids standing in the open, do they want to be found? Looks like they've sensed us... Hehehe but they don't know exactly where we are" the Genin said before he felt something on his neck.
"Hey what's wrong? your turning blue" his teammate ask before noticing something on his teammate's nape "what is that?."
Suddenly it started raining leeches "AHHHHH!."
"Sounds like... It's started" Anko said when she heard the scream.
Team 7 stopped on their tracks when they heard the scream.
"That was a human scream right?" Sakura ask don't get her wrong she wasn't scared she was just curious.
"Don't be nervous Sakura-chan this is nothing" Naruto said.
"I'm not nervous... I just can't shake the feeling that something bad is going to happen" Sakura said crossing her arms.
It suddenly hit her like a thousand Jutsu "No wonder the grass nins chakra's familiar... He's-" her thoughts was cut off by Naruto.
"I... Got to take a piss" Naruto said he turned around and faced a tree and started undoing his pants, Sakura didn't look, nor did she care, she did live with a bunch of men after all.
"Dobe I'm not sure either one of us wants to see you piss... Go do your business behind a bush or something" Sasuke said staring at him in disgust
Naruto glared at him but did what he was told, after a few minutes he came back with a satisfied grin "hey Sasuke, Sakura-chan... Man so much came out I fell great now."
Sakura narrow her eyes but before she could even do anything Sasuke beat her to it, in a blink of an eye he punched Naruto sending him flying and hitting a tree.
"What the hell was that for?" 'Naruro' ask wiping the blood on the corner of his mouth.
"Where's the real Naruto?" Sasuke demanded.
"What are you talking about I'm the real Naruto" 'Naruto' said like he was crazy.
"Your shuriken holster is on the left side the dobe is right handed and you don't have the scratch that the examiner put on the dobe's cheek" Sasuke said "and last is that the dobe never calls me Sasuke... You're a fake loser who's transformation is worse than Naruto's."
"And your chakra signature is different from Naruto's... So who are you" Sakura said glaring at him.
'Naruto' gulp before a puff of smoke appear revealing his true self who turned out to be a ninja from the hidden rain "Unlucky you figured it out... Oh well which one of you has the scroll?."
Sakura glared at him making him gulp.
"I knew this was a mistake" the rain Nin thought before disappearing deeper in the forest.
Sasuke look at Sakura who shrug at him.
"Where's the dobe?" Sasuke ask.
Sakura close her eye looking for Naruto's chakra.
"Behind the bushes 10 feet away from here" Sakura said opening her eyes.
Sasuke nodded before they stared walking towards some bushes, they saw Naruto on the ground struggling, ropes tied around his wrist behind his back along with his feet with his hitai-ate tied around his mouth.
Sakura stare at him amuse "you know I think I like it better if your hitai-ate is tied on your mouth... It's more peaceful."
Sasuke chuckle "yeah she's right."
Naruto glared at his so called teammates "mfff mfff mfff mfff."
Sakura shook her head before untying him.
"About time I thought you two forgot about me" Naruto yelled at them tying his hitai-ate on his forehead.
Sasuke shook his head before sitting on the ground motioning his team to do the same.
"If we get separated next time... Even if its one of us, don't trust them this could happen again" Sasuke said "we'll make a code word just in case listen... If they get the code word wrong assume they are the enemy no matter what they look like listen carefully I'll only say it once."
"The Nin song 'nin machine' when this is asked answer with..." Sasuke said "a large amount of loud enemies is the friend of the shinobi, hide and remain silent, a shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill prepared."
"Got it" Sakura said she could sense his chakra below listening to their conversation but she didn't say anything knowing that her teammates doesn't stand a chance against him.
"Matte.. That's impossible to remember..." Naruto complained.
"I'll hold the scroll" Sasuke said standing up.
"Itai!" Naruto said when a kunai dash his other cheek.
Suddenly a thousand kunai was heading towards them, then there was an explosion.
"You guys just play around over there... I'll take care of them myself" The grass Nin from before said.
Sasuke was hiding under the bushes when he felt Sakura's presence.
"Sakura" Sasuke said standing up.
"Sasuke-kun" Sakura said walking towards him.
"Stay back!" Sasuke yelled pulling out a kunai "first the code-word... The Nin song 'nin machine'."
Sakura nodded and recited the word perfectly.
"Good" Sasuke lowering his guard.
"Itai hey you guys alright?" Naruto ask as he stumbled out of the bushes.
Sakura's eyes widen when she felt his chakra.
"Naruto, matte the code word" Sasuke said.
"Oh yeah... a large amount of loud enemies is the friend of the shinobi, hide and remain silent, a shinobi must understand the proper time when the enemy is tired and ill prepared" 'naruto' said.
Sasuke smirk before throwing his kunai at him.
"Whoa" 'Naruto' said dodging the kunai.
