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Hachino-sensei frowned at Hiryuku-chan's tone, "I thought you wanted to go to the Chuunin Exams. We can go as you are now and leave with heads hanging in loss, or we can succeed and get you two promoted to Chuunin's. In merely a day to boot. It'll be a record," Hachino-sensei pondered to himself, "I've never met shinobi who were genin for a day. Oh, but the Chuunin Exam takes awhile, so I guess that counts too. Well, now all there is is to wait for Kira-kun over there." Hachino-sensei leaned back against something that seemed to be invisible, "Let's just enjoy the show."

Indeed, the show was amusing. Possibly the Elder had had HeiBai summoned once, but he was mostly criticising a very annoyed Kuroi about his posture, his accent, even little details such as his hair.

"Children these days! Have they no respect for proper dress?" The Elder was babbling, as Kuroi caught his breath, "You have little chakra build, but that's not nearly as big a problem as the fact that your not exactly as fast as your father when he was your age. Because it will be a rare instance in which you must summon HeiBai, and it will probably do you no good anyhow, I will teach you how to track people just by looking at them. It's hard to get the knack of, but it's very useful." The Elder grinned, "Especially in the Chuunin Exam, when you want to avoid other shinobi." Kuroi heaved a heavy sigh, getting berated for it, because the Elder was already on-edge by letting Kuroi lay himself on the dirty ground, exhausted. "And you just took a bath!" He relentlessly said.

About half an hour later of Hachino-sensei grinning at Kuroi training with the Elder, who seemed to be enjoying it more then he had originally let off, the Elder walked over, his prestige still as untouched as ever, even when he was running around for Kuroi to try and track him with a portion of chakra that had been lended to him by the Elder, who seemed to have an endless amount of Jutsu's to his name.

"I will send for Kuroi to be cleaned up again, as I will not bear him walking into Konohagakure covered in dirt." His eyes glided over to Hiryuku-chan, who was lying on the ground as well and said, "You may also wish to bathe in the women's house. Due to Ginjirou's mouth that runs free as a child in blossom, you are no longer exempt from the Kira Estate, seeing as you probably already know every turn in the mansion. You will follow me if you decide to take up my offer. I assure you, it is certainly a larger place then where you are currently living." He turned and Hachino-sensei sighed.

"Well there he goes again, being a high collared stiff. Hiryuku-chan, it's your choice, but the water Kira's" He spat the word after the Elder who twitched in annoyance when he heard Hachino-sensei's voice mocking his own baritone drawl, "use are quite probably the best water that one can find in this bleak Village of Sound." Hachino-sensei grinned innocently when the Elder spun around, one eye narrowed, as if he was debating whether to start a fight to keep his pride, or to keep his dignity and keep walking as if it had never happened. He quickly chose the latter, and sniffed, "Come." To Kuroi who's shoulder's slumped in disappointment. Almost free of that place. But not quite yet.

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OOC: Again, another note, in your next post, you can skip over Kuroi doing all his girly-crap and just leave for Konoha on the race. ^^; I just couldn't stand seeing Kuroi going on a race covered in dirt and without any chakra to his name.

Hikaei's post is really rushed and crappy because I just want to get this Konoha introduction thing over with. xDD

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"Hey..." Hayaii muttered, "You all good?"

I smiled and nodded, feeling much better now, "I feel better then I did before, that's for sure." This seemed to reassure him and he settled back into his long strides, and Tsuyoi shook his head with a sigh, his hands in his pockets as he shrugged as if he was disdainful of his brother. I didn't ask, as I hadn't spoken to Tsuyoi at all. I felt as if we had a little more of an understanding. I didn't see him as just a bully to avoid, and he didn't see me as just a noble who was as selfish as the others. Kikari-sensei still seemed to have her eyes peeled for Hunter-nin, but I felt as if I'd scared them off enough for now. And Hayaii, being as nice as he was, understood that he should stray off the subject for now.

