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Note, sorry for taking a while to post. I just didn't have the time to do it; I had to help my grandma learn how to use a laptop... WE ALL KNOW HOW THAT IS xD hahaha but anyways again I am sorry and I will try to make it up to you with an extra special chapter. I will try to make this longer than usual and try to make it way better than the other chapters
-Chapter 6: Battle for survival and passing
The first exam was over and now begun the second part of the exam, everyone begun to walk outside as they followed the proctor for the second exam. The sun was bright but not too bad that it is stressful, Naruto then caught up with his team and the proctor began to explain
"So it is easy, one group at a time we will give you a scroll and there is a heaven and then a earth. The only thing you have to do is after 5 days in this forest you have to survive and get the other scroll so you have both and go to the middle and stay there, the rules are; there are no rules. now line up" Anko said while pointing and motioning towards the stand of which the ninja will hand out the scrolls
"Naruto, we have to learn to work together on this one rather than against each other or we may not win, and even worst... We might not live, so how about we put our hatred towards each other away and we get this done" Saskue said as he reasoned with Naruto
"Yes, lets do out best" He said agreeing with him
A little time has passed as they moved up the line and now at the front, as the scroll got passed over to them no one else saw for reasons of the exam. The sun was now more direct and hot than earlier as it reached the peek of temperature from the time.
"Well, you may now go to your spots and wait there til' we are ready and when we are you are all to begin the exam" The proctor said telling everyone what gate to go to
*Tik* *Tok* *Tik* *Tok* the clock has passed on time before it hit the marker. Notifying the students to begin. They rushed in finding a spot to plan things out more
"So we need to start heading towards the tower and be careful of other people and their traps" Sakura said now getting serious and ready to try her best
"When should we get setting up? It is starting to get a little dark" Naruto said
"We will set up if we find somewhere to stay at, look for a cave, trees, water or some sort of shelter that isn't obvious" Sasuke said explaining that it can mean rather they live or not
"Okay, I will keep a look out" Naruto said beginning to look around
"I think I hear water" Sakura said beginning to slowly walk over and being cautious
"Okay, just be careful" Naruto said as he walked behind her
"It looks clear to go to" Sakura said telling them to follow
They took cover under a tree near a small river as they sat there thinking about tomorrow and how they would survive this. The night sky started to layer over the forest making it even harder to see animals or enemies coming, there was a slight wind breeze bowing the trees around a little so it was hard to hear people walking around but they managed.
"Hey, we should go to sleep now so we can continue on tomorrow and strong" Sakura said as she began to lay down
"Yeah, I suppose" Saskue said showing next to nothing for emotions
"Yeah, I will in just a bit. I will be back" Naruto said as he stood up
"Okay, but where are you going? We should stay together" Sakura said worried that it will cost the exam
"Don't worry about it, I will be careful" He said before steeping away
"Okay, don't do anything stupid" Saskue said as he laid down
Naruto began to walk a little then he stood and looked around
"Yeah, this should do" He said to himself quietly
Naruto then ran up a tree and stood on the top with the moon just a little above head. He then began looking around from atop the tree
"I'm not seeing anything... wait, what is that?" He said out loud to himself
"I think it is another camp in the distance" He said as he began to lower down the tree
Naruto walked back to where they were for the night and took note where the other group was at, he then laid down and drifted off to sleep with thoughts running through his head
I hope this goes well and that I don't have to go against Hinata, she is m only friend off this team and I don't want to fight her... If I was to hurt her, I would just feel really sorry and I don't think I would be able to get her back as a friend.
