Chapter 94: The Chunin Exams - 20

Chapter 94: The Chunin Exams - 20

The second exam had not at all been going well for Konoha Team Ten. They weren't exactly the most combat oriented team in the first place, so in general, their main plan of action was to hide out of view and ambush another team.

...Yes, that had been the plan.

Until a massive, gargantuan black hurricane had ripped through the forest and rained strikes of lightning down all around as it passed by.

...The team they had been in the process of ambushing, had been swept up and killed by the monstrous jutsu and their scroll lost in the process.

"...Guys there's that laughter again." Choji trembled, he couldn't at all tell where it was coming from, but that terrifying laughter, they'd heard it already multiple times today and it seemed closer than ever, echoing all around them.

"Damnit, get down." Shikamaru crushed, grabbing his two teammates and pulling them down into some shrubbery to hide out of the way. The initial instance of this chapter being available happened at N0v3l.Bin.

"Oi, watch my hair Shikamaru," Ino huffed, before looking around, "Who the hell is this guy? Every few hours we hear him laughing, who the hell would enjoy a place like this they'd laugh so much here?"

"Never mind that, listen to the laugh itself Ino, this guy sounds super evil!" Choji shivered, just the sound of that laughing voice was so terrifying it put him off food.

Hell, it was so foreboding, one team that had got the drop on them earlier outright got terrified and ran away even though they had them dead to rights.

"Ino, can you sense this guy?" Shikamaru frowned and asked, "He sounds closer than before." annoying as it was, they mainly had to rely on Ino here, as a Yamanaka she was a natural chakra sensor, but relying on her so much had drained a lot of her chakra, so she was getting lower and lower without them having a chance to rest.

"Gimme a second." Ino brought two fingers to her temple and focused, closing her eyes. Only for her eyes to shoot wide open in shock a split second later, "He's right above us!" she gasped, looking to her teammates in horror.

"Why the hell is he just standing there laughing and not wearing a shirt though?" Shikamaru couldn't help but wonder.

"He doesn't need a reason to show off muscles like that!" Ino scoffed, "Who knew Daiki was so well built though? I'm sure I would have remembered someone like that at the academy."

"No...that guy's always been built like that, he wasn't as burly as he is now, but he definitely was always muscular," Shikamaru refuted, ignoring her admiration of their former classmates muscles, "Still, I don't think I'm wrong, he was the strong and silent type remember? Standing around like this and just laughing out in the open, it doesn't feel like the guy we grew up with."

"Err I mean, we didn't exactly know the guy that well beyond the academy, we only saw what he was like there," Choji pointed out, all the tension long since having left him at this point now that he knew it was somebody he knew that wouldn't just murder them for sport, "He didn't really have any friends either."

"How about I go ask him?" Ino piped in eagerly, "And you remember what Kabuto said earlier right, Daiki is like super strong, not so sure I believe him being stronger than Sasuke-kun, but he's definitely strong if Sasuke-kun himself was interested in him. I bet he'd be fine helping us get a scroll if I turn the charm on a bit."

"What charm?" Shikamaru gave her girl a confused look.

He received a backhand that smacked his face into the dirt in response.

Either way, the choice was taken from their hands either way a moment later, "Will you shut the hell up?" a male voice barked, as a team landed on one of the branches not far away from Daiki.

"Ino!?" Shikamaru pulled his head up and glared at her.

"...I'm already low on chakra, what do you expect? I lowered my range down to save chakra." she looked away at the accusatory look, cheeks flushing lightly.

Daiki, head back and laughing heartily, froze at the loud shout. Slowly, his head lowered and he stared at the team that disrupted him.