Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto in any way, Characters, Plot, Justus, and stuff like that. That right belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. All OC Characters and their abilities however are mine, as is the plot, for now! and without further Delay… Wait more…
Authors Notes (which will now be "A/N:" and only displayed at the end of a chapterKawaii! My first Fanfic! I'm sooo nervous! GWAAAAH! Well in anyrate, you can enjoy my fanfic… riiiight… about… Now… soon… lol…
"Speaking"
'Thoughts'
Jutsu
"Strange Voice"
"There he is! Get him!"
"Crap!"
Through the darkness of the night ran a boy of '10 and a quarter' years old, as he so solemnly called himself, being chased by seven hooded figures in masks. And to think, less than a month ago it hadn't started this way…
"Sendo Takai…" said a man wearing a metal plate over his forehead with four horizontal squiggles on it. Short brown hair, this man had, which complemented his dark eyes. He wore a dark blue, perhaps black, suit and a light navy vest. He had cross shaped scars on the top of each of his hands, something he received on an assignment.
"Here!" A child called out in response to the adult, as the man checked off something on his check board. He was calling role for the class. "Kakazumo Sayori…" "Here I am!" a girl called as the man checked her off as present. He began to call out the next name before coughing and pausing, then he let out a sighed call "Bachi Jiyuu…"
"WHAT DO YOU WANT!" A very arrogant boy called out from the corner, for he was an outcast from the adults to even the students. He was clearly the oldest kid in the class, as he stood taller than most the children there. He had dark raven hair, with a red outlined highlight which was strangely natural. Pale complexion and had pointy ears, not the kind of pointy that you would see in elves, but just like unnaturally pointy ears for at least a human. He was not feared for his height, his strange hair, or even his retarded looking ears, but his eyes. His eyes are what scared the children, and hid a secret only few knew. His eyes were Red, with a very dark pupil. He was wearing a shirt that was black with red lining on the top and had long sleeves, and a dark black, if not, gray pair of pants that complemented his shirt above.
The man sighed, checked the name off and said, "There isn't any need to yell Jiyuu… you should learn how to shut up once in a while" Jiyuu's face contorted in annoyance, and quickly got up and hit the table desk in front of him with his open palm and called out, "WHO ARE YOU TO TELL ME TO SHUT UP! HUH!"
"The one," the man who stood in front of the class, calmly looking the boy in the eye, "who will determine if you pass or not…"
And it was with that that caused Jiyuu to recall into his seat, and look down at the desk, silenced. "Now, Akuma" the man called. "Hai" another child called. "Come up here; show me you can kawarimi to safety."
'Kawarimi' Jiyuu began to think to himself, 'heheheh… that's my easiest skill!' Confident in himself, Jiyuu watched as the boy named Shinko Akuma, probably the only one not afraid of him, walked to the front of the class. Akuma was a pale child with black raven hair let down to about ear length. He wore a dark purple shirt with the sleeves torn off. He had a crest on the back of his shirt, one that seemed similar to a yin-yang, only five pronged, with different colors and kanji in each; red fire, blue water, yellow lightning, white wind, and brown earth. He wore matching dark purple leggings.
The Instructor quickly took out a metal object, four pronged and spiked to be able to cut. 'Oh man, he's using shuriken… this will be interesting'
The man threw the shuriken at his student without warning. Akuma was hit and was propelled back, but then a puff of smoke blew out from his body as a log replaced him, shuriken embedded in it.
Jiyuu grew a smile as when the smoke cleared, Akuma was nowhere to be found. All the children started 'ooh'-ing and 'ah'-ing at this, but Jiyuu and, much to his annoyance, the instructor knew better.
The instructor, closed eyes, turned to Akuma's desk and said, "You may come out now, Akuma." Jiyuu didn't know weather to be annoyed by the instructor's… stuck-up-ness… or be amused at the students' next reaction. In either case, Jiyuu chose to grin.
Akuma came up from under his desk, saluting the Instructor, and taking his seat silently. The students started clapping, kawarimi, apparently, was their hardest skill. "Negoki Raku, Your skill will be to henge into me…"
Jiyuu turned to the
student, knowing that henge was his worst skill, 'Oh no… he's
testing us on our worst skills… well at least my worst skill isn't
genin level… its-'
"-Genjutsu Release" Jiyuu popped a vein, "WHAT? THAT'S ABOVE GENIN LEVEL! WHY SHOULD I-" "Because," the instructor started, "you're the oldest, and have had two years more than these kids, if anything you should be taking the chunin exams…"
Jiyuu could only mutter under his breath as he walked to the middle of the class. He closed his eyes, waiting to be put under the genjutsu so he could focus; unaware he was already trapped in it.
Jiyuu felt sleepy, but struggled to stay awake. He rubbed his eyes and caught something, he noticed that all the kids were laughing at him… they never laughed at him unless he told a joke or did something funny! How was this funny if even they couldn't do it! Kami save him, even Akuma was laughing! That was the last-
'Wait… Akuma is laughing at me… Akuma is always serious… always… something is wrong…' Jiyuu suddenly point at the Instructor and yelled, "I know this Trick! You made me think you put me under the Nehan Shoja no Jutsu, or at least the Narakumi no Jutsu genjutsus! In reality, you had me in a variation of the Kori Shinchuu no Jutsu by using the Nijuu Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu! YOU CAN'T FOOL ME YOU BASTARD! YOU KNEW I WOULD FOCUS MY CHAKRA TO STAY AWAKE AND DISPELL A GENJUTSU THAT DIDN'T EXIST!"
Jiyuu put his hands into the seal of the Tiger and called out "Kai!"
Epically… nothing happened… Jiyuu pulled off into the Monkey seal and called out, "Kai!" and fainted.
