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Chapter 4: Survival Test. What! I failed?

Yami was walking down the road. He was munching on a stick of pocky like he did every morning. He was wearing his normal outfit, except this time he opted to bring his Fuuma Shurikans, both of which were attached to the back his belt partially hidden by his jacket. He was thinking of what his teammates said yesterday. Jiman stated that he was a coward for not accepting his title. ' I hate to admit it but I guess he does have a point…' Kitsune's declaration of her noble dream. 'I wonder who this Sasuke Uchiha is…what does he have to do with Orochimaru and Naruto-sama?' Lastly his sensei…she stated that they were going to be participating in a survival exam to see if they were qualified as genin. 'Why did she keep looking at me so oddly?' They were all supposed to meet at training field 22. 'I wonder what kind of exam this will be?'

---Training Field 22---

Yami arrived at the training field. This training field was actually just a section of the forest that was used to train, and try to simulate, actual combat. He took this time to look around.

Jiman was there, in his usual outfit. He seemed to be fingering his sword nervously. 'Probably afraid of failing.'

Kitsune was also there. Yami's eyes widened. She was sitting on a rock, staring at the ground, wearing a beautiful dark blue robe. 'Hmmm…the Uzamaki symbol is a crescent moon with a spiral.' She was also matching pants and sandals; Yami noted that they weren't traditional ninja sandals. At her waist was a beautiful red-orange fox mask. Finally was the most beautiful katana he had ever seen. It was on her back, compared to Jiman who had his katana at his hip. The Blades hilt was black and gold and had an elegant design; the sheath, black with a golden fox on the side. 'There's probably one on both sides.' Yami couldn't stop staring… 'She's so beautiful…' His face started to blush…it blushed ten shades hotter when she caught his stare. He turned away… 'Damn Bankotsu, filling my head with perverted thoughts.' He opted to lean on a tree waiting, facing away from the Uzamaki heiress. That didn't stop her from staring though…she looked like she was fighting to get something out.

"Yami", Yami turned to the future container. "My twelfth birthday is coming up in exactly one month. That's the day I become the head of my clan…and receive the Kyuubi. I was hoping you would attend." Yami raised his eyebrow. Before he could reply, "Um well all of the clan heads are going to be present during that time, Tsukikage-sama said you might not attend, I was hoping you'd change your mind, I'd really like for both of my teammates to be their and Jiman already agreed."

The inauguration. This will be the day Kitsune receives the spirit of the Kyuubi via a seal in her naval. As the last Uzamaki it will be her responsibility to bare the Kyuubi…Yami remembered the Tsukikage speaking of that day. He said all the clan heads would be there and he wanted Yami to attend as the head of the Hikari. Yami declined. He also remembers her special training that was supposed to take place after that day. Firstly, from the moment she becomes a genin she will do nothing but D-rank missions until her twelfth birthday. Afterwards she would take two months off to do nothing but training with her jounin senseis, and other jounin that would volunteer to help train her. Naturally, since they would lose both their sensei and their teammate, her teammates would also receive the same training for two months off. Afterwards they would receive their first C-rank mission. It's understandable, the one who receives Kyuubi had the greatest potential in the village, and so everyone wanted to make sure they were ready to defend them self.

Yami mentally kicked himself. All this time thinking and she was still waiting for an answer. Jiman looked impatiently at him. Kitsune however continued to stare at him patiently. Yami sighed…He really didn't want to do anyting that had to deal with being a clan head…but he really didn't want any tension between his teammate and himself so he was stuck, "Yea, sure I'll come." Kitsune happily nodded at him. Jiman looked a little stunned that he actually agreed. So with that they continued to wait for their sensei.

They didn't wait much longer.

"Glad to see your all here on time", stated the Jounin catching her student's attention. The trio turned to see their sensei plus two other jounin. "These two" pointing to the jounin "will be observing the test and help me decide who to keep and who to cut." The genin hopefuls winced at this.

