Chapter 5 The Forest of Death
"What the hell is this?" Reznov asked as they came to a large forest that said restricted.
"This Russian boy is the Forest of Death. And believe me it's a lot worse on the inside than the outside." Anko said.
"We've seen worse." Sean said getting Reznov and Julia to smirk since that was completely true.
"Oh so the Spartan thinks he's a tough guy huh?" Anko said with a grin before throwing a Kunai at him but he caught it before crushing it with his bare hand making most of the Genin who didn't know him back up in fear.
"I don't think I know. If you want a private demonstration just ask." Sean said dropping the crushed Kunai before stomping on it with his foot completely crushing it before Anko appeared behind him.
"Tell you what Spartan lets make a little bet." Anko said whispering something in his ear. Meanwhile the other female ninja looked at her in annoyance.
'BACK OFF YOU TRAMP!' The girls yelled in their minds.
"Deal." Sean said making her grin.
"Oh fucking hell Kruger." Reznov said.
"What?" Sean said confused.
"FOCUS!" Julia yelled at them both.
"OW!" The guys yelled in pain holding their ears.
"Keep that shit up and you'll never get a boyfriend." Sean said holding his ears.
"Fuck. You!" Julia said getting most of the Genin to laugh.
"All right back to the exam. Now in order to pass this test you need both of these of these scrolls." Anko said holding up a heaven and an earth scroll.
"Is that all?" Sasuke asked.
"Somehow I doubt it." Sean said.
"You need to reach the tower in the center of the forest in order to advance. Oh and heres the catch you only have five days to finish the test or your screwed." Anko said.
"Five days? We'll finish this in an hour." Sean said making her grin.
"Oh I'm hoping to see that." Anko said.
Later
Soon enough each team had a scroll before going to their assigned gates.
"Ready Kruger?" Reznov asked making Sean smirk.
"Lets go." Sean said as the Test started and the three foreigners rushed in ready to win this part of the exam.
Each ninja team rushed into the forest.
However though unknown to anyone in the groups was that there was one person way above Genin level stalking prey. He was after the Foreigners.
Sean's group soon encountered three rain village teams.
"These are the Foreigners?" One of the ninja asked.
"They don't look like much to me." One of the ninja said.
"Oh great we're getting criticized by weaklings." Julia said.
"You guys might want to just leave if you want to live." Reznov said.
"No chance in hell. You foreigners shouldn't have come to the ninja lands." The leader said.
"I've heard enough of this crap. Let's just get this over with." Sean said pulling one of his blades out and cut his hand having blood pour out.
"Kruger we don't even know what scroll these guys have." Reznov said.
Meanwhile the other teams from Leaf, Sand, Stone, Cloud, Sound and waterfall observed.
'Finally get a chance to see what these guys are made of.' Sasuke thought with a smirk.
"I honestly don't care. They underestimated us. So they'll learn the hard way." Sean said glaring at his enemies before placing the blade back on his back.
"Whatever." Reznov said.
"If you think you can kill us then try it!" The Leader yelled puling out some umbrellas before tasing them in the air and they floated.
"What the?" Reznov tried to say.
"Ninja art! Senbon rainstorm!" The Leader yelled as a thousand needles came fly towards them. "Up down left right no matter where you go I can get you! This jutsu has no blind spot now die!" The leader yelled as the needles headed straight for Sean who didnt even move as they made impact.
'Heh child's-play' The Leader thought before his eyes widened in shock. Where Sean stood there was a giant sphere of blood protecting him from the Senbon as he just look bored with his eyes closed.
"Is that all you got? If so it's my turn." Sean said before placing a hand on his left eye before it opened showing it went from forest green to sickly yellow and slitted.
"What the?" The Leader said before he was engulfed in a pool of blood. "AHHH!" The Leader yelled in fear while his comrades looked on in shock.
'This ability is almost like Gaara's only instead of sand its blood.' Temari thought while observing.
"This is an ancient ability from Greece that has been long forgotten till I found the last scroll containing the information about this power. It is known as Blood bending. I can shape the movements of my own blood outside of my body or in others like this. Now. BLOOD PULSE!" Sean yelled as the Leader was completely engulfed in the blood making him shake in fear.
"L-Let me go!" The Leader said in complete fear.
