The Gennin stared at the overwhelming forest. It was dark and scary. It freaked everyone out except Naruto, Gaara, and Shijo.
"It's kind of underwhelming." Naruto said. Naruto heard a whistle and moved his head dodging a kunai that would've cut his cheek.
"You don't seem scared." Anko said now behind him with a kunai to his throat.
"I'm not." Naruto puffed into smoke. Anko looked behind her to see Naruto pointing his katana at her along with Shijo and Gaara with there weapons.
"Interesting." Anko simply said. "Anyway. The next part of the exams starts now. This is The Forest of Death. It's as its name sounds. You will have five days to get to a tower in the middle of the forest. You will have either a Heaven or an Earth scroll. You must have the other to move on." Anko explained.
"This will cut the numbers in half at least. Nothing I can do about it though." Naruto thought.
"Now. Come get these forms. They state that if you die. It's not on Konoha." Anko said.
Naruto is walking away from signing his form when he was stopped by Sakura and the rest of 'Rookie Nine' Naruto heard people call them.
"Hey. What scroll did you get?" Sakura asked.
"An Earth scroll. What about you guys?" Naruto asked.
"We all got Earth to." Ino told him.
"Good. That means I won't have to come after you guys." Naruto said.
"You're confident you could beat all of us?" Saskue asked.
"Very." Naruto was about to walk away.
"Hey. You think we could stick with you?" Sakura asked.
"I don't see why not, but I'm calling the shots." Naruto said walking away. Sakura followed. Naruto, Gaara, Shijo, and Team 7 arrived to the gate.
"Ready...Go!" Anko shouted opening the gates. Everyone rushed through. Naruto and the rest jumped tree to tree soon gaining distance from other people before stopping.
"Alright. Since we're a bigger group. That makes us more likely and less likely to get attacked." Naruto said.
"Why would people attack a large group?" Sakura asked.
"Higher chance of getting a scroll they want, and to just test there skill." Naruto explained. "Now. We will set two traps. One for you guys and one for us. Either me, Shijo, or the other one over there will check on you guys every little bit. Ok? Go!" Naruto made three shadow clones. Two to set up traps and one to guard.
-ten minutes later-
Team 7 walk towards Naruto with a Heaven scroll. They got lucky with one dumb team while Narkuto has had no such luck.
"You guys can go now. It won't take us long to get a scroll." Naruto said. Team 7 did just that and left.
-25 minutes later-
"We could try moving in closer. The teams might try to rush in to the tower quickly." Gaara suggested.
"Yes. Let's go." Naruto said. The group quickly caught up to Team 7, but something wasn't right. He could see Saskue, but felt like someone else was watching to. He looked back to see Gaara and Shijo nod. They quickly jumped to the side into different trees and they all quickly sped up.
Naruto grabbed Sai, Sakura, and Saskue as a wave of wind cut the branch they where standing on in half. He set the three down.
"Fufufufu. Looks like some new arrivals have shown up." A woman jumped down from some trees.
"What's your buisness with these three?" Naruto asked. The woman licked her dreams when looking at Saskue. More like his eyes.
"Listen pedophile, but I don't like how your looking at us, so I'm going to have to kill you." Naruto said. "This is gonna be tough. I could tell by that last attack he's powerful. Is it enough for the combined power of me, Gaara, and Shijo?" Naruto thought.
"Give me Saskue and I'll let you live." The woman said.
"Eyes, creepy, Uchiha, and long tongue. All signs point to one of the great Sannin. Orochimaru." Naruto said outloud.
"Fufufufu. Found out so soon. Looks like I'll have to kill you then. Don't want people finding out my secret." Orochimaru said flashing to him. "Wind Style: Wind Bullet!" Orochimaru yelled sending wind bullets blasting at Naruto. Naruto pulled out his katana and focused wind chakra through it. He cut through the wind bullets. Orochimaru was intrigued.
"What and intresting sword. Please due explain it." Orochimaru said.
"Well. I don't know all about it, but it has the ability to absorb jutsus. I don't have complete mastery over it, considering I can only absorb my affinities, but I'll get the hang of it." Naruto told Orochimaru.
"I'll make sure to put it to good use when I kill you." Orochimaru pulled his own sword out of his own mouth. "For now I'll have some fun with you." Orochimaru charged.