It was wonderful again, and it seemed as if we were definetely getting closer to Konohagakure. The birds were singing and the trees were green, and the sun was even shining. It was kind of blinding for me, and I felt pale in comparison to the colors splashed all around me, but I knew that I wouldn't mind. Konohagakure was sure to be the place of dreams- a place where it didn't rain all the time and where it wasn't gloomy and where the rules didn't place you under crazy supervision all the time.

"Well now." Kikari-sensei smirked, "Is this, the great, Konohagakure?"

I looked up and saw a wooden arch leading into a village that look no larger then our own. But just listening to the bustle of people that were loud enough to be heard all the way out here brought a smile to my face, and not just mine. Tsuyoi and Hayaii were smiling too. It seemed more primitive then the white sanded wood that lead into our village, but it had a homey feeling. I like this place. Definetely.

Because I was the first one to dash through the gates after Kikari-sensei dealed with the shinobi on guard. Laughing and waving back to Hayaii and Tsuyoi, who smiled after me, walking at an even pace, everything was like a dream now.

"Hey!" Kikari-sensei called after us, "Don't get lost dorks! I'm not your babysitter!" She re-adjusted her forehead protector to fall around her waist, where it was more visible then on her head as a headband. Tsuyoi and Hayaii adjusted their's as well, but I kept mine hidden by my bangs. I hated the idea of being rejected again.

"We're going to the hotel." Hayaii informed me, "Here, I'm going to sprinkle some of this onto you, so that when we need to, me and Tsuyoi can find you." A white glittery powder fell onto my head and seemingly disappeared, "Don't get into any trouble."

I nodded and skipped into the crowd of the marketplace. It wasn't long before I was totally, completely, and gleefully lost. I didn't spend any of my money. The currency looked to be a tad different here. I didn't want to blow my cover that fast. What intrigued me the most was the cliff that had faces in it. I sat down at a park, sitting in a swing, and stared up at the faces.
 
I lifted my head just enough to see Hachino-sensei. "I'm sorry sensei. I should've been more respectful! I really didn't mean for it to come out the way it sounded." I did really, but my stupid consience got to me again.

I just layed in the dirt, relaxing, enjoy the time I had to reagain my strenth and chakra before I had to race the two others to Konoha. I listended to the Elder yell and yell about kids. I kept thinking, 'Old people these days!' I laughed a little bit, my sides hurting even more now.

I went into my own daydreaming about my family, when the Elder started to talk again. I shot up when I heard what he'd said about Kuroi. 'So that's why he was so late! He was taking a bath!' I couldn't help myself, I snickered. I looked up at the Elder, suprised he had invited me over to the Kira clan's place. "Wow! Thanks a lot! I'm honored to be invited, but I really want to get to Konoha as quickly as possible. I'll just take a bath there." I didn't mention anything of how my old house was pretty huge, the one I was staying in was just a temporary thing. "Thanks as well Hachino-sensei, but I'd rather like to stay with you and see if I can keep up with a Jounin." I said smileing.

"Well alright then, let's see how fast you can go Hiryuku-chan." He said smileing. As we both lined up, I yelled back to Kuroi, "Have fun with the batheing!" I smiled as Hachino-sensei said go and we both sped off.
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We raced for hours. I was haveing a hard time trying to keep up with him. 'So this is the power of a Jounin.' I thought as I again fell behind him. 'And to think that I was one of the fastest teens in Dark.' I laughed and sped up again. It was about an hour or so away from Konoha that I finally decided to rest, my legs had sharp pains shooting up them, my arms were throbbing, and my sides felt as if someone had stuck a dozen needles about 3 inches in.

