Beginning of the second phase.

(Anko): "Welcome to the stage of the second test of Chūnin Shiken, training camp number 44, The Forest of Death." - She said the name of the place in a macabre tone that scared most of the participants.

All the participants stared at the forest after Anko, some seemed calm, others confident and others didn't show any reaction.

(Anko): "Before I explain the rules of the second test, I need you to sign this here." - She says taking several forms out of a pocket of her coat. - "If they do not sign, they will not be able to participate in this event." - She said handing the leaflets to one of the participants and the same was passed on among the other participants.

(Participant 1): "What is this?"

(Anko): "Forms of responsibility. If you die on the test, either because of the other teams or because of the various types of dangerous creatures in the forest, the responsibility does not fall on me. " - She said this with a radiant smile, while several genins trembled and some gave up.

Everyone started signing the form.

(Anko): "Very well, I will explain the rules, the second test is a test of survival." - She totally says it would be. - "I will explain about the area first." - She says while showing a map of the forest that was a perfect circle. - "The forest of death has 44 entrances, has rivers, the forest itself, and a tower in the middle of the forest, from any gate to the tower, is exactly 10 kilometers. During the time you spent in the forest, you fought for these two scrolls. " - She said showing a parchment in each hand, a white one with the 'Earth' and a blue one with the 'Sky' kanji. - "These scrolls will be distributed among you, half of you will receive the scroll from heaven and the other half the scroll from the earth."

(Naruto): 'That's why she spoke with such conviction that half of us wouldn't pass.' - He thinks with a smile.

(Anko): "To pass this test, your team has to take the two scrolls to the tower in the middle of the forest."

(Participant 2): "Do you have a time limit?"

(Anko): "Yes, there is no minimum limit, but the maximum is 120 hours, exactly five days."

(Participant 3): "Can we give up in the middle of the race?"

(Anko): "No, you will have to wait for five days, when the five days are up, we will sweep through the forest, rescue the survivors and see what we can recover from the dead for their families."

(Haku): "Will we be considered disqualified the moment we lose the scroll?"

(Anko): "No Haku-chan, even if you lose your scroll to a team, it doesn't mean that you are out of the test, you can try to get the scroll back with the team that took it from you, or you can take it from another team. "

(Naruto): "Are we limited to just two scrolls, or can we take several to reduce competition in the next phase?"

(Anko): "Not to the maximum amount of scrolls you can have, Foxy-kun, you should only have at least one of each when you get to the tower."

(Ino): "Besides the time limit, is there another criterion that would disqualify us?"

(Anko): "Great blonde question, actually, the criteria for failing this test are: do not take the two scrolls within the time limit of 5 days, you leave a companion behind, or if you die. If an ally of yours dies due to the other team or the creatures, you will be allowed to continue, but if you abandon your partner, it will cause you to be disqualified. "

(Hinata): "You said about different types of creatures, what exactly would they be?"

(Anko): "Several, I will not say everyone since you have to be used to being surprised, as chūnins will not always be aware of everything."

(Team 7): 'Believe me.' - Team 7 thinks while remembering the nukenins that appeared out of nowhere on the mission in Nami no Kuni.

(Anko): "But I will say some, there are giant beasts, several types of poisonous insects, some even the size of humans, poisonous plants, etc." - She said with a sadistic smile and some genins regret having already signed the form. - "And another thing, you can't open the scrolls."

(Sakura): "Why? What happens?"

(Anko): "This will be a surprise for anyone who makes pink. Chūnins have to deal with highly qualified information, this test also tests how reliable you are. Any more questions? "

No one responds, showing that they had no questions.

(Anko): "Very well, you will be called, and the teams where all the members signed will go to that tent, the whole team must enter, and one team at a time, after everyone gets the scrolls you will be taken to a gate , where the race will start. "

After that the teams started to be called, where the tent was covered with a black cloth, making it impossible for the other teams to see which parchment they took.

(Haku): "What do we do?"

