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A/N: So here's the update. Hmmm...guess that not many people liked the last chapter...not many reviews :(

Anyways the next chapters shouldn't take me to long to get out. No promises on exact dates though. I temporarily got over my writeres block and should know more or less how to do the story till the end of the chunin exam.

Anyways please enjoy the new chapter.

Chapter 16: The difference between Light and Dark!

---Hotel Room---

Yami was currently resting in his hotel room. He was lying on his back, on his bed. He had his legs crossed under his head for support. His jacket was destroyed and, stupidly, it was the only one he thought to bring. So he lied there, with a white shirt on, instead of his normal black jacket and fishnet shirt.

Kirigakure had provided each of the winning teams a training ground. Ookami and Inochi were off training. The second part of the exam would be taking place in three weeks from today, one month after the end of part one.

Like stated twenty teams have passed the first exam. Three were from Moon. Four from Sound. Four from Leaf. Five from Mist. Two from Grass. And two from Sand. During the second exam the teams would be cut to five. Those five teams would be declared Chunin.

He had just finished training for the second part of the chunin exam. He was doing his usual exercise of training his telekinetic abilities, using items around the rooms. Problem was that, though his powers did return, his telekinetic powers was even harder to control than when he first started using them. He could barely lift the tinniest of objects off the ground.

His other problem was due to the fact of the cursed seal. He angrily clutched his birthmark, as if it was the source of all his problems, which in this case it was. 'Can this thing…destroy my soul…if I rely on it to much…I didn't care that I killed all those nins…they were living breathing people…and I don't even give a damn about the fact that I just snuffed out their lives…', silent tears slid from his eyes.

'When I use the cursed seal…it makes me so much more powerful…but…it has the power to turn me into a monster…' He'd been thinking of what to do for a long time. Since he awakened from his slumber during the first exam. The subject of the cursed seal hadn't left his mind for more than a few seconds.

'If I never use the seal again I won't need to worry about this…but I'll won't be able to use the power I get from having it. What if I just let myself go…succumb to the power of the cursed seal…let myself become a monster. Ninjas shouldn't feel feelings during missions…it screws with there judgment.' It seemed like the most simple of options. Throwing away his soul, to become colder and stronger.

'But can I really throw away my heart…', He sighed.

'The seal has saved me already multiple times… It's helped me complete missions and save my friends. Can I really live without that power…', Yami sighed… 'Maybe I wasn't ready to leave the academy…'

He clutched the seal harder. "DAMN IT! WHAT THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DO!"

"Having difficulties?"

Yami jumped at the sound of the voice. He thought that he was alone. He looked up to see the Tsukikage at the door. "Damn it…you almost gave me a heart attack! Did you just get here?"

Waizu laughed, "Yami-kun, I've been here for about ten minutes now. I've been watching you for a while now."

Yami's eyes widened. "Ten minutes! I didn't even hear you! I didn't even sense you!"

Waizu laughed once more. "And that is why YOU are a genin and why I'M a kage."

Yami scowled at this and decided to lie back down. Waizu came and sat on the bed that was right next to his.

"I saw Inochi-kun earlier. He is very worried about you. So is Ookami-san."

Yami thought back to his two teammates. He noticed that Inochi was worried about him. Ookami was on edge, as if afraid that he would go nuts once again. Yami sighed, "It's understandable after everything that's happened in the past couple of weeks…" He looked over to the kage curiously, "What are you doing here anyways? I know most important people come for the tournament portion of the exam…but it's still three weeks away…shouldn't you be back home still?"

Waizu smiled. "It's a custom really. The Tsukikage always goes to the tournament portion of the exam about a week early to give all Ninjas of Moon a little special training. I decided to come three weeks ahead of schedule to…really needed a vacation. We're on good terms with Kirigakure so they won't mind this old man staying around for a bit."

Yami nodded. "So everyone who failed got home ok?"

Waizu looked sad for a moment. "Yes…the ones who failed got home alright…" He sighed… "Unfortunately…we lost more than a few genin. There will be a lot of sadness in Tsukigakure for a while."

Yami looked at the old man curiously, "Soooooooo…who's watching the village?