I just stopped and sat down, landing with a heavy thump. "I really need to work on my speed some more, I've been cutting down on many laps." I said to myself as I sat in the dirt. For some reason, I really seemed to love to just sit in dirt. I stood up brushing the dirt off. "Well, no sense in going alone now is there." I mustered up all the chakra that I could to be able to summon my 3 best friends. I formed the neccasary hand signs, folded down my mask, revealing the sharp wolf teeth, and took a bit of blood. Then I thrust the palm of my hand to the ground, black smoke appearing. After the smoke started to dissapear, three black figures stood in the midst of it. The first one, a female named Kurenia, stepped out of the smoke and wrinkled her snout as she saw me. "My aren't you a dirty thing Night! What've you been doing?" She asked as she came nearer. Hikaru, the one who always loved to mess with me a lot said, "Can't you tell? She's been playing with the pigs!" He smiled, with white, sharp teeth showing. Hitachi just stepped out and started the lead to attack me. They all jumped on me at the same time, licking my face. "Nice to see you guys too!" I yelled as I pushed them off. I stood there for a moment, looking at them, then Hikaru said, "Well are we going, or do you want to embarass yourself infront of your new sensei." I pushed him a bit, and we took off.

These companions waited for me, they didn't take off like Hachino-sensei. "You know, I think I liked your old sensei better." Kurenia commented as we came into view of Konaha, the buildings sticking high up. "Hachino-sensei's pretty good, it's going to be sad when he has to go. Though he is going to be pretty tough." "He sure is, he's a skilled Jounin." Hitachi commented as we reached the border. I had them stop on a tree and un-shouldered my bag, pulling out 3 headbands. "I don't have enough chakra to keep your guys' headband looking like Sound, so I borrowed these. I took their headbands off and put the new ones on. Hikaru was growling and the other two didn't look to happy either. "It's just temporary, till the plan comes out." I said as I shouldered my pack again and headed into Konoha.

Unlike Sound, Konoha was very lively, people filling the streets, kids playing all over. There weren't any dark clouds to block out the sun, or any creepy looking snake people. Kurenai, Hitachi, and Hikaru were walking beside me, looking pretty content. "You know who to smell for right?" I asked in a hushed tone so only they could hear. "Yep! We remeber the scents!" They replied in unison. I looked around for Hachino-sensei, but I couldn't find him. "Oh well, let's look around!"

We walked around, just enjoying the scenery when Kurenei said she smelt a couple of Dark Ninja, but she didn't need to tell me who they were, I'd noticed a group of about 3, one wearing a black cloak-like-jacket thing, and another who seemed to be blind. I recognized both them, you couldn't ever forget Ason the way he dressed, and Mokutou you couldn't forget either with his eyes. 'Finally! We found some!' I walked through Konoha with a smile on my face, I at least knew that there were other Dark Ninja here, who actually cared about our village. 'Unlike someone I could mention!'
 
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The team kept walking down that road, even going past the ramen shop they had eaten in before. But even though they were walking down the main road of the village, they had not met anyone on their way to the unknown destination. Yukiru-sensei was walking in front, with Miharu then Shuichi following behind. Behind them was the sun, drooping down into the ever distant horizon. The great red orb shone, and gave an orange-red aura in the sky. As the night began to draw closer, a cold gust of wind blew into the team's faces. But it was not the comfortable cool wind, that people urged for during hot summer days. No. It was a sharp wind, which felt like blades of ice flying past them. However, the glowing red sun behind them beat on their backs like a hot fan. The two different temperatures on their bodies felt strange, yet somewhat relaxing.

Finally, Yukiru-sensei stopped moving. Miharu, not realising this, accidentally bumped into Yukiru-sensei. With a gesture of apology, she stood straight facing the teacher. Shuichi, too, was looking at Yukiru-sensei. With his back to the students, Yukiru-sensei turned around and smiled at them. Suddenly, Miharu realised something; they were by the entrance of the village. Shuichi too had seemed to notice this, as he was staring at the great, red, wooden gate that stood behind Yukiru-sensei.

"This," Yukiru-sensei began, "Is the great entrance gate of our great village. No one has ever entered, or exited, through this gate for the past 10 years." He paused for a moment, looked at the gate behind him, then continued. "We shall be the first people to go through these gates in a decade." Miharu and Shuichi were both staring at the towering gate, mouths gaping. They had never been to the entrance of the village, so this experience was a big thing for them.

