Necromancy For Fun And Profit.

An Epic Quest sequel.

A/N: Yay! The not-so-long awaited sequel!

Disclaimer: I do not own Stargate SG-1 nor Atlantis, I also do not own Final Fantasy Ten or Ten-Two. Oh, I also do not own any of the other series that may have cameos within this fic.

I do however, own the minor characters Priest Lanemt, Xobb, Tanya, Chris Hether, Creevey Tolins, Mollayna Sortok, Steev Des'mar, Fai Merryworth, Red Soks, Rinder Kail, Mick Kail, Torzo Kail, Zairen Kail, Gordos Alkin, Carma Sandra, Priest Grevens, Priest Halmers, Tamern Zeld, Major Kally Lisette, Lieutenant Zane Roston, and Doctor Sven Cormac. Also, Xander, Tara, Skye, Souron, Kayden, Becca, Batalax and Nysa are based off of real people, but I do not own them, except for Nysa, who is me.

Chapter Seven.

Mission

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"Hello."

Tidus and Akail both startled visibly. They had been trapped in this white space for what seemed like a lifetime, it was not a room, as it had no floor or ceiling, or even walls. It was just and endless white. When they had first awoken, after feeling themselves slip away while their friends fought Sin, they had traveled for what felt like days on end, but the white neither ended, nor changed. They had discovered quickly that they needed no nourishment, and they never tired. They didn't give up on trying to find a way out of the white abyss, but after months of wandering, they stopped trying as hard.

But now, they were no longer alone. Three woman stood in the white with them. Three woman Akail recognized. "The Magus Sisters?"

"Yes. This is we." The shortest sister replied. "I am named Sen."

"I am Keer." the largest sister said.

"And I am Ni." the tallest sister finished.

"Mals wishes to apologize. He is just following orders, but things have not proceeded as they were foretold to, and he wants to apologize to you, Commander. You were not supposed to leave the mortal plain."

"It's not like he was the one to have me shot, he's just a kid, he doesn't have the power to... eh?" Akail suddenly stopped talking, and his face went blank for a moment. "Sorry, forgot what I was gonna say. Who's Mals?"

The three sisters shared a look but said nothing.

Tired of being ignored, Tidus suddenly yelled, "Let us out of here!"

"Soon..." Keer replied soothingly.

"We came to tell you that the journey starts soon, and to see if... well, it is not important at the moment."

As soon as Sen stopped speaking, the three sisters vanished as if they had never been there. Akail and Tidus watched the place where they had been standing in silence for the next three months, but the three sisters did not come back. They went back to their wandering after that.

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"Majokage! Majokage!"

Batalax closed her eyes and counted to ten in her head before turning around with a patient smile, "Hello Shelinda."

"It is wonderful to see you, Lady Ophelia." The young woman said with a cheerful smile, "I finished those papers you wanted. Where do you wish for me to put them?"

Finished? Already? Batalax had only asked the young acolyte to write up the papers for her a couple days ago. There were over five thousand pages. It was Yevons New Order. "Amazing. You have saved me so much time. Please, have them put on my desk."

"As you wish, Lady Majokage." The acolyte smiled far too pleasantly for three in the morning, and made her way down the twisting hallways of the Bevelle temple, and then she was out of sight.

"Nice girl." Batalax commented to herself before turning away and continuing to her quarters, "But kinda strange."

It had been two months since she had become Majokage. Two very busy months. Her and Luzzu had gotten married on the Besaid beach, two weeks before, and after a week and a half long honeymoon, she was back in Bevelle working, and he was back in Zanarkand working.

Their plan had progressed much smoother than she had believed it would, and it had been almost painfully easy to find people to help them. Batalax herself, had just sent a com message to Baralai the day before, saying that she would really wish to talk to him, and for him to come to the Bevelle Temple for a meeting, if he was available.

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Bzzt. The Video Com Sphere burst to life across the room and Nysa gestured for her class to be silent. "Koorikage! Squad Three is in need of immediate back up." the voice was grainy, but the picture was clear. Nysa could see the inside of one of the CB tents. Tents that had the Charm Bangle effect sewn right into it. The man speaking was Kihn, the Squad Three leader.