"Die. BLOOD BATH!" Sean yelled.
"AHHHHHH!" The leader yelled in fear only to see he was still alive before Sean bursted out laughing.
"Oh that never gets old!" Sean between laughs. "Oh please man I'm not going to kill you. It would be pointless. Tell you what. Hand over your scroll and leave the forest and I'll let you guys go without a scratch." Sean said with a grin on his face.
"Fine!" The leader yelled as one of his comrades handed them an Earth Scroll.
"Oh cool." Reznov said.
"Bye." Julia said as they bolted.
"Well that was fun." Reznov said.
"Enjoy the show?" Sean asked getting everyone to come out.
"How long did you know we were here?" Shikamaru asked.
"Since the beginning dumbass. So what did you think?" Sean asked with a grin.
"I think I'm going to be sick." Sakura said in disgust seeing all the blood and looking green.
"Oh for the love of..." Sean tried to say.
"Why did you not kill them?" Gaara asked in his usual cold voice. "You had every chance to end their lives and prove your existence yet you let them go. Why?" Gaara asked while Temari looked nervous.
"Eh I don't kill unless I have to. My grandfather told me killing an opponent when it's not needed is disgraceful. King Leonidas agrees with this ideal and has encouraged others to believe in it as well.
"You are a fool." Gaara said making Sean raise an eyebrow.
"Oh? And hows that?" Sean asked.
"You don't have what it takes to prove your existence." Gaara said.
"What the fuck does that even mean?" Reznov asked getting sick and tired of this nonsense.
"Your weak." Gaara said making Sean chuckle before his eyes reverted back to their natural forest green.
"Your dead wrong on that Gaara. And I'll prove it to you later. Believe me. You have no idea what I'm fully capable of or what I truly am." Sean said before he and his team rushed off to the tower.
Minutes later
"What the fuck was that all about?" Reznov asked.
"Somehow I get the feeling that Gaara is more troubled than Temari told me. I get the impression he only thinks of himself and thinks that killing his enemies will prove how powerful he is." Sean said before they dodged a barrage of Kunai flying at them.
"Oh what now?" Julia asked before a sinister laugh was heard.
"I almost thought I wouldn't get a chance to find you." A male voice said making them look up and seeing a man with pale skin snake like eyes and black hair.
"Who the fuck are you?" Reznov asked.
"I am Orochimaru the Sannin. And you my young friends are of great interest to me." Orochimaru said before a sword came out of his mouth.
"Oh good god!" Julia said in disgust before he charged at them before Sean clashed his blades against his.
"These are powerful blades if they are able to withstand my Kusanagi." Orochimaru said as each one tried to gain more ground.
"You're about to find out just how powerful they are." Sean said before kicking him back hard before throwing his blades at him and managed to cut his arm and leg making Orochimaru groan in pain before noticing the chains around them and they were pulled back to him before Sean jumped and tried to slam them on Orochimaru but he quickly dodged.
Sean quickly pulled his blades back before Orochimaru made his neck long and moved in to bite his neck in order to give him a cursed mark but seeing Sean's eyes glow sickly yelled and become slitted he froze.
'What is this?' Orochimaru asked seeing he was frozen before he regained control of his body just as Sean punched him into a tree and stabbed him into the stomach making Orochimaru scream in pain.
"Is that the best you can do?" Sean asked before.
"Not even close." Orochimaru said behind him making him widen his eyes in surprise. "And here I thought only Ninja were powerful. You foreigners are certainly full of surprises. I look forward to seeing how powerful you all are during the exams. Consider this a farewell for now." Orochimaru said before disappearing.
"The hell?" Reznov said.
"Forget about it." Sean said. "We'll have to report this to Dilios and the Hokage. I get the feeling something bad is about to happen." Sean said.
However as they were heading to the tower Sean noticed a red haired girl up against a bear.
"Hold that thought." Sean said before stabbing the bear in the head with his blades.
The girl was completely surprised before she put her glasses back on and saw him.
"Hello." Sean said to her making her blush.
"Uh hi." The girl said before he noticed her dead teammates.
"What happened here?" Sean asked landing right next to her making her sulk.
"My idiot teammates tried to use me as bait on that thing and ended up getting killed. Serves them right the bastards." The girl said making him chuckle.
"Got a name?" Sean asked making her smile.