Jiyuu started to wake, looked around, and find himself, standing, in the middle of the classroom. The Instructor walked up to him, gave him a sneer smile. Jiyuu thought he was going to praise him for seeing through a false genjutsu and escaping two high chunin genjutus, but instead said, "You yell a lot in your sleep, you know that?"
The class entirely started laughing, of course with the exception of Jiyuu, Kira, and the Instructor. The Instructor was smiling at Jiyuu, who by this point was giving off a death glare of insanity at him. Before he died, he would make sure to torture the instructor at least once…
"Alright everyone, you're all full genin of Kirikagure! All of you be proud!" The Instructor said, as the class started 'woop'-ing and clapping, basically celebrating in all sorts of manners.
Akuma got up and walked up to the Instructor and received the first forehead protector worn by all Kiri-nin. The girl next to him, Sayori, Jiyuu's crush, followed the example. Jiyuu, hoping to get to talk to her, followed her. Sayori received her forehead protector and ran past Jiyuu, not even saying anything to him, leaving him hanging.
The class had now all received their forehead protectors, and for the first time in years, had an entire class of academy students passed on, now all they needed to do was weed the weak ones out. Time to be assigned a jonin instructor…
"Everyone!" The class instantly got silent, something he hoped the next batch would never do… the fact that when he spoke, and everyone shut up instantly was… creepy… to say the least. The instructor wiped away the imaginary sweat drop and began, "everyone must show up tomorrow to verify your genin status, Dismissed!"
The class quickly left entirely, leaving the Instructor there in his thoughts. 'Damn it… I tired my best genjutsu combination on that boy and he still released it… that bastard dog must have helped him…'
"Shizuku…" The Instructor turned violently and fell out of his seat. He got back up and looked at the man in the window, he was tall, pale complexion, and had a rather large sword on his back. He had dark blue hair which covered his right eye, which is red due to injuries he sustained in his past, for the most part, he was blind in that eye. He had his forehead protector in the usual spot but his hair covered most of it. He was squatted in the window until he moved into the room.
"Daikaku, you scared me…" the Instructor informed him. The man with the sword smiled solemnly and said, "sorry about that… I hear the boy passed…" The Instructor, Shizuku, frowned and looked at the floor, "sorry, I tried testing him on a chunin level feat with two different genjutsus, making him think an entirely different genju-"
"You used the Double False Surroundings Genjutsu combined with your own adoption of the Sly Mind Affect Genjutsu, making him think that you put him under the Nirvana Temple Genjutsu… didn't you…?" The, clearly, jonin level ninja, Daikaku, asked him, but spoke as Shizuku was about to speak, "You know… you use that combination way too much… its only natural that you would begin to… get rusty…"
"Yeah?" Shizuku started, "Well if that's how you feel, I'll assign you as his jonin instructor…"
Daikaku started to sweat, "um… no that's okay, I'd rather not…" Shizuku intervined, "Oh, why, just because you're one of the Seven Swordsmen, doesn't mean that you're excluded in the duties of a jonin, and who knows, with your toughness, you might fail him. Besides, you need the curriculum anyway, its not like you've had a genin team before, and it has become a requirements."
Daikaku sighed, "Its not that he shouldn't become a ninja, in fact, with me as his jonin sensei, I'd probably be doing the Mizukage a favor… you know, keeping more checks on him… besides… if its anyone we need to fail… its that other one…"
Shizuku sighed, "I know… ironically, you're the one to get him" "I know" Daikaku finished, but Shizuku still had something to say, "That's not even the Ironic part, the Ironic part is, even though it is out of my hands, both of the boys will be in your care…"
"What…?" Daikaku said. "That's right… so you must choose, weather to pass them, and let him be a ninja… or fail him, and have the other be on loose tabs… Its out of my hands, I'm sorry…"
Daikaku turned to leave, before Shizuku started, "Brother… One more thing…" Daikaku turned, and had a confused look. "Well, the thing is," Shizuku said, "two of your students tied at the exact same score so…"
Daikaku sighed and asked what the obvious answer was, "So you're telling me that I have four students instead of three… the student with the best score… the student with the worst score… and the two that tied for the middle score?"
Shizuku nodded. Daikaku sighed again and turned to the window and put his foot on it before turning back, "Take care Otouto…" "Of course Nii-san" Shizuku said to him as his older brother jumped from the window.
"Team Sixteen…" Shizuku called out. 'Jeez, how many freaking kids passed this year!' Jiyuu thought to himself. He had blocked himself out from the call, thinking he wouldn't be called on due to the fact that they were blending classes (The morning session (the one Jiyuu is in) and the afternoon session) this year. until he heard the Instructor say, "Team Seventeen, pay attention, Bachi Jiyuu…"
Jiyuu looked up, 'Team Seventeen? Damn that must be like… unno… dead last or something…' "Kakazumo Sayori…" "although since Sayori is in my team, I don't really-' "Souzen Jin…" 'Okay screw that creepy silent kid from the next class… seriously who cares about him…he's even scarier than me… but anywa-' "and finally, Shinko Akuma…"
Jiyuu looked over at Akuma, angry. Jiyuu was indeed grateful to Akuma for not fearing him like the others, but where that fear was removed, it was replaced with… asshole-ness… "WHAT THE HELL? DAMNIT OKASHII! WHY SHOULD I BE WITH SOMEONE LIKE AKUMA?"
Shizuku winced, he really didn't like in when Jiyuu called him by his surname and not using '-san' at the end of it. "Because, Jiyuu, Akuma scored the highest of all the students in both classes, while you scored the worst…"
Jiyuu got upset again, and was ready to yell before Sayori said something, "But sensei… why should we even have Jiyuu on our team, if he was last, and everyone else was assigned three to a team, why must Jiyuu be that fourth on ours? He is the worst, after all…"
Jiyuu was saddened; Sayori was protesting that he would do nothing than hold them back, but he didn't show it, no, he did too much of that in the years before, now that he was a ninja, he would be emotionless, as he should be.
