Of Storm and Fire

by Maelstrom-Pulse

The return of a certain Uchiha causes two shinobi to realize their feelings.This leads to higher ranks, marriage, and kids!Naruto never thought he'd see his problem in one of his kids nor for them to be this "special". Full summary inside.SasuNaru Mpreg

35. That's What I Call You

Disclaimer: We do not own nor ever will own Naruto or "Lion" by Rebecca St. James. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto-sensei. And "Lion" belongs to Rebecca St. James.

Of Storm and Fire

Chapter 35:

That's What I Call You

"Alright, listen." he started, looking at each of them, "You have two hours to get there, so don't waste these hours. Treat this area like it is enemy territory. As Katashi said, it pretty much is enemy territory. Watch out for animals and the team ahead of you. Again, treat it like enemy territory, look out for everything." he told them and they all nodded in unison. The man nodded back and he put his hand on the gate.

The three ninja stood alert, ready for the proctor to open the gate so they could take off. Tenshi softly ran his fingers through his first Ittan's golden fur, scratching him behind the ear before dropping his hand and he felt Riri give it one gentle lick. Kohaku made sure Xixi was secure on his shoulder, thin tail wrapped around the back of his neck while Shima let Mimi down on the ground so the fox could run on her own without slowly Shima down at all. Shima didn't need anything to weigh her down, she had to keep up with two speed devils.

The proctor eyed them once more before nodding again and suddenly swinging open the gate. And with in the second it took for the gate to be all the way open, Team Wings was already gone.

-Team Wings-

Feet thumped lightly on the ground and trees as three figures flew up the mountain side. They never ran straight, their paths were zig zagged, slightly up and down. The one in the middle motioned with his hand to the other two. The female of the group responded by moving up, moving up higher then the other two. The last member of the group dropped down to the ground, running along it and a golden wolf and snow white fox joined him seconds later.

"The major traps should start showing up about now." Riri told Team Wings, glancing up at his master.

Tenshi nodded to him, eyes zoning in on his best friend, "Kohaku," he said and the older boy nodded his head once.

Kohaku activated his Byakugan, scanning everywhere in front of them and above throughly. His eyes darted this way and that and he nodded after a moment.

"Yes. There are traps in many places. We're managing to avoid all the ones right now without much of an effort-- Shima, seven seconds, left foot!" he barked out. He let out a breath when Shima missed the trap and said girl sighed in an annoyed tone.

"I knew that, Kohaku." she grumbled, "I can take care of myself."

Kohaku chuckled, going back to watching for traps. But Tenshi suddenly slowed to a stop and the other two were just seconds behind him, looking at him in confusion.

"What is it?" Shima asked him, appearing by his side. He was staring intently somewhere off to the left in front of them, his face looking intrigued.

"Can you see that?" he asked, pointing in the direction he was looking, "Theres a big tree with a green number on it. The number four."

Both his team mates looked where he was pointing and Kohaku was the first of the two to spot it, naturally. Shima scowled at him when he announced it and she looked closer, hoping to a branch ahead of Tenshi. Her face brightened when she saw it and she turned back to her team.

"Yeah. I wonder if they used this place as fighting grounds at one point. Maybe the numbers stand for sectors or something important." she said.

Tenshi shrugged, scratching the back of his head, "I don't know. But we should keep it in mind. It might help us later." Tenshi advised and both his team mates agreed.

They started back off again, easily slipping through traps and avoiding them. Tenshi was the one out of all of them that had to be the least cautious. He carried himself so lightly and moved so fast that he couldn't really trigger a trip wire all that well. Not to mention the fact that he started to not land on the branches and started to land on air only half an inch above the branches. Kohaku made all his limbs be transparent, so he went through them, but he had to be careful of traps that triggered from chakra use. So he had to turn off his Byakugan every once and a while. Shima didn't have advantages like her two teammates, so she had to rely more on her true ninja skills then anything else so she didn't set off any traps. Personally, she liked the fact that both of her team mates had that advantage and that she didn't. That meant she had to push herself to keep up and while doing so, better shaped her ninja skills. Keeping up with two people like Tenshi and Kohaku was a great achievement and she knew if she could keep up with them through the whole test, at the end, she would be even stronger then she was before and would make a great shinobi.

They spotted three more trees with numbers on them, the numbers being 8, 13, and 29 in that order. They saw many wild animals and almost had a run in with a mountain lion if it hadn't been for Mimi who notified them of the animals scent. The kept at a fast pace, not spotting any other shinobi that could cause a threat. They did see four different, older shinobi though, but those shinobi did nothing but watch them. Tenshi scanned their minds and told him team that they were look out shinobi. The shinobi were to notify the people in the caves of how far a team had made it and to watch the teams progress.

Near the top of the mountain, traps got harder to get around. Hard enough to the point where Tenshi had to really use his flexibility to get through them, nearly have to bend himself in half at one point. But he got through them within record time. After having to do that twice, Kohaku just grabbed both his team mates and pushed his transparency through to them as they weren't through traps like that.

Shinobi would hide in the trees and brush and through weapons at them as they past. After the third time of that happening, Tenshi asked Kohaku to put a shield around them and he did so, making any weapons bounce off of it. But there was a time when a kunai bounced off the shield that Tenshi saw. The angle the kunai was traveling at would hit a trap and trigger it. His half panicked thoughts made it to Riri just in time and the wolf held on to the kunai with his telekinesis, saving them from a triggered trap. So then on, Kohaku held the shield while Riri caught all the weapons bouncing off the shield and safely put them on the ground or saved them for later use.

It took a little less then a hour for them to get to a clearing right near the top of the mountain. All of them stopped to look around, knowing the cave entrance was somewhere.

"Let'meh guess," Xixi groaned from Kohaku's shoulder, "There's a hidden entrance?"

"More then likely." Tenshi responded distractedly. Xixi groaned loudly, burring his face into the side of Kohaku's neck.

"Every things up hill, so their isn't going to be an entrance we can just walk through." Shima said, looking closely along the ground.

"Is there a gen?" Kohaku asked, "A high level that we haven't been trained for yet?" he asked, his eyes on Tenshi.

Tenshi looked up from staring at a place in front of him to see all the eyes of his Ittans out side of his back pack and his team mates on him. He stared at them, all confused. After a moment of silence, he rolled his eyes, turning away from them in a jerky manner and turning on his Sharingan.

He looked around carefully, red eyes taking in all his surrounding. But he got nothing.

"No gen." he told them, deactivating his blood line trait. He turned around to look behind him when he heard someone fall to their knees.

Shima was on the ground on all fours, chakra pouring into her hands, knees, and tips on her sandals that touched the ground. Tenshi knew what she was doing, he did it when he was first looking for the ten'yo. She was looking for a free space under ground.

"Here!" she suddenly called, patting a spot on the ground, "it's a thick layer of rock, but it has a big open space under it, not like the others. It's like a door. It has to be the entrance." she said excitedly. She pushed the leaves and dirt away to get to the hard, cold gray stone. But when all was pushed away, it was just rock like most of the area near the top of the mountain. She frowned deeply, and then, without warning, punched the rock hard with her chakra. Both boys could feel the vibrations from the punch under their feet and watched with slightly widened eyes as she punched it again, trying to break the rock. She created dents in it and cracks, along with chips of rock breaking off, but no hole.

"Shima-chan, you gotta stop. Don't wear yourself out." Tenshi cautioned, raising his hands to her. She sighed, flopping down on her butt on the ground. She ran a hand through her hair, looking up at her team mates.

"So? What now? Can our little rock mover do anything?" she asked, eying Kohaku. Kohaku scowled at her.

"Little? I think I'm the biggest of this team." he muttered, moving towards the rock. She just smiled at him.

"Can you?" she asked as he looked it over.

He nodded, "Yeah, but it'll take a lot of shifting and moving. The stones heavy and hard. Believe it or not, how heavy an object it makes it heavier to move or bend. It would take some work on my part." he informed them.

"And you're still holding up the shield." Tenshi added, putting his hands on his hips. He was quiet for a minute before shaking his head, "No, jaa'ku. Don't do it. We need this shield up. Who knows when one of those shinobi will appear and attack us again."

Kohaku raised an eyebrow at the angel, "Then what do you purpose we do?" Tenshi frowned at him, thinking deeply.

"I know!" Xixi yelled, running down Kohaku's arm, causing the Hyuuga to glare at him, "Me! I can do it, Master! Let me, please?" he begged, running around in circles at his masters feet.

Tenshi frowned at him, watching his youngest Ittan with a thinking eye. He sighed, cocking his head to the side.

"If I let you, you wont do any big explosion, will you?" he asked. Xixi stood up on his back legs, nodding to his master.

"I'd do anythin' ya tell meh ta, Tenshi-sama!" he cried out. Tenshi sighed again, nodding to Xixi before moving quickly as Xixi cheered.

Tenshi grabbed both Kohaku and Shima, pulling them to the safety of the trees and beckoning Riri and Mimi to follow. Xixi sat on top on the stone, grinning at them. Once they were safe in the trees laying on their stomachs on the ground, Tenshi nodded to Xixi and the Ittan wiggled with excitement. His eyes started to pulse and his body glowing. It only took about ten seconds and the pulsing was getting faster and faster.

"Boom." the Ittan said under his breath and he exploded, destroying the stone he was on. Pieces of rock went flying different directions and Team Wings made sure to be low to the ground and protect their faces.

Tenshi scrambled up when the dust cleared and he ran towards the now open hole in the ground. But instead of moving to it like the others thought, he moved off to the side and scooped up a little gray mouse.

"Good job, Xixi!" he cooed to his Ittan in his hands. He nuzzled the mouse affectionately and Xixi made small squeaking noises in happiness. Tenshi knew that giving his Ittan's praise every time they did something well would boast their confidence and power control. Plus, it made their bonds stronger and let the Ittan know that they pleased their master very well.

Kohaku and Shima stood around the hole, moving a few rocks that managed to hold on during the explosion. Riri stuck his head down in the hole, looking around with his sharp eyes for anything. He raised himself back up and shrugged to the humans. Both Shima and Kohaku looked up at Tenshi, who held Xixi close to his chest in his arms.

