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"Mmm, barbaque." As soon As Ason sat down to eat he started to eat his food. "I wounder if that training actually worked? Huh?!" Ason had realized that same girl from the hot springs. "Is she fallowing me?...Stalker." Ason got up out of his seat and walked over to the girl. "Why are you fallowing me?" She looked up at Ason, astonished. "Oh, it's you, Hey. I'm not fallowing you. I just wanted to see how good Konoha's food is." "You say that like yo not from here." "Well, thats because i'm not. I'm from the earth village." "Then where is your headband?" She flipped her hair over her head, showing her earth village head band. "Most people don't see it. It's a good way to trick the enemy." "True. What did you say your name was?" "It's Shira." "Oh yea, thats right. Well, are you taking place in the chuunin exams?" Ason asked while taking a seat in front of her.

"Yup. You?" "Uh hu." "Well, seeing how you handle hand to hand, I would guess that you won't stand a chance in the fighting." "Oh, yea, then we'll just have to see when we battle in the final part of the exam...Oh, wait you probably won't even get that far." "Oh, yea wanna make a bet?" "Sure." "Ok, the one to go farther than the other gets to learn the other's strongest technique." "Thats kinda risky but...Fine with me, I don't mind learning your weak move." Ason laughed a bit after that. "We'll just see about that." Shira then got up and walked out of the barbaque place. Ason then looked at the center of the table. "Oh, crud!" "Ten dollars please." Said a woman who seemed to be the waitress of the barbaque place. Ason picked into his pocket and luckily found ten dollars. "I kinda like this girl." Ason then got up and walked back to Mokutou and Shiruba.
 
"As much as I care how well you can hear, you might as well be deaf!" I hissed at the annoying girl through grit teeth and I was just about to send my bowl and soba noodles at Hiryuku-san to compensate for the chopsticks when she called me a Sound brat, but as I was reaching for my bowl, Hachino-sensei's voice cut through, "Now." He answered Hiryuku-san's question. His heel put more pressure on the back of my head and before I knew it, my face was dunked in whatever was left of my soba noodles. I grabbed Hachino-sensei's ankle and pulled it off, whirling around to beat the crap out of him, but instead I got a faceful of...

Towel? "I want both of you to cool off, because training will do squat if your both pissed off." Hachino-sensei smiled as he grabbed a handful of soba noodles from my dark hair, and threw them away, "Your too relaxed around your comrades," He said to me, "And you need some patience." He added to Hiryuku-san, "You don't need to apologize for yelling, I think your punishment comes well enough from getting Kira-kun riled up like that. Oh, but that might be an accomplishment." Hachino-sensei laughed, and I wiped my face off, throwing the towel back at Hachino-sensei who caught it gracefully and with ease, "Bathroom's through that door." He directed me to a white washed door that practically blended with the wall, indicating that I should wash off the sticky soup from my face.

He seemed to take entertainment from my embarrassment, and that, was embarassing enough for me. And- Hey wait a minute! Kira-kun?!?! Since when did he have permission to address me so casually?!?

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Hachino-sensei sighed in a cheerful way, "Well Hiryuku-chan," He said as Kuroi disappeared. Sitting down on the mat, he smiled, "I think we've taken him a step down from his throne, wouldn't you agree? But anyway, be sure not to let Kuroi take another step up, but let's not completely de-throne him. Can you imagine a Kira- er, Kuroi who wasn't arrogant and absolutely unagreeable?" Hachino-sensei seemed to be having his fun talking to Night, or more specifically, himself.

"But then again, you have to wonder why Kira's rear their kids to grow up like Kuroi. I mean honestly, talk about the worst case of self-confidence. It took me at least 5 years to make a Kira doubt himself and then another 2 years to doubt his abilities. Oh, but I probably shouldn't have told you that, you probably think I'm some evil person who likes messing with people's heads, don't you? Ehhh, actually I might get my head lopped off by an angry Kira who's breathing down my neck and I don't even know it!" Hachino-sensei was immensely enjoying himself at this point, even though it was already quite obvious that he was twisted like abstract art when it came to messing with other people's personalities. Hachino-sensei was quiet for a long time before saying, "You know, as much of an unhumanly arrogant prince Kuroi seems, I don't think he'll ever make it as a Kira. I feel sorry for him, the day when every other Kira realizes that Kuroi just isn't that kind of person."

