Hn, glad your all enjoying it, now then, lets get on with things.
Ibiki observed the remaining genin and let his eyes travel to Naruto, the Hokage had warned him, Konoha's Demon. He would never have recognized him of course, having always seen him with the old Anbu mask.
He would have a word with the kid later, every time he captured someone he didn't even have to interrogate them, they'd be so terrified they would spill their guts if he promised to keep him away from them.
For a professional like him, it was starting to chafe..
Snapping out of his reverie he let his eyes wander over the group again. "Well then, everyone that's still in this room…" He paused. "Passes."
He held back a smirk as he saw the look of shock crossing over almost every gennins features, the only ones who remained indifferent were some Suna kid with red hair.
'What the hell do you mean! A Suna Kunoichi with four pig tails spoke up. "What about the tenth question?"
"There never was one." He answered simply. "The tenth question was, quite frankly to see if you had the guts to take it. Cowards do not deserve the rank of Chuunin."
"I still don't understand." An Inuzuka boy yelled frustrated.
Ibiki held back from sighing at such stupidity.
"There was never a tenth question." He explained calmly. "It was all a test, to see, if any of you actually had enough guts to risk taking it."
He saw comprehension dawn on the Inuzuka boys face.
'Jeez, kids today are getting dumber and dumber by the minute.'
Just then, a brownish blur crashed through the window, revealing…
"Alright kiddies, my name's Mitarishi Anko. Your second proctor." The purple haired kunoichi said with that familiar smirk on her face. When her eyes fell on Naruto, it took her a second to realize who he was. She hadn't really believed the Old Hokage had the cojones to put a wolf with the sheep.
'Maybe there'll be some more blood in this exam than I thought.' She thought, her smirk widening ever more.
"Alright you little shits follow me." She said walking straight across the room and out the door.
"Alright kiddies, here's where you'll be taking your next exam." She paused for dramatic effect. "The forest of death."
Most of the gennin cringed, Naruto's attention was elsewhere however, or more specifically, the masked scent of snakes the gennin from the grass village held behind him.
If this figure was who he thought he was, then immediate action must be taken without alerting him. He watched as Anko intimidated the other gennin. He sent out the faintest nudge of Chakra in her direction.
Anko noticed it and turned to face him He discreetly formed a few, signs used by the Anbu which basically said. 'Intruder.'
Anko carried on without missing a beat but Naruto knew she had seen him.
Some time later, Naruto heard the gates being announced for the different teams, his team was assigned gate 12. With a simple nod of his head he turned and began walking.
It was some time later, Naruto felt the presence again, they had felled a mist team already and had received the necessary scroll to continue on. He turned to his two teammates. "The two of you move on." He stated, the tower is only another three miles."
Hinata raised an eyebrow. "What are you gonna do?"
When silence greeted her she sighed, knowing that she wouldn't receive an answer. She shrugged after a few moments. If anyone could take care of themselves it was him.
Naruto heard them leave and then turned to where he had sensed the snake smelling stalker, he was standing directly in his path, if he wanted Hinata or Sasuke, then he would have to literally go right through him.
Which was highly unlikely.
Moments later, he felt the ninja try to leap over him, Naruto was slightly surprised by his stealth skills, many jounin wouldn't have detected him, but he supposed it was normal for this one, after all…
The Jinchuriki, leapt straight up, appearing directly infront of the startled grass nin. Then, with speed few could comprehend he delivered a hard right which connected with a sickening crunch sound, sending the grass nin flying back straight into another tree. Naruto landed calmly and stared at the ninja as he rubbed his jaw.
"Orochimaru of the sannin." He drawled. "S rank missing nin in Konoha's bingo book, bounty of over 600,000 ryo. Current holder of the snake summoning contract. Said to be the greatest Kinjutsu user in over a century.
Orochimaru snarled and grunted as he set his jaw back into place. "And who might you be?"
"Your executioner."
Gaara, Temari and Kankuro, who were also on their way to the tower came to a sudden and abrupt stop as Gaara's leap came to an all too sudden halt.
"What's wrong Gaara?" Temari asked as she landed in a crouch nearby.
The youngest of the siblings did not respond, his heightened senses had picked up an unnaturally high spike of chakra and that could only mean one thing.
The other jinchuriki, Naruto, was fighting.
He turned back to his two siblings. "You two go on ahead, I'll catch up." That said, Gaara turned and sped off in a different direction. Temari and Kankuro exchanged a glance, before they both shrugged and continued to the tower. Gaara could handle himself.
Orochimaru, grunted in pain as he blocked a fist with his forearm. What the hell was this? No gennin, hell no ANBU could keep up with him. This was absolutely ridiculous.
He latched on to the ninja's extended wrist and threw him over his shoulder, towards another tree.
Naruto flipped in mid air and landed with his feet to a tree bark. He looked up in time to see Orochimaru forming his hand seals. "Kuchiose no Jutsu!" He yelled slamming his hand down o the ground.
In a massive plume of smoke a giant snake appeared, towering over the foliage. The creature let out a screech or roar before lunging at him.
Naruto leapt to the side as the massive beats tore through the tree he had been standing on. He landed and unsheathed his two blades raising both of them. Then, one burst into flames while the other had faint traces of wind swirling around it.
