I blinked away the pain and sat up. I could feel something wet and cool dripping down my side; it took me a minute to figure out it was my blood rolling down my back, cooling my hot skin. I grit my teeth and twisted to look at the damage done. Each movement burned like the fiery pits of hell, but I was lucky. There was a gash across my back, but it was not fatal or debilitating in any way, it just hurt from all of the splinters that were stuck in it. I took the alcohol in my pouch and poured it on my back and didn't bother to wrap it, I wouldn't be able to do it well anyways. I took a drink of water, gaged where I was and got ready to go. I was hopping through the forest for 2 minutes or less when I found Sasuke.I activated my Byakugan, and I knew it was him by the steady, familiar, and alluring flow of his chakra. I know why Karin finds his chakra sexy. Sasuke got in a defensive position and growled at me.

"Code." I put my hands up in a defenseless way to assure him I'm no threat.

"Peter Parker. Geez I'm hurt you thought I was an imposter duckbutt." Sasuke sighed in relief, then I was engulfed in a hug. His body was tense and he held onto me tightly before letting go, standing in front of me defensively as the bushed rustled. Out popped Naruto. With my active Byakugan, I knew it wasn't Naruto. This person's chakra was large and dominating. It slithered through his body in a very in control yet dark way. I grabbed out a kunai in defense and Sasuke followed suit.

"Whats the code dobe."

"Peter Parker." I trembled slightly, knowing who we were up against, but when Sasuke threw the kunai and Orochimaru dodged, I steeled myself, prepared to fight as hard as possible to protect my teammates.

"Oh so you figured me out already. How preceptive of you, how'd you know I wasn't your teammate." The 'Naruto' shifted forms into that of the grass ninja. That being said, the pressure he was exerting was akin to that of death. It was traumatizing, terrifying, I felt like my insides were being burned by the amount of fear his chakra could produce just by letting it out. It was like darkness enveloped my senses, each breath burned, it was so hot it felt cold. Sasuke stood straight beside me, not worried yet, he wasn't a sensor the same way I am but he was a bit more tense. He could tell something was off.

"You can transform your physical body all you want, you can't change your chakra though, and you sure as hell aren't Naruto."

"Hn. So you finally revealed yourself Grass Ninja." Sasuke stated coldly, his body poised to attack. He narrowed his eyes as the grass ninja stood confidently, licking 'her' lips, smirking at us. 'She' reached in her pouch and pulled out an earth scroll. Sasuke's eyes widened and he got ready to take the scroll. He was baited so easily into disclosing what scroll we needed.

"Ahh so you do need this scroll. Let us fight for it. I want to see what you rookies can do." Orochimaru then wrapped his long ass tongue around his scroll and swallowed it whole, if he was into guys, they'd be very happy.

"Wholly shit, you must have a lot of fun in bed with a tongue that long and no gag reflex." Sasuke glared at me for my inappropriate comment, then shot at Orochimaru, but was effortless thrown aside. I flashed to steady Sasuke, and Orochimaru appeared right in front of us. He released a massive amount of blood lust, triggering a genjutsu type hallucination. In the hallucination, I visualized myself being struck in the forehead, dying instantly. It was scary and seemed so real, my body hurt and fell to the ground, it was death, there was so much pressure I was drowning in it. I realized I was still processing my thoughts, and was somehow watching myself. I snapped out of it, relatively. I had to be strong, I'm not going to succumb to this, I've died before I can do it again, it's nothing big just death. Come on, dammit, I need to get my ass up. I got off of my knees and stood up, albeit shakily. "Oh so you are still able to move. Do you not fear your own death?" He asked, I peaked his interest. Saskue was still on the ground breathing heavily, caught in his vision.

Time to enact my plan. It's a shitty plan on all fronts, but it should hopefully work to lessen the overall damage we will take from Orochimaru. My plan is called the Triple T plan: Talk, Tempt, and Taunt. I already revealed too much to Kabuto too early, but now it can be in my favor. He probably already told Orochimaru, so if I play my cards right, I can talk to Orochimaru enough to keep his attention off of Sasuke, hopefully Saving Sasuke from the pain of the curse mark, or at least to help Naruto not get sealed. It's pretty shitty, but if I'm going to talk, might as well use it and talk too much, gaining all of the attention to protect my team. I can fight Orochimaru, maybe not as well as Itachi did, but I think I can handle my own against him if I go all out, so I need to keep him distracted to be able to fight him better. I smirked at Orochimaru.

