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Chapter 56 - Forest Of Death

"This examiner is Naruto-ish." Sakura whispered while looking at Anko who is a tokubetsu jonin. Anko is an average-sized, young woman who was of slender frame. She has light brown, pupil-less eyes. Her violet hair is styled in a short, spiky, fanned-out ponytail.

She usually wears a custom-made outfit that is crafted of thin metal mesh to fit the lines of her body, that covers her from neck to thigh.

Over this, she typically wears a tan overcoat with a purple in-seam and a pocket on each side, a dark orange mini-skirt, a dark blue belt, and pale grey shin guards. In addition to the typical forehead protector, she also wears a small pendant that looks like a snake fang.

Naruto furiously wiped away his vigorously bleeding nose while looking at Anko with a lustful gaze. This was his reaction for a few minutes whenever Anko was around him. Who wouldn't react like that? Her nearly unclothed assets are free for everyone to feast their eyes on it. They did her dirty in Boruto.

"Bad timing...." Ibiki muttered, making Anko blush im embarrassment and laugh nervously. The tokubetsu jonin looked around the room and frowned.

"78?! What the hell Ibiki! There's 26 teams left!? You're losing your touch for sure! " Anko taunted him. Ibiki shook his head.

" This time there are a lot of outstanding ones." He explained to her. Anko smirked sadistically.

"That's fine, I'll cut them down in half in the second test." Anko whispered while having a dark aura around her. Ino sweat dropped.

"Yep, just like daddy said. She's crazy alright." She whispered to herself. Anko licked her lips.

"Ahhh... I'm getting excited.... I'll explain everything once we've changed places. Follow me..."

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In the now empty room, Ibiki was collecting the test papers when he picked up Naruto's one. He narrowed his eyes as he noticed a long paragraph written on the back of the test paper.

'Hey scar face, if you're reading these. I think we have a spy in our ranks. Just to be sure, search for a guy named Kabuto Yakushi in the Shinobi registration records. That guy knows everything about us, even classified things.'

Ibiki crumpled up the paper and burned it with a small Fire Style Jutsu. He dropped the test papers and used the Body Flicker Jutsu to head towards the Hokage's request Office.

Konoha's security was far more important than mere test papers.

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"Welcome weaklings, to the second stage for the second stage of the Chunin exams. Training Ground 44, or as I would like to call it, the Forest of Death. " Anko introduced with a grin on her face.

Sakura knew what this place was. The Forest of Death is a very dangerous place, filled with hordes of flora and fauna, often gigantic, poisonous or even more likely, both, hence its name.

A metallic fence surrounds its perimeter with 44 gates equally spaced around it; this perimeter is where the shinobi entered. Inside is a river, the forest, and a tower located in the exact centre; the forest's radius is about ten kilometres. It lies to the north of the Forty-Third Training Ground.

Within the forest are several large and deadly creatures such as leeches, tigers, and bears.

"You'll soon find out why it's called the Forest of Death." Anko added, scaring most of the Genin present, except for Naruto.

"You think that scares me. You gotta show it to me first." Naruto whispered to himself. Unfortunately for him, Anko heard it.

"Ah, you're spirited." Anko commented with a sweet smile on her face. Suddenly, a kunai slid down her sleeve and into her right hand.

With one swift motion, she threw it towards Naruto. The kunai grazed his cheek, making a small cut on it.

"Kids like you are quickly killed. Hehe...." Anko giggled before cupping Naruto's face.

"Spraying that red blood that I love so much.... I wonder how it tastes coming from the Kyuubi's jailer...." Anko whispered before licking the blood on his face seductively.

"Mhm!!!~" Anko moaned loudly after tasting Naruto's blood. The men's noses bled uncontrollably and they fainted onto the ground. The women blushed vividly while feeling extremely flustered from the tokubetsu jonin's lewd actions.

Anko blushed vividly too but maintained her arrogant and menacing front. 'What the fuck was that?! Blood isn't supposed to taste that good!' She shouted in her mind as she looked down at Naruto who was grinning at her.

She needed to keep it up, there's no turning back now. She went in for another lick but found out that there was no more cut wound on Naruto's cheek.

"Aww!~ It healed already!" Anko whined before leaning into Naruto's ear.

"Thanks for the meal, Uzumaki." Anko whispered to him with a sexy voice before kissing the blonde on the cheek.

Anko narrowed her eyes and drew another kunai as someone approached her from behind. She turned to see a shinobi.