"All of you, your bickering is pointless…" spoke a nearly cloaked figure. He wore a large white coat that covered his whole body, save maybe half his legs, which he wore black. He had short, but on end dark brown hair, complementing his dark black eyes. He wore a weightlifting glove on his right hand, and a full glove on the left. He wore his forehead protector in the usual spot, and used it to clear his head of his hair. This was Souzen Jin, the quiet and, in Jiyuu's eyes, annoying one in class. He seemed to have the whole 'emotionless' part of the shinobi job down.
"Okay, okay, no fighting now… we four are a team… sadly" Sayori said, muttering the last part to herself. She had blonde hair that reached her shoulders. She wore a black, skintight, under armor. Over it she wore dark green sleeveless shirt with rose embroidery on the left shoulder. She wore dark green pants with the same embroidery on her right hip. On her right shoulder was where she put her forehead protector.
"Now that you're all… settled in… your Jonin instructors will
arrive soon, stay here and they will tell you which team leader they
are." Shizuku said. 'Freaking great…' Jiyuu thought,
'my team is dead last… how did I ever end up in this…'
CRASH! "FUCK THIS GAME!" Jiyuu had just knocked over a board that Jin had out. Jin remained silent, picked up the board and the pieces, and arranges them exactly how they were before Jiyuu knocked it over… "Your move" he said softly.
'I'm… I'm… you… you-' "BASTARD!" Jiyuu turned red with anger and lunged at Jin and tackled him. The two fell to the floor and Jiyuu started to punch Jin's face in. Sayori quickly turned to worry, but did nothing but jitter in awe, shock, fear, and slight amazement.
Akuma remained waiting, knowing full well the situation was under control. Jiyuu punched Jin one last time and stared into Jin's bloody face. Jin closed his eyes, "Are you done yet?" Jiyuu turned red again, but was stopped by a freezing cold hand. He looked behind him and saw Jin holding his shoulder.
Jiyuu looked back at the body and saw that it was slowly turning into a white like sand. Akuma smirked, "The Souzen Kekkei Genkai is the ability to use a form of sand as hard as stone, did you not know that?" Jiyuu looked at Akuma like if he were retarded, but was thinking 'So even if he didn't replace himself with that clone… he would have still been undamaged…'
Jiyuu sighed and tried to get up, although, he couldn't move his knees. He looked down at his knees to see both of his entire lower legs embedded in a hard light grey shell. "The next time," Jin started to say, "do not test my patience, or your legs won't be the only thing covered in my cement"
The shell slowly turned softer and soon turned into the sand like powder again, as it receded back into the sleeves of Jin's large jacket. 'This kid… the only one the kids think is scarier than me… what an arrogant bastard… I mean really! Who plays shogi for two hours straight waiting for their-'
"JONIN INSTRUCTOR!" Jiyuu called out. Just then a man jumped through the window, covered in bandages, and had a bag over his right arm filled with blood. The bag had a needle that was jabbed into his arm. Aside from that, he wore a dark outfit with a sort of half exposing shirt, which under was the traditional net shirt. He had his Kiri-band over his forehead, but his dark blue hair was past it and covered most of it, favoring the right. He was covered in scars and had a rather large holster on his back.
He looked at the room, realizing there were only four students in the room, and suddenly came to realization, "Holy Shit, I'm late!" Jiyuu was about to say something before Sayori quickly point a finger at him and said, "FUCK YEA YOU ARE! DO YOU REALIZE HOW LONG WE HAD TO FUCKING WAIT?" as she radiated a deathlike flame.
He closed his eyes and then opened his mouth to speak slowly, "THAT'S COLORFUL LANGUAGE YOUNG LADY! DON'T EVER USE IT AROUND ME EVER AGAIN!" Sayori was then hit with the idea that this guy could kill her if he wanted, and now she had to listen to what he said. She quickly got scared and began jittering, "Y-y-y-y-yes s-s-s-si-i-ir!"
The man started to blink and then looked at the four students. He drew up his own private conclusion about them and closed his eyes and laughed, "you're… interesting… I like you guys…"
"Yeah," Jiyuu started, "well you're not interesting, I don-" He was interrupted by his new sensei, "Don't finish that sentence, don't… I hate it when people say that…" he said with an annoyed face.
Jiyuu frowned and looked away as he crossed his arms. The man looked out the window and then turned to his new students, "Noon, Tomorrow, be at the Mizukage Monument… No Questions asked…Bye…"
Sayori was about to ask something before he blew up and turned into water that splashed on the floor. 'Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu…' Jiyuu thought, 'this teacher really is interesting…' And with that, the four cleared the room and left home.
"Yaaaaaaawwwnnnnn" Jiyuu rose from his cot and stretched his arms up. After a minute, he slumped back down and slid out the bottom end, wearing nothing but polka dotted black and red boxers. He went to his kitchen and opened his refrigerator to see it completely empty. He groaned and looked in his pantry to see only two things; curry and, much to his dismay, miso ramen.
He grabbed the ramen and a pot, put water in the pot and boiled it. He then emptied out the ramen into the pot and then walked to the bathroom. Jiyuu turned on the water in the shower and stood there staring at the floor.
Minutes later he came out of the bathroom door, somehow having acquired his never changing attire. He had a towel and was drying off his head as he walked back into the kitchen. He dropped the towel onto the chair in front of the woodcraft table there and took the boiling pan and poured its content into a bowl. He took a pair of chopsticks and snapped them apart, then he looked at his meal with gloomy eyes and said to himself, "Itadakimasu"
He started to eat the ramen noodles, which he choked on after a while, and then… licked the soup from the bowl rather than drank from it… After he finished he looked at the clock, still gloomy and saw the time, "Twelve fifteen… TWELVE FIFTEEN!"