The two jounins jumped high into the trees. Hinadi simple stood still. "Alright the rules are, you have to impress me. Use anything you want, you may fight together or separately makes no difference to me, however you might want to come at me with killer intent or you won't have a chance" stated Hinadi. "Whenever your ready."

The trio jumped high into the trees.

---Jiman---

'Netsugan' thought the Gekkani. He activated his blood limit…His pupils quickly shifted to a blue color. He looked down at his teacher from his hiding spot. He wanted to make sure that she wasn't a Genjutsu before he made his move. He grinned when he saw the red and orange silhouette. He grabbed his Katana and launched himself down.

When he was in range he performed a horizontal slash, one that would've beheaded the jounin if she hadn't had ducked. She then grabbed Jiman's leg, whilst he was still in mid air, and threw him behind her and right into a rock. After peeling himself off the rock he immediately grabbed his blade and lunged at the teacher. He started to attack her wildly, unfortunately she blocked the blade each time by grabbing it between two of her fingers. 'How is that possible' thought a grim Jiman. After realizing his attempts were futile he jumped back and jumped high into a tree.

Hinadi was still standing there, looking nonchalant as if nothing happened. This made Jiman's blood boil. He started to pull out a few special kunai, the ones with explosive tags on them. He threw the kunai at his sensei whom didn't even move. The kunai hit the ground around the jounin and exploded. The jounin hadn't even moved when the explosions engulfed her. The explosions created so much heat that Jiman couldn't see correctly, so he deactivated his Netsugan. Jiman raised an eyebrow, "Oh my goodness, I killed her!" Jiman continued to cheer and grimace. Cheer at the fact that he defeated a jounin and grimace at the fact that he killed his sensei.

However when the smoke cleared Jiman's nearly choked. Laying there was a tied up, bloody, and burnt Uzamaki Heiress; staring right at him with pleading eyes. Jiman's eyes widened and he jumped down to aid the future container. "KITSUNE! OH I'M SO SORRY I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS YOU THERE!" Jiman apologized over and over again when suddenly he felt someone tap his shoulder. He looked back to see a frowning jounin looking down on him.

"Lessons one, Jiman, don't tell future opponents who your infatuated with. Lesson two, don't fall for such an obvious trap." With that said the jounin quickly tapped him a few times in his chest and he fainted.

---Yami---

Yami grimaced. He had a front row seat to Jiman's quick defeat. He couldn't blame him though. When he saw "Kitsune" lying on the ground in such a horrible condition he was about to jump down himself. However from the angle he was at he would see a smirking Hinadi behind a tree so he chose against it. Luckily that was the right choice of action. Now he was watching as the jounin careful placed the unconscious genin behind a rock and went back to the position she started from.

Yami thought about this carefully. He only had his telekinesis and his taijutsu to help him pass this test. He could start with his regular shurikan, but the chakra it required to activate his power might make the jounin aware of where he was. He could start off by throwing his Fuuma shurikan, which he was getting really good at controlling, but it had the same problem as the regular shurikan. Finally he could say the hell with it all and attack her with taijutsu, or even use the Fuuma as a weapon, but he'd probably get made a fool of just like the Gekkani.

Yami decided to follow up with a combination of the last two options. He pulled out both of his Fuuma shurikan, and flick them open. He had his back against the tree trunk; if the tree trunk weren't there his back would be facing the Jounin. He looked over the side of the tree and flung his Fuuma at the jounin; his arm still extended over the side of the tree and his eyes shifting silver, this time they remained like that.

