(Three Days Later)
The Genins who had managed to get both scrolls and made it to the tower stood in front of the two Hokages, the examiners and their Jounin senseis. Jiraiya, Shizune and Haku also stood with Tsunade and Sarutobi. Behind the higher ninjas stood a statue of two arms holding the ram seal. The Genins stood in an arena and along the walls there was a heightened floor for spectators.
The Konoha rookies were there as well as Gaara and his siblings. Kiba smiled happily upon seeing Haku present among Jiraiya and the Hokages. All but one Genin was present, one Elite Genin to be precise.
"Naruto-kun isn't here," Hinata noted very worriedly, "I hope nothing terrible happened to him. The Forest of Death was truly deadly and he was forced to go into a whole other section of that forest alone."
"I know," Ino spoke up feeling equally worried, "None of us have seen or heard from Naruto since the time we entered the forest and even now we have no idea what's become of him."
"Naruto-san was more familiar with that forest than any of us here," Sai spoke with a neutral voice, "I must admit that I'm surprised that he's not present amongst us."
"I heard that the section Naruto was placed in was far deadlier than where we went," Sakura said, "I found it hard to believe at first; but seeing that Naruto isn't here with us only proves that right."
Sasuke interjected, "If the dobe was half as smart as he says he was he'd have never went into that section of the forest on his own. The loser and dead-last should have dropped out when he had the chance. We can't say that he's not responsible for his own undoing."
Hinata and Ino snarled venomously at the Uchiha. Temari and Kankuro, though they tried to look indifferent, wanted to go up and clobber Sasuke. They didn't appreciate the fact that Sasuke was ridiculing someone who did what no other person was willing to do for Gaara. Neji was thinking that Naruto's situation could be an instrument he could use against Hinata. While all of the Genins were into their own thoughts, a particular aura was making its way towards them. Soon everyone in the building was sensing the aura approaching them.
A moment later, everyone turned towards the entrance to see a barefooted figure reaching the height of Jiraiya's shoulders with tan skin with nothing but tiger-skin loincloth around his waist and what looked like short black tights approaching and entering the building. His face was looking down to the ground as he continued making his entrance and his lengthened stringy and partly spiked blonde hair was pointing down to the ground. What was also noteworthy was that this well-built and nicely toned figure was wearing a Konoha head protector over his head. All of the Genins, including the three from Oto, were wondering just whom was this person and why was he dressed like some character from an adventure book.
They don't even recognize me, the figure though in surprise as he continued entering the build over towards the Genins.
Hinata was trying to stay neutral thinking to herself that the older teen figure entering the building doesn't measure to her love interest though she detected something about the guy that felt strangely familiar. Ino was trying to do likewise, but was having a bit of difficulty in completely doing so since, like Hinata, she sensed something familiar about him.
Shizune, though calm and reserved, couldn't help but admire the guy's nicely toned and pronounced built with the bit of power radiating off him. Like Hinata and Ino though she sensed some form of familiarity towards the blonde stranger.
Anko was visibly salivating and gawking at the sight of the supposed jungle ninja with a trickle of blood coming down her nose; if anything, the sight of this stranger was going to fuel her wet dreams and fantasies for weeks.
I can think of a whole world of possibilities of what I can do with that guy with that super body, Anko thought lecherously, I would definitely love to cut and lick him all over.
Kurenai, though more conservative than Anko evidently, couldn't help but wonder who the entering stranger was. The genjutsu mistress shook her head with a sigh of dismay upon looking at Anko's unprofessional demeanor.
Tsunade was dumbfounded and stupefied at the sight, immediately recognizing who the stranger is. She was told about this from Jiraiya but she herself found it hard to believe, especially since he told her about it a few hours ago without informing her that the stranger was in tiger-skin loincloth and that his body underwent this kind of drastic change. For what it was worth, she wanted to go over to the older boy and strangle him for coming before her and everyone's sight the way he was.
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