First Battle

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Team 8

A Konoha team was rushing through the trees when one of them tripped over a wire; before they could process what was happening, a big chain wire fell over them; the ropes were supported by connecting with the trees, and multiple lice fell from the trees around their bodies as they started drinking their blood.

"You should have been careful; insects can be quite frightening," Shino spoke, adjusting his glasses.

Their scream of agony was heard throughout the whole forest.

At the gates, Anko smirked from the screams, "Only 3 minutes, that's a new record," Anko said with a devious smile.

Team 9

They kept jumping from tree to tree when several shurikens flew towards them; Neji and Lee jumped away to a clearing of the forest, trees all around them.

He activated his Byakugan; much to his disappointment, the Shinobis were from a small village. Therefore worthless and weak.

"How about you give us your scroll?" The one who Neji thought was the leader spoke with a cocky attitude.

The Hyuga instead smirked, knowing they had the scroll they needed.

"Lee, they have it," Neji simply said; Lee nodded his head and jumped towards the third guy; his speed caught him off guard, a good kick in the chin broke his jaw, and his body was sent flying crashing against a tree, his back broken from the force.

He screamed in agony, his mouth full of blood, desperately trying to speak.

"Aka" the girl screamed in horror, turning to run towards him when Neji showed up behind her.

"You should never let your guard down," he stated with a grin.

"Two Palms"

"Four Palms"

"Eight Palms"

"Sixteen Palms"

Before he could finish, the leader tried to slice him with a small sword when an arrow pierced his leg, followed by two more around his left and right arm.

Neji saw TenTen wink at him from afar, holding a bow in her hand; he turned his eyes to the girl, but she was on the ground, crawling away like an insect.

Neji checked the bags and found the scroll, and they walked away, leaving the other team defeated.

"We have both scrolls; what now, Neji?" TenTen asked with a little shrug. It seemed this was far easier than she had thought.

"Let's find another team, a Kumo Team this time," Neji stated with a dark look remembering the two Kumo teams; if he could find one of them, he would be happy enough.

Naruto

"This is Troublesome; what should we do?" Shikamaru asked.

"We go after the other two teams that were nearby. The ones that are closing in together." Naruto answered.

"Mmmm, then I suggest we observe them before engaging. We shouldn't waste time if they don't have a Heaven Scroll. If one of them does have it, we could wait them out and learn their abilities during their battle against the other team and attack when they are weak and exhausted." Shikamaru suggested.

"Solid plan, Shika. Guess it's a better plan than any. If time is of the essence, we could always just jump in and finish the battle ourselves..." Ino said confidently as she turned to Naruto.

"....Can you identify who they are, Naruto-kun?" Ino asked.

"Mmmm, one of the team, is from Konoha, but.....there is something strange about them." Naruto pondered.

"Strange how?" Ino asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well, first of all, one of them has an aura of deep malice, while the other two are complete blanks. I can hardly sense any emotion coming from those two. The other team, however, is from Kusa. One of them is.....oh no." Naruto said in panic.

"What's wrong?" Shikamaru asked.

"WE HAVE TO GO! NOW!" Naruto said as he ran forward, while Ino and Shikamaru followed behind him.

"Naruto-kun, what's wrong?!" Ino asked in worry.

"I know one of the Kusa ninjas! She's in danger! And if my hunch about the Konoha team is right, she and her teammates have no chance against them!" Naruto said as he led Ino and Shikamaru away.

'I wonder if she will be able to handle them; after all, she's a pure Uzumaki,' Naruto thought.

WITH TEAM KARIN & TEAM ROOT

Karin and her team were immediately ambushed, not 10 minutes after the exam started. Whoever the attackers were, they were highly skilled in stealth, as they could conceal their presence almost flawlessly. But luckily, Karin was a sensor, as she was able to detect them when they were close by and alerted her teammates before they could attack.

But instead of thanking her, her teammates simply grabbed her arm and proceeded to bite down on it as they consumed some of her chakra to gain a power boost. She absolutely hated them for this, especially when she didn't even give her consent first.

But she realizes this wasn't the time for her to be angry at them yet, as she learns that their incoming enemies were no ordinary Genin.