The teacher clearly saw the Fuuma heading towards her and slightly leaned to the side just enough to avoid the shurikan. She turned to the direction the Fuuma came from and let out a little smirk. 'I hope she can't see my eyes'. With his eyes shining silver, he wouldn't be able to blend into the shadows of the forest as well. He was hoping he wasn't telling his teacher where he was. Luckily she wasn't moving, either she didn't notice him or she didn't care. 'Well let's see if I can get her'. The Fuuma that went past the jounin started to do a U-turn and come back at her. It was about to reach her when suddenly she turned and promptly avoided it. It was obvious that the move caught her off guard because she had a shocked look on her face. Yami smirked. He once again turned the Fuuma and sent it back at the jounin. The look of shock still evident on her face, she started to pull something out of one of her pockets. Finally she pulled out a kunai threw at the Fuuma. 'A kunai vs a Fuuma? Pfft no contest.' He smirked, which promptly turned into a frown. When the to projectiles connected an explosion was heard. When the smoke cleared he could see the shattered remains of his shurikan. 'Shit…' If she started throwing explosive notes he'd be screwed. 'The only reason I could stop Jiman's kunai that day was because he was just a rookie; and it still gave me one hell of a headache.' She started staring in his direction again as if daring him to make a move. 'Well she obviously knows where I am, so what the hell.' He sent his other Fuuma flying and sped it up with his power. The Fuuma sped towards the Hizuuga but once again she chose to just lean to the side and let it sail by her. She quickly turned and watched it. What surprised he was that the Fuuma ricocheted of a rock and land on the ground.

"Huh?" was the sound that came out of his sensei's mouth. He concentrated chakra to his feet and launched himself at the jounin. The jounin turned into time to block a punch aimed straight at her face. Yami growled at the fact that she caught him. He aimed a psychic enhanced kick right at her head; his eyes still shining silver. However she caught the kick as well with her other hand. He smirked at the slightly surprised look on her face.

'Probably wasn't expecting my blows to be so strong, or maybe just so quick. However, surprised or not, she still had him. He needed to end this quick, controlling his Fuuma and enhancing his blows was wasting his chakra like it was going out of style, and he didn't even want to think about the head ache that he was starting to receieve. Out of the corner of his eye he could see his Fuuma lying helplessly on the ground. He bent back and recalled it to his hand. When it reached his hand he attempted to attack the jounin only to have her dodge each strike, whilst still keeping a firm grip on his leg and dominant arm. Yami growled once again. He dropped the Fuuma and did the seals to Kawarimi no Jutsu.

Yami gave a sigh of relief; he was currently standing in another small clearing meters away from the spot he fought his sensei at. He was finally freed. "Ahem", Yami's blood ran cold. He turned to look at his sensei whom had a smirk plastered on her face. He quickly concentrated chakra to his feet, but not before the jounin tried to knock him out the same way she got Jiman. He quickly put his arms up to divert the blows away from his chest, which he did, and quickly jumped high into the trees. He leapt from tree to tree hoping to keep a distance away from his teacher. His arms were sore and limp, he couldn't move them at all; his head was killing him from using his power too much, and his chakra reserves were down so much. He was high up in a tree; from this position he could see that his teacher returned to her original position, at the other clearing. He sighed and leaned against the tree he was currently in. He was breathing heavily and his heart was pounding. He was about to grab some aspirin to take care of his headache…when he remembered his arms couldn't move. 'Damn it all!'

Yami turned to look at his teacher. His eyes widened. The Uzamaki heiress was flying through the air with a spiraling blue ball in her hand. "Rasengan…"

---Kitsune---

'Alright I think I'm up next…' thought the blonde. She had just seen her two teammates beaten before her eyes. Jiman fell quickly because of an illusion he saw of her being hurt. She frowned at this feeling that it was her fault. Of course she knew it was a genjutsu and apparently so did Yami. 'It looks like he improved a little in resisting genjutsu' Kitsune silently hoped. Afterwards he let lose his Fuuma shurikan, one of which seemed to have a mind of its own. 'I wonder if he was controlling it with a chakra string…' questioned the Uzamki. After his little one-sided fight with their teacher they both disappeared. About a minute later her teacher returned, without Yami. 'She probably just left him wherever she knocked him out from…'

"Alright! Its my turned now", stated the young blonde. She holds out both her hands, as if she's trying to grasp something invisible, concentrating chakra. 'Spin…spin…spin.' Seconds later it was complete an imperfect spinning ball of blue energy. "Rasengan" she whispered. Afterwards she launched herself at her teacher.

