Chapter 11: Chunin Exams

Chapter 11: Chunin Exams

We reported to the Hokage and received our payments for the mission. Ko then announced that we would be gaining a week's break and to use the time wisely. I immediately went back home, walking inside to find Naruto over Sakura, with the girl blushing red while Naruto just looked nervous.

"Alright, what the hell is going on?" I asked startling them both.

"Ep!" Sakura cried out as she pushed Nato off her and into the wall.

Naruto rubbed his head as he got up, "Sakura! That hurt!"

"It was supposed to you pervert!" Sakura cried out.

"It was an accident! I swear!" Naruto said jumping on his feet and offering Sakura his hand, once which she ignored.

She got on her feet and looked at me, suddenly her blush turned redder and immediately ran passed me and through the door, leaving Naruto and I blinking.

I turned to him raising an eyebrow, "explain."

Naruto gulped, "well you see, I was having trouble with math, so Iruka sensei suggested I ask Sakura for help. She agreed and came over, I was giving her some tea when I slipped and fell and...it was an accident I swear!"

I loved over, two split cups of tea a few open textbooks and a wet spot with wipe marks on it. I sighed, "go out there and tell her you're sorry. Here," I took out a piece of paper and created an origami rose out of it, "give it to her."

Naruto's eyes sparkled, "thanks Yami!" he grabbed the rose and ran out. I spent the next five minutes cleaning up the mess when Naruto finally came back home with a wide grin on his face.

I smiled, "I take it things went well?"

"She loved it Dattebayo! Thanks for that bro! With that I'm sure next time I ask Sakura out for a date she will say yes!"

I sighed, "sure Naruto, sure. Now, what's this about you sucking at math?"

Naruto sighed rubbing his hair, "yeah, it's kind of difficult. Plus with you gone I haven't had anyone who can sit and explain it to me..."

I smiled, "okay then, how about I do just that. I have one week break and five months to make up. You game?"

Naruto smile came up again, "hell yeah! Let's do this!"

I smiled and quickly got to work with him.

I didn't really feel like training this week, I just spent a month doing just that and on gaurd duty. So I spent most of my time making sure Naruto knew enough to pass his academy exam, which I came to find out was in a few weeks time.

On the third day of my vacation time I had a meeting with my editor. Luckily at that time Naruto was in the academy so I was free.

I met him in a fancy restaurant owned by the Akimichi clan, obviously he was paying. I put the first book on the table and slide it over to him, the titled reading, 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone.'

Baroma picked it up and looked it over, "so what's it about?"

"Magic," I told him, "it's about a world hidden away from the ninja world. These people use a mutated form of chakra and call it magic. They can use it without creating hand seals and wands to channel their form of chakra. There's a boy who lives with his abusive relative who grows up unaware that he's a wizard, until one day a half giant comes knocking on his door, bringing him to a school where they teach children how to wield magic. It has everything, an evil dark lord that kills people for blood purity, a three headed dog in the third floor and the school is a castle that one can only get to by a magic train. Read it and tell me what you think."

Baroma nodded, "it sounds...childish."

I nodded, "I did intend for it to be read by children. I heard about the blood wars happening in Kiri and based this upon that. In the wizarding world, they value you based on how pure one's blood is, as is how many members of their family can perform magic. If you are born to non magic parents you are the lowest caste while those with magical heritage dating back hundreds of years are considered royalty. I'm having the villain be someone who kills all the lesser blood status people and hero stopping him."

He nodded, "I see..how long?"

"Seven books."

He raised an eyebrow, "seven? Hm...is this going to interfere with your Justice series?"

"No, not at all," I shook my head.

"Good, because while I understand you want to teach children a lesson, the Justice series is far more profitable. Did you know the Justice League books already sold out? We actually got orders for three more waves of copies. It's amazing honestly! I transferred all your profits into your accounts, maybe you should think about finally moving out of that apartment of yours and getting a proper house...and maybe stop being a ninja."

I raised an eyebrow, "we've been over this editor. I have no intention to stopping."

"You are the greatest writer this continent has ever seen," he said with narrowed eyes, "and I mean that as no small compliment. I have never seen someone so young be so amazing in the skill of writing. You have a talent to change the world, and you can do that without risking your life like a common thug! You deserve to be in the halls of nobles, talking with the greatest minds in our world, not serving as their body gaurd!"

I looked at him and sighed, "I need to be a ninja."

"Why?"

"Because words alone can't change the world," I told him, "so does actions. And I need to make sure I'm doing everything I can to change the world."

"And why does that responsibility fall on you?" he asked, "what makes you so damn special?"

I shrugged, "probably nothing. But at the same time, why can't I? Why can't I try and save the world? Why should I hide?" I got up, "read the book, tell me what you think. Oh, and when I was in Hono I meet this book seeler that was forging my signature into books claiming it from the real Stan Lee," I passed him a tag, "this is his address, sue the shit out of him would you?"

Baroma sighed and nodded, "right. Will do."

I left him, the words I just spoke out still ringing in my ear. Changing the world huh? Yeah right. I can't even change Naruto into less of an idiot, screw changing the world. But...I did meant it, why not me? Why can't I try? Why shouldn't I try? Either way, who knows what the future holds?

A week later:

I met my team in training ground eleven, Ko and the ret already there. "Sorry I'm late," I told them landing on the field, "Naruto was being a pain. He tried to make a storage seal but almost blew up the house. Sigh, he'll never learn."

Ko smiled, "I'm glad you understand the dangers of seal making Yami. It's fine, we weren't waiting long."

"Why did you call us here sensei?" Zumo asked what we were all thinking, "are we getting another mission?"

"Not exactly," he shook his head, "first of all I wanted to inform you all the Hokage was pleased that we managed to bring in an entire team from Iwa alive," he turned to me and nodded, "good job on the storage seals Yami, they really did wonders. We had all four under interrogation and eventually we learnt quite a bit from them. Especially the jonin. Because of that the Hokage wishes to thank all three of you and believes that you are all ready to take the Chunin exams."

China gasped, "really? He thinks we're ready?!"

Ko nodded, "yes. Considering you all managed to work effectively as a team, without my guidance," he looked at me again, "and not only managed to defeat three chunin and a jonin but also captured them. These actions had made the Hokage believe that you three are probably ready to at least take a chance at the chunin exams."

I turned to my teammates. It was true, they had improved a lot since last time. China was level 28 now and Zumo was level 31. While I was the highest at 36, it was still four level lower that what the average chunin was.

The rankings were like this, 0 to 20 as civilians. 20 to 40 as genin, 40 to 60 as Chunin, and everything above that was Jounin and kage level, which I still can't see. So while we definitely weren't normal genin any more, we certainly weren't chunin level yet..hmm, but maybe working together we could just pass this thing.

I turned to Ko, "where are the exams happening this year sensei?"

Ko sighed, "Kumo."

"The land of Lighting?! Cool!" Zumo cried out, "I heard they have the best pro wrestling in the world! We should totally catch a show when we're there!"

"Wait, Kumo?" I asked, "but sensei, that means you can't come with us."

Ko sighed, "observant as always Yami."

"What do you mean? Why can't sensei come with us?" China asked in worry.

