Chapter 46 - 43 (1/2)

Slowly, Hikaru walks out of the shadow of the tree. His face was calm, his posture was straight and smooth. He walked like an elegant noble while maintaining his powerful presence.

This time, he wore some pretty normal clothing. A plain white shirt, black short anbu pants, and you can see his rings on his fingers. They were beautiful, to say the least.

”Hikaru, good timing, ” Sasuke said in relief.

Hikaru simply stared at the red haired boy, and asked, ”You three are pretty daring, eh? Hey apple head, what's your name?” Even though he already knew who these three are.

”Gaara.” The red hair's short reply.

”Ho, the crazy jinchuuriki of Suna have come to Konoha?” Hikaru said.

Temari and Kankuro knew that they have to get out of this situation, urgently. This boy right in front of them knows something, they could see it in the way his eyes glints. And they have to worry about Gaara, too. This could get out of hand!

Suddenly, Gaara grinned maniacally.

”Mother, mother is calling for your blood! She screams your name in great displeasure! Mother is telling me to kill you! Skin you! And drink your filthy blood! You will prove my existence once more!” Gaara yelled in a voice full of deranged tone.

'Shukaku screams my name in great displeasure? What's happening? Does ichibi knows who I am? That's... surprising. Maybe she knows the Second? That's possible.' Hikaru thought, puzzled.

Temari got near Gaara to try and calm him down, only to receive an attack from his sand.

”Gah!” Temari flew away with blood dripping from her mouth.

Gaara seems to have ignored her and simply stared at Hikaru with his psychotic eyes.

Suddenly, Gaara's eyes started to change. His pupils became star shaped and around his eyes simply became sand.

”Kiran! I will kill you!!” This time, it wasn't Gaara's voice that came out, instead, it was a bit more beastly but it was screeching.

After he screamed that, Gaara's eyes suddenly returned to normal before going unconscious.

Seeing that Gaara had fallen asleep, Temari and Kankuro suddenly got terrified. Whenever he falls asleep, the Ichibi will come out! If ever he releases that beast inside Konoha. they're doomed! Their plan of invading Konoha is doomed!

But, he did not transform or anything. Instead, he just fell soundly asleep.

”Huh? That's weird?” Kankuro muttered out.

Hikaru looks at them and said, ”I have restrained the Ichibi, you two can relax. But bringing a defect jinchuuriki here inside this village, your village really had the balls.”

Earlier, when Gaara was on the verge of transforming, he used his mana to restrain Shukaku inside his seal. Mana really comes in handy every time. Though, it was slightly hard because his seal was not really made for sealing tailed beasts. It's more like a storage seal that's slightly bigger than normal. He'll talk about this with the Hokage later.

Even though Temari was injured because of Gaara's attack earlier, she still manages to speak out, ”Wait, this is just a misunderstanding! We really just came here for the chuunin exams.”

”How so? A defect jinchuuriki, the son and daughter of the Kazekage, and more importantly, if Gaara ever falls asleep, he would release the Ichibi inside him.” Hikaru said while still holding down Ichibi with his Mana. He's currently transferring some of his mana to continue and suppress Shukaku for the time being.

Temari and Kankuro flinched, they knew that they've just been found out. No use fighting inside the enemy's village, it would simply be futile.

Sasuke, Sakura, and Konohamaru couldn't help but be shocked at the sudden turn of events. Suna was more likely going to invade Konoha with their unstable jinchuuriki but they don't know more.

Hikaru gazed at them coldly, and said, ”You two will come with me to the Hokage's office. To be letting another village's jinchuuriki, Konoha's security system is really lacking these days.”

He made a clone to lift Gaara while he ”escorts” the two siblings.

He then said to Azumi, ”Go home, I will meet you there. I just have things to take care of, ” Before he walked away.

He may have just ruined the entire the invasion on Konoha. But this is better. Maybe the Third Hokage would still continue the exams, and try to kill Orochimaru. That rouge student of his is, after all, one of his greatest failures.

As he walks towards the Hokage Tower, the civilians he passed by glared at him with intense hatred.

'Ah yes, these people after all still thinks that Azumi is the demon fox. And, since I am be her side, they think that I'm also a demon. Their stupidity really goes somewhere. Though, I'll kill them the moment they touch even a single hair strand of Azumi. I've killed a few over these years, and they are always begging for their life for some unknown reasons. I just simply pull their spines, their teeth, and their limbs. No harm was done.' Hikaru thought sarcastically and mockingly.

He simply walks by pass them while ignoring their glares. They may try to harm him, or Azumi, but the moment they do, he'll kill them with the most brutal way possible.

The Third approved of this and made a law that no one can harm Azumi, or they will be executed on the spot.

(A Day Later)

The chuunin exam's still continuing. The third did not cancel the exam.

After interrogating the two, they managed to find out that Orochimaru was the one who proposed this idea of invading Konoha to them. Since Suna was becoming more financial unstable over the years because of Konoha taking away all of their missions, the Kazekage agreed to that snake's plan.

Hiruzen, though, came up with a plan. And that is to stop Orochimaru once and for all. He will call Jiraiya back to the village, and with the two of them, they should be able to kill Orochimaru.

And, he still cannot cancel the exam for an another reason. Kumo is also joining, and the lightning daimyo and Fire Daimyo are also coming as well. Konoha cannot afford to lose face in front of two Daimyos. Or they will lose some financial backing from their very own Daimyo.

With all these reasons combined together, Hiruzen had no other choice but to continue the exam.

( At The Exam Hall )

After meeting Kakashi, Team 7 proceeded to enter the exam hall. In there, they saw around a hundred and sixty genins. Every team hails from other villages. But the most surprising was that Kumo was in here, too. Though, there were only four of them. But it seems like one of them was the Nibi jinchuuriki, Nii Yugito. She seems to be the jounin sensei of these three genins.

But, those three genins were quite strong.

As the Team 7 enters the hall, every genin inside turned their heads to look at them.

”They seem strong, ” Sakura said as she hid her fear towards them.

”Yeah, I could feel my skin crawling at the sight of them.” Sasuke said.

”Really? They seem really weak, I could probably kill them with my pinky.” Hikaru said nonchalantly.

”Hmm, I could probably take them on. I've been training my sword techniques this entire month.” Azumi said as she held the hilt of the sword that Hikaru gave her. The Sunlight Straight Sword. Hikaru enchanted it with +10 Divine Lightning. It's one of his strongest weapons in his item box.

From time to time, the sword on her waist sparks yellow lightning.