Waizu's face turned serious for a second, "The council-", Yami's eyes widened, "-and a second council made out of a combination of clan heads and family heads."

Yami seemed to calm down a little at hearing this. "All the clan heads and family heads?"

Waizu nodded, "All except you that is…and occasionally Kitsune-chan. Hizashi-san is tutoring Shikyo-kun in politics. Every now and then Kitsune-chan comes and takes part in these meetings, every few days when she can be taken away from missions. Some of the clan heads, Hizashi-san included, all take part in teaching Kitsune-chan, as well as there own children."

Waizu's face returned to its calm self. "I didn't come here for idle chit chat. Like I said…you teammates are concerned about you…Yami tell me what happened in the Island of Doom…"

Yami sighed…but started spilling the whole story. About there confrontation with the first three sound nins. Him getting ambushed by another six. His transformation into the winged demon. The slaughter. Almost killing his friends. The fight with team 17. Going into a coma. His awakening and the confrontation with Ookami. The events with the last sound team. And finally…the lack of emotions…his lack of concern.

Waizu's face paled at about the time of his transformation. Minutes passed that seemed like hours. Finally he sighed and stated, "So many unanswered questions. Lets start with this one. Why do you think that you passed out when you were about to…kill Sakura?"

Yami looked at him. "I experimented using the cursed seal before. I could only get to level 1 of course. Anyways every time I used the cursed seal, level 1, I wouldn't receive the strain that I normally would whenever I used my psychic powers for prolonged amounts of time. I wouldn't feel a damn thing. But then after a while…I would get sudden jolts of pain, as if it had built up but was being held back. I guess the cursed seal temporarily suppressed the pain. It happened that way during the mission with the sand team. During the fight with the squid…I didn't feel a thing…but after the battle, while I was sitting on the beach with Tanuki, I received a huge headache right there."

"Temporary suppression of your head aches…", muttered Waizu.

"Tsukikage-sama…I'm concerned about my lack of feelings…"

Waizu sighed, "This was one of the things that I felt most concerned about…"

Yami sighed and looked up towards the ceiling, "What if I just let go…let myself fall into the darkness…wouldn't that make me a better ninja."

Waizu just stared at him, concern etched on his face. "Apathy doesn't make one a better ninja…it makes one a better killer."

Yami's eyes widened.

"Though…killing is part of what ninja are meant to do…it is not all that we are…you'll do good to remember that."

Yami couldn't move… 'Murderer…I'd be nothing but a murderer.'

"Besides…you've been wanting to find a way to become a "true Hikari", as you say it. Can you really do that while engulfing yourself in darkness."

Yami's eyes widened, he lifted himself up and looked at the old man… "The odd weapon I used against the sound nins…was that the Hikari-Kakuhan?"

Waizu looked to be deep in thought for a while… "Sounds like it was something very similar. No doubt it was a tainted version of it, perverted by the powers of the seal. Tell me…how did it feel to you? How did you feel when you possessed it?"

Yami looked in thought for a moment… "It felt…like an extension of my arm…though I was only holding it with two fingers… It felt…like…power!"

"Power?"

Yami nodded, "It's the only word that I can think of for it."

"Hmmm… Hikari-Kakuhan originally could not be used to CUT…It could only grasp things…and smack them away…pending on the will of the user. Special techniques were used in combination with the Hikari-Kakuhan. With the protection of the Hikari-Kakuhan, your clan was able to become one of the first people to use their personalized taijustsu."

Yami thought about these words…he remembered hearing about his clan's special taijutsu. Most of their taijutsu moves were aerial and acrobatic skills, which would leave them, open to attacks, however with the Hikari-Kakuhan they would have a perfect defense to counter this problem. Most of the moves…also involved the Hikari-Kakuhan, making it impossible for him to learn them.

"If you can perform…THAT move…I see no reason that you can't perform the original. Have you tried?"

He nodded, "A few times…" He looked at his own hands… "It has something to do with concentrating chakra to my first and middle finger…but I don't understand what to do next…"

"You have you tried meditating for the answer?"

"I can't even concentrate…much less meditate…I can't perform the Hikari-Kakuhan…and I can't even use my telekinesis anymore."