"On it." Nysa replied promptly, "Hold your position, back up will be there soon."

"Yes Koorikage." He gave a sloppy salute, and Nysa could see the blood seeping through his sleeve.

The VCS went dead and Nysa looked over the rookies she was training. She shook her head minutely a second later, "Keep training. I'll be back. Lee! You're in charge during my absence."

Nysa walked out of the CB tent and continued walking until she was out of hearing range of her class, "Luzzu Vanaid." she activated her com sphere.

"This is Luzzu."

"Gather your squad and head to sector fifteen immediately. Squad three is in need of assistance. Keep com active."

"Yes Koorikage." There was a pause, and Nysa could hear the rustle of clothing, as he armed himself, "Are you still coming to dinner on Friday?"

Nysa smiled and leaned against a large tree, "Wouldn't miss it for the world. Tell B that Gippal won't be able to make it though, his team has had a major breakthrough this week, and he wont be able to get away from it."

"Will do. Luzzu out."

Nysa hoped he would be able to get to Squad three in time, but she wasn't too worried, as she knew Luzzu wouldn't let her down. She walked slowly back to the large tent her class was in and made her way stealthily inside. She couldn't help but smile; her kids were coming along nicely. They were no where near Zanarkand ready, but they would be able to start patrolling Yu any time now. As it was, she had them performing patrols of the moonflow, but they were ready for something a bit bigger.

"Larkin! You're going too far from your center of balance. Do the Kata again, but this time keep yourself in order. This is life or death people. For Yevon's sake, choose life.

She watched Lee issue orders and her smile grew slightly. Spira would be a much safer place with her kids around to protect it.

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Yuna stood on the cliff face overlooking Djose. Her eyes were calculating as she figured out in her head how much more time this project would take. She had been working on it since February tenth, and it was nearing April sixth now. There were nearly eight hundred people helping her on the project so it was much further along than she had expected it would be.

"Yunie!" A cheerful voice called from behind her. Yuna immediately recognized it as the voice of her younger cousin Rikku.

"Hello Rikku." Yuna replied, with a smile she turned to face her cousin. "What brings you to Djose?"

Rikku stopped walking once she was side by side with Yuna and looked over the newly built Djose City. "I've brought my mech team. We're here to start installing power."

"Oh! Wonderful!" Yuna said excitedly, "I didn't know it was you who was coming. I was expecting Lavan and his team."

"Normally, it would have been Lav, as my team has been pretty busy excavating in Zanarkand, but when Nooj said it was Djose that needed the Machina, I had to come, as I knew you would be here. The city is looking great by the way."

"Thank you." Yuna replied sincerely, "We're no where near done though."

"Still." Rikku prompted. "This place is fantastical Yunie."

"Thanks." Yuna replied, "Come," she said with a graceful hand gesture, "I will show you around."

The Youth League, as was the name for the people working under her, had been working all over Spira since it had been created in February. So far, they had rebuilt Kilika, put a blitzball stadium in Bikanel, built Djose city, and started getting the people more used to every day Machina.

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Nysa stood in front of her rookies, "Okay. Today is the day. Everyone split into your groups."

The Warriors stood to the left, the Black Mages stood to the right, the White Mages stood in the middle, and the rest of the class stood in a large group to the back of the class.

"You all know how this works, as you have seen it happen all the time. "Every one of you has a number in your hands. Find the people with the same number as yourself without making a single sound. You have one minute. Go."

Everyone burst into action, and Nysa was pleased to note that the Mages had not moved a muscle, instead choosing to hold their numbers in front of them for all to see. They had learned well. The warriors, assassins, thieves and every one else that had stats in stealth moved swiftly from person to person, until fifty seconds later, there were fifteen groups of four in front of her. Nysa smiled and nodded.

"Good. Take a good look at the people in your group, as from now on, this will be your team. You will need to learn to trust every person on your team with your life, and they must trust you the same." One of the Crusaders appeared in the doorway and raised a hand slightly so that she would see him. Nysa gave a slight nod in his direction to let him know she had seen, and continued talking, "Teams sixty and sixty one, you are now stationed on the Highroad, and the old road below it. Take this scroll to Jasd, it will explain where his team is being sent to now that you are relieving him. Toghil, you are in charge of team sixty. Sanu, you are in charge of team sixty one."

