The Exams part 4

Training

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After Yumi's funeral everyone was concerned for Shino. He seemed colder and more distant than he was before. Ronin disappeared from the village all together, leaving Lana under Kurenai's care.

"Have you gotten any word on Ronin?" Ren asked Naruto. They were sitting on the couch just staring off into space.

"No I haven't. I would have said something if I did." Naruto retorted.

"No need for an attitude." Ren said. Faron was walking into the room.

"Guys. We got a letter." Faron said.

"Who's it for?" Naruto asked.

"All of us. Doesn't say who it's from." Faron said.

"Open it." Ren said. Faron ripped the envelope open and it revealed a small piece of paper. Faron took it out and read it.

"To my friends. I have left to the village to train. No need to look for me and tell Lana I'm sorry about what happened. I'll be back in about a month's time. Dragonkin."

"So Ronin's training? What would he need training for?" Naruto asked. Ren shrugged.

"Maybe it has something to do with the new element he seems to have aquired." Ren said.

"Okay so now what we just train with everyone while he's away." Faron said.

"But why would he say sorry to Lana for?" Naruto said.

"Maybe he lashed out at her after Yumi's death." Ren said. The words hurt him as he referred to Yumi.

"Well I'm going out to train." Naruto said he grabbed his pouch and pulled on his orange jacket and left. Ren just sat there. Faron grabbed his stuff and headed for the door.

"Okay. Ino wants to see you later so you know, don't leave her hanging." Faron said.

"Alright. See ya later." Ren said. Faron walked out the door. Ren slumped into the couch.

(With Ronin)

Ronin was in a battle stance. He was fighting a 'human form' of Infurgus. Ronin charged in and went for a low sweep. Infurgus easily dodged in and slammed his fist into Ronin's jaw. Ronin flew back and caught himself in mid-air. Ronin flipped back and threw necros fire at him. Infurgus blocked the fire with a simple gesture.

"What is this suppose to teach me?" Ronin asked in an annoyed tone.

"Just for my enjoyment. It's been awhile since I got to face someone of your caliber.

"Well good for you. Now that you got to square me in the jaw can you actually teach me something." Ronin growled.

"Alright. We'll start with you learning how to use my flames better."

"I can use them well."

"Not well enough. Now here's something you haven't used yet" Infurgus held out his hand and a thin laser appeared out of his forearm. Ronin rolled his eyes. Then it burst into a large flaming blade. He struck a rock and it cleaved straight through leaving the whole rock charred. Ronin looked dumbfounded.

"Maybe I need to train with you more often." Ronin grinned. Infurgus gave him a grin.

"Alright. Here's how to do it. Focus your flame into your fingers and release the energy in a contrated manner." Ronin held his hand down and focused. His hand burst into flames. He focused even more. The flame exploded and he flew back and rolled across the field. Infurgus laughed.

"Oh that's good." Infurgus chuckled. Ronin lied there. Then he got up.

"Okay let's try that again" Ronin said. Ronin tried again. This time he got a little closer. This was gonna be a long month.

(With Faron)

Faron made a sword from his gauntlet then dropped it. He made and signs and the sword transformed into clone. Faron studied the clone.

"The jutsu could be improved. I won't always have time to drop a sword in battle." He drew his own sword and shield. He looked at the clone. "Fight me." he told it. A sword slid out of its hand and a shield formed on its forearm.

Faron rushed forward and swung his sword. The clone blocked it with its shield. They fought blade to blade. Faron kicked the clone in the chest and cut off its right arm holding the sword. He lowered his sword thinking the battle was over. The shield on the clone's left arm slid forward to its hand and transformed into a sword.

The clone slashed at him and he quickly raised his shield. What? It can still move? He thought. He rammed the clone with his shield and stabbed it threw the sternum. He twisted the sword and and yanked it to the left cutting through its chest and arm.

"That's enough." He told it and the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke. He sheathed his sword and put his shield on his back. He was now certain that training was going to be good. Very good.