(Sakura): "When they see that we are in four, they can try to focus on us."

(Sasuke): "It doesn't matter how many worms come, they can't handle an elite like me." - He says arrogantly.

Naruto almost let out a thought that would generate a fight right there, but he held the garter and just ignored the avenging emo.

(Naruto): "I have a plan that will make half of these guys not pay attention to us, but that will get the other half's attention."

(Haku): "In other words, several teams can come together to face us."

(Naruto): "Correct."

(Sakura): "Well ... it's better than just going one by one and hoping to be lucky ... and the sooner we finish this, the better."

(Sasuke): "Is the failure afraid of a forest?"

(Sakura): "No, I'm afraid of a stab in the back from you."

Sasuke just ignored Sakura's comment and looked like 'I'm the greatest'. After a while Team 7 was called, they handed over the forms and took a scroll from the 'land'. Everyone stared at them when they left the tent, possibly because they realized they were in four.

Shortly afterwards all teams had picked up a scroll. And they were waiting to be guided to a gate.

(Naruto): "Do you want me to put the plan into practice?"

(Sasuke): "Just do Dobe, so I will show the true strength of an elite."

(Sakura): "When will his ego end?"

(Haku): "Possibly when hell freezes over, but you can go on with the Naruto-kun plan."

Naruto nods and then speaks in a loud tone calling everyone's attention.

(Naruto): "HEY! WHAT DO WE DO WITH THIS PARCHMENT OF THE EARTH? "

Everyone was wide-eyed, and in some teams malicious smiles appeared, because they thought he was easy prey, but Anko realized what her fiance wanted to do with that statement and a smile appeared on her face.

(Anko): "I explained it once and I won't do it again."

Naruto just stayed silent and all the teams were directed to the gates they would use to enter the forest, when at exactly 2pm the gates were opened and all the teams advanced quickly into the forest.

(Sasuke): "Why did you do that, Dobe ?!" He asked as he ran.

(Naruto): "I thought you would be the one who wouldn't complain, since you liked attention so much." - Sasuke just stared at Naruto with a look of hate that the blond-haired was already used to. - "But answering your question, emo avenger, I called all the idiots who have the sky scroll over us, as well as identified them for the other teams."

(Haku): "I understand, so instead of having to go after each one, we just have to wait for everyone to come to us."

(Naruto): "Correct, and by the smell, we already have the first idiots." - He said immediately after stopping with his team stopping shortly thereafter.

At that time a trio of Shinobi from Amagakure appeared right in front of them.

(Amagakure 1): "We were lucky to meet the idiot's team."

(Amagakure 2): "Now give us the scroll."

(Sasuke): "You worms, I will show you the power of an Uchiha."

Sasuke advanced alone towards the three. Naruto just sighed and looked at his companions.

(Naruto): "I have to prepare something, if the avenging emo over there dies, can you save him?"

(Haku): "I will do this for the test."

(Sakura): "We could just let him die ..."

(Naruto): "Unfortunately the village population still listens to the last Uchiha, so we can get screwed if that idiot dies." - He says sitting down while he took one more scroll that he had and made him look identical to the parchment from the land they received.

Meanwhile the Uchiha was taking a beating, even with a Sharingan with two shots, he couldn't handle three at the same time, if it was just one maybe he could, even though he was holding up well. And Team 7 just watched him take this beating with a certain satisfaction, especially Naruto after he trembled from making a fake earth scroll.

(Haku): "I think I understand a sadist's point of view now."

(Naruto): "Please Haku-chan, don't become one." - He says while shaking.

After emo had taken a good beating, Naruto advanced towards the trio of Amagakure who paid attention to him.

(Amagakure 3): "Now the big mouthed idiot."

(Naruto): "Better a big mouth than a trio that goes straight into a trap! Sky Dragon's Wing Attack! "

Naruto waved his arms that were surrounded by two swirls of wind and hit the trio of Amagakure while the wind cut the trio in several parts, Naruto took it easy so they wouldn't die of blood loss and the cuts wouldn't be too big.