She continued giving out orders till she was on her last team, "Team Seventy Five, as a search and rescue team, you are to be stationed here in the Moonflow, but you are on call, so keep your com spheres free, as you could be sent out to help another team or a civilian at a moments notice."

"Yes Koorikage." They replied completely in sync.

Nysa stood there for another half a minute just looking at the people she had trained, and she had never felt this proud of something in her entire life. "Move out kids. You have a planet to protect."

And then she was alone.

That made seventy five teams that she had out patrolling Spira. Forty of which were in Zanarkand. And then there was the ex Crusaders, and the ex Chocobo Knights, who also were working under her, bringing the number up to the hundreds.

"Koorikage," The Crusader repeated once again.

"Yes, sorry Kama. I was lost in thought." Nysa walked across the large tent to meet him. Kama was one of the best ex Crusaders out there, next to Luzzu, but he had recently been hurt, and the healers had put him on house rest, much like Tara had done to her after her one sided fight with Seymour in which he had nearly killed her. Needless to say, Kama was bored, so she let him hang around and play the part of her assistant while he was healing.

"There is a woman here to see you, Koorikage."

"Oh? Who?" Nysa asked, genuinely curious, as she hadn't been expecting anyone.

"She says her name is Paine."

Nysa was out of the room before the man even had a chance to blink.

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"You look tired, Luzzu." Batalax said from across the table.

"It's been a hard week." Luzzu replied distantly. At his wifes look, he elaborated, "Half the time, when we are exploring Zanarkand, we come across full cities, cities that are still standing, but there is no life besides the fiends... and the undead. People that have held on to life so strongly after death, that they neither moved on nor became fiends. They just... are. And I know... I know that they have to be defeated, to make the world a better place, but some of them talk as we are fighting... and most of them were just innocent people that Bevelle had killed."

"That's what war does." Batalax said softly. "Was doesn't discriminate against who is bad and who is not, it just destroys. Destruction, absolute." Batalax took a sip from her water glass, "Back on Earth, our world was at war, well, parts of the world. It was between the USA, and some European countries. We were always hearing on the news about random civilians were killed in bombings, or stray gunfire. It disgusted me. But I do understand. The people fight for something they believe with all their hearts is right. It's similar to what we're doing right now. We're fighting to make this a better world, but I'm sure there must be some people who disagree with what we are doing, but they are too far and in between to actually do something about it. In a couple years, decades maybe, that could change. In a free world, war is inevitable."

She took another drink from her water and watched as Luzzu did the same, before speaking again, "Zanarkand most likely had a lot of people from Yu killed too, but since Yu won the battle... the people had time to recover and grow... where in Zanarkand, that never happened. We don't really get to hear their side of the story, and as much as it pains me to say... they're story isn't that important. It has been over a thousand years, and the world has changed so much, because of Sin. The world we live in now, is nothing like the world they lived in then."

"But that's changing." Luzzu said. "You, Yuna, and Nysa are changing that. Making Spira into how it used to be."

"No...We're making Spira into all it can be. I don't care if it's nothing like it was back then."

"Sorry we're late." Nysa said slightly out of breath as she made her way over to their table. "Guys, this is Paine. Paine, this is Ophelia Vanaid and her husband Luzzu Vanaid." Introductions suitably over, Nysa dropped gracefully into her chair and let out a loud sigh.

"Hello Paine." Luzzu said. He recognized the silver haired girl, but he wasn't sure from where.

"Yo." Paine said slightly monotone. She sat down next to Nysa, across from Ophelia.

"Call me Batalax." the mage said, "I rarely answer to Ophelia."

Paine gave a barely noticeable nod, and before anyone could speak, Yuna and Rikku sat down at the table. Yuna next to Luzzu, and Rikku across from her, next to Nysa. "I apologize for being late." Yuna said sincerely.

"Yeah. Sorry." Rikku added, "There was a slight... malfunction, in Djose, that we had to correct before coming over. Thankfully, pops was willing to wait."

Paine seemed to suddenly realize just who Batalax and Yuna were, as Nysa noticed she seemed to close herself off even more than she normally was. She probably figured that they would turn out to be like the previous Maesters.