(With Naruto)

Naruto was with Kurenai and Lana. Naruto was training with the assistance of Kurenai. Lana just watched.

"So in the letter Ronin apologized to me?" Lana asked.

"Yeah. It's not a surprise. He's a really nice guy, you just make it seem like that since he has a demon in him it makes him evil." Naruto panted.

"When he comes back he'll talk to you about it." Kurenai said.

"Well from the stories I was told he had killed people with no remorse." Lana said

"He never killed unless he needed to." Kurenai said.

"Although, he is mildly sadistic." Naruto stated.

"But Lana, give him a chance. He has had a rough upbringing and he truly wants to get to know you." Kurenai said.

"I'll think on it." Lana said.

"Hey kid!" Jiraiya yelled from across the field.

"Jiraiya!" Naruto yelled. He jumped up and ran to the sage.

"You said you wanted me to train you so let's go." Jiraiya said. Naruto looked up in confusion.

"Why are we going?" Naruto asked.

"What I want to teach you requires more space." Jiraiya said.

"Ok. See ya later Sensei." Naruto said.

(With Ren)

Ren was in his full armor training in a field in the north section of Konoha. Ino was with him. Ren sat down. He was on the verge of discovering a new technique, and with Ino to help him, he was even closer.

He wondered about all of the different ninja here because of the exams. He wondered how many were training right now.

"Who's that?" Ino asked pointing at the far side of the field. He looked and saw three figures approaching. When they got closer he saw that they were sand was two boys and a girl.

A boy with black hair stepped forward. He was wearing a black shirt with a pouch for ninja tools on his side. He wore his headband on his right shoulder and erie light blue eyes.

"Hello." he said paying no attention to Ino but staring straight at Ren.

"My name is Sabaku. And you are Ren I presume?" Ren slowly nodded his head. Sabaku pointed to the girl to the right of him.

"This is Ameno," and he pointed to the boy at the left. "And this is Damion." Ameno had brown eyes and brown hair that was kept in a ponytail. She wore a white tank top that ended in a skirt, she also wore black shorts with a pouch attached. Instead of a headband she hand the Sunagakure insignia on her upper right part of her shirt.

Damion had brown hair kept of of his face with a Sunagakure headband. He had green eyes and wore a Sunagakure flak jacket that had no shoulder guards.

"How did you learn my name?" Ren asked. Sabaku chuckled.

"Oh, everyone heard about how you beat Sasuke Uchiha." Although this was a reasonable answer, Ren felt like it wasn't the true reason he knew his name.

Sabaku looked at the training logs beside Ino. "Could I train with you?" he asked. Ren stood up.

"Sure." He said as he drew his sword and put on his helmet. Sabaku took out a kunai. Ren noticed the kunai was different from the normal kind. It was flat on one side like a katana and only sharp at one end.

Sabaku charged and Ren did nothing. When Sabaku was in range of his longsword he swung. Sabaku moved to the side and stabbed Ren in the chest, but didn't penetrate his armor. He then hit Ren in the chest with the palm of his hand and backed up.

What Ren didn't notice was the explosion tag on his chest. Ino, however did.

"Ren!" she yelled. Sabaku made the hand sign and Ren heard a hissing sound he looked at his chest to see the explosion tag.

The tag exploded and a cloud of black smoke rose. Sabaku had a satisfied look on his face. Suddenly a blade slashed down in front of his face. He backed up quickly and it slammed into the floor.

Ren rushed from the smoke swinging his blade. Sabaku jumped back avoiding the swings. Sabaku pulled a scroll from his pouch and unrolled it. He made a hand sign and in a puff of smoke a sword appeared. Sabaku blocked Ren's blade.

"Nice trick. It won't happen again." Ren growled. He turned his blade and stuck the it next to htalk neck. "Yield." Ren said.

"I… yield." Sabaku said. Ren pulled the blade back and sheathed it. Ino stepped forward furiously.