Naruto then feel asleep with the moon now over head getting closer to sun rising and no light shining directly on them, only faint shadows of trees under the semi bright moon
I hope I don't have to fight Naruto and his team, I don't want to hurt him and I would never be able to face him again if I did... I hope nothing bad happens to him
Hinata then slept silently on the opposite side of the forest with a small grip on her jacket as if she wanted someone there holding her
Sun was rising and temperature began to rise faster and faster by the second, as the sunlight shined through the trees and leaves it began to get close to Naruto's eyes. After 4 minutes the sun was now right in his eyes, as they began to slowly open the sun pierced his eyes and the darkness in his memory of the night faded. Naruto then walked to the river and washed his face to wake him up but then quickly jumped back and threw a kunai knife as he stuck a fish with it knowing they would need food
"Wow, lucky shot but watch this" Saskue said as he pulled out 3 kunai
"Oh there you two are"Sakura said as she knelled down to the water
After a minute of waiting you heard 3 thumps and Saskue has gotten 3 fish, with a total of 4 fish they needed 2 more for 2 for each person. They waited for the fish to jump so they could get it as sakura was getting some fire wood
"Okay Saskue, I have the wood and now we just need fire to light it and then we can have the food" Sakura said now looking at Sasuke who had 6 fish
"Okay, stand back" Saskue said as he lite the wood on fire and it began to simmer as the fish got placed above it
"This is good, and after this we should get moving to try to find other teams and get the scroll we need" Naruto said as he gobbled down the fish
"Yes, we should go as soon as possible if we want to win" Sakura said with confidence
Time passed a little as they finished and stood up to be on their way, they talked about where they should go and they all decided to go along the river but in the trees back away from it a little. They dashed from each tree moving fast but not too fast because they had to be careful of any traps that might be placed in their path
"Hey Saskue, I think we should get some lunch; after all it is already in the afternoon" Naruto said as he pointed over towards the river
"Yes, good point Naruto. For once you're useful" He said with a devilish smile on his face
"Hey, I am useful all the time" He said getting mad at his comment
"Knock it off, you will give away out position" Sakura said now mad at them
"Fine, lets go" Saskue said going towards the river
It only took 1 minute to get there since they didn't go too far from it, yet again they had to eat fish since it was the easiest thing to get. Time has passed as the sun began to fall towards the 3:00 marker. They have all eaten their food and decided to move forward more They then ran into a few ninja from the sound
"Lets get this over with" Saskue said with his usual attitude
It was all 3 of them facing against another 3 of the sound as they began with the sound ninja blowing them away with a huge sound wave that sent Naruto flying into a tree and Sakura and Saskue managed to get out of the way. As Sakura began to walk towards Sasuke he pulled out a kunai and questioned her what the password was. They made a password to make sure they could know it what the real one. Sakura then answered it spot on. Naruto got up from the attack and was surprised by it but was then surprised by something else, a huge snake was lunging towards his and swallowed him, as Naruto began to drop into his stomach be knew that he was in trouble.
Sakura and Saskue were still fighting the ninjas only being able to avoid attacks and not really attack at all, it went on as someone stepped in which was naruto. Saskue took notice where Naruto came out from and asked how he got there
"I don't know" He said shaking his head trying to get his head straight
"Well, then what is the password" Saskue asked
"Oh right uh, the best time to strike is when a ninja is asleep and has his guard down" He said getting it spot on
Saskue ten threw a kunai as him and missed
"What was that for?" Naruto asked
"Yeah saskue, why did you do that?" Sakura asked confused as well
"Because this Naruto isn't the real Naruto" He explained
"See, first he came out of there when he got blasted in a different direction, then he got the spot on and the Naruto I know would never get that right. Not even in 10 years and also Naruto is right handed, you're kunai pouch is on you're left making it a left handed easy excess to it" He explained to Sakura
"Well well, you really are quite a smart one aren't you" He said turning back into his original form
"I'll take care of this, you 3 go forward" The girl said ordering the 3 sound ninja away
Naruto then decided to pop the snake by using shadow clones, as the snake grew bigger and bigger it popped and Naruto was now free and began to search for his friends
"Now I suppose what you want is the scroll" Saskue said to the mysterious girl
"Well that would be nice, but that is not what I really want... I want you" She said as she gazed into their eyes
"What- what happened to my body?" Saskue asked wondering why he couldn't move
"I can't move either" Sakura said worried
They struggled but could not move as they both had a vision of how they die right then and there
"That was horrible" They both said surprised they were alive
"Yes, well it will all be over soon. Don't worry, I will make sure to make it quick; just hold still" The girl said as she pulled out 2 kunai
Saskue drew out a kunai and tried to move his arm but couldn't move it much
"That will useless" She said as she threw the kunai at them
Saskue then dropped his hand and stabbed his leg, his pain became greater than his fear as he activated his Sharigan and grabbed Sakura saving them both
"Well well, you are smarter than I thought" She said chasing after them
They fought more and more just trying their best to survive but it was futile, they were again about to die as Naruto jumped out and punched the girl making her to fall. Naruto then gathered with his friends making sure they were okay, as the fight went on they found they were no match for the mystery girl.
