I planned to start rewriting this sooner but never got around to it. Anyways I'm back and I'm not promising regular updates until I know I can commit. I'll start on my other stories when I can handle it.
I don't own any Naruto characters, and that stuff, 'cept for my OC village. :)
The two girls fought hand to hand, not a single emotion crossing their faces. The two were even, neither gaining an advantage for a while when sudden the brown-haired one kicked it up several notches, before the other could recover she knocked her out with a quick blow from no where.
The brown-haired girl steps back from her crumpled opponent, noting dimly that the genjutsu had stopped draining her chakra and that her opponent was truly unconcious.
"Winner #224."
She turns to face the black-haired jonin, "Are there any more?" Her voice was flat, as expressionless as her face.
"No more genin."
"Meaning?"
"You beat the other contestants so easily we thought to set you up against two chuunin." The two chuunin move into the circle as he says that. One was a head taller than the other but both had short brown hair and blank brown eyes.
#224 settles into a fighting position, one open hand against her hip, the other fist in front.
"Go."
The shorter one ran towards her and she carefully sidestepped him, inserting a seed of Genjutsu that she could use later. While she's distracted the taller one punches her in the chest, knocking her back a few steps. She blocks the next few before ducking under one and throwing him over her shoulder, implanting a Genjutsu seed in him as well.
She turns her head to catch a punch in the face and jumps back to stem the flow of blood form her nose. The short one helps the other up and they face her. She runs between them, pushing them away from each other and activating the genjutsu in the same second.
The two blink and throw themselves at each other, both thinking that the other was the girl. She sits down and feels the slow drain of chakra from the genjutsus. Pinching the bridge of her nose she watches the two wrestle for a little while longer until the taller one is knocked out. She feels one genjutsu drain cut off abruptly and the other one waver. She rises quickly and hits the other boy on the side of the head.
"Winner #224."
"Have I earned the rank of chuunin yet?"
A different male voice responds, "Yes, you earned it a while ago."
"Kage-sama." In unison the two drop to one knee, heads bowed in respect.
"Rise." The man waits for the two to do so before he continues, "That final fight was to see if you were ready for your first mission."
He hands her a scroll and she opens it, unraveling it to read as he says, "Infiltration mission, requires you to take an acting course before you go."
She nods and takes off at a light jog.
The two men watch her, the jonin comments, "She'll make a fine ninja."
The next morning sees many young children training under the sharp eyes of their instructors.
#224 stands before an woman nearing her 50's and repeats what she said in question, "Emotion?"
The woman nods, "I'll be showing you how to imitate a variety of emotions from joy to sorrow to anger and everything in between."
The woman's teaching lasted all day and the next as well. By the time it was over #224 wondered why anyone would bother with these 'emotions', there were too many to count and just as confusing.
She lay awake pondering this as she sat on her bed, the top half of a bunk bed in a long room with a dozen other girls, some of whom were out on missions. She unconsciously folds the piece of paper into a butterfly and sets it beside many other paper figures. Finally drops from her bed and slips into the hallway, quietly so as not to disturb any of the other girls.
She grabs a ready made bag for her mission and a thin dark grey jacket to cover her bright blue and red shirt and match her pants. She carefully ties a forehead protector on, letting her bangs fall to cover the metal. The brown fabric blending into her hair perfectly.
She heads for the gates and stops at them. Not bothering to turn to the gate guard she says, "#224, specialty genjustu, signing out."
Short chapter but I plan to upload another quickly. Peace.