"Kumo once tried to steal my clan's Dojutsu," Ko explained, "they kidnapped the heiress and...well, if it wasn't for the timely intervention of one of our clan members, it would have caused another great war. If I go to Kumo they might try again, so...until the end of the exams upon when you return home, I can't be your sensei."

"What?!" Zumo asked, my face matching his shock, "b-but who's going to be coming with us?! Are we supposed to go alone?!"

Ko smiled, "no, of course not. Asuma," he called out as suddenly another man dressed as a jonin with a signature in his mouth showed up.

He had a large beard which was thick and straight. He had a wicked smile as a bandana with the kanji for fire on his belt;

Asuma Sarutobi, Fire's Pride

Lv-?

REP- 40

He waved, "hello."

"Big bro!" Zumo cried out.

China blinked, "do you know him Zumo?"

"Yeah! He's my cousin!" Zuma said with bright eyes turning to Asuma, "you're going to be our new teacher?! That's so cool!"

Asuma chuckled, "looks like I just might be replacing you permanently Ko."

Ko shook his head, "you wish. Now," he turned to us, serious mode back on, "the chunin exams will be in three weeks time, meaning for the next three weeks you will be training with Asuma as I have been assigned to his duties in exchange for him taking you for the exams. Treat him with the same respect you show me, understood?"

We all nodded, "yes sensei." And with a few more parting words Ko left leaving us alone with Asuma.

The man took out his cigar and put it out, "alright then, what do you want to learn?"

"Can you teach me a cool fire jutsu big bro?!" Zuma asked immediately.

Asuma chuckled, "Zumo, call me sensei while out the field okay?"

Zumo chuckled nervously, "sorry Asuma sensei."

"Right, okay then, new jutsu for you, and you China?" he asked turning to the girl.

"Hm, I would also like to learn some new. So far I only have my swords and weapons to rely on, it's very limited."

The man stroked his beard, "I guess so. Fine, since you use weapons I'll teach you ome genjutsu to distract your opponents. And you Yami?"

I groaned, "I don't really need help with anything. You can focus on China and Zumo for now."

Asuma blinked, "are you serious?"

I nodded, "yes. I have a reasonable hold on a few decent jutsu, I just need to practise on my own."

Assume frowned, "well, if you're sure, go right ahead."

I bowed, "thank you Asuma sensei," I then took off and went to one corner of the training field and sat down.

I began to process what just happened. I'm going to the chunin exams held in Kumo, I'm guessing it's the one six months before the exams Naruto himself enters in Konoha and the sand invades. That means I'm going to have to stronger, much stronger. I'm really regretting taking that week off. Stupid Yami!

I made a list of everything I need to work on for the chunin exams to allow myself to at least pass. Follow current novels at novelhall.com)

Level up to 40

Create scorch style

Level up skills to at least level 30, if not 35

Tall order yes, but for now I'll just need to focus on training my skills while in public and then train in the natural dungeons at night.

So I got to work, first things first, scorch style. I really needed to learn how to use this damn thing!

I focused on combining two jutsu with a similar concept, wind release: Great Breakthrough and fire release: Great Fireball jutsu. They both involved sucking in a large quantity of air and shaking it out, I just need to figure out how to fuse them.

It was an hour lated that I found myself crumpling up another piece of paper and throwing it away. I sighed and turned to the new notes I made listing out all the hand sings I used, mix and matching them, hoping one combination of the two would allow me to access scorch style.

It was around this time that Asuma showed up, landing next to me. "Hey, how's it going?" he asked.

I sighed, "no where. How are the others?"

He shrugged, "China is practising her genjutsu while I made Zumo practise his tree walking exercise until he can run and fight while upside down, his control is seriously lacking," he bent down and picked up my notes. He read it and quickly his eyebrows went up, "are you trying to combine two different types of jutsu?"

I sighed, "yes."

"Why? And do you realise how dangerous such a thing is?"

I sighed, "I know, I know but...it's the chunin exams...I need an ace up my sleeve, we all do. We aren't ready for it. Maybe together yes, we can win, but alone..."

Asuma nodded, "I told my father the same thing, old bat wouldn't listened. He said he thinks your team and you are more than qualified for the exams, and maybe you will be, in a year...anyway, what's this jutsu you are trying to make?"

I held up the notes and pointed out, "I'm trying to combine wind chakra and fire chakra, I have an affinity for both of them."

Asuma chuckled, "sorry kid, but that isn't possible. If you have an affinity for two types of nature chakra then it's very possible that you have a bloodline.you don't do you?"

I shrugged, "orphan, no clue. But I understand what you mean but...this should work, in theory at least."

"Let me see that," Asuma held out his hand. I gave him the note and the jonin began to look them over, "I see...well your theory is well founded. And I think your idea of using a half tiger and half bird seal could result in the jutus working. But you haven't gone into manipulating the nature chakra while producing the jutsu."

I raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"

"Well you see, for the Great Breakthrough jutsu you suck in air, infuse your lungs with chakra and them push it out right?"

"Right."

"And that's the same concept for the Great Fireball jutsu yes?"

"Yes..."

"So, other than the difference in hand seals, what separates the two?"

I groaned and began to think, and suddenly like a bolt of lightning it hit me, "the chakra! For the wind jutsu I'm using wind chakra and for the fireball I'm using fire chakra! Of course! ARGH! I can' t believe I didn't see it before!"

Asuma smiled and nodded, "exactly. So you see, while you may have solved the seal problem, you also need to focus on the nature of the chakra you use."

I groaned, 'but that means I've been going about this all wrong. I tried to mix fire chakra and wind chakra into my lungs at the same time and mix it in there, but it never worked. So maybe this time I shouldn't do that...but rather create with scorch style chakra in my gut and then mix it into my lungs!'

I smiled, "I got it!"

Asuma chuckled, "that's cute kid, but like I said, unless you have a kekkei genkai, it's difficult for anyone to just combine two chakra natures like that."

I ignored him, I closed my eyes and bent my knees, gaining a strong hold on my stance. I closed my eyes and made the ram seal to help me focus channeling my chakra.

I mixed fire and wind in my gut, creating a melting hot chakra in my gut. I quickly went through the hand seals I had determined would be the best mixture from the Great Breakthrough and Great Fireball.

I ended with a bird seal on my left hand and a tiger seal on my right and took a deep gasp of air, mixing the scorch style chakra into the air in my lungs. And then I lurched forward, spitting the air out.

It came like a geyser from my mouth. The moment the wind left my lips it exploded alive in the form of blue fire that breathed hotter than any fires I have ever produced in my life.

Asuma jumped back in shock while I kept the flames going. It was launched thirty feet forward, scorching the land and setting on fire everything within five feet of it.

I ran out of breath and cut the jutsu off. The bluish flames remained like a cloud of smoke for a moment before disappearing, revealing the scorched land before me.

Nothing was left behind, nothing, even the small pebbles between the grass had been blow away. Thirty feet of destroyed land, each spreading out conically from me, with the largest gap being 70 feet long.

The land around the scorched part was up in flames, orange fire, the normal kind. The flames were so hot even the land next to it's path of destruction were affected.

Asuma landed next to me and we both stared at the destruction before us. "H-holy shit! How did you do that?!" he asked.

I blinked, "I-I guess I did."

Ping!

You have created a new jutsu! Would you like to name it?!

Scorch release:_

I blinked, "what should I call it?"

Auma blinked, "what did you say?"

I turned to him, "what should I call it?"

