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Chapter 2: Genin Exam and Rivals.
---Ninja Academy(back room)---
Yami looked around the room. In the front of the room Megumi-sensei took her seat right next to the Godaime Tsukikage. Waizu Jin, the fifth, was a wise old man wearing traditional dark blue robe and hat of the Tsukikage. Around the two sat multiple Jounins. They were all wearing standard Jounin uniforms. 'Hmm…probably the jounin-senseis thought Yami.
Both Megumi and Waizu smiled warmly at Yami. Some of the jounins were merely looking at Yami in anticipation. Some were indifferent. The rest were glaring at him, if looks could kill Yami would've keeled over the second he walked in the room. Seeing these jounins look at him in such a manner made Yami's blood boil. 'They're glaring at me again…and its all because of that bastard…
"YAMI!"
"Huh!" Yami was once again broken out of his trance. Megumi sighed…
"Would you please pay attention for once"Megumi groaned. "Ok Yami we'll start out with your aim, from where you currently are you must hit the target behind you. You must hit at least one Bull's Eye. You may choose to use a kunai, shurikan, or senbon. You may throw when your ready, however you only have five chances to hit the Bull's eye." Megumi explained.
Yami mentally sighed…he hated marksmanship test. He didn't particularly like any of the three selections. He could stand Fuuma shurikans because it was easier to use with his telekinetic powers. He turned to see the target. It was a good twenty feet away. Yami pulled out one of his shurikan and aimed. Yami's eyes momentarily shifted silver once again. Finally he threw. It went far and fast and hit the Bull's eye without any problems.
Most of the jounis were surprised. Some mutterings things like…
"He got it in one shot!"
"Isn't this kid supposed to be the dead-last?"
Yami mentally groaned 'I swear you fall asleep a few times in class and I'm suddenly dead-last…well actually there were those times during tests…and that one time when I was sparring…Megumi still can't figure out how I fell asleep on my feet…Hell I don't even know that…hmmm…'
Megumi and Waizu smiled to each other knowingly. Waizu also knew all about Yami.
"Very good!" Megumi praised. "Now I want you to show me either one of the academy jutsus. Whenever you ready you may begin."
This one Yami had no problems with doing. Because of the training he did in his other skills he never learned any other jutsus. However he did learn great chakra control, which always helps him out in all his Ninjutsu. He performed the Bushin no Jutsu. He created 3 perfect clones of himself.
Megumi and Waizu both smiled once again. They knew that Yami would ace the test. Besides his title of dead-last.
Waizu stood up walked up to Yami. "Congratulations Yami-kun I present to you the Hiaete of Tsukigakure, you are now officially a genin of the Village hidden in the Moon Light." With that Waizu handed Yami his Hiaete, after removing his headband Yami tied it around his head and smiled at the old man.
"Thank you Tsukikage-sama" Yami bowed respectfully. The Tsukikage was one of the only people that Yami could stand. He never looked at him with those eyes like the other people do. He always tried to help him. 'Tsukikage-sama and Megumi-sensei are the ones who looked after me after mother…'
"Fantastic job Yami" Megumi's voice once again broke Yami out of his trance. She smiled sadly at him and gave him a small hug. Seeing her smile like that made Yami believe that she was going to miss him…Oh how wrong he was…
Yami bowed once again and walked out the room. Waizu's face suddenly became very serious. "Well, what do you think about him?" asked the Kage.
"No! That walking sin.."
The jounin couldn't finish, a glare from both the Kage and Megumi almost made him choke. The jounin chose to reiterate.
"I mean…that young man does have skills, however the nine chosen are much better candidates."
Both Waizu sighed… "Very well then. You're all dismissed" stated Waizu. With that all the jounins poofed out of the room, only Waizu and Megumi were left.
Megumi had to suppress her tears. She was about to leave when the Tsukikage caught her attention.
"Megumi do you remember these two students. They were in your class last year…" asked Waizu, as he pulled out two pictures…
---Ninja Academy (Classroom)---
As Yami walked into the academy he could see Bankotsu, Kasai, and Kitsune smile at him.
