Episode 1: The Swordsman of The Sand!
I took the headband as the instructor siad, "Very well done Link. You took and passed the whole academy course in one week! I'm very impressed. Baki-sensei will show you to your squad. Baki-sesnaei opened the door and said, "Everyone, we have a new surprise squad member. His name is Link. He's come fromm a far-away land.

There were three people in the room. One had blond hair and had a huge fan on her back. one wore a black robe and had something wrapped in bandages on his back. The other had red hair, a tattoo on his forehead, and had a gourd on his back. The one with the robe asked, "So he's some kind of foreign exchange student?"

Baki blinked and said, "Yes, but you should give him more respect. I'll be right back." Baki then left and shut the door

The one in the robe stepped foward and said, "The name's Kankuro. That's Temari and that's Gaara."

"Hi."

I looked at Kankuro and said, "So I'm gessing Gaara doesn't talk much eh?"

Kankuro said, "Nope. Not if you knew him like me and Temari do. We're all siblings. Anyway, let's see how strong you are Link. Try to dodge this! YAAAH!" Before Kankuro could land the punch, I vanished.

Kankuro looked around and I said, "Don't let your opponent get behind you. Leaves you wide open."

Kankuro growled and said, "A wise guy huh? How about this! RAAAAAH!" This tine, he did an axe kick.

Once again, I was behind him and said, "Really. don't let your opponent get behind you all the time."

Kankuro said nothing and threw another punch. He then spun and kicked and said, "Now. What were you say...huh?"

He looked around again until I said, "Kankuro, you're just too easy." Kankuro looked up to see me on the ceiling.

Kankuro got real angry. He growled again and yelled, "Alright, that's it! Come on out Karasu! THe bandages on the thing on Kankuro's back unraveled to reveal a puppet. The puppet stood up and sproutet kunai knives. It then ran towards me. I gripped my sword and in one swift move, cut off the puppets arms. Kankuro then shouted, "Alright Karasu! Use the bomb!"

Temari stepped in and said, "Kankuro. Stop being so foolish! You're wasting chakra! And you shouldn't treat our new squadmate like this!"

Kankuro merely sid, "Don't interfere Temari! Alright Karasu! Do it!" Karasu opened it's chest and launched a bomb from it. I pulled out my shield and blocked the bomb. The explosion was huge. It spreaded through the room. Kankuro smiled and said, "That's that. What?" Kankuro looked in shock as I didn't have a scratch on me and said, "How? How could his shield be strong enough to block Karasu's bomb?"

I pulled out my sword and said, "Alright, this is boring. Time to end this." I ran towards Karasu and with one slash, cut the puppet in two.

Kankuro ran over to Karasu and said, "Karasu! Are you okay?"

Temari smiled and thought to herself, "Not bad. Link's pretty strong. And cute too."

Gaara stood in place and thought, "Interesting. He may not look like much, but he took out Karasu in just one blow. This Link guy is pretty strong. He's gonna be perfect for the exams."

Temari walked toward me and said, "Good job."

"Thanks."

"You're stronger than you look."

"Yeah. I'm pretty surprising. heh heh."

"Welcom to the squad Link."

"Thanks Temari."

Kankuro stood up and said, "Yeah, you're okay I guess. So anyway. Do you have a place to stay?"

I thought and said, "Actuaqlly, no I don't."

Temari smiled and said, "hen you can stay with us! We have a spare room you can use."

"Thanks." During the night, I got up from bed and looked through my bag thinking, "Okay. Bow. Check. Arrows. Check. Bombs. Check.
Boomerang. Check. Picture of me and Zelda in front of the castle. How did this get in here? Anyway, masks. Check. Hookshot. Check. Ocarina. Hmmmmm." I took the ocarina, sat down on a stool and started playing.

Temari walked in and said, "Link. What's that?"

It's my ocarina. I was just playing it. Did I wake you?"

"No."

"Oh. That's good. do you kind if I play."

"Not at all." As I played, she thought and said, "You play very well."

"Yeah, well. I've had it for a while. I've grown kinda attatched to it. I never leave home without it."

"I see. Do you know what's coming up?"

"No."

"THe Chunin Exams. We go all the way to the leaf village and take the exam to determin if we advnce to a Chunin."

"Really."

Yeah. Ninjas from all the villages will be there."

"Hmmmmm."

"Do you think you're up to it?"

"...Yep!"

"Good. So am I. So are Kankuro and Gaara."

"Yeah. I wonder what the other ninjas will be like."

"Yeah. so do I."

"Yeah." As I played my ocarina with Temari beside me I began to think. Being a ninja is serious. I could die. I need to find the evil threatning Hyrule. The Chunin Exams. Sounds like a good place to start. I'll look during the exam. I can't wait for the exams themselves. I'm gonna take down anyone who faces me!