LOVE LIFE DREAM
Ok second stage! Hold you horses don't growl I will have the Akatsuki appear soon.
R&R peeps!
The Forest of Death and the Preliminaries
"Welcome to the stage for the second test. Practice area 44. Also known as "The forest of death"" Anko said with a hint of her sadistic nature seeping though.
"Like I said. I'll treat you all for ramen after this" I patted their team 7's backs lightly.
"You'll soon find out why it is called the forest of death" Anko declared smirking.
"You'll soon find out why it is called the forest of death" Naruto mocked. "You think that scares me? I'm not afraid!" he yelled. I did a face palm and missed what happened next.
"Looks like you have some blood thirsty ones Anko" I said as I watched the Grass nin retreat. I knew he was Orochimaru but I decided not to speak.
"this should be fun" Anko grinned.
"you know this crazy lady?" Naruto asked glaring at Anko.
"Yes I don infact and you better learn some respect Naruto or else you might lose some limbs" I warned him as he gave me a nervous look. "Not me but others won't hesitate" I purred.
"Right before we can start I need you all to sign this form. It is a release form so if anyone dies in here it won't be my fault. Hehe and I will have less paper work" Anko grinned as everyone was silent giving her blank stares.
Anko then explained the rules and what had to happen. She also told them about the five day or 120 hour time limit and all the other important thing I wasn't listening to.
I looked around again for Kabuto and Orochimaru. This was going to be the place where Sasuke was getting the curse mark and where the lives of team 7 was going to turn around.
Anko was coming to an end with her explaination so I turned back to my team.
"Let me tell you all something" I whispered. "one. Don't die" I said and Saske snorted. "You especially Sasuke" I frowned. "Two your lives will change after this and three...do your best" I said before waving a farewell and leaving them.
I left in the direction of the ramen bar. For an early dinner I was planning Ramen but then again I wanted something else.
"Misaki!" a voice called as I passed the Ramen bar.
"Hn?" I stopped walking and looked inside to see the old man and Ayame.
"hey Ayame" I said sitting down.
"you look down" she said sitting beside me.
"no just that...Naruto and his team entered the forest of death and it's going to be boring for the next few days" I sighed.
"You can always take that special training" I heard from out side the shop.
"No-way am I doing anything to stupid like that" I said shaking my head.
"It's not stupid" the voice said again.
"what special training?" Ayame asked.
"the Art of Seduction" the voice and I say together.
"just take it. Maybe it'll take your mind off things like the Chunin exams" Ayame encouraged.
"You have got to be kidding me! I wouldn't go that even if I was to die" I said turning.
"What if ..." the voice said.
"No and come in here Kurenai. How did you hear abour that anyways?" I asked.
"Kakashi and Asuma told me. And plus weren't you there at the hospital to et the test too?" Kurenai asked.
"Yeah I guess" I said.
"then you must have an appointment" Ayame said standing.
"Did. I did have an appointment. It was on that day." I said looking at the ground.
"then let's go now. I;m sure they can fit you in now. Not many Kunoichi take this course" Kurenai said pulling me out and dragging me along.
"Good luck!" Ayame waved us off. I really didn't want to do this but I didn't really have a choice did I?
We arrived at the hospital and unluckily they had a spot open for the next few minutes.
Lovely. Just lovely.
"Nee Kurenai" Iasked.
"what?" she responded.
"I was wondering. Did you do this training?" I asked.
"Yep" she looked at the clock as the seconds ticked by.
"What is it really?" I stared at the door to the testing room.
"Um…it's an interesting experience" Kurenai said not really answering my question.
"In other words you don't want to say" I concluded.
"No not really cause it would ruin the surprise." She smiled.
I groaned and banged my head against the wall. This was not fair!
"I'm surprised you haven't teleported yourself away" Kurenai said almost hinting at what I could do.
"Why didn't I think of that?" I asked.
"I don't know but it's too late now. You're in." just as Kurenai finished the door opened and I was dragged inside.
"you will go though our test and we'll see if you have what it takes to even get into the course" the female jounin who I guess is the Examiner said. (Let's call her A-chan)
"Aye aye ma'am" I said sarcastically.
"it is Yes ma'am not aye aye! A Sexy woman is a polite woman…and one who knows her proper etiquette!" A-chan growled.
"Yea whatever" I boredly said looking around the room. There was a dress rack..ew. a changing room…hm. A mirror…ok. And there was a pile of books on a chair in a corner.
First was walking. A-chan was so demanding.
"NO! walk like this!" she said swaying her hips.