Without a word, Tenshi hopped into the hole, making sure not to let his feet touch the ground as he landed on air. He looked around himself, checking for traps. When none were found, he motioned for his team to follow and Shima jumped down first, followed by Mimi and Riri, then Kohaku came in last, eyes sweeping the surrounding area before slipping in.

With one nod to each other they started off down the cave at a calm walking pace, Kohaku in front, Tenshi in the middle, and Shima at the rear. The cave was narrow, so walking side by side would be hard without brushing up against the sides of the walls. Mimi and Riri shrunk to pup and kit size so they could fit between the humans and the walls of the cave.

When they got four yards from the hole that let them in the cave, a loud smashing sound resounded throughout the cave and all three ninjas turned their heads to look behind them. The hole in which they entered the cave was now shut by a rock like before, eliminating all light they had in the cave.

"There are another shinobi in here..." Kohaku muttered and Riri snorted.

"Well duh." the wolf sharked and Kohaku glared at him.

"Don't make me kick you." the Hyuuga threated and Riri just rolled his blue eyes, not knowing for sure if Kohaku could see the action or not.

"Jaa'ku," Tenshi murmured, turning to his fourth, "Light please." he said softly and Kohaku lifted a hand, fire appearing in it. It illuminated about two yards in front of them and half a yard in the back, "Shima, wanna switch places?" Tenshi asked. Shima poked him in the back hard for his comment.

"I am absolutely fine back here in the back, Tenshi-sama. I can hold the rear no problem, thank you." she huffed. Hand still on his shoulder, Shima could feel Tenshi's shoulders shaking from soft chuckles.

"Come on guys. I can feel chakra signatures a little up ahead." Kohaku breathed, starting to walk forward. His team mates followed him, each of them half a step behind the other.

Five minutes of walking and nothing happened. No one popped out to attack them, no traps were set anywhere. And soon they saw dim light ahead of them and within a matter of minutes they reached a opening in the cave. It was a circle opening, with six other tunnels attached to it. Around the perimeter of the circle were torches to light up the area dimly and in the middle of the room were two shinobi men. One was had a clip board and the other had nothing that the team could see, his hands were behind his back.

The two shinobi turned their heads to them and nodded. Kohaku took a step to the side, letting Tenshi move forward and Shima move to Tenshi's other side. Mimi and Riri shifted back into their full animal forms and Tenshi was the one that started forward first, but not before quickly letting Xixi hop onto Kohaku's shoulder.

"Well, isn't this a great surprise." the proctor with the clip board said, grinning at them, "You aren't the next team scheduled to appear."

"Yeah," the other one said, eying them closely, "Wasn't there another team before you, or did the walkie talkie mess up again?"

Team Wings looked at each other, shrugging before Tenshi reached into his pocket, pulling out the scroll. He handed it to the man with the clip board and the man looked it over. They watched as his eyes widened and he showed the other man the scroll.

"10:26am! 10:26 is when they left through the gate and now it's 11:05am. Not even a full hour and they are already here!" he said in amazement. The other guy blinked rapidly, eying the scroll closely.

"The other team scheduled to get here at 11:16am isn't even here yet, the 11:06am ones just came in about ten minute's ago. And the 11:16am kids went through the gates at 9:16am! Did you guys pass that many teams?" the other man asked, mouth agape and eyes wide.

Kohaku shrugged, "Maybe the shinobi we passed that through weapons at us were really other genin. I didn't pay much mind to them when all they did was through things." he explained. Tenshi nodded slowly, hand on his chin in a thoughtful manner.

"Yeah. Maybe they wanted to avoid confrontation with us from what the other proctor said about the exam?" Tenshi added and his two team mates nodded.

The man with the clip board shook his head, smiling at them, "It's just amazing, but what can I expect from leaf village ninja. We've just never had a team fly by this exam this fast and without a scratch too. Absolutely amazing..." he said in awe.

"Anyway," the other man tapped the man with the clip boards shoulder, "Lets get this over with, Hoshi(star)."

The man with the clip board, Hoshi, nodded, opening the scroll with the proper seal. He looked it over before turning it around and showing it to the squad.

There was what looked like to be a small picture of an oak tree in black ink. Next to it was the number 13. Next to the number what another small picture of a tree but not an oak, a mountain pine tree was what it was. Next to the mountain pine was another drawing, this time it was of a bonsai tree.

"Each symbol, or number, stands for a certain area. The symbol stands for the name, the number is the name." Hoshi explained to them, "What are the number names for each tree location and the tree that the number 13 represents?"

The team eyed the scroll. And at the same time all their faces lit up. They had been told to take in everything around them, to not leave a detail out. They remembered seeing numbers on their way up the mountain, the number 13 being one of them.

"Shima," Tenshi said, turning his head to her, "Would you like to do the honors?" he asked. She smiled to him, nodding before moving closer to the scroll.

She pointed to the first drawing, the oak. She thought for a second, recalling the memory of the tree see saw with the number and she nodded when she got it.

"Twenty-nine." she said, her finger moving to the next thing, which was the number 13, "A Cercidiphyllum." She continued, not missing a beat, "Next one, the mountain pine, is number four. And the last one is... number," she glanced at Tenshi as she said it, "eight, right?" He nodded to her and she grinned, turning back to the proctors.

"Very well done." Hoshi exclaimed, rolling up the scroll, "That was great! You didn't have to ask a question one or get a hint. Leaf shinobi you three sure are." Hoshi marked something on his clip board, bare arms flexing as he did so, "I'll need your names please and your sensei's name and team name. Alphabetical by last name."

"Gashou Shima." Shima said quickly, taking a step back to get in her place next to her team.

"Hyuuga Kohaku."

"Uchiha Tenshi."

Hoshi froze when he got to Tenshi's name, looking up at the boy.

"Uchiha? The Hokage's little boy?" he asked. Tenshi nodded, brow furrowed a little, "Wow," Hoshi gasped, "No wonder this team is so fast and good. The daughter of a well known medical nin, a Hyuuga and a Uchiha who happens to be the Hokages son. Profound indeed."

The man next to him nodded, "We have to let the other proctors know. This years going to be tough, getting rid of most these genin. They're all full of surprises." he said. Hoshi nodded and continued to write things down on his clip board while Kohaku gave him the rest of their information.

Tenshi's dark eyes scanned the room, looking for anything that could inform him more about the country he was in. When his eyes caught red he froze, nose picking up the scent of blood immediately. The man next to Hoshi seemed to notice and he nodded.

"A team came in here a little before you did and one of their team mates was hurt from an animal attack. They didn't want to leave him behind so they helped him along here." he told Tenshi.

"But if your team mate is hurt and you bring him here, doesn't that disqualify you?" Shima asked, head tilted to the side. The man laughed.

"You mean to tell me you three just got here in a record time, figured out the question and you don't know the answer to this?" he laughed, causing all three of them to scowl.

"You don't get disqualified because leaving a wounded team mate behind is cowardly and wrong. One is lower then trash if they leave a team mate behind," Kohaku said in a annoyed tone, "We have been taught this since our first academy days in the leaf village. We were just wondering if, here in the rock village, you do the same."

The man scowled at Kohaku's tone, but nodded anyway, "You are correct."

Tenshi went back to looking around when Kohaku started to speak, sharp eyes taking in all they could. His eyes swiped over Hoshi and they stopped on his right bicep. A yellow and black tattoo was there on his bicep, flexing and moving with his muscles He looked at it closely, admiring it.

"Nice star tattoo." he said and Hoshi looked up at him with a grin.

"Aw yes, thank you. I figured it would be nice to get and all, since my name means star. It represents me." he said in a kind voice, "Now, you all need to go down the tunnel directly behind us. You will meet a proctor on the way through and he will let you pass and out." he told them, tucking the clip board under his arm, "Have a nice day."

The three genin nodded before moving around the men and to the tunnel.

They walked down the tunnel in silence at first, before Shima broke it with a loud sigh.

"So, first test over with?" she asked, her hands behind her back. Kohaku shrugged, stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"Hasn't been clarified yet, but we'll see." he answered.

Tenshi slowed for a second, causing the other two as well. He stared ahead of them before his face brightened.

"I see the proctor ahead!" he called and started running towards him. The other two followed him quickly, Kohaku telling Tenshi to slow down.

When they got to the proctor, it turned out to be Katashi, the main first exam proctor. He eyed them as they approached, like he was waiting for them to suddenly shed their skin and turn out to be hideous demons and try to eat his soul.

"So, you're the team that made it through really fast and without a scratch." he started and Tenshi and Shima glanced at each other.

"Word travels that fast?" Mimi muttered and Katashi looked down at her.

"Walkie talkies. Technology is amazing." he said, waving a walkie talkie in the air before folding his bare arms, "Alright you three," his voice grew stern and deep as he looked each of them over, "You cannot pass until you answer my question."

All three of Team Wings members gasped, trying to remember when they were told of a second question.

"But, we were never--" Kohaku began, but Katashi stuck a hand in his face, shutting him up. Kohaku grumbled under his breath after that, calling the guy lucky that he didn't bit his hand off.

"Doesn't matter. This question will really show how good your information gathering skills really are." he said, smirking smugly, "I can give you three hints, but that is it! Nothing more."

Kohaku huffed, shifting his weight on his legs, "Fine. What's the question?" he asked, his annoyance clear on his face.

Katashi smirked at the Hyuuga, eyes sparkling with mischief as he lit one of his cigars before he opened his mouth to asked the question.

"What is my first name?"

Immediately Team Wings scrambled mentally to think of his name. None of them remembered him every telling them his first name.

"I'm your first exam proctor, Katashi. That's all you will get out of me for my name. You will know me as Katashi, which is my surname. I will not give you anything more then that, do not ask for it."

That was what he said and they all remembered it. So that meant that there was clues along in the exam to what is name was. But what was it?

Did the numbers stand for something else too? Like letters? Kohaku thoughts, licking his lips, No. What would twenty-nine stand for then? And the way they all go together makes no sense.

