Yup, it's me again. Sorry for a little delay. I actually finished this one yesterday, but my connection got screwed so I wasn't even able to reply to your reviews via e-mail. I guess I'll do it the old, fashioned way. But before that, I will just say that I'm preparing a little surprise for you guys with the next update (nothing special, but still Jackyl's gonna kill me for doing that). And if you can, do update so that the "big man" won't think I ruined his fic, will ya? (if you can, I'd be grateful for reading my own fics too).
Now, to your reviews from last time:
When will we see the other rookies: they'll make an entry in this chapter (like most important gennin will), which kinda makes me happy, coz one of the two, rookie teams is the one I created
Naruto and Sasuke act like Kakashi and Gai: from what Jackyl told me, that's how they were suppose to act (it's a deja-vu joke). I'm pretty sure Jack will be pleased to know that his idea worked.
And I believe that covers it, so all that's left for me to do is to get on with the show:
Chapter #25: The Challenge
Chapter Cover: Jun and Urusai are starring in the Mortal Kombat game and Ayame is the one playing it
And so Urusai, Jun and Ayame entered the room. But what they saw made them a bit nervous.
There were hundreds of gennin in it! Not only from Konoha but from every, allied village! They were all sitting on the desks and as soon as the three entered the room all eyes turned in their direction.
After a moment most of the 'viewers' got back to what they were doing before Naruto's students entered the room, but few still kept an eye on them.
"So?" asked the female mist-nin with long, black hair, wearing a black t-shirt and short, a little baggy pants in the same color. She wore her hitae-ate on her forehead and had a lot of wooden hostels on both her legs and arms. "Is that the brat?"
"Looks like it…" nodded another mist-nin, wearing a white, sleeveless shirt and dark blue pants. He had grey eyes and spiky, violet hair. His headband was also located on his forehead and you could see a large sword on his back. "What do you think, Kigahen?"
The third mist-nin with medium-length, spiky, blonde hair and red eyes with a plaster on his left cheek, wearing a black and red jumpsuit with a kanji symbol for fire in a yellow circle on the back, wearing his hitae-ate just like the other two on his forehead, looked at the new arrivals and said: "Yeah, it's him… It is a bit surprising though… He seems extremely weak…"
"Well, since he's here, he's at the chuunin level at best… shouldn't be a problem to you, Kigahen-kun…" announced the kunoichi. The blonde didn't answer.
"So many people…" thought Ayame, looking at the crowd. "They're all here for the Chuunin Exam? And they seem strong too…"
"Chill, Ayame-chan!" asked Urusai. "We're gonna kick anybody's ass if he'll try to hurt you!"
"Really?" they all heard a familiar voice. As they turned around, they spotted three shinobi in their age.
"It's been a while, hasn't it?" asked a blonde with spiky hair and a ponytail falling on his back. He had green eyes and was wearing a white shirt with short sleeves, a red vest on it with a black kanji symbol for fire on the back and a little baggy, black pants. He wore his headband across his forehead and it had a Leaf symbol on it.
"How you all been?" waved a girl with long, light blue hair, clipped in two ponytails that fell from both sides of her head and blue eyes, wearing white, sleeveless top that exposed her navel, short, brown pants and the sock on her left leg was reaching her knee and was black. Urusai also spotted a golden bracelet on her left arm, a big, boomerang-like metal weapon attached to her back and a small plaster of her left cheek. She was wearing her forehead protector as a belt.
"Oh, it's you guys" said Jun in a little annoyed voice. "Didn't know you were taking the exam as well. You think you have any chances, Hisaki?"
"Confident as usual, eh Jun?" replied the blonde with a warm smile. "Well, you shouldn't be worrying about us really… we'll wipe the floor with you guys…"
Urusai looked at the trio, trying to remember anything about them:
Hashira Hisaki he recalled, looking at the blonde. A guy who doesn't seem to care about ANYTHING! Always laid back and acting cool! He enjoys doing nothing. In the Academy he was second only to Jun. Not my type of guy.
Emimaru Hinako he remembered when he looked at the girl. Above Ayame, she was the most popular girl in the Academy! Always cheerful, full on energy and looking sexy. I love her!