"Um I can't do that" I said watching her walk. It reminded me of a duck waddling around, it's but wagging in the air.
"Yes you can now WALK!" A-chan growled.
"OK! Sheesh! Don't have to yell" I said as I walked normally.
"Move your hips!" she said.
"I'm trying!" I yelled getting angry. We've been on the walking stage for about twenty minutes.
"Why. I thought you had potential" A-chan face-palmed.
"you thought what?" I asked turning my head towards her. Placing my hands on my hips I turned and swaggered over to her. "You shouldn't think anything before the proof is shown to you. I can't do this!" I said.
"You just did it now." A-chan pointed out.
"A…I…I.." I was speechless. Somehow I did what I was supposed to do. Damn and I thought I would get away with failing.
"now keep your back strait when sitting!" A-chan said as I sat on the chair. The stack of books were balancing on my head.
"This is going to stunt my growth!" I complained.
"It's fine you're already 164cm. you don't need to grow anymore" A-chan said as she timed me.
"No I still want to grow!" I abruptly turned my head and the books toppled over and fell on the ground.
A-chan sighed. "Good enough, that was twenty-five minutes. Next you will wear a dress and do your swagger walk" she said scribbling something down.
"NO! I'm not wearing a dress. Never in my life!" I said shaking my head.
"Do you want to be useful to Konoha or not?" A-chan asked. Medusa coils lashing towards me.
"fine! Sheesh don't be so scary" I said as I caught the dress A-chan threw at me.
I sighed as I went into the changing room. A-chan must have a split personality. If you do as she askes; she is like your best friend. If you don't she is like you worst enemy.
I thought about just leaving when I suddenly thought about my mother's words. "Finish what you started. Even if you don't want to."
Does this count? I really didn't want to but I guess I have to now.
I finished changing and awkwardly stepped out.
"Shoes" A-chan said pointing to the black strappy heels.
"Uggghhh" I fumbled with it for about five minutes for each foot since I was clueless in this kind of stuff.
Finally when I was done I had to learn how to walk again. And it was not easy. Twice I fell. Five times I stumbled and blisters were starting.
When it was finally over I wanted to cheer with joy but sadly A-chan just had to kill my joy.
"Tomorrow you will enter the beginner class for this. The class is in the Academy and at 8:00 am to 9:00pm" she said handing me a paper with my name on it.
"that's like a fucking 13 hours! The hell!" I exclaimed.
"yea but the course is only for 4 days so don't worry." She smiled.
"Yea and what happens if I skip?" I asked.
"We will hunt you down and teach you the course all over again" A-chan threatened.
"ok! I won't skip!" I said not that I was going to in the first place.
So my next four days were filled with back breaking work. There were tests, walking, talking, and interaction. Information gathering and surprisingly dealing with harassment were also a part of this. If the general topic wasn't that, it would have been proved to be a good lesson.
Today was the last day and also the day that Naruto and his team would pass the second exam...well Naruto and Sasuke at least.
"Hey I have to go watch my team in the preliminaries! I'm skipping today!" I told A-chan and the senseis in the class. I ran out and reached the tower in no-time at all.
The Kunoichi training also increased my speed and I'm sure I got smarter for making better choices and planning too.
"Hey! I see it's Sasuke going first" I said appearing beside Naruto and Sakura.
"Saki-nee! We passed! We passed and I'm getting closer to being the Hokage!" Naruto cheered.
"Saki-nee. You know about Sasuke's bruise right? What is it?" Sakura asked quietly.
"You'll learn. It is something that will help you, Naruto and Sasuke get stronger. The process will be painful but, you'll just know ok? It'll be all right." I reassured her or at least tried.
"ummm ok." Sakura looked back at Sasuke who was on the ground dodging the sound spy's blows but barely.
It took longer than I thought but still Sasuke beat the sound spy using the new move, Lion's barrage.
I smirked as Kakashi stabilized Sasuke who was about to fall over.
"Great job Sasuke!" I cheered grinning.
He looked up and smirked. I saw Kakashi and Sasuke have a small conversation. Sasuke got up and followed Kakashi out.
Going to seal up that curse mark now. Orochimaru and Kabuto should be on the move now. I thought as the next match was determined.
I watched the other matches without any interest. Finally it was Naruto's turn against Kiba. This was a fight worth watching.
I leaned on the rail and watched as Naruto got knocked around by Kiba.
It seemed a lot more brutal then it did in the anime and manga.
"Come on Naruto! Beat Dog-boy! Whooh!" I yelled cheering for the blonde kid as he kept getting up and dealing blows of his own onto Kiba.
