Shattered Dreams

Shattered Dreams

Disclaimer - Naruto (The Manga and Anime) are copy righted to Masashi Kishimoto, not me. However, the following story is copy righted to me

Notes: ARevised and Better Edited Chapter.

Chapter 4: Late... Again

Izur landed next to the same tree he had taken off from with eleven minuets to spare before his hour and a half was up, Masaru hadn't moved at all what with his crossed arms and bored looking demeanor it was obvious that he was enjoying this torture far too much.

Izur glared at him throwing the scroll towards him, which was, unsurprisingly, caught without the Jounin even opening his eyes. "Just on time I see, you were barely here early though. Still not helping your teammates however. Tch."

The man sighed as he faced Izur arms still crossed and the boy looked completely confused. Barely early? He was eleven minuets early that was more then enough time. Masaru sighed and chuckled all at the same time giving that chuckle an odd quality.

He shook his head as he spoke, "And they said you were supposed to be smart kid... come on think about it." Izur glared now and then his eye widened in sudden surprise and understanding... that was ridiculous but apparently the man was holding it true even to here.

"If you're not ten minuets early... you're late... God damn him..." In an oddly Deja Vu like fashion Leiko landed with six minuets to spare before the official hour was up and at the same time a loud crash behind them as the third member of their team fell out of a tree... again.

Izur sighed as the other two looked pleased at having made it, their clones standing at their sides smirking. He was standing closest to Leiko when she spoke. "Hah, see Masaru-Sensei we all made it in time!" She seemed proud of herself but Masaru chuckled and motioned to Izur to speak.

He sighed, it was a bother and they would get annoyed with him but it was an order. "Actually you are wrong Leiko-san. As Masaru-Senpai told us earlier if your not ten minuets early your late." Hachiro sighed, and shook his head at the whole situation. Leiko stared angrily at Izur and then at Masaru who grinned and shrugged at the same time.

There was also a twinkle in his eyes that just kind of said how much fun he was having today. He took over now though as he spoke, time to tell them how they'd done in the first test. "The only one who actually passed the first test was Himiloh Izur, but because he showed no team work at all, I'm adding four minuets onto his time which means he fails as well."

He grinned at the boy who'd scoffed at that fact and now was glaring just as angrily as before at the man he called Senpai. "This is ridiculous. I passed that damned test with a minute to spare..." Izur growled lowly but Leiko and Hachiro just looked at each other with slightly skeptical glances.

"Now for a quick debrief before I administer the consequences." He looked at all three of them, it was obvious that any thoughts he'd had of them doing well had vanished by the look in his eyes. From what the three Genin could see he completely expected to fail them no matter what.

No matter how good they did he'd fail them just because he could, because he didn't want to take the darned job on. Izur would have sighed and walked off if he could have but that was showing the utmost disrespect and the punishment for that was worse then he wanted to think about.

"All right, starting with Izur explain what you did. Why and how." Izur raised an eyebrow, Hachiro cocked his head slightly, and Leiko smirked.

Shrugging off the sudden surprise of the order Izur started. "I killed the clone following me after ten minuets of running. How? I stabbed it in the upper leg, near or on the artery. I ran into the village and got the scroll, dispelled a common Genjutsu, dodged a common tree log trap and got here with one minuet to spare. I figure, Masaru-Sempai just made another clone after I killed the first."

Masaru looked at the kid as did the other two as he shrugged off the thought again. "A Rai Bunshin, similar to a Mizu Bunshin doesn't have the full strength of the user's power. Unlike Mizu Bunshin it does, however, have one fifth of the user's abilities. Him destroying it is impressive enough. Taking that hit from her is another."

He shook his head, this kid was good and if he could pass the test he'd be a benefit to the village. "Seems you forgot to mention that you fell into a common Kunai/Shuriken trap, and was smashed about by a more sophisticated log trap and stabbed by the clone, any ways any questions for Izur here? On why he did what he did?" Masaru spoke up, it was best from them to learn from each other.

Even if they failed, Leiko nodded raising her arm slightly, and Masaru nodded to her to give her permission to speak. "Why did you destroy the Bunshin? I mean in the end it served no purpose right?"

Hachiro nodded in agreement with what she said, and Izur shrugged again. "Mainly, because I felt like it. Secondly because Masaru-Senpai didn't say we couldn't. Thirdly because in ten minuets I was jut over half way back to Kumogakure, so I knew that I could make it into the village before another clone was made. The rest is moot."

Leiko nodded at the explanation and Hachiro who had gotten it from the beginning just stared lazily at the trees. "Ok Leiko, now your turn."

Leiko nodded as she organized her thoughts. "Simple, I ran like hell. I ended up smashing strait through three traps and getting hit a few times by the Bunshin. But nothing overt. Hachiro and I hooked up when he was entering and decided to work back here together."

Hachiro nodded speaking now as well so as to get it over with. "Yeh. I did pretty much the same... only I injured my Bunshin with a trap of my own." Masaru nodded as the three finished explaining. Izur's way had been both smarter and faster for them, had the three worked together they would have undoubtedly gotten back in time.

Maybe even with more then just a minute to spare. Masaru stood up straight again and spoke. "Similar punishment as last time, yes even for you Izur. Only this time double everything. So be speedy this time."

A sigh escaped Izur as the next beating commenced, when it was done and the physical training started again Izur fell behind only managing to get to one hundred and eighty two on sit ups and again received the exact same punishment as before. Kazu shook his head picking the boy up this time by his head.

"Maybe I need to repeat the rules of a Shinobi to you, Boy. Work faster." Again Izur received the same beating as before, and still had to finish the last sit ups along with a hundred more of each.

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