Hello again. Alright, chapter number six is here! If you payed close attention to the last chapter, you caught that the graduation exams were going to happen at the end of the week. There is a mini time-skip here, now Surudoi is waiting to take the exam.

Stifling a nervous yawn, Surudoi tried to stay completely still in her chair. Today was the day of the exams, today was the day that would decide whether she became a kunoichi or not. As she waited for her name to be called, she twiddled her thumbs and went over everything she knew in her head a hundred times. Surudoi knew she shouldn't be so nervous and that being nervous would only increase the odds that something would go wrong, but she couldn't help it.

She waited for her turn to come, and as the seats filled out she only grew more and more tense. If anything went wrong . . . this could turn out so badly. Fortunately Supaiku had already gone, which since he was clearly was going to fail that would mean that Surudoi wouldn't even have to murder that bastard. Granted, she was going to do it anyways but she always enjoyed seeing Supaiku miserable.

While they were going into the room in a random order, Surudoi was getting nervous. Almost everyone HAD gone already. As a matter of fact . . . Surudoi looked around herself. She didn't see anyone . . . oh wait, over there. Natichi Rindu noticed Surudoi's nervousness, and Surudoi smiled as Natichi gave the smile she was famous for. "Don't worry Surudoi. I'm certain you'll pass. That's one good thing about your fights with Supaiku. You're really experienced at fighting."

Surudoi smiled at Natichi, she was one of those people that everyone just liked. "That's true, if there's anything Supaiku is good for . . ."

Surudoi unconsciously clenched her fists. Natichi looked slightly troubled by her actions, but Surudoi knew it was just part of Natichi's nature. "If it makes you feel any better Natichi, I'll wait until tonight so you don't have to witness it."

Natichi didn't look relieved, but they both looked towards the door as Surudoi's name was called. Surudoi's nervousness came back, but Natichi's warm smile helped to calm her down. After taking a large gulp of air Surudoi walked out of the classroom and into the testing area.

The test itself wasn't too hard. Surudoi was shocked at her own skill when she proved herself capable of hitting nine out of ten targets with wooden kunai (after Baransu's warning that they would be dropped from the program if they brought their weapons to school again, Surudoi had obligingly left her weapons at home), and her illusionary clones were flawless. After the instructors told her that she was very impressive and that she passed, it felt like over fifty tons were removed from Surudoi's back.

Surudoi left that room a happy woman, until she found Supaiku being congratulated by his own clan. Her blood began to boil as she realized what had happened. They had let him PASS? How stupid WERE the instructors? As Surudoi tried to comprehend how that happened, many of her own clan members came up to her. Surudoi tried to ignore Supaiku's clan's cheers for Supaiku, and grinned as her father asked her if she had passed. "Was there ever any doubt? What do you think I am, a Surujin clan member?"

Her father and the rest of her clan all grinned as they nodded. It was only when Surudoi heard the word 'WHAT' bellowed so loud she thought her eardrums would burst that she realized Supaiku and his clan had caught on that she had passed. She turned and saw the furious look on Supaiku's face. "She passed? You sneaky little BITCH, the only way you could have passed is if you used genjutsu on the instructors and made it look like you were actually competent at something!"

Surudoi could only grin. "How many favors did you have to pull, how many people did you have to blackmail, and how many families had to be threatened in order to scare the instructors into letting you pass?"

As Supaiku's look turned dark, Surudoi's mother chuckled. "That's my girl, Surudoi."

Surudoi grinned wider as she flung her hair over her shoulder. Supaiku glared viciously at Surudoi, but then sighed. "Whatever. So you passed, it still doesn't change a thing. On your first mission, you'll just duck and run anyways. I guess it's more fitting to just sit back and watch everything blow up in your face. You were cursed at birth."

Surudoi glared at Supaiku as Supaiku's mouth soon slid into a smirk, she could almost see the despicable evil that resided within Supaiku. "After all, look what clan you were born to. I shouldn't be angry at you, I should pity you."

Surudoi grinned as she countered. "You best watch it, you little Surujin. Just because you're a heartless bastard doesn't mean a wound to the chest can't kill you."

Supaiku laughed. "Oh, I dare you to try."

Surudoi and Supaiku both charged at the same time. "It's your death wish, you Surujin!"

As the two of them met, they both began to use taijutsu against each other. However, both of them were completely shocked when their parents intervened, holding them back. Surudoi's mother spoke quickly to her. "Calm down, you will have your chance, just not now. We can't afford to cause a scene, too many people in too small of a space."

As Surudoi tried to calm down, Supaiku's dad chuckled. "Isn't it just like a Kusarigama clan member to talk big then run at the first excuse they get?"

As Surudoi's mother stiffened, Surudoi slipped out from under her grasp, and got into a fighting stance. "I see that Supaiku gets his stupidity from you, you old geezer."