"Now... I brought you here, so that you could get rid of that feeling of awe towards this gate. We can't have that slowing us down tomorrow, can we?" Yukiru-sensei smiled. The students, whose attention was snapped towards their teacher, nodded in agreement. "We meet here tomorrow, 5:00 am sharp. No later than that. Konohagakure is quite far from here, and it might take us all day to get there. Plus I still have to register you for the Chuunin exams..."

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OOC: I'll skip to them going to Konohagakure on my next post... ^^
 
((I'm grounded for a few days for accidentally breaking a wall at my school, so let's just say Shiruba has fallen ill. I can post again in 3 days.))
 
My hands tightened on the chains of the swing and I stared. He seemed to be just as surprised to see me, as him, me. I recognized him in an instant. He seemed to have not yet realized who I was. It was probably kind of hard, considering I wasn't wearing anything that might indicate who I was. But it's not exactly hard to remember a face you saw daily, even if it was a decade ago. He started when he realized who I was and turned around, stalking away while giving me all the things I needed to know who he was. Who could forget the symbol on the back of that vest? I averted my gaze and hummed to myself as he quickly left, acting as if he'd never seen me. I vaguely remember him being there. Not that he was all that old, he was only a baby, but he was there.

As dreamlike Konoha felt to me, Kuroi's appearance seemed like a dream too. Maybe, I reasoned, he wasn't even here. I couldn't imagine Kira's sending themselves out into a Chuunin Exam.

I stood up and quickly darted over to the hotel we stayed in. It wasn't large, but it wasn't puny either. I was just right- though sharing a room with Kikari-sensei would be odd indeed. I was positive she would ask questions. But when I got there, she was nowhere to be found. Peering through the doorway, I squealed and jumped a mile high when a voice said, "She's out at a sake bar."

I spun around and Tsuyoi raised an eyebrow, "Why are you so jumpy all of the sudden?"

"N-N-No reason!" I said defensively, still a little rattled by the sudden comment, "Just a little out-of-place is all."

"You too?" Tsuyoi made a face, "Hayaii is groaning about being homesick in our room. He won't shut up. And honestly, it's not like there was much home to begin with." I shifted uncomfortably, knowing they lived in a rather small 3 roomed apartment that included an open air kitchen which counted as the 3rd room, "Anyway, did you see anything interesting when you were out?"

I felt odd, talking to Tsuyoi, and I wondered if he was really Hayaii in disguise, "Uhh, no! No I didn't! I saw a-...." I paused, not wanting to tell Tsuyoi that I'd seen Kuroi. That would be bad, especially when he was just starting to be nice, so I diverted the subejct, "I saw a cliff with big faces on it!" Tsuyoi sweatdropped.

"You... didn't see it before?"

I paused, "...No..."

Tsuyoi coughed and glanced away as if he'd said nothing, "Oh, er..." I could tell he was trying not to insult me by the way his face was turning red.

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I had first glared down two shinobi I recognized from Dark. My folded arms, narrowed eyes and dark aura seemed to build a force field around me, as people avoided me easily and as if they never saw my gloomy expression. I hated the reminder. And what was Hiryuku-san doing, anyhow? It would be a nightmare if she was a Dark Shinobi. I shook my head, and continued to wander the cheery and disgustingly happy streets of Konohagakure. I terribly wondered where Hachino-sensei was, missing the look of snakes already. I stopped. Hachino-sensei wasn't with Hiryuku-san. Maybe he was off messing around like a kid.

I spent a good ten minutes wandering around before I felt the distinctive prescence of a Kira. She was alone, so it was easy to spot her. I stared, and noticed a rain symbol on her forehead protector, as her bangs had fallen aside as she stared up at Mt. Lame-smore. My brow furrowed and she noticed me. Tensing, her torso collapsed and she shrunk back. I couldn't forget that action, that mother performed whenever she did something less then perfect. It wasn't hard to realize who she was after that, and I couldn't help but jump when I did realize it.