The girl then summoned a giant snake and began smacking them around more. As Naruto kept coming more and more the snake gave him the final hit and he was sent flying through a few trees and landed on the ground.
They laid there almost dead when something inside Naruto snapped and was then furious
"I promise I will kill you if you ever lay another hand on my friends!" He yelled as he rushed towards her
Now glowing red/orange and his eyes went from the ocean blue to a fiery red as he dashed towards the girl and the snake pounding it with every punch sending it farther and father down in the air. The snake then attacked Saskue but Naruto jumped in front and stopped the snake with a kunai in its nose/mouth and his other hand on the other side holding the snake back
"Hey, you're not hurt are you... baby?" Naruto said while staring at Saskue who he was always angry with
"Naruto" Saskue said in shock that he stopped it
The snake opened its mouth as it let its tongue out and grabbed naruto and brought his up to the girl. The girl then lifted up his shirt and then gather purple flames on each finger on one hand and yelled "5 prong seal" and naruto then got sent flying back and now hitting trees and falling to his death. Saskue then saved him and got ready to fight. Saskue fought the girl and tied her up with strings and used his strongest move
"Fire style Dragon flame jutsu!" He yelled as a huge flame covered the girl
Saskue then thought he had won but then saw her still standing there alive bu showing half of a different face
"What? Who are you?" Saskue asked as he saw the new face
"My name is Orochimaru" And I see you have the sharingan
Orochimaru then broke free from the strings as he started to extend like a snake reaching for Saskue. Saskue then couldn't move fast enough and got bite in the neck. He dropped as the bite formed a black mark on his neck
"Saskue!" Sakura yelled running for him
"What did you do?" She asked worried about Saskue
"Oh, consider this a farewell parting gift" Bye he said as he then merged into the tree and vanished
"Saskue, hold in there. What is wrong?" She asked holding Saskue in her arms and lap
Saskue then blacked out leaving Sakura there alone to take care of them
Time passed as she then pulled them into safety under a tree and took care of them both as they laid there passed out. It was now night time she was beginning to fall asleep but stayed up a little longer. She fell asleep and woke up with them both still laying there asleep and she heard a noise then quickly drew her kunai and stood up, turned around and saw the 3 sound ninja there. She was ready to fight when Lee showed up and helped her but Lee was soon taken down no matter how hard he tried. She fought as hard as she could for the protection of all of them but still couldn't do anything to the ninjas. She was beaten when she got caught and couldn't move. A girl was holding her hair and Sakura knew if she was to try to stab her she would miss.
"That will be useless" The girl said holding Sakura by her hair
Sakura then cut her hair and turned to attack and got a hit on the girl sending her away a little.