Waizu looked shocked at this. "You failed to mention you were having problems with you telekinesis."

Yami shook his head… "I can still perform it…but I can barely do a single damn thing…"

Waizu smiled, "Yami…you're using you mind to move objects around…with all these issues going on in your mind…do you really expect to be able to use it well?"

Yami sighed, "I guess your right…but I can't clear my head…"

"It is but another task that you must accomplish alone…I cannot clear your head for you…As for the Hikari-Kakuhan, it is a move that is said to be created of pure light, from the users heart."

Yami looked at the Tsukikage oddly…

"Well…that's what your mother always said. If she was right…how do you expect to perform such a move with tainted thoughts?"

Yami couldn't answer.

"That's because you can't…out of , maybe it was instinct, you preformed this dark and twisted skill…now you must strive to do it with all the good emotions of your heart…without the powers of cursed seal tainting your mind." He got up to leave.

Yami grabbed his hand… "But how do I do that…how do I set aside the darkness?"

Waizu looked at the boy, "That's something you must discover on your own."

"What about my psychic powers?"

"Clear your mind and try again, without all this stress and uncertainty you are feeling…"

"What about my soul…my heart…my feelings…they are disappearing…I want them back!"

Waizu smiled and hugged the boy. "If you were really suffering from lack of emotions…you wouldn't care that they were gone…The cursed seal has yet to rob those things of you…it has merely…confused you", whispered the kage. He grasped the boy by the shoulders and looked at him straight in the eyes. "But that doesn't mean that it won't take those things away from you…You're not strong enough to control the demon that lurks in your heart. Not in your current state…Yami you mustn't go into the second level of the cursed seal again…Maybe…one day you will be strong enough to control it…maybe you never will…Only time will tell…" With that said…the old Kage left the room…leaving the boy to think things through…

"What the hell am I suppose to do…

---Training Field 22---

Ookami was in a vast training field, surrounded by trees. He was going through his normal exercises. This one involves hanging upside down, on a tree branch, and practicing swinging his blades. Usually he would swing each of his wakizashis five hundred times vertically. He would repeat this action horizontally and diagonally. This time was different though. In one of his hands, instead of his other wakizashi, was his Hakumei Shikon. He figured the constant chakra consumption, plus standing on the tree, would help him build up his reserves faster, when he started to run out of chakra he would sheath the blade. He could probably hold on to the Hakumei Shikon for about five minutes before passing out from chakra drainage, and that's without using any jutsu, which would probably drain about thirty seconds from his time. This wasn't good enough for Ookami…he needed to become much stronger…

Inochi was there as well. He was alternating between concentrating/practicing his chakra scalpel and reading when he ran out of chakra. He would either read about the human body, to find good targets for his chakra scalpel or senbon needles, or he would read books on medicine. Inochi's eyes shifted to the new comer. He smiled… "Hey Yami…"

Ookami had stopped doing his exercises by this point and come over as well. "Feeling better?", he asked.

Yami merely nodded… "Yea…sorry to…worry you guys…"

Ookami smiled, "Well you seem to be your old self…do me a favor…if you plan to go dark again…don't lose control…"

Yami smiled, "…I promise…I won't lose myself again", the promise was more to himself than to Ookami.

Ookami nodded, "Well come on! We got three weeks left to practice! Lets get to it! The old man said he'd give us some training after he goes to check on the other two teams!"

Yami nodded. He went over in the middle of the training field. He sat down in a lotus style. 'I have to clear my mind if I want to gain control again. Light…Darkness…none of that matters now…this moment…my mind must be cleared.' His eyes shifted silver and he sent out invisible hands around him, which started to pick up rocks all around the psychic. He tried to pick up larger ones but found it near impossible. He smiled nonetheless. 'Not as good as I used to be…but I still have three weeks! Its not like those will fly by in a second…'

---Hotel Room (Three weeks later)---

"Are you boys ready…", asked the worried voice of the Fifth Tsukikage. He had four Moon ANBU behind him.