The jonin turned out the destroyed land before him and scratched his head, "kid, you can call it whatever you want. As far as I'm concerned you're a little dragon just waiting to burn shit to the ground."

I blinked, "huh...cool name," I turned to the menu, "Dragon's breath."

Ping!

Accepted!

You have learnt a new jutsu!

Scorch release: Dragon's breath, A rank jutsu

The user takes in a deep breath and blows out air mixed with scorch style chakra. The fire burns hotter than normal flames and blows back opponents similar to wind jutsus.

CP cost: 1,500

Damage: 3,000 DMG

Woah, that's a lot of damage, but then again, it is an A rank jutsu and a kekkai genkai and a freaking flame thrower!

"How did you do that anyway?" Asuma asked looking curious, "it should be impossible to combine two elements like that...unless you have a kekkei genkai."

I blinked, 'shit! I shouldn't have done it in front of him! Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!' "Please don't tell the Hokage!" I blurted out.

Asuma blinked, "what? Why?"

"Because..." I sighed, might as well tell the truth, "because he would make sure I never go on a important mission again. He would treat me like a prized mare and keep me here where I'm expected to start a family and...I want to be a ninja, please don't tell him Asuma sensei, please," I was practically begging the man.

He sighed, "kid, I know my father so trust me when I tell you he won't do something like that. Well, he might not, but the council is another matter altogether. They would most definitely make sure you are a breeding mare," hung my head, "but you aren't a civilian. You are a ninja, means the Hokage is the only one who can decide what to do with you."

He placed his hand on my shoulder and smiled, "relax kid, I promise, my dad won't ever treat a person from his village like this, do you understand?"

I looked at him and sighed, "yeah, I understand."

Asuma nodded, "good. Now, how about we tell your friends to take the day off and we go and inform my father about your bloodline limit?"

I nodded, Asuma quickly dismissed China and Zumo for the day, telling them to continue practising and to meet him tomorrow.

He and I then walked towards the Hokage tower, taking a slow pace, I'm guessing it's because he wants me to prepare myself, and he was right, it did give me time to think.

I realised one thing, I'm going to get so many more elements into my arsenal oon enough. I'm not going to lie, I fully intend to master all the five elements and then other sub elements as well, like wood and magma release. So I can't be seen as someone who only has the scorch release, no, I have to be someone who seems like he can master it all, meaning I'll have to explain a little about my skills.

"Asuma sensei," I spoke up gaining his attention.

"What is it squirt?" he asked.

I rolled my eyes at the comment but continued, "I was thinking, I don't think I have a bloodline limit."

Asuma sighed, "Yami, you don't have to lie, I told you, my father isn't that kind of man."

"I know that," I sighed, "what I meant to say is that I don't think it's because of my bloodline limit that I can combine the two nature types, but rather because I have perfect chakra control."

Asuma raised an eyebrow, "what do you mean?"

"I mean what I mean," I told him, "I had Ko sensei check my flow of chakra out and he said it was perfect, literally perfect. Not a drop wasted. I think I combined the two not because I have a kekkei genkai, but rather because my control is so good I can do it without an major issues."

Ping!

Lie successful!

Oh hell yes!

Asuma frowned, "well, that does seem more possible that what I just saw. Combining wind and fire chakra like that results in the scorch release, which has only ever been seen once before in the elemental nations from a ninja in Suna. She died quite some time ago, so I doubt she could be your mother. Hm...fine, we'll explain this as well to the Hokage, let's see what he thinks."

Ten minutes later we stood before Hiruzen and Asuma explained everything to his father. "And so there are two theories," Asuma concluded, "it's either he has a kekkei genkai or his peculiarly good chakra control allows him to combine the elements making it seem like he has a kekkei genkai."

The Hokage looked at me, not saying a word. He took his pipe out and breathe out smoke. He put the pipe aside and turned to me, "can you show me Yami?"

I scratched my head, "I only know one jutsu, and it's pretty destructive."

"Hm, how about this then," he held out a chakra paper, "do you know what this is?"

I nodded, "yes."

"Then let's see," he said handing it to me.

I looked at it and then to the two Sarutobi men, "fire," I channeled fire chakra setting the top half on fire. I stopped the chakra flow immediately and then switched to wind, "wind," the paper cut itself in half and then I channeled scorch chakra, "scorch," the paper actually flew out of my hand and exploded into blue flames, ripping itself to pieces.

The Hokage's eyes finally widened into one of surprise, "amazing."

Asuma scratched his beard, "it looks like your chakra control theory has some merit after all kid."

"I have never seen chakra paper react like that," Sarutobi said sucking on his pipe, "you truly are a unique ninja Yami. I thank my lucky stars you were born here, I can't even imagine having to see you as an opponent."

"So, what are we going to do?" Asuma asked.

The Hokage was silent for some time before sighed and spoke, "nothing."

Asuam raised an eyebrow, "nothing?"

The man nodded, "yes."

"Dad, we can't just do nothing! He needs to be trained!"

"And do you know how to train him?" Sarutobi asked. The man sighed, "he's a special case, we may be witnessing the birth of a new clan," he saw me whiten and immediately smiled, "don't worry Yami, like my son said, I'm not that kind of person. I won't just take away your freedom like that. I know how much you value it. I still remember the first day I met you, you still have the glimmer of will in your eye."

Asuma sighed, "can we get back on track please?"

Hiruzen nodded, "yes, of course. Now Asuma, what do you think we should do?"

The man looked at me, "he's perfect for medical training, perfect chakra control doesn't just fall from the trees. His team doesn't have a medic, he is perfect for it. Why he might just be better than Tsunade at it if his control is anything to go by."

The Hokage nodded, "yes, I suppose so," he turned to me, "would that be acceptable Yami?"

I sighed, "I...I guess. My team does need a medic but...you do realise I'm basically the powerhouse of the team right? I'm the one who heads first into battle."

"Then maybe you should change that," the Hokage puffed his pipe, "from what I understand your tactical mind is second to none, Ko even went as far as asking the Nara clan if they had misplaced you in an orphanage. You are the mind of your team, you stay back and order your teammates into position. Zumo is a heavy hitter and China is a weapons mistress, you have two attackers, it's best if the role you pick up is one of the mind, rather than another fighter."

"Sometimes you need to stick to the role that you are most needed in," Asuma said wistfully, "even if you don't like it, you do it for the good of your friends and teammates."

I sighed, "alright already, sheesh, no wonder you both are father and son. Is giving long lectures a Sarutobi thing?"

The Hokage chuckled, "no, just a father son thing," he took out a scroll and wrote something down, "you have three weeks until the Chunin exams yes? I understand Asuma can't teach you much so instead you will spend that time in the hospital with the head doctor learning healing jutsu. Is that understood?"

I nodded, "yes sir."

"Here," he handed me the scroll, "tomorrow morning report to the hospital and talk to the head doctor, he will be your teacher for the next three weeks. Learn as much as you can and do it quickly."

"Understood," I nodded putting the scroll away;

Ping!

Quest alert!

Become a medic!

Rewards:

+10 to CC

+1,000 EXP

Failure:

Team mate could die during chunin exams

Do you accept?

Y/N?

Like I had a choice. I selected yes immediately.

