Many teams began to leave the room, one raised his hand, two raised their hands and those in charge of the test wrote down in their notebook the retirees. This was the tenth question of the exam.
They are given forty-five minutes after starting the test. There is a special rule with this question: first of all, participants must choose whether to answer the question or not, if the team decides to answer and fails on that question the whole team will never be able to repeat the Chunin exam again.
In short, that group that is not sure they can answer the question and fails, no member of the team will be able to take the Chunin Exam next year.
Haku, who had already heard this question from Kiri, already knew what to answer... Sitting motionless in their seat while everyone left.
Y-I..."
Chihiro's voice echoed in Haku and Ronin's eardrums, she was about to raise her hand, she was about to retreat. Ibiki, who had noticed Chihiro's raised middle hand, asked him.
"What's going on? Do you want to retire?"
Chihiro was already about to raise his hand, but Haku rose from his post aggressively, this caught everyone's attention especially Ibiki's.
"Chihiro, lower your hand once and for all..."
Haku's voice sounded cold and it would be
"I will not allow you to put our future at risk including yours, I know you are scared of what can happen, even Ronin is scared, but remember well, you promised to pass this exam for your grandfather, fulfill that promise but do not lose your determination, you are endangering our team for your fear and do not wonder, So now lower your hand and sit still, keep your team safe and sound."
Haku finished saying, he closed his eyes again and sat in his stall followed by Chihiro
'But look nothing else, that girl has great courage to oppose a member of her team for the well-being of all, there is no doubt that she is the student of Blood Frost'
Ibiki thought with a smile upon seeing Haku, she had material to be chunin and even Jonnin.
Everyone's face had a smile, Haku's words had motivated everyone to stay and answer the question...
"I am impressed children, for the rest of you, who answered the tenth question correctly, I can only wish you good luck, you have earned the right to continue to the next test, I hereby agree that the first stage of chunin selection has been completed!"
Ibiki's voice sounded proud and satisfied by the participants who were left despite the consequences.
...
Suddenly a large bag had crashed into the window, hands came out of that bag and threw some kunais that stuck high on the walls.
"Very well boys and girls, there is no time to celebrate! I will be your next sensor, Anko Mitarashi, are you ready for your second exam?"
A woman of average height and white complexion. Eyes are light brown and black hair with a violet tone of medium length scattered as several peaks on the edges, in addition to carrying it collected in a ponytail. She wore a custom blouse that was made of thin metal mesh to fit the lines of her body and above it she wore a long beige coat with purple stitching and pockets on the sides which was open. This woman had behind her a congratulatory sign that was held by the kunais nailed to the wall.
"Follow me for the second test!"
Anko shouted with emotion but... Everyone was quiet and with a look of "Who's this crazy woman?" Ibiki came out behind the sign and whispered "You went ahead as usual" this made Anko blush with embarrassment
"Fence, it's a lot of you, isn't it?"
Anko commented looking at all the gennin who were sitting.
"Ibiki, did you really let all these pass?, your exam has been too easy"
"I assure you Anko, these gennin may be appropriate for this year"
Ibiki replied, Anko put on a mischievous smile and looked at each and every participant.
"We will see that, listen to worms, you can go home but I assure you that tomorrow the second test half will not survive"
Anko commented as he licked his lips for having all these test subjects to experiment with.
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Haku was walking through the streets of Konoha, the sun was hiding behind Mount Hokage and all the children were returning to their parents and telling them about the first test.
Haku paid attention to the children who were next to their moms and dads, those children radiated such a resplendent smile.
'How does it feel to be a mom?...'
Haku thought silently, a mental image came to his head of her holding a little baby in her arms, while Kiri was winged of her hugging her and playing with the baby with his fingers.
Haku blushed furiously but could not help but put on a smile, she had already hidden Kiri's secret of her gender for nine years, when she will get home it would be a good time to tell her ... Will he understand?
Why are you so thoughtful? Don't tell me to reproach the exam."
Kiri's voice had pulled Haku out of her thoughts, she observed Kiri having a small cake with her and at the top of the cake was a small candy sign with the word "Congratulations!" Kiri walked over by the cake, and Haku received it with joy.
"You better have those children not made you lose the test that we practice so much, but for now let's enjoy the cake"
Kiri let out a little laugh and winged road of Haku in comfortable silence.
Haku looked at the cake with joy, but she missed the thought of telling Kiri about her gender, she did it, she could not continue with this farce.
"O-Hey, Kiri, I have to tell you something... I'm actually a ch—
Before Haku finished his sentence, Kiri had collapsed to the ground with a dull look and his hand covered in blood. Haku got scared, put the cake aside, and helped Kiri lean on his shoulders.
