Author's Note: The whole "Chapter Cover" thing is too sweet an idea to pass up. So, I'llgive credit to the first person I saw doing this, which was Shang a very in depth and talented writer

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Chapter Cover: Six Jounin are in the Hokage's office. One is leaning on the desk, another on the wall, conversing witheach other. One is in the far corner,folding a piece of paper. Two more jounin are talking, both female. One stands out, because she's pretty tall. The last one, somewhat short, is seated with his head in his hands.

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Inutzu Harabi must have had beginner's luck. He was the newest jounin, and his first assignment was to handle Team number five, said to be the best team to come out of Konoha since the three Legendary Sannin. Of the three genin, he did see Inazuma in action, and saw just how skillful he was at an early age.

Either his job was going to be ridiculously easy, or ridiculously challenging. He hoped for a little of both. He had short brown hair and brown eyes with his shiny new jounin uniform and sword at his back. Both his hands were bandaged too. He looked around the room at the more experienced jounin who would meet their teams.

"So, what's your team?"a nervous looking jounin asked. Harabi looked across from him at a short, dark-haired jounin wearing a sleeveless uniform. He had the requisite compartments for his kunai and scrolls, but he wore fingerless gloves with rings on three of his fingers on both hands. The rings had small chains hanging from them as well.

"I lucked out. I got the top two students in the class," Harabi replied. The short jounin grumbled a bit before telling him his team.

"Me? I got the worst student in class. Saki Ren. Hopefully Shichigatsu can even out the two girls." he replied.

"Ah, so you're Tobasu," Harabi extended his hand. Tobasu shook his hand, and Harabi nearly felt his hand go numb. After letting go of Tobasu's hand, he felt the feeling coming back.

Was it the rings? he asked himself as Tobasu walked away.

"These brats better be ready. I'm not about to teach them the basics again," replied another jounin, this one female. She wore a long black kunoichi dress,with the Konoha symbol on her waist. She straightened out her black gloves, which stretched to her elbows.

"Hika Kumoya?" asked a voice from the entrance of the room. She turned, her long black hair waving before settling behind her long neck.

"Hmm, you must be ... Kyajun, Okurete and Okujo. Correct?" she asked. The trio nodded. "Hmm, not bad. Maybe you can be suitable shinobi. Are you ready?

The trio nodded, and the first team and it's sensei left the room. Tobasu rested on a nearby chair, his head down. He felt a tap on his shoulder. He lifted his head, expecting to see his team in front of him. Instead, there stood a young woman in a grey suit and green vest. She had long chestnut brown hair in a ponytail. She laughed a bit before Tobasu could speak.

"Muzu," Tobasu said, cheering up a bit. Kakikizu Muzu was a very spirited - or was that spiritual jounin? She, out of all the jounin chosen to have a team, was the least worried, despite all of the other teams she had either quitting or failing the exam. There were rumors that she would go psycho on the team, but Tobasu knew Muzu fairly well. Most of the teams she'd been given were purposely the worst ones.

"Hope you have fun," she smiled, talking in a relaxed tone. "Don't worry about Saki. She's a good girl, and she has what it takes. To be honest, your team is pretty good."

"Really?" Tobasu asked. Muzu answered yes.

"For as long as I've known Ren, she's always been a tough cookie. Anadoru? Well, she's always been a sort of buffer for Ren should she get too wild. And Sanjuichi is pretty smart himself."

Tobasu perked up a bit before asking what team Muzu inherited.

"Team number 2. Ran, Hitanaka and Kosoku. Pretty good too. I can't wait to train and go on missions," she said before meeting her team outside the office. Tobasu waved before burying his head in his hands. Of all the teams though ... Saki Ren?

The young girl lost her mother when she was four years old. She grew up with three older brothers and her father. So, on that note, it wasn't too hard to see just why or how Ren grew up like she did. Tobasu calmed himself before rising from his seat. Three teams had already left, and he sensed he was next.

Team number three entered, and they left with their jounin. Team three was a sort of weird team. No one really knew them, even though they'd grown up in Konoha. It was kind of odd how those three ended up together. Tomaji Iku was their jounin, and he specialized in ninjutsu.

"So, you and I are the last two, huh?"a slim, blue haired young man said, folding a piece of paper. Tobasu agreed.

"Hope you have luck with your team," Tobasu said. He gave a smile back with his icy blue eyes. He wore the jounin uniform, but it was colored in grey andskyblue.And instead of carrying kunai, he had pieces of paper folded there. Bandages were on his hands with his fingers exposed.

"Thanks," he cooly responded. "Name's Origami Achisuto."

"Tobasu Tatak - "

"Hey Toba-sensei! Come on! We've got training to do!" Ren's voice burst into the nearly empty room. The Hokage was actually away, so there really wasn't anyone to quiet her. Ren ran through the door, then looked at the two jounin who were still there.

"Sweet," she said. "Our jounin has blue hair and sweet looking eyes. This'll be fu - "

"Uh, Saki Ren is it?" asked Tobasu. Ren turned, giving the short jounin an annoyed look.

"Yeah, who wants to know?" she asked, clenching her fists.

"Tobasu Tatakai," the jounin said, crossing his arms. "Also known as your sensei, or jounin, if you'd like..."