The Daughter of Kurama (Discontinued)

Chapter 14 - The Chunin Exams Part 3!

Etsuko's pov.

I slash the lion that came at me on its under tummy. I look at them, narrowing my eyes. They were all circling me, watching my every movement. I take out my kunais. I did it slowly but they got the message and attacked.

I dodge a claw that was heading towards my face. I quickly blackflip and in the process throw my kunai at the attacker. The lion growls at the scratch that my kunai made. I mumble under my breath.

"Man this is so hard... I like animals and even if they are lions and are trying to kill me I-... I just can't afford to kill them. They might have cubs back home waiting for a meal and I just don't want to be the cause of it all..." I thought.

Now there was only one lion left standing and it was standing out more than the others. It's mane was pitch black and it's muscles bulge. He had a thick scar from his cheekbone all the way to his lower jaw. If you ask me he looks really cool.

We circle each other, anticipating and sizing each other up. I smile as the lion makes the first move. He comes at me but at the last minute twists his body and kicks me. I grin as I didn't exactly expect that from a lion. I land on my feet like a cat and immediately speed off towards him. I grin as I slash his shoulder. He growls and tries to slash where my face was.

I smile with a mischievous glint in my eyes. I then jump over him and twist my body. I then throw my other kunai at his shoulder. With deadly aim, it hit its target and the lion roars.

With no more kunais at my disposal we go into a hand to hand combat.

I give the lion a good punch on his jaw, a tooth flying out in the process. He growls at me as he didn't flinch but instead snaps his jaws and slashes towards his right.

I wince as he slightly scratches my cheek. I then look at the rest of the Lions before me. Their breaths were slow and steady. They were bleeding but not too much as to they die with blood loss. I glance at the leader and dodge his attack. While I was looking at his fallen comreades, he was smart enough to attack me.

I then decide to end this.

My fangs show my eyes turn cat like and my nails grew.

Then quicker than the eye can see I slash his chest. Not near the heart but close enough for him to fall. Now before he fell into the bottomless pits of these trees. I grab his mane and gently place him down next to his comrades.

I sigh as my features turn back to normal. I wipe the sweat off my forehead and reach for my bag. I pull out a couple of bandages and ointment for the cuts. The Lions weakly growl at me but I ignore them and heal them quitely.

"There. Now don't kill me okay? You guys need rest for your body so no fighting." I said to each and every one of them.

They softly growl as they go to sleep. I smile as I put away my supplies and get my bag. I was about to walk away until I heard something. I turn my head around swiftly and saw....

Naruto's pov.

"We've been walking for hours! Aren't we there yet?!" I whine.

"Shut up Dobe.. Besides we are already here.." Teme said pointing towards the tower.

"Finally! Dattebayo!" I scream pumping my fists in the air.

We then enter the tower and were suprised that there was more than half of the gennin here that were out.

I look around worriedly.

"Ehh?? Why isn't Etsuko here?" I ask, scratching my head in confusion.

I see Teme look around as well and grunts.