AHAHAHA. Okay, no more fun and games, kids. It's the Chunin Exams! So I'm open to requests about who Mononoke fights in the third part of the Exam. You can start putting in votes now. It doesn't matter who though, I'll see which one occurs more then I'll choose. SO YEAH. MOVING ON.

Chapter Twenty-Four: Bring It On

Snickering, I marvelled at the wonders of life. The Amegakure ninja was hanging from a long bungee string I made over a cliff.

It's quite hilarious really.

"So tell me. Why are you stalking me?", I winked at him, "Got a crush?" The man grunted angrily as he tried to swing from side to side, "Stupid kid! I'm going to kill you for this!"

I laughed at this, "Oh, definitely. I could take you more seriously if you weren't in this position, you know." Suddenly I felt a kunai knife lying against my neck. I glanced down and smiled. A substitution jutsu.

"Hm, you're just big talk.", the ninja said pressing the kunai into my neck. I yawned and I felt him stiffened.

"Actually you got the wrong girl.", I said, leaning against his shoulder. The clone disappeared and he turned around, going for the kill. But I kicked him and he fell off the cliff.

A long echo of screaming came from tumbling after and I rolled my eyes. I turned around to look into the trees.

"You know. If you wanted to fight me properly, you could do a better job.", I mused at the shadow in the canopy. A deep chuckle answered, "The Chunin Exams aren't going to be so smooth, you know." I shrugged, "Never said it was. Besides, I'm a lousy ninja, probably die in the second half, but it's worth a shot." Grinning at the man, I turned around and started towards the direction of the village.

"Nice outfit though, Iruka-sensei."

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I met up with my team in front of the Hokage building. I noticed a few other ninjas were there grouping up as well.

"You're late!", Sakura and Naruto scolded me at the same time and I laughed, "I'm not as bad as Kakashi. And I'm just fifteen minutes late. Cut me some slack." Duckbutt grunted, getting our attention, "Come on, let's go."

As we went through the halls, Sakura fell in step beside me, "So where did you go?" I grinned at her sheepishly, "I woke up late." The pinkette gave me a look but I hook my arm around hers, smiling, "Kakashi must've rubbed off on me."

"Please, let us in!" A voice pleaded and I blinked. I thought this was just the second floor. Sakura stiffened beside me and I noticed it after she did.

A genjutsu.

First the little test by Iruka, now this. They must be trying to cut down the candidates enrolling the exam. Too much fuss, I guess.

When we got closer, I spotted two boys standing at the door, looking all smug. One began bragging about how nice they were. Bunch of poppycock. They smelled like the Chunin at the Konoha Gates the other day. One could think they would've used the godamn scent inhibition technique. Well, I guess nobody's perfect.

There's a reason why they're just guards.

"Nice speech. But you're not fooling anyone.", Duckbutt said, his voice teetering on arrogant. But his next move surprised me. "Tell them, Sakura. You have the sharpest eyes in our team. You probably spotted the genjutsu right away."

Well, tip me over and pour me out. He's complimenting her for once. Maybe he noticed her insecurity. Aw, how sweet, I pair them up already.

Sakura tensed in bewilderment but she quickly got over it as she explained their mistakes. I smiled at the Uchiha's back. Maybe he's actually warming up. To all of us.

Then I noticed the slight hostility coming from one of the Chunin 'boys'. Apparently, Duckbutt saw it too and managed to lift his leg at the same time as the boy when he attacked. A tremor in the air made me blink, and lo and behold, a Gai Mini Me stood in between them, his hands gripping their legs firmly. The bowl-cut boy even had the same thick as tree barks eyebrows. And the green jumpsuit. Of course he had the green jumpsuit. He's a Gai impersonator.

But the speed.

The speed is definitely like Gai. Crazy taijutsu stuff. I can barely see Gai's speed already and this guy is just as fast. Nice.

"I thought you said to keep a low profile?", another boy said in disdain as he came up, a girl beside him. Must be his team. And Gai must be their sensei, obviously. The Gai look-alike pouted slightly, "Sorry, but I..." He trailed off, his eyes in our direction.

Wait, more like Sakura's.

I slipped my arm out of hers and scooted closer to Duckbutt. Best stay away from the fire.

"Are you Haruno Sakura?", he asked matter-of-factly as he walked closer to us, and she nodded, obviously spooked out.

