ALL NOVEL Chapter 12: "And the reason you're not dead was..."
I ducked down below a giant plume of fire before hiding away behind a huge boulder. "I'M SO SORRY!!!" I yelled out in panic. 'BOOM' The boulder behind me shattered into a million pieces. "I SWEAR IT WAS AN ACCIDENT!!!"
"Earth Style: Earth Wall!" A voice rang out behind me.
The ground beneath me shook and a huge, and I mean HUGE walls of earth and stones suddenly burst out of the ground. It grew higher and higher in a wide arc, forming a gigantic dome that blocks me from escaping anywhere.
I instinctively jumped away to dodge a strike from a gigantic wooden staff and turned around in alert. Right behind me is a very old, very pissed off, God of Shinobi. "Sandaime Sama, look, I swear he is not going to tell anyone, please! Just..."
"Earth Style: Earth Flow River!" The ground beneath me suddenly turned into a stream of mud. I quickly floated up so I won't slip before making as far away distance from the Hokage. But then, I realize that it is a grave mistake. "Earth Style: Earth Dragon Bullet." The mud in front of him formed into the head of a giant dragon.
I flew around in panic as the dragon starts shooting me with scorching hot mud the size of my body. I swerved, ducked, and turned in midair trying to dodge all of the projectiles coming my way. "Hokage Sama please!!! I'm so sorry!" I cried out when a hot mud ball singed my body.
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"So that's where you get this burn..." Sakura muttered. "What about this five inch deep scar on your left?" She pointed at my bloodied sides.
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The Dragon Head slowly formed back into a puddle of mud and I sighed a little in relief. "Th-thank you Hokage Sama I..." My words were cut short when The Hokage took out a single shuriken and threw it at me.
At first, I thought it was going to be easy. "Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!!!" But then, the shuriken into literal thousands of Shuriken. With no way of dodging any of them, I quickly put up a force field to deflect them all.
It worked quite effectively. The small shuriken were all deflected away from me before they all exploded into a puff of smoke. I sighed a little in relief before looking back at the God of Shinobi in front of me.
Then, The Hokage took out a Giant Shuriken and threw it at me. "Ninja Art: Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique!" The Giant Shuriken multiplied and believe me, I tried, but those things won't budge an inch. The second I realize it, a giant shuriken managed to shred through the left side of me body. It's only thanks to my power I can stop blood from flowing out.
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"I see..." Sakura wrote a couple of things in her clipboard. "There's also a sign of concussion at the back of your head and asphyxiation."
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After spending what felt like hours dodging giant shuriken, the Hokage finally stopped. "Please tell me you're done..." I muttered. Then he made a quick hand seals and the ground below me started to shake. "Nope, you are trying to kill me..."
"Water Style: Water Dragon!"
The earth split beneath him and a fountain of water burst out of the ground. It formed into a gigantic water dragon and soared towards me. "If the circumstance was any different, this would be one of the coolest things I've seen in this world." I muttered before putting up a tight force field around my body to protect myself.
The Water Dragon ate me and I have to withstand a bone crushing water pressure from the dragon. I gritted my teeth as I tried to fight it. Suddenly it starts twisting me around before crashing me into the ground below.
'Crack' I can feel my head and body impacted the ground harshly, followed by a literal waterfall of death suffocating me from above.
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"Hmm..." Sakura put on her gloves and she finally started to heal me. "And the reason you're not dead was..."
I shook my head. "No idea... Maybe the Hokage thought about killing me off later or using me as his stress doll..." I sighed a little. "But I guess I kinda deserved it, I mean, he already warned me not to tell anyone about it."
Sakura looked at me in curiosity. "Tell anyone about what?" She asked me.
"Answering that question is exactly what put in that trouble in the first place." I told her. Then I slowly sat up and stretched my arms. "Now the question is, what time is it?" I asked her.
"Five in the morning." Sakura replied. "You're welcome for treating you outside my shift by the way..." She added with a deadpan look on her face.
I rolled my eyes before dropping back to the bed. "So... We fought all night long huh?" I asked her.
"I wouldn't call it fighting, more like... The Hokage used you as a Jutsu and Target practice all night long." Sakura replied with a smirk on her face. "But yeah, you spend the whole night trying to survive."
I exhaled a breath of frustration. "What day is it?" I asked her.
"Sunday."
"Thank god... I thought the Graduation Exam's today!" I exclaimed in relief. Then I thought about something. "By the way, can I stay here until morning?" I asked her.
"Why is that?" Sakura asked.
I sighed and chuckled a little. "Because I have a feeling the Hokage just sent out a bunch of assassins in my room to kill me over."
After a few hours of resting in the Hospital, knocking sounds came from the door. Sakura opened it, revealing Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata standing behind the door. The latter held a small bento in her hands.
"Hi!" I exclaimed. "Glad to see you here." I added.
Naruto grinned and walked towards me. "Haios chan! I heard you're here because you made Oji san mad." He exclaimed. "Can you tell us what happened?"
I spent the whole morning trying to forget the encounter and this idiot just has to ask me that one specific question. "Long story short, he kicked my ass." I told him flatly. Then I looked at Hinata and saw her holding out the bento for me. "Ooh! Breakfast! For me?"
Hinata nodded with a little smile on her face. I grinned and took the bento out of her grip. "Don't mind if I do!" I exclaimed before opening the box, revealing some chicken teriyaki and fresh steamed vegetables. "Let me guess, you made this for me?"
The girl shook her head. "N-no... Naruto made it himself; I just helped a little..." Hinata replied while Naruto just rubbed his head sheepishly. "H-he's really good at cooking."
Looks like the cooking lesson has paid off. "So you can cook now?" I asked him.
Naruto nodded with a smile on his face. "Yeah! Thanks to you Haios chan!" He said.
Finally I looked at Sasuke who's been quiet the whole time. "What about you Sasuke? You've been awfully quiet." I commented. "Want some breakfast?"
Sasuke looked at me for a moment before sighing. "It's nothing, I just thought about what you told me earlier." He said. "I wasn't expecting that to be honest."
"You mean the same thing that made Hokage goes full God of Shinobi on me?" I said with a little smirk on my face. "Yeah, that's an S Rank secret for you all right."
The Uchiha shook his head and stared at me for a moment. "Why did you tell me about it?" He asked.
I groaned and put a hand over my head. "I told you, it was an accident! We were talking about his abnormal chakra reserves and I just commented over the fact that it might have something to do with him being." I put a hand over my mouth and shook my head. "I am really bad at keeping things a secret..."
"I can see that..." Sasuke commented. "By the way, are you ready for the exam tomorrow?" He asked.
I nodded confidently. "I cannot use chakra so I don't really have to worry about ninjutsu part of the exam. Of course I'm ready!"