"Here's your kunai, miss proctor." He muttered while handing Anko her kunai with his abnormally long tongue that freaked out even Satsuki.

The long tongue genin from Kusagakure had long smooth black hair and black eyes. He wore a traditional straw hat on his head with his forehead protector underneath.

"Why thank you. But don't ever sneak up on me again, unless you wanna die." Anko threatened her with a sweet smile on her face. The Kusagakure genin licked his lips.

" No, I just get excited when I see blood. Plus you cut up my hair, I couldn't help it...." He said as he walked back to his teammates.

" Sorry about that...." Anko whispered before getting back to business.

"Now before we start the second stage of the chunin exams, there's something I need to pass out. You must sign these liability waivers." Anko explained as she handed each genin one form.

"Obviously there will be deaths in this one, and if you don't sign these, I'll be the one held responsible for them. I sure as hell don't want that responsibility. Hehe..." Anko giggled, sending chills down several ninja's spines.

"I'm going to explain the test first. Then you can sign it afterwards, after that you can check in at that booth behind me. I'll now explain the second test." Anko declared as everyone paid attention to her.

"Simply put, you will attempt the ultimate survival test. Around Training Ground 44 are 44 locked gates, forest, river and a tower in the center. From the gates to the tower is about 10km."

" During the survival test, you will be asked to complete a certain task. Using your many weapons and jutsu arsenal, you will compete in a no rules scroll battle. "Anko revealed while holding up a scroll.

"You will fight over these two scrolls, the 'Heaven' and 'Earth' scroll. There are 26 teams here, meaning 13 teams will get the heaven scrolls and the other 13 will get the earth scroll. To pass this test, your team must make it to the tower with both scrolls. "

'Half the teams will definitely fail then.' Sakura thought to herself while listening to Anko's explanation.

"But there's a time limit to this test. The test will last exactly 5 days, no more no less. Before you bitch about getting food, there's plenty to eat in the forest, either that or you can kill an enemy and eat them. Nothing wrong with a little cannibalism, kids. " Anko gave them a bloodthirsty grin, causing many Genin to shiver in fear.

"Now there's are two ways you can get disqualified. One is if you don't show up at the tower within five days with both scrolls or don't show up at all."

" And two is if one of your teammates dies in the middle of the exam. Also, you obviously cannot look inside the scroll until you reach the tower."

" What will happen if we do?" Ino asked her. Anko gave her a wink.

" That will be a surprise for another who does." Anko replied, making Ino sigh.

" So now that the explanations are done, sign the form and turn them in at the booth, then pick a gate and prepare to begin the exam. "

As soon as she finished the chunin pulled a black curtain over the booth so that no one could look in. Everyone walked away after that, going somewhere to sign the forms before walking over to the booth to get their scrolls.

Satsuki looked at the Heaven scroll in her hand. It means that they would have to get an earth scroll to pass.

She looked at Naruto and Sakura who were stretching. Satsuki put the scroll into her pouch and started stretching with them.

While doing so, she looked into the forest which she and her teammates will he surviving in for five days.

"We need to finish this quickly." Naruto muttered, gathering his teammates' attention. He looked at them seriously.

"The longer we stay in there, our chances of getting the Earth scroll will be slimmer. We need to scout the place first, find the easiest route to the tower. My Shadow Clones will be doing that." Naruto strategized. Satsuki nodded.

"We have ten minutes before we start. Let's go over about what we know about each other's abilities first. We did learn a bunch of stuff from our respective sensei. " Satsuki suggested. Sakura nodded.

"Guess I'll start first then."

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Gate 12, Team 7.

"You excited, Satsuki?" Naruto asked the raven haired Uchiha. She smirked back at him.

"Of course. This will be a great opportunity to test myself against ninja from other villages." Satsuki replied. Sakura nodded.

"Me too! This is the time to show my worth to the whole world!" Sakura replied energetically while cracking her knuckles. Naruto grinned broadly.

"We have two Jinchuriki here right now. This will be one hell of a party, that's for sure." Naruto muttered before holding up his fists.

"Friends forever?" Naruto asked Sakura who smirked and nodded. They fist bumped each other. Naruto looked at Satsuki.

"Friends forever?" Naruto asked her. Suddenly, Anko's voice came on over the speakers.

"The second test of the Chunin Exams begins…now!!! "

Satsuki smirked back and they fist bumped each other.

" Yeah, forever and ever.... "

To be continued.....

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