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Chapter 27 - The start of the Chunin Exams

After more training, the results of which lead Hari and Taiyo creating their own new ninjutsu and Danieru got more skilled with her sword, Sharingan and the jutsu she learnt from the forbidden scroll, a jutsu she named , the more she used the jutsu the less of a strain it took on her sadly limited chakra supply. Danieru hated the limit of chakra she had which when compared to Narutos and Haris Chakra, her maximum amount was about half of theirs. It also didn't help the about 15% everyday was placed into a spot on her forehead, she didn't intend on becoming a medical ninja however she didn't think it would hurt to know the strongest regeneration technique in the world. When Tsunade found out what she was doing, she was very angry however when Danieru explained her reasoning and promised she didn't plan on using it unless she was on the verge of Death, the rage of the strongest Kunoichi of her time subsided slightly however she still had Danieru learn medical Ninjutsu as a compromise.

A couple days before the Exams started Danieru ended up being the one to stand between Konohamaru and Kankuro, Temari and most importantly Gaara the One Tails Jinchuriki. The look he gave her as she protected the Grandson of the Third Hokage was one of pure hatred. Using her Sharingan, Danieru attempts to diffuse the situation at least until their sensei comes and takes the three of them away to their temporary accomidations.

"What is your name Uchiha?" Gaaras blood lust is leaking off like a toxic gas, this proved to Danieu that in Team 11s encounter with Kisame he had no intention of killing them at all. Kankuro and Temari stared at her and Gaara but their eyes quickly darted to three boys walking towards them, a brown haired boy wearing average clothes and a black sleeveless trench coat with the Senju symbol on the back, a boy with shoulder length black hair wearing a combat Gi with the Hyuga symbol on its sleeve and finally a loud mouth blonde in an orange tracksuit with the Uzamaki symbol on the back and arm.

"Oi are you three causing our friend trouble?" Taiyo said as he and Hari stepped forward while Naruto started catching up with Konohamaru, his student. "Because thats not going to stand, it doesn't matter if you are Gaara of the Hidden Sand." Temari and Kankuro stepped back slightly at Taiyos willingness to confront them. Everyone could quite clearly see Gaara's bloodlust boiling but luckily before things got ugly, Baki, the sand Jonin assigned as their sensei came and took them away. However before he left Gaara took note of all their names. As he walks away Hari pulls out a bag and shakes it a little bit snapping Danieru and Taiyo out of their thoughts, he simply asks "Anyone for Ichiraku ramen?" Naruto quickly jumped at the chance to go to his favourite place in the village, Danieru and Taiyo agreed however both were still deep in thought, both of them knew how dangerous Gaara actually was, knowing exactly what was on the way.

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Danieru, Taiyo and Hari walk out of the exam having taken it with ease, Hari managed to use a wood style technique similar to Gaaras Sand Eye. This allowed him to seen everyones answers and he even gave Naruto a couple answers. As they prepared to enter the Forest of Death the members of Team 11 finally realised that they have an extremely unfair advantage in this setting, not only does Danierus speed and Sharingan heavely benefit with all the trees to bounce off of, Taiyos Byakugans ability to survey a ridiculous area around the team. These skills already gave them an edge however the real powerhouse in this phase of the Chunin exam would be Hari as his wood style would be almost perfectly cameoflaged in the forest and being able to sense chakra through the tree roots would almost perfectly give them an edge.

Danieru looked at Shiore, not knowing if Orochimaru had killed them yet was an issue as she didn't want to catch his attention, at least not yet anyways. Danieru also noticed someone who wasn't there originally in the canon timeline, that being Karin Uzamaki the crimson haired girl to later join Team Hebi/Taka, she quickly pointed her out to Hari and Taiyo and makes sure they know to keep an eye out for her as she explains her abilities. Anko begins to explain the Forest of Death section of the Chunin Exams and they quickly start, Team 11 and 7 wishing each other luck and going their seperate ways. Making their way to a small clearing and set up a tiny camp with Hari and Taiyo keeping an eye out for enemy Shinobi.

"There is a chance he'll be coming for me, although I can't see Orochimaru giving up a chance to increase his chances of getting the Sharingan..." Danieru looked around, taking in the calm forest knowing well that all hell will break lose any moment. Taiyo spoke up first.

"Ok Hari if you won't say it I will, Danieru this plan is insane!" They were about to continue talking when the two Genin dash forward to push Danieru out of the way but they weren't quick enough as a shadowy figures head retracts back into the shadows as Danieru grasps her neck as she falls to the floor. Taiyo began weaving hand signs and released and threw it towards the snake who goes to poison the other Uchiha in the Forest of Death, the Javelin made of lightning split into multiple lightning bolts spreading over a wide area until they hit edge of Taiyos Byakugans range, at which point they lose Chakra connection and run out of power. Hari began using medical ninjutsu to heal the wound Orochimaru left when planting the Curse Mark of Heaven on Danieru. Hari performs two hand signs and a tree forms around Danieru protecting her as three sound ninja, one being a girl with crimson red hair. Karin stands behind two Sound Genin, who start running forward with Kunai drawn, however before they even cover half the distance their legs are caught on tree roots which then turn into two clones of Hari and as they avoid the strikes from those clones they step on more roots, which then causes more clones to sprout from the ground. Taiyo rushes forward and lands two palm strikes on each of the Sound Shinobi.

"Sorry idiots but you can tell Orochimaru that he isn't taking our best friend from us ." With that Taiyo releases a shockwave with Lightning Style Chakra launching the two Sound Genin back breaking one of each of their arms in the proccess, they land next to Karin who stands up to let the two take a bite of her arm. Just before they take a bite, four branches of wood gently pull Karin over and gently leaves her next to Hari as the branches return to his fingers.

"And something tells me she isn't giving you her Chakra of her own free will, so I won't just protect my best friend I'll be protecting her too." Hari stepped in front of Karin, who was lightly blushing, and drew his wooden rapier as he walked forward the two Sound Genin scrambled back to their feet to go on the defensive as their arms recovered, Taiyo pointed out that they appeared to be healing quicker. Noticing each of them had a needle sticking out of their legs, the two of them assumed that the vials contained some form of regeneration enhancement of some kind, the two Sound Genin weaving hand signs and they simultaneously cry out which is then followed by a stream of boiling Quicklime launched at the three Genin, Taiyo dashes towards Hari who quickly creates a wooden wall which buys him enough to weave the hand signs for .

"Ok what the hell was that? Lava Style? What does that even mean?" Taiyo began questioning Karin which is when he notices the bite marks and that she has the opposite scroll to them, "We'll get out of this soon, we're just waiting for~" Karin quickly spins around and looks at the tree that was protecting Danieru while her body adapted to Curse Mark Orochimaru planted on her, which is the reason Karin and the two Sound Genin were even there. A Deep Emerald Green Chakra begins to seep out of the cracks in the tree, moments later the tree crumbles revealing Danieru with cresent moon markings spreding across her face and arms, Danieru had aquired the Curse Mark. She walked forward and signalled for Hari to open up a section of the dome, however when he does the Quicklime had hardened encasing the dome in a hardened outer shell, trapping them inside.

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