All three of them only nodded. Today was the day…

Yami was clad in his usual attire, minus the black jacket and fish net shirt, instead chose to go in a loose white shirt. Ookami got rid of his fishnet shirt, but was dressed in the same gray muscle shirt. Inochi was dressed the same way as usual.

"Good…Lets go…" They all started making there way out of the hotel. For three weeks the Tsukikage had watched the three boys train…and if possible they all grew much closer and seemed to age much in these short three weeks.

Yami's telekinesis was at about the same level it was before he came to Kirigakure, which disappointed him. He felt that he could get much stronger, much quicker and was anxious to train it more. He had attempted the Hikari-Kakuhan many times…but it always failed…He felt as if he was getting close though…as if he were coming close to attaining his birthright.

Ookami had increased his chakra reserves somewhat. He, like Yami, also felt that he was only scratching the surface of his abilities and was desperate to continue his training after going back home.

Inochi studied hard and learned a lot. His chakra scalpel became easier to use for him. His aim was much better and his Raiton abilities were coming along fine.

Waizu had come every now and then to give the boys pointers. He helped them refined there skills. He tried to tutor Yami in performing his blood limit, though Yami couldn't fathom how the Kage would know anything about it. He helped Ookami with sparring, kenjutsu style. Lastly he tutored Inochi about the body. He couldn't do much for the trio. Having to help the other two teams out as well, though those teams both had there own jounin-sensei.

The foursome met up halfway with team 17 and the other Tsuki-nins. All the nins nodded to the Kage, six genins and two jounins. Though they bowed respectfully to the kage, the girls of team 17 just stared at Yami and kept there distance.

They would be going to the arena together. They would be watched by thousands of people from different countries.

"Everyone remember that it's important to try your best. You'll be watched by not only the citizens of Kirigakure, but by nobles from different countries. This tournament will be a way to… 'advertise' if you will, out village's ninja." He looked at the youngsters walking behind him. "Do your best…prove that our village is strong."

The genins nodded.

"Good." With that last thing said, the ninja continued their walk in silence towards the arena.

---Arena---

The ninjas arrived at the arena just in time to hear the Mizukage speak of the second exam. The genins were in the back room and listening to the Mizukage speaking to them. He was basically reiterating what the Tsukikage said, but trying to say it in a more flashy way…and failing miserably. The Tsukikage went to private stands saved for the kages, with his four ANBU. The jounin senseis also went with the Kage.

Yami looked around the arena, with his eyes, and was able to see the sound team that had been fighting with them at the end of the first exam. The one with the cleaver was staring holes in the back of his head.

He also saw the Leaf team, wearing those god-forsaken green eyesores. Lastly, only other team he recognized was the other Leaf team with the masked pervert, the snake-wearing girl, and the smoker.

"So lets begin", he heard the Mizukage say. The Mizukage gestured up to two screens and then walked off with his ANBU following him.

The screens flashed and words started flashing wildly up in them. 'Hmmm…looks like village name…the word team…and a number…Looks like they're identifying the teams by the village and team number.'

The screens flashed for a few seconds and then stopped. Mist: Team 12, on one screen and Grass: Team 2.

"I guess we just gotta wait till our team number show up", he heard Ookami whisper right next to him.

An Anbu walked up to a board and wrote the words Mist: Team 12 vs Grass: Team 2.

The screens started flashing again and names started going passed it.

"Wonder what team we'll have to fight…", Inochi wondered out loud.

The trio continued to watch the screen intently, waiting for there own names to be called.

They waited for a long time…seemed that just about every team had been chosen but there's. Yami's eyes widened when he saw the next names. Moon: Team 17 vs Sound: Team 7.

Yami face flushed at what he heard next. "Hn…" Yami turned his head to follow the voice. It belonged to the cleaver wielding sound nin.

'DAMN IT! They are up against those guys!'

He felt an elbow he him in the side and turned to see Ookami. He gestured towards the screen and Yami turned towards the screen and saw their name. Moon: Team 7 vs Leaf: Team 10.

Inochi broke their silence, "I wonder who they are?"

"YOSH! WE'LL SHOW THEM THE POWER OF YOUTH!"

'SHIT!', shouted the three boys in there head.

A/N: Who saw that coming?

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