Hiruzen turned to his son, "until I say otherwise keep Yami's skills between us. Inform Ko later, but for now this must be kept as a secret. Yami," he turned to me, "I have a mission for you."

I nodded, "I'm ready sir."

"Do you know what the chunin exams are? What they really are meant for?" he asked me.

"A substitute for war," I replied.

The man nodded, "correct. And as such we use these events to show our might, to show just how powerful our ninja are. Your mission is this, reach the final stage of the exam and show the world your skills. It is there where we will reel you powers and abilities. I want everyone to know what Konoha can do, is this understood?"

Ping!

Quest alert!

Show off and draw attention to yourself in the third round of the chunin exams!

Rewards:

A page in the bingo book!

+50,000 EXP

Failure:

Death

Do you accept?

Y/N?

I pressed yes, "I understand lord Hokage."

"Good, dismissed," he waved me off. I moved to his office door, but before I left he called out, "oh and Yami, I liked the latest book," I turned and saw him smile, "my favorite was the Flash. I see the fourth's made an impression on you yes?"

I chuckled, "kind off, yeah,"and with that I left, leaving a very confused Assuma who turned to his father to ask what he meant, only for the Hokage to just laugh it off as an inside joke.

That night I told Naruto about my exams and...well.

"WHAT?! You're going to become a chunin?! Already?!" he cried out.

I sighed, "I'm not going to become a chunin Naruto," I sighed, "it's just an exam."

Naruto whined, "but how long will you be gone?!"

"I'll be here for three weeks, I think the exam will be for about two weeks before I get to come back home for a month and then another three days for the final round."

Naruto blinked, "wait, that mean you'll be at the exam place when I take my final exam! No fair!"

I sighed, "when is that again?"

"In a month's time," Naruto whined.

I smiled, "it's fine, I'll be here the moment you pass, I promise. I told you didn't I? I can come back for a month, I'll be with you during that time. Got it?"

Naruto nodded, "yeah, I guess. Hey, until then, you think you can help me out?"

I shrugged, "I don't see why not. Okay, let's get started!"

Naruto smiled as we worked into the night. It was around three in the night when he finally went to bed. I snuck out and went to the park, activating the nahuatl dungeon, selecting the sixth level dungeon I had unlocked.

The world turned white and suddenly I found myself inside a familiar forest again, the first level forest. I thought I made a mistake when I heard a pokemon called out, "Gloom!"

I moved and moments later a cloud of poison had latched on to where I was seconds ago. Out of the forest came Gloom, giant mushroom on it's head. I quickly moved through the hand seals and speed lames out, 'fire release: Great Fireball jutsu!'

The fire ball stuck Gloom, burning it into nothing;

+ 200 EXP!

I sighed, it was a level 30 Gloom, that's very little EXP for that level. But suppose as time moved on things get harder and harder to level up.

I took out two pokeballs and threw it, bringing forth Blaze and Flamer. They barked, looking around before spotting me and sitting, waiting for an order.

I opened my inventory and took out the fire stone I had gained quite some time ago, "Flamer, come here boy."

The Pokemon looked curious, but quickly came to obey. He sat before me and I touched the stone to his forehead, causing the stone to suddenly glow bright red, exploding outwards and covering Growlithe.

The pokemon glowed white and grow in size, coming up till my head and slowly stop glowing, relieving an Arcanine in it's place. The pokemon barked loudly, before licking my face;

Ping!

You pokemon has evolved and leveled up five times!

1. Flamer, Arcanine

Lv- 34

REP- 83

HP- 5,900/5,900

SP- 5,000/5,000

CP-0/0

CONTROL-0%

EXP: 500/17,900

Allegiance- Yami

STR- 45

VIT- 59

DEX- 45

INT- 21

CHA- 0

CC- 0

LUC- 21

Points- 25

Arcanine is known for its high speed. It is said to be capable of running over 6,200 miles in a single day and night. The fire that blazes wildly within this Pokmon's body is its source of power.

Attacks:

Ember- 60 DMG

Tackle- 50 DMG

Scratch- 35 DMG

Roar- Causes a boost of 10% attack power for all allies

Odor Sleuth- Finds target within 50 feet range

Flame Wheel- 90 DMG

Fire Fang- 100 DMG

Extreme Speed- 120 DMG +50% bonus speed

I smiled, it got a lot stronger. Good. I quickly assigned it's new stat points, focusing on speed and strength;

STR- 55

VIT- 70

DEX- 49

INT- 21

CHA- 0

CC- 0

LUC- 21

Points- 0

Cool! I turned to Blaze and saw whine, guess she didn't like not being stronger. I sighed and scratched her fur, "sorry girl, maybe next time yeah?" She whined and nodded, I turned to Flamer and Blaze, "alright guys, here's the plan, this place looks like a grass type dungeon, so we're going to do what we do best," I opened my inventory and took out the Gunbai and held it over my shoulder, "we're going to burn this mother down!"

"Awhoo!" they howled in agreement as we set out into the forest looking for prey.

It was like cutting butter with a hot knife. Blaze and Flame burnt anything that came in our way. I used the bonus the Gunbai granted to make their attacks extra deadly. And when I'm not doing that I used Dragon's breath to mow the forest down, five trees at a time.

We came across Odisha, Glooms and even Vileplumes. They all burnt. We faced Weepingbells and it's many evolutions and even took on a Exeggutor. But the last pokemon I fought, the boss, it was a little tough. It was a Venasaur, a full grown Venusaur.

I had Arcanine use Extreme speed to go around it and constantly light it on fire whil Blaze and I stood in one place and took it down. And finally in the last stretch I used Dragon's breath to set it on fire.

At the end of the dungeon I had gained a level;

Yami, Little Professor

Level- 37 (1,200/29,000)

HP- 6,200/6,200 (+20)

SP- 3,025/3,025

CP- 3,575/3,575

CONTROL- 100%

FIRE- 100% WIND- 100% LIGHTNING- 78%

SCORCH- 100%

Allegiance- Konoha Civilian

STR- 49

VIT- 55

DEX- 55

INT- 35 (+2)

CHA- 70

CC- 131

LUC- 27 (+5)

Points- 5

Blazee and Flamer also leveled up. I gained a lot of poison from the small fry and a few pheromones. But most importantly, I gained a loot item from the boss, an Ultra ball;

Ultra ball, S class item

Allows the owner to capture and bind a pokemon to your will.

Chance of capture- 50%

-10% for every 10 levels greater the pokemon is to you

The two jounins took the lead now, with the rest of us moving behind our respective jonin senseis. The buildings in Kumo were large with open windows, I guessing the breeze really helps keep everything nice and cool, no need for electrical fans in this village.

The people in the stalls were sealing a wide variety of sweets and other food items. I was actually curious when I saw something like caramel apple, so I got it and took a bite out.

"Hm," I smiled, "caramel apple," I sighed, "oh this is so good! I love this! Ah! Sugary goodness where have you been all my life?!"

China raised an eyebrow, "you have never had a caramel apple before?"

I sighed, "no. A ninja shouldn't eat too much sweets, plus that goes double for me since I get addicted to them so easily! Argh this is so good!" I munched on it quickly, finishing the entire thing, not even leaving the core.

"You really like sweets eh Yami?" Zumo observed.

I sighed and licked my fingers, "yeah. I only wish I had more."

And just then someone yelled out, "get back here you bastard!"

I blinked, "Sakura?"