One hand touched Haku's cheek, he is looking that it was Kiri who had regained his sparkle in his eyes, and he was with a small smile
"O-Hey, let go, I'm fine, I've already taken my medications and went to daily therapy, the doctors claimed that I'm already recovering, so, let's go home and enjoy the cake I bought with effort."
Kiri had let go of Haku's shoulders, his feet when touching the ground almost lost their balance but with effort he was able to rejoin and continue walking towards his house but with small problems.
"K-Kiri, are you sure you don't want us to fence to the hospital?"
Haku asked worried about her partner's health, despite knowing that Kiri was taking medication and always went to the hospital, she did not trust that, she felt that instead of improving Kiri's health it was getting worse
"I already told you that I feel good, stop asking stupid questions and enjoy your cake, tomorrow you have the second test and you have to rest"
They already reached the door of home, Kiri tried to take the keys out of his pocket but his hands were numb and icy, Haku came to his side and took the keys out of his pocket.
"Let me take care of everything, you go take your medications at night and go to rest, I will finish the pending work and go to rest"
Haku commented in a soft and gentle voice, Kiri sighed heavily.
"Okay... But you better not stay too late, you have to rest anyway."
Kiri responded and received a nod from Haku, she is helping Kiri climb the stairs to her room. While in his room, Kiri took a bottle of green pills, sacked four and swallowed them as he lay down and tried to sleep
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K.O: Kiri Original
R.E: Reincarnated
P.A: Current Personality
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Everyone in the lounge was quiet, no one dared to speak or even make a small move. The personality of the reincarnated sigh.
R.E: Friends... The truth is I don't want to continue with this anymore, we already have to tell the truth to Haku.
K.O: I'm with you, I can't hide this lie for another six years, this disease is destroying us inside.
The current Kiri was quiet and did not dare to say a word, he began to shed tears and with a shattered voice said the following
P.A: M-Tomorrow we will tell you, I am with you, we cannot continue with this lie for another six years, Haku deserves the truth.
The personalities of the reincarnated and original Kiri nodded with a smile.
K.O: It will be the best, she is suffering even if we do not know it, she has to learn that not everything is forever.
The original Kiri closed his eyes reflexively, he bit his lips until they bled, and his eyes filled with tears. The original Kiri was remembering how he had lost his friends and family to that stupid Kekkei Genkai war.
R.E: Nothing lasts forever, happiness has an expiration date
The reincarnated was heard as sad by his tone, his shining brightness began to fade until it became a sphere black as darkness. The reincarnated, was remembering how as a child he had lost the happiness of life, he had not been able to enjoy his life as he would have wanted and, despite everything he was always positive, but now ... He doesn't know what to do anymore.
The hall fell silent, a depressive aura surrounded everyone, and no one dared to speak anymore. This was a serious issue among everyone, tomorrow they would tell Haku the truth.
In the real world, Kiri began to shed tears from his eyes without him noticing, this attempt to sleep but it was impossible, this inner pain was killing him. A small thread of blood passed through his mouth until it reached his chin, this was a bad omen
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The second test took place in training camp number forty-four. Also known as "Forest of Death".
First of all and as a first requirement, participants must sign a certificate of consent given by the examiners because if the participants die, the examiners will have no responsibility.
This second exam consists of a competition where everything is allowed to obtain these two scrolls (Scrolls of Heaven and Earth) at all costs, including death.
This second test has a limited time, it is one hundred and twenty hours which translates to five days. During these five days all participants must remain in the forest. It is important to emphasize that the team does not have the right to leave during the exam, it must inevitably spend five days in the forest.
The objective of this review is to assess the ability to accomplish missions, and their survivability in them.
"H-Haku-chan, I think I'm going to retire now"
Chihiro with a scared voice told his companions, he could not be blamed, that forest was scary.
"Ahhh! Chihiro, for once don't be afraid!"
Ronin shouted already exhausted by Chihiro's complaints.
"You have no right to speak, you don't see that we can literally be killed!"
While those two were arguing, Haku had already completed the consent.
'I withdraw what I said about having children, I always have to watch those two and I have to take care of them, with them two is enough'
Haku let out a sigh of heaviness and went to stop the fight of his companions.
"Very well worms, apparently some already know this forest and the new ones will already know why it is called that"
Before Anko finished saying another word, Naruto had interrupted her.
"Some already know this forest and the new ones will already know why it is called that. He does it very badly, he won't be able to scare me, I can do anything!"
Anko had launched a Kunai in the direction of Naruto, the Kunai was about to hit if it weren't for something that got it out of the way.
Paw.