And Hachino-sensei left it at that, picking up Kuroi's nearly empty bowl of soba noodles (most of it now reside's in Kuroi's hair) and tossing it lazily into the trash, "Are you ready for training, Hiryuku-chan? Or would you like to wait a while longer?"

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At least halfway to Konoha, our team was stopped dead in our tracks. At least 5 of the 8 Hunter-nin who had stopped to tease Shioko-san stood in front of us, each one's weird masks sneering at us as if we were their monstrous prey. I didn't particuarly care, Kikari-sensei looked absolutely and utterly annoyed, and Hayaii. Ugh. I swear I could've puked. He'd confided in me the night before, after Shioko-san had somehow knocked herself out before our sparring match, that he really liked her. It wasn't this fact that made me want to puke, because it wasn't as if Shioko-san was one of the ugliest girls I'd ever seen, in fact, she was probably one of the prettiest (No thanks to her unscathed lifestyle), but what bugged me the most was that Hayaii was so...

Well, he was standing in front of her protectively, as if he'd be able to do anything against 5 experienced Hunter-nin, if that tells you anything. I glared at the Hunter-nin, as the one in the middle stepped forward.

"Hikaei-sama?" He said in a bemused voice, that made me even more pissed off then I already was. Shioko-san was shaking even worse then before, and if Hayaii wasn't grasping her arm, I wouldn't have been surprised if she completely collapsed like a pile of flesh and skin without any bones supporting her structure, "Isn't this just our luck?" Another crowed. All of them had hoarse and raspy voices, as if they had lacked the need to use them for at least 2 years, at minimum, "We return to Kira-sama with the head of our little-"

It was instantaneous. Shioko-san was standing in front of him, no longer shaking and absolutely furious. She ripped off his mask, revealing a sharp face that looked strikingly similar to Shioko-san's except... Older, more mature, and not as kind. Her index finger pressed on the edge of the man's mouth, and I saw his jaw go slack. It was all I could do not to let mine go just as slack at Shioko-san's shaking fury.

"Hikaei-hime," Another one said, their voices no longer taunting, "You realize what you have done?"

The masked Hunter-nin standing closest to the man whom Shioko-san had attacked flung a kunai straight into the mans heart, and a gurgle of a scream sprang through the air. Kikari-sensei's hand was around Shioko-san's wrist before she could even scream at the blood splatter that had spluttered onto her cheek. And Kikari-sensei threw her at me, "Run! At least 2 miles from here, towards or away from Konoha!" She snapped angrily, "Hayaii," She spun around, "stay with me, Tsuyoi will be fine." Hayaii didn't seem quite as sure as Kikari-sensei, but I was. Even though I wasn't as fast as Hayaii, I knew that the reason Kikari-sensei wouldn't let Hayaii take Shioko-san is because-

"Let me go..." Hikaei murmured, her tears mixing with the splatter of blood. Because Hayaii wouldn't be able to say no to the girl.

I looked over my shoulder and saw that at least 30 crows had emerged and all of them were converging around the dead body of the dead man. Hunter-nin, never left a trace of their prey on the face of the earth. I grasped Hikaei tighter and blocked her view of the gruesome sight, Kikari-sensei's hand taut over my brother's eyes. The Hunter-nin did not pursue me- it seemed as if they were simply entertaining themselves, taunting Hikaei. When I finally stopped, we were at least 2 and a half miles away from where we were, away from Konoha. Hikaei asked me relentlessly what had happened to the man, but I simply replied that I hadn't the slightest idea.

But I was too curious. "...I'll tell you." I said, and Hikaei's eyes lit up, "But, you have to tell me, who the man was, and who you are."

Hikaei slumped back onto her spot in the nook of the tree, mumbling, "I can't tell you that." It was quiet as she finalized her decision, and she finally mumbled, "That was Kira Lin, my cousin. And I am Kira Hikaei, the long-exiled princess of the Kira's."

I blinked, sitting on the branch opposite and a little higher then her's, and nodded, "Then you already know what happened to him, if you're his kin."

"No. I want to know." Hikaei looked up at me, her gray eyes burning with an intent that was only meant for a killer, "Was it roaches? Was it a flock of vultures? Or did they incarcerate him? Was he still alive when they destroyed him?" I guess my expression registered shock and only shock at her gruesome thinking, because Hikaei turned beet red and immediately looked away, mumbling a very formal apology.

"... I... Crows." I responded, still a little stunned.

Hikaei's shoulders shook, and she jumped off of the branches, "... Thank you."