"What? Sakura? Where?!" Lee looked around desperately.

Just then a group of ninja came crashing down before us, landing in a couch. There was a male and two females. The man had black skin and white hair cut short while the woman had black skin and red hair. The last girl on the other hand immediately had my attention. She had short blond hair, a cold icy gaze and a curvaceous body with breasts so big her modest robes still gave ample view of her cleavage.

"I'm sorry!" the white haired male cried out.

"The hell you are! Get back here bastard!" the fiery redhead cried out as she cased at him followed closely behind by the sexy blonde goddess.

I looked at her name, Samui, hm, where have I heard that before?

The male came right at us, leaping over us as he continued to run. "Get back here!" the redhead yelled as she ran right through, all us quickly moving away to give her space.

"I apologize for my teammates actions," Samui bowed as she followed her friend.

I smiled and immediately took out a seal and my brush and made a seal. She was running into another crowd when I called out, "hey beautiful!"

Samui didn't turn, I threw the seal at her, it spun like a shuriken and came right for her. At the last moment Samui turned and caught it between her fingers, settling her glare at me.

"I hope I'll see you again beautiful!" I waved as I formed the ram seal activating the seal on the tag.

With Samui:

Samui flipped the tag up into the air thinking that it would explode. But instead the tag transformed, folding itself many times over, creating a paper rose in its place. Samui was startled, she grabbed the flower by it's paper stem and turned to the ninja who threw it at her.

The Konoha ninja with the hood and face mask. She narrowed her eyes, 'a seal master? And a very powerful one. I need to watch out for him,' she picked the flower for later study and dashed away intent of finding her team mates.

With Yami:

I sighed, "I hope she remembers me."

"Yami! You can't just flirt with an enemy ninja!" China cried out.

I shrugged, "why not?"

"She could use her body to seduce you!" China yelled.

I smiled, "oh I hope she does."

Thwack!

Asuma's fist hit my head hard, "you're way too young for that kid."

"Hey! That hurt!" I cried out holding my head in pain.

"And trust me on this, girls like her, they are nothing but trouble," Asuma smiled, "you should look at someone more your age."

I scoffed, "girls my age don't have curves like that."

"What did you say you bastard?!" Tenten and China growled out.

I gulped, "ah...help me Asuma sensei!"

He chuckled, "you got yourself into this mess, you get yourself out."

Tenten And China cracked their knuckles I looked at them and gulped, "now girls, let's not do anything nasty okay? I just meant biologically it's impossible for twelve year old girls to have curves, of any kind! I didn't just mean you two. Not that I meant you two! I just-"

"-Yami," Neji spoke up with a smirk, "stop talking."

BAM!

A few minutes later:

We found the Raikage tower early enough. It was suspended between two cliff sides of the mountain hanging off two large metal beams.

"We're teams eleven and nine from Konoha registering for the chunin exams," Asuma said presenting our ID and forms to the ninja behind the registration desk.

"Right," the man nodded, "everything's in order and..." he looked over at me, "what's with him?"

Asuma chuckled, "he's just shy."

I had my head hung as I was forced to walk in the back of the group. Occasionally China and Tenten would send me glares that threatened more punches and I really didn't want that. It didn't hurt but...it was embarrassing as hell.

"Right," the ninja looked back at the forms, "alright, everything seems to be in place. The exam will begin tomorrow at eight pm in the valley of the morning sky, Geko!" suddenly a ninja wearing a blank white mask and a grey cloak appeared next to the man, "escort them to their living quarters."

The masked ninja nodded and motioned for us to follow him. I knew his name of course, Q, a member of KOBU, Kumo's version of the ANBU. He took us further up the mountain, stopping at a giant ten story building that read 'Cuppers mess', an inn apparently.

We checked in and Geko escorted us to our quarters. When entered and he finally spoke up, "there are ninjas from all over the country in this hotel, don't pick a fight with them. Be ready by seven am tomorrow, I'll escort you all to the first grounds."

Asuma nodded, "that's just fine. Thank you Geko," the ninja disappeared leaving us alone. The man sighed and turned to us, "alright, everyone check your equipments, we'll be going out first thing tomorrow morning okay?"

We all nodded, we then spent the rest of the evening checking our stuff, making sure nothing was misplaced or lost in any way or form. And that night we all got out for dinner that was being served in the inn's buffet.

We walked down and found the place filled with ninjas from other lands. Three teams from Rain, two teams from Sand, one team from Iwa and another two teams from sound...wait, sound?

I noticed the sound ninjas, all level 30 and above. I didn't recognize any of them, lucky for us or else that would mean Orochimaru was planning something, maybe these guys are just here to represent their village.

Asuma and Gai guided us to a small spot away from the Iwa ninjas and right next to the Suna teams. As we all ate in silence I observed the rain team, all level 20, not a single one above level 30. Definitely useless.

The Iwa team looked hella fierce, they were all above level 30, one even being level 42, a girl with short black hair that was curled around her ears and pink eyes. I quickly observed her;

Kurotsuchi, Granddaughter of the third Tsuchikage

Lv- 42

REP- -20

HP- 8,000/8,000

SP- 7,525/ 7,525

CP- 9,000/9,000

CONTROL- 41%

Allegiance- Iwa

STR- 30

VIT- 42

DEX- 31

INT- 29

CHA- 70

CC- 21

LUC- 12

Kurotsuchi is a kunoichi of Iwagakure, the granddaughter of the Third Tsuchikage, and a descendant of the First Tsuchikage. She is headstrong and brave and cares for Iwa more than anything else in her life.

Woah, the granddaughter of the third Tsuchikage? Holy shit, not wonder she's a chakra powerhouse. Only thing is she isn't that much for control now is she?

I moved on, looking at the Suna ninjas. There were three over 30, each belonging to the same team while the other team was around 20. I noticed a few more ninjas, but none of them were even above 30, so I didn't give them a second glance.

After dinner we came back to our room and Gai turned to me, "who do you think is the one to watch out for?"

I blinked, "why do you ask me?"

Gai titled his head, "you are a sensor are you not?"

I blinked, "oh, you know, right," I turned to see the others look at me, waiting for information. I sighed, "well, basically everyone who isn't from a great ninja village was crap. Not really worth looking into, expect Sound."

"Sound?" Asuma's head came up, "I see."

"Wait, there's a village called Sound?" Zumo asked in surprise.

I nodded, "yup. A newly formed one. Everyone on the two teams is around our level, though not chunin level, thank God for that," Tenten sighed, "but, there is someone there who is chunin level, definitely chunin level."

"What? Who?" Neji asked looking eager for a worthy opponent.

"The Iwa team," I informed him, "each of them are at least our level and one of them is higher than the rest. She had short black hair and pink eyes. Cute too."

"Of course she was," China snorted.

I smirked, "anyway, I would suggest we avoid the Iwa team, do our best to just move away from their direction."

"No! That is most youthful!" Lee cried out.

I sighed, "not the point Lee. The goal is to survive, not pick a fight. I'm serious, you can't win against her. You can't even win against me."

Lee's eyes were light, "is that a challenge Yami?! Very well, I accept!"

"No you idiot! It isn't a challenge!" I cried, "and don't go around challenge people to fights! And above all don't show everyone that you're a taijutsu specialist! Honestly Gai sensei have you taught him nothing about being tactful?!"

