The Crystal Serpent [Naruto X Oc] |Book 1

Chapter 24: The Forest of Death

Kei's P.O.V

The next day Akira and Kaito, and I were standing in front of a tall rusty fence in front of us. It seemed to be circling a huge area forbidding anyone from coming closer to it.

A warning was labeled on the fence, saying 'Forbidden area.'

'Well, of course, it is forbidden that much is apparent just by looking at the area.' I thought as I looked at the colossal trees spreading all over the area behind the fence.

Nearly all of the sunlight could not reach the ground due to the gigantic trees, so it was hard for us to see deep inside the intimidating forest. The only that was separating us from getting inside was the fence.

"This who place just completely creeps me out," Sakura said, placing her hands against her chest.

"It should they call this place the Forest of Death," Anko smirked."And soon enough, you're going to find out why."

"Forest of death?" Akira questioned from next to me.

"They call it the Forest of Death; you'll soon realize why," Naruto mocked, striking out his butt and his arms bent on his side as he wiggled around."Do your worse you are not going to scare me away!" He said, pointing the finger at Anko with a smile on his face.

"That boy is nothing but a joke. Can't even take the exam seriously," Kaito said with a sigh.

"Yeah, you have a point, and I'm pretty sure Anko is about to do something about him," I sigh, looking at Anko.

"Really?" Anko tilted her head to the side. Her voice gave off a dangerous aura of warning him that he was wrong."You sure are energetic," She remarked.

Suddenly she grabbed a kunai out of nowhere and threw it at Naruto. The kunai flew past Naruto, but I could see that it left a cut on Naruto's left cheek. Anko clearly intended to leave a bloody gash on his face as a warning.

The next thing I knew, Anko disappeared and then reappeared behind Naruto."You're tough enough to handy this because tough boys like you die the fastest."

Naruto froze up, speechless, as Anko cupped his right cheek with her right hand behind him. She then quickly turned around with a kunai in her hand. A tall lady I recognized from the first exam appeared behind her with long toluene twirled around Anko's kunai.

'Her tongue is so long. How in the world does she do that?' I thought as the woman brought the kunai closer, indicating she came over for the sole purpose of returning the kunai back to Anko.

A fake smile appeared on Anko's face as she halted her movements.

The woman was tall with long raven hair. She we was wearing a straw hat on her head, causing shadows to appear on her forehead and eyes. The corners of her lips lifted upward into a creeping smile. She spoke with her tongue still wrapped around the kunai."I was just returning your knife."

"While thank you, grass ninja," Anko replied, smiling.

'That woman, how on earth can she talk with her tongue holding that kunai?' I thought, looking at her with confusion in my eyes.

"You know, I really recommend you don't stand this close behind me unless you wish to reach a premature death," Anko stated as she grabbed the kunai out of the woman's tongue.

The woman had finally returned her tongue back into her mouth as she replied politely. "My bad, with the sight of blood and your blade slicing my hair; I'm afraid I just became a little excited. I meant you no harm."

The woman walked off as. Anko looked back at the woman as she walked on off.

"I'm sorry," Anko said to the woman, surprised, in a soft voice.