"At least this time it's someone good enough to dodge my attack" Sasuke mutter.
'Naruto' smirk before a puff of smoke appear revealing the grass Nin.
"Impressive that you knew... How did you know? That I was a fake" the grass Nin ask.
"I knew that you were listening to our conversation from below that's why I made the code word like that... There's no way the dobe can remember a song that long so you had to be fake" Sasuke said smirking.
"I see... Neither tired or I'll prepared are we this will be more fun than I thought... Especially now that I know that you're here, Hime" the grass Nin said confirming Sakura's suspicion.
Somewhere in the forest...
"Ugh... Itai... Huh... Where's Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme" Naruto said trying to stand up.
His eyes suddenly widen "Na-Nani?."
In front of him was a really huge snake looking ready to eat him.
"IT'S HUGE" Naruto exclaim "I've never seen a snake so... Big... What's up with this forest?."
Suddenly the tail of the snake was wrap around him and before you knew it the snake ate him.
"He ate me" Naruto thought inside the snake.
"LET ME OUT! KUSO!" He yelled.
"Remove the mask" Sakura said closing her eyes.
Sasuke look at her utterly confuse.
"As you wish, Hime" the grass Nin said pulling the skin off his face.
Sasuke watch in disgust "who is he...?"
"Orochimaru..." Sakura said opening her eyes.
"Right my dear... I'm glad you haven't forgot about me" Orochimaru said revealing his true face.
Sakura glared at him her eye filled with rage, hatred, and disgust.
"How can I forget a piece of reject like you" Sakura said smirking before a puff of smoke appear on her hand when it clear she was holding Akuma no Tsubasa.
Orochimaru smirk "Hmmm... Have you become stronger? I'm sure you did... I was kind of hoping to get Sasuke-kun alone but looks like that's not going to happen."
Sakura narrow her eyes at him "What are you planning Orochimaru?."
"Don't worry Hime, I'm not going to tell him about you con-" Orochimaru was cut off when his back hit the tree behind him with the tip of Sakura's axe on his neck.
"Shut it!" Sakura mutter darkly her Mangekyō Sharingan spinning wildly before she deactivates it not wanting Sasuke to see it.
"Oh? He doesn't know? Doesn't know that-" Sakura pressed the axe on his neck cutting him off again.
"I said shut it" Sakura yelled swinging her axe.
Orochimaru was able to jump away in a nick of time, Sakura jump backward resealing her axe.
"Sakura do you know him?" Sasuke ask more like demanded.
"Hai... He's one of the people who wants to kill me" Sakura said shrugging.
Sasuke's eyes widen before he looks beck at Orochimaru.
"Don't worry Hime assss a gift I won't tell him" Orochimaru said grinning evilly "you want my 'earth' scroll right? Since you guys have the 'heaven' scroll..." He place the scroll on his mouth, his tongue wrapping around it before pushing it down his throat swallowing it, it was not a pretty sight.
"Now lets begin the battle for each others scroll" Orochimaru said "with our lives in the line" he touched his eye balls.
"DON'T LOOK!" Sakura yelled turning her head away.
Sasuke followed her example and also turn his head away.
"As expected" Orochimaru said smirking.
"We have to run" Sakura said looking at Sasuke in the eyes.
Sasuke nodded without any warning he picked her up bridal style out of harms way.
"Kuso! Barf me out!" Naruto yelled still inside the snake "Kuso... At this rate I'm really going to be melted... How can I make him throw up."
His eyes widen "Take this... Tajū Kage Bunshin no Jutsu."
The snake burst freeing naruto.
"I'm a shinobi who will become hokage I can't be turned into shit in a place like this... Ok time to find Sakura-chan and Sasuke-teme" Naruto said.
"Sasuke-kun are you alr-" Sakura was cut off when Sasuke place his hand on her mouth shutting her up.
"We have to run before he could find us... But the question is how?" Sasuke thought.
"I've never seen him like this" Sakura thought her eyes widen when she saw a snake, a giant snake.
"SNAKE!" Sakura yelled removing his hand.
The snake lunge at them, they both jump up to avoid the snake.
"Kuso! I was too busy panicking I didn't notice the snake" Sasuke thought.
"Stupid snake" Sakura thought glaring at the snake.
The snake lunge at Sasuke.
"Get away from me" Sasuke yelled throwing some shurikens at the snake.
The snake fell, the snake's skin opened and Orochimaru came out of it "you guys shouldn't relax for even a moment.. Prey should always be trying their best to run away... In the presence of a predator that is..."
The snake lunge at them again but before it could even come close a shuriken came out of nowhere.
"Sorry, Sasuke…but I forgot the code-word!" a familiar voice sounded from above and everyone looked up to see The #1 hyperactive, Unpredictable, Knucklehead orange clad ninja of Konoha.
I know Sakura didn't do much in this chapter but I promise she would be more helpful in the next chapter.
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