Nebula's Echo (a Naruto Fanfic)

Chapter 26

AN: So, here's a picture somehow kinda illustrating our beloved (by me at least) oc's attire for the chuunin exams. Sorry, for borrowing lil Emilia for this, no creative juices to be original :,)) ~

I DO NOT OWN THE PICTURE

Thx, toodles~

Third person POV

The space before classroom 301 was crowded. A flock of genin was standing around the door, wanting to get in, but no one could. Because there were two boys blocking it. The two genin were mean, punching and kicking people who tried to enter the door they were guarding.

One of the two, the one with spiky black hair and a red nose, kicked away a genin in a green jumpsuit. The boy was caught by his teammate, a girl with her hair put up in two buns. The two boys by the door laughed at them.

"Tch, you're taking the chuunin exams, and you can't even get past us?! Why don't you just scram, before you get hurt?"

"Yeah, I think I hear you mommy calling ya!"

The two laughed, amused with their own insults. The girl holding onto the beat up boy, stood up and beseech the boy blocking the door with pitiful eyes,

"Please let us through! We're supposed to be there."

But when she got close, the other boy, the one with brown hair, punched her right in the face. Gasps sounded in the corridor as the poor girl fell back from the impact.

"Hah, you think this is bad? Compared to the chuunin exams this isn't even worth calling a picnic. Some of you won't survive the exams, others will be rekt for life and some of you may go crazy! For chuunin it's always life and death."

The other boy picked up where his friend left off.

"Do you think it's a joke? Chuuni are qualified to lead missions, the lives of your squad members will be in your hands, so you better be tough enough to take the heat. Weaklings like you don't belong here, so why don't you just go home."

There was a moment of silence before a cold, emotionless yet magnetic voice cut in, compelling the people present to pause.

"Real nice speech. Now both of you, step aside and let me through."

No one had noticed when the colorfully dressed group had arrived. The one that spoke had shiny black hair and a dark blue shirt. He seemed to be carrying an almost sparkly white sack? Puppet? Some other secret technique? On his back. He was in turn flanked by two genin. One wore a bright orange jumpsuit, with striking blond hair and luminous blue eyes. The other had bright, distinctive soft pink hair and she was wearing a red kimono. Now this group, they really stood out.

The black haired boy took another step closer, the traces of an arrogant smirk beginning to take form on his beautiful face.

"And while you're at it, release the genjutsu. We can see through your illusion anyway. We're going to the third floor."

Whispers broke out around them. Someone was louder than the others, so his question of "I thought we were already on the third floor?" was heard clearly. The confident grins on the boys' (the ones blocking the door) faces fell, as they regarded the genin in front of them.

"Well well, seems like you noticed the genjutsu."

The corner of Sasuke's lips tugged up into an arrogant smirk as he called to Sakura.