Third person's P.O.V

The Genin we're assembled in front of the Forest of Death and watched as a bird landed on a massive branch of a large tree just beyond the fence. It chirped and flapped its wings, then was suddenly eaten by an enormous snake in a single bite before it eyed the Genin and slithered away.

"T-This place is just too creepy..." Sakura mumbled.

Anko chuckled and smirked slightly as she looked at the Genin's nervous expressions.

"This place is called the Forest of Death, and you'll soon understand why for yourselves."

Naruto crossed his arms and made a face, exhaling hotly. Then, he put his hands on his hips mockingly, shaking his butt.

Emiyo rolled her eyes at Naruto's behavior. While Kimi was in her jacket pocket taking a nap.

"'Blah blah blah, Forest of Death, you'll understand why.'" Naruto laughed loudly and recrossed his arms. "That kind of threat won't work on me one bit!" He pointed at her. "So, ha! I'm not scared!"

"Oh?" Anko smirked and tilted her head to the side, closing her eyes as she smiled too sweetly. "You've got a lot of energy."

Her smirk grew and she flicked her wrist and a Kunai knife slipped from her sleeve and into her hand, then she quickly threw it at him. It cut his cheek and buried itself into the ground behind the Grass Genin. Anko flickered behind Naruto before he could blink

"A kid like you dies in the very beginning," Anko whispered darkly and chuckled as his eyes widened and he stood rooted in place, almost trembling. "Dripping with the red blood that I like so much..."

Naruto turned slightly to look at her from the corner of his eyes, unable to make a sound or move. Anko chuckled again, holding his face as she leaned in close to him. And wiped some of the blood from his cheek with her finger.

She scowled and narrowed her eyes, flicking her other wrist to draw out another Kunai and turning to see a Grass Genin behind her. His tongue extended unnaturally beyond his mouth, holding a Kunai out to Anko.

Emiyo stared at the grass genin with a raised eyebrow.

'That a long tongue is almost like a snake.' Emiyo thought.

"I was just returning your kunai knife," The grass genin said.

"A-Ah... thanks for taking the trouble..."

The grass ninja expression darkened as he looked at Naruto's blood and Naruto shuddered slightly as a chill ran down his spine. Anko met his eyes with an equally intimidating stare.

"But... don't even dare stand behind me when you're so thirsty for blood. Unless you want a quick death..."

Anko took the Kunai from him and his tongue retracted back into his mouth as he smirked.

"Well, it's my nature to act up at the sight of the blood of such a lovely red color." His smirk grew as his tone lowered. "And, a bit of my precious hair was cut, so I got excited..."

Emiyo looked over at Hinata who was looking at Naruto with worry.

"We got a lot of hot-headed kids today," Anko said."There must be something in the air."

'Are people are just crazy and need serious help.' Emiyo thought.

"Well, before we start the second phase, I have to pass this out to you!" Anko walked to the front of the group to stand in front of the gates. She took out a stack of papers from inside her jacket for them to see. "This is a consent form. Before you can take part in this test, you have to sign it." She said giving Naruto the stack of paper to pass away.

"Well, I'm going to start the explanation for the second phase now. In short, the limits of your survival will be challenged."

"First, I'll give you step-by-step instruction on the terrain of this training field." Anko held up a scroll with a map on it. "Training field Number Forty-Four is surrounded by forty-four locked entrance gates, and there are rivers and a forest, with a tower in the center. It's about ten kilometers from the tower to the gate..." She paused and thumbed behind her at the forest. "In this confined area, you will go through a certain survival program. The contents of which are..." She rolled up the scroll and returned it to the pocket inside of her jacket before meeting their eyes with a smirk. "...An anything-goes scroll battle!"

"Scroll battle...?" Kabuto put a hand on his hip and asked, eying the pair of scrolls in her hand.

"Yes." Anko held out the two scrolls for the group to see. "I want you to fight for two scrolls, the Heaven Scroll and the Earth Scroll. Altogether, twenty-six teams got through the first phase. Half of those... thirteen teams get the Heaven scroll, and the other half gets the Earth scroll. I'll hand over one scroll to each team. To put it simply, that's what you're vying for."

"And the conditions to pass?" Sasuke asked, his hands in his pockets as he took a step forward.

"All members of a team must bring both the Heaven and Earth scrolls to the tower in the center," Anko answered and put her hand on her hip.