Sitting on a rock, holding out a small hardcover book, a man looked up at the sun, observing its position. He sighed and said, "Its at least eight minutes past noon… damn brats… must be retarded… don't you think so?"
He closed the small orange book and turned around, looking behind the book. There sat an purple clad ninja wearing his new Kiri-band over his forehead. He had the look of distain in his eye, with the thoughts, 'My leader is a pervert… fucking great…' repeating in his head. Hearing his sensei's response, he accidentally muttered out patched words, "orange… Sannin… Leaf… massacre… death…"
"Hmm? What was that?" the gray clothed man with the large sword asked his student. The mortified child shouted out, "NOTHING!" then quickly went back to his neutral look. The man smiled once more and opened up the book again while speaking and reading, "Don't you think those three are stupid for not showing up on time, Akuma?"
"What are you talking about?" a voice spoke. The man and the boy turned to the rock they were sitting and leaning on respectively, to see the upper half of what they called 'teammate.' "I've," the halved boy began speaking, "been here since yesterday… I only just woke up; in a way… you're sitting on me…"
Akuma got up and walked off and leaned against the pillar that brandished a face of a middle-aged man. The swordsman got up quickly and dusted off his butt, then muttered, "That's fucking gross…"
The rock slowly disappeared and turned into his lower half. "Well… Jin is here, now all we need to wait for is Jiyuu and Sayori…" the man said. As if on cue, a girl ran up to him panting, "My mom woke me up late… sorry… I'm not that late am I?
"Just eight minutes… now all we need to wait for is Jiyuu…" the man said. He paused and looked around then laughed, creeping out even Akuma (Jin doesn't really care) and said, "I expected him to come out of nowhere after I said that… with my luck, he'll probably arrive in mid sentence…"
He paused again, and then laughed once more, once again creeping out Sayori and Akuma. "Oh well, Jin, shall we play Shogi?" Jin only sat down and moved his open hand out forward as grey sand came from his sleeve and turned into a flat board and respective pieces with kanji. They slowly changed to their beige colors, making it look and feel like wood.
The man walked up to the board and sat down opposite side of Jin, whom only said, "Your move…"
CRASH! The man had grown tired of Shogi and bashed in the board of cement, actually hurting his own hand in the process, "F-f-f-f-f-f…" he struggled to say. Just then a clamper of footsteps were heard, instantly the man exploded, "WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU? DO YOU REALIZE HOW BORRING SHOGI GETS?"
Sayori looked at her sensei and though, 'Oh dear god… he's just like Jiyuu…' The snickering ninja smiled as he had his Kiri-band covering his eyes, he pushed it up and grinned a grin that threatened to split his head. "Heeeeeeyy! I'm not late am I?"
The Man was clenching his fist and ready to lunge at the red maimed boy and show him what real pain was. Nonetheless he controlled himself and stood up straight, "alright then we're all here, lets make this nice and quick…"
"First off…" he said with a serious tone, "you're going to tell me your names, interests, people you are romantically involved with, even if its one-sided, and anything extra you might feel like sharing…" Jiyuu's stomach turned, as he looked over to Sayori, 'should I say it out right?'
"I'll go first," the man said, "My name is Okashii Daikaku, My interests… I like collecting… foreign books, There's this girl I like, although you guys will probably never meet her, being from Konohagakagure… And I guess its Important to say that I'm one of the remaining four Seven Swordsmen of the Mist."
Everything remained silent that is until Jiyuu spoke up, "YOU'RE A SEVEN SWORDSMAN? THAT'S SOOOO COOOOOOOOL!" The man sighed, "Yes I suppose… Purple guy," Akuma winced, "you go next, since you were the first I saw…"
"My name is Shinko Akuma, I have no interests, I don't like anyone, and I'm an orphan…" he answered blandly. Daikaku sighed, 'This kid must have been taught widely in the art of conversation…' He looked over to Jin, "Go…"
Jin closed his eyes and recalled the broken Shogi board back into his sleeves as he said, "I am Souzen Jin, I like construction, I also don't like anyone, and I am the last of my clan…" 'Yes,' Daikaku thought to himself, 'that's no surprise… what exactly are you going to do…?' Daikaku then realized that he was taking too long, and then looked to Sayori, just pointing at her.
"Um… Hi, I'm Kakazumo Sayori… umm… I like a lot of things, flowers especially… sakura flowers are nice… ummm… I don't really have my eye on anyone at the time, although there are lots of cute boys here in Kiri… ummm," she turned red as she spoke the last part, "I… I'm very short tempered and I like weapons, they're my edge when it comes to combat!" she said, trying to regain her composure, and succeeding.
'And now, the headache boy…' Daikaku thought, before Jiyuu spoke up without acknowledging him, "I'm Bachi Jiyuu! I'm interested in Ninjutsu, I want to learn all sorts of Ninjutsu so I can show people who's boss!" Jiyuu paused and looked at Sayori, "I like someone right now, a girl who probably doesn't like me back, but that doesn't matter, because I strive to become stronger so I can protect those I care for, her and my team included," Jiyuu quickly glanced at Akuma, "even that whore…" Akuma winced again, "The only thing left to say is I guess lots of people seem to hate me, and I don't know why… it really pisses me off, but once I become stronger, they'll see me as a savior, and not a monster! That is what I dream!"
Daikaku took on a serious look. He walked up to Jiyuu and put his rough hand on his head, "You… you've got a good heart kid…" he spoke softly, "don't let anything ruin that for you…" he said sadly. 'What the hell? He's a shinobi… a jonin… hell, on of the seven swordsmen… why does he show emotion like this?' Jiyuu thought as he looked at the sad face of his teacher. Jiyuu desperately tried to change the subject, "HEYY! WAIT A MINUTE! YOU'RE RELATED TO THAT GAY INSTRUCTOR!"