Could he have mentioned it anywhere? One of the other proctors? Shima thought, staring at her feet in thought, But, I can't think of anything!

Tenshi eyed Katashi. The way he was smirking at them like he was the best thing around got to Tenshi. The man had to have clues on him somewhere, maybe around the area. Tenshi wasn't going to ask. No, that would be a sign of weakness. He was going to figure it out without his telepathy too.

He checked the mans body language, looking for a hint to anything. But his stance wreaked cocky to the extreme. So Tenshi tried to think of names that meant cocky, but none of them fit. He had a feeling none of them were right, plus, why would the proctor give it off like that? He said information gathering, right? The question Hoshi asked them was of their information gathering on the numbers and the types of trees. Did it have something to do with that? A tree name? Was there a number on Katashi?

That's when Tenshi saw it. Right on Katashi right bicep. A white and gray crescent tattoo. It stood out against Katashi dark skin, making the moon tattoo on him looked amazing. It made Tenshi cock his head to the side, fascinated by how nice it looked.

Suddenly, Hoshi's star tattoo on his right bicep flashed in his mind.

"Each symbol, or number, stands for a certain area. The symbol stands for the name, the number is the name."

Tenshi blinked, brow furrowing as he thought.

"The symbol stands for the name,"

"I figured it would be nice to get and all, since my name means star. It represents me."

"Zuki." Tenshi muttered, causing both his team mates and Katashi to looked at him in alarm at his sudden mutter, "Zuki." he looked up at Katashi with a innocent, wondering look, just like a cat, "Your name is Zuki."

Katashi blinked at him, cocky stances leaving and smirk slipping from his face like someone washed it off.

"Yes... You're... right..." he said, bewildered.

Shima clapped Tenshi on the back, snapping him out of his thoughtful state. Kohaku grabbed his shoulder, shaking his lightly.

"Tenshi! How did you figure that out?" Shima asked excitedly. Tenshi looked at her with a calm expression, about to answer when Kohaku cut him to speaking.

"Did you use your telepathy?" he asked. Tenshi shook his head, glancing at his fourth.

"No. You see," he started to explain, "Katashi said that this was tested on your information gathering. We gathered information for the first question, remember?" he paused, letting his team mates nod, "Hoshi said, 'Each symbol, or number, stands for a certain area. The symbol stands for the name.' That's what got us to the first question. 'The symbol stands for the name,'. On Hoshi's right bicep, he had a star tattoo. His name, Hoshi, means star," he pointed to Katashi's tattoo, "Katashi has a moon tattoo on his right bicep as well. The symbol stands for the name. You get it?"

Shima nodded excitedly, nearly bouncing on her heels.

"I get it, I get it!" she cooed, giggling in happiness.

"So, in all actuality, that first question was really preparing us for this one." Kohaku mumbled, looking impressed. Tenshi agreed with him, grinning at his best friend.

Katashi shook his head, hands resting on his hips, "I can't believe this. This is truly amazing. Not only did you get here within record time without a scratch, but you answered the first question with no hints and my question without a hint one!" he stared at them, impressed beyond belief, "Well, I know I'll be seeing you three at the third exam. That much is a given." he chuckled, throwing his head back.

Team Wings raised their brows to each other but said nothing. Katashi calmed down, grinning at them with his cigar hanging from his mouth.

"Alright you three," he did a few hands signs and a hold three yards away from him opened in the cave ceiling, "Exit through there, check in and you can go back to your hotels till tomorrow. Tomorrow at eight you will have to meet at the next exam spot. You're sensei will lead you there." he informed them.

"Alright, thank you." Tenshi said, hoping over to the hole.

Katashi waved to them, grinning all the while, "You three do good!" he called and the three ninja, plus the wolf and fox, disappeared up the hole.

-Other shinobi and proctors-

A brown eyed man watched a television screen with a bored look on his face, his hand under his chin. His eyes followed the every movement of the smallest boy on the screen, having a slight interest in him though he didn't show it.

"Did you hear Hoshi's report?" a women behind him said in a hushed, excited manner.

"What about it?" a deep voice said, sounding a little interested.

"A team of genin completed the first exam in less then an hour and they're rookies!" she exclaimed.

"Rookies? Really? Aren't the only rookies this year from leaf?" the man with the deep voice asked.

"Yeah. What can you expect from leaf village ninja? Those three are going to be getting a lot of attention in the second exam. And, depending on how they do then and if we have preliminaries, they'll get a lot of attention in the third one as well." she informed, sounding perplexed.

"And didn't that small one in that team," a new voice came, the sound of a door shutting sounded as he paused, "figure out Katashi's real name without a problem?"

"Yeah. That was him." the female said, shifting her weight back and forth on her feet, "I wonder who that kids is... and his team mates?" she muttered.

"The Oourajironoki." the brown eyed man watching the TV said suddenly, making the other three shinobi in the room turn to him, "The kid... is the Oourajironoki."

The women blinked, "The white angel?... Wait, you don't mean the Hokage's kid--"

"Yes I very well mean the Hokage's youngest brat." the man snapped, eyes not tearing away from the screen, "Uchiha Tenshi... son of the Hokage and of a great ANBU leader. One of his sisters look the test last year, a passed it rather well. So did his other sister and brother. His brother the Untouchable Kitsune and his eldest sister is that Ice Cat and his other sister is a fiery speed devil." his eyes watched the movement of the pale, small boy on the screen as said boy cocked his head to the side like something fascinated him.

"An Uchiha, huh?" the man that had came through the door said, leaning against the back of the couch the brown eyed man sat on.

"The other boy is a Hyuuga and the girl a Gashou." the browned eyed man continued, "The Hyuuga is the Oourajironoki's fourth guardian," he grinned, "We're lucky to have them all in our exam this year. We'll be one of the first to see their power."

The women sighed, clicking the heel of her boots against the ground, "Good for us," she said sarcastically, "And why are you watching that camera footage over and over again, Itsuki(tree)?" she sounded annoyed.

Itsuki snorted, his fingers tapping against his chin rhythmically.

"Why not?" was his response. The women groaned, turning from the couch and he heard her move to one of the counters for a drink.

The four people on the slightly fuzzy screen move around a little where they were standing and the girl of the group clapped the smallest person on the back, the bigger boy grabbing his shoulder with a grin on his face.

"The symbol stands for the name,'. On Hoshi's right bicep, he had a star tattoo. His name, Hoshi, means star. Katashi has a moon tattoo on his right bicep as well. The symbol stands for the name. You get it?"

The smallest boys young voice came quietly through the speakers of the TV and Itsuki chuckled lightly, brown eyes twinkling.

"That kid," he said quietly, but loud enough for the other three people in the room to hear him, "will have us all under his thumb one day. And we'll all encourage it, enjoy it. We will be the ones that placed his thumb on top of us all." he chuckled again, watching as the pale boy stopped before jumping up in the hole.

"He and his team will be very interesting to watch." his head very lightly tipped to the side as the pale boy turned his body and looked a little over his shoulder, dark eyes looking straight at the camera, "We sure are lucky."

And with that, he watched Tenshi jump up out of the hole, his faithful guard right behind him.

-KohaTens-

"Oi, baka." Kohaku called as he walked out of the bathroom, a blue hotel towel around his waist and another in his hands, scrubbing his hair dry, "Baaka." he said again, looking up at his and Tenshi's shared bed to see the angel still laying in it, under the covers. Kohaku frowned, walking near the bed.

"Baka, rise and shine." he said, moving to his side of the bed. Tenshi didn't respond at all, laying completely still on his stomach. Kohaku looked around for the angel's Ittans to see Xixi curled up in a ball on Mimi's back, who was curled up with her nose under her back paws on the ground, having sneaked in the room the night before. Riri laid not far from them, his front paws crossed over each other and his head was up, watching Kohaku with mild interest, the other two Ittans were still with Shima.

Kohaku raised his brow to Riri once before looking away from the golden wolf when all the wolf did was stare. The Hyuuga turned his attention back to his best friend, now boyfriend (he was all proud and giddy inside just to be able to say that), and sighed at Tenshi lack of response.

"Come on, baka. You've got to get up." he jeered, tugging on the covers over Tenshi, but not pulling them off. When all he got was a calm sigh, one Tenshi often made in his sleep, the brown headed boy frowned more. He reach down, running his fingers through smooth, silky soft blue tented black locks. He smiled lightly as he pressed his finger tips softly against the angel's scalp, tugging gently on his hair and messaging Tenshi's head, almost like he was petting him. His smile grew when the koneko sighed in contentment, nearly purring.

He snapped out of his trance though when Riri snorted softly and he looked up at the male wolf. Riri was giving him a amused look and Kohaku held back the childish urge to stick his tongue out at the blue eyed wolf. He was hanging out with Tenshi, Koseto, and Shima way to much.

He pulled his hand away, trailing it across the back of Tenshi's bare shoulders before letting his hand lay limply at his side.

"Baka." he said again, brow furrowing, "Get up, get up, get up! You're always sleeping in too late." he grumbled, tugging on a lock of hair on the back of Tenshi's head rather hard. Tenshi groaned at that, pulling away from the Hyuuga.

Kohaku rolled his eyes, taking the towel that was around his shoulders that he had used to dry his hair and twisting it in his hands.

"Oi baka! Wake up!" He then let one end loose and snapped it against Tenshi's back side, hearing the dull thump when it hit the covers over the angel's bottom.

Suddenly, something soft was hitting Kohaku's face hard and the force caused him the stumble back, falling onto his Otousan's bed.

Kohaku sputtered, grabbing the pillow off his face and looking over it at an awake, glaring Uchiha, face red in an angry pout.

"What was that for, baka?!" Kohaku exclaimed, throwing the pillow back at the koneko. The angel didn't even bother to catch it as it hit his chest. He glared at the Hyuuga, picking up the pillow from his lap.

"For hitting me with your stupid towel, jaa'ku!" Tenshi yelled back, "That hurt!" he complained.

Kohaku rolled his eyes, putting his towel back around his neck, "You're such a baby. I didn't even hit you that hard and you had the covers and your boxers to cushion the hit."