I wanted out. I turned around and walked away, anywhere, as long as it was away.

I sighed. Might as well go to the hotel or something. I pulled out a slip of paper the Elder had handed me, saying, "Hachino gave this to me. I suspect that its the coordinates to your quarters in Konohagakure. Don't mix too much with their folk."

I scoffed, "Like I would." I mumbled, glancing behind me, where Hikaei had already vanished.
 
OOC:I am also grounded for bad grades so be on in two weeks.
 
I left the other two Dark ninja alone. 'They'll call for the rest of us when they need us, but it is good to know that there are other Dark ninja here besides myself and mister arrognant to needs to take a bath everytime a speck of dust gets on him.' I was smileing now, walking through the crowded streets of Konoha. Shinobi from every village was here. "Looks like some tough competition Night. Sure you'll be able to handle it?" Hikaru said as we stopped off at a place to grab some food. I glared down at him then smiled, "Oh I'm sure I'll be able to!"

I was already pretty exhausted from all the training, but the warm sun and full stomach made me even more ready to drop down right where I stood. I dug around in my pockets for the piece of paper that Hachino-sensei had given me before we took off, it had the place where we were staying on it. My eyes were so heavy I could barely read it, so Kurunei offered to read it for me. "Okay, so judgeing by what the paper said, we need to go this way." Hitachi said as he moved his paw to my left. As we walked the streets toward the hotel, I couldn't help but notice that some people were stareing at me, giveing me, Kurunei, Hitachi, and Hikaru dirty looks. 'It's the fact that we're wearing the Sound symbol, but if we were wearing the Dark symbol, we'd be getting the same looks anyways.' I sighed and continued to walk, too tired to think anymore.

As we reached the hotel, I almost cried out in joy. "Finally! I can rest!" I yelled as I stode through the door. I went up to the man who owned the place, and asked where the room was we were staying in. I as well gave me a nasty look, but I ignored it being too tired to really care. My family was Sound, I wasn't. He told me where it was and I bowed slightly and thanked him. I ran to room, being able to find it easily now. I opended the door to a cozy little room. "At least it's better than the one I was staying at in Sound." Kurunei, Hitachi, and Hikaru nodded in aggrement. I dropped my stuff by the closet and dropped onto the bed. "Ah! This feels so good!" I yelled to the empty room. I lay there enjoying the time to relax, when I thought about where Hachino-sensei was. 'I haven't seen him since he left me behind on the way here.' I shrugged and closed my eyes, a minute later I fell asleep. Kurunei, Hitachi, and Hikaru layed down next to me, watching the door very carefully.
 
((I'm back.))


Shiruba stepped out of the hospital and winced as he looked into the first sunlight he had seen in a while. As his eyes slowly adjusted to the brightness, he thought over everything that had happened; How he had been hospitalized due to chakra problems, and was seen as a threat to the outside for a short period of time.

Strange...This is the first time I've EVER had a problem with my chakra...Usually, I can adapt to whatever happens to me, and live with it. But this was...weird. Shiruba finally got used to the sunlight and looked down at his hands, tightening them into fists. He still had work to do, and now that he knew nothing was wrong with him (by his standards, anyway), he had to gather some information regarding current events.
 
OoC| Sorry that you two are grounded, Garouga! Bare Your Fangs! and Korinku, but the show must go on.

IC| Mokutou noticed that his team was gone."Hmm. I wonder where Ason-kun and sensei are at." He swung his kusanagi and forced it into the ground. He sat down infront of it and started to mold his chakra onto his eyes. The chakra color was appearing around his eyes and brightened. He kn then started to feel sick. He knew something was wrong, but he kept on molding.
 
OOC: I know I'm not helping the OOC limit of the thread...but it seems that my team mates have stopped coming, art critic and lightning rider seem to be avoiding this thread, as I see them online every now and then, but not coming to the thread(even though they go on the RP forum). again, I'm sorry for putting an OOC, but I was wondering what happens to haru if they did quit the RP.
 
