Here is my chapter one. For my prologue, I was being very vague in some points of the story and some of the reasons as to how Mina is the way she is would not be fully explained until chapter two. So don't judge.
I don't own Bleach or Naruto.
CHAPTER ONE
Kumogakure
It was the first stage of the chunin exams. Like always, there were many teams that came for the exams. Ninety teams in total came, all from the major and minor ninja villages across the Elemental Nation. All teams were led to a two mile long, dome-like building, in it had maze-like paths leading to rooms with 2 to 4 doors.
Darui, an elite jounin of Kumo, and a team of chunins were inside the dome in a room located at the top of the dome. They were to observe the ongoing test and informing the genins the task at hand and the rules. Each team where given the task to find their teammates who were to be scattered across different entrances of the building. If they were able to find each other before the time limit of 2 hours, they move on to the second stage of the exams. Sabotaging other teams was allowed.
If a member of two or more opposite teams were to meet in a room, all entrances were sealed off until it is decided by the genins if they want to fight, let each other pass or give up. If they come to a mutual agreement to pass without confrontation, they are allowed to move on as the doors will be unsealed. If they fight, the winner is to move on and the loser(s) along with their teammates are disqualified. The same goes for teams that surrender. Loophole: No team can leave the room but others can enter the room.
Before Mina and her teammates were separated, she spoke to her team "Izumo, Kotetsu, I have some seals that will help us to track each other much easier", she handed them the seals.
"What do they do and how do they work", asked Izumo as he stared at it curiously. "They are tracking seals. After channeling some of your chakra into the seal, you'll be able sense each other's chakra much easier as the seals are connected."
Mina took her seal and placed them on her wrist, infusing chakra into it, they glowed blue and the inked seal transferred from the paper unto her wrist. Kotetsu and Izumo followed her example just before one of the Kumo chunin instructors pushed them toward different routes.
Mina nodded to them in good luck and they returned the gesture, waited for the 10am to reach so the exam starts. Darui spoke again, "Before you entered this place, all of you were given forms that exempt us of any faults on whether or not you die during the exams, or if some things of yours were stolen. So try not to die or lose your things. Good luck."
Just as it reached 10am, the alarms rang to start the exams. All the entrances opened and the contestants wasted no time in entering. Mina didn't waste any time as she poured chakra into her seal. Immediately sensing her teammates' chakra, she ran towards the closest of them.
'Izumo is a mile away, 20oNE from me and Kotetsu is 900m away, 55oNW. I wonder why they gave us 2 hours", she thought as she opened another door. She kept on running for the next 5 minutes until she came upon another room that had a Suna nin within it. Immediately, the doors were sealed and she spoke her mind due to the fact that Suna and Konoha were allies.
"Are we passing along or do you want to fight?" But the Suna-nin sneered at her as he spoke preparing to attack her. "Obviously fighting; I hate how you Konoha-nins strut around like you are better than us. If I defeat you, then maybe the daimyo might reconsider giving our funding back to us."
Just as he ran towards her, one of her genjutsu-hidden Kage Bunshin knocked him out. If he wasn't too busy giving his monologue he would have noticed the genjutsu that hid her actions as she summoned her clones.
The door unsealed itself and she tried to sense her teammates only to notice that they seemed farther away from her than before. 'It is ingenious using genjutsu to screw up our sense of perception. Luckily with the tracking seals, I can actually contact them, using basic Morse codes by beaconing my chakra', she thought as she poured chakra into the seal in timed precision. They got the message to her relief and replied back in confirmation.
Half an hour went by, just an hour after the exams, meeting other Konoha members who let her pass and unfortunately fought and defeated some Iwa and Kumo members. She entered another room just in time to meet Kotetsu. He did seem tired but not injured, so they went ahead to look for Izumo.
Most single members left them alone since they were in pairs but they came about a pair of Kiri-nins that didn't seem ready to let them pass through. They had only 30 minutes left before the exams where over and so far only 12 teams had passed stated by Darui who announced whenever a team passed. She had no time to spare with them.