Giving the signature Gai's thumbs up and sparkly grin which looks like it came from a toothpaste advertisement, he proudly asked, "Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Definitely... Not."

Way to go, Sakura. Great move. I held in a snigger as I bumped shoulders with Duckbutt, "Looks like you got yourself a rival in love." He snorted and looked over to me, "He's a rival, but not in that term."

I batted my eyelashes at him, "What? Looove~?" Ducky rolled his eyes at me, "Don't push it."

"Hey, you. What's your name?", the disdain filled boy from before asked as he came over. I blinked and tilted my head at him.

Oh, another matchmaking service?

Duckbutt just looked over at him indifferently, "Why should I tell you that? You never gave yours first." The milky eyed boy bared his teeth in annoyance and I looked up at Duckbutt, "Hey, I think you made him mad."

"I don't care. Come on, Mononoke.", he said, nudging me along. I smiled over his shoulder at the other two, "Better luck next time, I suppose."

When we turned to the other two, I saw Naruto and the bowl hair standing depressively beside a wall. What's with the tragic soap opera team here?

"Sasuke-kun, Naruto, Mononoke! Let's go!", Sakura called, dragging us away, obviously trying to get away as soon as possible. I laughed at her, "Are you going to leave your admirer?" Sakura hushed me in frustration as she pushed the three of us along.

XX

"Hey you, with the attitude! Please wait!"

All four of us turned around at the voice. Oh look, who came running after. Sir Thick Brows stood there defiantly, claiming a challenge to Duckbutt. I yawned, baring my canines lightly, before lacing my hands behind my head, "He seems fun, huh, Duckbutt?"

An agreeable grunt came from the boy and I smirked.

If he's anything like Gai, he must be very skilled in taijutsu but not so much in ninjutsu and genjutsu. I watched curiously as he told us his name and yet again proclaimed his love for Sakura.

"You'd think he get the hint already.", I muttered to Duckbutt and he snorted as Sakura dodged the scary looking floating hearts. I looked over Rock Lee and hummed. He had no interest in me the way he has for Sakura, thank goodness, but I was slightly peeved that he wouldn't think of fighting me.

I mean, I can be pretty fun. Bah, I'm not jealous. I'm just annoyed that people don't give me enough challenges to play with.

But then again, it's a hassle. Maybe I'm better off laying low and enjoying the show.

Naruto must be feeling the same way as he charged at Lee, every intention to be noticed by Lee. I winced slightly as Lee deflected his attacks effortlessly, causing the blonde to crash into a wall.

Sighing, I looked over to the clock. We have thirty five minutes for this bullshit. Chop chop, we need to go.

"Hey, Lee-san!", I called and stepped up, touching Duckbutt's wrist to restrain him from doing something stupid like accept the challenge. These people absolutely need time management.

Lee's attention directed to me and I smiled politely, "We have little time to register our names for the Chunin Exams. May I politely ask to postpone your duel?" Lee just dipped his head, "I'm sorry, but I'm sure we can finish this quickly enough." I wrinkled my nose in disdain, "And I will make your death will be faster if you are the cause of our tardiness."

"My apologies but I do not fight girls."

Okay, that's it. I'm going to ice him to the floor.

Just as I raised my arm, Duckbutt placed a firm hand on my elbow. I glared at him and he smirked at me, "Don't worry. I'll avenge your pride."

"Thanks for caring, Duck," I spat before turning to shoot daggers with my eyes at Lee, "I think I'll be fine."

"He wants to fight me, and fight me, he shall." Duckbutt said, before leaning closer, "He seems fun." I scowled at him for a moment. He gazed at me levelly. Ugh, the things I do.

I groaned before lowering my hand, sighing in defeat, "Get this over with quickly, or I'll ice you."

Duckbutt gave me a smirk before he went on and accept the challenge. All I could do was watch dully as they sparred, testing waters. More like Lee throwing Duckbutt around like a beanbag. He's way too fast. Sakura hovered beside me, "Sasuke-kun's going to kick his ass, for sure." I nodded and wanted to reply her just for her sake, but I got a whiff of something.

My eyes went to Sasuke as he landed a few ways from us. Could it be? The smell of his kekkei genkai awakening is strong.

Yes, there it is. The Sharingan.