For his finishing move he ended with a copied technique.
Uzumaki Naruto Rendan.
"Nice!" I yelled with Sakura who also seemed to be ecstatic.
Naruto came up the stairs and I met him half way. Kankuro was talking to him.
"Nice Naruto! Congrats on passing to the third exam!" I hugged him.
"Eh? You!" Kankuro pointed at me.
"Didn't anyone tell you that pointing is rude?" I asked
"ummm...why are you here anyways? Aren't you a chunin?" Kankuro asked.
"Sure but I just wanted to watch. You have a problem?" I asked as I noticed that the next pair was determined.
Neji and Hinata.
"the next match is going to start. Naruto pay attention!" I said motioning to the center floor.
"Huh? Is that? What? Are they siblings?" Naruto asked.
"No they are….related but in a main house and branch house way. In blood they are cousins but by family it is a main/ branch relationship." I told him.
"So their cousins?" Naruto asked.
"Stupefying it. Yes they are cousins but the Hyuuga family looks at them as family part one and family part two, ok?" I said and he nodded.
I watched as Neji started to mentally attack the younger Hyuuga.
"People cannot change themselves" we all heard Neji speak.
Oh great two minutes into his monologue, I wonder how long this really is, I thought as Neji kept speaking.
"Is there something wrong with that kid?" Kankuo asked.
"Well, the main and branch members hate each other, Neji just has the worst case." I answered him as the monologue kept going.
I wasn't really listening to them. Sakura asked what the byakugan was but Kakashi answered. I silently waited and watched the clock, and waited.
Five minutes.
"YOU CAN!" Naruto screamed.
I jumped in surprise from the sudden voice.
"Stop deciding things about people idiot! Kick that bastard's ass Hinata!" Naruto yelled holding onto the railing tightly.
"Hinata! Stand up for yourself! This is hard to watch" Naruto yelled again, screaming his head off.
In thirty seconds Hinata did a full turnaround and confidence filled her eyes.
Nice Naruto!
"I no longer want to run away!" Hinata said activating her byakugan. "Neji nii-san, we fight"
"As I thought, she uses the same Hyuuga style, her stance is the same." Lee said watching them intently.
"Hyuuga style?" Sakura asked.
"The leaf's strongest Taijutsu style. I said it before that the strongest genin is most likely on my team, that is Hyuuga Neji" Lee said, his hands balling up into tight fists.
We watched as their rapid hand movements and palm strikes just barely missed each other.
Hinata hit Neji in the side.
"She got him?" she yelled watching.
"No! It wasn't deep enough!" Naruto said his brows creased with worry.
"No even a slight touch is enough" Lee said.
Then Gai and Kakashi went into the details of how it is so powerful. I really wasn't listening as I watched Hinata struggle. I watched as Neji hit her opening points, the blows thought were hidden with extra palm thrusts to her inner coil system.
"Nee, Nee! Saki-nee can you see them too?" Naruto asked.
"See what?" I asked him back.
"the inner coil system." Naruto said.
"What? no..i can't. I can only see the pressure points and that came with practice too. Even in my world I read medicinal book and about pressure points, It took me about a year to remember 100 of them. And there are more than 100. these eyes fom my family can just see the points where the nerves are concentrated but not inside the human body like the Byakugan and Sharingan can. My eyes are inferior to the Leaf's two strongest Do-jutsu" I said looking at Naruto. "Plus even if I was able to look inside the human body, the inner coil system is invisible" I grinned.
"Oh then if the Inner coil system is invisible then how can they attack it?" Sakura asked, she had listened into our conversation.
"Well..." Kakashi went and answered the genin's question and I watched as Neji took his final strike to hinata;s arm.
"The last one" I said.
"Huh?" Naruto looked down and saw the scene.
"Don't tell me..." Hinata looked shocked.
"Exactly, my eyes can see the opening points" Neji said smirking at his victory.
"Opening points?" Sakura asked.
"The Hell?" Naruto was confused.
"Above the inner coils system are 361 pressure points caled chakra holes. They are the size of the tip of a needle though. These are also called the opening points and if you press these pressure points accurately, you can stop od increase youe opponent's chakra flow. You can control however you want. I'll tell you one more thins too. These opening points or pressure points.. frankly speaking even my sharingan can't see them." Kakashi said "Misaki-chan, your eyes are not inferior to the sharingan it just might e stronger." Kakashi said watching the Hyuuga genin.
"Even with the ability. To be able to use it effectively during battle..." Kakashi started.
"...Takes more than just practice." I finished for him.