"Karin." Karin said.
"Well, Karin since you're technically out of the Exam you want to come with us to the tower? It will be a lot safer then out in the open." Sean said making her blink before smiling.
"Sure." Karin said as he picked her up making her blush before they headed to the tower.
Later
Anko was with the Hokage after she told him about her encounter with her old teacher.
"I didn't anticipate that Orochimaru would return. But why now?" Hiruzen asked.
"I don't know. He said something about inspecting something new in the exams." Anko said rubbing her shoulder where her curse mark was at before Gennma entered the room.
"Genma what is it?" Hiruzen asked.
"Uh excuse me lord Hokage but you might want to see this." Genma said inserting a tape into a tv before showing the Tower in the forest of death with Sean and his team inside. "Look closely at the time." Genma said showing the exact time.
"Thats not possible." Anko said
"It is. These kids passed the test in less then an hour." Genma said.
"No one has managed break the time by more than four hours. Who are these guys?" Anko asked.
"Hmm. When I asked their superiors about them they each they were prodigies among prodigies. I thought they might have been exaggerating slightly but now I'm not so sure. And look even closer." Hiruzen said.
"At what?" Genma asked looking closer at them. "I don't see it." Genma said.
"It's what you're not seeing. None of them have even a single scratch of spec of dirt on them. No one has ever done that during the exam." Anko said.
"Hmm. This year is certainly getting more and more interesting." Hiruzen said.
Meanwhile
"So how did your encounter go with the foreigners?" Kabuto asked Orochimaru.
"I must say the Spartan is quiet a catch. His blades were able to withstand my own without even breaking a sweat. And here I thought that Sasuke would be the prize of this whole exam. But apparently I was mistaken. I want you to participate in the exams till the end. I will have to make some changes to our invasion. I wish to see how strong these foreigners truly are and I cant do that if I interrupt the exams early." Orochimaru said.
"What about Sasuke?" Kabuto said making him snicker.
"Oh I have plans for him be certain of that. But for now my attention is on those three." Orohcimaru said.
Meanwhile
"Jeez what the hell happened to you guys?" Kiba asked.
"Let's just say we encountered a strong ninja during the way here. He retreated after it was a stand off." Reznov said.
"Sean can I talk to you for a moment?" Temari asked.
"Yeah sure." Sean said as they walked away while the other girls glared at her from behind.
"I can't tell if they like each other or not." Reznov said to Julia who nods.
Sean and Temari sat down away from the others.
"So whats going on?" Sean asked.
"Listen you need to not aggravate Gaara. You wouldn't see it from his expression but he has an interest in you and the last person who interested him ended up dead shortly after." Temari said.
"Ok no more games what is up with him. You said he had a complicated life. Out with it." Sean said making her sigh.
"During when he was born into this world my father had one of our most talented ninja seal a demon known as the one tailed Shukaku inside of him. This demon infects the mind of whoever he is sealed into. My mother died during the birth. When he was growing up the sand village council saw him as a lost cause and ordered our uncle to kill him but failed. This caused Gaara to snap." Temari said making him frown.
"This thing inside him is it that dangerous?" Sean asked.
"Well there are more like it but each one after it is much more dangerous. There are nine tailed beasts. Each with an additional number of tails all the way to nine. Each one is more powerful than the last. Gaara might hold the weakest but that doesn't make him any less dangerous." Temari said before he stood up.
"I can't promise I wont agitate him since I don't think that will work with that thing inside him. But I might have an idea. And in the process you will get your little brother back away from the influence of that thing inside him. When it comes to making a promise to someone who's important to me I always come through." Sean said kissing her forehead surprising her before he walked away.
Authors Note: Oh boy things are getting intense. Now what Bet did Sean and Anko make hmm? Anyway I'm horrible when it comes to placements cause I always leave people out by mistake. So Reaper4991 will help me out. The teams that will be in the Preliminary will be from the Leaf village including Kabuto's team, Sand team, Cloud team, Stone Team, Waterfall team, Sound team, Shizuka's team (Her Teammates drop out due to heavy injuries) And thats pretty much it. Now Also I've been thinking of adding some Greek Mythology women to the Harem and maybe one or two from a different series like Red Sonja making her Sean's teacher who heh fell for him during training. Read, Review, Fav and follow see ya.