"How is Djose coming along, anyways? I haven't had a chance to visit since you first started the building. I've been like, really busy." Nysa said apologetically. "Paine and I have been working on a... project."

"It's nearly done." Yuna said. "We have maybe another two weeks of work, and it'll be ready for people to move in."

"Has anyone bought any of the homes yet?" Batalax asked curiously.

"Yes, actually. As soon as the city is open for living, nearly every house has already been sold, to people from all over Yu."

"A good portion of them are from Home, as now my people don't actually have to live in the dessert." Rikku said happily.

"That's wonderful." Luzzu said.

"So, Paine, what is it you and Ny have been working on?"

Paine and Nysa shared a look before Paine gave a slow nod. "We're Sphere hunting." Nysa said. "All of my troops are currently out on the field, and it'll be another month or two before Gippal declares the next rookies ready for training from me. Apparently, I'm too hard on them, so he trains them the beginners and intermediate stuff, while I teach them the more advanced stuff."

"So in other words, you were bored." Rikku said.

Nysa shrugged, not saying yes or no. Batalax knew that she was searching for a way to take down Shuyin, but the rest were clueless. Yuna had a small incline that something more was going on, but she was too polite to ask, and Rikku was oblivious. Luzzu knew what was going on. As he worked for her, he was under orders to keep an eye on Gippal, as Shuyin seemed to like possessing the members of the Crimson Squad.

"Rikku is my name." The blond thief said suddenly to Paine.

"Paine." The silver haired warrior replied blandly.

"Well then, Dr. P, how do you know the Koorikage?"

"We teamed up together to sphere hunt." Nysa replied.

"I heard the Koorikage was looking for a partner." Paine said at the same time.

"What's sphere huntin' like?"

"It's hard work, a good portion of the time. The Spheres that haven't been found usually haven't been found because they are in extremely hard to get to locations."

The truth was, Paine and her were looking for the Crimson Spheres, the spheres Paine recorded of the incident in the caves, where most of their team was killed, and Nooj was possessed. They were trying to find a way to exercise Shuyin from Nooj, and send him. In the beginning, Nysa hadn't wanted to involve herself and instead wished to leave it to Yuna, because in the game it is through looking for the spheres of Shuyin that she found Tidus. Nysa then decided that she had already changed too much, and instead would fight her way through the Farplane to find Tidus and Akail if she had to.

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It had been two months since Paine and Nysa had started looking for the Crimson Spheres, and now they had all of them but one. Brother and Buddy had found the ship Celcius, a few weeks ago, and had convinced Rikku to join them in sphere hunting on her time off from scavenging in Zanarkand. Nysa had recently been called back to civilization to work on a schooling system with Batalax and Yuna, so Paine joined Rikku, Buddy, and Brother. They named their sphere hunting group; The Gullwings.

Batalax was still mostly working in Bevelle, but now she was working with Baralai. New Yevon was becoming a thing that the people could count on. It was all about peace, and doing anything to protect that peace. Machina was now welcome in nearly every city and town, and the people, after having it for the last couple months, were beginning to not only actively accept it's use, but also wish for more. The Al Bhed were naturally, quite pleased.

Batalax, along with making Spira run smoother for the people, had been busy setting up schooling systems. Nysa and Yuna, also had a huge part in the schooling systems. Yuna, with the location, and Nysa with who the teachers would be. Now, in some of the larger cities: Luca, Djose, and Home, to be precise, there were Kage governed Academies. Nysa told Batalax that the three Academies were based off the schools in both Final Fantasy Eight, and Naruto.

The Academies were basically military institutes, and it was decided that Nysa would run them, as the things taught were basically what she was teaching her troops anyways, just, they were taught about Spira and it's laws as well, on behalf of Batalax. The Seventy Five Squads were called back, and Nysa met them in the assembly room of the Djose Academy.

"It has been a good while since we saw each other in person last." she said softly, but her voice carried, as her troops were deathly silent to listen to her. "So far, we have two Academies up and running. The Djose Academy that we are currently in, and the Luca Academy. With these Academies, come new rules, and ranks."