Something seems...odd. I can feel a weird chakra that feels a bit familiar...It feels twisted somehow. Shiruba stopped walking and closed his eyes to get a better idea of whose chakra he was feeling. He quickly ran over all of the chakras he had encountered in his life, which was easy since they were all mostly of the Earth element and this one was definitely different.

"Think, think...I had to have seen this person resently since the feel is still fresh to me. There was that missing-nin I turned in, but he's long dead...Chuunin exam participants seem to match the potency, and I DID see alot of them...Now to narrow it down...Ason or Mokutou?!" Shiruba snapped his eyes open and rushed to the source of the chakra in time to see Mokutou stick his sword in the ground and mold chakra around his eyes.

"What the heck are you doing?"
 
I was haveing trouble sleeping, I kept tossing and turning, plus I was sweating. Kurenai, Hitachi, and Hikaru noticed and tried to wake me up, but it wasn't really working. They jumped off the bed and watched me, makeing sure that I didn't hurt myself. I had only fallen asleep about a half hour ago. I hadn't had this dream in quite a while. It wasn't really a dream, but a horrifying memory!

It was my first day of being a Chuunin for Dark village, my family had been so nice to me! My older sister, Kiraas had given me my vest, and my parents had taught me the family jutsu, and Hamursobi my older made me my own pair of black and silver blades. I thought about how how great the day had gone, sitting on the hill overlooking the village with Kurenai, Hitachi, and Hikaru sitting alongside me. I was hugging my knees watching the brillant white moon before I fell asleep on the soft green grass. As I slept, shinobi from the other villages crept into the village, killing the sleeping Dark ninja. Kurenai, Hitachi, and Hikaru noticed something was wrong, untill they finally noticed the shinobi of other villages sneaking through the village. They tried to wake me up, but pulled me into the forrest as more shinobi came past us. I woke up then, only to see my village covered in shinobi from every village, includeing ours, out and fighting. I hurredly got up, rushing down the hill toward the village. 'My first day as a Chunnin and this has to happen!'
When I got down to the village, there were bodies of ninja from all over, lyeing on the ground motionless. I ustrapped my blades and twirled them around slashing all the shinobi that came toward me. Kurenai jumped at an oncomeing Grass ninja and knocked him down, when she looked up, there was red liquid on her snout. I'd never seen her do something like that before. I made my way through the crowd of fighting shinobi when I spotted my sister. I through some kunai at the kunoichi bothereing her, she didn't know what hit her till she hit the floor. As the ninja fell, my sister saw me, and increduously looked at me. She rushed over to me and gave me a huge hug, lifting me off the ground. When she set me back down, she practically yelled at me, just like my mom would. "We thought you were dead! Where were you?!" She hugged me again and started crying. I looked around, wherever my sister was, my brother was. "Where's Hamursobi?" She stopped hugging me, and looked at me with sympathy, she knew how close we were. "When the shinobi came into our house, they went to your room first, Hamursobi heard the noise they were makeing and went in to check on you. As he entered the room, he was suprised when he saw them, he went down fast, but he did let out a cry, enough to warn us. They were in Mom and Dad's room though by the time he warned us, Dad was gone before he knew it, but Mom was able to take a couple out, you know her ability. Mom and I met up in the hallway and ran out, too see only more of them and other Dark ninja dead. When we couldn't find you, we thought they had gotten to you as well. You Scared the crud out of us!" She was crying again and I could feel tears in my own eyes comeing. 'He's dead?!! That can't be! He was the best! He can't be!' I fell down to my knees with my sister, fighting go all around us, Kurenai, Hitachi, and Hikaru protecting us as we talked. "And what about Mom, I haven't seen her.' Kiraas looked up, "She died fighting off some shinobi, but not without takeing them with her. Look, everyone's dying around us and wnt you know that it was Sound shinobi that took out our family." She said as she jumped up and continued to fight, leaveing me there on my knees. The tears were comeing down now, and I just let them fall. Kurenai landed beside me, "Are you okay?" I looked up, wipeing my tears, "Yeah, I'm fine." I stood up, looking at all the killing going on. 'They killed him! And it was all my fault! If I would have been there, I would be dead, and they would have moved on and not have made som much noise! It's all my fault!'
I muttred in my sleep, "It's all my fault, all my fault, it's all my..." I tossed and turned. Hikaru finally jumped on me, wakeing me with a start. "Sorry! I figured you'd gone through enough torment." I got out of bed. "Why don't you go do the kata forms you sister showed you, that'll help you calm down." Hitachi suggested. "Yeah, I think I'll do that.." I said as I walked out of the room.
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I walked through the village, ignoring the looks I was getting, I walked to the Leaf training grounds. I unstrapped my blades and moved around the feild, going from kata form 1 to 5. I was calming down, and my chakra was regaining. As I did the katas, my mind went back to the night Dark was attacked. I kept trying to get it out of my mind, I didn't want to remeber it right now. "That's good Night! You can stop now." Kurenai said as dropped to the ground. My chakra may have regained, but I was still sore, 'And smelly!' I thought as I sniffed. "Yeah, we could smell you a mile away!" Hitachi teased as licked my face. "Yeah, thanks."