Daikaku coughed, "WHAT DID YOU CALL MY LITTLE BROTHER?" Jiyuu laughed, 'So he is related to Shizuku… they do look alike' "Oh nothing, other than HE'S A FAG!" Daikaku clenched onto the boy's hair and lifted him up like a wig, "DON'T SAY MY BROTHER IS A FAG! HE'S HAPPILY MARRIED WITH TWO CHILDREN!"
Jiyuu grinned once more, "YEA WITH A GUY AND TWO GAY KIDS!" Daikaku thought, 'Why this little BASTARD! I should feed him to Shinigami right now!" Jiyuu started laughing, and held up an orange book and started reading outloud, "And he slowly creaked the door open, which he suddenly saw-"
'Urk!' was the sound Daikaku made as he dropped the boy, whom backed up and continued to read, and looked at his extra kunai holster. It was open, and its contents emptied out. "GIVE ME MY BOOK YOU BRAT!"
Jiyuu started running
around in a zigzag pattern, Daikaku following closely behind. Jiyuu
was laughing and reading out loud the pornographic contents of the
book (A/N: Use your Imagination! XD) which caused
Sayori to blush. Jin merely looked up at the clouds, completely
oblivious to what was happening. Akuma had this dark looming glow on
him, as he thought, 'I am paired with such Idiots…'
Half an hour later, Jiyuu was choking and gasping for air as he was trapped in a large sphere of water held together by Daikaku, whom was happily reading his orange book, dismissing the boy who was dying slowly to his right. "Um… Daikaku-sensei," Sayori spoke, "don't you think you should let Jiyuu out now?"
Daikaku turned to a now blue and prune-ie Jiyuu. He sighed as he released the jutsu. Jiyuu fell to the floor and gasped for air, even motioning his hands as if he was scraping the air towards him.
Daikaku closed the book and dawned his serious look. "Alright then, now for your test…" The four students, well, maybe not Jin, who was still staring at the clouds, unmoving since he started, jerked at this comment. "Daikaku-sensei…" Sayori spoke up, "What test? We already tested our weakest skill…"
Daikaku laughed, "Did you really think Kirigakakure would put out so many weak ninja?" Sayori shook her head in disapproval. "Of course not, after they are assigned a team, the leader gives them a true test, if they pass, they become full fledged Genin, but if they fail, they go back to the academy…"
Sayori turned pale. Daikaku sighed, "However, if they, more than likely, pass again, if they fail that test again, they are assigned as Special Genin, doing only D-Ranked missions for a year before they take what we here at Kiri have solemnly called, The Genin Selection Exams, in which Genin of this situation are pitted against one another. Only three may pass during any year, with one genin being claimed as the champion of the three exams held within the one year."
Akuma grasped this concept immediately, "So you're saying, that if you fail us here and now, only one of us will ever become Genin, and we only have the slight chance of it?" Daikaku smiled, "Correct." "So then," Jin spoke up, "what happens to those that fail the selection exams?"
Daikaku smiled even more, "They are stripped of Ninja status and are never allowed to tryout for it ever again, of course." Jiyuu, Sayori, and even Akuma froze up at this, especially at how calmly their sensei had said it. Jin just asked, "What's the test?"
Daikaku smiled, "Straight to the point, I like that…" He sighed and pocketed the book, which he had neglected to do up until now, "Normally, I'd test you on a strange test said to be given by the Third Hokage, but since I'm not from Konoha, I have no idea what the test is… its supposed to be the most brutal test ever… But I digress; I still have my own test…"
Daikaku took out a stick about a foot long, written on it were four kanji for the word "pass". They looked at him like if he was insane, they couldn't read it from where they were. Daikaku smiled again, "Whoever takes this stick away from me and presents the word written on it to me, on the stick, may pass."
Jiyuu thought, 'Wait… there's only one stick… does that mean he intends to pass only one of us?'Akuma scoffed, "But… this wont be a simple game of tag… will it?" Daikaku smiled again, "you're right, you'll have to fight me for it…"
They froze over again, 'to fight a jonin… a seven swordsman no less… that's… impossible…' they all thought. Jin, however, had a butterfly on his finger and was talking to it, completely absorbed with the color of its wings. Daikaku frowned, "Begin…"
The three of them dashed off, leaving Daikaku in the clearing, and Jin by the tree, still looking at the butterfly on his hand.
'Maaaan… this sucks! Maybe he's doing this just because I took that perverted book of his… damn it!' Jiyuu thought. He jumped out of the bushes and ran straight for Daikaku. Daikaku took out the book again and read it once again, thinking, 'lets see what he can with his two years' experience'
Jiyuu jumped, or rather lunged, at Daikaku and threw a fist at him. Daikaku countered by lifting his right knee and then doing a mild jump as he quickly withdrew his leg and kicked him with the other, all in one fluid motion without taking his eyes off the book.
Jiyuu got up off the floor and took out a kunai and hurdled it at him. Daikaku effortlessly took out his own kunai and merely flicked it as the two kunai crashed into each other. Jiyuu smiled as it seemed he didn't see the kunai hidden in the first's shadow. Daikaku looked up and was impaled in the chest by the shadow hidden kunai. He fell straight back before turning into water.
