Like Water And Oil Part 2

Chojuro glanced around the large room that was filled with twenty-seven other ninja, all of them glaring fiercely at each other. He was about to take the written portion of the Mist Village's chuunin exam, which was a big deal for the nine-year-old. At his age, he was one of the youngest to take the test. One of the youngest, that is. The only other person in the room that was Chojuro's age was Suigetsu Hozuki. Chojuro and Suigetsu had been rivals since their Academy days, from the very first day, when Suigetsu had bullied him without reason, up to now, when they could possibly have the chance to fight each other to the death. Suigetsu smirked at the idea. Once all the tests were passed out and the rules were explained, the exam began. Chojuro looked down at his paper and saw that there were only ten questions. Ten very hard questions. He racked his brain as hard as he could, but to no avail. The test was too difficult for him.

He looked around him and saw that Suigetsu was fast asleep on his desk with a small puddle of drool on his paper. He'll never become a chuunin like that, Chojuro thought to himself. Slowly throughout the room, frustrated teens left the exam, either because they'd been caught cheating or the exam was too hard. After an hour, only Chojuro, Suigetsu, and four others were left. And then, all of a sudden- "Congratulations!" boomed a jonin who had teleported into the room. "You six have just passed the first round of the chuunin exam!" "Eh?" said Suigestu, lifting his head off of his desk. Chojuro heaved a sigh of relief. He had just passed the written portion with only one thing on his paper- his name. "You each have twenty minutes to go get food and clothes from your house and then you will report to the Swamplands for further instruction," the jonin announced. Chojuro gulped nervously. The Swamplands were the most dangerous areas in the Land of Water.