We all walked back to the hotel. Again, I was getting dirty looks from people. I ignored them and looked up at the hotel. I saw Kuroi looking out the window of his and Hachino-sensei's room. "Hey! Looks Kuroi decided to finally show up!" I said as I walked through the door of the hotel and up to my room. 'I'll leave them alone for now. I wonder if Hachino-sensei is with him? I haven't seem him since he left me behind before we even got to Konoha.' I shrugged it off and grabbed some clothes from my pack and headed toward the showers. 'I really need to take one!'
 
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"C'mon Shu-san!" Yukiru-sensei shouted loudly. The brown-haired boy was around 20 meters behind him, running as fast as he could. Unfortunately, it was not enough to catch up to the speedy Jounin. Miharu, on the other hand, was running beside Yukiru-sensei. Her long, navy blue hair, tied in a neat braid with a white hair tie, swayed behind her elegantly. With her arms by her side, she sped forward, passing Yukiru-sensei at her left. She looked at her teacher, smiled, giving a slight salute, then accelerated even further forward. Boy, she sure is fast... And has good endurance, Yukiru-sensei thought, with a slight smirk on his face. He then lowered his head and body, while still running. Once his body was almost perpendicular to the ground, he stuck his right foot on the ground, and straightened it out with great force. His body was propelled forwards like a torpedo. He passed Miharu, smiling at her, and saluting in the same fashion she did. Miharu shook her head, and continued to maintain her current speed.

Shuichi, on the other hand, was already panting. His legs began to throb in pain. But he knew he couldn't stop now. Besides, it's good speed training, he thought to himself. But could he keep this up, perhaps for another few hours? He began to calculate, with the help of his fingers, how long it would take to get there. The team had already been running for one hour. From Kumogakure to Konohagakure, Yukiru-sensei had estimated that it would take twelve hours, if traveling at the speed of a normal person running non-stop. At the moment, they were approximately running six times faster than that, thus they would only take two hours in total. So one more hour, you can do it Shuichi, he thought to himself. You can do it, Shuichi, one more hour…
 
Resting wasn't in my agenda when I finally reached the room that I was supposed to be sharing with Hachino-sensei. (He said that it was only gentlemen to give the lady her own room. Pfft.) But even when I got there, it was obviously untouched. Hachino-sensei seemed to have simply vanished into thin air. I hoped he hadn't simply turned around and gone back and left me here with Hiryuku-san. I drummed my fingers on the windowsill, sitting there and staring out, with little better to do. Konoha seemed to be just as boring as every other country I'd been to. If possible, more boring.

"Ah, Kira-kun!" Hachino-sensei grinned when he walked in, "No sight-seeing for you today?"