"Hikaei." I called, down, and she looked up at me, acting as normal as if I were Hayaii, "...I don't... have to call you Shioko, do I?"

She smiled, "You're not now, are you?" I took a double take, realizing I'd been addressing her as 'Hikaei', instead of 'Shioko-san'.
 
I sat there quietly as I watched all that happened. 'Finally! Somebody's showing him what he deserves!' Then my thought faded when he told me that I needed to be more patient. Now that took me off my little thrown I had. I looked down again. 'Yeah, I do!' I smiled as I heard what I'd done to Kuroi had sorta been an acomplishment. 'I like Hachino-sensei, he tells things like they are, and he's pretty cool and relaxed, sometimes.'

I again, sat quietly as I listioned to Hachino-sensei ramble on about Kuroi and the Kira clan. I smileing listening to ramble on, it was quite funny, but then, it gave me a lot of information as well. 'I'm gonna feel bad when I'll have to take out Hachino-sensei, he's really a nice sensei. I'm not so sure about Kuroi though. He should be killed as one of the first ones for not having any loyalty to Dark, but I guess he isn't too bad.' I looked at Hachino-sensei when he mentioned that Kuroi probably wouldn't make it as a Kira. "Yeah, he isn't too bad I guess." I looked over in the direction that Kuroi had gone, thinking about how sad it was for him. No matter how much I hated him, I still felt bad for him.

I came out of my sympathy for Kuroi. 'He'd probably kill me if he ever found out that I did have sympathy for him. It'll be a bit sad when he'll have to go as well.' "Huh, oh yeah. No, now's fine. I'd rather start as soon as possible actually. I'm pretty excited to go, meet all new shinobi, see how they fight."
 
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Shiruba leaned back in his chair and exhaled slowly, feeling the effects of the barbeque setting in. He swung forward and looked around the table; Ason was gone again. With a sigh he turned to where he heard a girl's voice and, sure enough, saw that it was the same girl, and the same scenario. When Ason returned to the table, Shiruba leaned forward on his elbows and held up one finger.

"First thing...No flirting with the enemy. I don't care what you do after the exams, but until then everyone is considered an enemy. Even your team mates, soon enough. Earth is especially tricky, along with Sound and Grass. And yes, I could tell what village she was by tasting her chakra. It seemed perfect enough for Earth jutsus, which is the village's specialty. That, and I saw her headband..." Shiruba removed his elbows from the table and stretched, finally ready to tell the team their strengths and weaknesses.

"Okay, now to the point. We'll start with Mokutou. You're strong, no doubt, but you lack a little thing called common sense. You tried to attack me while I was using a technique on your team mate. Anything could have happened if you connected the hit. I could have closed the hole, or covered it in poisoned-tipped spikes, or even opened it under you. The best thing you could have done was made me change techniques so the hole closed and secured safety for your team mate.

"Next we have Mr. Confidence himself. Ason, you need some serious help in Taijutsu. Don't get me wrong; You got me off guard with the weapons. But weapons, like chakra, can only be used until you run out. Another thing you need to work on is planning. Like I said before, secret plans are meant to be secrets." Shirua stopped talking to yawn, then looked out into the village.

"I can continue training both of you until you make it to the third part of the exam. The rules state that then I can only train one of you. I know you probably don't want me to train either of you, so I won't unless you request it. That makes my job even easier than it is." The chuunin pulled some money from his wallet and carefully counted it, leaving it on the table for the waitress to pick up. He then started to walk away, and turned back to say one more thing.

"Everyone who works here knows me quite well, so they know my payment system. If either of you take it I'm going to drain you of chakra every day until the final part of the exam."
 
Yukiru-sensei was on the floor. Miharu had hit him with nearly full force, yet the teacher was still conscious, as she saw his fingers twitching. However, Miharu thought that she had hit him too hard, and that she had badly injured him. Slightly worried, she crouched down to take a closer look at her fallen sensei. Shuichi, also slightly worried, walked in their direction. There's no way this guy could have been taken down with a kick like that, she thought. She looked at his face, which was covered with the teacher's black hair. Did I really hit him that hard...? Suddenly, Yukiru-sensei's fingers stopped twitching. His body lay there, motionless. As Shuichi saw this, his walk turned to a jog, as he accelerated towards his two teammates. Once there, he looked down on them for a moment in curiosity, then crouched down to Miharu's level.