"Why fear something I've already been through, honestly just like fuck that. I mean if you planned on taking us out easily with some measly hallucination of death, you really aren't the man I thought you were. I thought the legendary snake Sanin Orochimaru would have something better up his sleeves. I guess I'm wrong, maybe getting your ass kicked by Itachi when he was only 13 hurt your pride. I mean, thats the only reason you had to come after his little brother right, you couldn't take him on." God, I was so lying, he was so much scarier in person. The feeling of death weighing on my shoulders, his chakra constricting me like a snake, it was horrifying. In a speed that was faster than I was expecting, I was pressed up against a tree by my throat. Orochimaru's yellow eyes were staring directly into mine. His intrigue was present, along with anger. I inwardly smirked at my success. Good, his attention is still on me, that should give Sasuke time to recover and get his bearings, and for Naruto to get his ass over here.

"How do you know so much, who are you really." He hissed out the questions as statements. He shed his skin from the female, showing his pale chiseled face, long inky black hair, and his piercing yellow eyes. His eyes raked me up and down, his tongue flickered out, and licked up my neck and cheek.

"You see, I'm your worst nightmare. I know about everything and everyone important. More than you can dream of. I'm the Hyuuga prodigy of Konoha, my skills rivaled Itachi when he was young. I may not have a Sharingan like you want, but that wont stop me from kicking your ass. I'd love to show you the good in life, make you less of a monster, but you're after my teammate, my family and I cant allow that." I stated, forcing myself to be strong and not shiver under his tight grip.

"You have peaked my interest Hinata-chan. No wonder the Uchiha wanted you to marry into their clan. A mere 12 years old and your detective skills and mind are sharp, just as Kabuto described. I've heard of your physical skills as well, lets put those to the test. Sasuke-kun can wait, he will be mine soon enough." Orochimaru jumped back, his arm turning into snakes, sending them at me. I jumped out of the way, flipping to direct my body to land at him so I could send a strike. I landed one hit on his arm, but he threw me off like a sack of dirt. I landed on my feet, sliding back. Orochimaru bit his thumb, drawing blood. He dragged his bloody thumb down his summoning tattoo, and a giant snake appeared below us. It slithered quickly and aimed itself at Sasuke. I screamed his name, effectively breaking him out of his trance. Sasuke's eyes widened in fear, but he managed to drag himself up and jump away from the snake, assaulting it with shuriken, killing it. Enraged he would go for my teammate, I jumped at the pale man again. I fought him with a variety of kicks, slashes and rapid movements. Each jab was fueled with my gentle fist, but few landed and none of them in the right spot. Dammit, he's too fucking fast.

I stopped my gentle fist, not getting the best results, he knew exactly how to counter it. Sasuke was on the side, fighting against the mass amount of snakes Orochimaru summoned. I aimed a kick at him, and when he went to dodge my kick, he moved directly into the path of my chakra filled hand. I released the chakra right as my hand made impact with his side, shattering his ribs and sending him pummeling into the ground, leaving a small crater. Orochimaru lay twitching for a second, before he shed the skin of the body I just crushed, coming out looking almost good as new. I could see the constriction of the chakra in the side I blasted. The body shedding jutsu thing he uses must heal his body of all physical and fatal wounds, but cant fully fix the damage done to the chakra in that area. So it seems like a perfect fix of his injuries, but has one fatal flaw, the chakra. Luckily chakra is my clan specialty and with a mix of my fighting styles, and the help from my teammates, we might be able to stop him.

"Hmm. I've never seen a style of fighting like that Hinata-chan. The rumors do you no justice, you've created your own style, impressive for such a young kunoichi. The strength you use is reminiscent of Tsunade, but the style you attack with is unique, unpredictable, magnificent. I want you, I want to study you." His attention was still on me luckily and we went back to fighting. He showed his prodigious-ness when fighting me, managing to direct some of my more fatal blows into the ground and trees around us, destroying them in the process. Instead of the fear like I wanted him to feel, he was enjoying the fight. His face looked almost orgasmic as I fought him, his eyes never leaving mine. Sasuke finally managed to end the snakes, and he saw an opening I made, sending a massive fireball at Orochimaru. It should have landed but Orochimaru melted into a mud clone. Sasuke and I teamed up, our Dojutsu's activated. We used our almost perfect teamwork that has come from years of being together, we can basically read one another's minds. Each attack one of us initiated, the other would send an attack right after. Many of them missed, but those that landed did great damage. After Orochimaru shed another body, I could see the even greater disruption in his chakra. He was running out of time, but unlucky for us, we were too. I used one more electrified water dragon bullet justu, feeling my chakra deplete too low for any more ninjustu. Sasuke was reaching the same point.