Tenshi huffed angrily, throwing the pillow back at Kohaku's face, who was ready this time and caught it.

"It was still mean, jaa'ku!" he cried out, hair bristling like that of a cat.

"We have an exam to get to today, baka." Kohaku said, tossing the pillow next to Tenshi on the bed, "And you didn't have to throw a pillow at my face. How childish is that?"

Tenshi growled, arms folding over his bare chest, "You're the one that hit me first!"

Kohaku raised an eyebrow, "Childish again, getting back at me for hitting you by hitting me with something."

"You shouldn't have hit me in the first place. What kind of fourth are you?"

"Yours."

"Sadly."

Kohaku's smirk faded, his brow furrowing, "What?"

Tenshi raised his brow to his best friend, his face taking on an innocent look, "Nothing."

"What did you say?" Kohaku pressed on, getting off the bed and closer to Tenshi.

"Only that you're a jerk." Tenshi responded and Kohaku huffed.

"You're an idiot."

"You're a bastard."

"Moron."

"Ass."

"Retard."

"Shit head!"

"Spaz."

"Asshole!"

"Dumbass."

"Loser!"

"You wish I was a loser, but you know I always win." Kohaku said in a haughty tone. Tenshi smirked at him, leaning forward on his hands on the bed, getting closer to Kohaku.

"You're gunna be the loser." he teased and Kohaku eyed him wearily out of the corner of his eye.

"Naniyo--?!"

Kohaku was cut off when Tenshi tackled him, bringing both of them to the ground. Quickly, Kohaku grabbed the angel's arms, trying to push the other boy off while Tenshi tried to move Kohaku onto his back on the floor. Kohaku hooked his legs in between Tenshi's as they wrestled on the ground, locking his leg around one of Tenshi's as the other boy tried to role them from their sides and onto Kohaku's back. But Kohaku let go of one of Tenshi's arms, wrapping it around Tenshi's back securely and pulling the angel close to his chest. He then put all his strength in his legs and he rolled them over with some difficulty.

He grabbed the angel's wrist fast before the boy could grab his shoulders and flip them, and he pinned Tenshi's wrist to the floor. He straddled the angel fast, putting most his weight on Tenshi to keep the angel from lifting his hips and bucking Kohaku off.

"Who's the loser now?" Kohaku boasted, cocky smirk in place on his face. Tenshi just kept his eyebrows raised to his best friend. Kohaku should have known better then to keep on being cocky, because the sudden look in Tenshi's eyes was mischievous.

The position Kohaku was in made it look like a very intimate moment between them instead of a wrestling match, with how far Kohaku was leaning forward over the angel. Not to mention their lack of clothes and the sudden small smile that appeared on the smaller boys face.

And before Kohaku could even question himself mentally at why Tenshi smiled, the angel arched his neck and chest up, closing the distance between both of them.

He pressed his lips to Kohaku's in a soft, innocent way. It surprised Kohaku for a moment, his eyes wide. But then the fourth melted to his angel's soft lips and closed his eyes, pressing back against the raven haired boy. He felt and heard Tenshi sigh against him like he often did in his sleep and their lips pulled apart only to be pressed back together less then a second later.

They gave each other soft kisses, breathing lightly against each others lips, Tenshi letting out soft purrs that made the Hyuuga shiver and melt even more. Kohaku let go of Tenshi's wrist, sliding his hands down the smooth skin of Tenshi's inner forearms and biceps. Then his hands moved over Tenshi's bare shoulders to cup his neck, his thumbs tracing the angel's jawline as they kissed. Kohaku sighed against the angels lips, shivering as Tenshi pushed his head up more, pressing his lips more firm against Kohaku's, all the while mewling.

And then all the sudden, Kohaku felt a rush of air and his back lightly hit something hard and solid. He opened his pale lavender eyes to now see Tenshi hovering over him, lips no longer kissing him, and a very pleased grin on his face.

"You're the loser now, jaa'ku." he laughed, pinning Kohaku's wrist down firmly to the ground, straddling the older boy so he couldn't buck or get up.

Kohaku gapped at him, mouth opening and closing for a second.

"You tricked me!" he remarked, wiggling under the Uchiha, trying to break free.

"Who ever said that I tricked you, jaa'ku?" Tenshi purred with a cat like grin, "Maybe I just wanted to see what it was like from your angle... and maybe I felt the need to... actually make what I said come true." he leaned forward, just as Kohaku had done before Tenshi has kissed him.

Kohaku watched him, pale lavender eyes going over Tenshi's happy face. Tenshi leaned down and brushed his nose against Kohaku's. Kohaku blinked as the younger boy lowered his head a little more, nuzzling the side of Kohaku's head and then his neck. Tenshi's tongue darted out, licking Kohaku's neck for hardly a second, causing the Hyuuga to tense. And then he brought his head up and placed his lips back over his fourths, pressing down harder then he had before. Kohaku's eyes shut immediately, the older boy pressed his head up to kiss the angel more.

They resumed kissing tenderly, Tenshi never letting go of Kohaku's pinned wrists so that the Hyuuga didn't flip them.

"I wasn't sure before if it was... okay to kiss you... like this." Tenshi breathed, pausing in his sentence every time they kissed each other, "Was a little... nervous... unsure. But now..." There was a long pause as Kohaku refused (and Tenshi did in a way) to pull his lips away for a second from Tenshi's, "I actually like it. A lot." the angel mewled.

Kohaku chuckled softly, "It's okay. I like it too." he said back and they resumed kissing.

Kohaku liked the feeling of Tenshi's bangs sliding against his face as they kissed, something he hadn't felt before since the only time they had kiss Tenshi was never at an angle in which his bang would hang down like that. Kohaku like it a lot, not to mention the weight of the angel's body pressed oh so nicely against his groin and the way Tenshi would mewl and make soft, breathy little nosies sent pleasant shivers down his spin and more to his groin. It was a feeling he'd never felt before and he noticed that it sent a pleasant, warm tingly sensation all throughout his body, mainly down in his lower regions. But it was barely nothing, just a soft, pleasant feeling.

Suddenly, the door to their room opened and a some what loud female voice came into the room.

"Oi, boys! Sensei is waiting outside for us and he said—Oooh! What's going on here?" Shima practically leered at them.

Tenshi squeaked in surprise, quickly detaching his mouth from his fourths, flinging himself back and off of Kohaku and scooting back on his butt a good five feet, his face beat red. Kohaku sighed deeply, staring up at the ceiling in annoyance before he turned his head to look at their female teammate, who was pretty much drooling now.

"What do you want, Shima? I was enjoying that, you know?" he snipped in an annoyed tone, pale eyes nearly piercing her.

She grinned at him, a small blush on her face from what she had saw.

"What were you two doing, huh? On to the stages of yaoi already?" she asked, giggling as she did so.

"No!" Tenshi snapped, face getting redder if possible and his whole neck growing red as he pulled his knees up to his chest, tucking his hands under his chin in embarrassment, "And have you ever heard of knocking?!"

"What's that again?" she asked, her grin growing. Tenshi scowled at her, "If I was to knock then I wouldn't be able to catch you two in moments like these and my life would be uneventful."

"Yeah, because having a teammate half the world is after and being a shinobi isn't eventful at all." Kohaku muttered sarcastically, still not bothering to get up.

Shima ignored him, instead she pressed on, "Then what were you doing?" she whinnied, licking her lips as she stared at an embarrassed Uchiha.

"Making out, Shima. That's what we were doing." Kohaku said bluntly, picking himself up on his elbows and turning his body onto his side so he was facing her and propping his head up on his hand, "Now, what do you want?"

She shook her head, giving him a once over, "You cannot tell me you were just "making out" when you are only in a towel and Tenshi is still in only his boxers." she deadpanned and she heard Tenshi squeak, letting her know that with her words he just realized Kohaku was only in a towel. Both Shima and Kohaku smirked at that.

Kohaku shook his head slightly though, bringing the hand that was not supporting his head up to pinch the bridge of his nose.

"Just," he grumbled, closing his eyes for a moment, "What do you want, Shima?" he groaned and she sighed, putting a hand on her hip.

"Fine. Be that way," she grumbled, rolling her shoulders back, "Sensei is waiting outside for us. He said hurry up, we have twenty minutes to get to the grounds for the second exam."

Kohaku nodded to her and Tenshi made a small noise to show that he was listening.

"You're lucky I wasn't sensei. What would you have told him then?" Shima asked, smirk back in place. Tenshi made a tiny noise of embarrassment, pulling his legs up closer to himself and hiding his face in his knees.

"Shima," Kohaku said in a bored tone, eying her wearily, "Is that all you needed to tell us?"

She thought for a minute, "Oh! I don't think you two should so such things around the Ittans. I don't know about Mimi, Kiki, and Cici, but I'm sure Riri and Xixi wouldn't like to see their male master going at it with his boyfriend." she said and Tenshi made another mortified sound.

"Seeing my master being intimate with his future mate does not bug me at all." Riri said, shrugging his doggy shoulders, "It's only natural."

"Yeah!" Xixi pipped in, his small mouse body sprawled out over Mimi's white furred back, "I don't mind either. They can shank each other up all dey wanna. I'd jus record it and sell it on the black market." he laughed, blue eyes twinkling and Mimi snorted.

"No you will not!" Tenshi snapped, looking over at his youngest Ittan, who snickered at him.

"Ohh!" Shima cooed, bouncing from foot to foot, "Will you sell me one?" she asked excitedly.

"Sure."

"No!"

"Shima!" Kohaku called out sternly, leveling her with a glare.

"What?" she asked him, glaring back.

"Leave." he said plainly and she sputtered.

"But-but!" she cried and his glare sharpened.

"Now, Shima." he growled and she groaned in defeat.

"Fine. I'm going." she said, stepping out of the door way and closing it, "But I swear, you two were not--"

"Leave Shima!" he yelled and he heard her squeak in alarm.

"Alright, alright! I'm going!" she called, running off.

Kohaku sighed after she left, picking himself up off the floor and making sure his towel was still on good. He glared over at Xixi, who was still snickering, and then he looked over at Tenshi, who had buried his burning face back into his knees.