And she was right. At first, they tried to trap her in some Genjutsu, but thankfully Karin was able to detect it immediately. The Genjutsu was surprisingly powerful and difficult to break, but she eventually dispelled it. But when she came back to reality, the first thing she saw completely terrified her to the core. Both her teammates were killed....by a Giant Bear...made of Ink.

It ripped their flesh apart with its large teeth and razor claws, leaving their corpses almost beyond recognition.

Karin was trembling in fear when the large bear started approaching her, until it suddenly exploded in her face like a balloon of ink, terrifying her even further as she screamed out in fear. She then saw three figures in black clothing, each wielding a tanto, standing before her.

One was a girl with long brown hair, and she was wearing a porcelain mask to conceal her face. The other was an extremely pale boy with an emotionless expression. And lastly, their leader, who had an aura of darkness around him.

"P-P-Please. J-Just take my scroll. You don't have to kill me." Karin begged as she slowly backed away from them.

"Oh, don't worry, sweetheart, we don't plan to. We're actually here....to capture you." One said with a sadistic smirk.

"C-Capture me? Why? What do you want from me?" Karin asked fearfully.

"Because our Lord demands it. And I must say, I'm a little disappointed. Given that you're an Uzumaki and all, I thought you put up more of a fight. You brought nothing but shame to your warrior ancestors." He mocked the redhead, but what he said just now made Karin even more fearful.

"H-How do you know I'm an Uzumaki?! I didn't even use my full name to register for this exam. Who are you, people?!" Karin demanded to know since it is optional to NOT give your last name in the Exam for clan safety purposes.

"As smart as that was, your red hair is a dead giveaway. And our sources are always reliable. Now stand still while we put you to sleep." He said as he motioned the girl to put Karin into another Genjutsu.

The girl, Yakumo, doesn't need to do hand-seals to use her clan's Genjutsu power. She simply has to focus on her target or the environment around her, as the Genjutsu she creates is so powerful that it is hard to tell reality and illusion apart.

As she tries to put Karin to sleep, Yakumo didn't realize how strong Karin's will is, as the redhead refuses to be captured before she can even achieve her own goal.

"D-Don't....DON'T MESS WITH ME, DATTEBAYO!" Karin shouted out in anger as four Chakra Chains emerged from her back and were sent to attack the ROOT ninjas.

Caught completely off guard by the fast-moving attack, Yakumo was knocked away by one of the chains while the other wrapped around Sai in a tight grip.

Karin then turned her attention to Tanuki, whose face looked unamused and bored. Angered by this, she sends two chakra chains directly at him, intending to impale him with the sharp blades at the front, but Tanuki simply stands his ground without a care in the world.

As the Chakra Chains got closer, Tanuki then raised his left hand, revealing a mark on his palm in the shape of two circles, one overlapping the other.

"Shade Style: Inhaling Maw!" Karin was shocked when her chains were being absorbed into the top square mark like it was being sucked into a vacuum.

Tanuki continued to absorb her chakra until the Adamantine Chains were completely gone, leaving her defenseless as she dropped to her knees, panting.

"H-How did you do that?" Karin asked as she felt completely drained.

"While you have your chains, I have my Meiton (Dark Release), also known as Shade Style. It has given me the power to absorb, manipulate and release chakra. And I must say, your performance was not disappointing at all. Danzo-sama will be pleased to have a weapon like you, Karin Uzumaki." Tanuki said with his sadistic smirk.

'Damn it; it felt like he just took more than half my reserves. I can't use my Adamantine Attack Chains at this point.' Karin thought in worry.

While Sai and Yakumo got back up on their feet, Tanuki then went to approach the downed Karin as he aimed his left hand at her.

"Now, hold still while I drain the rest of your chakra," Tanuki said with an evil grin.

"Somebody....please....help me," Karin whispered under her breath as she let out a few tears fall from her eyes, hoping that someone would come and save her. And surprisingly, someone did.

"Fire Style: Flame Bullet!"

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!"

Naruto and Ino came out of nowhere and unleashed their Collaboration Jutsu onto Tanuki, creating a large, powerful inferno.