"Sorry, but I'm going to make this quick", she spoke already running through the handseals, "Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu", as a large ball of flame spewed out of her mouth. One of the kiri-nins defended with another jutsu, "Suiton: Suijinheki", a water barrier formed around the Kiri-nins protecting them from the fireball as the other Kiri-nin brought out kunais with exploding tags.
Just as they brought down the barrier, prepared to throw the kunais, they noticed that the girl was gone and the male was already close coming from an enhanced jump into the air. They threw their kunais at him which exploded upon contact. They relaxed thinking they had got him only to see no body parts.
It was too late for Mina and Kotetsu performed their techniques, "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu", as their hands emerged from the ground towards their ankles, pulling them into the ground. They emerged and left the room, going through the pathway towards the room they sensed Izumo in.
Izumo was in a tight spot as they found him fighting with a bloodline user, a female Iwa-nin, who seemed very pissed off at him as she kept spitting lava balls at him. He substituted at the last minute with a rock and shunshined to their side. Just as that happened, Darui spoke, "Team Yugao qualifies to the next round."
Kurotsuchi, the lava girl seemed not to care and wanted to attack them only for her teammates to show up at the last minute and stop her. "Team Deidara qualifies to the next round." Kurotsuchi glared at the Konoha-nins, particularly Izumo, and spoke rather harshly, " Just wait until the next stage. I'll deal with all of you soon enough." She left.
"Izumo what did you do to antagonize her", asked Kotetsu as he stared at a sheepish looking Izumo. "I may or may not have told her that she was cute with her 'fiery' temper she was spewing all over the place."
Mina raised an eyebrow at that as Kotetsu laughed at him. "Interesting", was all she spoke as she walked away towards the now revealed exit to the Dome. "What is interesting, Mina-chan?" asked a bewildered Izumo but she just kept walking. "Mina!" he ranted as he walked towards her demanding answers and Kotetsu looked on in amusement following them.
The 17 teams that made it were escorted towards a podium, when Darui revealed the point of the test. "The point of the test was to see how well you can locate your teammates, battle your enemies," he paused looking straight at Mina as he continued "and to see how strong of fickle any formed alliance you had formed with your village allies are. All this is important to know in a battle field as any mistake can cost you your life." He left in a shunshin, given orders to the chunins to inform the genins of their next expectations.
The next day was going to be a challenge that Mina was fully prepared for.
Shinigami's Temple, the gods' realm
Shinigami watched Mina from his throne with his own version of Sarutobi Hiruzen's spying ball that floated in the air. Standing at both his side where two other gods or goddesses in this case, Kami and Yami.
"We have to rectify things soon enough. The future is out of balance. Someone in my court interfered with her destiny on the night of Kurama's attack and we don't know who did it. We don't know what else this god is planning on doing", stated Kami with Yami nodding in agreement.
"I know. After the second stage of the exams, we will have a moment to speak with her" stated the Death god as he deactivated the spy ball. Yami snarled at his statement, "It would have been sooner if you had not delayed us with your pet project." Shinigami turned to her in anger as he spat out, "The reason I delayed this meeting is for her own benefit in the long run. So stop being such a prissy bitch."
Before the two could further their argument, Kami interfered, "Benefits?" Shinigami cooled down and turned away from both of them as he said, "Yes. Just as how you have gifts to aid on her mission, I had to wait to collect and modify mine from my personal dimension or how Yami calls it, 'My pet project', along with getting some things for her companions who are going to help her."
Kami and Yami sighed in relief. "She'll need all the help she can get. If there is truly some god interfering with her destiny, I'm pretty sure her enemies will not be easy to defeat", stated a solemn Kami who wondered about the unclear future.
END
Techniques
Kage Bunshin – Shadow Clone Technique
Katon: Gokakyu no Jutsu – Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique
Suiton: Suijinheki – Water Encampment Wall
Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu – Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique
