Chapter 12: Chuunin Training

A few days have passed. Shino and Neji were back at the leaf village. Word had gotten round about the Chunin exams in a few months. Apparently not as many villages would be there. Leaf and Sand of coarse would be there. The smaller villages included Steel, Grass, and another new village called Earth. Earth started up around the same time as Steel, but in, of all places, the Earth country.

Maemi sat under his tree with Michiko outside their old academy. Jiro had even begun to soften up a bit towards them after the fight with Funato. He was still an ass towards Maemi when he got the chance, just not as much.

Maemi noticed the doors to the academy swing open. A loud crash filled the air as the door slammed against the wall of the academy. The sound made Michiko jump. Maemi looked with curiosity at the academy, wondering who it was.

A woman was walking towards them. She wore a tight, black jump suit. She wore a padded Jounin vest and a padded pants with plenty of pockets to hide ninja "toys." Her blond hair was sleeked back and rustled slightly in the wind.

"I take it the two of you are Michiko and Maemi?" She asked as she walked up to them.

"Yeah… Who are you?" Maemi asked.

"My name is Aneko. I have been assigned to be your new teacher by the elders." Aneko said sternly. She seemed to be in a serious mood.

"I know you. You're Kida's older sister," Michiko said.

"Yes I am. I was recently appointed Jounin and you are my first group of students to teach."

"Well that's cool. And just a heads up, Jiro's an ass hole." Maemi said. Michiko punched his arm playfully. "Well it's true!"

"Where is Jiro? We can't start your training for the Chuunin exams unless he's here."

"WHAT! That's so not fair!" Maemi complained.

"I'm sorry but unless he's sick I'm not starting." Aneko said. Michiko quickly sat up a few seconds before Maemi leapt to his feat and sprinted in some random direction to look for Jiro.

"Well he sure is fast…" Aneko said as she watched him run off.

"Only when he wants to be," Michiko said as Aneko sat beside her.

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"Alright. As you three know, my name is Aneko. I have been assigned by the elders to be your new Sensei since your old one turned out to be a dangerous criminal. But that's beside the point. The point is, the Chuunin exams are in two months. The two biggest participants are the Leaf and Sand villages. Grass and Earth are the two smaller villages that are participating. Our village can only afford one team to go to the exam. In a month and a half, all worthy groups will be faced in a tournament to see who will go to the exam. I will be training you in ways to be sure your team is that one to go to the exams. Is everything clear." Aneko explained with a stiff voice.

"Yes Aneko Sensei," Maemi and Michiko said.

"What ever," Jiro said. Aneko glared at Jiro for a momentarily then went back to talking.

"Now then, I'll first be teaching you Steel Dragon jutsu…"

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It's been nearly a month since Aneko Sensei started training Maemi's team. She's begun to mold Michiko after herself, a ninja that uses a lot of "toys" in her battles.

Aneko also has been teaching them a lot of advanced Jutsus, including the first one she taught them. The Iron fist was another jutsu that she taught them that was a bit on the difficult side to master.

Aneko Sensei had also begun to lighten up. She wasn't as serious all the time around them. She was more laid back when they were just goofing around, but was still serious when it came to the training.

Jiro had begun to isolate himself again. It took him the longest of the three to be able to master the jutsus Aneko Sensei was teaching them. He also began talking about this powerful clan jutsu, not to mention his training for his clan's ultimate jutsu.

Michiko was a master of the ninja toys. She also carried a sword on her back. She was very proud of her sword as well. She had been learning other clan jutsus as well.

Maemi was mastering all of the jutsus quickly. He was becoming quiet fond of the Iron fist jutsu. He was also a born and raised lover of Dragons so the Steel Dragon jutsu was another favorite of his. His father told him that his clan used to be able to summon dragons, but the contract scroll was lost and they could no longer summon them. But they were still trained in their wisdom.

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The month and a half was up. The tournament was but days away. Aneko Sensei was proud of her students' growth in such a short time. Their training with her, was about to come in handy.