"Speaking"

Thoughts


They were all at the place where the second exam was to take place.

The Forest of Death.

Amya was nowhere to be seen.

"Where's Krillin? " Xemas asked, alerting Yami to the fact that someone else was MIA.
"Perhaps Amya got her hands on him." Yami chuckled.

Krillin was turning in his form and getting his scroll which he was keeping hidden on his person. "Hey guys!" He said rejoining his friend and Xemas.

"Where were you?" Xemas asked narrowing his eyes.
"I was exploring my surroundings." Krillin replied confidently.

Yami didn't care about that. "So did Amya didn't get a hold of you?"

"No, she winked at that creepy guy with the red hair and black eyes, then left." Krillin explained.
"Strange..." Yami said, though he had stopped listening after the word 'no', and was back to studying the Uchiha boy. What will I do about him? He asked himself.

"I say, we recruit him," Xemas said guessing at Yami's thoughts. "He could be of use even after the plan is complete."

"I have to think on it more...see what he can do," Yami mused. "I can't have anything getting in the way of becoming the ultimate power."
"I thought you wanted immortality?" Krillin asked confused with the the situation.
"I want both," Yami shrugged his reply blunt.


Anko was really a great help, she had supplied Amya with a list of places to look at to live and a list of places to look for a job. But now she has a job for me helping with the second exam. She thought to herself.

For a long time she'd only Known kindness from Tifa and Cloud, and as a result they were her only two friends. Now I think Anko might just be added to that really short list. She thought smiling to herself.

"Alright! My assistant is here now, so everyone hurry up and get your scrolls then get to your assigned gates!" Anko announced when Amya had taken her place beside her.

"What exactly will my job be?" Amya asked after Anko had let everyone into the forest.
"We just have to watch everyone." Anko shrugged.
"That's it?" Amya asked arching an eyebrow.

"Yep, you can go ahead and start on your observations if you want. Perhaps you'll find someone who can help you." The older woman said.

"Not a bad idea..." Amya said thinking it over.
"Just be careful." Anko said.

"Okay!" The young girl replied heading through the gate. "See you at the tower Anko!"


"Who shall we go and take a scroll from?" Xemas asked.

"Which one do we need?" Yami asked.
"We need an Earth scroll," Xemas replied. Krillin muttered that he needed a Heave scroll, but added a silent prayer of thanks once he realized that he had spoken aloud and that his companions hadn't heard him.

"Lets go and attack some sand ninja," Yami said. "Not the one with the red hair though...I do not want Amya messing with my head later."

Xemas and Yami took to the tree tops; while Krillin stayed behind unnoticed to find a Heaven scroll. "I'll just join back up with them at the tower." He said flying off in another direction.


It didn't take long to find another squad of sand ninja; unfortunately they didn't have an Earth scroll. "At least I made a point to beat the crap out of them for wasting my time," Yami said.

"Might I make a suggestion?" Xemas asked.
"Go ahead." Yami shrugged.

"Why not do something out of the ordinary and attack some ninja from your home village?" Xemas said.

"Attack the lightning ninja..." Yami thought on it for a moment before a deviously demented grin spread across his face. "That, Xemas, is something I will greatly enjoy," He chuckled. "Weather they have what we want or not."

"And Krillin?" Xemas asked.

"What about the hairless yapping puppy that follows me around?" Yami asked with annoyance.
"He's gone." Xemas pointed out.
"Then we'll find him afterwards." Yami said as though it were just an unimportant side job that he may or may not get around to.
"Are you sure he'll last long?" Xemas school.

"Don't know but he should've stayed close, so its not my problem." Yami shrugged.


Amya meanwhile was watching how Gaara interacted with a group ninja, he had killed the loud mouth leader with his sand. "That didn't take him any effort at all," she murmured as he disposed of the other two.

He was now in the middle of a confrontation with the other guy in his group, but a quick check of their emotions told her that the blonde girl in white and the boy dressed in all black wearing the clown paint were both very afraid of him. And Gaara doesn't really give a damn what they have to say, she mused inwardly unable to help the small smile that her lips were curving into. She saw something in him, behind the annoyance and the better than Kami attitude. She had seen the pain and annoyance in his eyes when they had first met but she had also seen determination.


AN:Finally updated and there's more to come!