Itachi escorted Hitomi to the exam the next morning. He could feel her nerves, but she hid it well. Before the entered the already half-full stadium, Itachi pulled her into the forest. Itachi could feel the nerves and the surprise in Hitomi's body when he embraced her.

"Itachi—" He hushed her, and then he kissed her. At first her lips were unyielding, but then she relaxed and kissed him back. Itachi could feel a powerful current moving through him. They deepened the kiss and then Hitomi broke away, "Whoa." She whispered, making him laugh. Itachi held her until he felt all the tension leave her body. Hitomi gave him a final squeeze, "Thank you."

"You're ready." Hitomi nodded, Itachi took her hand and led her into the full stadium, then took a spot on the rail next to his father and his brother.

"Shisui is monitoring the fights today." Itachi shrugged, it didn't matter now, he wasn't going to kill for power, he was a good person… deeply though, he knew there was an evil in him, hate and frustration built up over years and years… but he could control it. There was evil in everyone, it was just a matter of controlling it. "Hitomi's fight it first." Itachi looked up, surprised. Sasuke looked on with exictment, it was his first time watching the chunnin exams.

Hitomi stood in the center of the ring, facing a rookie from their own villiage, Itachi recognized the eyes of the Hyuuga clan. He gripped the rail. Hitomi was strong, but against the killer gentle fist, he had no idea if she could win or not. His gripped tightend as the fight started. The Hyuuga attacked first, Hitomi blocked all his attacks, but after a few minutes Itachi could tell something was wrong.

"Interesting." Fugaku muttered.

"What?"

"Even though she's blocking his moves he still managed a critical hit." Hitomi jumped back in a defensive stance, but coughed blood. The Hyuuga smiled. "He didn't stop any chakra flow." Fugaku told Itachi, "She'll get damage, but she can still use some attacks, and then her bloodline limit, of course." Itachi had forgotten all about her bloodline limit, he realized he didn't even know what it was. Hitomi hit the Hyuuga with her spinning star, taking several Shuriken to the chest. They both retreated. "Who taught her that attack?" Fugaku aked Itachi.

"She made it up herself."

"Impressive, she must be one of the fastest here." Hitomi followed her attack with a series of kicks and punches, even with Itachi's keen eyes he would have to use his sharingan to follow her movements. Somehow the Hyuuga found an opening, Hitomi retreated again, this time she was shaky, the Hyuuga jumped on her weakness. He attacked her furiously, giving Hitomi only time to block his hits, but she couldn't block them all. Hitomi was on her knees now, coughing blood, the Hyuuga kept attacking. "If this continues any longer she'll be killed! Why isn't Shisui stopping the fight?" Itachi looked for Shisui, he stood a few meters away from the fight and showed no intention of stopping it.

"This is ridiculous." Itachi said, "I'm going down there."

"No! Stop Itachi, it's not aloud!" Fugaku gabbed his sons arm. "She knew the risk coming into the exam—"

"Let go of me!" Fugaku jumped away, as if hit by something.

"Look! Look! She's standing!" Sasuke shouted, Itachi and Fugaku looked over in time to see the Hyuuga go flying into a wall. Itachi raced to the rail, Fugaku behind him. Hitomi stood, her neck slack, electric blue chakra swiriling around her. She looked up, Itachi gasped, her eyes were totally black.

"That is the Amaya bloodline limit." Fugaku said, trying to hide how impressed he was.

"What can they do?" Sasuke asked.

"They can collect the chakra of the living things around them, this gives them limitless chakra for a little while, but they come back nearly drained of life, which is the weakness. Their black eyes can read the thoughts of a person like a book and they can measure chakra with them too. It's said they could read your soul. A person can hide thoughts of course… but a person can't hide their soul." Itachi looked back at the fight… that's why he couldn't lie to her.

Hitomi took slow steps twords the Hyuuga. His eyes were wide and scared. Hitomi spoke. No one could hear what she said, but the Hyuuga's eyes grew more and more afraid. Hitomi's visible chakra formed a long fiery whip, grabbing him by the ankles and throwing him into the opposite wall. The Hyuuga collapsed. Shisui checked his vitals and called the fight in Hitomi's favor. Her blue tornado of chakra disappeared and she collapsed.