Kohaku sighed, shaking his head as he walked over to his boyfriend. He knelled down in front of the angel, reaching up and running a hand through Tenshi's thick raven locks. The koneko made a soft whimpering noise, lifting his head to look up at Kohaku.

"Ignore Shima, 'Shi-chan." Kohaku said softly, running a hand through Tenshi's bangs and cupping the side of his face, "She's just an annoying pain."

Tenshi pouted, cheeks puffing out slightly. Kohaku couldn't help but to think the look was cute, "But that was embarrassing!" he whimpered, face not as red as before.

"Well it's over now." Kohaku told him, running his thumb over Tenshi's lower lip slowly. Tenshi's tongue peeked out for a moment, licking the tip of Kohaku's thumb before darting back into the angel's mouth. Kohaku smiled at that, his fingers tickling Tenshi's chin, "Come on, baka. We got an exam to get too."

He leaned down, kissing Tenshi's lips softly, who responded back, and he pulled away. He helped the angel too his feet and urged Tenshi to get dressed while he did. Tenshi nodded, blushing again when he saw that Kohaku was in a towel and he rushed to go get dressed to distract himself from the attention grabbing distraction that was his boyfriend.(1)

-Team Wings-

Shima frowned unhappily through the gates to the mountain range stationed up for the second exam. It was thick with woods and vegetation, not that she wasn't familiar with that, but she could see some clearings here and there up some of the mountains. Up near the tops of the mountains were more actual rock and she saw many rock like boulders in many places from what she could see. It seemed to be crawling with wild life and the mountain range was huge. The proctor said a few rivers ran between the ranges and some around and weaved through, but Shima was still uneasy. She didn't like the thought in being in unfamiliar territory. Especially when they would be fighting all the other genin teams so they could retrieve five colored orbs.

The proctor had shown them five colored orbs when she started to explain the exam. She showed them in this order: one red, one blue, one green, one yellow, and the last one was orange. On each orb was a different symbol. On the red there had been a small drawing of fire, blue had a small drawing of water, green had a flower, yellow had a sun, and orange had a butterfly. She explained to them that each team would get one colored orb. That one orb would be their starting orb. She would give them a color orb and she told them that it didn't matter the color of the orb for the symbol on it to be the same. She had then pulled out another red orb and showed that it had the flower drawing on it unlike the first red that had fire.

She was going to separate them all out by teams and release them at different points around the range. The exam was to get all the colored orbs and all the symbols and then, after that, find the door in one of the sides of the mountain that had their team number on it. There, with the orbs, they would unlock the door and proceed into the room, passing the exam then. The minimum orbs they needed were five and they couldn't get into the door if they had all the symbols and orbs but one of the symbols was on a colored orb they already had. They couldn't have a different symbol on a same colored orb as another. Each symbol and color together had to be different then the others. She said you could take more then just what you needed, but to be careful.

To get the orbs, they had to steal from one another. Their team had to fight other teams to get orbs. But, if teams were lucky, they wouldn't have to fight, because random orbs were scattered across the range, hidden from view and the teams could go looking for them. But she warned them to watch for wild life and other teams, they could get attacked.

They had a week and three days to get all the orbs and find their door. If they did not make it in time, they failed the exam. No exceptions. It wouldn't matter if a team was attacked by shinobi not even participating in the exam, older shinobi. If they did not make it there right on time, they fail.

It was to test their team work and survival skills in enemy territory. They had to be prepared for anything and ready for battle at all times.

Shima knew that her team wouldn't have that much of a hard time compared to some of the others. But she could not help but to feel worried and anxious. The first test seemed too easy, and she didn't want her or her team mates to get a big head.

Tenshi let out a fast breath next to her, his dark eyes darting around the gathering area at all the other teams around them. He looked like he was searching for something, or searching all of them.

"Good lord," Kohaku muttered, finally able to look around at others as he finished signing a agreement contract that said their proctor was not responsible for their deaths if they died. That had shook Shima up a bit, but it didn't seem to affect the boys, "There are so many teams still." he said, collecting all their sheets for them, "That's a lot of people to go up against."

"And a lot of those people have already targeted us for their first "victims" so called." Tenshi told them, glaring the Uchiha Death Glare® at a team of boys who were smiling at them like they wanted to eat the whole team.

Maybe that was the reason Shima was feeling uneasy...

"Are you serious?" she asked the youngest member of their team. Tenshi nodded, turning his body more towards her.

"Yeah. I'm trying to read everyones here's mind. A lot of them are targeting us, 'The Team with the Uchiha and Hyuuga and Medic. The two ravens and the brunet with the wolf, fox, and rat' as they say." he told them.

"Rat?! I'm a mouse! Not a stinkin' rat!" Xixi exclaimed in outrage, hair standing on end. Tenshi gave him a sympathetic smile and Kohaku patted him a little roughly once on the back.

"We're going to have to be careful." Tenshi continued, eying the teams around them again, "I have a feeling the out come for this test will be different from the last."

"Now," the proctor called out, gaining all the genin's attention, "if you of you are done with the papers, when we call your teams number, so into the booth over there," she pointed to a large wooden both with a green blanket blocking the view of the inside from all the others, "hand in your papers and we will give you an orb. Then you will walk along the fence till you find your number. Stay by your number gate and the proctor there will release you, got it?" she barked.

They started calling out numbers and Team Wings waited in silence. Their number was called and they all headed over to the booth. Kohaku handed over the documents and they handed Tenshi a blue orb with a sun drawing on it. The angel stuffed it in his pocket immediately and they walked out, looking for their number, 34.

It took just about five minute's to get too and they waited with anxious patients to get the exam going. Tenshi made a point to love on and talk softly to each of his Ittans while they waited. Kohaku could hear Tenshi telling them what he needed them to do in a hushed whisper as if it was a dire secret. But then the angel would continue saying things to his Ittans like how proud he was of them and how good they were and how important they were, things like that. He would even nuzzle and pet them, pressing his lips to the side of Riri and Mimi's faces and tugging on the sides of their faces with his lips, from what Kohaku could tell. The way both Ittan's flattened their ears let him know that it was a show of affection but yet of dominance at the same time.

And then, with a short warning from the man controlling their gate, Team Wings straightened and got ready to be released into the range. Shima only briefly wondered about Haru's team. She had only seen them with a glance that morning, knowing that they passed the first exam. But she didn't have time to dwell on it as the gate slammed open and she had to make sure to keep up with Speeder One and Speeder Two.

-Second Exam-

Tenshi grabbed a side of a tree and swung himself around to a stop, causing his team mates to stop running as well. His dark eyes darted around them, taking in all their surroundings. They traveled about five miles into the range from their gate within two minutes and he knew if they kept that pace up, they would be tired within an hour. Well, he would, but he knew Kohaku would be tired in forty five minutes and Shima in thirty.

"Feel any thoughts within a mile around us?" Kohaku asked softly, being smart enough to lower his voice just in case. Tenshi shook his head.

"I don't hear anything but small animals thoughts." he responded.

"You can hear animals thoughts?" Shima asked, suddenly very interested, "What do they think? What's it like?"

"Not right now Shima." Kohaku growled, warning her about the exam silently. She nodded sheepishly, looking away from the two boys.

Tenshi knelled down to Riri and Mimi's level, swinging his back pack around his shoulder to be in front of him. He opened the top, letting Cici and Kiki out to stretch.

"Listen you guys," he said, raising a hand to Kohaku and the older boy let Xixi jump off his shoulder and on to Tenshi's hand, "You all know what I told you. I'm relying on you guys. You are apart of this team, a vital part. We do this all together, right?"

"Right." all the girl Ittan's said and both the boys nodded.

"Do not attack or do anything of the sort unless I tell you too. If you get attacked, run off and hide, but if they follow you, kick their asses, but communicate mentally with me first." he told them, smiling when the girls snickered and the two boys grinned, "I'm letting you all go on your own expect for Riri right now. His the biggest in normal animal size to you all and Cici and Xixi are the smallest. I need him for now, he'll go out later," he explained, "Xixi, stick low to the ground and no exploding till I say," he warned in a annoyed tone and Xixi just grinned back at him, "Kiki... don't get hunted." She frowned at him, but nodded none the less, "Cici... don't let an animal eat you and steal anything you can." she nodded to him, croaking to show that she was listening, "Mimi, I don't have to worry about you as much as I have to the others but stay out of trouble. You're just a fox in the wild, don't let them hunt you and find out all the information on teams as you can. Mimi is gathering info, Cici and Xixi are finding hidden orbs, and Kiki will be stealing anything she may from others when they are asleep. Admit the sleeping gas." he told them. They all nodded again happily and he patting Mimi softly on the head.

"Alright, be off with you and be careful." he instructed and with quick licks from them and a few nuzzles, Cici hopped off to where she could smell water, Kiki bounced to the east under a bush, Xixi ran southwest, towards where Cici went but more towards the south, and Mimi slipped between some trees to the north, her white tail flicking behind her in excitement.

Tenshi stood up, running his fingers through the golden fur on the back of Riri's neck. He looked back at his team mates, who smiled at him in pride for his whole Ittan plan.

Kohaku opened his mouth to say something, but it died in this throat when he felt chakra creeping up from the east of them, headed straight for them. Tenshi's suddenly highly alert face put both his teammates on edge and Tenshi turned his body, eyes locked to the east of them.

"Wow, that team isn't going to wait around. They're headed straight for us and they know who we are." Tenshi muttered, crouching low to the ground before leaping up to the top of the trees, his teammates right behind him.

"We running from them?" Kohaku asked, sounding confused.

"Hai." Tenshi responded curtly. Kohaku snorted.

"Why?" he asked, getting near level with Tenshi.

"I don't know about you guys," Shima said, looking back over her shoulder for a moment, "but I'd rather not fight so soon till I know more about our terrain."

"Exactly." Tenshi said, smiling back at her and Kohaku sulked, not feeling like arguing with his two paranoid teammates.

-Kataro, Shinato, Haru-

"Only five minute's into the exam and already thirty traps set." Haru said proudly, dusting off her hands onto the side of her leggings.

