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Disclaimer: Same as the last four chapters.
Chapter 5:
Setting: Same as last chapter.
Time: A couple of minutes after the last chapter.
Kabuto watched in awe as Team Koenma completed their tasks with ease. It seemed as though they were one, by the way they moved. For the first task, Kira had started the attack on Koenma for the bell. As she had come from below, Jin had appeared at Koenma's back. After Koenma began to block the blizzard of attacks from both genin, Toboe slipped in, surprising Koenma, and then Koenma jumped out of the fight. As he looked at the three genin, he smiled. "Not so bad, kids, but I know you can do better."
At that, Team Koenma grinned cheekily, and Jin replied, "As you wish, sensei." And then, without Kabuto even seeing them move, they were past Koenma, and Kira held the bell in her hands. Her veil fluttered slightly, showing that just like the boys, she was panting slightly. Or she could have been laughing. Shigure began to applaud. "You guys have gotten faster since the last time I saw you! Very nice. Now, Koenma, would you like to explain how they did it to my team, or should I?"
Koenma said, "Go ahead. I need to talk to my team." At that, he put his hands on Jin and Toboe's backs, pushing them to the opposite side of the clearing with Kira trailing behind.
Shigure explained, "Okay, so at first they used regular, simple attacks. However, they tricked Koenma, did you guys see that?" Uotani and Imai shook their heads. Kabuto had noticed something was off, but couldn't see what. Shigure continued, "Okay, well while Jin and Toboe distracted Koenma for that very short period of time, Kira attached a second string to the bell. By doing so, she could cause the bell to ring, making Koenma move the way they wanted. Then, when he pulled back, Jin, Toboe, and Kira regrouped and were told to do better. So, as they rushed Koenma, he tried to jump sideways. In fact, he would have dodged them perfectly had Jin not delineated from the group and put himself in Koenma's way. This caused Koenma to pause before he dodged the opposite way. While he did so, Kira tightened the string length between her and Koenma, which pulled on the bell and rung it. Since Toboe had come close to the bell, Koenma leapt back again, thinking Toboe had gotten closer than he'd thought. Koenma's leap broke the string that the bell was attached to on his belt. Kira, along with Jin and Toboe, drew in the bell quickly and took off the second string."
Imai asked, "But why didn't Koenma-san notice the string? Wouldn't it have been obvious?"
Shigure replied, "Not if the string was the same type of string as the one holding on the bell. Also, Jin has the ability of concealment. I know Uotani and Imai know that. So, Jin concealed the string that Kira used, and Toboe distracted Koenma long enough for Kira to attach the string."
Kabuto thought to himself, "She can tie a knot in two seconds? That's not possible…"
Then, Team Koenma returned to the clearing where Team 10 was waiting. Toboe grinned at Shigure and asked, "Explanation over?"
Shigure replied, "I believe so. Unless you have anything to say to the team." Toboe shook his head. Koenma smiled slightly and said, "Let the second task begin!"
For the second task, it seemed to Kabuto as though Team Koenma could do it with their eyes closed. As they made their way across the river, Kira used chakra to hold the boards in place while the other two passed more boards to her. As Kira placed one board at the front of the line, she would attach the board to her foot with chakra and then move her back foot forward. Before she removed her foot from the board, Toboe would place his foot next to hers, and Jin would do the same with Toboe's back foot. Before Jin stepped off the last board, he would pick it up and pass it forward to Toboe, who would pass it to Kira. All in all, this exercise, to Kabuto, seemed to be more about communication, but Team Koenma didn't say a word to one another except "thanks" or "good job" or "careful."
For the last task, Team Koenma sat in a circle around the hoop. They closed their eyes, and each projected a small amount of chakra to the hoop. Then, they slowly lifted the hoop, watching each other and making a beat with their fingers to make sure that they raised the hoop at the same speed. Once they had reached about 6 feet, they slowly let the hoop back down to the ground. When they finished, Jin sighed and stated, "I really hate that one…" Toboe and Kira nodded in agreement.
Shigure looked back at his team and told Koenma, "I don't think that that really helped, you know…your team is so coordinated they don't even need to talk. I guess that's what happens after eight years of working together." Koenma sweat dropped and replied, "I actually told them to slow down so that they could help your team… I don't think they listened."
Imai sighed and turned to Uotani and Kabuto. "Well guys? Do you think we can do that? Maybe not as quickly, but I think we can."
Uotani grunted and growled, "Hmph. They're just showing off… I think that if we take it slow, maybe."
Kabuto smiled weakly and thought, 'I didn't learn a thing…Aside from the fact that they work great together. The only time I've ever seen that kind of teamwork is when it's life or death. I wonder what made them connect so well…Jin used a simple technique to conceal the string, and Kira is obviously experienced with tying knots. Nothing nobody else couldn't learn.'
Shigure clapped his hands together once and said, "Okay! Let's try it, Team 10!"
And so, Team 10 struggled through the exercises, eventually getting the hang of it enough to complete them before dark. Team Koenma watched from the sidelines in silence, probably remembering when they were like that and had no coordination skills. Shigure watched silently, mentally taking notes on things his team could work on before the Chuunin exams, which were happening in three weeks time. He knew that with enough effort, Team 10 just might succeed in becoming Chuunin.
Okays! That's it. Next chappie will probably be a few days before Chuunin. Damn…this story is progressing waaaaay to fast. I haven't even had my pairings show up yet… -tears- Anyways, I think that this chapter could be loads better. But I needed Team 10 to work on teamwork, and also to show that Team Koenma is amazing at that category. I have to point out something though! Team Koenma has not shown any of the cool techniques I want to show! But they come up in Chuunin…
So, review peeps! If I get flames for this, I promise I'll try to rewrite it to be better. But be nice. Remember, It's almost ten o'clock and I went to bed late last night uploading chapter 3 (right?). I also spent most of the day OUTSIDE! (yay! Fresh air!)
Thanks to TamX2 for beta-ing this time!
I won't update tomorrow until after 12. I need a rest. Jeez, I can't believe I put up five chapters in what, three days? Oy vey….
MWAHs to y'all!