"As things stand, we have been extremely out of order and far too spontaneous in what we do. That is about to change. Everyone, you are now part of the FORCE." she began to speak a little louder so as to be heard more clearly. "FORCE, will be made up of four different ranks. Genin, Seed, Chunnin, and Jonin. Those of you who have been in Zanarkand for the past couple months, are the top ranking soldiers. You are Jonin. At this rank, you are eligible for other jobs, but I will get to that later."

The one hundred and sixty people who had been patrolling Zanarkand all looked greatly pleased.

"The Squads that have been patrolling the Calm Lands, Bikanel, and Gagazet, you are the second highest ranking, Chunnin. At this rank, you are also eligible for other jobs, but someone will get to that later."

The eighty new Chunnin all gave a victory cheer.

"Those of you who have been patrolling the common roads? You are the bottom rank. Genin. Once you have mastered your main Sphere Grid, along with have your HP over four thousand, you will advance to Chunnin."

The sixty newly named Genin didn't look all that effected. They knew that they were the rookies, and more likely to receive crap jobs, as they had only been released into active duty less than three months ago.

"The rest of you..." She addressed the other hundred and fifty of her troops, "You are Seed. It is the equivalent of Chunnin, but completely solo. You are people who work for ether the Al Bhed, the Youth League, or New Yevon, but also wish to fight. Consider yourself as mostly freelance fighters, that work for a higher cause; the safety of the people. If you do get missions, they will most likely be through the Chiryooshakage or the Majokage."

The newly named Seed's didn't look too interested. As Nysa had said, they were all mostly busy with the rebuilding of Spira, and in the Al Bhed's case, the excavation of Zanarkand and the installation of Machina to the villages and cities. They only joined the FORCE, because most of them had been fighting for as long as they could remember.

"The academies will be accepting students of all ages, so if you know anyone who wants to join our forces, let them know that they may apply." Gippal said from beside her.

"These, are one of many things, that will be given out to the FORCE." Yuna said softly. She moved across the room and opened a chest. Inside of it were forehead protectors. The fabric of them was black, and in the middle of it, was a metal plate with the symbol of Yevon carved into it. "Every FORCE member will wear one of these at all times while on active duty."

"If squads one through seventy five, along with all Seed members would line up orderly, we will begin with gearing everyone up." Batalax said. "Along with the headbands, you will each get your pick of weapons, but it is up to you to get them synthesized to fit your needs. Keep this orderly, people."

The Squads came up one by one, grabbed their forehead protectors, and were led out of the room to the school's armory.

"After gearing up, all Seed are free to go, unless you have questions, in which head to room 55. Chunnin head to room 205, Jonin head to room 334, and Genin head to room 168." Batalax said into her mini microphone com sphere. It worked like a PA system, in that her voice was heard all throughout the six story building.

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It was two hours later, and all of the troops had split up and went to their separate destinations to learn more about their new ranks. First off were the new Genin.

"So here's the thing people." Luzzu said blandly, "Your jobs really are not going to change much. You will continue your highway patrols, and city patrols. Squads 60 and 61, you are to patrol the Highroad. Squad 62, you are to patrol Besaid. Squad 63, you are to patrol Kilika. Squads 64 and 72, you are to patrol Luca. Squads 65 and 66, you are to patrol Mushroom Rock Road. Squads 67 and 74, you are to patrol Djose. Squads 68 and 75, you are to patrol Guadosalam. Squad 69, the Thunder Plains is your new domain. Macalania is for Squad 70. Bevelle will be left for Squads 71 and 73."

"If anything above level 28 comes your way, do not try and be brave. Contact someone of a higher rank for help. Most of you are nearly Chunnin in level, but not quite. When you reach the requirements, come to the nearest academy."

"Along with patrolling the roads, you all will be given other missions that may have absolutely nothing to do with fighting, such as helping the Youth League or New Yevon. Some of you may even be hired as simple help for Civilians. "

In Room 205, the Chunnin were going through a similar speech.

"Now, there are twenty Chunnin Teams, and only three locations for you to patrol."

"The locations are quite big." One of the Chunnin said haltingly.

"I know." Batalax replied. "That is why only a few of you will be taken from your posts. "Squad 40. From this day forward, until you have been relieved, you are now teachers at the Luca Academy."

