This is a Naruto Fanfiction Only.

I am not even worried about the first part of the exams if anything I think it will be a little easy for them since I pretty much-drilled information into them every chance I got. I also know they can read between the lines and are pretty good at information gathering.

I decided to go towards the Forest of death and wait for them. This place sure brings back memories, and out of the entire village, this forest is one of the few places where those memories are pleasant. I used to love hunting in this forest, my personal grocery store. I went and killed a boar, skinned it and cooked it with some herbs with a fire Jutsu.

I was eating some of my freshly cooked boar when Anko finally showed up. She walked near me and without even asking took a piece of the boar and began eating it. "You really did a number with those students of yours. I swear they got through that phase like it was a walk in a park. What exactly did you do to those kids that not even Ibiki could scare them?"

I didn't bother looking at her, I told her I did my job, I taught them exactly what they needed to know and prepared them for the worse, "Instead of worrying about my students, shouldn't you be getting ready to meet Orochimaru? You know he is in town, last but not least why don't you tell your friends that are in your coat to come out and eat some of this meat? They sound like they could use a meal."

She looked at me and began to move her arms and indeed six snakes came slithering out of her coat, they each began to eat. "How did you know I had them with me?" I told her that their clan is an old friend of mine. I looked at one that was eating and she was really enjoying her meal.

"I hope Manda is doing alright, it has been centuries since last I met him." She looked at me and nodded her head. "Good, then chances are I will get to meet my old friend." Anko looked at me with a bit of a smile and she continued to eat her food till we were rudely interrupted by a horde of students taking the exam running to the gated fence where we were.

"Ibiki is going soft in his old age, how many of them passed? A better question is did he fail any of them?" Anko began to laugh as she heard me say that, "I told him the same thing myself, you got yourself to blame, your students simply would not back out of the last question and because they did, none of the other students backed out either."

Kenshin, his sister, and Sango were all waiving at me as soon as they arrived, I can't believe they are treating this exam like it is a field trip, I will have to have a serious talk with them during the next phase. My target was present also, the one they call Gaara, I could practically feel the piece of my soul that he had sealed inside.

"Alright boys and girls welcome to the infamous Forest of death, this next part is simple, we got a simple tracking and retrieval mission. Two scrolls, one called the earth scroll, the other heaven scroll, each team gets one, and have to find a team that has the other scroll. Only teams that have both and reach the building in the middle of the forest pass this part of the exams."

"Now before you go and take a scroll I need you all to sign a waiver form, those that don't sign pretty much fail and can try again next year. Why the waiver? It is simple, from here on out you may use any means to obtain the scroll from other teams, that includes killing. The waiver is a standard liability waiver. As soon as you sign the form and hand it over to me, you can pick a scroll from the barrel next to me, any questions?"

I looked at Sakura and I knew she would have questions, "What are we going to do about food and shelter?" Sure enough, she had to ask the obvious question. Why am I not surprised that she thinks the village will provide her with her basic necessities?

"If you bother to think and look beside me, you will notice there is a nicely roasted boar, this place has everything you need, food, shelter, even bathrooms if you know where to look. Thanks for the meal Naruto, that was very sweet of you, my friends sure enjoyed their meal."

I could not help but to smile, "Don't mention it, I grew up eating things from this forest, so trust me, if anything, my students will be fine here. I don't know about the rest of these kids, but then again they are not my responsibility. Before I forget, see you soon Shukaku." A person threw a Kunai my way and sure it would hit if I was a naive Genin, but I am not.

I caught the kunai by the handle and began to smell it, I walked over to the person I knew was Orochimaru and began to twirl the kunai. "Is this yours? I guess your hand slipped, these things have a tendency to get lost, you should really be more careful."

She looked at me, "Kukuku, no, I didn't lose it, I threw it so that you would catch it, it is a gift after all. It will make it easier for me to find you later, then again I am sure I will see you soon enough handsome, can't wait for us to have a really good old time in that forest."

Anko was now glaring at her and she was glaring at Anko, did Anko forget I am married? I know it is written in the bingo book. She just took the scroll and went back to her team, she was standing close enough, why did Anko not realize it was Orochimaru? I mean for crying out loud, her snake friends were reacting to her.

One by one they each took a scroll, and each went into the forest. As soon as we were alone she looked at me and boy did she look angry, "So the one that was flirting with you is Orochimaru, I never thought I would agree with Jiraiya but I guess after changing bodies so much my old mentor can't remember he is actually a guy."

"Anko, please understand, I am happily married. My beloved wife just happens to be very far away from me due to circumstances beyond our control. Now don't worry I will do my best to keep Sasuke, Sakura and Sai safe, and if I can I will give your old mentor a beating to slow him down for you."

She immediately began to laugh and smile like I said something really to her liking. Honestly, I am too old for this, I guess I never noticed how fast women can have a change in mood. As I walked up a tree trunk I began to run towards where I sense Shukaku was. One more piece of my soul, I hope that with this I can be strong enough to even try a spiritual projection.