Megumi walked in after Yami. "Congratulations to those of you who passed today, and those of you who didn't will have to try again next year. Come back early…"she could hear Yami groan "tomorrow morning for your…team assignments. Your all dismissed" with that Megumi poofed out of the classroom. The students started to run home to their parents, some continued to bug Kitsune, and others continued to bug Jiman while he continued to bug Kitsune. Kasai on the other hand grabbed both Yami and Bankotsu and proceeded to drag their favorite hang out The Ichitaku Ramen Stand
---Ichitaku Ramen Stand---
The old lady, known to the trio as Ramen lady, looked up to see her favorite three costumers. "Hello you three what may I get for you?" asked Natsuko Ichigo.
"One pork ramen" said Yami.
"One chicken ramen" said Bankotsu.
"One shrimp ramen" said Kasai.
"Coming right up!" stated Natsuko.
Natsuko was the owner of Ichitaku ramen stand. She was a middle-aged women, wearing a purple kimono. She had black hair and yellow eyes.. The original owner was said to be the best ramen cook in the world. He owned it many decades ago back when the First Tsukikage was still alive. The story goes that the First was spent years looking for the best ramen chef in the world and when he found him he gave him the job on the spot and agreed to give him a restaurant in his village. However that was probably just a rumor…it's also said that the First was their everyday and ate at least forty bowls of ramen a day.
"Finally after all are hard work we're finally genin!" screamed Kasai.
Bankotsu grinned, "Yea I just hope we're all on the same team. That would be awesome."
"We'll find out tomorrow…nothing we can do but wait." Stated Yami fingering his forehead protector.
"Ramens ready, eat up kids!"
"Thank you" replied the kids.
They all ate in silence afterwards. When Bankotsu was finished he turned to Yami and said "Hey Yami do you mine being my guinea pig.…I mean…uh…would you mind helping me test out a new skill." Bankotsu tried to look innocent after his slip up.
Yami's eyebrow twitched… "Jackass" he muttered.
"So will you help me out?"
"Yea sure, but first I'm going to have another bowl."
"Awesome I'll meet you over at training field 14" stated Bankotsu as he ran off, after leaving the money he owed.
"Hey wait up I'll come with you" Kasai yelled and ran off, also after leaving what she owed.
Yami sighed "One miso ramen please."
Natsuko smiled "Coming right up."
After he was finished he paid and left to training field 14.
---Training Field 14---
Yami was walking towards the training field when suddenly…
"AAHHHH!" the scream caught Yami's attention.
"Bankotsu?"
"YOU BASTARD WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HIM!" he heard Kasai scream.
With that Yami started running full speed towards the training field. What he saw made his blood boil.
Bankotsu was on the ground bleeding from multiple senbon needle wounds. He was curled up on the ground looking very much like a pin coushin. A fearful Kasai right next to him. "You underhanded, dishonorable bastard!" she screamed again, looking towards one of the trees. There standing was none other than Gekkani Jiman.
Jiman smirked and said "Dishonorable you say? The idiot was caught in a simple trap. Any ninja worth their Hiaete could easily have avoided it. Besides…ninjas don't play this honorable game. Any ninja who plays fair needs to go back to the play ground. Besides its Yami's fault…after I heard you talking at Ichitaku I ran up here to plant that trap for him…not for that big lug."
Yami sneered at that last remark.
Kasai was fuming she opened her mouth again but was cut off when Yami spoke "That's enough Kasai, unfortunately the bastard is right, a ninja's main weapon is deception. Help Bankotsu to the hospital."
"But what about you?" asked a scared Kasai.
"Don't worry about me just help Bankotsu!" snapped Yami.
With that Kasai proceeded to help Bankotsu up and drag him away. But not before he heard Bankotsu mutter "Be careful."
Yami and Jiman both turned to each other started to stare each other down. Jiman was wearing a white robe, which probably had his clan symbol a full moon on the back. From his position Yami could also see that he was wearing gray pants with matching boots. What worried Yami most was the long katana at Jiman's side. He couldn't see the Hiaete, it was probably still being used as a belt under the robe.
Jiman spoke "Seems the dead last needs to be taught a lesson, if you apologize now…I just might let you go."
