Son of the Sannin(Back)

The Chunin Exams Continue

                                                     Ninjas of sweet water(spent  10 minutes trying to center this and just gave up)

Author's Note: I want to clarify something that caused a bit of confusion in the previous chapter. The third member of Team Killer B, T, is an Original Character. As for why I didn't use a canon character like Samui or Yugito instead, that's because they're Kakashi's age, and I didn't feel like changing their canon ages.

Anyway, enjoy the second phase of the exams, way more action packed than the first one. See you at the bottom of the chapter as usual.

Next Day, Training Ground Thirty Nine

Training Ground Thirty-Nine was a massive, elliptical lake, with plenty of derelict ships on it. Many of them were made of wood, while some were made of steel. All those ships were the last remains of the old fleet Konoha used to have, which was used whenever war was waged against Kirigakure or other maritime enemies.

After the Third War, however, the Fourth Hokage decided to sell the fleet's remaining ships to private businesses, and hire a ship whenever Konoha needed to carry their ninja across large bodies of water. Many opposed this measure, but the Fourth's argument that the ships were way too costly to maintain despite how little they were used outside times of war –and sometimes not even that– were hard to counter.

The training ground, known among Konoha as "The Ship Graveyard", was mostly used to train for battles in high sea. Many ninja, who were used to fighting on solid ground, were usually lost when they found themselves surrounded by so much water.

And that was the reason as for why Zabuza Momochi, who hailed from the Land of Water, chose this place as the battleground for the second part of the exam.

"Alright maggots, listen up!" the masked swordsman said, slamming his massive sword on the ground for added effect. "You may think that after passing that test the Uchiha put you through, you're almost Chunin now. My job is to give you a reality check, and make you realize how far all of you still are from that goal.

"This," the swordsman motioned behind him. "Is the Ship Graveyard, and the second part of the exam will take place there. But before we begin, do all the teams here have the scroll from the previous test? Those teams who didn't bring the scrolls are automatically eliminated."

All the members of every team who was carrying the scroll pulled it out and rose it to prove that they had it. Zabuza confirmed that there were no teams without a scroll, something that didn't sit well with some.

"Troublesome. I was hoping that one or two teams would forget about the scroll, and thus it would make the competition easier," Shikamaru moaned.

"Oh come on, one or two team less aren't going to make a difference," Ino rolled her eyes.

"Now, all of you, open the scrolls!" Zabuza ordered.

All the Genin did as Zabuza asked, and saw that there was a map of the training ground, with a couple points marked with an X.

"The scroll is a map that will help you navigate the area. You'll notice a X on all your maps. That X marks the location a treasure chest that you'll need to retrieve in order to pass to the third and final phase of the exam. Just like in the previous phase, the number of chests is smaller than the number of teams competing –I won't tell you how much smaller– . Unlike the previous phase however, not only fighting is allowed, but in most cases you'll have to fight other teams. Everything is permitted, killing included.

"Once that item is in your possession, you'll need to bring it to a large steel freighter in the middle of the lake. You will recognize the freighter by its size –much bigger than the rest of the ships here,– but in case that's not enough, the freighter has multiple flags on it.