Chapter 2- The Key to Survival is a Bell!
In the last chapter Shade met his new genin teammates and his jounin instructor. Now they have to get a bell from their sensei in order to stay a genin and not go back to the academy.
All is quiet in Training Field 3. None of the hidden genin make the slightest sound as they formulate plans to try to get a bell from their jounin instructor. ' If I use the right taijutsu moves and attack fast I think I can catch him off guard and get one of those bells that are tied to his wrist.' thought Sheena as she was getting the courage to go for a head on assault, 'But if I go head on he'll probably beat me even quicker. Maybe if I...' Sheena made a few hand seals and whispered 'Kaze Bunshin no Jutsu (Wind Clone).' Sheena jumped from a tree and landed behind Fayt-sensei. "I know you know I'm here," said Sheena while getting in the Gouken (Iron Fist Style) stance, "And I intend to get one of those bells." Sheena charged him and made a kick at his feet attempting to trip him. Fayt retaliated by jumping over her feet and throwing shuriken at her while she was getting up to attack again. The shuriken whizzed through the air heading straight for her. "Kawarimi no Jutsu!" shouted Sheena squeezing her eyes shut in case she were too late. Sheena disappeared but then reappeared? Sheena got hit by the shuriken, but suddenly disappeared in a puff of smoke. "A wind clone, eh? Pretty clever idea, but it won't work twice." said Fayt as he turned around to see Sheena flying through the air towards him ready to attack as she got closer. Fayt flipped backwards thinking that he successfully dodged the attack, but Sheena had other plans. "Baika no Jutsu!" shouted Sheena as she finished the seals. Her right foot grew big enough to kick Fayt from that distance. Fayt was taken by surprise by this technique so he got sent flying into a tree. Sheena wasn't about to stop there though. She landed and started running at him. 'I didn't want to use this now, but I need that bell if I'm ever going to have a chance at Lee-kun or Neji-kun.' thought Sheena as she suddenly started swaying as if she were drunk. She began attacking Fayt incredibly swiftly and unpredictably. She hit him a few times but he managed to dodge most of her attacks. "Suiken Kempou? It seems you haven't mastered it yet but you are doing well with it." said Fayt as he dodged her attacks more easily now. Sheena's eyes sparkled as she saw her chance while he was talking to her. She struck quickly at his wrist and the strike appeared to have missed but she had struck her real target. "Yes! I got the bell!" shouted Sheena as she jumped back from attacking her sensei. "I'm not going back to the academy and I'll have a chance at Lee-kun or Neji-kun! Uhhh. I didn't just say that." Sheena's face turned bright red as she ran to sit by the logs where they had first met.
'Damn. Sheena got the first bell, now there's only one left and I have to get it or else I get sent back to the academy. Which will NOT happen.' thought Rei as he saw Sheena running to the logs to rest. 'I've got an idea!' thought Rei as he emerged from the trees and threw cards at Fayt. Most of the cards whizzed by Fayt but some scratched him. One of the cards hit its target. It hit Fayt on the wrist and an exploding tag, which was attached to the card, stuck to his wrist. 'I'll set it off when he least expects it.' thought Rei as he concocted an idea on how to distract Fayt until the moment was right. Rei quickly jumped into the air as kunai flew towards Rei. He managed to dodge most of them but one caught him on his sleeve and flew into a tree sticking him to the tree susceptible to more attacks. Rei quickly grabbed a card from his pocket and cut his sleeve as a barrage of shuriken and kunai flew at his spot on the tree. Rei decided to take a head on approach this time. He charged Fayt and punched him in the stomach. Fayt jumped back just in time for the punch to miss him. Rei's sleeve suddenly began to flap violently and a barrage flew out into Fayt's stomach and knocked him into another tree. 'Now!' thought Rei and he made the seal that blew up the exploding tag that was on Fayt's wrist. The bell flew into the air and Rei prepared to jump and retrieve it, but Fayt was faster. He jumped and stepped on Rei's face launching himself up into the air and grabbing the bell. The kick to the face had knocked Rei to the floor and made him dizzy and unable to get up for a while.
'Yes! I still have a chance to get that bell, but I have to act fast because it looks like Fayt-sensei is going to start to become more aggressive with keeping that last bell.' thought Shade as he got up and jumped out of the tree to try to get the 'jump' on Fayt-sensei. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" said Shade while flying through the air. 'Kage Bunshin! How can he know that? The only rookie to use that move was Naruto and ever since he learned it the scroll was locked in a secret place only the Third knew. Well it looks like he knows it to so I better be prepared for anything else.' thought Fayt and he started making hand seals. "Kaze Kunai no Jutsu!" shouted Fayt and he threw kunai, that were barely visible since they were made of air, at Shade destroying three of the five shadow clones. The two left landed and went over to Rei to help him up. 'Rei, I've got a plan. I'll distract him and you listen for the bell and grab it when you hear it.' Shade whispered to Rei and he helped him up. "Kokuangyou no Jutsu!" shouted Shade as he finished the seals and a darkness crept over the area. Fayt looked around and could only see black, but he could hear footsteps running towards him. 'This must be a genjutsu.' thought Fayt as he prepared to fight whoever was running at him. "Kai!" shouted Fayt, but it was too late Shade was already in front of him and he grabbed the bell and threw it in the air and the other clone tackled Fayt into the ground before he could jump. Rei launched himself into the air and grabbed the last bell. "Now I don't have to go back to the academy!" shouted Rei and he ran over to join Sheena on the logs. Shade and Fayt walked over to the logs taking their time since the test was over. As everyone got settled Fayt made an announcement, "Congrats! You all pass!" "How can that be? Only Rei and I got the bells." questioned Sheena as she jumped up from the log. "Well Shade and Rei showed excellent teamwork and that was the whole point of the test. Well you should all go get some rest because tomorrow is our first mission. See ya." and Fayt disappeared leaving the three genin to celebrate for passing the test.