"Go to hell" replied Yami cooly. Yami got into the basic academy taijutsu stance. 'Damn it, this is what I get for leaving my weapons at home' Yami mentally cursed.
Jiman on the other hand was pissed 'How dare he insult me…I'll make him pay…' Jiman pulled out a kunai with his left hand and grabbed the handle of his katana with his right.
They both stared at each other down…waiting for the other to make the first move. Yami's cold blue eyes staring at Jimans red ones.
Finally Jiman threw the kunai at Yami. Yami sidestepped the kunai and started running at the tree Jiman resided in. 'Ok he's from the Gekkani clan, with his Netsugan (Temperature Eye) activated he see the heat my body radiates, so there's no point in trying to sneak up on him' thought Yami. Jiman jumped down at Yami pulling out his katana at the same time. When he reached Yami he attacked the psychic with a horizontal slash. Yami however jumped over the blade and Jiman entirely, and hit him in the back of the head with a kick as he was 'flying' over him. Jiman fell right on his face after that last move. When he landed Yami quickly turned around to face the downed Gekkani. Needless to say, Jiman was pissed…again. He jumped up to his feet and faced Yami once again. Jiman lunged at Yami once again swinging his sword around trying to hit the Psychic. Yami narrowly managed to avoid every strike thrown at him. 'The idiot has completely lost it, he's blinded by anger. Jiman was attacking so wildly he didn't even see Yami's hand seals.
Jiman performed one more horizontal strike at Yami, which swiftly gave the young boy a deep cut. Jiman grinned at first but was twisted into a shocked expression when he saw Yami change into a log with a poof of smoke. 'Kawarimi no Jutsu(Replacement jutsu) damn it' Jiman cursed.
"You pyscho that would've hurt like hell!" screamed an enraged psychic. Jiman turned around in time to see Yami punch him in the gut. After the first strike Yami quickly aimed a roundhouse kick right at Jiman's head, and with a momentary shift from blue to silver, the kick sped up and knocked Jiman on the floor a few meters back. The katana flew was thrown several feet as well. Jiman was even more annoyed than before as he slowly got up. He pulled out several kunai.
Yami was beginning to get back into his fighting stance when suddenly his eyes widened. 'Shit those are explosive notes'. Jiman threw the first few kunai at Yami. Yami in response started dodging every kunai he could, and in some cases jumped away from the explosions. He managed to avoid all the kunai, though he did get singed by some of the explosions.
Jiman had one more kunai in hand. 'This is my chance!' though Yami. Jiman started to throw the kunai. Yami's eyes shifted to silver once again and he extended both his hands towards Jiman. The kunai left Jimans hand. Yami used all his power to freeze the fast moving projectile in place, a mere meter away from Jiman. Jiman's eyes widened "WHAT THE F-" Jiman started but was immediately cut off by the explosion. Fortunately for Jiman he was far enough from the note to survive, he was however knocked back several feet. This time he didn't get back up. Yami took this time to recover from his large chakra consumption. "…ah…my head…", Yami started to massage his temples.
---A few meters away---
In a tree, hidden from the view of both combatants, one could see the Godaime and a young boy with glasses.
"So what do you think", asked the older man.
"Your right he's good, but the final decision belongs to Ookami," stated the spectacled boy.
The older man only nodded. He then turned to two anbu and said, "Grab Gekkani Jiman and take him home…and make sure to tell Gekkani-sama of his transgressions today." The anbu only nodded and disappeared.
---Back with Yami---
Yami started to get up, though he was still a severely weakened from his chakra usage. Suddenly he saw two anbu appear next to the Gekkani. The one in the bear mask spoke first "Hmmm, good job kid." The bear masked anbu picked up the Gekkani and disappeared.
The one in the frog mask spoke next "Your friend was taken care of and sent home…his wounds were nothing serious but he'll need his rest. He should be fine by tomorrow. So you should go home and recover yourself." After that the frog masked ninja disappeared.
Yami sighed and decided to accept the anbu's advice. He'd see Bankotsu and Kasai later.
Authors Note: Wanted to add a fight scene there…I hope I wrote it all right. Please Review.