What happened next took a bit to register for Surudoi. She saw Supaiku's father's eyes narrow, she saw him let go of Supaiku, but his hand flew so fast Surudoi had no time to react. She heard the slap as Supaiku's father's hand hit her on the side of the head, she felt the sting of the slap, and she certainly felt the force as it caused her to lose her balance. She heard her mom swear at Supaiku's father long before Surudoi hit the ground, and almost before Surudoi knew it . . . it was all so fast . . . first Supaiku's mother joined the fight, then suddenly both sides were fighting, both surujin and kusarigama coming out of nowhere. As both sides continued to brawl, Surudoi and Supaiku both met and furiously brawled each other.

She had no idea how long that fight lasted, but by the time everyone suddenly heard the sound of cracking wood Surudoi was stiff all over, exhausted, and bleeding. As one, both sides looked up at the ceiling as the building began to sway. Surudoi didn't know how it had happened, had too many walls been damaged for the building to sustain the hit? All Surudoi knew was that it turned chaotic as the Academy began to collapse, both sides trying to get out of harm's way as it came down.

When Surudoi got out of that room, she dared to turn around. Natichi Rindu and the instructors had entered the room, only noticing the danger they had put themselves in when the ceiling above them began to fall. The instructors got out of the room fast enough, but Surudoi, Supaiku, and every other clan member watched in horror as Natichi's leg got caught in a surujin's chain. She fell over, but managed to roll out of the way of some falling debris.

As Surudoi looked up at the ceiling she realized a kusarigama had gotten embedded into the ceiling. Natichi didn't see the kusarigama as she quickly sat up and reached for the leg that was still caught in the surujin's chain. Time seemed to slow down to a crawl as the kusarigama's sickle-part was freed from the ceiling's debris. The weighted part of the kusarigama was still embedded into the ceiling, and the chain still held, causing the sickle to swing down towards Natichi. Surudoi couldn't believe it as the sickle impaled the back of Natichi's head, no one could live through that wound.

It was only when a large piece of debris fell on Surudoi's left shoulder that she remembered the danger she herself was in. As the academy crumbled around them, Surudoi put her arms up to shield her head. It seemed to last forever, the dull roar the building made as it fell apart, the screams of fear and pain as those trapped inside were hit by the debris. Surudoi soon lost all track of time. When the chaos finally quieted down, Surudoi looked herself over. She sighed in relief as she realized her injuries were minor.

"Great. J-just great!"

Surudoi glared over at Supaiku, who had somehow managed to get as few injuries as Surudoi. "Are you . . . are you happy now? Just . . . just look at what you've DONE!"

Surudoi glared viciously at Supaiku. "You are not pinning this on me! This is entirely your fault Supaiku!"

Supaiku glared at Surudoi, and his voice was saturated with the evil that Surudoi knew resided in Supaiku's soul. "If you hadn't tricked the instructors into letting you pass, then this fight wouldn't have happened! It's your fault and you are going to walk with Natichi to the land of the dead, hand in hand!"

"Kami Chien Shiu no Jutsu!"

Surudoi flinched as a strange translucent blue chain wrapped around her, immobilizing her. As she looked up Surudoi was shocked to see that Supaiku had the same issue. As one, both of them turned to face the one that had bound them. Surudoi gulped as she saw the chains attached to the Rensakage's hands, also seeing the pure rage in the Rensakage's face. Surudoi flinched as the chains suddenly vanished, but . . . something was different.

Before Surudoi or Supaiku could move, the Rensakage formed a large number of hand-signs. "Anbureikaburuchēngurippu!"

As two normal chains came out of the Rensakage's hands, Surudoi quickly found herself and Supaiku bound yet again. The Rensakage said nothing as she turned around, forcing the two of them to follow her by her control of the chains.

Then again . . . there was something different about these chains. As the Rensakage brought the two of them to her building, Surudoi also noticed that she felt . . . she didn't know how to explain it. What had the Rensakage done with her original technique? What had she called it . . . the Divine Chain Sealing Technique? She knew she had heard of that somewhere, but what did it do? "I understand that you're pissed off at us my lady, but can you tell us where we're going?"

Surudoi snapped back to the present as the Rensakage glared back at them. "I am beyond the point of 'pissed off', Supaiku Surujin. This will be punished, and I need to keep you two away from society as I come up with the best way to make the two of you regret this!"

After the Rensakage kicked her office door open and dragged the two of them into the room, Surudoi saw the chains separate from the Rensakage's hands. But before either Supaiku or Surudoi could do anything about it, the Rensakage formed a few more hand signs. "Chien no shanderia!"

Surudoi let out a yelp of shock as the end of the chain that the Rensakage had previously been holding hoisted her up into the air. As that end embedded itself into the ceiling, Surudoi soon found herself hanging upside-down from the ceiling. As she heard Supaiku curse, she found him in a similar position. As they looked at the floor in shock, Surudoi cringed as she heard the door slam shut. This was bad. She was in a lot of trouble!

When two equal forces refuse to stop fighting, the only thing that is going to give is the battlefield.

Ok, so a few things. Anbureikaburuchiengurippu means 'Unbreakable Chain Grip', while Chien no shanderia is 'Chain Chandelier'. I just felt like using Japanese names for techniques for once, it probably won't be done again. Next chapter shouldn't take too long to appear.