'Damn it!' Jiyuu thought as he looked around anxiously, 'Mizu Bunshin!' He turned around to see Daikaku squatting in front of him, still reading. Daikaku, with speed that impressed Jiyuu, effortlessly threw a punch at Jiyuu's nose, sending him flying back and into a tree, cracking the trunk of it. Daikaku formed a one-handed seal, without lifting his eyes from the book, and thought to himself, 'Kure-ji Omoi Dou no Jutsu'
Daikaku disappeared and was replaced with thousands, no, trillions of ants. The Tree trunk suddenly turned into a sort of demon, gaining three arms that wrapped around Jiyuu. "OH MY GOD WHAT THE HELL?" The ants slowly covered him and he could feel them biting him and biting him. They were eating him. "GWAAAAAAAAAAAH!"
"GWAAAAAAAAAAAH!" she heard. Sayori looked out of the tree she was in to see Jiyuu crawled up in fetal position and sucking his thumb, with Daikaku squatting near him, still reading his book.
'Great… Jiyuu just got put under some sort of Genjutsu no doubt…' she thought. Then she realized she was directly behind Daikaku. She quickly formed a hand seal, "Bunshin no Jutsu!" Out of nowhere materialized a clone. She quickly grabbed all sorts of kunai and shuriken, and some rope and a match.
Daikaku was reading the book and felt something touch his leg. He looked down to see Jiyuu was rolling back and forward. 'Sigh… what a pathetic kid…' Just then, a fury of Shuriken and Kunai hurdled themselves at him as he saw Sayori jump from the bushes. Daikaku took out a kunai of his own and deflected each and every one, then hurdled it at Sayori.
The kunai went through her as she poof-ed out of existence. Daikaku showed an expression that screamed, 'I was careless!' Daikaku turned to hear a familiar voice, "Suiton: Mizuame Nabara!" He saw Sayori as she spit out a strange green water that surrounded him and touched his feet. Daikaku smiled, "That was pointless…"
Sayori smiled, "Not necessarily" she pointed to the tree they were under. Daikaku looked up and realized that's where he left the stick. Daikaku crouched to jump but was held in place by the sticky green water. Sayori giggled as she started to walk over the water. 'Advanced Chakra control at her age… impressive… but-' "Not enough…" Daikaku said, sounding confident. Sayori turned, "hmm?" Daikaku smiled once more and then opened his mouth, "Bunshin Bakuha…"
Sayori went wide eyed as Daikaku exploded, propelling the sticky water, the trapped Jiyuu, Sayori, and the stick far from where he exploded. Sayori fell on the floor, and tried to get up as she saw the stick flying through the air. As it reached the floor, she saw Daikaku catch it, while still reading the book. Sayori jumped, or tried to, but she was held in place by the sticky water she had spit out.
Daikaku smiled evilly, "Oh… that was sooooo clooose… looks like you lose…" as he walked over to Jiyuu's body, picked it up, and put it next to Sayori, purposely making Jiyuu embrace her. Daikaku started snickering as he turned and walked away. Sayori's temperature boiled, "That… that son of a… BITCH!"
'Bitch' was the word he could have sworn he heard. He turned from where he was and saw… Sayori and Jiyuu hugging… what the hell? 'Were taking a test and they're busy flirting? Well no matter, that just opens up opportunity for me to pass and leave the others to fail!'
Akuma thought to himself. He quickly neared the clearing and saw Daikaku standing by the lake with the stick and the book. 'I'm not falling for this… that's a clone…' Akuma thought as he looked around. He quickly caught sight of the Real Daikaku squatting in bushes next to him… what the hell? He was a jonin level ninja and he was completely oblivious that he was no more that twelve yards away!
Akuma smirked and formed a hand seal.
"Hello butterfly… how are you? I'm fine… don't mind the noise too much, just fools who are all doomed to die, much like us all… there probably isn't any meaning to life… which is why I waste away doing nothing while I still live… and you?" Jin said, eyeing the butterfly.
'Man… this kid must be dense…' Daikaku thought. He was watching from the bushes, 'he's not even trying to pass this test… hmmm…perhaps that makes my job of failing him easier' Daikaku then noticed Akuma trying to sneak up on his clone. Daikaku smiled, 'what an idiot.' Akuma walked up to the clone and tapped its shoulder. The clone turned around, and muttered something the Daikaku clone was shocked to hear
Akuma then exploded violently, destroying the clone. Daikaku was wide eyed, and then turned around to see Akuma doing hand seals, and then he twisted back with his right hand over his mouth in partially open fist. "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu!" he echoed as he fired off dozens of fireballs at Daikaku. 'A Kiri-nin who can use fire? That's interesting…' Daikaku started to do hand seals as he jumped back to where his clone once was.
Akuma jumped up and did hand seals in the air as well. Daikaku and Akuma finished almost at the same time and yelled out, "Suiton: Suigadan!" and "Sensatsu Suishuu" respectively. Water quickly gathered around Akuma and turned into spikes and closed in before they stopped. They then turned into ice and broke and hurdled themselves at Daikaku. 'Shit! He countered my attack… with Ice no less… he's skilled…'
Daikaku dodged them all and ran directly at Akuma, who did the same. They began exchanging attacks, or rather, punching at one another only to have your attack blocked or dodged. This went on for about a minute before Akuma smirked. Daikaku smirked too. They both yelled out, "Bunshin Daibakuha!"
They both exploded
violently. Everything seemed tranquil… Jin's butterfly flew away…
Soon, out of the lake, came out Daikaku. Akuma jumped out of a tree
and did a single hand seal, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" About
twelve more Akumas appeared into existence. Daikaku did a single hand
seal as well and called out "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" and
twenty four water clumps formed that slowly took the shape and form
of Daikaku. They all did a single handseal, "Kirigakure no
Jutsu…" A thick mist soon enveloped the whole area. 'Shit…'
Akuma thought.