"You tried to kill him!" She said. Damion stepped forward.

"I'm sure he wouldn't have used an explosion tag unless he knew Ren's armor could withstand it." Sabaku stood up.

"Lets go." He said turning away. Ren watched them leave. It wasn't a coincidence they came to this training field. They had come looking for him and he needed to know why.

(With Naruto)

Naruto stood beside a lake with Jiraiya. In the other lake behind them multiple women were there in bikinis. Jiraiya was looking at them through the bushes.

"When will actually train?" Naruto asked annoyed. Jiraiya turned around.

"Fine, we can start now." he said. "Have you learned to walk on water?" He asked. Naruto shook his head.

"Well how about on walls?" This time Naruto nodded.

"Well, walking on water is just like that. You focus your chakra into your feet and then walk on the water. The catch is that you need to keep a constant flow of chakra on all parts of the feet for the movement of the water."

"Alright. I'll try it." Naruto walked out towards the lake. He focus his chakra to his feet and stepped out. Naruto stood for a couple of seconds then fell into the water. He laughed.

"That's cool." Naruto said as he climbed out the the water.

"You need better chakra control, kid." Jiraiya said.

"Well. I won't get better unless I train and you help me." Naruto said.

"Ok let's continue with this."

(With Sabaku)

Sabaku and his team sat in a tree. Aaron was late. Damion looked down.

"He's here." Sabaku looked. Aaron and his team jumped into the tree.

"How did it go?" Aaron asked. Sabaku glared. He had fought Ren to test his skills. Ren was just lucky that he wasn't able to use his full power. He had to save it for later.

"He beat me," He said glaring. "But you knew he would didn't you?" Aaron chuckled nodding his head. Damion looked at Midori.

"Did you hear that the girl you stabbed died?" Midori nodded and smiled saditicly. Kazoku rolled his eyes. Aaron eyes darkened. Sabaku could tell he was remembering his fight with Faron.

Sabaku always thought Aaron was strange. He wondered why he didn't ask for an explanation from Faron and why he just assumed it was on purpose.

He had heard Aaron's stories of Hyrule and it seemed to him that some strange entity could have possessed Faron to kill his village. He glanced at Ameno. He was glad that he didn't make it to the preliminaries.

Ameno might have had to face that monster Ronin. Now was not to think about that. He needed to focus on killing Ren. And his whole nation along with him.

(with Shikamaru)

Shikamaru was walking around town. He wondered where Naruto was. He passed Ino's family's flower shop. She and Ren were in there talking. He walked up to the window and waved. Ino saw and waved back.

He started walking again but closer to the wall. As he made a sharp turn around the corner he bumped into someone. He looked to see and girl who in turn looked at him. He realized that this was the girl who had fought Tenten, and the girl he was facing in the finals.

Recognition flashed in her eyes. "Your that one kid who had fought…" she trailed off not knowing the name of the person. What a coincidence that Shikamaru didn't remember either. He held his hand out.

"Name's Shikamaru. Pleased to make your acquaintance." Shikamaru said. The girl shook his hand.

"Temari. It's a pleasure." She smiled lightly. Shikamaru gave her a small smile back. "Where are you headed?"

"Nowhere in particular." Shikamaru said.

"Would you mind if I tagged along?" Temari asked.

"Sure." Shikamaru said and the two walked off. "So what's with your teammate, Gaara?" Shikamaru asked.

"Excuse my little brother. We have had a rough upbringing." Shikamaru stared in disbelief.

"He's your brother?" he asked incredulously. She nodded her head.

"Kankuro is my little brother too." Temari stated.

"So your on your team with your little brothers?" Shikamaru asked suspiciously. Temari nodded.

"Why does it matter? No one wanted to be on my brothers' team anyway." Temari remarked.

"Oh:" Shikamaru sighed.

"So, who's on your team?" Temari asked

"My friends, Ino Yamanaka, and Shino Aburame." Shikamaru sighed.