"Don't touch him!" She said at the ninja heading towards Saskue
Sakura fought more and more when she couldn't move anymore and Ino, Shikamaru and Choji then jumped out and helped. They fought more and more yet were still not a match for the sound ninja. Sakura fought more and more trying her best when suddenly, Neji and TenTen shoed up to help but Saskue raised up with a glowing purple aura around him
One of the sound ninjas attacked his but then was attacked from behind from Saskue and was sent flying
"Sakura, which one did this to you?" He asked as he walked over to her
"Saskue! You're okay!" She said while she was sitting on the ground
"I said who did it to you" He said no being angry and black marks across his whole left side of his body
"That would be me hahaha" The sound ninja said
"Then you're the one I am going to kill" Saskue said with anger in his voice
The fight began and he was smacking the ninja around and the other 1 was watching in shock, and the girl was knocked out from Ino
"You seem to favor these arms a lot" Saskue said with a leg on his back and one arm in his hands
"No Saskue!" Sakura yelled as Saskue broke his arms and he was now unconscious
He began to walk to the other boy ninja but was quickly stopped by Sakura behind him hugging him and begging him to stop
"Here, I will strike you a deal since you're too strong for us. I will give you this scroll if you let us go" He said while getting his fallen comrades
The fight was over and everyone parted ways after Naruto woke up. The got better and got the food they needed in order to keep moving, they only needed one more scroll and the day was getting short now. They rested for the day since Sakura was drained from the fight, time passed as night rolled around to them and they laid there sound asleep hoping for it to go better than what it has been like.
Night passed and morning had arrived and they all woke up. They got breakfast and ate it as they knew they needed to move forward since they were still far from the tower and needed the heaven scroll since Orochimaru got rid of their heaven scroll. They began to go towards the tower when they encountered another team.
"Quick, stand ready, another team if here" Saskue said getting his kunai out
They jumped out and first was Kiba, then Shino and Hinata. They stood there and Naruto saw Hinata
I don't want to have to fight her, I don't want to hurt her. I have to try to stop this fight as soon as possible
I don't want to have to fight him, I don't want to hurt him. I have to try to stop the fight as soon as possible
"What scroll do you have?" Kiba asked
"Earth and you?" Saskue said trying to avoid a fight if he doesn't have to fight
"Heaven, it looks like we will be fighting then" Kiba said getting ready
Shino rushed towards Sakura, Kiba rushed towards which leaved Naruto and Hinata. the others were fighting but when Hinata and Naruto rushed towards each other they went to attack. Naruto got a hit but stopped right before hitting her and just lowered his arms and looked at the ground along with Hinata. Kiba was getting pushed around and was near Hinata at this point
"Hey Hinata, either fight or stop being useless and get out of the way at least!" He said pushing her out of the way and to the ground
Naruto then caught her and helped her back up
"You okay?" He asked worried that she was hurt
Saskue and Sakura were now not able to move and slowly getting their chakra drained from Shino's bugs
"Hey Kiba! You better say sorry to Hinata right now!" Naruto said now angry
"No, she was being useless. And she knows not t get into the way!" Kiba said ruching towards Naruto
"That is it!" Naruto yelled now starting to glow red/orange
As Kiba rushed towards Naruto he went to attack but missed as Naruto quickly was behind him and hit him and knocked him out after a few hits. Shino then sent his bugs after him but Naruto formed many shadow clones and pushed forward to Shino and gave him a solid kick to the side dropping him slightly then punched him around. Shino, Kiba, Sakura and Saskue were now laying knocked out, only Hinata and Naruto left.
Hinata began to back up slowly scared of what happened and didn't want him to get her too. Naruto began walking towards her and was now right in front of her, she began shaking and started to cry while her head at the ground and her eyes closed getting ready for him to hit her. She then looked up after a few seconds and saw Naruto staring into her eyes still glowing slight red/orange.