If I can do the spiritual projection I might be able to get my consciousness to reach my beloved on the moon, then again I hope she recognizes me, I mean after losing so much power I am bound to look different than what she remembers what I once looked like.

Damn that Shukaku or should I say damn that Gaara, he is doing everything he can to avoid me. I immediately saw Manda's daughter chasing after Sai, I jumped down and immediately without even saying a word picked him up and we were out of reach of the snake that was chasing him down.

"Sai, no time for gratitude or explanations, we need to move now, if I know who that snake was, Sasuke and Sakura are in deep trouble." He had this look of concern on his face as he nodded and we took off, I immediately used the trees to sense where they were and sure enough there was Manda well I at least get to meet an old friend.

I jumped as fast as I could and when Manda was about to touch Sasuke I jumped in between them holding Manda back, "Hey, you are not hurt are you kid, you scaredy cat." He just looked at me and he had this look of utter shock when he looked at my face. I guess I tapped into a little too much power to increase my speed to be able to catch up to them.

"Manda, sorry to tell you but you got this disgusting growth on your head. I am sorry but I simply don't know of any cream that can deal with something as nasty as that, might as well pop it. You actually listened to my advice about the mint mouthwash, nice."

Manda pulled back and Orochimaru looked absolutely pale from the sheer rage, wait, he was always that pale. "Who do you think you are to talk to me in such a casual tone!" I looked at him and when he saw my face and directly into my eyes I could see that somewhere in his mind he still remembered me.

"Who am I? I am the infernal flame that dances on the graves of my enemies, you know that. Your daughter might be a little upset that I interrupted her dinner, but I would never think you would forget me, Manda, you were such a cute little snake when we met last, you even lived in our garden, I and my wife used to take care of you, did you forget me already?"

Orochimaru finally got the nerve to talk, "Look, I don't try to interrupt your schemes now do I? Just let me have that Uchiha brat, and you can even have the scroll I have, your team more than likely will need it. How about it? You let me do what I need to do, and I help you, it's called professional courtesy. This might even let me destroy the village we both hate so much."

Well, that put me in a right pickle, on the one side I wanted this stupid village burned to the ground, on the other Sasuke is one of my descendants, decisions, decisions. I know I will never be able to have this opportunity again, but I can't ignore my own teachings can I?

I looked at Orochimaru who finally took off the face he was wearing and he looked more like a man, "Sorry about this Orochimaru, but this so-called brat is my descendant, I can't tell how many generations but he is a child of my child, so as much as I would love to see this village burned to the ground, I can't let you harm him."

Good thing the kid fainted as soon as he looked at me, don't need him knowing who I really am. A few hand signs and Manda knew I meant I was serious as the air turned freezing cold, and my hands turned blood red. Manda left as two black thunderbolts came down from the sky and struck him in the middle of his chest.

He was breathing hard but still alive, I walked over to him and made several vines come out of the ground and wrapped themselves around Orochimaru, he was not going to go anywhere, those vines are better than any chains and the more a person struggles the more they weigh a person down.

I took something from my pocket and opened it, but Sakura took it from me. "You are not going to poison him you liar! I will not let you harm my Sasuke!" Is she blind or simply that naive? I just captured one of the most wanted criminals that her own village wanted, saved her and Sasuke from being somebody's lunch and this is the gratitude she shows me.

Honestly, I should not be that surprised, it is not like I expect her to be that grateful, I mean this village has tons of people who still wish I was dead, and some that want to be the one to kill me. I guess this really should make relax since it also means not much has changed in the village.

I decided to open a path for her and Sasuke to reach the building in the middle of the jungle. Fifteen shadow clones made sure they got there safe, and one informed Anko where to find the still tied up Orochimaru, the only way I could think of that he might free himself is to kill the body he is currently possessing. This would disrupt his plans, so I don't think he would ever even consider doing that.

In truth I expect him to use a contact within the village council to help him escape, and possibly give him a chance to pretend to be a visiting Kage or dignitary so that he could be at arm's reach of the Hokage. Killing the Hokage would make destroying the village easier, I know that, but the Kage of this village does not deserve that.

As I made it to the building where they were supposed to deliver the scrolls, I walked up the walls and sat on the roof. I wanted a good vantage point to find my team and that is when I saw that indeed my team were doing a marvelous job against a group of sound ninja, the new village is hidden in sound apparently sent a team to be promoted.

I could not help but to feel proud as they managed to both take the scroll they needed, beat them up so severely that the animals around them I think actually felt pity for the ones my students beat up and they left them tied up hanging by their feet from rather large tree branches.

I think that is how you are supposed to protect your camping provisions when you go camping where bears are known to be in the area. I could tell they were screaming at my team, and I almost could hear what they were screaming, well with a mouth as foul as that it is no wonder no animal wanted to eat them.

They finally made it to the tower and sure enough, the scrolls themselves formed a reverse summoning seal, which apparently was set to summon their teacher, you can imagine my surprise when I was one minute sitting on the roof and the next I was standing in front of my students.