Oh my goodness I can't believe how long it has been since I wrote anything I am sincerely sorry that it has been so long. I hope that the wait was worth it and that you like this newest chapter. Don't forget to review please.
Walking through Konoha I take in the village. Passing Naruto's favorite noodle shop I see him, Sakura, and Kakashi. Smiling to myself I jump to a rooftop to wait for Makuta-sensei. As I am scanning the crowd for him I spot a masked boy who seems oh so familiar. He had a mask on that reminded me of Zabuza but he was taller than all of the people around him.
Looking away I see Sensei walking up the street. Chuckling in my head I sneak to a tree limb right above him. Got ya this time, Sensei. "Come on you three troublemakers, we have things to do." He calls out not knowing that I am right above him bending so he can't see me until I am ready.
"Where is Asoka-chan?" he asks my teammates who are trying not to look at me. Seeing it as the perfect moment I tap his shoulder not having that far to reach since he is pretty tall. He falls backwards startled. Dropping to the ground I laugh as he gets up brushing himself off.
"Shall we go?' he says eyeing me. Oh man, I'm in for it next training session. As Makuta-sensei turns around I give a high five to Sukoya.
"You two owe me a thousand yen." I say as we follow behind him. Sukoya and Atiku flip me a thousand yen. Someone flips me two thousand yen. Looking at it's source, I see Makuta-sensei looking back. He gives me a thumbs up and I smile at him as he looks forward.
I hear a chuckle and see Jiraiya. One day I'm going to be like you. Fingering my katana that was slung across my hip. It was longer than most katana but I could use it with deadly accuracy. Thinking back to when I had first received it I smile.
Flipping a kunai in the air I sigh. We are leaving for Konoha in a couple of days for the chunin exams and I get told that even the Kazekage is watching my progress. Looking over the now familiar city I see Makuta-sensei approaching with Sukoya and Atiku. Seeing sensei with a brand new katana and his old one in his belt I wonder what is going on. Jumping down in front of them I stand there.
"What is going on you guys?" I ask resuming flipping the kunai into the air.
"It's for you. Your teammates want to celebrate your coming to Sunagakure, so we went out and had this made since you are so good with mine." Makuta-Sensei says. My shaking hands reach out and take the katana. They brush against the brushed leather wrapping on the hilt and I smile at the colors. Blue and white they really do know me. Bowing to hide the tears in my eyes at such a wonderful gift I stumble out a thank you.
Straightening up I see that Makuta-sensei and Atiku have left leaving Sukoya. He hands me a very familiar kunai. "I haven't seen that kunai since I left it on a rooftop. Where did you find it?" I say in surprise.
"You left it on the rooftop where we first met. Who's blood is on it?" he asks handing it to me.
"It's my blood. This tassel wasn't here before but thank you." I say fingering the silky threads.
Turning away from Jiraiya I run to catch up with my team. One day I will be like you and then I will be able to find out what happened to Jerritt.
Looking around the room I see several shinobi. Goodness, there are a lot of people trying out for chunin. Gulping I sit in the top row and casually look to see where Atiku is sitting. Hope he does alright. Nodding at Sukoya I rivet my attention to where a man about 5' 11" is standing his twin scars run down his face. Looking at his black trench coat and high collared button up shirt I could tell he meant business.
He sets a test in front of us and explains the rules. Thinking as he is talking an idea comes to me. Well if they want us to cheat and not get caught then this should be easy. Hopefully Atiku figures it out. Mumbling "Sand Mirror Jutsu" I make a mirror on the ceiling so that I can see the test answers around me.
Reading the questions which got increasable more difficult as time went on I jot down the answers from what looked like a remarkably old genin. For some reason he looks to old to be a genin. Smiling I look back down at my paper after memorizing the answers on his paper that he had written down so far.
All of the sudden a kunai hits the boys paper right next to me. He quietly gets up and walks out of the room his teammates joining him. Gulping I position the mirror to where Atiku can see the answers which he indicates with a nod of his head. Breathing a sigh of relief as Atiku finishes I dismiss the mirror. Looking up I can see that already over half of the room had been eliminated.
Glancing at Sukoya he gives me a thumbs up and then looks back down at his paper almost as if he can divine the tenth question. My palms get sweaty as the time runs on and more and more genin are eliminated. With just ten minutes left the examiner Morino Ibiki clears his throat.
Seeing a bead of sweat running down Atiku face I start getting flushed from the anticipation. "You have all passed." He states simply and leaves. We all sweat drop and I put my head in my hands. Sitting there stunned I am surprised when a shinobi crashes through the window.
"Okay, my little maggots you are now under my grip for the second part of the exam. I am your second examiner, Mitarashi Anko. You will report to 44th Battle Zone tomorrow morning." she then turns and leaves.
Looking at Sukoya we both crack up and then disappear in a flurry of sand meeting in a spot out on the street. "You ready for the second part of the exam." I say. He just shrugs but slowly the smile he was hiding appears.