When Hinadi turned to the soaring heiress her eyes widened…again. She quickly sidestepped the girl and grabbed her arm, the one with the Rasengan. The Heiress quickly stopped concentrated chakra to her Rasengan, which quickly dissipated and in the blink of an eye pulled out her katana and beheaded her teacher. She quickly sheathed her sword and ran past the decapitated body…that then turned into a log with a poof of smoke.

She grabbed some kunais and hurled them through the air into a nearby tree. The teacher jumped out of the tree and the two engaged each other in taijutsu. Kitsune narrowed her eyes 'She isn't using Jyuuken.' They traded blows back and forth, each either blocking or dodge the others hit. 'I'm getting tired out and she still is going easy on me!' thought and angry heiress. She jumped back and quickly did a set of hand seals. She put her hand to her mouth and blew "Katon: Hosenka no Jutsu (Fire Release: Mythical Fire Phoenix Technique)". With that multiple fireballs started heading towards the jounin. However Hinadi was currently finishing her own handseals. "Suiton: Suijinheki (Water Release: Water Encampment Wall)". Water, from a nearby lake, rose around Hinadi and easily block against the fire technique. After the water subsided Kitsune's eyes widened. 'Where is she' she asked desperately looking around.

Kitsune's heart stopped when she heard a voice, "You're a little to dangerous for your own good." Kitsune turned around just in time to see Hinadi's flurry of taps around her neck and chest. She was out like a light a second later, and fell into the Hinadi's arms.

---Yami---

Yami's eyes were wide opened. After that intense battle between the two kunoichi he was in complete shock. "There both so strong…Kitsune is so much stronger than me…but she couldn't even touch Hinadi-sensei…", Yami hadn't realized he had spoken out loud. He saw the jounin turn to him…his blood ran cold

"Yami get down here, the test is over", she spoke. Yami could only nod and jumped down to their sensei. She was busy carrying Kitsune to the still unconscious Jiman. Yami looked over and saw his Fuuma; he promptly picked it up, folded it, and attached it to the back of his belt again. The two jounin who were "Judging" the test came down next to Hinadi. Yami could hear them whispering something.

This was driving him nuts…he finally spoke, "So how did we do?" Hinadi turned to him with a frown, she then glanced at one of the jounin who promptly nodded…she sighed, "I'm sorry Yami but you failed."

His world shattered… "W-w-wh-a-t-t" he squeaked…" He was so sure he did well.

Hinadi continued to look at him and opened her mouth to speak but was immediately cut off. "She means you're far to weak! She means you'll only hold back your other two teammates so we're…she's failing you", sneered a glaring redheaded (male) jounin. The other twoimmediately sneered at him.

"That's enough Kazu!" screamed the other unknown (male) jounin.

Hinadi shifted her gaze back to the heart broken boy… "I'm sorry Ka…Yami." With that she disappeared, in a puff of smoke, with her other two students…

The unknown jounin was just about to speak when "Kazu" spoke.

"Miserable worm…you'll never be anything…we should've killed you the day you were born…you're a disappointment and you'll always be a disappointment…just like your father!"

Time froze…his father…he would always be his fathers son…he remembered his mom commenting that, besides his bright happy blue eyes, he looked just like his father…that man…the one who came to Tsukigakure…the one who claimed to be a merchant…the one who his mother fell in love with… the one who was a spy… the one who slowly drove his mother to suicide…the one who R…R…R…R… "NOOOOOO!" with that a swirl of black, purple, and blue chakra swirled around Yami. Red flame like markings decorating his face and right arm. His eyes no longer slightly shinning, but actually glowing silver…the jounin were stunned, the killer intent was to much… "I AM NOTHING LIKE HIM!" at the last word he launch him self at Kazu and punch him across the face. The punch pushed him back several feet, but it did break him out of his trance and when he looked up he had to defend against an enraged psychic. Yami was throwing a flurry of punches at the jounin who, after the first punch, block them all. Finally the jounin saw an opening and punched Yami as hard as he could in the gut. Yami dropped to the ground and started coughing up blood…finally it dawned on him what he was doing…the red markings receded back to wherever they came from…the evil chakra dissipated…and his eyes changed back to those cold blue eyes.