(Naruto): "Now just listen to the princess over there having a tantrum." - He said while staring at Sasuke who had passed out from the beating.

Haku went to the trio and spotted them, and found the sky scroll.

(Haku): "We already have both scrolls. Are we going straight to the tower? "

(Naruto): "So I have to hear Uchiha complain about having received 'charity'? No. We drag him to a nearby place, a tree hollow or even a cave and we wait for the idiot to wake up. "

(Sakura): "What about them?"

(Naruto): "These are not going to be the last idiots we will see ... but I will give them a chance." - Naruto approached and knelt next to them. - "Heal."

Naruto healed the wounds of each of them and left them propped up on a tree, now if animals or another team killed them, it was no longer Naruto's responsibility.

(Naruto): "Come on."

They dragged Sasuke for a long time until they found a tree that had a hollow in the trunk, they decided to stay there until the avenging emo woke up, Sakura set some traps around the trunk. The sun was almost setting, it should be around 6pm.

(Haku): "I thought I would heal you."

(Naruto): "It would be chakra waste on him, besides, at most he has some bruises and pain in his body, nothing much."

At that moment the stomach of the three snored and everyone was red with shame.

(Sakura): "It's true, we came from the first race without even having lunch."

(Naruto): "I'm going to get something for us to eat in case the princess is asleep there to stay a long time in her beauty sleep."

(Sakura): "Take care."

(Naruto): "You too, will know that more can appear." - Thinking about it, he approaches Sasuke and kneels. - "Heal."

(Haku): "Why are you healing him?"

(Naruto): "Because if he's in perfect condition, he'll just jump on the enemy and give you two a chance to fight back."

The two nodded and soon after Naruto left jumping looking for anything he considered edible. He searched for a long time until he found a giant snake, which had not yet noticed him.

(Naruto): 'Sera that snake tastes like eel? Well, it's not like we can choose what we are going to eat. '

Naruto jumped and landed in a flying boat, while his feet were on fire.

(Naruto): "Fire Dragon's Claw."

It hits right in the middle of the snake's head by sinking its foot into the skull of the animal that just fell, with no chance of reaction.

(Naruto): "Well ... that may be enough for us in those five days ... that if I don't exaggerate as I have lately."

In the past few weeks, at times, Naruto's appetite simply became immense, like Natsu's, and he only stopped when his belly was really full.

(Naruto): "But since we won't be staying until tomorrow, I don't have to take everything."

He takes his kunai and puts Fūton chakra and begins to take parts of the snake's flesh and place it on a scroll with storage fūinjutsu, which Yūgao taught him to make. He really wanted to meet the godparents in order to get the scrolls with his parents' techniques, because from the memories he received from his mother, the Uzumaki clan were masters of fūinjutsu.

(Naruto): "Well, it's time to go back." - He said while putting the parchment away.

He would come back but at that time he smelled the cat and insect similar to Ichibi again, and they were a little strong, which meant they were close, but there were several other smells together.

(Naruto): 'Except for one, these smells don't look human, they must be the creatures of the forest ... I think Haku-chan and Sakura-chan will understand.'

Naruto followed the scent, he traveled a certain distance until he found the one he was looking for, stopping over a tree to watch them. He saw three girls being surrounded by various animals. One had long, straight, blond hair tied with tight bandages and dark eyes. She wore a black and purple short-sleeved blouse and black pants, the other had short green hair that matched the eye color, which was also orange. Her ninja outfit consisted of a short white sleeveless shirt with armor underneath, white bracelets, and fishnet shorts with a short white apron skirt over it and what most caught her attention was the color of her skin, which was brown, and the last one that was lying down while she had both hands on her leg, had red hair, wore glasses and wore a similar outfit to Sakura's, only purple. But the fact that most caught Naruto's attention is that he saw their bandanas, the blonde was from Kumogakure, the green one was from Takigakura and the redhead was from Kusagakure.