Naruto charged in swinging his sword from the right. Orochimaru blocked and kicked Naruto sendimg him back. Naruto backflipped and landed on his feet. Orochimaru charged bringing his sword down causing Naruto to block above his head. Orochimaru went for another kick.
Naruto sidestepped it and stabbed him in his hip with a kunai and jumped back. Orochimaru pulled the kunai out. "Fufufufu. What excellency. How sad it is to you went born with the Sharingan." Orochimaru complained.
"No thanks. I don't want pedos coming after my eyes." Naruto said. Orochimaru blitzed Naruto and kicked him from behind sending him flying.
"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" Orochimaru causeing a wripple go towards Naruto. Naruto was saved by a ball of sand surrounding him.
"Oh. What is this?" Orochimaru questioned. Two figures landed behind him. "Fufufufu. More?" Orochimaru said.
Gaara put his arm down and setting Naruto on the other side of Orochimaru. Shijo pulled out two of his katanas and got ready to fight. Gaara also got ready. Naruto also got ready.
"I would love to continue this, but I got places to be." Orochimaru extended his neck towards Saskue. Naruto activated a cloak and touched to Saskue, but was little to slow. Orochimaru bit into Saskue leaving a mark, Orochimaru got decapitated.
Orohimarus corpse wiggle before brand new Orochiaru claimed out. He quickly dissapeared.
"Hey Naruto. You finally got your Lightning cloak." Shijo said. Naruto looked down and he was right. He has used it before, but would pass out in a couple of seconds. He's had this on for at least half a minute now.
"Yeah. I'm really fast with it. I doubt I chop everything in half with this one, but it's really fast." Naruto said as it deactivated and he fell to his knees. "Still takes a lot out my body though." Naruto got back up with the help with Gaara.
"Saskue! What's wrong!" Sakura yelled. Saskue collapsed to the ground and shook as the mark on his neck grew red, but back to black.
"Let's get him to a safe place. I need to rest as well." Naruto suggested.
-Random tree-
Shijo and Gaara. You two go find a scroll. I stay here and rest and protect Team 7." Naruto ordered. Shijo and Gaara did so. "I'm taking a nap. Take care of Saskue you two." Naruto played down.
-10 minutes later-
"What do you think he looks like under that mask?" Sakura asked Sai.
"Why don't we just look." Sai stepped towards Naruto.
"We shouldn't. He has a mask on for a reason." Sakura told Sai. Sai ignored her and reached down towards Naruto, but stopped to a twig breaking. He looked to see a Gennin standing out in front of the tree.
"I know your there. Come out so we can kill you." The guy said. Sakura walked out with Sai.
"We won't let you get past there." Sai told him.
"We will fight Saskue Uchiha and kill him." The guy told Sai.
"Ninja Art! Super Beast!" Sai yelled drawing on a scroll and shooting beasts made of ink towards the guy. The guy held up a word gauntlet and shot sound waves out of it. It ripped through the beasts and hit Sai. Sai was knocked back a few feet before landing on the ground.
"Sai!" Sakura yelled.
"You should pay better attention." A girl from behind Sakura said. Sakura turned only to get kicked in the face.
"This is really not fun." Another person said walking out from the trees. He held up his hands and and sound shot out of metal tubes planted in his arms. It his Sakura and sends her flying into the tree landing next to Naruto. Sakura opens her eyes to see blue ones staring back.
"Ninja Art: Liger Cat!" Sai yelled sending a very large tiger Lion mix at the man. It swiped at him with a claw hitting the gauntlet. He held it out and sent more air Waves destroying the cat and sent Sai flying. Sai flipped in the air and landed on his knees.
"All right that's enough." A voice from behind Sai said.
"Huh?" The group of Sound shinobi looked at the figure who voiced the sentence.
"Another one we get to play with. huh." One man smiled. They stared at Rock Lee who has came to help out Team 7.
"Yosh. With the power of youth I shall protect my friends!" Rock Lee shouted. Rock Lee rushed at the group throwing a fast punch, but hot hit by air waves on the other side. He sent flying. He flipped and landed on the ground.
Rock Lee was about to charge once more, but was blasted again. He was sent into the tree implanting into it. Another wave was sent into him causeing him to go further into the tree. He fell out landing on his face.
"Another one. Can't get us if you can't get close." One said. They heard a clapping from behind the knocked out Rock Lee.
"Ok ok. Now do we really need to resort to violence?" Naruto asked.