"Now all we got to do is trap a bug and squash'em!" Kataro remarked, bouncing back and forth on his feet, "No offense Shin." he said offhandedly and Shinato just glanced at him, thinking nothing of it.

They all moved around the small area they chose as their place to wait. Shinato listened for coming ninja while Kataro and Hibki sniffed around the area, Haru sharpening her kunai.

"I wonder how Shima and the boys are doing." Haru muttered distractedly, holding her kunai up for better light.

"I don't know." Kataro replied, sniffing at a tree with his dog, "But I do know that some of the proctors were talking about'em. Saying stuff like how they got through the first exam in less then an hour and such."

"What do you expect from a team full of geniuses?" Shinato sighed, fixing his glasses up on his nose, "We need to draw attention." he muttered and Kataro sighed before starting to beat up on the tree he was sniffing and making loud, obnoxious noises, "Is that much necessary?" Shinato grumbled and Karato rolled his eyes at him.

"We want ninja's, right?" Kataro asked loudly, kicking the hallow tree hard, "Then we need to draw attention to ourselves. Haru, you should started shinning those around more. Moving lights will bring more attention," he added and she started to do just that.

"Where did you come up with this anyway?" the orange haired girl asked. Kataro shrugged.

"Chichiue told me about what he, mom, and Shinato's dad did when they first had the exam. They set a trap like this. So I figured it could work for us too." he explained, grunting as he punched a tree.

They were all quiet for a moment, then Haru jumped, head turning to the thin wires pinned to a tree next to her.

"Someones tripped a wire to the east. They're four miles away." she told her teammates.

Kataro grinned, pushing away from the tree he was messing with, Hibki following him.

"Let's catch us some orbs, shall we?"

-Team Wings-

"Aww, come on man! Don't do this!" a young brunette cried out as Tenshi pressed his foot to his back and pulled the ropes tight.

"Yeah!" the red headed girl next to the brunette cried, "We'll give you our orbs, just don't tie us up."

"And how do we know you wont try to attack us as we're leaving? Or flee when you are about to give them to us?" Shima asked, checking the ropes around the team they had just beaten.

The last kid on the team looked at Tenshi, who had walked around to the front of them to check their pockets for orbs, "You seem like a nice guy, don't do this too us! It's hard to get out of this and we still have the exam to do!" he whinnied and Tenshi just glanced up at him before busying himself with looking through the kids pants pockets.

"Your fault for attacking us." Kohaku gruffed, turning back to his teammates after scanning the area for anyone else.

"Found it!" Tenshi chirped, pulling out an orange orb with a flower drawing on it. Kohaku smiled at him and then angel continued, "That's all they have. I checked," Tenshi told his team, standing up straight.

"Good," Kohaku stuck a hand in his pocket, turning from the tied up team with not so much as a glance, "Let's get going then. We need to find shelter."

Shima quickly moved up next to Kohaku and Tenshi looked back at the pouting team, shrugging innocently to them before leaping up into the trees and leading the way for this teammates.

It didn't take them long to find a huge tree with a overly large hole at the base of it that was deep enough and wide enough for them to seek shelter for the night and sleep under. But just to make more room, Kohaku and Riri dug further into the ground, making it a good place to lay on ones stomach to avoid attacks, like of like a big trench.

They tossed their bags into the shelter and Shima skipped off to get water at the nearest river that Tenshi could hear not too far away. Kohaku gathered wood faster then Tenshi had ever seen someone gather it while Tenshi himself communicated with his Ittans to see what they were doing and knew so far. Kohaku made a stack of wood under the shelter in the hole so that when they cooked meat later it would be easier for Kohaku to contain the smell and the smoke with his powers.

Shima returned from the river safe and sound with a familiar frog hopping along behind her. Shima put the canteens of water down in the shelter and turned in time to see Cici jump into her masters arms.

"Master, master!" Cici cried out, hopping in his hands, "Look what I found!" she opened her mouth and out rolled a green orb with the water drawing on it. Tenshi's face brightened and he brought his small Ittan up to his face, nuzzling her happily.

"Great job, Cici!" he cooed and she giggled. He released her then, handing her the orb she just found and the one they had gotten from the team they tied up, "Use your heaven power to suck these in a keep them there. Protect them and do the same for the other orbs you find." he instructed and she nodded.

With a small pat to the head, Cici hopped back off in the direction she came to go search for more orbs.

They settled down after that, getting ready to camp out for the day. Tenshi and Kohaku had argued over who was going to hunt for food and to resolve the argument, Shima made then do rock-paper-scissors. Naturally, Tenshi won and Kohaku claimed that he cheated. So Shima sent Tenshi off to hunt before the argument of whether Tenshi cheated or not could go any further.

The koneko brought back a buck over half his size and they all knew that they wouldn't have to hunt again for at least two more days. The only thing that bothered Shima was the fact that there were claw marks instead of kunai marks on the buck and that the bucks neck was snapped perfectly. Since when was Tenshi okay with doing things like that? She guessed that if he was hunting for food he didn't really mind. None of this seemed to bother Kohaku at all and the Hyuuga had started to skin and clean the buck immediately. Tenshi even helped him and that through Shima off even more.

Last she heard Tenshi was scared of blood. But the angel was willingly thrusting his hands into the body of a dead buck and pulling out it's guts. Later that day she discovered that Tenshi was not scared of blood as long as it wasn't in a bad situation. When hunting, the blood did not effect him at all, but in battle, a lot blood meant a wound which more then likely would also mean a good chance of death. Mentally and visually if the blood came from hunting or if there was only a little bit of blood it didn't effect him. Smelling a little bit of blood didn't either, but smelling a lot of blood effected him badly. Shima also found out that Tenshi got Chuushin to block off his sense of smell again when they had started to clean the buck thus explaining why he wasn't hyperventilating, blacking out and having a panic attack.

They cooked some of the meat, Kohaku expertly containing the smoke and smell of the fire with his absorbing power he got from Cici. They stored the rest of the meat in packing paper Tenshi had brought with them just for that reason and they had put it in Kohaku's bag since he was the strongest of the three and could carry a little extra weight easier then the other two.

After eating nothing much more happened for the team. Shima sharpened all their weapons while Kohaku used his Byakugan to check all the surrounding area as far as his eyes could see and Tenshi mediated with a hand of Riri's back, using his telepathy to try and read near by teams minds while also trying to exercise his precognition power, the one power he used the least out of all four.

-Second Exam: Day Three-

"So we have blue with sun, orange with flower, green with water, and now red butterfly and yellow sun." Kohaku named off, walking with his hands in his pockets through the woods with his teammates right with him.

"Yeah. Sucks though, because the last two we just stole from that all guys team gave us all the colors we needed but the yellow one's drawing is the same as the blues." Tenshi sighed, hands folded behind his back.

Shima groaned, kicking a rock, "This has been so uneventful! The third day and nothing exciting! Nothing." she complained, giving her teammates an agonizing look.

"How do you think I feel?" Kohaku grumbled, glaring at the ground as he walked, "Not a person one we have gone up against has broken me a sweat."

"I'd have more fun staring at a wall." Tenshi mumbled, adjusting his traveling pack on his back.

"I'm sure you would." Kohaku muttered sarcastically and Tenshi scowled at him.

"Jaa'ku--!"

"Don't you two start! Just because you two have all this pent up energy because no one so far is so worthy to make you "break a sweat" does not mean you can take that tension out on each other by bickering!" Shima scolded, glaring at them. They both glanced at her, Tenshi pouting and Kohaku sulking. She rolled her eyes at them, "Seriously though, you need too--"

She was cut off as something flew passed her head and all three of them turned sharply only to dodge about five more kunai.

"What the?" Kohaku muttered, leaping up to a tree, "Did you guys sense them at all? I didn't!"

"No!" Shima responded, ducking behind a tree, "Where are those coming from?"

More kunai flew their way and Tenshi flipped in the air, grabbing onto a tree like a cat and moving to dodge a few kunai. They stuck to the tree and he pulled one out, looking it over.

"Sand ninja!" he told his teammates, tossing Kohaku a few of the kunais, "Get information now and we'll see if we can fight them now or not." he ordered, pushing off the tree and towards the source of the kunais.

"Where's Riri?" Shima asked, weaving in and out of the trees.

"Somewhere close by. I wont call him unless he really is needed." Tenshi told her. He landed on the ground only to have a mace come at him through the bushes.

Tenshi flipped backwards on his hands as a big, burly man covered head to foot in sand ninja attire about three or four times his size emerged from the bushes, swing a heavy mace around. He swung at the youngest member of Team Wings, advancing quickly as he attacked Tenshi. The Uchiha used his flexibility to his advantage and avoided every swing from the huge man.

Kohaku tried to attack the man from the side when he felt someone grab the back of his leg and pull him down from the tree and to his back on the ground. He gasped as the wind was knocked out of him and only had time to blink before he had to roll to the side as an club came towards his head. He rolled to his feet, backing up as a man only a little smaller then the one fighting Tenshi twirled his club in his hands. Chakra poured into the club and it turned stone hard. The man grinned at him, yellow teeth flashing at the Hyuuga.

"Hello little boy," he said, his voice rough and gravelly, "How about you give me all your orbs, huh?" he twirled his club again, trying to intimate Kohaku.

"How about you fuck off?" Kohaku snapped and the man swung at him with his club, which Kohaku ducked to avoid. He jump to the side to avoid the kick coming his way and used his telekinesis to send stones as hard as the mans club towards the boulder of a man.

Shima had her own hands tied as well. Another man, smaller then the other two, was swiping twin katanas at her as she barely avoided them. She dodged through trees, watching as the katanas cut branches cleanly off of the trees. She pulled out a kunai, ducking under one of the mans sweeps to bring up the kunai to block another. She deflected the attacks as quickly as she could, wincing when she got a few cuts here and there. The man swung down at her head with both katanas and she lifted her kunai, holding the katanas back with shaking arms. The man grinned down at her, forcing most his weight down on the blades. Shima quickly pushed them apart, pushing the male back and she dropped to the floor, swung a leg around to hit the mans ankle. But when her foot connected, it stopped right there, not being able to hit hard enough to make the man lose his footing.