"You two fight well, perfectly in sync. I expected greatness, but such mastery of ninja arts at such young ages, even I would have been no match at your age. Sasuke-kun, I want your eyes, they will grow to be even more keen than your traitorous brother. Hinata-chan. I want you, all of you. You are the perfect woman to keep up with me when I reach immortality. Together we will grow stronger, the strongest of them all." That statement sent shivers down my spine, WTFFFF. It thoroughly pissed Sasuke off though, his anger clouded his eyes and he went in attacking blindly. Orochimaru laughed, this is what he was waiting for. An opportunity to strike. Sasuke shot at him, sending a lightning jutsu quickly to Orochimaru. It landed, but no matter what, it still seemed to do little damage. Orochimaru landed a hit, sending Sasuke flying down, but an orange blur shot by. Naruto stood on a tree branch holding Sasuke, his fangs barred and eyes red. Sasuke stood up by Naruto's side, they wore the same look of distaste.

"You will not touch Hina-chan/Hinata snake freak." They both said, voices low and demonic.

"Ahh Naruto-kun, you defeated my snake. Finally I get to see the final member of Team 7, and ohh, that Chakra radiating off of you, you're the 9-tails." Orochimaru chuckled in glee. Sometimes I want to give people the benefit of the doubt and save them, but right now it really doesn't seem like there is anything left to save of Orochimaru. I know he had a rough life, and lacked the love needed in life, but he truly is terrifying to be around right now. He is getting exhausted, but I know he hasn't given us full power, at least jutsu wise. I can't figure out what he's thinking or going to do. Together, Naruto and Sasuke fought against Orochimaru, showcasing their teamwork. Naruto made a mass amount of clones, using them as shields and boosters for each of them. Any of the more violent attacks Orochimaru sent, the clones took the damage instead of Naruto and Sasuke. They attacked with ferocity, such a fierce anger, and I watched the fight, not even blinking.

Naruto was emitting the Kyuubi chakra, his attacks were dangerous and each hit he landed weakened Orochimaru's chakra significantly, even if it seemed like it did no physical damage. Naruto send blasts of wind, attacks with his brass knuckles, he even tried seals, only being able to stop any more summonings for the time being. Waiting for a moment to strike, I prepared my final attack before i'd run out of gas. Naruto send a wind justu, combining with Sasuke's fire jutsu and right after it hit, I was in front of Orochimaru. I was prepared and attacked with my 8 Trigrams, 128 palms. Orochimaru spluttered, coughing out blood. I stood up in shock, as he lay on the ground. We turned to each other, relaxing as we thought he was defeated, but the air went cold and before I could react, Orochimaru's head went flying past me, biting down onto the junction between Sasuke's shoulder and his neck. Naruto and I went to attack Orochimaru, but he disappeared before we could do anything more.

Sasuke was screaming blood curdling screams. His pain was evident and I took a step to hold him, but my adrenaline finally wore off, my chakra exhaustion and injuries from fighting the Sanin taking over, and my vision went black, I fell over, but felt two arms wrap around me as I collapsed into the darkness.

(Naruto POV)

The creepy snake man Hinata called Orochimaru disappeared. Sasuke was screaming so loud, I've never heard somebody scream in pain like he was. Whatever the Snake bastard did to him was making my rival, friend, and the strongest guy I know scream out in pure terror. I looked at Hinata, her face was contorted into worry. Each scream, she flinched. I know how close they are to one another and his pain was hurting her. She fought so hard to protect him, but he was still hurting. She took a step to Sasuke, ready to hold him, but her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she slumped over. Before she could hit the ground, I had her in my arms. Knowing we can't be out in the open, I picked them both up, my anger still flowing through me at the bastard that took out the strongest person I've ever seen fight. She can be on par with Kakashi-sensei and she was out cold. Whoever he was, he's not normal. A Sanin, whatever that is. I moved them into a cave we scoped out last night.