The members of Squad 40 looked incredibly shocked, but then slightly proud.

"Met Va, you will be teaching the ins and outs of Black Magic. Sali Trans, you will be teaching White Magic. Judin Kraltim, you will be teaching battle support. An Prerken, you will be teaching weapon use and stealth."

"Squad 52, you will be teaching at the Djose Academy. "Vix Sald, you will be teaching Black Magic. Train Draf, you will be teaching weapons and stealth. Drewil Capp, you will be teaching White Magic, and Bell Vortahm, you will be teaching battle support."

"Squad 46, you will be teaching at the Home Academy, but as the building is no where near being done, I will have you patrolling Bikinal for the time being."

There was a moments pause, while Batalax let them digest what she had said. "Squads 41 through 45, you will patrol Bikanel. Squads 47 through 51, you will be patrolling the Calm Lands. Finally, Squads 53 through 59, you will be patrolling Gagazet."

"As Chunnin, you are eligible for a couple courses at the different Academies. These courses available are that of Hunter, and Medic. The Hunter course, is to learn the way of tracking the movement of your enemies. The job of a Hunter, will mostly to track down criminals and bring them to the nearest New Yevon court for justice to be served. The Hunter course is offered at all three academies. The Medic course, is exactly as it sounds. Those who wish to take that course will learn all about the advanced white magic, and will be offered positions at the town and city hospitals that are being built by the Youth League. The Medic course is only offered at the Djose academy."

Batalax was about to dismiss the Chunnin before she slowly smirked, "Oh yeah, Chunnin, in order to rise in the ranks to Jonin, will have to have a fight with one of the three Kage, and last for over two minutes. I can't wait to see who wants to try first."

"Oh," she added, "Those of you who are teaching, it may only be temporary for some of you, until we can find people who are better suited for the jobs."

The newly named professors looked slightly relieved.

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"Okay. You guys are the Elite. A good many of you are this way without much training from any of our new systems, and instead have gotten your skill from being in the former Crusaders or Chocobo Knights. None of that matters. I don't care how you got to be as powerful as you are. I just care that you are. We have been exploring Zanarkand for only four and a half months, and already, we have learned so much." Nysa smiled slightly, she had never imagined the wealth of information they would get just from exploring the other country.

"Now, typically, with the system I am using, for every Genin team, there is a Jonin in charge. As we currently have fifteen Genin teams, I will need fifteen volunteers by the end of this meeting. The Jonin in charge of the Genin team will be the one to help them if they are in trouble, and to teach them while on the field. Things that you can't learn by words, things you have to learn first hand. The Genin will look up to you, as something they are striving to become."

A couple of the Jonin talked quietly between themselves, so Nysa waited another couple breaths before speaking once again.

"Now, there are three ranks above Jonin, but those of that level will be specifically chosen by myself and the other three Kage. The three ranks are ANBU, Counselor, and Sannin. Sannin are considered to be the most powerful people, second only to the Kage. There are only ever three at a time, and they have already been chosen. They are Gippal Langer, Nooj Bathazan, and Baralai Contrai."

There was a small cheer from some of the Jonin, as they all agreed with the three choices.

"The counselors, are those that work closely with the Kage, they are the group of people who make a lot of the decisions in Spira. They will mostly be working with the Majokage and Baralai. A course will be offered at the Luca academy for any who wish to join their ranks."

A couple of the Jonin looked tempted.

"The last rank is ANBU. They are the police force of Spira. They are the ones who will deal with human threats. If it goes according to plan, no one will even know who has been chosen, besides those that are chosen. These people, rank ANBU, will be trained as specialists. There will be a course offered at the Home academy, if any of you wish to take it."

"Also, if any of you so wish, there are two other courses you may wish to take. "The Hunter course, and the Medic course." She went on to explain about the different courses.

"I'm not going to change your patrol routs, so you all know what sector of Zanarkand you are still patrolling. You are all dismissed. If I think of anything else I need you to know, you will be contacted."

As the Jonin left the room, fifteen of them signed their name on a small piece of paper to become team leaders for the Genin groups. Another good portion of the Jonin signed themselves up to other courses.

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Unsurprisingly, none of the Seeds showed up in the room Gippal was waiting in.

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