Gai puffed his chest, "he doesn't need to hide! Not when he has youth on his side!"

"Gai sensei!" Lee cried out.

"Lee!"

"Gai sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Shut up and go to bed!" Tenten cried out.

The next day:

I couldn't sleep, I stayed awake all night and went over every jutsu I knew in my head. I sighed, I so fucking need to work on my weapons handling.

Asuma began to wake everyone up at around five. I didn't wait for him to wake me up, I just went into the bathroom and took a shower, getting ready first.

By seven we had finished our breakfast, which was another silent and awkward event with the rest of the ninjas. We all gathered outside the hotel and quickly a squad of five KUBO ninjas showed up and guided us through.

We took a side route along the Northern cliff which moved downwards. We soon came upon another belt of clouds. I turned to Neji who already had his eyes out. He scanned the fog and shook his head, I gave him my thanks and we walked through the water vapour.

On the other side was a majestic valley between a ring of mountains and a giant lake in the middle of it. And in the middle of the lake was an island which had a giant stone tower sticking out.

We came down the mountain and towards the bottom of the valley. We stopped before a mountain which had a building carved inside of it. The KUBO ninja pointed inside, "third floor, exam hall A. All jonin sensei's follow us,"

Asuma turned to my team and smiled, "good luck kiddos," he smiled and disappeared. I turned to my team and nodded, they smiled back and we all quickly went inside.

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Survive the first task!

Rewards:

Access to second task in chunin exams

5,000 EXP

Failure:

Fail the chunin exams and all related quests

Possible death

Do you accept?

Y/N?

Hm, survive the first task? Really? Kind of dramatic there. But whatever, I still selected yes.

The building looked to be some kind of institute. Was it their version of a ninja academy? The walls were covered with charts, plans and other information. I even happened upon a map of the valley we were inside.

Quickly I got an idea, and evil evil idea. I slowly began to slow down my walk till I was the back of the group. Neji's team and mine noticed I slowed down and copied my pace until we were behind everyone else.

I took out a scroll and copied the map using the copy book jutsu. I then placed my hands on the map and before anyone, even my own teams mates could tell the difference, I switched out the maps.

Only Neji noticed the change, he smiled as I winked at him. The other ninjas slowly noticed that we were all lagging behind they noticed I was folding away a scroll before taking out another one and copying down the other charts describing the animals and plants found in the valley as well.

"What are you doing?" China asked.

"Chance are we're going to have to go into the valley," I said pointing at the tower map, "a map could be useful."

Immediately the others began to notice that as well. The Suna and Iwa ninjas immediately began to copy the map as well. The Iwa ninjas walked up to me, it was Kurotsuchi's team. She had a large teenager with stubble on his chin and fat arms and a thin boy with light yellow hair, green eyes and a giant sword on his back.

"Move kid," the gorilla grunted as Kurotsuchi took a scroll and brush to copy down the map.

"Wait a moment, I'm almost done," I told him.

"You're done now," he grunted, pushing me aside with one of his heavy arm. Immediately I grabbed it, the large teen grunted, "let go before I break your wrist punk!"

I raised an eyebrow, "rude much," I let go of his arm and walked away, join the rest of my team.

"Jerk," Zumo huffed as he eyes the Iwa team note everything down, "assholes. They wouldn't have known about the maps unless we told them."

"Which begs the question, why did you even say anything Yami?" China asked.

I looked around, while the rest of them focused on the map every ninja from Konoha walked ahead, making towards the stairs.

I turned to my friends ad whispered, "I switched the map with a fake. That was everyone with the fake map will be lost because they'll come to believe that map is real. While we will be the only ones who know the real topography."

I took out the real map which I had taken and created a copy giving it Neji's team, "here. This is the last form of friendship I'll offer your team. The moment we enter those doors we are enemies, go that?"

Neji nodded as he took the map, "agreed. Good luck," he turned to the rest of my team, "all of you."

China nodded, "same to you Neji." Zumo wished them luck as well.

We found the sign for Exam Hall A and quickly went inside. It wasn't on the third floor, but underground. I figured we would be the first to arrive, but instead we came face to face with the teams from Kumo already present and waiting for us.

I quickly did a headcount, 21 genin, meaning there were 7 teams from Kumo here. Four of those teams were filled with nothing but level 20, pointless. But the other three were promising. They were all level 30 and-wait, if that Samui?

I grinned, "hey babe!" I called out loudly and waved. Immediately the entire room's attention was on me.

Samui noticed me first, her eyes narrowing. "You know the tree hugger?" her red haired friend asked. I looked at her name, Karui. Samui was level 35 and her friends level 31, the last member of her team, the white haired teen was level 31 as well and was named Omoi.

"He's the one who gave me this," Samui took out the paper rose I made for her.

"Maybe he's trying to confess his love for you." Omoi suggested.

"Are you crazy?!" Karui cried out, "why would he possibly do that?!"

"Because she's a total babe," I chuckled as I snuck up between the two. I heared China yell out, 'how did he move that fast', but I ignored that.

"EK!" the red head cried out, "how did you do that?!"

I blinked, "what do you mean?"

"You just snuck up on me!" Karui cried out as he hands went to the blade on her back.

I blinked, "well, I am a ninja. So.you know."

"Who are you," Samui asked as she stepped forward, still as cold as ever.

I waved, "my name's Yami, hello. And you are?"

The blonde shot me a glare but spoke, "Samui. Why did you give me this?" she held up the paper rose.

"Why do you ask? Did it make you think of me?"

"Yes. I wondered why you gave this to me."

"And that's exactly why I gave it to you," I winked, "hey Samui, what are you doing after this?"

Karui cried out, "what?! Are you seriously asking her out?!"

"After the exams?" Samiu asked in a calm tone, "nothing. Why?"

"I was hoping someone could show me around," I chuckled, "I hate admitting this, but your city really is beautiful, really makes me envious. Plus if you want, we could see a movie or something."

"Like a date?" Samui raised an amused eyebrow.

I nodded, "exactly like a date."

She snorted, "thanks, but no thanks. I don't' date men shorter than me." She was right, I was only five feet five inches while she was already three inches taller than me.

I shrugged, "that's fair. Then not a date, just one ninja showing another ninja why her village is amazing."

Samui rolled her eyes and walked away. Omoi snorted, "rejected!"

I turned to him, "sad, I know. And what's your name?"

The boy looked at me up and down before speaking, "Omoi."

"Nice to met you," I extended my hand for a handshake.

"Should I shake his hand? What is he's trying to poison me? No, if she he would only poison himself. Maybe there some kind of timer mechanism in place to trigger it whenever he wants...should I shake his hand? No...yes.no...it would seem rude.yes," and then finally he shook my head, but only for a moment.

I turned to Karui, "is he okay?"

She snorted, "don't worry, you didn't break him or anything, it's just who he is."

I nodded, "right...anyway, what's your name?"

She smirked, "finally asking me huh? What, am I not sexy enough for your attention?"

I looked at her, "not at all, I just figured you wouldn't like it if I ignored your friends for you, wouldn't' want them to get jealous now would we?" I chuckled.

Ping!

Your skill leveled up!

Flirting, Lv- 11 (0%)

Your ability to charm your target to drop their gaurd, confuse them or getting them to like you.

24% chance of it working

+5 REP bonus if works

Ping!