"Yes." The one said raising his gauntlet aiming it at Naruto. He hit it with a kunai a couple of times. "Prepare to have your brain melted." The guy said before releasing the loudest and strongest wave hes already released. It hit Naruto at full force.
"Bullseye." One said. The three laugh.
"That's another one gone." The girl said. The man pulled down his gauntlet as it finally stops. They where suprised to see an undamaged Naruto. Ripped clothing and cloak, but mask was still on tact.
"Inpossible. You shouldn't be able to stand there like that after getting hit by that!" The man yelled.
"Hit by what. That small breeze? I honestly got to tell you. That's an impressive weapon. Mind if I take it?" Naruto asked blitzing the group.
Naruto was on the guys shoulders and swung around his neck flipping the guy onto the ground. Naruto ducked a kick by the girl and roundhouse kicked her in the face sending her into a tree.
"Take this!" The other guy yelled holding his arms up. He charged the tubes in his arms and was about to shoot, but got stopped when Naruto blitzed beside him and cut off his arms with his katana. Blood shot out instead. The guy screamed until Naruto ended him by snapping his neck.
"One down, two to go." Naruto said getting into a stance to fight the two opponents. The two stated at Naruto in suprise.
"He easily disabled us and killed our teammate." The girl said.
"I can see that." The guy responded holding up his gauntlet. "I'll kill you!" The guy shouted. He let loose a very big blast of sound waves. Naruto blitzed the man again as the sound waves passed him it took a lot of the ground with it.
"Where did he go?" The girl asked.
"Maybe I got him." The guy said.
"Nope." Naruto said beside the gauntlet wearing man. The guy tried to smack him away, but his arm was caught by Naruto. Naruto held his arm out and shoved his plane into the back of the guys arm snapping it. He kicked out the back of his knees causeing him to fall to the ground.
"Aaah." The man screamed. Naruto kneed him in the nose knocking the guy unconscious.
"P-please. Let us go. We'll give you the scroll." The girl pleaded.
"You mean this one?" Naruto asked holding up a Heaven scroll.
"Dammit." The girl said.
"It's been fun, bit I have questions that need answered. So turn yourself in nicley." Naruto said. Naruto walked towards the girl, but stopped feeling a dark presence behind him. He ducked in time not to have a kunai hit him. He saw it was Saskue, but he had weird marks all over the left side of his body.
"With this power. I'll surely be able to beat you." Saskue said looking at Naruto.
"What the hell man! We're on the same side!" Naruto yelled angrily.
"I don't need sides. Only power. Now I'll will beat you!" Saskue yelled. Saskue was going to charge, but got stopped by a karate chop to the neck causeing him to pass out. Behind his was Gaara.
"I see things went well while I was gone." Gaara said seeing the injured Sai, Sakura, and Rock Lee. Two Gennin jump down from trees.
"What happened here?" A brown haired girl asked.
"A little thing I had to deal with. Speaking of witch." Naruto turned around to see the girl and gauntlet wearing guy gone. "Dammit Saskue." Naruto thought.
"What's your name?" The girl asked.
"I prefer not to say. What yours?" Naruto asked.
"Tenten, and this is Neji." Tenten told Naruto.
"A Hyuga huh. Nice to meet you guys. Would you two mine watching Team 7. We're going to the tower." Naruto said flashing away with Gaara.
-Tower-
Naruto and Gaara meat up with Shijo outside the building. He walks up with a Heaven scroll in his hand.
"We don't need it." Naruto said holding up one. Shijo through it in some bushes.
"Oh well." Shijo said following the two into the building. They read a sign and opened one of the scrolls. A brown headed man appeared with a scar going across his nose. It was his old academy instructor.
"Iruka." Naruto thought.
"Congrats on making it through the exams. You have four days left so go and relax until then." Iruka said pointing them in the direction of places to rest. Naruto went to his room.
Zabuza and Haku where waiting for Naruto you walked in. "Zabuza. You need to inform The Hokage that Orochimaru of one the great Sannin is around. Also tell him that he bit Saskue leavimg some type of curse mark." Naruto ordered. Zabuza flashed away. "Haku. You can just relax." Naruto said flopping on his bed.
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I keep forgetting to mention this, but if you haven't figured it out. I've made Haku an actual girl. So yeah. In case anyone was confused. Thanks for reading.