"Shu-san... Do you, uh, think that I..." Miharu turned to Shuichi before finishing her sentence. To her horror, she saw Shuichi prodding their teacher's lifeless body with a stick. Even worse, the stick had a small fungus sticking out from the side. Miharu stood up instantly, stuck her hands to the side of her face, and gave a hushed scream. Shuichi looked at her for a second, took a moment to analyze what she was doing, before returning his attention to Yukiru-sensei. He began to prod him with the stick once more. Miharu, realising that she had been in the same shocked position for too long, grabbed the stick out of Shuichi's hands, and tossed it into the forest. Shuichi's head and eyes followed the stick, from its transfer from his hands into the deep forest. Once it disappeared from his sight, he looked at Miharu with slight pity.

"Why did you do that...?" Shuichi looked up at Miharu for a moment, before standing up.
"Well... That was inappropriate. Why would you go prodding someone who could be..." She gulped. "Well, you know." Shuichi looked down at Yukiru-sensei's body. Suddenly, its fingers started twitching. Miharu, too, noticed this. They, slightly scared, took several steps back. This twitching continued, until suddenly, the body sat up. Miharu's scream seemed to echo out into the forest. Birds flew out of the canopy, just as they did when Shuichi used his technique before. The face of the body, covered in a layer of hair and grass, twitched ever so slightly. A muffled voice, which sounded like a yawn, came from behind the mask of hair and grass. The body's arm swiftly patted the grass away, and pushed the hair back to reveal Yukiru-sensei's face.

"Sensei!" Miharu's voice was both filled with shock and glee. Shuichi, too, was happy; there was a big smile on his face. "What happened, did I kick you too hard?" The teacher looked at Miharu in the eyes. His own eyes were tired. It took him a while to realise that she was talking to him. "Huh? Oh... Right.. Yeah. I fell asleep."

Miharu nearly tripped and fell. So did Shuichi. Yukiru-sensei looked at them, yawned, then smiled. I cannot believe he got us so worried... And he was sleeping! Miharu thought.

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OOC: Question, exactly when are the characters going to meet? I'm getting kinda tired of having to roleplay my characters on their own...
 
OOC: Aaah, I'm sorry Dark_Night, this is entirely my fault, I forgot to specify that the Kira clan technically doesn't "Exist" publicly, and the reason why Kuroi feels weird around Hachino-sensei is because Hachino-sensei knows so much about the Kira Clan. He was rambling to give Hiryuku some insight. xDD Sorry, that was totally my bad.

If you could edit, that'd be awesome, because I don't think I can post today. (Cavities = Dentist Trip = Will die.)

Shiranui said:
OOC: Question, exactly when are the characters going to meet? I'm getting kinda tired of having to roleplay my characters on their own...
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I second the notion.
 
OOC: Well, everyone is really going to meet during the chuunin exams which are in konoha. So, we need everyone to be in konoha.
 
((we also need lightning rider to post >.> hes ignoring this thread and only focusing on his megaman thread))
 
Having somehow managed to get all the gross noodles out of my hair, I picked up another towel that looked clean enough- I doubted Hachino-sensei ever really spent much time here anyway. I pulled it through my soaked hair, and shoulders, dotted with droplets to the water which had escaped their job of washing the cheap gunk from my head, and replaced my shirt and vest. Hanging the towel over my head I reached for the doorknob.

"I feel sorry for him, the day when every other Kira realizes that Kuroi just isn't that kind of person.." I hesitated, and furrowed my brow. I wanted to barge in and demand Hachino-sensei tell me exactly how he knew of the Kira Clan existence- how he knew that I was the failure of the Kira Leader's, how come he just seemed to hate me in general. But I sniffed haughtily and decided that I didn't care. I turned the doorknob to see that Hachino-sensei had already finished his speech, much to my disappointment. Not that I let it show. Not for that arrogant prick.

"Welcome back." Hachino-sensei smiled, "I've just been talking with Hiryuku-chan, and I think we should do two hours of training, and then for agility training, we'll have a little race to Konoha. What do you say?" I blinked. "Already? We're leaving for Konoha so soon?". Hachino-sensei shrugged casually, "Well, I've got a little business in Konoha, so a little earlier then usual won't hurt. It'll help to train in a new enviroment, anyhow. Why don't you two head for the Sound Training Gounds, I'll catch up once I finish setting my apartment straight."
 