The snake, having discovered his position again charged, his massive maw opened wide in anticipation for his next meal.
With a powerful downwards X like swing. A wave of fire, combined with wind chakra headed towards Orochimaru and his snake summon.
The traitorous sannin's eyes widened at the great wall of flames approaching him. He formed his own set of handseals. "Suiton: Suijinheki" He spitting out a huge stream of water that formed a protective wall infront of both himself and his snake summon.
He was thrown for a loop however when the flames evaporated his water wall almost as soon as they touched it and continued their trajectory almost undeterred.
He cursed under his breath before leaping back just as his snake was consumed by the flames. The creature gave off a screech of pain, a few seconds later the creature vanished in a plume of smoke back to the summoned realm.
Orochimaru landed on a nearby tree branch and then felt a chakra spike directly above him. He looked up and felt his eyes widened as Naruto stood directly overhead his hand extended with a small bead of chakra in the center.
"Futon Shoha!" He yelled as the wind chakra concentrated in his palm exploded in a blast almost ten times more powerful than what he had used on Haku.
Orochimaru barely had enough time to use Kawarimi before the air itself pushed down on the area he had been standing on. The tree branch seemed to implode in on itself before it fell to earth with alarming speed. When the dust cleared mere splinters is what remained. On the forest floor.
The blond turned in time to see Orochimaru, raise his interlaced hands and bring it down, since Naruto was standing upside down on a tree branch the blow connected with his chin, sending him careening to earth.
Orochimaru landed on the ground just as Naruto exploded from the dust cloud he had created.
Fluidly unsheathing his blade again he aimed to cut off the snake nins head.
Orochimaru ducked under the blow, letting Naruto pass over him, he turned and threw three kunai, each connected, digging deeply into Naruto's right shoulder, his right hip and his right bicep.
Orochimaru capitalized on his new advantage and came up with a high kick, which connected, followed by an axe kick that sent the blond tumbling down a small hill. The snake nin reappeared above him and stomped down, making his back scrape against the forest floor. The tearing of clothes and the clattering of fallen kunai that fell from their now damaged holsters, could be heard among the ruckus.
Orochimaru leapt up and formed his handseals in preparation for a fire attack, he finished the last seal and shouted. "Katon: Karyuu Endan!" He yelled sending the fire dragon straight down. When it hit, the floor beneath him was blanketed with flames.
He smirked, but it died almost as soon as it appeared as he felt the air leave his lungs, followed by another fist to the face, his jaw had been cracked before, now it was just downright broken.
It was then followed by a hit to the ribs and again to his throat, finally a backhand across the face sent him reeling.
His back hit a tree with a loud crack. He opened his eyes as Naruto appeared infront of him in a blur of movement. "Futon: Shoha!" He yelled, his palm just a few inches from Orochimaru's face.
The snake nin barely had enough time to put a haphazard defense on the form of a chakra barrier before the pressure hit him. It was intense, as if he had hundreds of pounds pushing entirely against his skull and the rest of his upper body that he hadn't put a defense for. He felt his ribs snap, one, two, three, four five. Five ribs snapped before the tree behind him finally gave way and was broken in two like a massive twig.
Orochimaru's form hit the ground hard, hitting and skipping across it like a rock above a lake. Finally, after four skips he fell still.
The snake sannin coughed up blood as he picked himself up. He looked and glared at the ninja. But then he noticed something. A memory triggering with the clarity of an epiphany.
Blond hair, blue eyes.
That could only be one person.
"Kukuku, I see, Sarutobi sensei isn't as weak as I thought." He remarked to himself.
Naruto continued to approach him, when he was a good eight to ten feet away he was caught slightly off guard as Orochimaru snapped his head up and his tongue, holding a faintly glowing sword shot out towards him. He couldn't move in time and the blade stabbed him right through his stomach. He grunted in pain, but showed no other outward signs of his discomfort.
Orochimaru continued pushing him until his back hit a tree, Orochimaru then pushed the blade in some more, pinning him there.
The snake nin moved swiftly, transforming his lower body into that of a snake and wrapped himself around Naruto and the three, holding him in place.
"The Kyuubi, Jinchuuriki. No wonder you were so strong." He said, hiding the pain of his broken jaw.
His fingertips glowed with a blue flame. "Gogyo: Fui-" He was cut off, as Naruto, in a burst of supernatural strength, broke free from his hold and caught his wrist, stopping him dead.
The blonds eyes glowed a fierce red, and violent, blood lusting chakra seeped out from him. In a fast fluid motion Naruto unsheathed his sword and sliced off the mans arm. Orochimaru screamed in pain and pulled back, pulling his blade out as well. He hissed between his teeth and swore under his breath as he felt even more Konoha ninja approaching.
He glared at the blond "This isn't over." He said before melting into the earth, mud taking his place.
Naruto watched him leave with apathy, he could feel his stomach burning as the Kusanagi's poison tried to spread, the fox wouldn't let it though. He turned and saw that the arm he had severed off had a tattoo on it. One that he immediately recognized as a summoning tattoo.
He walked over to the pale stump and grabbed it, not even looking or feeling slightly disgusted.
He stared at the summoning tattoo for a moment before turning and walking away. It would be useful later.
Meanwhile a certain red head had watched the entire fight from a nearby tree. He would definitely have to be careful of this one during the upcoming invasion.