I laid them down side by side and I finally took a closer look at each of them. Sasuke stopped screaming finally, but he was sweating a lot. He had scratches and a few bruises littering his visible skin. His neck where he got bit had a weird symbol looking thing on it. Sasuke's face was scrunched up in pain, and when I felt his forehead, he had high fevers. I've never been sick, probably for having the 9-tails, so I don't know how to care for him. I just placed a cold and wet piece of my shirt on his head, to hopefully cool him off. My eyes turned to Hinata. I laid her on her side because she had a pretty big gash on her back. It was cleaned out, so I bandaged it the best I could. Her arms were cut up and had big dark bruises on her. She had twigs sticking out of her, and she was more pale than usual. From what she's taught me, and by the looks of the battlefield, she used a lot of Chakra and must be chakra exhausted. So all I can do is let her sleep to replenish her chakra.

I stayed up watching over them, I should be calm and happy they are alive, but I'm so filled with rage. I was mad, mad at the snake guy for hurting them and mad at myself. If I was there earlier, I could have helped more, they wouldn't be in this state if I didn't get knocked so far away. What's the point of having such a strong demon beast inside of me if I can't use it when I need to protect my family. If I'd been stronger, if I was faster, they wouldn't be this hurt right now. Hinata would be smiling at me like she always does, her eyes full of warmth. She finally showed me what love is, and when I realized I love her, I was too late to do anything to help her. If I cant protect her, how am I going to become Hokage. Sasuke would be arguing with me and we'd test to see whose stronger. He's like the brother I never had. Together, all three of us understand one another, we've all suffered and been alone. They don't hate me, they never have, and even when they found out about what made me want to hate myself, they still didn't hate me. I wasn't there to protect them, but this time, I'll be the stronger one.

No matter how much training I've gotten, I'm going to get stronger. Strong enough to protect them from any harm, to fight alongside them as equals. I'll prove myself to be worthy of Hokage, strong enough to protect the people I love. Next time, they wont be lying down on the brink of death, it will be me who takes that pain from them, for them.

Sasuke was still sweating, but his fever was going down a bit. He moved around a lot though, like he was re-living his worst nightmares. A weird purple aura was surrounding him too, something the snake man did was reacting badly with him. I wet his cloth again and put it back on his head. He calmed down a bit after that. Hinata was shivering in her sleep, and every time she'd roll on one of her worse cuts, her face would scrunch in pain. I took my jacket off and placed it over her. She was still shivering though, so I gently moved her and placed her right next to Sasuke. She curled into his warmth, and he stopped thrashing. Somehow I think he felt it was her and that calmed him. They have a bond, Sasuke loves her like I love her. She was there for him and experienced his massacre with him. She was there for him, like she was there for me. They are family, and they let me in the family. I'll protect our bond.

Timeskip to morning

The barrier seals I set up stayed put and other than waking up to check on my team, nothing exciting has happened. I'm itching for a battle, one to prove myself. Sasuke and Hinata still haven't woken up, but they both are in good condition... I think. Sasuke doesn't have a fever anymore, Hinata has a lot of her chakra back so hopefully they'll wake up soon so we can crush the rest of this exam. The only people I don't want to fight right now are those Sand creeps, the redhead guy had an evil look in his eyes and I don't like how he branded Hinata.

My seals finally wore out so I sent some Shadow Clones to do some scouting while I ate a ration bar. They taste like dirty garbage, but it's all I can eat for now. My shadow clone got dispelled and the leaves started rustling.

"Oh look, they left the worst ranking rookie as lookout. How fortunate for us." A deep voice called out. I grabbed out a kunai and turned to the sound.

"Who the Hell are you guys? Come out and let me kick your ass dattebayo." I shouted at them.

"We don't want to fight you, wake up Sasuke. He's the one we want to fight." Three people stepped out. One ugly mummy looking dude, a guy with black spiky hair and a cocky smirk, and a really tall girl. They were all glaring at me.

"Ugh Sasuke this, Sasuke that! You're going to fight me, dattebayo. For once I'm not going to lose to Sasuke. I'm going to save him and send you ugly freaks packing!" The spiky haired guy god so pissed.

"I can't stay quiet after hearing you talk to us like that. First I'm going to kill you pipsqueak, then I'm going to kill Sasuke." The mummy guy stepped up, he's the leader.

"Kin, help Zaku. Kill him, then the girl."

"Right, Dosu." Zaku and Kin chorused. I felt my teeth sharpen, the anger flowing through me. They want to kill my teammates, they think I'll go down so easy.

"I'll rip you to shreds, keep your hands off my teammates!"

(3d person POV)

Team 10 was making their way through the forest, looking for a team to fight to get a heaven scroll.