Aburame Kumo he recalled when he turned to the third member of the group. He had a light green overcoat, long, black hair falling on the back of his head, sunglasses no his nose and was carrying a katana attached to his belt. His hitae-ate was on his forehead. A quiet guy who rarely speaks at all! I don't know him too well.
"So we have a complete…" announced Kumo and all others looked in the direction he stared.
There were three, leaf-nins closing in on them, all their age.
"Seems that all three, rookie teams will take the exam this year…" said a girl with medium-length, raven black hair, wearing a blue shirt with short sleeves and short, black pants. She wore a red headband and her forehead protector was located on her left arm. "This should be fun, won't you agree, Isseki?" she turned to her companion, who had long, brown hair, clipped in a ponytail. He was wearing a brown shirt with short sleeves and short, white pants. His hitae-ate was located on his forehead. But what really drew Urusai's attention were his completely white eyes.
"Maybe…" was all the boy said.
Uchiha Homura recalled Urusai, looking at the raven-hair girl. The daughter of the famous Uchiha Sasuke. A bit of an antisocial character who doesn't like it when someone's not listening to her.
Hyuuga Isseki now he looked at the white-eyed boy. First son of the famous Hyuuga Neji! He dislike talking much and his face seem to be emotionless all the time! He looks down on almost everybody! I really hate that guy!
Akimichi Choumura remembered Urusai as he looked at a fat boy, wearing orange, with messy, short, blonde hair. He always eats something! Isn't very bright either. Just your fat dumbass.
"Hey guys!" Hinako waved to the new arrivals. "Chou-kun, I see you lost some weight! You've been on a diet?"
Choumura blushed slightly and then replied: "Not really…"
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"So, they're the nine rookies from Konoha that will take the Chuunin Exam?" asked a boy with Konoha headband on his forehead. He had long, black hair clipped in a ponytail and wore a green dress just like Lee. His hands were wrapped in bandages and his outfit didn't had any shuriken or kunai hostels.
"I guess so…" replied a girl with long, brown hair, also clipped in a ponytail, wearing orange, sleeveless shirt and short, black pants. She wore hers hitae-ate as a belt. "Teams of Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuuga Hinata and Nara Shikamaru… if I recall Lee-sensei's announcement right…"
"Heh, even that dope is allowed to take the exam?" asked a boy with short, spiky, black hair, wearing a black t-shirt with a brown vest on it and long, black pants. His headband was on his forehead. "Kodumbari… or whatever that brat's name was…"
"Gaki-kun, don't call other people names…" asked the girl.
"So, what do you think, Kei?" asked the one called Gaki, not paying attention to the girl.
"Well… guess we'll see what they're capable of during the exam…" replied the one wearing green. "Remember, Gaki: underestimating your enemy is the worst mistake a shinobi can make…"
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"Brats will always be brats…" sighed Kyoudai, looking at the nine rookies. "There really should be a rule that stops rookies from taking the exam… I thought I taught them something in the hallway…"
"Obviously not…" responded Hige with her eyes closed. "But don't worry, they'll fail the first exam and that will be the last time we saw them… and if they'll made it through somehow, we get to have some fun…"
"You two are awful…" stated Dajaku. "Why it annoys you that they're taking the exam? If they were recommended by their jounin instructors, it means that they're as strong as we are…"
"Stop talking bullshit!" ordered Kyoudai a little angry. "Those brats are weak! And if they'll ever make it to the exam where we can face them, I'll prove it to you!"
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"So loud…" stated the blonde sand-nin with the gourd by the name of Kai.
"Are they the ones Temari-sensei told us about?" asked Nibai. "What do you think, Saboten?"
"Could be…" nodded the one wearing green. "They seem like rookies and our sensei did say that we should watch out for such a team led by… Nara Shikaru was it?"
"Shikamaru…" corrected Kai, still not taking an eye of the rookie nine. "Some of them seem strong… this exam may be fun yet…"
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"Heh, rookies…" smirked Kugutsu looking in the direction of Urusai and others. "Can't be helped, can it, Hagetaka?"