The Kazu was fuming…he grabbed a hold of the boy by his next and slammed him into a tree. Kazu pulled out a kunai and held it ready to strike the genin. Yami could only watch…Kazu was about to strike when suddenly and hand grabbed his arm…Kazu sneered… "Let me go Ken."

"Think about it for a second what the Tsukikage will do to you when he finds out you killed this killed and if you don't care…think about what Megumi and Hinadi will do to you…"

Kazu growled angrily. He threw the psychic to the ground. "Those three won't be able to protect you forever", spat Kazu. Kazu then disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"Ken" looked at the boy sadly. He offered the psychic a hand and said… "Promise not to go all dark on me and I'll take you to the hospital…", he joked.

Yami sniffled… "I'll be fine…", Ken was about to ask again but was cut off, "Please I just want to be alone"…Ken could tell the boy was at the edge of tears…

"Fine…do me a favor though…don't do something stupid…and here take this…it'll restore your chakra and help you walk around…", Ken dropped a soldier pill in Yami's hand…then he disappeared…

Yami looked at the soldier pill in his hand and swallowed it.

He shakily got up…and proceeded to move through the forest…he decided to go to one of his favorite spots in the forest.

---Somewhere in the middle of the forest---

Yami was sitting on a tree branch in the middle of the vast forest. Trees were all surrounding him on all sides. Tears were sliding down Yami's face. Some sakura petals were falling from the trees and one landed on his lap. Suddenly…

"DIE!"

Yami turned to see a silver-haired boy flying towards him. His arms extended out to each side, each holding a wakizashi. It looked like the boy was gliding at him using the short swords as wings.

"WEAKLING!"

The silver-haired youth was about to reach Yami when suddenly Yami launched himself to another tree. 'Oh god I remember this guy…but wasn't that just a dream' thought the confused a slightly scared psychic.

The silver-haird youth stood on the branch that Yami had just been on…The youth was taller than him…His silver hair running down just passed his shoulders…A gray muscle shirt, with a fishnet undershirt…Black baggy pants…Black boots…Black fingerless gloves…finally a wakizashi in each.

'Shit, I'm in no condition to be fighting this guy…', it was true…he was still suffering from lack of chakra…and was slightly dizzy from the headache he had earlier.

The youth launched him self at the psychic. 'Ok I'm going to love way to much chakra fighting up here so I'd best go down and try go back to solid ground', with that Yami grabbed his last Fuuma 'Damn Hinadi for blowing the other up', and jumped to the ground. When he landed he sighed… 'Without having to waste chakra on sticking to trees, I might be able to defend my self.'

The youth landed a few feet away from the psychic. They both faced off…Yami's cold blue eyes staring at his green ones. The boy jumped at the psychic. They both started exchanging blows, Yami with his Fuuma and the boy with his wakizashis…Yami was grunting trying to block every blow thrown at him and the boy was… 'Smiling?…he's just playing with me?'

They went on like that for what seemed like hours to Yami, but it was only a few minutes. He was constantly getting tired…His headache wasn't helping him.

The boy still continued to smile at him. 'I got to stop him some how.' An idea popped into his head…actually he was only thinking about how he used to trip Jiman. 'This better work or I am so screwed.' With that his eyes shifted silver and he pulled his attackers foot up…The boy fell flat on his back and before he could get up the blade of a Fuuma was pressed to his neck. "Why the hell are you attacking me!", yelled an angry Yami. The boy smirked…and with a puff of smoke turned into a log.

Yami's eyes widened and before he could do anything he felt a blade make contact with his throat. "Oh your good Hikari…real good…"

A/N: and that was chapter four I hope you all enjoyed it.

Got my first review yesterday…I hope to get a lot more at some point…so as always please READ and REVIEW.

BTW anyone wondering…no I didn't make a mistake when I called her Hizuuga…you'll find that maybe in the next chapter…maybe the one after that. Peace.