"Oh man, there doesn't seem to be anyone weaker than us. This is such a drag." Shikamaru sighed. his gears were turning in his head on trying to find a team that they could defeat. So far, all the teams seem way too strong, unless they could find Team 8, or get lucky.

"What about the other rookies? Sakura is weak and I bet we can take them. Even if Sasuke-kun is the strongest and most amazing ninja, he has two deadweights holding him back, we could beat them too. I bet Sasuke-kun would be glad to see me, and to get out so he doesn't have to spend more time with the deadlast and the tomboy freak." Ino stated, squealing at the thoughts of seeing her beloved, as well as shoving it in Sakura's face that she is better. Shikamaru and Choji both paled at the thought of trying to take on Sasuke's team.

"We cannot take on Sasuke's team. Hinata alone would destroy us, Naruto may be a dobe, but Hinata is the top ninja of out year. We can't beat them."

"Hey what if Hinata-chan and Sasuke-kun were both knocked out and Naruto was busy fighting?" Choji asked, munching on his chips. Ino got pissed at the thought that Choji would even think her Sasuke-kun could be taken out. Hinata yes, Sasuke no.

"Ha, like my Sasuke-kun would be taken out." Choji moved the leaves of the bushes for them to see. Sure enough, Sasuke and Hinata were laying together, lifeless in the cave. Shikamaru's heart skipped a beat, he was scared for himself and for Hinata.'Whose strong enough to take out Hinata like that, I know she's at least a high Chunin if not Jonin level, and with the aid rom Sasuke, that person must be strong. They turned their attention to Naruto who looked more terrifying than his usual short self. Naruto's normally thin whiskers were think and darkened. His teeth were long and ferocious as he snarled at the three awaiting Sound Genin. His nailes were elongated and sharp like claws, and surrounding him was a faintly visible red chakra. The evil in the air was potent, Shocking everyone in the vicinity as he released it. 'Who knew Naruto had this kind of power' Team 10 thought as they watched in awe and fear as Naruto got prepared to fight.

"What kind of power do you possess boy?" Dosu asked, he was ready to destroy the yellow haired boy, but when Naruto released that demonic power, he became hesitant. Maybe he can't take this boy, his Ki is scary enough to knock out anyone too weak. Zaku felt threatened, but more annoyed than anything.

"Who cares Dosu, I'll still show him real power. He's nothing but a fake." Zaku ran to Naruto, palms raised. The small metal cylindrical holes in his palms were aimed right at Naruto. With a burst of Chakra, Zaku sent a Cutting Sound wave at Naruto, blasting him back. Zaku turned to his teammates, a smug look on his face. "See, he can't do anything against the justu of the future. He's still just a weak midget." Dosu and Kin weren't listening, their eyes were on the boy Zaku just blasted. Instead of being knocked out, or possibly dead from a blast like that, Naruto was walking back to them. His red chakra was more visible and thrashing violently around him. There was a small dribble of blood falling from his lips, but other than that, it was as if Zaku's jutsu did nothing.

Team Gai was watching from the tree line. When Lee noticed Hinata injured and the Sound ninja getting ready to fight, Neji was prepared to go help his sister. His blood was boiling and he was ready for murder, to get vengeance for whoever hurt his precious family. They were all ready to attack when Naruto was blasted away, but Neji turned on his Byakugan and saw the chakra around Naruto. It was so immense and demonic. It was violent and terrifying to look at, so Neji made his team stay back to watch and see. He didn't want to be caught in the crossfire of something as powerful as what Naruto was emitting. Neji's world was crumbling around him, he believed in destiny and that Naruto's destiny was to be a failure, just like Lee, but watching how strong Naruto was, how strong Lee had become. He was beginning to believe in what Hinata told him: Destiny is what you decide, it is not decided for you.

Naruto walked back to them, his chakra swirling violently. He was beyond pissed now. Naruto smiled, instead of his normal bright, foxy grins, it was deadly. Zaku turned around in surprise.

"I thought I had you, oh well. At least its a better fight for me to win, more fun this way. Kin, you go ahead and kill the girl, Dosu, you can have Sasuke. This little brat is mine." Dosu shook his head, he finally figured out why the boy was so menacing now. He's a jinchuriki, but no matter what, Dosu knew Zaku wouldn't listen. Dosu and Kin walked over to where the two sleeping Genin were huddled. Before they could fully enter the cave, a low growl rumbled through their ears.