Don't worry about it! I edited it, but I'm not sure if it was what you wanted. Sorry!
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Right before Kuroi came back into the room, I'd heard him, he'd touched the doorknob, but stopped suddenly. 'Oh no, he's probably listening to everything we're saying. He sniffed and came out. I turned from the direction Kuroi was comeing from and went back to Hachino-sensei.

"..and then for ability training, we'll have a little race to Konoha." I stopped listening to the rest of what he was saying. "Are you serious?! After 2 hours of training we can go to Konoha?!" I just burst out. 'Wow! I didn't expect to leave so soon! This is better than I expected!' I hid my smile and joy as soon as it came, and put on my best calm-looking face. "Sounds great to me!" I said as I bolted right out the door of Hachino-sensei's bright apartment, back into the bleak, dull, grey of Sound.
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I was sprinting toward my small apartment, whizzing by blurs of Sound shinobi. 'This is great! The training will be fun, and right after that, we head for Konoha, and the other Dark ninja!' I burst through my door, not even paying attention to how dull and bleak it was this time. I wanted to summon Kurunei, Hitachi, and Hikaru to tell them what was going on, but I didn't want to show them off just yet, espeacially since they had forehead protectors with the Dark symbol on them. I didn't want to deal with the genjutsu to make them look like Sound.

I searched through my closet, throwing things all over the place. 'What do I care, after I see the other Dark ninja, this place'll be gone. It has to be!' I thought as I looked over at the picture of my family, all happy and smiling. "Just for you guys!" I said quietly as I continued to search through my closet for the things I'd need for the trip. I found my clothes, pouch, weapons, and bag, and through them all on the bed, landing in a soft plop. I packed everything, stuffing it into the bag, and attaching my weapons pouch to my right leg and putting my weapons in it.

I sped through the door, grabbing the picture of my family and raced off toward the Sound Training Grounds. As I sped through the bleak village I thought of how, the training sesion would go, and what abilities I'd want to show them. I know I didn't want to show them my telekinesis abilites, then they'd know for sure where'd I come from, except my ability was only to push people away or attack with my mind. I stopped thinking as I reached the Sound Training Grounds. "Jeez! This place looks as barren and bleak as the village!" I set my things down and waited for the rest of the team to arrive.
 
After Shiruba had gotten up and walked away, Ason mumbled under his breath. "Ma, ma, ma, don't flirt with the enemy. Wa, wa, wa, you need help in taijutsu. What ever. I don't even like her. And i'm getting tired of you lifting your fingers telling me first thing yada yada. How about I take your finger and-" Ason had stop his sentence after noticing that Shiruba was begining to turn around. Ason turned to Mokutou and spoke to him. "Oh, yea so, you remember...that thing, at the place, with the...you know." After Shiruba turned back around, Ason returned to normal and lifted up his hood onto his head. "So, Shiruba, are we going to train on the water still, or on land? Either way I have to think of a fighting tactic. Maby this time I should try a Shuriken shadow clone technique...I think I have some exploding tags too, that I forgot about. Hmm. Now if I can get these in the water without anyone exept for Mokutou knowing. Got it." Ason ran over to Mokutou and whispered his plan. "Mokutou, since we have to get him to use all of his chakra, I will tie together my kunai with these exploding tags. Then, I will purposely throw them at different points in the water. After I finish there will be a circle of the exploding tags in the water. We then need to get Shiruba in the middle. After that, he will probably use a substitution to protect himself so i'll need you to have some kunai, and when he uses the substitution, throw some weapon at Shiruba or just attack him, anything to make him use up all of his chakra."
 
Yukiru-sensei stood up, looked at Miharu for a moment, before turning his gaze onto Shuichi. His face seemed to be filled with happiness. He then, closed his eyes, coughed, then looked at the both of them. His eyes were slightly narrowed, and the ever familiar cheeky smile of their teacher was gone. His face showed seriousness, and Miharu and Shuichi both read this. They patted out grass from their knees, straightened their hair and stood up straight in front of their teacher, with their arms by their sides. It was the same thing they would do if had Koba-sen coughed.

"Good job you guys." Yukiru-sensei praised them. Miharu smiled ever so slightly. "By now, I guess you're wondering..."
"Why did you ask us to battle?" Shuichi quickly interrupted him. Yukiru-sensei looked at Shuichi. Shuichi looked up at Yukiru-sensei through a layer of hair that covered his eyes. Yukiru-sensei looked away, and continued. "That's what I was about to say. And my reason... Was to see if you were ready for the Chuunin Exams."