Flirting worked! +5 REP!

Kauri blushed, which was amazing considering her skin colour. She cleared her throat, "y-yeah right, I bet you say that to all the girls."

I shook my head, "not, just to the ones with hair like yours. Red heads have a special place in my heart you know."

"Yami!" a mace came flying at my head. I ducked just in time to avoid it, causing it to crash into the wall behind me. "Stop flirting with the enemy!" China yelled out.

I gulped, "s-sorry!" I grabbed the mace and turned to Karui, "see you Red! Omoi...get some help dude. Ad Samui! I'm still expecting that date you promised me!"

Samui raised an eyebrow, "I said no such thing."

"Remember! You promised!" I chuckled as I ran to China giving her back her mace. The Konoha team had taken up root near the back of the hall, by now the other ninja teams had arrived. I noticed Kurotsuchi looking at me with an amused smile, I winked at her causing the girl to snort and look away.

"What the hell do you think you were doing?!" China hissed out.

"Gathering intel," I told her in a serious tone as I handed her back the hammer, "until that is you interrupted me."

China blinked, "w-what?"

I sighed, "honestly China, did you really think I'm that much of a horn dog?"

"S-sorry," she stammered out taking the hammer back.

"What did you learn?" Neji asked.

"Nothing," I sighed, "besides, I told you, I'm not going to tell you even if I did learn something." In response the Hyuga just huffed and turned away.

We waited for a few more moment before suddenly the door in the far side of the hall opened up and a man dressed in the common jonin garb of Kumo with a giant metal rod on his back and the Kumo headband tied around his right arm. He had black skin and brown hair that came down till his shoulders. His frame was thin and his eyes half closed, from sleep or drugs I didn't know.

T, The Thunder Catcher

Lv- 81

REP- -10

Okay, if official, everyone hates us.

"Alright, settle down," T sid with a lazy wave of his hands. Slowly everyone began to silence themselves, even the Iwa ninja were quite. "Alright, that's good. Now, I'm T, I'll be the one in charge of the first stage of the chunin exam. Now, the first task is simple, a written test."

I raised an eyebrow, was this the same test as the one in Konoha? Sounds like it.

T continued, "you have one hour, no more no less. And no cheating, we'll know, trust me on that," he then made a hand seal and immediately before every chair appeared a test paper, "you may sit wherever you want. You're time starts now."

I blinked, slowly I sat down and looked at the test paper. The problems.they were stupid. The first one was a math problem which involved dividing Pi, meaning it was a waste of time. The third problem was about a fucking pineapple and the sixth questions just said, 'Kumo is the greatest village in the world, Yes: Good job you're chunin material. No: Boo! You suck!'

I looked around, slowly everyone was beginning to realize how stupid the questions were, a few teams were stupid enough to actually try and solve them. Something was wrong...holy shit! I remembered the wordings of the quest alert I got, it said survive the first task, not pass! Something is wrong!

I grabbed China and Zumo and pulled them out of their seats and into one corner. "Hey! What's the big idea?!" Zumo cried out.

I pulled them together, "kunais out," I hissed. Neji noticed our actions and quickly gathered his team as well. The Iwa team noticed us moving as well. Kurotsuchi began arguing with the guys on her team, pointing at me.

"What's going on Yami?" China asked drawing a sword.

"The examiner is a clone," I hissed looking at T;

T, The Thunder Catcher (Shadow Clone)

Lv- 81

REP- -10

I grumbled, "he must have switched out when we were all looking at the question paper and wondering what what was going on." China and Zumo grew serious, Zumo now drawing his staff.

Suddenly the clone chuckled, "well done! I see one team already figured it out!" Suddenly everyone in the hall turned to us and Neji's team, both ready for anything, "honestly, it shame to to see that the tree huggers figured it out before you all," he said glaring at the Kumo team who looked ashamed, "anyway, might as well begin the real test," he made a ram seal and suddenly five giant holes appeared on the ceiling and suddenly water came pouring out of it.

"You're trapped in a room three stories underground, the exits are locked and there are no , and it's filling up with water. What do you do? Good luck!" and with that the T clone disappeared leaving us trapped inside.

"What are we going to do?!" the sound ninja began to panic, and then the rain ninja. Even the Iwa ninjas looked nervous.

I turned to Neji, "I know we agreed not to help each other, but this is life and death Neji. Think you can help us out?"

The Hyuga turned to me and nodded, "we are allies first and foremost," he turned on his eyes and looked around, "the rooms are sealed, the hallway we came from is collapsed. There really is no escape."

"What are we going to do?!" Zumo cried out, he turned to me, "Yami! Think of something!"

"I'm trying," I looked around, thinking quickly when suddenly.

BOOM!

There was giant explosion from our right. The smoke went down and we saw the Iwa ninja standing there in front of a collapsed wall from which tones of mud came pouring inside.

"What do you rock heads think you're doing?!" I cried out, "you can't make explosion in here! Are you mad?!"

Kurotsuchi glared at me, "don't tell us what to do leaf boy."

I growled, "we don't' have time for this!"

"Then I suggest you back away," she replied as the Iwa went back to the wall. We saw them perform some seals, slipping into the earth and disappearing. All the Iwa ninjas disappeared similarly, damn them and their Earth jutsu!

I looked around and suddenly I got an idea, "Neji! The pipe! How far up!"

The Hyuga quickly caught on, he looked and narrowed his eyes, "around...fifty feet of water."

"Where's it coming from?"

"IT looks like they are all connected to the same pump."

I smirked, "perfect," I turned to my allies, the water had now reach our shins, "I'll be right back, you understand?"

China nodded, "we trust you." Zumo nodded as well.

"Zumo, I need you to send a Great Fireball at that pipe," I pointed at the one closest to us, "make it the biggest one you got!"

"Right!" as the Sarutobi quickly moved through hand seals for the fire jutsu, I moved through the hand seals of my own. He took a deep breath and let out a roaring ball of fire that went skyward, hitting the water pipe.

Immediately I leaped up. The water around the mouth and inside was vaporised. I managed to grab the edge of the pipe and looked up just in time to see more water coming down, I stuck my feet on the pipe wall using chakra and formed the final seal for my juts, letting out burst of air that came out in the form of a stream of blue flame that came flying out.

-155 CP!

'Scorch release: Dragon's breath!' the fire came out in a steady stream, vaporising the water even before it touched me. I ran forward into the pipe, managing the fire blast, burning away all incoming water.

I quickly came to the end of the pipe, it turned towards the right, I could hear the pump. I charged my chakra into my fist and approached the pipe's end, I can hear the water coming back through the pipe. I let out a cry and threw my hands forward, releasing the pent up chakra the moment it hit the pipe, shattering the metal upon impact.

BAM!

I jumped out of the man hole I made in the pipe and found myself on the other side of the mountains I walked into. I turned to the pump, there was a line of water coming from the lack to it. I reared my hand again and punched the pipeline, shattering it upon impact, causing the water to spill out, instead of getting into the pump.

I panted as slowly the water stopped, I could hear people cheering from inside the pipes. I slowly clung to the walls of the pipe and came back down, popping my head inside and seeing my team, "hey guys! Miss me?!"

"You did it!" China cried out.

