𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

The Forest of Death... Spooky

Last time:

"Congratulations Neji," Hanara said quietly.

"Congratulations Hana," Neji replied.

Then there was the sound of breaking glass.

Now:

A person had crashed through a window and into the classroom, ignoring the incredulous looks that were being sent her way.

"Head up boys and girls! This is no time to be celebrating. I'm your next proctor, Anko Mitarashi. Are you ready for the next exam? Yes? Then let's go!" Anko exclaimed.

"Honestly, can't you read the room? You're early," Ibiki said dryly, looking like he was resigned to her methods, "Again."

Anko blushed. Huh. She reminds me of Naruto.

Anko scanned the room and said, "79 people? You let 26 teams pass? You must be getting soft, Ibiki."

"Or there could be a stronger crop of candidates this year," Ibiki retorted.

'Ughhh. Of course, we get the harder than usual Chunin Exams,' Hanara thought.

"Hm. Trust me, they sure don't look it. By the time I'm done with them, there'll be less than half left," Anko snorted.

"HUUHHH," Sakura exclaimed, "LESS THAN HALF?"

"This'll be fun," Anko said, getting a sadistic look on her face, "All right! So far you maggots have had it easy but things are gonna be different starting tomorrow morning. All of you are gonna meet me at Training Ground 44. Dismissed!"

~~~ The Next Day ~~~

Hanara was standing in between Choji and Ino, rummaging through a small backpack she had packed the night before.

"Okay, so I looked up Training Ground 44 yesterday in the library. It's full of huge animals and is like a forest so I assume this will be sort of like a survival exercise. I only brought enough food and water for three days, so we better finish whatever it is that we have to do before then or get really good at hunting, cooking, and finding edible plants in three days," Hanara whispered to her team.

"That's smart," Ino commented, "Why didn't I think of that?"

'Because, you didn't have random memories of a snake with pedo-like tendencies giving a young duck a hickey, in the middle of a forest popping up in your dreams once you heard of the Chunin Exams. Don't ask. I blame Sharon giving me a synopsis of every fanfic she reads for giving me these weird thoughts.' Hanara thought.

On the outside though, she shrugged.

"Woah, nice place!" Naruto exclaimed, "What is it?"

"This is Battle Training Ground 44," our proctor said, smirking, "But we call it the Forest of Death, and soon enough you're going to find out why."

"The Forest of Death?" Ino asked looking at me worriedly.

"Oh yeah, did I forget to mention that this is the training ground with the most amount of deaths in it?" Hanara smiled.

Team 10's eyes widened.

"But we call it the Forest of Death and soon you'll find out why," Naruto imitated, sticking out his butt, flapping his arms like wings, making his voice higher, and acting like an overall idiot.

"Do your worst," Naruto challenged, "You can't scare me away! I can handle anything!"

"It looks like we've got ourselves a tough guy," Anko said in a creepy voice. She took out a kunai and threw it close enough and fast enough to Naruto that it scratched his face and made him bleed, "You tough enough to handle this? You're not afraid, are you? Tough guys like you are the ones that leave their blood all over this forest."