Chuunin Exams. These words echoed in Miharu's head. She looked down, lifted her hands so that they were in sight, and clenched them tightly into fists. Was she ready? Is there even a possibility that she would make it into the end? What was in the Chuunin Exam? So many questions filled Miharu's head. Then she realised that Yukiru-sensei had not finished with his speech. She blanked out her head, and focussed on listening to her teacher.

"Well..." Yukiru-sensei began. Miharu's palms became sweaty. She was filled with anxiety as to what he would say. She slightly leaned forward, listening. "I thought you fought pretty well." Yukiru-sensei smiled at both of them. The students sighed, looking at each other with happy faces. "Of course... There is room for improvement." Once the teacher started speaking again, they turned their attention to him.

Yukiru-sensei continued, "Miharu, you're too headstrong with your attacks. Try to wait, and analyze your opponent before striking. That means thinking about how to attack them. Also, try not to spend so much chakra. That Kyuuden of yours is powerful, but it uses up too much chakra. It also looks slightly unstable. I think you should master this attack, before using it again..." He took a deep breath, then smiled at Miharu. "Otherwise, that was good. You have a good reactionl, and your Raika blood means you have naturally high speed. Make use of it." He then turned his attention to Shuichi, who was playing with his hair again. "Shuichi..." The brown-haired boy looked at him. "Try to get more involved in the battle. Assist Miharu as much as you can. You may not be as fast as her, but I believe that you are better than her at something. Your wind technique is very strong, and I believe that you can develop on it a little bit further on it." Miharu sighed. His comments were... Agreeable. She had been too headstrong, and should have used a different technique instead. And Shuichi could have helped her more.

After taking a deep breath, Yukiru-sensei started to talk again. "Now that you know what to work on, I think you guys can do it. But remember, there may be some people there who might have strange powers, or abilities. Just make sure that you don't underestimate anyone... Understand?" The two students nodded obediently...
 
Mokutou nodded. "Great idea Ason-kun. Maybe we can use that against him. It'll tire him out fast." He turned to where Shiruba was. "So? Water or land? Either way, we'll beat you now." He took out his Kusanagi and started to move it slowly on the ground from left to right. "I need to wait for my Chakra to reform before I can use Nijuusei again." He then waited for Shiruba's answer.
 
OOC: Kuroi never touched the doorknob, but whatever you like. It's a minor detail.

And, just so you know in advance- er... well... I'll explain him to you on MSN, if you don't mind me adding you. I want it to be a surprise for everyone else. x3 Hahaha, that is, if anyone else cares.

IC: Hachino-sensei stared at me, "Well?" I glanced at him and snapped moodily, "Don't rush me." He seemed amused by my snappish attitude, and I left in a heartbeat, trudging down the hidden path to the Kira Estate. Kicking at a pebble, I grumbled at the thought of what Hachino-sensei had said about me and the Kira Clan. Elder, didn't look pleased at all when I answered his question, 'Who is your sensei?'. He looked half-minded about changing it, but not even his power could sway Orochimaru-sama. If Orochimaru-sama wanted something, he got it, and as the master holding the whip, the Kira's could only retaliate in their own private way.

"Very well. I heed you not to listen to that irrespectable man... Kira-san..." Elder made a face, "You smell as if you've taken a bath in soba noodles." I grumbled in annoyance and ordered a bath to be prepared. I didn't want to take too long- I'd get annoyed by Hachino-sensei if I did. So I'd probably have a servant arrange my belongings in a sling bag while I rid myself of the soba smell.

I was peculiar with my ways. I disliked servants. I disliked them helping me bathe- though my father insisted that they made it faster, therefore, making more things getting accomplished, but I was paranoid. I allowed no servant into the bathhouse while I was in there. So my bath took about a full 10 minutes, and when I was done, the servant carrying my belongings was already waiting silently outside, stock still like a statue. I grabbed my things and the servant bowed respectfully out of the way as I fled from the Kira Estate. So as not to be "late".

And yet, when I got there, Hachino-sensei was no where to be found. Just Hiryuku-san. I was just about to feel disappointed that I didn't spend more time in the bath, but Hachino-sensei showed up before I could regret it. He looked exhausted. His dark black iris' seemed grey, and his short groomed hair looked raggled, long bangs hanging in his eyes. But his smile was still there.