"P-Please, don't hurt me" She said crying more as she was afraid of him
"I would never do that to you Hinata" He said as he reached for her hand
"I am sorry that I did that to Kiba and Shino, but they were going to attack me and try to kill me and my team, and what Kiba said... Just wasn't right, would you like a hug Hinata?" He said as he went back to normal
"Um, it is okay, and no I don't need a hug. I should be going though, they will be mad at me and I need to get them to safety." She said with her tears gone and she walked to get them
"Hinata, I really would never hit you, I would never be able to forgive myself for it" He said as he walked towards her
"N-Naruto... I am so sorry for doubting you!" She said as she ran up to him and buried her face into his chest and hugged him tightly
"It is okay" He said as he hugged her back
They shared yet another precious moment and the world seemed to stop for both of them
This is what it is like to be around the boy I have liked for so long? Well, I like it
This is what it is like to be around my best friend? Well I like it
"Hinata" Naruto said while still holding her
"Y-Yes N-Naruto?" She asked not wanting to let go
"Grab your team, I will grab mine. We can get them and hide together and when they wake up we can try to reason with them... I just don't want to ever do that again, I don't want to hurt you and I never will; I also don't ever want to scare you like that again" He explained gripping her tighter
"N-Naruto, why is that?" She asked feeling happy
"Because when I was doing it and you started crying because I scared you... My heart broke a little inside" He said starting to let a tear slip out
"You're heart broke a little inside?" She asked and she hugged him really tight now and began crying uncontrollably
"Yes. I don't ever want you to fear me" He said now looking at her
"B-But why?" She asked looking at him
"Because you're... Well, I would say my best friend but. I don't know" He said slightly confused
"W-What do you mean you don't know? Am I- I not you're best friend?" She asked slightly sad thinking that he doesn't like her that much
"No Hinata, you're not"
"Oh" She said now crying with sorry
"You're more than that. You mean so much more than anyone else ever did to me" He said still holding her in his arms
"More?" She asked surprised
"Yes"
"How much more?" She asked hoping he would ask her out
"Like a once in a life time best friend, Hinata I never want to lose you." He said pulling her closer into him
"Y-You won't lose me, and I never want to lose you N-Naruto" She said holding him tightly
"Now we should get them somewhere safe so they can rest and when they wake up we can explain it to them" Naruto said letting her go
"Y-Yes, and thank you N-Naruto. Thank you a lot" She said now blushing and with a big smile on her face
"For what?" He asked confused
"For the- the uh hug, it was n-... well it was nice" She said now really blushing
"Well thank you Hinata because it was nice hahaha" He said with a big smile on his face
Time passed as they walked holding their teammates and heading towards a cave where they would sleep. They got to the cave and set them down inside. Naruto and Hinata were now sitting at the exit looking in the sky at the sunset, as they laid there staring at the sunset Naruto remembered how amazing Hinata looked in the sunset so he turned and looked at her but she was already looking at him
"O-Oh sorry N-Naruto" She said blushing and looking away
"It is okay, look at me Hinata" He said tilting her head with his hand
Naruto stared into her soft lavender eyes that were filled with the orange sunset that was piercing through her hair as well
"W-What N-Naruto?" She asked blushing really red
"Well, I just like the look of your eyes when there is a sunset in them. They just look really pretty" He said while looking into her eyes
"Oh, well can we go inside now?" She asked as she looked at him
"Yeah. Why, are you cold?" He asked
"Uh, yeah just a little" She said getting up
"Okay, we should go to sleep anyways. The won't be waking up til' tomorrow morning since they had all of their chakra drained and I knocked Kiba and Shino out" He said as he stood up as well
They walked into the cave and laid down next to the fire that was started from Hinata since she was smart enough to make one
"Hinata?" Naruto asked while he rolled over and looked at her
"Y-Yes?" She asked rolling over to him
As they both rolled over they found themselves just inches away from each others face. Hinata then blushed deeply
"Well, I was wondering how you have been since I haven't seen you for about 2 days" He said while looking into her eyes
"I-I have been okay N-Naruto. How have you been?" She asked still just inches away from him
"I have been good, but anyways we should go to sleep since it is going to be hard day tomorrow" He said as he looked back up at the roof of the cave
"Y-Yes" She said as she did the same
"Hinata" Naruto said quietly
"Y-Yes N-Naruto?" She asked quietly
"Thank you" He said as he grabbed her finger and locked his around hers
"T-Thank you N-Naruto" She said as she locked her finger around his
Morning came as Kiba, Shino, Saskue and Sakura awoke at the same time they were in shock but didn't want to fight that early.
