Chapter 11: Snakes, snakes, and More Snakes WTF

"Thoughts"

"Inner Sakura"

"Flash Backs"

Disclaimer:*pinches self* Nope still awake, meaning I don't own anything.

Third Person POV:

"Are you sure, none of you want to quit and bee able to have a second chance later on, are you going to be an idiot like the blonde and put your hopes on luck. Well…" Ibiki tried to convince the group before someone or something transported in using the body flicker technique, effectively stopping Ibiki's tirade after Naruto's long speech.

*Poof*

A purple haired woman appeared out of nowhere, wearing a fishnet shirt and a grin, along with a trench coat some pants but, that's not important. She wore a malicious grin filled with sadistic glee.

"So many Ibiki, I'm beginning to believe you've lost your touch," She chided the older scarred man as he growled in frustration.

"I wasn't done Anko, I was finishing administering the tenth question, but obviously you've ruined that one," Ibiki growled to her, as she rubbed the back of her head nervously, before chuckling and looking back to the many genin that hadn't ran out in terror, and began to laugh in sadistic glee.

"Well then the next test will just have to cut this lovely bunch of maggots into a smaller group of worthy shinobi, won't it?" She asked him as he grunted in affirmation as he turned to her nodding, giving her the floor…so to speak.

"Follow me kiddies, we're going to…THE FOREST OF DEATH, accurately named for its lovely flora and fauna that could crush you, kill you, and eat you…sucks to be all of you" She giggled as she led the terrified group out the door and towards the notorious training ground. The kids each shivered in fear as they arrived at the large gated forest type thing.

"This is a training ground that even many Jounin are afraid to go into, and we are going to throw all of you into and see who comes out alive." Anko seemed extremely pleased about this test, and the loss of life that would be caused by it.

Sakura POV:

The forest was exactly as I remembered it, green, diverse, and oh yeah, deadly. It was intimidating for someone who hasn't run it before, well them and really sucky ninjas. My comrades were faking fear at the vast forest that was supposed to instill a sense of dread within even the most battle hardened warrior…hah it's not that scary…wimps. I watched as the cross dressing pedophilic snake licked Anko's face, her face contorted from rage into sadistic glee as she threatened the "supposed" genin, thinking that she actually scared him. Stupid snakes, stupid snake users, stupid snake sanins, I hate them all. I shifted my gaze away from the scene as she began explaining the rules of this test, something I already knew well enough, seeing as how this would be my third time doing this.

"Shikamaru should have to do this one more time, just like all of us."

"Why?"

"Don't you remember, he didn't have to take the test again, he made it through the first time?"

"I hate him."

"Join the club." Inner me's voice disappeared, as Anko finished her speech, and everyone went to go get their scrolls, I just stood there glaring at the pineapple headed tactical support leader. I considered throwing the square shaped rock at him, but that would ruin Naruto's moment, and I couldn't do that to him. What can I say, I'm a saint. I continued thinking until I was interrupted rather rudely by a loud "Hn"

"What do you want Sasuke?" I questioned him irritably, he had been such an ass to me since he found out that Neji and I were dating, stupid, stupid, Uchiha clan, with their chauvinistic men, it's not like I belong to him.

"We need to get our scroll and the dobe's to busy playing with brats to come with me, so you're my last resort." He spoke calmly and coldly as I felt my temper flair.

"I'M YOUR LAST RESORT!!!" I flipped out on him and I would have shoved my fist down his throat had Sai, Neji, and Shikamaru not come and held me back. I glared at him, fighting against the strong masculine arms, that belonged to my teammates, he seemed to shrink away at my female rage, just like every other man near us, save for my teammates from the future.

"COME BACK HERE SASUKE, I'LL MAKE IT FRICKIN IMPOSSIBLE FOR YOU TO RESTORE YOUR CLAN, YOU HEAR ME, YOU STUPID CHICKEN HEADED MAN WHORE." I continued to scream and yell other obscenities that made a sailor look like a frickin saint, as I thought of doing things that would have made Itachi look like an innocent schoolboy, in other words, I was pissed. Sasuke left to go get the scroll, only further infuriating, making me want to gut him like a fish.

"Calm down Sakura, you don't want to jeprodize our mission, I mean we were sent here to make sure he doesn't fall to the dark side," Shikamaru spoke solemnly as I broke out laughing, forgetting all about my anger.

"You're my only hope Obi-Wan- Kenobi, much?" I joked towards Shikamaru, making him raise an eyebrow.

"What, it was a good movie quote for this particular moment!" I spoke adamantly to him, prepared to beat him down into a Shikamaru pulp sandwich.

"Whatever Sakura, maybe you should get your head checked out, I mean hearing voice, quoting movies that don't exist in our world, this is madness" Shikamaru jabbed at me; I'm not insane…nope.

"Says the guy who chain smokes to get over his teacher's death, which I may add occurred years ago." I knew this was a low blow and I saw the pain cross over his face, like I had just stabbed him with his own trench knives.

"How dare you." Shikamaru spat at me as he glared, as other members of our group gathered, as if they wanted to make sure they'd be able to stop us in case we fought. I saw the deep sorrow that his eyes contained, and felt horrible at the jibe I had made.

"I'm sorry Shika, it was just a spur of the moment thing, it meant nothing, I shouldn't have done it." I tried, pleading with him to forgive me.

"Sakura it doesn't matter you still did it, and it hurt." Shikamaru gritted out, as if he was holding back form hitting me.

"Does anybody get the feeling this could be misinterpreted as Sakura cheating on Shikamaru, had you just come into the conversation." Hinata asked curiously as everybody, save the two arguing, nodded in agreement.

"Look I really am sorry, I was just frustrated that you had used the whole entire "I-Hear-Voices-In-My-Head-Thing", something I told you in confidence, against me."

"Fine, I guess we both made low blows, so let's just forgive eachother." Shikamaru gave in \, moving in to hug Sakura. They embraced, just as Anko told all the chuunin wannabees to get to their starting points. I left the embrace, and sent a mental prayer to whatever god was up there.

"Please let us all make it out of this alive."