The Growth of the Second Cherry Blossom: Sakura's Twin Sister

Chapter 16

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. I only own my OC Sakiya. All rights go to Masashi Kishimoto. 

Everyone followed Anko to the next exam location. It was the 44th Training Grounds.

"Lovely, we are going to be going into the Forest of Death," Sakiya said. Naruto spun around making her stop.

"What do you mean the Forest of Death?" He yelled.

"Um, that's what the 44th Training Ground is called. It has monsters and other poisonous plants and animals in there." Sakiya explained. Naruto turned pale.

"Sakiya, I don't think you comforted him," Sakura said to her. Sakiya gave Naruto an apologetic look.

"Sorry Naruto, I didn't mean to freak you out." She said. Naruto walked away from her. As they got settled down in front of the gate, Anko stepped up onto a pedestal.

"Okay, I am going to explain the next part of the exam to you. You will be going into the Forest of Death. Each team will be assigned one scroll. If you are assigned a Heaven's scroll, you must get an Earth scroll and vice versa. If you do not get both scrolls and make it to the center of the training grounds after three days, you will be disqualified. After getting your scrolls, you will be assigned a gate entry number. But, before we begin you must fill out this form." She explained.

"What is this form for?" Naruto asked. Anko grinned.

"It's basically saying that the Hidden Leaf and especially myself aren't responsible if you die during the exams." She said. Sakiya and Sakura looked at each other. She knew she was risking her life again, but it was really soon. She still filled the form out. She made it this far, she didn't want to back out now.

"After filling the form out, please proceed to the tent and get your scroll. Once you get your scroll, please head to your gate." She said. Team 7 filled out their form and walked to the tent. They were handed a Heaven's scroll. Sasuke looked at Sakiya and handed it to her. She put it in her side pouch. She knew why he gave it to her. It was because she was the smallest on the team. No one would expect her to be protecting it. They walked to their gate.

"Okay, we need a game plan," Sasuke said to them.

"What do you think we should do? None of us are sensory ninja's besides you." Sakiya said.

"All of us can be sensory if you just focus. We need to get the scroll and hurry to the center. The less time we take, the easier it'll be." He said.

"No, we need to be strategic about this. We don't know any of these opponents, besides the ones from the Leaf. These other people could be way stronger and have more ninjutsu or even genjutsu. We need to lay low and wait." Sakiya said. She could feel Sakura agreeing with her in silence.

"Or we could just defeat everyone who gets in our way. The more scrolls we have, the better." Naruto said. Sakiya glared at him.

"First of all, no. Second of all, that's a dumb idea. Why would we use more chakra than we have to?" Sakiya said. Naruto flinched under her glare.

"Yeah, your right." He said. She looked back at Sasuke. It seemed that he was going to go with her plan. Just then, a gunshot went off and the lock on the gate came off. The second exam was starting. Team 7 ran into the forest.

"Sakura, hold my hand," Sakiya said. Sakura reached over and locked hands with her. They could feel their chakra expanding. It was like radar was sent out in front of them.

"Everyone stop," Sakiya said. The twins let go and the team stopped.

"There's someone up ahead and they are strong." She said. Sasuke looked at her in confusion.

"How do you know this?" He asked. Sakiya knew this wasn't the time to be explaining their power. Sakiya moved forward ignoring him. She peered through the bush in front of her and saw Rain ninja.

"Look, we need to get someone who has the Heaven's scroll and high tail it to the tower." The middle one said. Sakiya looked at Sasuke.

"Okay, Sasuke, you have the best skills within our team. Do you think you could split them up?" Sakiya whispered to him.

"I don't think using a Fireball will be useful in this situation. Naruto, can you make shadow clones and get down there?" Sasuke asked, but there was no answer. They turned around to see Naruto was gone.

"What the hell? Where did he go?" Sakiya asked. Just then Naruto walked out from the bushes.

"Ah, I've been holding that for a while now." He said. Sakiya felt something was off. Sasuke threw a kunai at him and he dodged.

"What the hell is wrong with you Sasuke! You could have killed me!" Naruto yelled.

"Yeah, he's right Sasuke. What are you doing?" Sakura asked.

"Who are you and what have you done to Naruto?" Sasuke said sternly. Sakura and Naruto looked at him in confusion.

"What do you mean Sasuke?" Sakura asked.

"Naruto wears his kunai pouch on his right side. Your transformation technique is as weak as Naruto's." Sasuke said. A wave of realization washed over Sakura. He was right. The person smiled and transformed into the rain ninja.

"Wait... If this is you then?" Sakiya said and turned around looking through the bushes. She noticed three puddles that were on the ground.

"You have some strong chakra. We could feel you coming from a mile away." He said. Sakiya gritted her teeth. She didn't think of that.

"Well, whether you felt it or not. We are going to have to ask for your scroll." Sakiya said. The guy laughed. Sasuke used his fireball jutsu, but the guy turned into water. Sakiya looked around for him, but she couldn't find him.

"Over here girl," She heard and he grabbed her. He put a kunai to her throat.

"Now, give me your scroll or this one dies," He said. Multiple thoughts were going through her head right now. No one wanted to do anything, in fear that Sakiya would be killed. She thought for a moment, she didn't know if she could use medical ninjutsu without practice but right now she had no choice. She focused her chakra on her hand. A soft green haze formed. She wanted it to burn him and focused more. Suddenly, his hand started to burn and he let go of her. At that time, Sasuke used his Fireball jutsu on him. After the flame went down, they saw him lying on the ground. Sakiya walked up to him and pulled a scroll out of his pouch.

"We have both scrolls. Now we need to find Naruto." She said. They looked everywhere they could think of.

"Maybe we need to go back?" Sakura asked. Sakiya focused on her hearing. She heard rustling behind one of the trees next to them and pulled out a kunai. She slowly walked up to it and looked behind it, seeing that Naruto was tied up. She sighed and cut him loose.

"Where'd they go! I'll teach you to show up behind a guy while he's going to the bathroom!" Naruto yelled looking everywhere. Sakiya giggled.

"It's fine Naruto, we have the scroll now," She said and he relaxed.

"Okay, we need to get a move on," Sasuke said, but not before the ground started trembling and a strong force of wind came out of nowhere. Sasuke, Sakura, and Sakiya held on together but Naruto got blown away. When the wind died down, they looked around.

"Where's Naruto?" Sakiya asked. No one answered. They weren't for sure if it was another ninja or if it was a monster that inhabited the forest. Their question was answered when someone walked out of the bushes. It was a lady from the Hidden Grass Village.

"Well, look who it is," She said with a drawn-out tone. Her tongue came out and it looked like a snake's tongue. It sent shivers down Sakiya's spine. Whoever this person was, she gave Sakiya the worst feeling ever. What did she get herself into?