"And what are you planning?" asked voice from over his shoulder.
Naruto rotated swiftly, instantly putting chakra into his kunai and slicing off the head of whoever snuck up on him. It was another Orochimaru, but this one seemed to melt into a pile of mud and dirt.
Naruto was quick to move as two more Orochimaru attacked him, preventing him from getting to either Sasuke or Sakura.
"I must say, I'm surprised you lasted this long," complimented Orochimaru. "Considering you were dead last, I expected you to be dead first."
"I'm not so easy to kill," Naruto growled, trying to analyze the situation he was in.
Orochimaru didn't give him much time to think and was quick to attack.
Naruto had to scramble to dodge the attacks against him. Orochimaru was faster, and stronger, even if it was just a mud clone. The fact there were two made it even worse.
Naruto ducked a roundhouse kick and much to his own surprise was able to stick an explosive tag to the clone. Naruto replace himself with a clone and detonated taking out the mud clone as well as his own clone.
Naruto was left with just the one clone now and he didn't look like it was in the mood to toy with him anymore.
Naruto was running out of options and chakra quickly. He was spawning clones as fast as he could and they were being decimated just as quickly. He was getting desperate to get himself and his team away from there but Orochimaru wasn't leaving any openings.
Then Naruto saw something from the corner of his eye. On the branch Sakura limply from, there was a small snake slithering toward her.
Naruto felt the familiar rush of energy that accompanied Kyuubi's chakra, healing him, replenishing his chakra and making him angry. Naruto's push as much chakra into his speed skills as he could, vanishing from view. Naruto landed next to Sakura, his kunai already slicing through the snake. Naruto looked back to see the last mud clone breaking apart.
Naruto refocused on Orochimaru. The man was still taunting Sasuke, playing with him. Naruto was not amused. He vanished once more, when he reappeared it was in an attempt to behead the man, a move Orochimaru easily ducked under.
Orochimaru frowned at the interruption, he punched Naruto in the stomach with as much strength as he could. His frown deepened when the Naruto he struck burst into to smoke. Then he felt several blades stab him in the back.
Naruto thought it was over, until the man laughed after being stabbed. Naruto had to move quickly as the one he'd stabbed melted into mud again. He wasn't quite fast enough as nice slice was cut clean through his coat and into his ribs doing a significant amount of damage and leaving behind a rather unpleasant poison.
Naruto could feel the Kyuubi's chakra trying to fight it off but whatever it was, it was strong. It was also distracting so Naruto didn't see the roundhouse kick travelling rapidly toward his face until it was too late.
Naruto hit hard into the trunk of one of the giant trees that surrounded him. He didn't take much damage but it certainly dazed him.
Orochimaru had apparently had enough of the fight, because Naruto could barely make out Orochimaru's neck elongating and sinking his teeth into Sasuke's neck followed by Sasuke screaming in pain. Naruto saw Orochimaru speaking to Sasuke but couldn't make out the words.
Naruto shook himself out of his daze just in time to see Sasuke starting to fall. He leaped the distance catching Sasuke under one arm then landing with his feet sticking to the trunk of a large tree. He looked back to see if Orochimaru was coming after him but the man was just gone.
Naruto climbed back up the tree and set Sasuke next to Sakura. He then fell back against the trunk of the tree and slid down to sit, facing his unconscious teammates. He could feel the last traces of Kyuubi's chakra fading from his system and with that he felt exhaustion setting in.
Objective Completed.
Quest Alert: Chuunin Selection Exam Stage 2
Successfully complete the second stage of the Chuunin Selection Exam.
Objectives:
Acquire a Heaven scroll and Earth scroll.
Reach the central tower inside of five days.
Survive Orochimaru's onslaught.
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Bonus Objectives:
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Acquire an extra Heaven scroll.
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Completion Award: 100000 Exp
50000 Exp per Bonus Objective
Completion Failure: 10000 Exp
Death or End of Chuunin Selection Exam
Naruto allowed himself to rest only for a few minutes. When he stood again, he used a few healing tags on both Sakura and Sasuke to at least stabilize them. Then, he made few clones to carry his teammates. The only goal for him now was to get them to the tower as soon as possible and get them medical help.
Naruto thanked whatever kami there was that he'd made it to the tower unhindered. It took several hours to traverse the terrain but the effort was worth it. Once inside the tower entrance Naruto set both of his teammates down, taking the time to properly heal Sakura and even Sasuke. Sakura actually woke up halfway through being fully healed.
"What happened?" she asked, wincing from sitting up too fast.
"Some dude named Orochimaru just kicked our asses," answered Naruto, continuing his treatment on Sakura.
"Is he dead?" she asked, unfocused while Naruto continued to heal her with tags.
"No, he bit Sasuke then disappeared. If he hadn't left I'm sure he would have killed me and you both."
"What about Sasuke?"
"Like I said, he bit him and left. I don't know what he did to Sasuke but he's running a hell of a fever, even after I healed him to full health."
Sakura nodded, then move to prop Sasuke up to examine him.
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