#28 Prelimenary Rounds #1

Haru then went with the two undetected to the Hokage's office.

Come In.

Hello Hiruzen said Haru.

Hiruzen rolled his eyes and asked Haru shouldn't you be in Chunin Tower waiting for your team and what are you doing with Anko and the girl here?

Anko is here to bring you the corpse of Orochimaru and the girl is here, because she is an Uzumaki and lives here from today.

I couldn't bear to see someone from my father's Clan suffer.

What Orochimaru's corpse?

Yes he was after Sasuke Uchiha in the Forest of Death.

Me and Anko took care of him quickly.

Anko show it him me.

Well, there isn't much to recognize about him anymore and it wasn't his old body either, he had taken over the body of a woman.

Hiruzen he definitely was Orochimaru, I made sure of that said Anko.

I think it was him too, but I think he's still alive. He certainly didn't just mark Anko and Sasuke and his soul went back into another body.

So he'll probably try to get to Sasuke again?

I think it's his goal and I think he must have a spy in Konoha, alone he wouldn't have gotten this far.

You should use Itachi to protect his brother, then we would have one less thing to worry about.

And what about the girl?

Karin blushed.

She can stay with me and as far as her Ninja Career goes, I don't think she's interested in it, right Karin?

No, I was forced to it.

Hiruzen how about you take her on as your secretary, I think she could be of much use to you.

Especially with your paperwork.

Karin's eyes started to shine and she said she would like to do that, if she could stay near Haru.

Come on old man, show some heart.

All right, bring her to your Home and then go back to the Exam.

Thank you old man.

Anko give him the scroll and let's go.

Karin come on i'll show you your new home, but you have to be careful i've already had three women in my life and they're very territorial towards new faces.

Haru brought Karin to his house and told Saha the whole story and told her to go shopping with her and give her some food, because she looked emaciated.

She accepted the new family member, but slowly she thought enough about new women and set a limit for Haru.

Karin blushed and kissed Haru goodbye on the cheek.

Saha then gave him a kiss on the mouth and looked at Karin.

Karin blushed even more and then kissed Haru on the mouth.

Thank you for accepting her, because I can feel her feelings, she has strong love and hope for me.

I figured that out, otherwise she wouldn't be in our house, but since there are five of us now, a bigger waterbed would be nice, the old one was pretty tight before and you're all still growing.

Yes, just order a new one.

I'll see if I can still get it through the door with Uras' help.

If not, I'll have to tear down the wall and rebuild everything.

Then we connect my old children's room with the room to have more space.

Alright Haru and now get loose Ino and Rura are sure to be waiting for you.

I love you bye.

Haru made his way back to the Forest of Death and Ura then transported him to the Tower, it doesn't seem like anyone's there yet. Haru there you are finally, I've been waiting for you, come here there is a lot of free food.

Guy isn't a team here yet?

No, they probably take their time to get here. Where have you been?

Oh, that's top secret Guy, unfortunately I can't tell you.

What you had a mission and won't tell me about it?

No Guy it wasn't a mission I shouldn't tell you anyway.

Come on Haru tell me.

Guy gave a sad look and Haru buckled.

Fine, but don't complain if it makes you depressed.

I killed Orochimaru with Anko and then brought my new girlfriend Karin to my house. What you fought against Orochimaru and killed him and you have one more wife again. Why doesn't this happen to me?

Guy I didn't want to tell you, but you had to throw the cat look.

And why didn't you tell me, I could have helped you?

Well Guy the fight was over pretty quickly.

I don't think your help was needed.

Why, was he so weak?

Yes, the fight lasted maybe 20 seconds.

Well I've seen your powers a lot Haru I probably would have lost even faster. Meanwhile in a lab near Konoha.

haaa what just happened, i died but how, so there was this dome and this giant red Sharingan, was it all genjutsu?

No matter the plan, I have to get back to Konoha quickly.

Kabuto is waiting for instructions and I have to pretend to be Rasa.

Haru I'll get back at you, that completely derailed my plan.

And why couldn't I feel the curse mark from Anko?

Anyway, I have to get back quickly before everything is up.

Luckily I left a few bodies for myself outside of Konoha.

A few hours passed and the first team arrived, it was Gaara's group.

They were greeted by their Sensei Baki and then went to their rooms.

Second, Haru's team came.

Sensei Guy, Sensei Haru we did it, Lee shouted at them loudly.

He ran towards Guy and Guy ran towards Lee, the two started to cry and hugged each other. Guy represents you so Konoha called Haru. Guy's eyes turned serious and he pulled away from Lee.

You did well folks.

How were the Exams.

They were pretty easy.

After the written Exam.

In which I was really afraid of screwing everything up, but even though I could only answer one question, I passed it anyway.

And in the second we knocked out a bit of the competition, of course we didn't attack anyone from Konoha, but we still managed to knock out three teams.

Haru come here.

Rura gave him a kiss and hugged him, you know during the exam I could almost always only think about you.

