Embers fell onto Koko's head as she ran swiftly by the basin of the volcano. It rained ember year round, so there was no cause for panic. The forest never caught fire from the embers, for the plant life was always covered with a heavy dew, making a forest able to grow around the volcano basin. The dew caused the plants and trees to shine whenever there was light. It was the forest of the village she had just come from; the village hidden in the mist. She was now on her way to Konoha, the village hidden in the leaves.

An ember hit Koko's ear, leaving a small burn. "Damn it!" she yelled as she rubbed her ear. She looked up at the embers angrily, but after a few minutes noted that it was actually a beautful sight. She began to smile when an ember hit her cheek. Her frown came back and she put a hand on her new burn mark as she scuttled for a nearby tree. Her blue ninja kimono that was cut up to alomost her thighs with a black jewish star on the back was covered in little black specks from the embers. "Oh, great! Now I have to wash it!" she said trying to wipe them off, but they only smeared. Koko groaned again as she started to take the kimono off. She quickly scanned the area with her green eyes, all the way to where the ground met the gray horizon. Her black hair, which was tied in a blood red ribbon, flowed with the wind. When she was sure that nothing was moving but the wind, she took the kimono off all the way to reveal her smooth, semi-pale skin with a pair of purple lace underwear with a matching bra. She knew that ninja girls usually wore a bandage around their chest, but Koko didn't like that; too tight! Still no movement but the wind, Koko raced at ninja speed to a river she knew about a half mile away.

Here at the river, embers stopped falling, which gave her peace to wash her clothes. She wasn't sure if they would even get dry, because today the clouds threatened rain. The wind blew icy, wintery cold air, and the grey clouds made everything look grey and solemn. Koko didn't care. She enjoyed this weather.

Before she took her underwear and bra off to get into the water and wash her clothes, she made sure she that her ninja headbands were setting where she could see them. She had four so far; Kirigakure, Iwagakura, Kunogakure, and Sunagakure. All she needed to earn next was the Konohagakure headband. Hence the reason she was going to Konoha. The village Hidden in the Leaves. (She didn't care about the bands of all the other smaller villages...she just wanted the main ones.)

Koko smiled as she gazed down at her acheivments. She went to school for each one of them, and earned them just as everyone else had to, and gratuated and everything. And she was not evn 13 yet! She couldn't wait to get the last one. It would surely be easy to get, and she promised herself not to let ANYONE get in her way. She would beat down all the other students-fairly, of course- and get her prize.

Koko laid her trophies down with her underwear and bra after she took them off. She washed herself up, then her clothes, and used some wind jutsu to dry her clothes and herself off. She hastily put her clothes on. She decided to actually wear her bands. Two on each arm, then she got back to her journey.

The journey was uneventful and short. She arrived in Konoha by daylight, and immediatly went to the Hokage's office.

"Yes, young woman? What is it you want?" asked the fourth Hokage. "I wish to enroll in ninjutsu here. Is that possible?" she replied in a stern, serious voice. "Why, of course. But we must test your level of ninja training since you were not born and raised here, and that test you must take is the chuunin exam. We will put you in the level of--" "Yeah, I know. I've been through this 4 times." Koko said, acting like she was in a hurry. "Okay, then. Let's start now." the Hokage said with little enthusiasm.

Surprisingly, Koko passed all parts of the test, but she had a little difficulty. The Hokage chuckled. "Wow, you're pretty good even though you weren't born here. Let's see..." he looked down at some papers that must've had Koko's information on them. You are going to be a Genin. They're all about your age, so you should fit in well. I'll put you in a group, but they're all full, so you'll be number 4 in the group you're put in. Is this alright with you?" Koko didn't say anything, but she nodded in approval. The Hokage chuckled again. "Eager are we? Well, it's not even 7:30 yet, and class starts at 9. I'll inform your instructor that you'll be coming, and he'll tell your teammates. Meet them in the park with the swing at 8:45. They'll be waiting. Okay?" Koko nodded with an emotionless expression. The Hokage laughed as Koko walked out of the room. That girl has unimaginable power within her...could she be...? No, but I must warn her instructor about her power, he thought.