"Augh! I give up! What's the Point?" Akuma protested, being held in a breathable water prison, created by the last of Daikaku's Mizu Bunshins. The real Daikaku standing and reading that horrid orange book, and holding the stick. "Well… you guys seemed promising… but it seems like you all fa-" "Excuse me…"
Akuma and Daikaku (both of them) turned to the west to see Jin standing there with a stern look, "you scared away my butterfly friend…" Daikaku smiled, "Sorry about that, but I'm more sorry that you all failed. This test was to see if you could all pass, and none of you did…"
"What are you Saying?" Sayori called out, still held down by the sticky water, Jiyuu wrapped around her, sleeping, "There's only one stick!" Daikaku sighed, "You're missing the point, this test was about determination and on how determined you were to get this stick, even if it meant working with those you competed with…"
Akuma had enough, "What? That's retarded!" Daikaku raised his voice, "Sayori… had you been truly determined to get this stick, or even to get out of the predicament you're in, you'd have used your excellent chakra control to free Jiyuu from the Genjutsu I've placed. Jiyuu would then, being Jiyuu, attack my clone, hoping to free Akuma, thus, in his own way, proving he was better than Akuma. Akuma would then be able to burn the water glue holding you down. Then the three of you could launch a planned attack on me, and possibly gain the stick."
"So you're saying," Jin started, "that this is about determination…" Daikaku frowned, "Yes, even I was determined not to let you get the stick, you however showed no determination, not even enthusiasm." Jin looked down, "Determination for you too huh? You scared my butterfly friend, now I'm determined to avenge him… lets see how determined you are to live!"
Jin thrust his hands forward as the cement quickly shot out of his sleeves at Daikaku. Sensing danger, he put away the book and took out a kunai. The cement creeped around Daikaku and started to rise up to attack him. He cut the pieces of cement that had not solidified as they rose up then jumped into the air and threw the kunai at Jin. Jin stayed unmoving as the cement moved in the way, grabbed the kunai's holding end, twisted it around, and then threw it back at the airborne Daikaku.
Daikaku was shocked, he took out a shuriken and tossed it at the kunai, causing them to crash into each other and fall to the floor. The cement then shot up from under Daikaku and twisted around his legs and solidified instantly, freezing him in mid air. 'Shit… I'm screwed!'
Cement then worked its way up, mere two yards away from Daikaku's chest. It took at pointy figure then solidified. 'Oh man he's serious!' Daikaku realized Jin's mistake and started doing hand seals. The spear of cement recoiled and prepared to shoot forward. Daikaku put his hands on the cement holding his whole lower half. 'Thank you uncle for teaching me this…' "Doka Sabaku Kyu Kai!" The cement then exploded and Daikaku fell to the floor as the spear ran through what would have been his chest. Daikaku did more hand seals and clapped onto the ground, "Doka Sabaku Kyu!" Rocks shot forward at Jin. Jin crossed his arms and did a one-handed seal, "Ishi Kyu…" Cement quickly wrapped around Daikaku as the rocks did the same to Jin.
"Give up Jin, and I won't crush you with the Sabaku Sosu…" Daikaku declared. "You can't do that," Jin said blandly, "if you cant use your arms…" The cement then shot around Daikaku's arm's, as Jin spoke out, "Ishi Sosu…" This mildly crushed Daikaku's entire lower arms, causing the stone wrapped around Jin to fall.
Daikaku limped to the floor as the cement released him, 'Shit… I'm screwed…' The cement slowly creeped around Daikaku's waist, 'I'm dead!' The cement the crawled back to Jin, it then unveiled the stick. Jin then looked at his 'teammates' and created cement for each of their purposes. First, he killed the clone effortlessly, next he covered the water in cement and made it breakable, then finally, he choked Jiyuu awake.
"GAHHHH NO QUEENY! DON'T EAT ME! Huh?" Jiyuu looked around and saw Sayori in his arms, "S-Sayori! Are you okay?" he asked. Sayori looked at him and looked into his eyes, sure they were red, but they were kind and solemn… she couldn't help but get lost in them. "Sa-Sayori?"
Sayori came to her senses, "Y-y-yes I'm okay, y-you can let go now…" Jiyuu turned red instantly and withdrew his hands and stood up. He saw her covered in the cement and he punched it lightly as the cement slowly cracked. Sayori then struggled around as the cement broke off entirely. Akuma walked over rubbing his wrists, "looks like we failed…"
Jin closed his eyes and walked to his teammates with the stick, "Not necessarily.." Cement then creeped up to the stick and… snapped it into four equal pieces so that the word 'Pass' was written on each. He kept one, and handed the other three to his teammates. Jin turned to Daikaku, tending to his injured forearms. "Its just like you said… isn't it…? I believe your exact words were "Whoever takes this stick away from me and presents the word written on it to me, on the stick, may pass." More or less… Well, we all have a stick, and they all have the word pass…"
Daikaku frowned, then started laughing, "And there-in lied the true meaning of the test, to see through deception, work together and pass… even though Jin here did all the work…"
Daikaku stood up, "Congratulations, even though you did not learn the initial meaning behind the test, I still promised those who gave me a stick with the word pass on it would pass, and I'm a man of my word… I can assume its safe to say you're all officially Genin now…" he grinned widely. The three were shocked, and Jin found his butterfly friend again.
A/N: That's chapter one folks! Hee… I hope you liked it, and as you can see I created some jutsu's there. They'll be explained.
Kawarimi no Jutsu – (Body Replacement Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu lets the user quickly switch places with another nearby object, such as a plant (normally a section of a log), an animal, or even another person within reach, leaving the opponent open to a counter-attack. Explosive tags can be attached to the replacement for an added surprise, which Sasuke has done twice in the anime. Fundamentally, all ninja know this technique
Henge no Jutsu – (Transformation Technique) Ninjutsu, The user assumes the appearance of another person, animal, or object. This is one of the basic jutsu taught at the Ninja Academy. Fundamentally, all ninja know this jutsu.