"So who are the rest of the people your with? I mean I see you guys traveling around together all the time." Temari asked.

"We are all close friends since the academy." Shikamaru said. Temari looked off and saw Kankuro.

"Well it was nice to meet you Shikamaru but, I have to go." Temari waved.

"Nice to meet you too." Shikamaru said, waving back at her. "She's really nice too bad I have to fight her." Shikamaru thought as he headed home.

(with Shino)

Shino was at Yumi's house. He was sitting down with her parents.

"I'm so sorry." Shino sighed.

"It's alright. It wasn't your fault." Yumi's father said. They had gone through this already. So many times that was the First thing Shino said when he talked to Yumi's parents.

"I have to go. I'll try and visit you again." Shino said.

"Alright. Don't beat yourself over this. Things happen, some more unfortunate than others." Yumi's mom said. Shino nodded and walked out the door.

As he walked back to the Aburame estate he thought about something that he had been thinking about lately. He was sure Yumi died three different times.

When she had first been stabbed her breathing had stopped. Then when Ren burst in the hospital room she had been as still and cold as ice. She then died again when Ronin had came to help.

He was sure of this and his decision had been made. He was going to find out what happened

(With Ronin)

Ronin's clothes were slightly scorched. Ronin was extremely close to executing the blade technique. He went for it one more time. A thin light appeared. Ronin calmly continued, then it happened. The blade appeared on his knuckles. He cleaved it through the tree next to him.

The second the blade made contact the tree burned. After a couple of seconds the tree turned to ash.

"Nice job." Infurgus clapped from the field.

"Finally." Ronin said as he walked towards Infurgus. "It's time. My magic is running low."

"Alright." Infurgus disappeared in a green stream flowing into Ronin's neck. "I'm gonna miss that voice." Infurgus sighed. Ronin lied down on the ground.

"It'll be fine." Ronin said as he stared up into the sunset sky.

"So… Why didn't you bring Lana along? You could have gotten to know her better."

"How come everyone's telling me that?"

"Because. This is your opportunity to get over you distrust of people."

"What so you want me to go get Lana and bring her here?"

"What's stopping you?"

"Alright let's go."

(With Lana)

Lana sat in her room reading a book. There was a knock on the door. When she opened it she saw Ronin.

"Ronin what are you doing here? I thought you left." Lana asked.

"I'm here to get to know you better." Ronin stated. Lana looked confused. Ronin touched her cuff and teleported them to the field.

"You seriously want to get to know me better?" Lana asked.

"We'll kind of. I want to know what your drive is. Why you want to kill me so much." Ronin whispered in a sad tone. Lana felt a little guilty.

"I guess we can talk." Lana said. She sat down next to Ronin's side. He lied on the ground.

"First question. What's your last name?" Ronin asked.

"That's one to start with." Lana sighed. Before Ronin could say anything she spoke. "My last name is… Sunfrost."

"Lana Sunfrost. That a really cute name." Ronin said. Lana blushed a little but continued.

"So what's your next question?"

"What general personality do angels have?" Ronin asked.

"Most are good hearted, friendly, and loving." Lana said.

"Ok. That's way different from what I thought."

"How did you think angels were?" Lana asked.

"Not so caring. You proved me wrong though." Ronin said. "Your turn."

"For what?" Lana asked.

"To ask me a question." Ronin said. Lana nodded then thought for a moment.

"Why aren't you evil like the stories I hear of you?" Lana asked.

"Most of the tragedies that I cause were accidents because, of the lack of training I had with the cursed flame, and stories tend to get exaggerated a lot." Ronin said. Lana looked surprise.

"Exaggerated?" Lana asked.

"Pathetic really. It doesn't even matter anymore. I live here now and it's so much better here." Ronin sighed. The sunset turned into a starry sky. "Ok I need a second to summon the cabin.

"I'm staying here with you!?" Lana asked sceptical.

