Chapter 3: The Ninja Tests

"Give me the tests!" Kimi screams. There is no way I'm gonna study with little peep scweeps!

"Alright. Meet Hatake Kakashi on the training grounds in 15 minutes," says the senior hokage. Kimi nods and heads back towards the apartment to get her gear before going to the training grounds. Once she arrives at the training grounds, there is no one in sight. Kimi looks to her left, then to her right. The area is noiseless. Am I being punked? No! This is part of the test, right? Kimi immediately prepare herself for any sneak attacks. Left? Right? No, front! Back?

"You must be Sumbate Kimi," says a voice behind Kimi. BAH! Kimi hastily turns around. A man with white hair and a facemask stands before her. Are you trying to give me a heart attack old man? Kimi slowly examines the man with her eyes. He has his left hand behind him and his right hand holding up what seem to be a Rated-R novel. Perverted old man?

Remembering where she is, Kimi answers, "Yeah, that's me. Are you Hatake Kakashi?"

"Yep. That will be me." His facemask folds up a bit, showing that he is grinning. Well, he doesn't sound old. That's still no excuse to be reading that book. What does he have up his sleeves?

"And for your test," Kakashi continues, "All you have to do is grab one of these two bells from me…" Before Kakashi even finish, Kimi quickly vanishes and appears again but with one bell in her hand.

"Done," Kimi bluntly states. "Better not take too long next time." She continues to look at Kakashi as he stares back. He clearly shows that he's a bit dumbfounded. However, his eyes remain calm.

"Right… next test is a timed test. I will attack you and you must try to evade all my attacks and remain untouched. Any questions?" Kakashi returns to his usual pose as he places his novel into his back pocket.

"Do I get to attack you?" Kimi asks.

"If you can," Kakashi smirks. As soon as he finishes his answer, he quickly jumps back and throws a kunai at her. Kimi dodges it with ease while throwing her kunai back at Kakashi. Kakashi dodges hers with ease as well. Kimi quickly activates her sharingan.

"The sharingan?" Kakashi whispers surprisely.

"Too slow!" Kimi shouts. "Water-style! Water Prison Jutsu!" Instantly Kakashi is trapped inside a bubble filled with water. Kimi immediately prepares for her next attack.

"Fire-style! Fireball Jutsu!" Kimi attacks the floor in front of the water bubble, knowing that fire would not work on water. The fireball explodes in front of the bubble, and Kakashi flies back a few feet. Although the fire didn't harm him due to the water bubble, the explosion's force cause a bit of damage during his fall. Kakashi flips backwards onto his two feet and looks up. Kimi is already flying at him with lightning force in one hand. Kakashi swiftly does a replacement jutsu right before Kimi misses and blows up the ground where he used to be standing. He appears again behind Kimi.

"Ok. I give up," Kakashi smiles with both his hands up showing surrender.

"Good," Kimi smiles also. "I have plenty more where that came from."

"So you have the sharingan. Which means you are an Uchiha, am I correct?"

"I really don't know. My parents abandoned me at a very young age."

"Water Prison…Fireball… even lightning. I see you can control three elements. And hearing that you have more, I assume you can control the other two elements as well. Controlling the five elements… having the sharingan. You are one skillful little girl. So have you mastered the sharingan?"

"Yes, I already obtain the mangekyo as well," Kimi smiles. Dare you to call me little now, why don't ya?

"Wow. If that is the case, we can skip the third exam. You pass," Kakashi replies with a calm tone.

"Uhh… thanks," says Kimi, although she was a bit disappointed by Kakashi's calm reaction.

"There's a mission tomorrow that requires ten genins. You, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura will be among the ten. I'll be counting on you to choose the other six," Kakashi explains. "I won't be going so remember to choose strong genins."

"Uh…ok," Kimi replies without second thoughts. Before Kakashi disappears, he smiles and says, "Think of it as a bonding experience with the other genins. Have a good time. I'm going to report to the hokage about your progress." Then Kakashi disappears, leaving nothing behind except dust.

With no idea on how to find the other genins, she starts walking back towards Sasuke's apartment instead. Along the way to the apartment, Kimi bumps into a young stranger.

"Ah! Sorry," the stranger apologizes. He looks up and into Kimi's face. "You're that new ninja I heard of. I heard you are strong."

"Wow, news fly fast in this village," Kimi responds.

"I'm Shikamaru, by the way. And yah, that's Konoha for ya." Shikamaru's reply has a hazy tone to it, as though he just got up from a nap. Woah… he's the opposite of Naruto. Naruto is hyper. This guy…he's like a drag. "Oh right. It's a bit late to say this but welcome to Konoha. I hope you are comfortable. Also I'm a genin too. So we might see each other often."

"You're a ninja? That's awesome. There's a mission tomorrow that needs ten genins. Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura, and I are going. We need six more. I heard it's a hard mission so will you be able to help?"

"Sounds like a drag… but I guess I could help."

"Well I'm looking for more genins. So I'll see you tomorrow then." If it was this easy to find a genin, I should have to run everywhere instead. Kimi moves aside and runs pass Shikarmaru. After running a certain distance, Kimi hears a voice behind her.

"Hey! What is your name again?" Shikamaru shouts.

"It's Sumbate Kimi!" Kimi loudly replies.

"Right…" Kimi hears from a distance.