"Right then, time to get serious, Pointy-Hair. I'm not getting any younger.", I called after him, and a short 'humph' came from the Uchiha. But it didn't look any better. Lee was fast. Very fast. It took me some time to get adjusted to his speed. My eyes darted around, pin pointing his movements. I got seventeen out of twenty right. Bravo for me.

Suddenly, he decided to take it up a notch and I saw how he unravelled the bandages on his arm.

Oh-oh.

Before I could move in to interrupt, a pinwheel caught the flying end of the bandage to the wall. I know that thing.

A large poof of smoke to reveal a giant tortoise. "Lee! You know what it means for a shinobi to reveal his techniques!", the tortoise scolded and I laughed at the sight of Lee apologizing to the stern old creature. "It's nice to see you too, Ningame.", I called and both tortoise and boy turned to me. Ningame opened his beak in a smile, "Oh, hello, Mononoke. Didn't see you there."

"A lot of people don't", I muttered under my breath before speaking louder, "So where's-"

"Hello, everybody!"

Oh, there he is.

Gai stood on Ningame's shell in a fabulous pose. As always. And of course, he had to do an entire drama series with Lee before he could think of anything else.

"You know that guy?", Naruto asked me softly and I nodded, mumbling my reply, "He's Kakashi's so called 'rival'. He used to babysit me sometimes when Kakashi's on a mission. I was still living with Kakashi then." Naruto looked over at Gai again before muttering, "His eyebrows are even bushier." "I know right?", I answered, and both of us snickered.

"Mononoke! What a great pleasure to see you again!" Oh dear. Oh no.

I yelped as Gai lifted me up into the air, like he used to when I was a kid. "Ah youth! To see you grow so fast!", Gai announced, tears rolling from his eyes like waves. "Th-That's very kind of you but-", I was cut off by Lee who decided to interrupt at that particular moment, leaving me still hanging by my armpits. I heard Naruto sniggering behind me. I'm going to kill somebody today, I don't care who.

"Gai-sensei, you know this girl?", he asked, looking up at me.

"Why, of course! Who wouldn't know the little one that my lifelong rival took in?", Gai boomed, grinning at his student and I sighed. Here we go. "Kakashi and I go way back..." There he began his speech, and thankfully at some point he put me down to make a pose. Lee listened to everything, his overlarge eyes shining in admiration. On the other hand, I could feel the other three behind me shivering, all of them weirded out at the sight of him.

I couldn't help but smile at Gai's bombastic personality. There was this point of time where I followed the green man around, and Kakashi was so worried I might end up wearing the same striking green jumpsuit. But thank the heavens, I didn't. What can I say, I was a kid. I get influenced easily.

"Oh, look at the time. Love to stay and chat but we gotta go.", I told Gai, backing away as I made a flapping gesture to my teammates to make a run for it.

"That's right! You have the Chunin Exams to go to! Well, I won't be bothering you anymore. Best of luck, all of you!", Gai said and began talking aplenty to Lee and I shooed the other three away, before we get dragged into something crazy.

XXXX

"You guys are early.", Kakashi mused when he caught sight of us. I squinted at him and he gave me an eye smile. He seems better now, at least. "We bumped into Gai-san." I explained and he nodded, "Makes sense." Looking over to us, he seemed quite satisfied.

"Well, I'm glad all of you could make it, especially you, Sakura."

"Huh? What do you mean, sensei?", said girl asked as she stepped forward. I hid a smile as Kakashi began to explain to her that although it was voluntary to take the Chunin Exams, it's only applicable to teams of three. "But in your case, it would be four. The Hokage is noted of this and gave his permission for your team to come as a four man team. But if Sakura didn't choose to take the exam, you three can still take it as a normal three-man team."

"But you were hoping that all four of us would take up the challenge?", Sakura asked and he nodded.

"Naruto, Sasuke, Sakura.", he called in turn before looking over to me last, smiling, "Mononoke. I'm very proud of you. You're the best team anyone can ask for. Now go on."

Naruto pumped his fists, "Don't worry about it, Kakashi-sensei! We won't let you down!" The other three pushed through the door and entered, but I lagged behind. Looking over to Kakashi, I held his hand and peeked into his eye. He patted my head knowingly, "I'll be fine. Don't worry about me. Go kick ass." I smiled and gave him a hug, "Wish me luck."

And I turned around, letting myself into room 301.