"Yeah. I used the last of my magic to bring you here in the first place." Ronin sighed. Lana groaned.

"Then how are doing that?" Lana asked.

"I'm using my chakra to access the pocket dimension." Ronin explained. Lana only huffed and waited for Ronin to finish.

(With Ren and Faron)

Ren was in Faron's room when Ino walked in. She stopped and looked at them.

"What are you doing?" She asked. Ren was currently reading a book about fuinjutsu while sitting on Faron's back with his legs criss crossed who, was doing pushups. Both were in their full armor

Ren looked up from his book. "Training." He said simply. Ino stared but said nothing. Faron stopped and looked back at her.

"Want to help?" he asked. Ino shrugged.

"Sure." Faron looked back in front of him. "Great sit on my back." Ino smiled. She sat down behind Ren. Faron staggered. He adjusted to the weight then continued training.

Ino turned to look at Ren and, with the shift of weight Faron almost collapsed.

"Ren did you master that technique you were making?" Ren glaced at Faron and shook his head. He then went back to reading. "You want to try again tomorrow?"

"Sure. We can try again." Ren said. Ino looked at him with concern.

"Are you okay?" Ino asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine just a little tired is all." Ren explained. Faron finally adjusted and was continuing with his push ups.

"Okay I'm done." Faron said. Ren and Ino got off of him. "Alright I'm going to bed." Faron yawned. Both waved him good night.

"I could walk you home if you want." Ren offered. Ino smiled at the invitation and they both left the house.

(With Naruto)

Naruto was on the back of a giant toad by the name of Gamabunta. They had made a deal. If Naruto could stay on Gamabunta until the next morning, Naruto gains the right to summon him.

"Woah!" Naruto shouted as he nearly flew of Gamabunta's back.

"Okay kid this has gone on long enough!" Gamabunta yelled. He stopped in his tracks and jumped upward at high speed. Naruto screamed as they ascended, but he remained on Gamabunta.

(With Nia)

Nia was out training with Gori. Although Gori was pretty angry that he lost in the preliminaries he was still going to help his teammate succeed.

"So Nia, who are you are you facing in the final exam?" Gori asked anxiously. Nia hesitated.

"I'm facing… Ronin." Nia admitted. Gori's eyes widened.

"Your fight one of the strongest genin!" Gori said.

"I know and I'm kind of stressing out right now." Nia groaned.

"When we you master that entomb jutsu you can play him right into your hands." Gori said.

"I think training period, will help my chances." Nia stated. "So, Have you decided to actually get to know Faron?"

"I keep telling you. He might be dangerous." Gori said.

"He hasn't shown any aggression towards anyone since he has been here."

"Ok so what. I can have my suspicions."

"They're irrational."

"I'm going. No matter what you say. I'm staying away from him."

"Gori, don't be stupid."

"Look Nia. When I prove to be right, as always. Don't come crawling back to me." Gori growled and walked away.

(with Faron)

Faron walked up to Ino. She turned and saw him and something made him regret not wearing any of his armor.

"Ino, I wanted to talk to you." he said. She tilted her head.

"About what?" Faron hesitated before speaking.

"I think you should forfeit the match at the final exams." He said. Her eyes widened and then narrowed in anger. She slapped him across his face.

"How dare you!" She said. The anger in her voice was clear.

"Nothing will make me forfeit! And I wouldn't if I was facing Ronin either!" She turned and stomped away.

Faron turned away to see Nia walking towards him. He sighed.

"Hi Nia I was just going to find you, I need to talk to you about something." Nia looked up at him.

"You were?" She nodded.

"I think you should forfeit the final exams." He restated. Nia had the same reaction. She slapped him and glared.

"Don't talk to me." She said stomping off. Faron sighed again. He was only trying to help them.

Alright. Although no one asked this is for reference. Instead of them being 13 and 14, they are 14 and 15 So they can be introduced to romance a little bit earlier. Thanks and see you next time.