I stared at Hachino-sensei like he just suggested the impossible, but he ignored me, "Whew! What a tiring day, don't you think? You should be completely drained of your chakra, shouldn't you? I would take a break if I were you, regain most of your chakra in case you get in a nasty meeting. It seems to happen a lot when people of different countries and customs get mashed together in a place as small as this."

"Hn." I averted my gaze and turned to look out the window again, "I hate this place already."

Hachino-sensei blinked, dropping a bag of stuff down on the edge of his bed, "Ehh? Look on the bright side Kira-kun, at least you can get a tan here!" He laughed and I resisted the urge to slug him for a stupid joke.

~ + ~

"And... why am I coming with you again?" Tsuyoi asked, shrinking under the long gazes the people on the streets of Konoha were giving him and me, but, mostly him, thanks to his forehead protector being super obvious.

"Because it's no fun alone, Hayaii is sleeping, and Kikari-sensei is reading! What else would you be doing right now?" I asked, trying to push out any recollection of the park, "Sleeping? Reading?" I joked, as I'd yet to see Tsuyoi do anything but stand around and shoot sarcastic remarks and fight. He frowned and took his time, thinking of what he'd be doing if I hadn't dragged him along with me. In the meantime, I decided that I'd do a little asking around, shopping if possible. I wanted to buy a hair ornament, and I asked the vendor whether he would take Rain Currency.

He gave me a friendly smile and asked, "Chuunin Exams? Well, good luck on it! You can exchange your money with your sensei, they talk directly with the money men of this village." I nodded and smiled, thanking him, and ignoring Tsuyoi as he groaned, the thought of having gone all this way for nothing making him rather frustrated.

"I wonder why Hayaii is so tired. It's not like we ran all the way here." I pondered aloud and Tsuyoi glanced at me, replying, "Well, he did just watch a guy get his flesh picked off of his bones by a bunch of birds. That's a kind of disturbing experience, isn't it?"

I shrugged, and replied, "I guess you get used to it. I don't really remember it, but I know that's why I'm practically afraid of everything now. Because Hunter-nin can do anything they want to get rid of a body. So they get creative." I laughed as if it were normal, and changed the subject, "Well, I hope we can meet some other genin before the exam. It'll be nice to make some friends."

"Friends that are going to try to rip your head off in just a few days?" Tsuyoi asked with a smirk.

I poked my tongue out at him and ignored his comment.
 
OOC: Sorry , limited time at the Library at school. Again , sorry , ACC and Silvertail.

IC: I picked up my valuables as I told Haru and the kleptomaniac guy what happened. "I just finished the lap when you guys finished the fight with Guy-sensei." I then re-summoned Okami to the area. He popped up in a ball of flames and stood next to me.(He's not as big as Gamabunta. He's only as tall as my character.) "Yes Daisuke?" He asked. I gave him a pet on the head. I had to stretch my arm out to reach it. "Introduce yourself , since my teammates don't know you." He cleared his throat and started to speak in his normal teenage-sounding voice. "My name's Okami. I am Daisuke's summon partner and I am the lord of all wolves. I control the element of fire and no other summon can match my speed." He said with a howl to finish it off.
 
Taiki held out his hand to the newly summoned wolf, a grin on his face. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Puppy-dog. My name is Taiki, and I'm the only minor in Konoha that knows what Sake tastes like. I'm nobody's summon partner, but I have one and danged if she doesn't want to murder me every time I tell her that she's beautiful. Now, if you don't mind, I'd like to get back to our fifty laps before-"

"Why aren't the three of you moving? Remember, use the springtime of youth!" a familiar voice yelled.

"Gai-sensei hears us." Taiki finished, embarrasedly scratching his head.

((I think we had better move everyone up to the couple of days before the chuunin exam. Right?))
 
OOC: I thought we were already a couple days before the chuunin exams. ://
 
((Eh, while the rest of you moved ahead, Silvertail LR and I got stuck back before that. Good news- we get to skip the "In-training" posts. Bad news- we're behind. So that comment was directed towards them.))
 
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