"You stay away from them. I told you once already. They're under my protection." Naruto yelled out. His chakra finally took a form around him. A one tailed fox. Naruto moved and appeared in front of Dosu and Kin at lightning speed. He used his tail and hit Kin, sending her flying into a tree. She had chakra burns where his tail hit and was barely conscious. He went to attack Dosu, but right before, Dosu and Zaku both sent massive sound blasts at Naruto. Zaku's blast made Naruto skid back a bit, but Dosu's blast did some damage. It entered through the chakra, the vibrations entering Naruto's ears. It scrambled his hearing, making blood pour out of his ears and Naruto fell to his knees. His depth perception was off. Dosu was ready to send another round of sound waves to hopefully put down the beast so they can complete their mission and flee. He raised his gauntlet, sending chakra into it, but was stopped when Naruto's hand grabbed his own. The chakra around Naruto's arm was too intense and burned Dosu to the bone. Dosu grunted in pain, Zaku readied another attack, but the chakra tail on Naruto acted as if it was its own will and hit Zaku into a tree with enough force to break his spine. Zaku fell to the ground limp and paralyzed.

Dosu looked between the blond boy and his teammates. He was afraid, normally something only Orochimaru could evoke within him. Dosu knew he lost and was about to lose his life if he wasn't careful so he reached in his coat pocked, grasped his Earth scroll and pulled it out for Naruto to see.

"You are too strong for us. Take this scroll and we will leave you and your team alone for good." The 9-tails cloak around Naruto receded, but his looks were still feral. He released Dosu, allowing him to gather his teammates and scramble away. Naruto finally calmed down fully, returning to his bright beautiful self. He picked up the scroll, his hands trembling in exhaustion, but that didn't stop the bittersweet smile. Naruto was proud of himself, he protected his teammates but he did it in a way he didn't like. The power boost was nice, but the overwhelming rage, the same kind that made him kill all of those people on the bridge, it scared him. Naruto decided then to use that chakra only in emergencies, and use the skills he knows he has to fight all the other times.

Lee watched Naruto in awe, Naruto was the last of his class just like Lee was, but somehow Naruto was able to become so strong, and Lee knew that was only a glimpse at what Naruto could do. It gave him renewed hope that because Naruto became so strong, Lee can too. Tenten and Neji were amazed, the little dopey looking loudmouth was so strong, so scary. They knew they needed to step up her game if they wanted to compete with the rookie Genin. Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino were shaking in fear. Naruto, the dobe who couldn't do anything right, was so strong. He defeated those scary sound guys without breaking a sweat. The rest of their team was already strong, so whatever is going on with them to make them all that high of deadly shinobi, Team 10 knows the do not want to fight any of Team 7. Shikamaru took one last glance at Hinata, making sure she was alive, he let out a sigh of relief when Naruto shook her awake, her eyes fluttering open. He then followed after his team, ready to take on someone else and finish this stage of the exams.

Timeskip to that night (Hinata POV)

We made our camp for the night. Naruto defeated the sound ninja and got the earth scroll while Sasuke and I were unconscious, so now we have both needed scrolls to go to the building. I wanted to go today and just get there, but Naruto refused. He decided Sasuke and I needed another night of rest to make the trek. Begrudgingly, I accepted. Naruto confided in us on how he beat the sound ninja alone. He didn't use any of his normal skills, all he used was the Kyuubi chakra that came from his anger, defeating them easily. Sasuke and I assured him it was nothing to worry about, and Naruto brightened right back up. My stomach growled and Sasuke dragged Naruto off to go get water in a pot to make our dinner. The food scroll Naruto snagged had ramen and fruit for us to make dinner, so they went to get water to boil to cook the ramen. I was sitting alone, still trying not to move too much from my injuries.

I wonder how the rest of the rookies are doing. I know Kiba and them are fine, Kiba and Shino are skilled enough in this type of situation to survive unharmed. but I wonder what's going on with Team 10, they weren't there for the sound battle, so I wonder if anything has changed for them this time. Eeh, Shika is too smart to fail. There's also Gaara, he is definitely done with the exam already, I want to see him. He needs to know I'm still there for him, his mind is so fragile right now, affirmation vocally and actively is probably what is best for him.

I'm so conflicted with myself right now. I should have been stronger, done more against Orochimaru so he couldn't have cursed Sasuke. The sounds of his screaming haunt me, I can still hear it. If I used more jutsu, fought harder, something, I could have helped Sasuke not have to go through that pain. I also feel elated in the best kind of way. It's horrible I feel like that, but I can't help it. Even though Sasuke got cursed, he didn't give into the darkness of the curse mark. It hasn't activated yet on him. Something I did along the way changed Sasuke enough that he isn't willing to turn to the darkness to get power that means he wont leave and become the heartless dick he was. The problem with that is I think his curse mark is hurting him more now because he is rejecting it, it needs to be sealed soon, Sasuke's willpower is strong enough to not break the seal now.