After a while Naruto and Hinata woke up from the smell of fish and the talking of them
"Oh, looks like the love birds are awake" Kiba said teasing as he tossed Hinata and Naruto some food
"W-What? L-Love birds?" She asked now blushing really bad
"Yeah, we saw that when we woke up. You two holding your fingers together" Kiba said as he pointed to Sakura and Saskue
"N-No, were not dating. W-We just um well-" She said really nervous and shy
"Hey Kiba, cut it out. Can't you tell you're making her upset when you do that. And we aren't dating, we are just really good friends" He said as he sat up all the way
"If you're just friends then why is it that I saw you two last night kissing?" He asked with a smile on his face
"W-What?" Who was kissing who" Hinata asked worried
"Well you should know Hinata, you were the one kissing Naruto" Kiba said pointing at her
"I-I didn't kiss him" She said as she began to cry a little
"Well, if I did I- I didn't mean to" She said now standing up and running out of the cave crying
"Hey pal, why did you do that?" Naruto asked now really mad at Kiba
"I was just joking, she will be fine" He said as he took another bite of food
"Well you just made her cry, and I suggest to go tell her that it didn't happen" He said standing up
"No, you go tell her" He said as he laid back eating
"You better watch it pal, if you keep treating Hinata like this you will regret it" Naruto said walking out of the cave to Hinata
"Hinata" Naruto said in a quiet manner
"Y-Yes N-Naruto" She asked still crying
"He was just kidding around with you, and don't worry about it" He said as he sat down next to her
"W-Well, I just don't want it to happen and you to, well you to not like me as a friend anymore" She said still crying and looking down the ledge of a small hill
"You would never lose me as a friend" He said as he hugged her
"R-Really?" She asked worried that he would hate her if she kissed him
"Yes really, and besides. I wouldn't mind if you kissed me" He said with a smile on his face
"Y-You wouldn't?" She asked as she went from crying to no tears, pale cheeks to red cheeks and her now confused
"Yes, and to prove it here" He said as she leaned it towards her
He then kissed her on the cheek and she face got really really deep red
"See Hinata?" He asked as she was frozen in shock
"Uh um Y-Yeah" She said before passing out and falling back into Naruto's arms
"Hey Hinata" He said shaking her
I will just take her into the cave
Naruto then set her down inside the cave and Kiba was surprised along with everyone else
"What did you do?" Everyone asked
"Nothing, all I did was give her a kiss on the cheek to prove I wouldn't care if she kissed me or not and then she passed out" He said as he looked at all of them that had their jaws wide open
Everyone knew exactly why she passed out and that was because she had liked Naruto so much that she fainted from the kiss on the cheek. They all looked at her as her face was still red from it
"Hinata, wake up" Naruto said as he gave her a small shake
"huh? what?" She said as she opened her eyes
"You passed out when Naruto kissed your cheek" Kiba said as he gave her the food to eat
"Th-Thank you and sorry I fainted" She said with a now red face that just cleared up
"Don't worry about it" Naruto said as he help sit her up
"Hey Hinata, I am sorry about yesterday when I pushed you out of the way" Kiba said while looking at her
"It is okay, I know why you did it" She said as she ate her food
They all finished their food and then Kiba explained that they have came to an agreement to work together to get the other scrolls they need since it will be easier that way
"Okay, it sounds good to me" Naruto said
"Oh yeah, and sorry about teasing you like that Hinata. You didn't really kiss Naruto, I was just joking with you" Kiba said while looking at Hinata
"So for now on, we work on this part of the exam together!" Naruto shouted as he sat next to Hinata and gave her a playful poke in the ribs showing that he was happy to be with her since they are "Once in a life time best friends"
-The end of chapter 6-
Again I am very sorry for taking so long to upload this, I was busy and I worked on this chapter for about 4 hours non stop to try to get this done for you. And Thank you for the reviews, especially a certain one, Because of that review I knew that I needed to add stuff that was not just Hinata and Naruto or it just makes it kinda sappy and because of their relationship of best friends and to be more later on, that will affect my story and hopefully make it way better. Please leave a review if you read this, and review can help me a lot. Again sorry for the wait, I hope you enjoyed though, this is my longest chapter I have put out there so far Thanks