Mazoku Chi
Chapter 4: Failure
"…And that's my plan." Debinu stated, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.
"I get it, I get it…" Ianu said.
"Will it work?" Ansoni asked.
"I'm not sure, but it's that only chance we have." Debinu answered.
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Rin stood in the middle of the training ground yawning. "Maybe I should go look for them…"
"Hey! Rin- Sensei!" Ianu called.
Rin turned around and stared at the boy with her eyes half lidded. 'Is this boy an idiot?'
Ianu made a hand seal with a smile. " Check this out, Henge no Jutsu!". A thick cloud of smoke covered his body. When the cloud of smoke faded, Ianu was now a woman with long brown hair. Rin's only reaction was dropping her jaw and widening her eyes. " What do you think Sensei? I call it my Oiroke no Jutsu(Sexy Technique). I think I'm almost as sexy as you are Sensei."
Before Rin could respond she felt something groping her. She looked down and saw Ansoni with his hand on her hip. Ansoni's face turned red and began to sweat as he softly chuckled. He was suddenly rocketed up into the sky via Rin's uppercut. She noticed that the bells were no longer hanging from her beltline. She looked behind her and saw Debinu pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose with his middle finger with a slight smirk on his face. He raised his arm, showing Rin the missing bells dangling from his fingertips. "Looking for these?" He asked.
"How did you...?"
"Remember when used the Chakura no Mesu? I didn't just cut your leg." Debinu explained. "It all went according to plan."
"Did you plan on that?" Rin asked.
Debinu looked over at his hand with the bells and noticed that the bells were replaced with an exploding tag. He threw it away from him before it exploded only a meter away from him. "What the hell...?"
Rin pulled out a second pair of bells. "These are the real bells." She pointed to a timer on one of three tree stumps in the middle of the field. "But it doesn't matter now, time's up!"
Debinu and Ianu stared at the timer in shock. 'We were being timed?'
Ansoni fell back to the ground behind Debinu. "Did we pass?" Ansoni said rubbing his head. Ianu and Debinu only gave Ansoni a deadpan look. "We didn't, did we..."
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The three boys were tied to the stumps as punishment for failing the bell test. "Do we really need to be tied up?" Ansoni asked.
"Yes, it's tradition!" Rin snapped. "I expected better from you boys." She gave a glare to Ianu and then Ansoni. "And you two, I'll deal with you two later." She turned around and crossed her arms. "Never before have I seen such a disgrace to Ninjutsu." She turned around and began to walk toward the boys. "Which is why you..." She said as an aura of terror and despair waved off of her. Ianu and Ansoni had a look of fear on their faces, while Debinu stared at the ground. "... Pass." Rin said with a smile.
Debinu looked up and all three boys stared at her with confusion. "Pass? But we failed to get the bells!" Debinu reminded.
"I know, but the test wasn't about the bells at all." Rin explained, receiving another look of confusion from the boys. "You see, this test wasn't to see if you could take the bells from me, it was to see how well you guys worked as a team."
"Wait a minute! If this all about teamwork, then why are there only two bells, but three of us?" Ianu asked. "You're basically pitting us against each other!"
"That's the point." Rin stated. "The point of the number of bells vs the number of Genin is to test your ability to put differences aside and work as a team. I must say, for a newly formed team, you ability to work as a team is outstanding, though it took a while and it still needs some work."
"So we pass? we're official Genin?" Ianu asked.
"Yep, starting tommorow we are Team Rin. We have a lot of work ahead of us, if I'm going to turn you rookies into real shinobi. And it's not going to be easy, I'm going to work you to the bone and give you training through hell, got it maggots?" Rin asked.
"Yes ma'am..." All three boys said with large sweatdrops on their foreheads.
To Be Continued...
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Shonen King: And so Team Rin is formed. And I have the Genin of Team Rin with me right now. First up, Uzumaki Ianumaru.
Ianu: Stop calling me that! It's just Ia-
Shonen King: Next, Uchiha Debinu.
Debinu: Hmph...
Shonen King: And Fuma Ansoni.
Ansoni: 'Sup.
Shonen King: So may I ask what you think of your new sensei?
Ianu: Personally, I think she's kind of a bitch and... she standing behind me isn't she?
Shonen King: Yeah.
Rin: Ianu...
Shonen King: That's all the time we have for now, review and keep it cool, keep it shonen!