When I got in, the first thing I see is Ino jumping on Sasuke, "Oh, Sasuke-kun! Man, you have no idea how much I hoped you'd show up. I miss those broody good looks of yours!" I sighed at the sight and joined them. Broody good looks? Maybe. Broody arse personality? Definitely.

"Of course, you did.", I smirked at her as Sakura yelled at the blonde, "Hey, get off Sasuke-kun, pig!"

Ignoring me, Ino looked over to Sakura instead and wrinkled her nose, "Oh, wow, I can't believe they let you in. Still got frown lines on your billboard brow, I see."

"Leave my forehead out of it!", Sakura retorted grumpily and Ino gave her a stink eye. This is getting annoying. If this results in a cat fight, I'm going to throw them both out of the window, teammate or not.

"Ugh, I knew it was going to be troublesome to do this, but I never thought it was this lame.", a familiar voice groaned and I tilted my head to greet Shika and Cho-chan, "Hey, guys!"

When he saw me, I saw his lips lifted slightly, "Okay, maybe not so lame." I grinned at Shika. Chouji was still eating but he gave me a wave, "Hey, Momo!" Cho-chan greeted heartily with his mouth still full.

Suddenly, Naruto piped up in annoyance, "Oh look, it's the Three Stooges."

Shika got slight ruffled as he leaned forward, "Hey, you know what, pipsqueak? .. Ah, forget it. You're a waste of time." I rolled my eyes at him. Typical Shika. But Naruto's getting wittier. Good for him.

"Well, well, well. What do you know? The whole gang's here.", I looked over to see Kiba walking over to us, Shino and Hinata staying close by. Guess he made sure he's the alpha in their group. Hinata's too shy to oppose and Shino doesn't give a cockroach feeler about most things. At least that's what he told me. To be honest, I never knew Shino personally.

Kiba spotted me and grinned, "Mononoke!"

I leaped over to him and threw my arm over his shoulder, pleased to see my best friend again, "Kiba! Akamaru!" The puppy barked and dapped my head with his paw. I scratched Akamaru's chin in reply and giggled when he licked my fingers.

Kiba, who must be feeling a little submissive today, had his hand placed firmly on my waist. I was used to it by now but I picked up on Sakura's discomfort when she saw the gesture. Not sure what that means but it probably has something to do with gender stuff. The others didn't seemed to notice though, because of Kiba's haughty air got most of their attention.

"You guys too, huh? Man, everyone's here for this stupid thing.", Shika grumbled pointedly at Kiba.

Both boys had a weird look in their eyes though. What's up with that? I sniffed a little and got a strange scent which I can safely label as 'rivalry'. Point is, rivalling for what? I tilted my head slightly in confusion.

Kiba sneered, "Yup. Here we all are, the nine rookies together again. Seems fun. Well, for those who can make the cut." Kiba looked over to Duckbutt, smirking, "Right, Sasuke?"

Duckbutt mirrored his attitude, with a smug reply, "Don't get so overconfident, Kiba." The dog boy look down at him, canines showing, "You wait. We're going to blow you guys away."

"Quit picking fights, Ki, before you hurt yourself.", I told him off jokingly and he snorted, giving me a look. Smiling, I bump his headband with my forehead, teasing him, "He's in my team, buddy. You challenge him, you challenge me."

He smirked, "You're the alpha?"

"I like to think it that way."

Suddenly, a new voice called out to us, "Hey, you guys might want to keep it down a notch. No offense, but you're the ten rookies, aren't you? Fresh out of the academy?" A boy walked over, his spectacles gleaming in the light, "I wouldn't be making such a racket if I were you. This isn't a field trip."

"Well, who asked you? Who are you anyway?", Ino snapped. Ooh, prissy. Might get her head chopped off, that one.

"Yakushi Kabuto. But, look behind you. You guys already made quite an impression." To confirm the observation, most of them turned around. Kiba glanced back as well to make sure but I didn't. I could feel the dank creepy atmosphere right from the moment I stepped in.

Most of them here seemed a little uncomfortable.

"See those guys? They're from the Amegakure. Real touchy. They all are. This exam makes everyone tense so try not to make anyone mad right now." Kabuto sighed a little wearily, "But hey, you're rookies. Who could blame you? You guys remind me of myself a while back."