The fire crackled, but something felt off. I began meditating, and stretched out my chakra along the forest, sensing for any unknown or unwanted presence. Behind me and to the left, I found my source of unease; an unknown chakra. The person moved closer to me and I tensed up, ready to strike with my gentle fist. When the person was right behind me, I spun, my palm ready to strike, but my hand was caught and held in a firm grasp. I looked up to see my attacker: Kabuto.

"Ah ah ah Hinata-chan, I'm not here to hurt you right now." He was sincere, creepy and I wanted to punch him in the face, but sincere, so I lowered my hand but kept my guard up.

"What do you want? I don't like you, you don't like me, why are you here?" Kabuto smirked, his glasses reflecting the fire. Giving his dangerous presence and equally dangerous look.

"Yes, well I wanted to see how you fared after your fight with Lord Orochimaru. You sure did a number on him, I haven't seen him that beat up since he fought Itachi. You truly are something, his injuries were difficult to heal, especially from the work you did harming his chakra. I also wanted to check in on his new vessel, to see how Sasuke is handing the cruse mark. I've heard Sasuke hates his brother, I wonder wehn he'll use the power and join Lord Orochimaru, even if only a means to kill Itachi." Kabuto mused, his tone sounding kind and caring, jovial even. He truly is a master spy, if I didn't know him beforehand, I would have bought into his nice defenseless guy act. I just crossed my arms and turned away slightly, grunting at the pain in my body. Something I know didn't go unnoticed by Kabuto.

"You dick. Go away, I don't want you near Sasuke or me for that matter. My teammates are going to make you leave anyways." Kabuto placed his hand on my cheek, dragging it down to my collar bone in a freakily gentle way, but I could feel the threat behind it. If he activated his chakra scalpel, he could kill me in my weakened state.

"We'll find that out right now wont we?" Kabuto said lightly, his hand was gone and a concerned look passed over his features, his eyes looking me up and down. To other's it looked like he was checking me for injuries, not filling his interest with assessing my body. A kunai was thrown and landed right in between us. I knew Sasuke threw it, I sent a smug, Shisui-like face to Kabuto, he just kept the innocent act up. Putting his hands in the air and making a calm down motion to them.

"What the hell are you doing here, leave Hina-chan 4 eyed bastard." Naruto called out, pointing at Kabuto. Damn, we're supposed to be quiet and hiding, but Naruto just yelled and announced our presence to anyone near us. I know Sasuke and Kabuto were thinking the same thing.

"Shh, keep it down, you don't want to attract any attention. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to come off as a threat, I was passing by and I saw Hinata-san alone. I came to check on her.

"Hn. You're just after our scrolls." Sasuke said, his voice deep and monotone in his special duckbutt way. Kabuto then pulled out Heaven and Earth scrolls.

"Hehe, I actually have both already. I got separated from my team and I thought I could join yours."
"So your scared?" Sasuke said, an eyebrow raised. Kabuto nodded, faking the defeated and ashamed look well. They believed it. Naruto snickered.

"Yeah well I'd come to me for protection too dattebayo!" The blonde bombshell stated confidently, his thumb pointed back at himself.

"How are you going to make us want to help you?" Sasuke questioned, wanting compensation for the perceived dead weight we are taking on.

"Well, I'm a medical ninja. I'm not great but I can help heal the more superficial wounds you've received." I did my best not to roll my eyes at the understatement of the year, his healing sills are exemplary. But damn, I need some lessons on how amazing he is at lying to people, like damn he is a master. Sasuke looked intrigued, Naruto was basically jumping for joy.

"Thats so cool dattebayo! I want to watch, heal Hina-chan first, heal her, heal her." Naruto begged, bouncing up and down in childish excitement. I felt a smile grow on my face for the fact that Naruto want's me to be healed first. I know Kabuto isn't going to try to hurt me right now, so I bit the bullet and let him put his hands on me and heal me. He gently laid be down, hovered one hand on my stomach and the other on my upper chest area. Naruto and Sasuke both watched in amazement as Kabuto's hands glowed a pale green. I could feel Kabuto's chakra entering me. It's always a weird feeling, having somebody else's chakra inside of you, but usually I just ignore it. His chakra was so different from the other medical ninja's that have healed me. His felt cooling, as much as I didn't like him, his chakra was so cool and calming. It was one of the most amazing feelings, I could feel my pain slowly fade away, and with the sensual and coolness of his Chakra, I began to fall asleep, enjoying the momentary bliss, blocking out the fact that Kabuto's healing and his chakra could feel so good.

