Alright. This gets a bit better. There in Leaf a bit before the exam starts. I'm introducing three new characters towards the end. One is soooooo cool.
Chapter 19: Konoha
There was about a week for Maemi, Jiro, Michiko, and Aneko to get their things together and ready to go to the leaf village. Maemi was happy to be returning to Leaf and seeing the Hokage again. Michiko and Aneko were hoping to find some new ninja equipment that they couldn't get at steel. Jiro just wanted to show off his skills again.
Aneko and Michiko sat in the shade of the north gate. They chatted as they waited for Maemi and Jiro to show up. "Aneko, what's going to happen in the chuunin exams?" Michiko asked.
"I dunno what leaf dose. Each main village has their own way of doing the Chuunin exam. I passed in Sand. I don't even remember much of what we had to do in that exam." Aneko explained.
"But you must of meet someone who became a chuunin at leaf." Michiko asked again.
"This is the first time Leaf's had a chuunin exam since the lord Hokage first attempt. It was also the time when Orochimaru destroyed a good portion of the village. Leaf has been wary on having the Chuunin exam there for fear of Orochimaru attacking them again. Now that he is dead and Naruto-Sama is Hokage, we no longer fear that."
Maemi had joined them now. He was packed and ready to go.
"What about Sasuke-kun? Wasn't he just as bad as Orochimaru?" Maemi asked.
"Yes, perhaps worse at some times. But Naruto-Sama killed Sasuke-kun as well. We no longer have to fear Sound anymore." Aneko finished.
"That's a shame. I remember reading that Sasuke-kun and Naruto-Sama were friends slash rivals until Orochimaru recruited Sasuke. I'm sure Sasuke-kun would have been a very powerful ally if never turned evil." Maemi said.
"Anyone know when Jiro's coming? We need to get to the Leaf village." Aneko asked.
"I'm right here." Jiro said walking up with his bag packed and ready.
"Great! Let's go then!" Maemi said eagerly as he started walking.
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In about two days, Team Aneko reached the hidden leaf. Maemi was excited, seeing all the ninjas from other villages. There was a lot of Leaf and Sand Genin, there was also a few from other villages like Rain, Grass, and Whirlpool. Maemi was more concerned with finding the ninjas from Earth.
Maemi took off without the group. "Maemi wait. You need a pass so you don't get into trouble with the Jounins!" Aneko called. Maemi stopped.
"What?" Maemi said.
"Genins from other villages need special passes that say they're here for the Chuunin exams. Otherwise you can get into trouble. Once you get the pass, you can venture off for awhile to see the other ninjas." Aneko explained.
Reluctantly, Maemi went with his group to get the passes. They went to the elders building to get registered. It took a few hours to get the passes but when they did Maemi took off running.
"Met back here in two hours! I'll finish up here!" Aneko called out to Maemi.
Outside Maemi watched the other Genins. A good half of them were from Leaf and a quarter were from Sand. Maemi knew a bit about their skills because of their alliances with Steel. Maemi was more concerned with Rain, Grass, Whirlpool, and the new village Earth.
As Maemi walked down the paths, the other ninjas watched him. They studied him as he studied them. Rain wore these mask type things over their mouths. He assumed they were for swimming under water. Grass seemed peaceful, yet powerful. Whirlpool seemed agitated, quick to anger and act irrationally. But Earth remained hidden. As he turned a corner, Maemi was confronted with a ninja team he wasn't expecting; Mist.
The one standing in front was a girl. She seemed older then Maemi, but not by much. She seemed very mellow. She wore a headband with cat ears on them. She held closely in her arms a black cat. She even seemed to have whiskers on her checks.
The two behind her were boys. One was definitely a clash. He seemed to be a pirate ninja. He wore his forehead protector as a bandana and carried a thick, curved sword at his side. He had a jacked on and a sash going from his left shoulder to his belt. On the sash were kunais. The only thing missing was a parrot on his shoulder.
The third member of the team seemed normal… well as normal as a Mist ninja could be. He wore his forehead protector around his forehead and had a pouch on his side for shurikens and a pouch on his leg for kunais. Nothing to special could be seen about this ninja, but Maemi knew that wouldn't last long.
"Well well well, if it isn't a little Steel Nin. You village must be sacrificing a months worth of meals for you to get here." The pirate ninja said.
"At least my village has money. You three probably had to mug your way here," Maemi said.
"Witty comeback." The pirate ninja said.
Michiko had been looking for Maemi, and had found him. She was shocked to find mist ninjas. Aneko had not mentioned Mist Ninjas when she said the villages that would be participating in the Chuunin exams.
"What's this? The pitiful Steel nin needs his bitch to back him up." The pirate ninja said.
Anger filled Maemi. Disrespecting him was one thing, but disrespecting his friends, his girlfriend in this case, was far more worse. He was close to unleasing the Gobi, but was able to keep his cool.
"That's enough Senri," The girl spoke. Her tone was calm, yet forceful. It was obvious she was in charge of the group.
After a moment of awkward silence, Senri spoke, "…Fine."
"Come along Akira, Senri. We're going." The girl said as she turned around and left.
"Yes Miss Neko," Akira said as he and Senri followed.
"Wait. Why are you here? My Sensei didn't speak of Mist Ninjas attending the exam," Michiko said. Neko turned around.
"We were allowed to attend the exam at the last moment. Leaf isn't as good of friends with Mist as they are with Sand. They had thoughts that we might try to sabotage them," Neko said, then turned and left. Maemi and Michiko watched at the three Mist Nins disappeared into the shadows.
"We gotta tell Sensei," Michiko said.
"You go. I still wana find the Earth Nins." Maemi said.
"You can't. You've already been wandering around for over two hours. Sensei is already upset with you." Maemi sighed. Then followed Michiko.
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After informing Aneko Sensei with the news of the Mist Ninjas, she looked slightly worried. She knew that there had been some troublesome ninjas emerge from Mist including Kisame.
"We just have to watch ourselves. Especially with this Neko girl. She might seem quiet, but something tells me she's hiding something." Aneko explained, "Now lets get up to our room so we can have some dinner!"
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A PIRATE NINJA! I just had to do it. > I love pirates and ninjas so I combinded the make SENRI! THE PIRATE NINJA! Just wait till you see what he can do. It's so stupid it's funny.