Rura I have to tell you something I brought home a new woman her name is Karin Uzumaki, but please don't tell anyone but Ino.

I held her raping team while she got revenge on them and she didn't have an easy past.

She is now with Saha and is being taken care of by her.

Saha has already taken her to her heart.

Does she look good?

Well, she is emaciated and the past has left its mark on her.

But I think she's pretty if she eats a little more. Oh now I have to wait to meet her.

Next, Kakashi's team arrived along with Asuma's and were greeted.

Ino of course also ran to Haru and kissed him. I heard about the redhead girl from Sakura and that you saved them all.

So you already know she's by Saha at our house.

That's what I thought.

I see Rura passed too.

Yes they eliminated 3 teams how much could you get?

We had 2 until we got the right scroll.

Now only Kurenai's team is missing.

5 more hours passed and Kurenai's team arrived they looked pretty exhausted Naruto ran straight to Hinata.

You did it I knew it.

Yes, we had real problems finding opponents with the right scroll.

Naruto kissed her and she blushed and said Naruto not in front of everyone.

Why?

That's embarrassing.

Then you should have seen Ino and Haru's kiss, it lasted a minute and they weren't embarrassed either.

But I'm not Ino.

You're a lot prettier than her.

Hinata blushed.

You two actually have Naruto, you know, Haru asked.

What do I know Haru?

Hinata blushed and shook her head at Haru. Hinata don't worry I'll explain it to him next time we train.

Please do that Haru I would be very grateful.

I can imagine that.

Hinata blushed.

The next moment Kabuto came in with his team and Naruto ran to him.

Kabuto you made it too, congratulations.

Yeah, but it was pretty tough Naruto, we had quite a bit of trouble.

Hinata also had trouble finding the right scroll, but hey you guys did it.

Haru ignored him at first and moments later the threesome from Otogakure came in.

And Haru saw that Orochimaru greeted them and smiled briefly.

Haru knew that everyone was there now and went to his room with Ino and Rura to wait and to reward them for their last Exam.

The next day it was announced that everyone who hadn't been there until now had dropped out and their next Proctor appeared.

Hello my name is Hayate Gekkou and I am your next Proctor.

Since so many of you made it in the last Exam, we will now hold a preselection before the final Exam comes.

You see the blackboard on the wall where it is decided at random who competes against each other.

Anyone else want to give up voluntarily?

No, well then let's start.

The contestants pictures were displayed on the screen and the first pair was Shikamaru Nara vs Dosu Kinuta.

Oh no, why me first and then against the guy with the sound bracelet.

Come on little brother you can do it and if not I'll have to double your training.

Both entered the arena and Hayate started the fight Dosu ran towards Shikamaru and Shikamaru directly used the Shadow Imitation Technique and was successful.

Why can't I move anymore said Dosu.

Dosu looked at the ground and saw that a long shadow was aimed at him.

But Shikamaru didn't give him time to analyze and ran past him in a curve, since Dosu was closer to the wall behind Shikamaru, than Shikamaru was to the wall behind Dosu, because he ran a bit to Shikamaru.

Shikamaru then held his head forward as he ran and Dosu did the same, running his head into the wall in front of him while Shikamaru was still ten feet from his wall, knocking Dosu out with it.

The winner of the first round is Shikamaru Nara.

Wow that was so cool Naruto shouted he could defeat him so easily.

Well done little brother you don't have to work out after all.

Thanks Haru, now I feel better.

The screen chose the next pair and it was Sakura Haruno vs Ino Yamanaka.

Haru started laughing.

Finish her Ino, but let her live.

Sakura glared at Haru.

Well you wide forehead we finally met again after you ignored me forever, because of Haru. Just because I was able to land with Haru and you're still not getting anywhere with Sasuke. Ino tussy, we know he just took you, because you threw yourself at him like a whore.

Ino stop talking and flatten her.

Yes Haru darling.

Hayate then gave the starting signal and ino ran towards Sakura.

Great Fireball Jutsu Ino shouted and a 3 meter fireball flew towards Sakura.

She tried to dodge, but her leg was hit and she had severe burns on her leg.

Sakura was lying on the ground holding her leg in pain.

Ino saw this and ran over to her and kicked her in the temple which knocked her out.

Well that's the end of the fight.

Ino held her thumbs up to Haru and smiled at him.

Well done darling called Haru.

Naruto and Sasuke looked down at Sakura and wondered, was she always this weak?

But then they remembered their missions and saw that Sakura mostly didn't fight and hid behind them.

Kakashi blushed, thinking maybe it was a bit early for her after all.

Haru saw Kakashi blush and called hey Kakashi did you even train her?

Kakashi thought about it and realized he only showed her how to walk on a tree.

I have trained her the most Haru.

Did you teach her to hide?

Exactly only here she could not use her full potential.

If you say so, then I can only believe you. Sensei Kakashi you need to train more with her Naruto and Sasuke said together.