Chapter: 3
They all arrived at training ground forty-four in just a couple minutes. There Anko explained that this training ground was called, "The Forest of Death!" She then began to explain the second part of the exam. She was interrupted by Kiba however, who said, "Hell yeah! This is gonna' be easy!" As soon as he said that Anko threw a kunai at him which cut his cheek, she then instantly appeared behind him licking the blood off his cheek and said, "Foolish one like you usually die first." Kiba shivered in fear then a weird Grass Genin sneaked up on Anko , holding her kunai to return it to her. This caused Anko to turn around and hold a kunai to the Genin's throat as a reflex. Then after things calmed down, Anko resumed with the explanation and instructions. Their goal apparently was to get a heaven and earth scroll. Each team would start out with one at random. Then they would all be released at one side of the forest for five days to make it to the center building in the forest and find another, different scroll. Naruto's team members decided that Sasuke would be the one to hold the Heaven scroll. Sasuke had also decided to be the team leader and, of course, Sakura blindly agreed with him. This caused Naruto to get annoyed but didn't say anything about it. He asked, "So Sasuke, what's your plan?" They went over Sasuke's plan and Naruto hated to admit it, but it was a good plan. They eventually encountered that same Grass Genin from earlier standing on a branch a little ways from them. The Genin summoned a giant snake to chase after Naruto who ran, trying to draw it away from his team. After they got a good distance Naruto came up with an idea. He made a single clone that he gave all his explosive tags to carry. The clone let him eat him and after it got to it's stomach it detonated all of them all at once, killing the snake. Naruto gave a sigh of relief and went to go help his teammates. He may have hated them but he still needed them to pass the test.
As he was approaching, he saw the Grass Genin who he now recognized as Orochimaru burning their scroll. This caused Naruto to get mad and he decided to get Sasuke's help in dealing with this guy. Naruto came up with a plan and whispered it to Sasuke. Sasuke was surprised at how good his plan was and he gained a little respect for him. Naruto made two clones. He and his two clones attacked from the side and the rear, while Sasuke attacked from the front. This quickly seemed to be failing because Orochimaru wasn't even touched yet. He kept dodging and weaving at unnatural angles, almost like he didn't have any bones. Orochimaru had enough of this and kicked Sasuke in the chest cracking a few ribs and sending him crashing in a tree. Naruto behind him tried to use this as a distraction and sent several brutal punched at the back of his head. However all Orochimaru did was slide his head over to the side, narrowly missing him and instead Naruto hit his own clone, making it poof out of existence. Orochimaru The had his Kusanagi regurgitate out of his mouth and he quickly twisted his body all the way around so fast that the Naruto clone didn't have time to react and was hit. Naruto managed to just barely dodge out of the way and jumped back several feet. At this point Sasuke recovered and started making handsigns for a Fireball Jutsu. Orochimaru tsked and said, "Now Sasuke-kun, I thought you knew better than that. You should know that I can just jump out of the way." When he said this of course Sasuke smirked and so did Naruto. Four Narutos jumped from the tree line above and grappled Orochimaru. Sasuke then Blew out a Fireball the size of four beach balls. Orochimaru didn't seem worried however as he just popped all four Narutos with his Kusanagi and jumped out of the way. Naruto decided to call upon the Nine Tails' chakra to help him out a little. Orochimaru saw this and decided to deal with him first as he would just be trouble.
Naruto at blinding speed tried to knee him in the head, but that's when Orochimaru grabbed his leg mid air and twisted. A loud *snap* was heard causing Sasuke and Sakura to flinch as they heard Naruto scream out in pain. He then slammed Naruto into the ground by his now broken leg, causing spider all the air in Naruto's lungs to get knocked out of him and even more cracks could be heard coming from Naruto's spine and rib cage. This caused Naruto to leave a pool of blood on the ground beneath him. To his credit, he still tried to get up and keep fighting. Orochimaru decided to kill Naruto, so he infused chakra into his fist and punched Naruto in the face as hard as he could. Naruto's nose broke open making it bleed from the bridge, his jaw was very obviously dislocated, he had knocked several teeth out of his head, and there were blisters and bruises all over his face. Naruto was out cold. Orochimaru was surprised by this, he had fully expected Naruto's head to pop. Why did he get so durable all of a sudden? Orochimaru's fist was numb too, what was going on? He didn't have time to dwell on this further. By now ninja were probably on their way to investigate what happened. He gave Sasuke the Curse Seal of Heaven on his neck. Sasuke collapsed and Orochimaru took his leave.
Sakura was the only conscious member of her team left and she didn't know what to do. She found some cover under a gig, dead tree and placed a few traps to help guard her teammates who were currently unconscious. Even though Naruto was barely breathing still she already saw his injuries begin to heal on their own. After seeing him fight like that she held a new respect for the boy. After some time had passed there were some Oto Genin that had appeared. They were the same ones they saw from earlier in the first examination room. After some serious struggling between her and them some team members from the Rookie 12 stepped in to help as well as Lee. However no matter who stepped up they all were no match for them. It was soon after they defeated Lee that all of them noticed Naruto getting up. The weird part is he didn't seem to be all that scuffed up. Sakura for the first time since she knew him felt scared for her teammate and shouted, "Naruto, run!" He looked at all of them and he felt...pity for them. Not hate, or indifference, but he actually pitied them all. He heard the one named Dosu say, "We can just kill this one, we were sent only to kill the Uchiha." So he raised his arm and made a sound wave towards Naruto. When it hit him he fell to the ground, clutching his ears which were bleeding, "AHHH!" Dosu and his other teammates walked calmly towards Naruto while the others were screaming for him to run. But Naruto didn't run he stood up again. Dosu was ready to use that gauntlet of his again but before he could even move he Naruto dashed towards him, much faster than any of them could even see and gripped him by the head, raising him off the ground. Dosu struggled as he started to scream from the pressure being applied to his face. The others only looked on in horror and fear at Naruto as he effortlessly and slowly crushed Dosu's head with a snarl on his face. Finally there was a loud *crunch* as Dosu's head exploded in a shower of blood and brain matter. There was some blood that got on Naruto's face and a lot of blood on his hand.
Zaku and Kin as well as the others felt a sense of dread as the two decided to run away. The rest, including Sakura, were silent for a long time. They snapped out of it when they heard Sasuke stir. Sakura and Ino ran over to him and tried to tend to his wounds while some of the others were recovering and some were just staring at Naruto in worry. When everyone was done talking and recovering they all left in an awkward silence. Sasuke and Naruto were fully recovered by the time they left in search for the Heaven and Earth Scrolls as theirs had been burned up by Orochimaru. Along the way Kabuto had found them and he helped them find another scroll. They all left together and headed for the central tower. Before they reached it however, Kiri Genin attacked with a Genjutsu. But it seemed that the Genjutsu didn't work on Naruto anymore. They found out quickly that Naruto couldn't use Jutsu either. So it was pretty much guaranteed that Naruto no longer had chakra in his system. With Naruto's new found powers they reached the tower in less than a day. He had to tell them that he was an alien from Viltrum. They didn't believe him at first but they eventually believed him. They finally arrived at the tower and had a few days left to spare so the rested and recovered.