Tanuki was able to jump away in time, but the massive fire was getting closer to his face. He could feel the intense heat. Feeling slightly worried, Tanuki raised his left hand once more.

"Shade Style: Inhaling Maw!" Tanuki went to absorb the chakra, saving himself and his team in the process, as the inferno was completely sucked into the mark on his palm.

As the smoke cleared, Team ROOT was now face to face with Team 10, with Karin kneeling behind them. When she saw her would-be saviors, she was surprised that one of them was the same blonde boy she saw in the First Test.

"N-Naruto?" Karin asked, hoping it wasn't a Genjutsu; she had heard his name multiple times spoken during the writing exam.

Naruto then turned his head to her and smiled. "Hey, you must be Karin. Good to meet you." Naruto greeted her. Tanuki narrowed his eyes the second he saw the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

He absolutely hated that Danzo had not yet tamed the powerful beast and put it under his direct control. That is Danzo-sama's weapon, not Hiruzen's, Tanuki thought. And he vowed to make sure it will.

"Well, well, well. Look at what we have here. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox, himself." Tanuki said with a smirk.

Ino immediately glared at Tanuki when he called her boyfriend, a Demon. No one calls her whiskers that and gets away with it!

"You know, it's forbidden to call him that. You just earned yourself a penalty of death, you jackass." Ino said angrily.

"Hah, I don't give a shit about some stupid law created by that senile old Hokage of yours. I don't recognize his authority, and I never will." Tanuki scoffed.

"So you say.....ROOT," Naruto said to Tanuki, and his eyes widened. Sai then went to approach Tanuki."It seems our mission has been comprised, Tanuki-san. Shall we withdraw?" Sai asked.

"Fuck that. I say we take both the Uzumaki girl and the Kyubi brat. Danzo-sama would be pleased to have Konoha's greatest weapon and the last two Uzumakis under his control." Tanuki said with a sadistic smirk.

The last part immediately caught Karin's ear. "Two Uzumaki?! WHO?!" Karin asked as she was desperate to know.

"That would be Naruto-kun," Ino answered. Karin then turns her attention to Naruto as she looks at him with hope in her eyes.

"N-Naruto.....are you really?" Karin asked, but Naruto didn't answer her, as he was completely focused on Tanuki after what he had just said.

"That's bold coming from you.....Tanuki Shigaraki." Naruto threatened as he glared furiously towards the ROOT ninja.

Tanuki wanted to retort, but when Naruto said his last name, his eyes immediately widened once more. No one, except Danzo, knows his full name, and that greatly disturbs him.

"How do you know who I am, Demon?!" Tanuki demanded.

Naruto merely smirked at the question. "Your master is not the only one who's been spying, Tanuki-teme. The Hokage is not as dumb as you claimed to be. We have eyes everywhere.....even in the shadows." Naruto said with a smirk, never leaving his face.

Not wanting to reveal the information provided by Itachi.

Tanuki then gritted his teeth in anger at the blonde Jinchuriki. If this goes on, Danzo and ROOT will be compromised. He needs to neutralize the threat immediately.".....It seems capturing you, and the Uzumaki girl is no longer a secondary objective. You know too much, and so do your teammates. For that, they must die." Tanuki said as he aimed his left hand at Team 10 and Karin.

"Shade Style: Judgement!" Tanuki then expelled an enormous torrent of Purple Fire from the lower square mark on his palm, as they were shot directly toward Team 10 and Karin, more specifically Ino and Shikamaru.

The purple fire was ALL the stored and converted chakra Tanuki had absorbed earlier, and judging from the size and magnitude of the blast; it was a lot.

Thinking fast, Shikamaru quickly slammed his hand on the ground. "Earth Style: Mobile Core!" The earthly ground starts to crack around them, in a square shape, as the surface beneath Team 10's feet is lowered, saving them from the wide range of Tanuki's purple fire attack.

'Okay, that's new. I've never seen a Kekkei Genkai like that before,' Naruto thought, mentally smirking; perhaps this exam would become even more fruitful than it already was.

When the blast was over, Tanuki, Sai, and Yakumo immediately jumped into the square hole created by Shikamaru, but that was a fatal mistake on their part, as two Shadow Clones of Naruto suddenly appeared above them and took a deep breath.