Shima looked up at him in surprise as he smirked down at her. Her eyes widened as he lifted his blades and she moved quickly. She pulled up her fist and slammed it down into the ground between her and the man. Chakra slammed harshly into the ground, making it break up from underneath the man and the Sand ninja had to jump back away from her to avoid falling and getting crushed. Shima jumped up after that, twirling her kunai in her hand and making a fist with the other, ready for the other ninja.

-Tenshi-

Tenshi danced and flipped through the trees, the burly mans mace taking out huge chunks of tree as they went. Tenshi nearly winced as he looked back at a tree he was just on. A huge portion of the trees trunk was now missing, looking like if you touched the tree to hard that it was now fall over. He could not let that mace touch him. It would be very hard to heal after a hit from that.

Tenshi jumped to a tree, using chakra to hold himself on it. He paused for a second, letting the man pull his arm back to swing at him and then the angel kicked off the tree. He flipped over the burly man, landing behind him. But right as his feet touched the ground he jump off of it, twisting and landing a hard kick on the mans back, followed by the other leg then a kick to the back of the head. All this did to the man was make him grunt and Tenshi squeaked as the man swung his arm around. Tenshi had to pull his upper body up as he twisted in the air to avoid the swinging mace.

He ran around the burly man once his feet were on the ground, jumping away from him as he lead the man further into the woods.

Taijutsu wont work on him, not when I'm so little bodied. Tenshi thought as he dodged the mans spiky mace, I've never fought such a huge man before! My normal stuff wont work, touching him is not going to do me any good.

Then do something different. Datenshi grumbled, sounding very annoyed, You have more things that just physical body strength.

Hello! Chuushin called out, It's called chakra and heaven powers. He sang and Tenshi resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

Tenshi swung around a tree, pushing chakra to his right hand. He punched the guy in the chest with only a small amount of chakra to see how much he needed. The man blinked in surprise, freezing and rubbing his chest. He looked up as Tenshi leaped up to a low tree branch, crawling on it for a second before crouching low, watching the burly man. The mans eyebrows rose and his mouth opened slowly.

"You move like a cat." immediately by the sound of the males voice Tenshi could tell this guy had hardly any intelligence at all, which probably explained why he just swung at Tenshi and charged out of the bushes right as Tenshi got close. He held out the end of his sentence too long that had a "duh" quality too it and his eyes were about as empty as his brain was.

Tenshi stared at him, one eye brow raised and his slightly clawed hands in between his feet, holding onto the branch he was crouched on.

"Will the pretty little kitty give me his balls? He better or pretty kitty might get a little hurt when I take them." the man said and Tenshi's mouth pursed in annoyance.

"Pretty kitty would like to keep his balls, thank you." he responded, ignoring the roaring laughter the two demons inside him were doing at his sentence.

"Why?" the man asked, cocking his head to the side, "Are they pretty?" the demons laughed more, "I have a big mace, so kitty should know better then to say no!"

Tenshi rolled his eyes, resting an elbow on one of his knees, "Well, kitty says no anyway. They're his, now bug off." he snapped and the man grabbed his mace with two hands.

"Kitty can't say no! That's mean!" the man cried out and Tenshi jumped off the branch, already tired of the man. He hit the man in the wrist, breaking his hold on his mace and the man tried to grab the Uchiha. Tenshi twisted away from the grabbing hand and he swung his body around in mid air, pushing chakra to his right foot and kicking the man hard in the chest. On his 360 turn he swiped his claws against the mans cheek, making cuts and drawing blood. This caused the man to stumble back, nearly falling on his rear end. Tenshi then hopped back up onto the branch so he could watched the man better.

The man rubbed his chest and touched his face tenderly, catching his balance and wincing at the pain, "Pretty kitty scratch me and kick me!" he cried out, glaring at Tenshi, "That's a bad kitty! Bad kitty!"

Tenshi opened his mouth to retort but squeaked instead when he saw a mace flying straight for his head. He jumped off the branch and on to another and watched as the mace took out the branch he was on completely and the three that were after it. His eyes widened as the stupid man pulled out his other mace and started swinging like crazy. Tenshi leaped away, leading him further and further away from the others, the whole time not being able to really touch the much bigger male.

-Kohaku, Shima-

Kohaku grunted as he held his fists together, sweat trickling down his forehead as he tried to keep the rock around the man he was fighting. The man was struggling like crazy and it was very hard for Kohaku to form a strong enough rock to hold the man for good. The man screamed curses at him, trashing around in the hold, trying to move his arms so he could get out. His club lay by Kohaku's feet so he couldn't get it and Kohaku brought up more rocks from the earth, thickening and tightening his hold.

Once he was sure the man could not escape, he looked over at Shima, who's hands were stuck into the last seal of a genjutsu. The man she was fighting was standing dead still, caught in the jutsu. She glanced at Kohaku and Kohaku lifting a hand her way. Vine and roots and grass and other things wrapped themselves around the man, keeping him in place for if he ever got out of the genjutsu himself.

Shima sighed loudly, hopping over a fallen over log on the ground while fussing over the cuts all along her upper arms and on her hands. She moved over to Kohaku who was making sure is earth was strong enough to hold the two men. She looked up at him once she was healed and his eyes travel around the area, looking for anymore enemies.

"Hey," Shima suddenly said, looking around herself, "Where's Tenshi?"

Kohaku stiffened. They both looked around themselves quickly, but they didn't see Tenshi at all.

"His fight must have carried him off somewhere." Kohaku muttered, looking around the torn up fighting grounds around them for signs of the way that Tenshi had gone. He wasn't too panicked because he knew Tenshi could take care of himself. But that guy he was facing... Tenshi had never faced someone like that before, so Kohaku knew he would be needing help.

There was a loud pained cry to the west of them and both genin recognized the voice of the cry. They took off in a sprint in that direction, wondering what could have happened that would have made Tenshi cry out like that.

-Tenshi-

Tenshi let out another loud cry as his back was slammed against a jagged rock wall of the mountain a second time. He was pressed against the rock for a moment, before the big hands on his white jacket collar pulled him forward and slammed him against it again.

"You're a bad kitty! Bad, bad kitty!" the man yelled, glaring at the pained Uchiha in his hands, "You don't scratch people!"

Tenshi growled at him, claws sharpening some and he kicked at the mans stomach to distract him, "I'll do what I want!" he swiped his claws at the mans face, cutting his across the eyes. The man yelled out, letting Tenshi go and backing up, holding his face in his hands.

Tenshi sighed as his feet touched ground again. But it didn't last long as he had to jump up to the ledge above the rock he was being slammed against before to avoid a flying mace again. He hissed as he landed on the ledge. His back was burning and pulsing with pain. He didn't want to heal it yet because he might need to save chakra for the fight, so he didn't.

He found out that scratching the man was the best physical damage Tenshi could do to him. If he dug his claws in far enough and dragged them good enough, the pain might make the numb skulk slower and he could trap the man.

Tenshi dodged the arm shooting up to grab him and he dug his claws into it, dragging his hand horizontally across the mans arm. The man cried out, pulling his arm away and Tenshi jumped down, scratching the mans knee as well. The man used his other leg to kick at Tenshi, barely chipping the angel's side. Tenshi slid away, eyes narrowing as he sent his telepathy out and hit the mans mind. The man then grabbed his head and Tenshi moved forward again, pulling his hand back to strike the man across the chest.

But the burly man swung his arm out at the last second, catching Tenshi by surprise and hitting the koneko right across the face. The angel slammed into a tree hard, causing it to crack a little. Tenshi groaned in pain, holding himself up by holding on to the tree with the one arm that didn't slam against it. He turned his body to the side as a mace flew at him. It stuck to the tree when it hit it and Tenshi had to turn his body to the other side, back towards the mace in the tree when a hand held scythe came flying at him. It stuck into the tree as well and Tenshi was then in between a mace and a scythe. He made a moved to get away from them when the burly man was suddenly in front of him, staring him down like he was about to be punished.

"You've been a very bad kitty, pretty kitty!" he shouted, making Tenshi want to cover his ears, "I'm going to have to punish you!" he pulled his big fist back and Tenshi's eyes widened.

Tenshi readied his agonizing body do fall to the ground to avoid the upcoming hit when a blur of midnight blue and black came from above him and rammed right into the man. The man stumbled backwards, farther then Tenshi had ever made him go back, and the blur grabbed the mans shirt, swinging him around the throwing him into the rock that he had been slamming Tenshi against. The blur moved quickly, slamming it's knee into the burly mans stomach and then hitting the back of the mans neck when he doubled over. The stupid man slumped over then, knocked out cold, not knowing that hit him.

The blur was now no longer a blur to Tenshi and then angel was presented with a tall muscled backside with tight midnight blue clothes on that showed every muscle in the torso and tight pants that hugged a nice ass and hips. Short, black hair which was about as short as Kohaku's was and pale skin was all Tenshi could see. But then the blur now known to be a man, turned around and eyed Tenshi. Tenshi's eyes widened and he blinked a few times.

"Masaru?" he said softly and the orange eyed boy grinned at him.

"Oi, Uchiha-chan!" he cooed, suddenly standing right in front of the angel. Tenshi blinked again at how sudden the other boy was close to him, "Seemed like you were having a hard time."

How close the other boy was made Tenshi want to back up, but it was hard since Tenshi stood with his back pressed completely against the tree. A sudden strange feeling washed over him and his body started shaking slightly for reasons Tenshi had no clue of and he nodded to Masaru. He swallowed a few times, finding it hard to speak all the sudden.

"Wh-... Why di-did you help me-me?" he asked in a sort of shaky voice, nearly blushing at the sound of his voice.

Masaru smiled, taking a step closer to the angel, leaving only two feet between them, "Like I said, it seemed like you were having a hard time." he cocked his head to the side, "Plus, I didn't want the little neko to get beaten or hurt by that man. That just doesn't seem to right, for a pretty little thing like you."