"I don't think so…" replied the kunoichi with a sigh. "Don't mind them, they'll fail the first test and we won't have to listen to their mindless blabbing anymore. What do you think, Chisoku?"
The redhead just raised his sight at the rookie gennin and replied calmly: "Don't be so sure of yourself, Hagetaka… people can surprise you sometimes…"
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"Can't those brats keep their mouths shut?" asked Fushi a bit annoyed and then looked at Wooku. "And can't you turn down the volume of that thing?" with that she pointed at the walkman.
"Anger's bad for beauty…" replied Wooku calmly, not paying much attention to his teammate.
"Why you…" began Fushi, but she was immediately stopped by Toge: "Relax Fushi… Don't waste your energy before the exam starts."
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The rookie nine kept talking before a cloud of white smoke covered the whole room.
As the smoke cleared chuunin wanabies saw older shinobi standing right before them.
"Keep it down, brats!" yelled a woman with long, blonde hair, clipped into a ponytail and blue eyes. She was wearing a completely purple dress with some fishnet on her knees and elbows and seemed to be the leader of the group. "My name is Akimichi Ino and I'm the examiner of the first Chuunin Selection Exam!"
-to be continued- (yeah, document manager screwed up a little, it seems)
And that's that for this chapter. Hope you enjoyed it.
Now, as promised, I'll be placing character profiles. No-one requested anything, but as I saw, only Urusai was done so far and thus I've decided to make the profile of his teammate first. Next will be Ayame, unless you guys want someone else. Just say:
Name: Hanayaka Jun
Age: currently 13 years old
Birth Date: 4th of May
Blood Type: A
Height: 144,1 cm
Weight: 49,1 kg
Favored style of fighting: ninjutsu
Current rank: gennin
Village: Konoha (Hidden Leaf)
Team: cell led by Uzumaki Naruto; his teammates are Hatake Ayame and Kodawari Urusai
Family: Jackyl gave me no info about that, except the fact that he had an older sister, but her whereabouts are unknown at the moment
Bloodline limit: the ability to shape fire into anything
Techniques (I may have forgot something, so forgive me if I did): Katon: Kasai Nankan (Fire Barrier), Katon: Kasai Bakuha (Fire Blast), Katon: Housenka (Mythical Phoenix Flower), Katon: Ryuu Kisoku no Jutsu (Dragon Breath Skill), Kawarimi no Jutsu (Substitution Skill), Kage Bushin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Skill), Hijutsu: Kasai Tsume (Fire Claw), Hijutsu: Kasai Kakuhan (Fire Whip), Hijutsu: Ryuusei Tooriame (Meteor Shower), Hijutsu: Kasai no Yaiba (Fire Sword)
First appearance: 1st chapter
And lastly, just so that you won't be too confused, I've prepared a list of the more important gennin that appeared so far (lets just say that there are few, more teams that'll play a more important part during the exams, but they haven't appeared yet). Here goes:
KONOHA (Naruto): Hatake Ayame, Hanayaka Jun, Kodawari Urusai
KONOHA (Hinata): Emimaru Hinako, Aburame Kumo, Hashira Hisaki
KONOHA (Shikamaru): Uchiha Homura, Akimichi Choumura, Hyuuga Isseki
KONOHA (Sasuke): Inuzuka Hige (obvious), Fuujiru Dajaku (the blonde), Reijuushi Kyoudai (the guy with dreadlocks)
KONOHA (Lee): Naifu Ibuki (the girl), Mekko Gaki (the one with Brown vest), Sakudo Kei (the one with a long ponytail)
SUNA (Temari): Nibai (the girl with fans), Sabaku no Kai (the boy with a gourd), Saboten (the one wearing green)
SUNA (Kankuro): Hagetaka (the girl with the scroll), Chisoku (the redhead boy), Kugutsu (the blue-haired boy with two scrolls)
KIRI (mist-nins): Ago Fuka (the girl with long, black hair), Ketsueki Kenbu (the swordsman), Kigahen (the blonde with the plaster on his cheek)
OTO (Kabuto): Tategoto Fushi (the girl with a harp), Kaguya Toge (the white-haired guy), Wooku (the boy with the walkman)
I believe that covers it for now.
Best wishes and until next time.