? Dark Dawn ?

Ep 16 - Color

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Sasuke

Sasuke speculated about what he had just saw as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop. He knew that Naruto was sending some sort of message...but to who? Obviously someone who was outside the leaf, otherwise Naruto wouldn't have had to go past the gates.

Sasuke racked his brain for ideas, as he landed on his balcony. Coming up with nothing, he sighed and walked back into his house. Well, I can just ask him tomorrow.

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Next day
(Orochimaru is here even if I don't mention him everything happens just like in ep 27, except for the modified parts below)

Team 7 all headed for the forest of Death, where the second round of the Chunin Exams were being held. Naruto arrived early, and was tired, since he's been up all night sending his messages. His form was slumped as he tugged on his scarf.

................Ugh.......I'm so tired..........

Kit, why did you stay up late if you're going to complain to me?!

.......shaddaup.

Sasuke had been staring at Naruto since his arrival. His glance was curious, yet calculating. Naruto looked really worn.

Sasuke shifted his glance elsewhere after a moment. I wonder what's going on in his mind right now.

Sakura arrived at the meeting location. She surveyed the scene of genin that passed the first phase.

There sure are a lot of genin gathered here. There's like 26 teams here? Yeah. 26.

Then with sparkling eyes, she turned to her team. With those two, we'll definitely pass this phase!

Their proctor, Anko, showed up (Orochimaru is here even if I don't mention him everything happens just like in ep 27, except for the modified parts below)and explained the rules of the first phase.

Naruto, however, let his mind wander aimlessly. He thought about the letter he sent to the Akatsuki last night. The return letter should be here anytime now.

Naruto stared up at the distance towards the gates, awaiting the fox's arrival.

Sasuke tapped him on the shoulder. "Naruto, are you paying attention? Anko is explaining the rules of this phase."

Naruto waved him off. "Yeah, yeah.... whatever. I'm just......thinking. that's all"

"Another thing, I won't tell anyone about the small incident last night. Least I can do for a teammate, but I'd like to know what was actually going on." Sasuke fidgeted a bit. "I mean, if you're okay with it."

Naruto stared at Sasuke with wonderment, before smoldering the expression. "Yeah, I'll tell you when the time is right. And it isn't that far away from now." Naruto started heading for Sakura, who had been frantically trying to wave them over. "You're on of the best friends I have. I wish I can keep it that way."

Sasuke was left standing there, once again, confused. He vaguely heard Sakura talking about two scrolls and pointed at a tent. She tried to get Sasuke's attention, and succeeding when he started to heard towards their general direction. He was speculating about a lot of things at once.

Sasuke eventually drifted out of his mindstream when Sakura started dragging him towards the tents.

Naruto sighed. I wish I could tell Sasuke about the Akatsuki.

He's Itachi's little brother, kit. He wants to kill Itachi. Not a good idea I must say. Kurama explained, frustrated, as if they'd gone over this topic multiple times.

Yeah yeah ..... I know ... but anyways, why do you always pop up at random times?

Team 7 stepped under the stand to receive their scroll from the examiners. Naruto was the one who received the scroll. "Okay. We're gonna to do this. Alright?" Naruto said with a determined smile.

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The teams were let in at the same time, and each team was assigned a specific gate which where they would be entering the forest of Death.

Everyone on the other teams were on edge and ready to go in.

Then they all heard a bell. And a voice

"The second exam starts.........NOW!" Anko yelled out so that everyone could hear.

Naruto looked at Sasuke and Sakura.

"All right. Looks like this won't be the easiest test." Naruto smirked and walked through the gates, leading his team into the darkness.

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I would be glad if someone could save this dying author ;w;

I entered this horrifying story in the Wattys 2019 I don't know why and don't know what to do so-

Even if this won't win ;w;

I hate writer's block and need halp.
Um any suggestions for the next chapter??? I mean I have something planned out but um I'm unsure of what to do.

Anything you guys would like??

Well whatever.

So does anyone have questions? The Q&A is still going!

Happy late 4th of July!

Word Count: 1404 words

-Chinami
(Some shit in the dumpster)