Neji then pushed Hinata and she fell.
"Hinata-sama. This is the difference in talent that can never change. The difference that divided and Elite from a failure." Neji looked at Hinata who was struggling to stand again.
"This is the reality that cannot be changed. At the point you said I do not want to run you were setting yourself up for regret, you should be overcome with desperation right now. " Neji said "Foreit"
"I" Hinata coughed up blood. The crimson color staining the concrete floor. "I don't go back on my word. That is also my nindo(Ninja-way)."
"I never knew Hinata was this incredible" Naruto said looking slightly shocked.
"She'd very similar to you..." Lee said smiling.
"she was always watching you" Sakura said with a confident look.
"She always looked up to you" I said smirking "I guess you're rubbing off on her" I grinned.
"Neji blocked off all her chakra completely, she can no longer do any damage." Kakashi concluded.
"Right, right now it really will be too shallow to make any external damage either" I said watching. My grin fading quickly.
"It's over" Kakashi said calmly.
"You can do it Hinata!" Naruto shouted.
"She's at her limit Naruto, I know this is hard to watch." I said, I wanted nothing more but for this match to stop. Hinata changed, she got stronger and she will grow even more. She doesn't have to get hospitalized.
Hinata attacked Neji and he struck her down.
"You don't understand anything. From the beginning your attacks have done nothing." Neji said looking down on the fallen Hyuuga female.
"A deciding blow to the heart. I feel bad for her but she will not get up again." Gai said watching the scene below.
I bit my lip, no she was going to stand up and she was going to try to fight again. My heart was saddened, this was the result of the Hyuuga hate. I've seen this before but still it was sad to see it live.
"Continuing is impossible and thus..." Hayate said looking at Neji when Naruto yelled "DON'T STOP IT!"
"What are you saying you idiot! She's at her limit, she's unconscious" Sakura yelled.
"If you're so sure, look again" I said. Everyone looked to the floor and saw Hinata once again struggling to stand.
"Why do you stand. If you keep pushing yourself you'll die" Neji said a hint of malice in his voice.
"Any what you're doing isn't killing her?" I called down to the floor. I wanted to run down and smack him but I knew it was against the rules.
"It's not over" Hinata said holding onto her side.
"Stop acting tough. It is useless, you can barely stand, I win" Neji said scowling at the younger Hyuuga.
"From the time of your birth, the weight of the main family has been forced upon you. But you have always hated yourself for your own weakness, but people cannot change their own destiny." he said. "there is no need to suffer anymore. Let it go!"
"Neji nii-san. That is not what I see. I see that you are in greater pain and that you are the one lost and suffering." Hinata said boldly.
Neji snapped and ran at her killing intent sure in his eyes.
"NO NEJI!" I yelled jumping off the platform and arrived at the scene with the other Jounin excluding Asuma.
I stood before Hinata and behind Hayate, my hands glowing with my chakra scalpel. I was about ready to counter act his chakra by cutting through it with my own.
"Hun, all the jounins are out here and the medical tensai(Genius) is it another head family special treatment?" he narrowed his eyes glaring at each of us in turn.
"GAH! ha ha ha" Hinata fell to the floor and coughed up a substantial amount of blood.
"Hinata!" Kuranai and I fell to her aid. Kurenai helped her lay on the floor as I listened to her heart beat. It was faint but still there. Suddenly she coughed up more blood. I helped by raising her head a bit and turning it to the side so she wouldn't choke on her own blood and die.
"Her heat rate is erratic!" Kuranai said worried.
"I know Kurenai-san. Hey you idiot medical team! What are you doing over there watching with those stupid looks? Get the fuck over here!" I yelled at them. They hurried themselves over with a stretcher mumbling words of apology.
"Hurry at this rate she own't last ten minutes! To the emergency room Quickly! NOW!" the head Iryo-nin ordered.
"7" I said standing.
"Huh? What do you mean?" he asked.
"She won't last seven minutes, hurry! Someone heal her external wounds so she doesn't loose any more blood." I ordered.
"there are no External wounds" a Iryo-nin reported.
"and what is that?" I asked pointing to a bruised area that had popped.
"What is that?" another Iryo-nin asked looking at it.
"If you have time to chit-chat! Hurry up and move!" I ordered following them. I had already activated my healing hands jutsu and was working on the large area of bruised and irritated skin.
"hey who.." a newbie I would think asked.
"she is the Medical Tensai, Ken Misaki" the head said ushering us out.
"Sorry I won't be able to see your match Sakura!" I said as I exited with the team.