"That means that of the thirteen teams, half of them will fail..." Sakura thought out loud.

"Except that there's a time frame to keep in mind." Anko looked at Sakura and put the scrolls back into her jacket. "For the second phase, the time limit is 120 hours. You have exactly five days."

"Five days?!' Ino stepped closer and her eyes widened.

"W-What do we do about food?!" Choji held up his hands and paled slightly.

"Be self-sufficient!" Anko turned him. "It's a treasure trove in the wilderness. There's more than enough for food..."

"However..." Kabuto looked over his shoulder at them. "It's also teeming with fierce man-eating creatures, poisonous bugs, poisonous plants, and much more."

"N-No way..." Choji let out a heavy sighed and hung his head."

"Fool!" Ino crossed her arms. "That's why it's called survival!"

"Besides," Neji added. "It's improbably that thirty-nine people— thirteen teams— will pass."

"The interval for activity gets longer with each passing day..." Lee looked over at him with a smirk as he furrowed his brows. "While the time for recovery gets shorter. Seems pretty grueling!"

"On top of that, you're surrounded by nothing but enemies, so even falling asleep will be a problem..." Sasuke frowned slightly.

"Besides those injured during attempts to capture scrolls... there will be people who are unable to endure the rigors of the course."

Shikamaru raised his hand. "Um... so, you can quit in the middle of it?"

"According to the rules, you are not able to give up in the middle of it! I want you to spend five days in the forest, pass or fail."

"Just as I thought..." Shikamaru sighed, shaking his head slightly as he crossed his arms. "This is going to be such a drag."

"Moving on; conditions of disqualification." Anko put her hands on her hips. "Number one. If all three of the team are unable to make it to the tower. With both the Heaven and Earth scrolls within the time limit." She held up two fingers. "Number two, if a team loses a member or if a member becomes incapacitated. There's that, and this is a supplement. You absolutely may not look at the contents of the scrolls until you have reached the tower!"

Naruto blinked. "What happens if we look at it halfway through?"

Anko smiled too sweetly and then smirked with a dark expression. "You don't want to find out."

"Huh?" Naruto crossed his arms and scratched his cheek. "I don't get it..."

"There are times when a Chunin must deal with super-confidential documents. This is to test your reliability. That's all for the explanation." Anko announced and pointed over to a table where three Chunin sat. "I'll now exchange your three consent forms for the scrolls in that hut over there."

"After that, pick your entrance and all the gates will open simultaneously when it's time." Anko sighed and looked through the crowd of Genin. "Finally, just a word of advice... Don't die!"

**

Emiyo's P.O.V

I was leaning against a tree next to Hinata reading the form.  When I heard a familiar voice. I looked up to see Naruto.

"Man... all there is to do is write my name," Naruto said walking in our direction with his brow furrowed. "Why does it take this much time?"

He looked up and saw me and Hinata leaning against a tree and she looked over her own form.

"Hey! Hinata!  Emiyo! What are you doing over there?"

Hinata jumped slightly at his voice and blushed as she looked at him. "N-Naruto... um... uh... well..."

Naruto squinted his eyes and watched as she averted her eyes and looked away.

Hinata looked back at him and her eyes widened slightly as she saw his cheek. "A scratch..." She dug in her pouch and took out a small jar and held it out. "U-Um! T-This is—"

"Well, see you!" Naruto had waved again and started to walk off as she offered the ointment to him.

Hinata blinked and watched him leave, her expression falling as she sighed softly. "Naruto..."

I place a hand on her shoulder. "You have another chance to give it to him later."

She nodded and put it back in her pouch.

**

"It's about time for the scroll exchange." One of the Chunin men pulled back the curtain slightly to look at Anko, then to the Genin, before drawing the curtain again and returning to his seat.

We all started to gather around the hut and the teams slowly went in one-by-one.

"Alright! Teams who have taken the scroll, stay with your representative, and move to your gate! We'll all start simultaneously in thirty minutes!"

I and my teammates stood in front of Gate Sixteen, with Hinata fidgeting anxiously as they waited.

"Yeah!" Kiba pumped a fist into the air and cheered. "Survival is our specialty!" He looked over at Hinata. "Hinata, don't show your weaknesses."

"Everything going to be fine as long as we work together," I said.

"Yeah," Hinata replied.

"We are now starting the second phase of the Chunin Exam!" Anko said after a couple of minutes.

The gates burst open and all of the teams hurried inside the forest.

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