(Naruto): 'Where are their companions?'

Naruto was taken out of his thoughts when one of the scorpions caught the blonde and was going to sting her.

Naruto jumped from the tree, made his feet go up in flames and pushed himself up to the scorpion's tail.

(Naruto): "Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang!"

He made a bow with his arm on fire and his hands spread wide, hitting the scorpion's tail, as if it were scratched, although the result was as if the scorpion's tail was crushed. The animal howled in pain and ended up releasing the blonde who jumped back away from the animal and getting close to the redhead.

(? Blonde): "I don't know who you are, but thanks!"

(Naruto): "Come on, now let's get this over with."

He advances to the scorpion that was still howling in pain, and grabs the area close to the animal's eyes.

(Naruto): "Fire Dragon's Grip Strike!"

In the next moment, Naruto released several flames by the hand that were holding the scorpion, which will soon explode, creating a lot of smoke, when the smoke went down, only the scorpion's lifeless body was left, seeing the lifeless body of the scorpion, the other animals simply they ran.

(Naruto): 'So, the scorpion was the strongest ... if I hadn't taken him by surprise and got the chance to go right in his eyes, this fight would have lasted longer.'

At that time, Naruto turns around and sees the three girls he saved together, looking at him suspiciously, except the greenish one that had an animated sparkle in his eyes.

(Naruto): "Are you okay?"

(? Redhead): "Yes, thank you for saving us."

(Naruto): "If I may ask the question, why are you together? Each comes from a different village. "

At that moment a shadow passed over their expression, which made Naruto already expect the worst answer.

(? Redhead): "Well ... my companions are dead." - She said pointing to a direction.

Naruto looked in the direction she was pointing and saw the bodies of two other people, but the animals had already started eating before they ran away.

(Naruto): "What happened?"

(? Redhead): "We went after a group with the sky scroll, but there we were surrounded by animals, so they hurt my leg and tried to escape, but other monsters appeared and caught them."

(Naruto): "Bunch of garbage ... had the end they deserved ... and you two?"

(? Greenish): "I ... my companions tried to kill me-ssu ..." - She said very depressed, almost crying.

(Naruto): "How did you escape?" - He asks as gently as possible, trying to control the fury that was growing inside him.

(? Greenish): "Well ... I have to thank the animals of the forest-ssu. My companions started attacking me, while shouting 'Die, monster!', I started running from them, but they continued to chase me while launching their justsu-ssu. But one of those jutsu hit the animals, and all the animals around came at him, the last image I had of them, was that they had problems with some giant tigers-ssu. So I just kept running and heard her scream-ssu. " - She points to the redhead. - "So, I came here to see what happened and saw her being attacked, so I decided to help-ssu. Then she arrived-ssu. " - She said pointing to the blonde.

(Naruto): "I'm sorry to hear what happened to you." - He said staring at the greenish one, who just nods, and then immediately looks at the blonde. - "Is that you?"

(? Blonde): "Something similar to her." - She says tilting her head to the side of the greenish one while she follows her own arm, possibly not to show that she was ending. - "So my companions were saying that it was an order from the Kumogakure Council, although their expression of satisfaction in trying to eliminate me was very clear, but they ended up facing two teams from Sunagakure, which allowed me to flee, afterwards I heard their screams and came to help, and the rest you may have guessed. " - She said with a sad face.

(Naruto): "So each of you suffered a betrayal ... what are you called?"

(? Greenish): "I am Fū-ssu." - She said in a very childish tone.

(? Blonde): "My name is Nii Yugito, thanks again for saving me."

(? Redhead): "And my name is Uzumaki Karin."

(Naruto Uzumaki?! Are you a Uzumaki too? " - He asks with wide eyes.

(Karin): "What do you mean, 'too'?" - She asks confused.

(Naruto): "Because I'm also an Uzumaki. My name is Uzumaki Dragneel Naruto. "

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