Haku had thrown a shuriken in the direction of the Kunai that Anko had launched, the Kunai landed winged of a ninja of sound, the latter observing Haku serious.
"Good technique girl, I have to say that you are someone interesting... Je"
Anko at high speed positioned himself behind Haku, a Kunai was grazing his throat and with a single movement his life would end.
"I like rough girls and you, you are one of those, you better pass this test"
Haku stood with a cold look and his index finger pointing upwards.
"I assure you that I will pass this test, in addition, I recommend you always watch your back"
Anko turned his gaze back and what he observed left her stunned, suspended in the air were thousands of ice needles pointing at all the extremities of her.
"But look at nothing else, if it was true that you are a student of Blood Frost, you two did several missions together and were known as the duo of Demonic Ice, this will be interesting"
Before Anko removed the Kunai from Haku's throat, he is in a quick motion I take another Kunai with his free hand and place it near something that made everyone disgusted.
She was a short girl, her skin was light in color, and she had long black hair. His eyes were dark in color and thin lips. He wore the Kusagakure Ninja Band on his forehead and wore a yellowish suit with a black collar on his waist a rope belt was rolled up, this man had the Kunai that Haku had deflected between his tongue that was too long.
"I was just giving you back your Kunai"
The girl's voice was wicked and she let out sounds of a cobra.
"I thank you grass girl..."
Anko replied.
A tense air had formed in the air, Anko and the ninja of the grass stared at each other without making any movement...
Suddenly all the needles suspended in the air approached at high speed where the grass ninja, each needle surrounded the ninja without leaving him a chance to escape.
"Your... I'll kill you right now."
A cold and lethal voice came from Haku, she looked at the grass ninja with hatred and fury, that look was as if they had hurt someone special to her.
Everyone was nervous about the tension between those three ninjas, a single false move between the three and each will attack...
"Haku-chan, we have already completed our interviews and signed our consent!"
Chihiro's voice resounded among all present, she was next to Ronin who already had her consent. They noticed how Anko was with a Kunai in Haku's throat and how the grass ninja was with a Kunai on his tongue, they put themselves on guard and surrounded each one.
"Is something wrong here?"
The voice would be of Ronin came out of his mouth, this one had a Kunai near Anko's throat.
"Did they do anything to Haku-chan?"
Chihiro's voice was the next to resonate, he also had a Kunai in the throat of the grass ninja.
Again an air of gender tension in the place... Suddenly, Haku disintegrated in water and reappeared away from danger, the ice needles fell apart and everyone withdrew their weapons
Hel This was very interesting, they all fence to claim their respective parchment"
Anko said and retreated to the entrance of the forest while waiting for the contestants.
...
Everyone had already forgotten the scene they had witnessed earlier, now everyone was claiming the scrolls that would touch them.
Haku and Chihiro were waiting outside for Ronin, the latter went to claim his team's scroll. Chihiro, was watching as Haku still looked with hatred at the ninja of the grass, she felt nervous about the look of her companion and dared to ask him a question.
"Haku-chan, who were they?"
Chihiro asked still nervously about Haku's look of death, the latter turned to see her with a look now it would be.
"Chihiro, when we have already obtained the parchment we need you are going to let me leave the group, I have important matters to attend to"
Haku looked at the grass ninja again in the same way she previously did, Chihiro, on the other hand nodded scared, she was not able to contradict Haku for fear that he would kill her.
"Very well, I'm here, we got the scroll of the earth"
Ronin came out of the hut where the scrolls were awarded, he noticed how Chihiro had a scared face and Haku followed with his murderous gaze to the ninja of the grass.
"I'm not going to ask what's going on here..."
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Those who have already claimed their scroll, can go to their respective entrance!"
Anko's voice echoed everywhere, all the teams began to retreat to their respective entrance to the forest as Anko had ordered.
Haku, Chihiro and Ronin, the three of them had played at the entrance with the number "21".
"We will advance twelve kilometers, the location we find will be our temporary camp"
Chihiro commented as he made a map with a wooden stick in the dirt.
"Remember that you have to place traps, the Senbon needles of Haku could serve us for when we suffer a surprise attack"
Ronin gave her idea and Chihiro drew her on the makeshift map.
Just try not to spend so much chakra, when you get to the place where we will make our camp remember to find food and a place of drinking water, then we can get the scroll from heaven "
Haku's voice echoed.
The guard at the gate began to open the padlock at the entrance to the forest.
"They fence carefully..."
Chihiro said.
The padlock came loose from the entrance.
"Let's watch our backs..."
Ronin followed.
The padlock fell to the ground.
"Attack by surprise..."
Haku finished.
The door had come out open and the twelve team entered the forest of death.