"My, and I thought I'd be early." Hachino-sensei laughed, "Well, I want to see how well you can aim when combined with your maximum strength. Why don't you both come at once, that way we can get more done within the half hour we'll spend on aim, then the other half on strength, and then an hour on chakra control." I didn't wait for Hachino-sensei to finish, as I had already flung a kunai at him with as much speed I could muster up in the metal tool. Hachino-sensei frowned as he tilted his head a little to the right, "I never said 'go'."

"There aren't any 'go's in life." I smirked, and Hachino-sensei's frowned deepened. I was surprised that a needle was jabbed straight into my sleeve, pinning me to the tree behind me. Hachino-sensei looked tired, but he obviously wasn't. And if he was. I scowled, remembering that Hachino-sensei was still a Jounin. And even the least respected Jounin could be one of the most powerful ones.

"Yes, but you might as well take them when you're offered them, am I right?" Hachino-sensei smiled again, and said, "Well, I suppose it no longer matter's. Go on."
 
Oh, sorry! My bad. Okay, whenever you want to tell me!
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I heard Kuroi speeding down the path before I even saw him. 'Humph, looks like he got all the soba needles out of his hair. Maybe he won't smell so bad anymore.' "So, you're here, where's Hachi..." I didn't finish my sentence as I saw Hachino-sensei appear. He looked a lot worse than usual. He looked as if he hadn't slept for days and he'd been on an S-rank mission for months!

Before I could say anything to Hachino-sensei, Kuroi had thrown a kunai and then he was attached to a tree with a needle. "So it begins huh?" I said as I jumped up into the air forming hand signs and dissapeared useing Genjustsu. I was still up above Hachino-sensei, but my shadow clone was behind him, the shadow clone threw a shuriken at him and he dodged it easily attacking the clone. As soon as my clone was attacked I threw numerous kunai at him, which he easily dodged and as I came down, he jumped back and blocked a needle flying toward him. I used my black blades on my arms as a sheild to block kunai he'd thrown at me. i formed hand signs again and dissapeared.
 
I smiled- for real, a smile. This would be endlessly entertaining. I pulled the needle from my sleeve and didn't even bother to throw it back at Hachino-sensei who was dodging all of Hiryuku-san's assaults. I would catch him off-guard. I lifted my arms, palms facing Hachino-sensei, who was concentrating lightly on Hiryuku-san, and in a flash, 5 lines from each arm were shooting out at Hachino-sensei, who's eyes narrowed when he saw my assault. Normally, it was easy to catch people in my chakra sucking ninjutsu- But Hachino-sensei didn't look surprised at all, and simply used my attack to find an excuse to end up... in the air?

"I'm sorry," Hachino-sensei smiled wryly, "I guess I should slow down a little, huh?" I grit my teeth as he taunted me, and I threw a kunai at him, only for it to hit with a wooden "Thump".

"Replacement..." I grumbled, "What a cheap-"

"Everything, goes." Hachino-sensei patted me on the head and disappeared again. Except, he seemed to have disappeared from the training grounds completely. I blinked and looked around wildly, "Hachino-sensei?"

"And definetely," Hachino-sensei's foot came down on the base of my neck, "Don't let your guard down~!" He said in a sing-song voice. Landing a good 20 feet away he wiped his forehead and sighed, "I'm already exhausted, good job. Although, you had a little help earlier, it's not hard to make a tired man even more tired then he already is." Hachino-sensei laughed and jumped up, dodging 3 needles and landing on the ground again, "You missed!"

I had five kunai hanging off my right fingers, but then I paused. No. That was apart of this wasn't it? I furrowed my brow. If I used all my abilities during this training, it would ruin any sort of surprise element in the rest of the battle. Smirking, I couldn't help but be proud of myself. I had unearthed the hidden lesson! I replaced two of the kunai, earned a stop from Hachino-sensei, and even though I barely grazed his shoulder, I knew he'd let me do it, because I'd figured out what he wanted.

"Okay! Sit out Kira-kun, Hiryuku-chan, once you hit me we'll start over and do another lesson! Genjutsu is so much fun, isn't it?" His smile widened, and he swayed from side to side, It wasn't Bunshin no Jutsu. It wasn't any kind of replication or something advanced like that.

"Suuxe-no Jutsu." Hachino-sensei murmured, as he practically swayed on the spot, his feet moving perhaps a centimeter at most. But his moving torso made it look as if he had 5-, 10, no, 3, no 4 torso's! I blinked and shook my head, the number kept changing, and the illusion's disappeared as fast as they appeared. Maybe it was meant to ensure an easy way to dodge attacks that were focused on one target, in once place. I wasn't sure. I wasn't sure if there was even a point at all. I sat down where I was and just watched.
 