Obviously, pointing the uneasiness out won't make them mad. Way to go, Four Eyes. Why don't I get a megaphone for you so you can tell everyone what pricks they all are? I mean, everyone's so quiet and they're all glaring at us, one way or another. Those close by could probably hear our conversation right now.

As they continued talking about the nerd's magic cards, I looked around the room. I spotted Gaara a few ways off, somewhere in the middle of the room. He was looking in our direction shamelessly, like how most of them are. Greeting him with a smile, I was pleased to see him dipped his head once. Guess he got the message.

"What's wrong?", Kiba asked into my ear and I shook my head, smiling at him, "Nothing. Just saying hi to a friend." I saw his nostrils flare a little and he looked at me dubiously. I'm not lying, and I wasn't telling the truth either. Just as he was about to open his mouth, Kabuto got our attention and we peeked over to see the ninja info cards.

"It's Sabaku No Gaara. And Rock Lee, while you're at it.", Sasuke said, his eyes narrowing.

"Man, that's no fun. You even know their names.", Kabuto complained good-naturedly before revealing two cards. Fancy. "Right, here we are. Rock Lee."

Then we have all the statistic mumbo jumbo, terribly interesting those are. I only listened to it half-heartedly because Kiba still had his grip on me and he just had to walk over to be nosy. Personally, I don't care what Lee is like. He looks fun to fight with but that's as far as it goes. For me at least. Though I do know now that his teammates before are called Tenten and Hyuga Neji.

Hyuga. Another powerhouse clan. And if I had not mistaken, belongs to the same clan as Hinata. I glanced at her to see how she was taking it. I overheard that there was some scuffle in the Hyuga clan once. Wonder if that's related to them.

"Alright, next up is Sabaku No Gaara. Nothing much on this guy...", Kabuto faltered before tensing up, "But get this, a Genin with a B rank mission. There's nothing much about this guy. He's a rookie from another land originally, but there is this... He survived every mission without getting a scratch on him."

Now, that, is something worth nosing about. Not a single scratch. I have a feeling it has something to do with the sand.

"This guy has done a B ranked mission as a Genin without a single injury?", Shikamaru exclaims in shock. Yeah, I'm pretty spooked too but it's interesting in a way.

Kabuto hummed as he took another card, one revealing a map, "Amegakure (Rain), Konohagakure (Leaf), Sunagakure (Sand), Takigakure (Waterfall) and Otogakure (Sound). From the looks of it, they've all sent skilled candidates this time around. Of course, Oto is small, it just sprang up recently so not many know about it. Those guys are a mystery." He stated blandly as he shuffled up his cards. "Well, you get the gist of it. The competition is going to be intense this year." I felt the tension rolling over the others. Everyone must be nervous as hell now.

I sighed and leaned against Kiba, "Eh, and to think I could get out of this circus show over with as easily as I came in."

"What's wrong? Getting cold feet?", Kiba teased me. Annoyed, I bit his earlobe, "Watch it, bunny bits."

"Would'ya two get a room? Ew!", Ino jeered as she frowned at us. The others were still talking about the tough competitions but I noticed Shika looking over at us curiously.

And Sakura. I have a feeling Sakura likes keeping an eye on me nowadays, like how an older sister does to a younger sibling.

Ino sauntered over with her arms folded, "Are you guys together or something?" Although she has attitude issues, it was clear the blonde was nosy about the group of us.

Kiba and I looked at each other for a moment before smirking at her, like a pair of sly foxes, "What's wrong, Ino? Jealous?" She wrinkled her nose in disdain at us, "Obviously not! Kami, you two have no shame sometimes!" Both of us stuck out our tongues at her at the same time.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto! And I'm going to beat every crummy person here, dattebayo!" Naruto suddenly announced into the room, pumping his fist in the air. All of us looked at him in bewilderment at the sudden boom of noise. "Hey, what do you think you're doing?! Trying to get us killed?", Ino seethed before turning to Sakura, "Why don't you ask your boyfriend over there to shut up?"

"Who's the boyfriend?!" Sakura retorted, rubbing up her sleeves, glaring at Ino, who jabbed back.

"Oh, yeah, I forgot. You can't get one!"

"Whatcha say?!" Both girls bumped foreheads, eyes shooting daggers, arrows and weapons of every manner of womankind staring contests. Naruto, oblivious to all this, just sighed happily with his hands behind his head, "Man, that felt good."

