Chapter 7

Naruto's age is 16 at this time.

Last Time:

Today would prove whether he was worthy of joining their ranks or if he would fall short.

Now:

Naruto grinned as he stood at the West Entrance of the Forest of Death. "Your mission is simple," began Natalya ,"You are to infiltrate to tower in the middle of The Forest of Death, where the preliminary rounds of the Chunnin Exams are held. There will be bots scouring the halls of said building, the perimeter of the building, and all around the Forest. If you are caught you fail. Your objective is located in the middle of the Arena, a small box."

Naruto nodded, already starting to think up a plan. "After you have retrieved the item, you are to return here and deliver it. Be warned, there will be 3 powerful enemies you will be facing during these trials, and they will not hesitate to kill you. Any Questions?" Natalya finished her explanation. "No." Naruto said as he adjusted his facemask to cover from his neck to his mouth. (like Kakashi's ) "Begin!"

Natalya yelled as the door slammed opened and Naruto ran inside. 'Good Luck, Naruto.' Natalya thought with a frown.

~ With Naruto ~

As soon as the door had closed, Naruto took to the trees and made his way towards the center of the Forest. So far, he had only encountered a few scattered patrols. 'Nothing too major' Naruto thought as he climbed to the top of a tree and stood on a branch. 'Objective is half a mile away..' Naruto thought as he took out a small scroll from one of the pockets in his vest. The scroll didn't seem all that important, only the kanji for "Infiltration" signifying what it was for.

Naruto unraveled it and unsealed a pair of night vision binoculars. He took them and began scouting the area for patrols. '…Nothing, but I thought there was supposed to be heavy security. All there is a bunch of gray dots.' Naruto thought as he started zooming in. ' Wait, those aren't dots.. they're patrols.' Naruto watched as the robots kept a vigil watch on all sections of the forest, making it nearly impossible to sneak into the base.

'I need to get closer…' Naruto thought as he slowly made his way as close as he could to the tower, then climbed to thetop of the highest tree near the building. 'Distance is too much for me to jump..' Naruto thought as he looked up and saw the sky was cloudy. And he also saw a large cloud headed right to the middle of the moon, hopefully blocking out the moonlight and giving him a small window of time.

'Judging by the wind speed and direction, I would say that cloud will give me roughly…5 minutes to sneak in.' Naruto thought as he unsealed his bow from his tattoo and unsealed a small box from the infiltration scroll. He attached the box to a regular arrow and took aim as the cloud grew closer. 'Easy.. easy.. NOW!' Naruto thought as he let the arrow fly.

Without much sound, the arrow dug itself to the top of the building near a balcony. As soon as the arrow struck, the black box shot out backwards a long black Teflon cable. Naruto watched as the sharp edge of said cable buried itself into the tree. He then Grabbed his bow, undid the string, and sling it across the cable. With a running start, he used it as a zip line.

In the dark night, his figure went unnoticed by the security bots. Without the moonlight as a base, they were pretty much blind as bats. As soon as he landed, Naruto retrieved his arrow and unclipped the black box from it. After he pressed a button, the Teflon cable swiftly and silently receded into the box. Naruto resealed his bow and the box and unsealed a lock picking kit. Within a minute, he had the door open without damage to the lock. As he stepped into the dimly lit hallway, he slowly walked towards the hallway.

As Naruto entered the hallway, he ducked into a dark corner. 'Damn it, I undershot it. I'm guessing 3 more floors until the arena.' Naruto thought as he watched the robots finish their rounds. 'Set pattern, yet they never approach the end hallway.' Naruto thought as he slowly opened a door. He went into the vacant room and looked around. 'A vase! Perfect!' Naruto thought as he slowly set it up on the edge, where it was certain to fall. 'I've got about 30 seconds.' Naruto thought as he closed the door and walked back into the hallway.

He approached the short archway and pressed his hands against the wall. He then added pressure to them and planted his feet against the other wall, walking and holding himself upwards on a wall without chakra. *crashhhhhhh!* Naruto grinned as he saw most of the robots activate and walk towards the sound. As soon as the last of them had passed him to get to the room, he quietly dropped down and made his way to the staircase.

~ Staircase ~

Naruto slowly made his way up the stairs, careful not to make too much noise. There were no patrols, which worried him. As he arrived at the third floor, nothing had been tripped. He opened the door to the arena only to find it empty? Naruto looked forward and saw a single spotlight aimed at the middle of the room. In it was a pedestal with a large wooden box.

'Bingo' Naruto thought as he made his way towards the pedestal. 'Remember, there is no such thing as too easy.' Naruto suddenly remembered from a lesson with Natalya. He unsealed a small smoke bomb and used it. After the smoke cleared, Naruto saw various laser tripwires all around the box. "I should have known." Naruto mumbled as he unsealed his bow and the same black box. He strapped the box to his belt and aimed it at the ceiling, then fired.

Two small arrowheads flew from the box and buried themselves into the ceiling. As soon as they were tightened, Naruto was lifted towards the ceiling. As he tried to stabilize himself, Naruto slowly clicked the lower button. The cable slowly lowered him towards the box, he had to twist and turn to avoid inter crossing lasers. After 20 minutes, Naruto finally landed. He slowly removed the box and sealed it into his infiltration scroll, under an empty slot labeled "Objective".

As soon as it was secured, Naruto made his way halfway back up and cleared the lasers. He then began to swing on the wire and as soon as he gained momentum, he jumped, releasing the arrowheads from the ceiling. As he landed, he tucked himself into a ball and rolled safely. He sealed everything back up and walked towards the nearest window, which was enforced by metal bars. He unsealed his Katana and swung it hard twice, cutting the bars clean.

As he looked outside, he Saw he was now facing the opposite side of where he entered. He looked to see the nearest tree was extremely far away. He unsealed a large length of rope, tied it to an arrow, and shot the arrow into the side of the building. He gripped the rope and slowly made his way down. After he touched ground, he tugged the rope 3 times, loosening the arrow so it fell.

The noise attracted a few robots. Naruto was once again sweating bullets as he dove into the nearest length of bushes. The robots looked around the area, but found nothing, so they went back to their post. Naruto then sealed the rope and arrow back into his infiltration scroll and tucked it away into his vest's pocket. After sealing his arrow, Naruto dashed towards the South perimeter of the Forest of death, happy his mission had been successful.

~ Meeting Point ~

Naruto grinned as he arrived. "I did it you guys!" Naruto yelled, only to feel a sharp pain in his side as a large steel-toed boot buried itself into his side and threw him to the ground. Naruto looked up to see Hawkeye, Captain America, and Black Widow standing before him in their Avengers uniforms, weapons in hand. "We told you you would face three powerful opponents. Your final test is to kill us." Captain stated coldly as he prepared his shield.

"No holds barred, No pulled punches. If you don't kill us in these robot bodies, we'll kill you." Hawkeye stated as he loaded an arrow into his bow. "Come on, show us how you've grown!" Natalya finished as she loaded a small revolver in her hand.