I was on top of a tree as I watched Hachino-sensei and Kuroi go at it. It was nice to see how they fought, of course he wasn't showing his true potential, but he showed a little of it. I knelt as I watched Kuroi just barely graze Hachino-sensei. "...Hiryuku-chan, once you hit me we'll start over and do another lesson! Genjutsu is so much fun, isn't it?" I smiled and pushed off a tree branch into the air. I unlatched the black blades on my arms and grabbed the handles, swinging them as I landed on the ground, away from where Hachino-sensei could see me.

I watched him sway in his genjutsu. 'Does he think that's going to confuse me?' I concentrated more on the genjutsu with my eyes, I was able to see him clearly, he wasn't swaying at all. I raced at him, blades out, and 3 needles in hand. I shot the 3 needles at him, before I even checked if they hit, I swerved away and formed hand signs. Shadow clones appeared around Hachino-sensei surrounding him on all sides. They attacked, him from all sides, throwing kunai at him.

I came down, from above, blades spinning toward Hachino-sensei who was still swaying. My shadow clones hadn't been able to see past his swaying. I'm able to. He jumped back, as I hit exactly where he'd been. I dug one of my blades into the ground and used it to project me around behind Hachino-sensei before he realized what had happended. I through a sidekick to the bottom of his legs, he dissapeared in a puff of smoke, a log in his place. He came behind me an I dodged it jumping back and appearing behind him in a flash and I jabbed him at a pressure point in his neck. He dodged it just barely, but I got him. "Ha! Got you sensei!" I yelled as he stopped and smiled at me, breathing a little hard. "Finally!" I said, smiling at him. "Do you still think I'm not a good member of the team Kuroi?"
 
I folded my arms and passively replied, "I don't recall stating that you were not a worthy member." But I thought it. Hachino-sensei laughed and rubbed his neck, "Well that was good! Kuroi, you figured it out, yes?" I scoffed and averted my gaze from the pathetic person, "Alright then, next lesson! Kira-kun, why don't you go stand next to Hiryuku-san for a moment?" I was surprised, and didn't even protest. Beside's, I was getting used to the girl, not like she was anything new anymore. Hachino-sensei smiled and gave me a thumbs up when I was about a foot and a half away from her, after his annoying hand motioning for me to go a little closer. He grinned and I blinked.

Bad mistake. When I opened my eyes again, at least 20 needles were soaring my way. At top speed. I jumped and a black wall shot up in front of me- practically automatically. Hachino-sensei frowned, "That's cheating. I guess I should've explained it." He shrugged, "Deflect each and every needle with one kunai, and don't let a single one touch you. Once you can do that, the lesson's over." I practically gaped. Hachino-sensei was attacking us this time, and he wanted us to deflect all of his attacks?

Chakra strings pulled the needles back to him, "The reason you have to stand next to each other is because I'll be sending forty needles at the two of you. No chakra using techniques! I'll be counting who get's more needles!" He smiled and a barrage of needles came again, and I only had enough time to pull out my kunai before they all seemed to be right in front of me. I felt like my arm was in practically a different time zone I had to move it so fast. And when all the needles were resting safely back in Hachino-sensei's hands, I realized I had 5 nicks on my pants and shirt. I was frustrated to say the least, so much so that I didn't even bother to see how Hiryuku-san was doing- I just concentrated on the next barrage.
 
While Ason and Mokutou awaited Shiruba's answer, Ason noticed something moving. He turned his head to the right and noticed that it was Shira. "Oh my gosh, I keep running into her!" She seemed to be signaling for Ason to come over. Ason secretly walked over. "What is it?" Ason asked "I set some traps at the hot springs for you." Ason's eyes narrowed. "Did I ask for your help?" "No, but you didn't ask me not to help either." "Well, I don't care, remove the traps, I want to win without any help." "Please, you need all the help you can get." "Hm, maby you can help. Listen, I don't need you to do any traps but, I could use your weapons." "What are you talking about?" "Listen, can you perform the shuriken shadow clone technique?" "Sure, why?" "...I don't know this could be cheating. Plus this is for me to get stronger. Never mind." "Are you sure?" "Yea, just enjoy the show." Ason left Shira and caught back up with his group. "I really want to use the combo move that I have. The Night Of Back-Fires."
 
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