Kiba hid his grin in his hand, coughing out, "Ah, could you say that a little louder? Didn't quite catch that." I shook my head, "Great, now everyone's going to target our team." My best friend sniggered with me, "Good luck, Mo. You're going to need it."

"Plenty of it." I replied, smirking.

"You moron, you want everyone here to hate our guts or what?", Shika groaned, looking at Naruto witheringly. Sakura moved her frustration to Naruto, strangling him in a head lock, before furiously apologizing to the rest of the room. A greater scene we're cooking up right now. I exchange glances with Duckbutt and we smiled knowingly. Both of them are an embarrassment to Nature sometimes but Naruto still has his spunk to keep it together.

Suddenly, chakra build up came from three directions towards us. I turned quickly. Someone's already coming to do some rough housing? They're patient. Removing myself from Kiba, I threw out two ice kunais to deflect the ones attacking Kabuto but he managed to leap away quickly enough.

Sound ninjas. What jokes. They probably overheard everything.

Another guy appeared before Kabuto, all wrapped up with bandages and fur. He aimed a punch at Kabuto's face but the latter managed to dodge it at the last moment. He's pretty quick on his feet, I'll give him that. Kabuto had a smug look on his face when they stopped attacking. The mummy man retreated to his team, as if he was waiting for something.

That's when Kabuto's glasses shattered. He made a noise of surprise before smirking, taking them off, "Hmph, so it's that kind of attack." Duckbutt stepped up, confused, "Hey, I saw it all! He dodged the attack so how did that happened?"

"It must've been closer than it looked." Shikamaru offered, quite baffled about it himself. I shook my head, "No, something doesn't fit."

I looked over the Sound ninjas. Sound. It must have something to do with it. And the fact beggar pharaoh over there had a metal arm brace kind of supports the theory. The other two looked just as shifty.

But suddenly, something came over Kabuto and he toppled over, coughing out blood. I blinked in surprise. An aftereffect too? That must have been some tremor. To shatter his glasses and made him cough blood out, there must be some sort of trick. Naruto and Sakura ran over to Kabuto, concern for his wellbeing. "Are you alright?", Sakura asked worriedly and Kabuto nodded, "Y-Yeah, I'm fine..."

"Not such a tough guy after all, I suppose. Maybe that's why he's on his seventh try.", the masked guy said snidely and his teammate stood up beside him, jeering, "Write this on your cards, little punk. The Genin of Otogakure are going to be Chunins when this is all over. Guaranteed."

"Maybe not with that bratty attitude.", I spoke up, standing closer. "Mononoke, what're you doing?", I heard Kiba hissed behind me in warning but I ignored him. I had the trio's attention now.

The spiky haired boy growled at me, "You want to die, little girl?" I rolled my eyes at him, as if I was talking to a child.

"If you're going to be such a baby every time someone talks back to you," I smirked at him cheekily, "Something might go wrong."

He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, readying to make me into yogurt. I jutted my chin out mischievously, getting them riled up. But the bandaged one lifted an arm to his teammate before squinting at me suspiciously. I gave them an innocent smile.

Before anyone could speak, a grand burst of smoke filled the front of the room. "Listen up, you baby faced ingrates! Pipe down and listen up!" A booming voice echoed across the room. The smoke disappeared, revealing a group of Jonin and Chunin examiners. I even spotted the two guards from before. "It's time to begin! My name is Morino Ibiki, your proctor, and from this instant... Your worst enemy." A scarred face man gave a threatening smirk.

Oh joy. This is going to be a blast.

XXX

Yup, this kid is definitely looking for her kind of trouble. Anyway, lots of you guys think this might end up as a SasuMono. Please. I was just kidding. Her bonding time with Prince Emo is essential for later, but nothing romantic. I promise. OR DO I? /ebil laughter

But, I did kinda of mean it when this might take a turn on the romantic road. Author-san is a very fickle person. Now that I think about it, maybe I should write other fics about the other ships I make for Mononoke.

I dunno, just a random thought. If you guys request it, I can consider. Or anything really. If you want me to write a collection of fluffy scenarios with your fav ships here, I can stir something up. BUT THEN AGAIN I MIGHT PROCRASTINATE AHAHAHAHAHA LAZY AUTHOR BAD.

Fact#19: Mononoke tries her best to avoid responsibility or tasks given to only her just because she has the ability to do so. She prefers to do things she wants to. Living the free life, if you may.