"Hey yeah I did!" I took out a long length of rope and dropped one end down, "use this to get back up. Oh and for the rest of you," I turned ot the ninjas from the other villages, "you can use this rope too. But just remember, if you do that, you owe me one. Oh and Samui since I basically saved your life, you owe me a date. Okay? Okay!"

"I never agreed to that," Samui simply replied, but I ignored her.

I waited for them on the other end of the pipe, soon everyone inside the classroom was not out in the sun, most sighed in relief, a few looking just happy to be alive.

Just then I heard Its voice call out, "very nicely done there tree hugger," T walked towards us, the real one this time, and behind him was the Iwa team looking smug, though covered in dirt.

"Alright, before we continue let me just say this," T looked around and pointed to different teams, "you, you, you you, you, you, you and you, all of you are eliminated."

One of the Suna genin who were disqualified cried out, "what?! Why?!"

"Because you all used the Konoha Teams rope to climb to your escape," T explained, "you're lucky that tree huggers are so soft, they would let you get away with anything if you ask nice enough. But out there in the real world? All of you would be dead three time over. Once for panicking, twice for not doing anything about you situation but finding your own solution and three times for accepting help from your enemy.

"The goal of the test is this, if you do all three of these things, you were out. If you didn't do one of them, you're safe. Most of you escaped just because of the fact you didn't panic. Only the tree huggers and the stone heads here passed by not doing all three. Thereby, everyone I just listed, leave."

"But how do you that we did do all that?" a kumo genin asked.

T smirked, "I told you, I was always watching. Now beat it scamp and next time don't accept help from the enemy."

Ping!

Quest Completed!

Survive the first task!

Rewards:

Access to second task in chunin exams

5,000 EXP

The disqualified teams left. This began with seventeen teams, now eight were gone leaving us with only nine. One team from Suna, one team from Iwa, one team from sound and four teams from Kumo...hm, sensing a bit of a biased opinion here.

T motioned the Iwa team to join the rest of us and had us all fall into our teams. He cleared his throat and spoke, "congratulation to all of you. You have successfully completed the first task of the chunin exams. And for your second task I'll be passing the duty onto someone else, bye," and his disappeared in a puff of smoke.

And standing behind him was a man in a kumo white vest but nothing else on top. He had eight sheaths on his body with black skin, white hair and a pair of sunglasses on. On his right shoulder the kanji for Iron was displayed boldly and on his cheek was the tattoo to two horns.

"Yo yo yo! What's having bee! It's me! Killer Bee! Here you teach you about the second task see, so open your ears and follow me!"

Karui groaned, "no, not him! Anyone but him!"

I chuckled, "this guy's awesome!"

B, Killer B

Lv- ?

REP- 0

Well, at least he doesn't hate me.

"Alright fools listen up!" Killer B cried out, "I'm a gonna tell you what to do. It's simple, each of you carries a headband to show which village you belong too, but remove that and you're just you! So here's the deal fool, you're going to form different teams and try to get along anew! Each will be a three person team, with a single valuable possession to protect from scheming thieves! Steal the trophy from two other teams to pass! Make to the tower in the middle of the lake at least five days past! You get time till midnight and no more, you squeak?"

"What the hell did he just say?" a suna nin asked what was on all our heads.

Samui sighed, "allow me to translate," she stepped forward and faced everyone, "he's saying that for the second task we are all expected to remove our headbands and instead for different teams."

"That's right!" B cried out, "and these people are going to rocking these sweet headgear yo!" He said pull out a scroll and releasing a box filling with multiple headband, each with a team number on it, ranging from 1 to 20.

Samui sighed, "he's saying that instead of the headbands we will have to wear these. And after forming your new teams each of you will be given a special item you must hold on too. The goal is for you to steal the treasure from other teams, to pass you must have stole three treasures. After which you must make it to the tower in the middle of the lake before five days are up. You have time till midnight of the fifth date. Did I get all that sensei?"

"Yo! That's hip and flipping good! Here, now decided which person get's who!" He took out a giant box and held it before us, "inside is a paper with your destiny, take one and seek treasure out with two others happily!"

Samui sighed, "stick your hand in and pull out a chit. Your number will be on it, you will form a team with the ninja of the same number."

"Thanks honey," I smiled blowing her a kiss, "I really hope we're on the same team." Samui ignored me and walked back to her team.

"Yo! You," B pointed at me, "you go first, you dig?"

I shrugged, "I get what you mean, that much is true, but your rhyme really needs to get a workout like your muscles do. You're words are alright, but your pacing is sloppy. It's like a handsome dude who can only sprout a floppy."

B blinked, "you dissing me little dude? I can end you right now, get you kicked off the exams, that's it, trial over, jury out."

"What's wrong B? Can dish it but can't take it? Yeah, get me kicked out, that's the only way to prove your rhymes are worth it. But whatever man, I didn't come here to cause trouble, I just thought your rhymes needed some help on the double."

The container of the eight tails looked at me, China gulped from my side, Zumo raised his staff protectively. And then he smiled, "you alright Yami, I'm Killer Bee!" He extended his fist, I walked up to him and bumped it.

I reached into the box and took out a chit, I looked it over, "eight," I showed it to him. B tossed me a head band with the number eight on it. I removed my Konoha headband, with some regret, and tied the new one on and stepped away.

China got number 2, Zumo got 5, Neji for 4, Tenten got 6 and Lee got 9. And then it was the Suna temas turned. One got 1, the other got 7 and 4. Then came the Iwa team, the big gorilla guy got 3 while the sword dude got 6, putting him on the same team as Tenten.

And Kurotsuchi got 8, meaning she was with me. She took off her headband and put our team bands on, standing next to me, giving me a side along smile, "I heard you saved all their asses."

"Yup," I popped out the last syllable.

"How old are you? Ten?"

"Twelve actually. You? Fourteen?"

"Yup," she nodded.

"So what can you do?" I asked her as Samui drew number five, putting her and Zumo on the same time. Sarutobi sent me a perverse smile, bastard.

"Fire and Earth jutsu," she explained, "you?"

"Fire and Wind. And I'm quit adaptive with seals. How about we settled the important issue first, leadership. I suggest we each take charge when dealing with someone we know that way we are assured victory. Any problem?"

She smirked, "not at all."

Omoi got into team 1 while Kauri got into team three with the brutish Iwa ninja. Then came the sound team, one of which ended up in our team.

He was a thin boy who wore grey clothes and black and white checked pants. His face was covered with bandages covering his hair and mouth, only his eyes were shown. On his hip was a shamisen, I'm guessing he used genjutsu through sound.

Sidaru, Sound genin

Lv- 32

REP- -20

We welcomed him into team and explained the plan. He fully agreed. I was right, he was a genjutsu specialist, he admitted that freely. And the moment the last kumo ninja got sorted away, B pulled out a pouch with a number on it.

Ping!

Quest Alert!

Win the second round of the chunin exams!

Rewards:

5,000 EXP

Move onto the final round!

Failure:

All active quests related to the chunin exams get an automatic failure

Do you accept?

Y/N?

I didn't have much of a choice, so I pressed yes.

We were given the number eight one which Kurotsuchi held onto. B then told us the second task would begin at sundown, meaning we weren't allowed to start fighting until then.

Immediately my team and I went into the forest, I was so not looking forward to fighting Lee or Neji in a straight on fight, so we needed to be sneaky, and I'm perfectly fine with that.