Nehan Shoja no Jutsu – (Temple of Nirvana Technique) Genjutsu, This jutsu causes everyone within a specific area to fall into a deep sleep. From the target's point of view, it seems as if feathers are falling from the sky, which serves as a distraction to allow the jutsu to take effect. The downside, however, is that it takes a fair amount of time to take effect, and any experienced ninja has more than enough time to dispel it.
Magen: Narakumi no Jutsu – (Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique) Genjutsu, This jutsu causes the target to see a horrifying vision. First, an imaginary circle of leaves will spin around and envelop the target, falling away shortly after. After a short period, the illusion will begin. This is to make the illusion more convincing, since the user will likely have moved before the illusion sets in.
Kori Shinchuu no Jutsu – (Sly Mind Affect Technique) Genjutsu, This jutsu causes the enemy to walk around in circles for hours by making it seem as if they're walking straight to their desired destination. The enemy eventually becomes exhausted after traveling the same path over and over.
Nijuu Kokoni Arazu no Jutsu – (Demonic Illusion: Double False Surroundings Technique) Genjutsu, This jutsu places another illusion on top of a previous illusion created by the user. If and when the target dispels the first illusion, they will not realize that a second is in place.
Semento Henge – (Cement Transformation) Ninjutsu, Using their Kekkei Genkai, a Souzen can use cement to create anything and even give it the properties of other earthly materials. A variation of this, they can surround themselves with cement and turn themselves into anything.
Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu – (Water Clone Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu creates one or more identical copies of the user out of water. Like the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, these clones are capable of attacking and using jutsu, but they are easier to defeat because they are only one-tenth of the user's power. Additionally, they can only be controlled within a certain distance of the user.
Suiro no Jutsu – (Water Prison Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu is used to trap a victim inside a virtually inescapable sphere of water. The only downside to this technique is that the user must keep at least one arm inside the sphere at all times in order for the victim to remain imprisoned. Clones can be used in place of the actual person, provided that the clone is the one that performed the technique. This jutsu cannot be performed without a sufficiently large body of water to supply the water for it.
Kure-ji Omoi Dou no Jutsu – (Insane Mind Confusion Technique) Genjutsu, This advanced Genjutsu allows the user to plant any kind of suggestion into someone's head and see and feel whatever it is they are seeing, after waking however, the person affected with have no memory of what had happened to them under the genjutsu.
Bunshin no Jutsu – (Clone Technique) Ninjutsu, This technique creates intangible clones of the user. The clones are simply illusions and will dissipate when they come into contact with something. The illusions can be seen through by certain doujutsu. A person with normal eyes can also distinguish the clones from the original, since the clones will not disrupt the area around themselves with their movement (won't kick up dust, crush grass, etc.).
Suiton: Mizuame Nabara – (Water Release: Syrup Capture Field) Ninjutsu, Using this jutsu, the user can spit a stream of extremely sticky syrup that covers the ground and holds opponents in place. Any ninja capable of walking on water can avoid being stuck in the syrup, but need to do so before being caught.
Bunshin Bakuha – (Clone Explosion) Ninjutsu, This jutsu works in combination with a solid Bunshin Jutsu to create a shadow clone that will explode on command. The blast created is considerable, and could do no more harm than minor burns and bruises as well as cuts from the massive wind pressure.
Kage Bunshin no Jutsu – (Shadow Clone Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu creates actual clones of the user. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, so each one can perform jutsu and cause damage on a level equal to their creator. The clones will disperse when enough damage has been done to them.
Bunshin Daibakuha – (Clone Great Explosion) Ninjutsu, This jutsu works in combination with a solid Bunshin Jutsu to create a shadow clone that will explode on command. The blast created is considerable, and could potentially kill an attacker engaged in hand-to-hand combat.
Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu – (Fire Release: Phoenix Immortal Fire Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu sends multiple balls of fire at a target. It is also possible to hide shurikens within the fireballs, creating an unexpected secondary surprise attack. For the most part, this jutsu is used as a distraction.
Suiton: Suigadan – (Water Release: Water Fang Bullet) Ninjutsu, This jutsu creates a circle of crushing water spikes around the opponent.
Sensatsu Suishuu – (Thousand Flying Water Needles of Death) Ninjutsu, This jutsu freezes water into the shape of sharp needles, which then hone in on the opponent from all directions. To perform this jutsu, the user must be near a body of water.
Kirigakure no Jutsu – (Hiding Mist Technique) Ninjutsu, This jutsu envelops the surrounding area in a dense mist, reducing visibility within the affected area. The density can be controlled by the user, allowing them to create a mist so thick that even they cannot see through it.
Doka Sabaku Kyu Kai – (Assimilated Desert Coffin Release) Ninjutsu, This Jutsu will remove any Earthly like container, such as a prison or a cast.
Doka Sabaku Kyu – (Assimilated Desert Coffin) Ninjutsu, This jutsu uses sand to grab the opponent and cover their entire body with Rock. This skill is primarily utilized for rendering an opponent immobile, but can kill the opponent by suffocation or by being followed with the Doka Sabaku Sosu, which crushes them.
Ishi Kyu – (Stone Coffin) Ninjutsu, This jutsu uses sand to grab the opponent and cover their entire body with cement stone. This skill is primarily utilized for rendering an opponent immobile, but can kill the opponent by suffocation or by being followed with the Ishi Sosu, which crushes them.
Ishi Sosu – (Stone Funeral) Ninjutsu, After wrapping an opponent with cement, A Souzen will cause the cement to implode and crush whatever is within. When used to kill a person, the death is so quick that there isn't even time to feel pain. The pressure also produces a sizable fountain of blood. Souzens can control the pressure used in the attack, which allows them to merely break bones or completely liquefy an opponent.