Tenshi gulped, body shaking even more at how close they were to each other. He wasn't shaking the way he did when Kohaku got close to him. No, this was way different.

Tenshi breathed in the crisp, tight air that was around them, turned into such air by the radiating power coming off of the boy in front of him. Tenshi could feel a light carcass of Masaru's chakra against his skin and even more so against his own chakra which was floating around him as it always did. It was nothing like Kohaku's or Shima's or his sensei's. It was much different, similar to his own, similar to his Chichiue's.

The speed that Masaru had traveled at when he struck that burly man. How quickly he defeated him when it was taking ages for Tenshi to do it himself. How he did it so effortlessly didn't dwell on Tenshi's mind till he suddenly felt Masaru flare his chakra a little bit, pushing it against Tenshi's own.

"You didn't have to help me. I could have done it on my own." Tenshi said to him, watching the older boy with intent eyes.

Masaru smiled more, moving just a tad bit closer, "Right," he said in a low voice, eyes looking down Tenshi's face to his lips for a second, then back up, "But I still think you needed some help. And I wanted to say...hi." he breathed and his chakra pressed more firmly against Tenshi's own, flicking against Tenshi's skin.

Tenshi knew what he was doing, he was familiar with how such things were. While it might appear to an outsider like Masaru was trying to hit on him or have an intimate moment, it was different on the inside. Masaru was not hitting on Tenshi or seducing him. No... he was challenging him.

Masaru was letting Tenshi feel his chakra by forcing it upon the angel, letting the angel know that he was an aggressive type. People had done such things as Masaru was doing to Tenshi before, Kohaku even did it a few times to him without realizing it. It was like when a wolf growls at another wolf or bares their fangs before a fight. To show that they aren't a submissive type to the other. Masaru wanted to fight Tenshi. Maybe not now but soon. He had said it before.

"He seems... frisky...in a way... He'd make for a good fight later."

Tenshi felt like he wanted to hiss at Masaru, bare his teeth and show his claws. Tenshi pushed his chakra out as well, pushing back against the orange eyed boys chakra to let him know that he wasn't one to mess with either.

Masaru's smile turned into a smirk and he got closer to the angel, so close that their chests were almost touching. He hmmed softly, checking Tenshi out from a new angle.

"Nice," he muttered, licking his lips, "Like I said," he lowered his head, placing his hands on either side of the angel's body, "I'm attracted to power..." he breathed.

Tenshi tensed as the other males crisp, radiating chakra wrapped around him, nearly suffocating him. His body shook more, chills running up and down his spine at the intense, strong feeling of the other ravens chakra strength. It was like that of Datenshi's and it made Tenshi's body pulse, just as Datenshi's made him do.

Tenshi pushed his chakra out, showing that he wasn't going to pull his in just because Masaru's chakra caused him to get chills. Masaru chuckled at that though and tapped Tenshi's chin with his index finger.

There was a suddenly rustling in the bushes and an angry huff was heard.

"What the hell are you doing?" Kohaku yelled, marching towards Masaru, "Get off him!"

Before Kohaku could make it to them, Masaru backed off, pulling his chakra away from Tenshi as well. The sudden leave of the chakra made Tenshi's body want to arch at the sudden rush of cold that came over him. Masaru's chakra had been so hot. The angel found himself panting lightly and there was nothing he could do to stop it.

Masaru watched Team Wings with a smile as Kohaku moved towards Tenshi and Shima followed him. Shima glanced at the man laying on the ground with a questioning look before turning her attention to Tenshi.

Kohaku glared at Masaru. He had been way to close to his angel. Much too close. And now Tenshi was panting? What the hell had happened?

"What happened Tenshi?" Shima asked her teammate as she looked him over. But he didn't respond, his eyes just remained glued to Masaru.

Kohaku growled, grabbing Tenshi's arm and the Uchiha sighed as he felt Kohaku's warm chakra touch him.

"Stay away from Tenshi, Tatsuo. You hear me?" Kohaku snapped and Masaru raised an eyebrow.

"Hey, I just saved your little angel here. You should be thanking me." he told the Hyuuga and Kohaku bristled.

"Fine, thank you. Now go away." Kohaku snipped and Masaru sighed, reaching into one of his pockets.

"Here," he said, tossing a orb at Shima, who caught it, "You guys need a yellow orb with the fire on it, right?" Shima nodded to him and he gestured to the orb he had thrown to her, "There you go. Take it."

Shima blinked. It was indeed an yellow orb with the fire on it. She looked up at him, confused, "Is there anything you want?" she asked him and he just looked at her for a minute, hands on his hips.

He sighed after a moment and looked at the ground, "Yes," he replied and he looked up, eyes narrowing at Tenshi, "But not right now."

He turned, looking over his shoulder one more time, looking at Tenshi, "You be more careful, little neko." he said, glancing at a fuming Kohaku before disappearing in a blur just as he had come.

Tenshi took deep breaths, trying to get his body to recover from the chakra show he and Masaru had just had. It shocked his body so much because it happened so fast. There had been no warning when Masaru suddenly appeared before him and no warning when he pulled away. It happened so fast that everything that happened after getting caught between the tree and that man to when Masaru left was like one big blur all mixed together.

"Who does that Masaru guy think he is?" Kohaku snarled, glaring at the spot Masaru was last seen. He looked back at Tenshi to see his angel's almost dazed expression.

Kohaku grabbed Tenshi, pulling him close and looking him over.

"He didn't do anything to you, did he?" he asked and Tenshi numbly shook his head. Kohaku frowned, "Then what's wrong? Why are you breathing so heavy?"

Tenshi slumped against the tree behind him, staring at the ground. Kohaku rubbed Tenshi's arms calmly, fuming on the inside over what it had looked like Masaru was doing.

Tenshi looked up at Kohaku, basking in the warm glow that was Kohaku's own chakra. It was different from Masaru's. Much different, more relaxing, comfortable and not nearly as suffocating and hot as Masaru's. Masaru's chakra was not normal chakra, that was for sure, but yet, neither was Kohaku's or his own.

"Masaru... he's different." Tenshi finally spoke to them, eyes moving from Kohaku to the ground, "Not normal."

"No duh Sherlock. I could have figured that out on my own." Kohaku grumbled, looking away from the koneko for a moment.

"His chakra," the angel continued and Shima looked up at him from her spot on the ground checking the cuts on his legs, "He wasn't doing what you are thinking, 'Haku," he said, holding onto his own elbows. Kohaku raised a brow at him, but did not interrupt, "He was challenging me... in a way only a few know of... By chakra... He wants to fight me..."

Kohaku scowled, pursing his lips, "He'll have to go through me first." he mumbled.

"He's the only person ever..." Tenshi hugged himself, Kohaku warm hands on him calming his shaking body, "...only person who's chakra makes me want to submit." he looked up at Kohaku to see the older boys face surprised, confused and almost hurt.

But then Kohaku's face turned angry, "I don't make you want to submit? Only he does?" he growled and Tenshi shook his head calmly, giving Kohaku a small smile.

"You make me want to submit in general, 'Haku. Everything about you does," he said and Kohaku relaxed, "But I'm not talking about in that same way," the Uchiha continued, "I meant in a more... animalistic way, if you get what I mean."

"Animalistic?" Shima said softly, questioning him.

"Like," he shrugged his shoulder, licking his lips as he thought of a word to describe it, "roll onto my back and show my belly to him kind of way, like wolves to do the alpha male in a wolf pack," he explained and both his teammates seemed to understand, "His chakra... is stronger then my own... He is more of the alpha..." Tenshi glanced down at his feet, remembering the suffocating heat of Masaru's chakra, "His power is a lot more stronger then my own..." he paused, glancing up at Kohaku, "at least for now."

They were quiet and Kohaku stared at Tenshi, watching the angel with a close eye. The koneko shivered everyone once and a while and was still not breathing correctly. He sighed after a moment, pulling Tenshi off the tree.

"Are you hurt anywhere else?" he asked the Uchiha and Tenshi nodded, pointing at his back and both Shim and Kohaku sighed, "Don't heal it, let Shima." Kohaku told him and Tenshi nodded.

Shima stood, pocketing the orb as Kohaku pulled Tenshi close to him, wrapping a strong arm around Tenshi's shoulders and pulling him into his chest. The angel shivered, seeming to cuddle closer to Kohaku and rest his head against the older boys chest. He suddenly felt very tired and Kohaku seemed to pick up on that.

"Come on," he said, motioning for Shima to follow him, "Let's get some good shelter and let you lay down."

With that Kohaku lead them away from the battle ground. And Tenshi glanced back over his shoulder at where he had last seen Masaru, feeling both demons really stir within him since Masaru appeared.

-TBC

1) A reference to the "into the future" chapter that was chapter 33. Where Tenshi's says to Kohaku,

"But your beautiful angel has work to do. And you can provide such an attention grabbing distraction that I really don't need right now."

This chapter is 32 pages long. Isn't that great? And we didn't get in all that we wanted to get into it, but you know... we got enough.

The KohaTens scene in here wasn't planned, it just sort of... happened. Tenshi wanted time to love on his fourth because he just can now and I can't deny that cute little koneko anything. XD

Oh... umm... I don't know if I am doing this right but the thing with Masaru is... Well, I'm trying to aim for one of those characters where you don't really know if they are good or bad or what not (kind of like Kabuto before you ever saw him talk to Orochimaru) or, if you play Okami, a person kind of like Waka. I never did know if Waka was truly bad or not or just a person who did what he thought was right, be it good to the main character or not.

But yeah, I'm trying to aim for that with him. Trying to make Masaru a character that you aren't sure if he is good or bad till he shows out front what he is. Am I kind of making him that way to you all? Am I not at all? Have a failed epically at making him that way? Argh! It's bugging me...

Next Chap:

The second exam isn't over just yet for Team Wings. Even though they have all the colored orbs and the drawings on the orbs (all thanks to Masaru) there's another twist to the exam. But on their way to solving that twist trouble appears and it separates the team! Will Team Wings be able to find each other before the end of the exam? And "what's all this about not being truly part feline?"

Review please!

Happy Gluttony---I mean Thanks Giving! XD