I woke up in the morning feeling the best I have the whole exam. All of my injuries were gone, we were alive, and we were going to finish this test not right at the last minute this time. I sat up, throwing my hair into a ponytail and looked around. Sasuke and Naruto were sleeping with me in between, and across the makeshift fire pit, Kabuto was sleeping, maybe. He could just be pretending. Although my body feels great, I'm kind of annoyed I'm awake first, so I need to have some kind of enjoyment waking everyone else up. I rolled over, laying like a dead fish right on top of Sasuke. I've slept with him enough to know how to wake him up in the most irritating ways possible. I was laying on him, and I could feel the grumble in Sasuke's chest as he groaned. He does not like weight on top of him at all, he feels claustrophobic and I think it makes him feel like a Uke to have somebody else on him, it's emasculating for the ever prideful Uchiha. Sasuke sat up, forcefully moving me with him, then he not-so-gently shoved me off oh him.

"Ugh get of me freak." His eyes were still tired, his hair droopy, making his annoyed look towards me that much better. I giggled, trying to quiet my laughter.

"Good morning Duckbutt!" I smiled cheekily, then handed him a toothbrush and water to clean himself, the clean freak would lose his mind if he couldn't brush his teeth. Sasuke Hn'd at me and went to the side to get himself ready. I turned to my blond ball of sunshine. He was sleeping sprawled out, his butt in the air. It was comical, down right hilarious. The sleeping cap he had made it that much better. Naruto is a deep sleeper most of the time so I need to wake him up somehow. It'd only be fair I woke him up in an annoying way like I did for Sasuke. I leaned down to Naruto's ear, my lips lightly brushing it. I inhaled and...

"NARUTO THERE IS NO MORE RAMEN!" I shouted in his ear, loud enough to let him hear, but still quiet enough to not alert anyone nearby. Naruto gasped, shooting up, banging our foreheads together.

"RAMEN! Hina-chan we need to save the ramen dattebayo!" He said, panicked and rubbing his forehead. I deadpanned, then fell back laughing at his panic.

"You haha you woke up because of ramen hahaha" I stated in between laughs, trying to calm myself down. Naruto was stunned silent for a second before whining like a child.

"Not cool Hina-channnn." I pulled Naruto up, handing him his toothbrush and sent him off. Last but not least, Kabuto. I know Naruto is going to make him come with us, and I guess since he healed me, I can put aside my distaste for now. I mean he's an asshole, but an asshole with nice chakra. I grabbed my water bottle and silently made my way over to Kabuto. When I was right over his face, I poured all of my water right onto him, drenching his hair and face. Kabuto sent a fist at me, but I caught it. He looked at my devious smirk and realized a bit, but couldn't hide the annoyed aura I caused. He took off his glasses, wiping away the water, then looked back up to me.

"I would love to repay the favor, but Lord Orochimaru would not want me to hurt one of his new subjects. I can always just put more of my chakra into you, you seemed to enjoy it last night." He smirked at my shocked face. I just decided to leave him, at a loss for words once in my life. What does he even mean by that? Did Kabuto just make an inappropriate joke to me? Aghh. I grunted and walked away, gathering up all of our stuff. The boys returned, arguing about something, and then we all took off. Using our speed, we arrived to the Tower relatively fast, and thankfully we had no run-ins with other teams. Kabuto's team showed up and they began to leave.

"Hinata-san, you're wrong about the hating one another thing." Kabuto said sweetly, his innocent voice ringing through the trees. Then they disappeared and instead of dwelling on it, I walked with my teammates into one of the doors. We were put in a bland room, with only a type of riddle as decoration. I read it aloud and we agreed to open the scrolls. Sasuke decided they were summoning scrolls, so they threw them to the ground and out popped... Iruka-sensei!

A/N: I finally did a little insight into Naruto's mind and what he's thinking! He will always be the sunshine, but there are moments when he realizes his seriousness and I wanted to add a bit of that. Also, for a summoning, should Hinata take over for Sakura slightly, like get med ninja skills and become a slug summon, or should she get her own summon?