"Wind Style: Great Breakthrough!" The two clones blew a powerful gust of wind that was aimed at the backs of Team ROOT, and since Tanuki could not absorb them in time, he and his team were being blown downwards.

"SHIKA, NOW!" Naruto ordered. Shikamaru then slammed his hand on the ground once more."Earth Style: Mobile Core!" Shikamaru then raised the ground beneath them as Team ROOT was slammed hard into the rising ground, as the momentum of their descent made a large crater when they crashed. Sai was the first to recover as he took out his brush and scroll and began to draw several lions. He then made a single hand-seal.

"Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll!"The nine large lions he drew immediately came to life as they rushed toward Team 10. Ino then jumped above and made several hand seals. "Fire Style: Phoneix Flower Jutsu!"Her fireballs were on point, as they managed to destroy all of the Ink Lions before they could get near her and her team. Some of the fireballs managed to land a few feet from Sai, causing an explosion as it knocked him back down on the ground.

"You're good....for an ugly girl," Sai said to Ino with a fake smile. Ino's eye immediately twitched at his comment.

"WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU JUST CALL ME!" Ino yelled out in rage. While this was happening, Tanuki and Naruto were engaged in a fast-paced Taijutsu fight. Naruto realizes that using Ninjutsu against Tanuki is pointless, so fighting him hand-to-hand is his only valuable option. Naruto used his Wing Fist to counter all Tanuki's punches and kicks and swiftly countered them with several jabs and chops to his stomach and chest. When Tanuki took out his Kunai and attempted to stab Naruto with it, the blonde Senju managed to catch his wrist and did an over-the-shoulder takedown on Tanuki, and Naruto follows-up by firmly kneeling on Tanuki's chest, with both fists aimed at his head.

"Wing Fist Art: Chain of Jabs!" Naruto unleashed multiple fast jabs on Tanuki's face, practically burying his head in the ground. But suddenly, Tanuki burst into water, indicating that he substitutes himself with a Water Clone. Tanuki appeared behind Naruto and aimed his Kunai at him like a gun.

"Water Style: Suireha!" Tanuki then shoots several water bullets toward Naruto as the blonde does several back-flips to gracefully avoid them. Naruto then threw a single kunai toward Tanuki; he did several hand seals to perform another jutsu.

"Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!" That one kunai multiplied into hundreds as they were heading toward Tanuki. Whether it was created by chakra or not, Tanuki could not absorb a Clone Jutsu. So instead, he tried to find cover, but some of the kunais managed to hit his right shoulder and left leg, causing him to yell out in pain.

'This isn't good. He's much more powerful than I thought, and he's not even using Kyuubi's power. I can't let him escape since I have revealed too much to them, but I can't let them capture me or Yakumo. Damn it!" Tanuki thought in panic as he turned his head and saw Yakumo fighting against Shikamaru.

Yakumo was armed with her standard ROOT tanto, while Shikamaru had his kunai at hand. While the Nara wasn't the best when it came to close-quarter combat, Yakumo was far worst since she mainly relied on her Genjutsu, which she couldn't perform, if she couldn't focus.

When he saw an opening, Shikamaru quickly landed a strong punch on Yakumo's head, knocking the porcelain mask off her face. This worries Tanuki more, as Nara was able to get a good look at her face, which was supposed to remain hidden no matter what.

Tanuki finally had enough, as he called out to Sai, who was currently fighting against Ino.

"SAI! GET US OUT OF HERE!" Tanuki ordered.

"But you said...." Sai didn't get to finish his sentence.

"SHUT THE FUCK UP, AND DO AS I SAY!" Tanuki ordered once again, but with more rage in his voice.

Sai then managed to get away from Ino and jumped next to Tanuki. As he took out his brush and scroll once more and drew a picture of a bird.

Ninja Art: Super Beast Scroll! The bird drawing came to life as Sai and Tanuki jumped on top of it. The large Ink Bird began to hover above the ground and flew towards Yakumo, grabbing her in its talon as it flew out of the forest at an incredible speed.

The Ink Bird couldn't grab Karin since Naruto was close to her, leaving Team ROOT's mission a complete failure.