Hello all.

5 more days till the exams!

yay!

I grabbed an apple off the counter before I left the house that morning. I had made the others promise me they would say nothing about my eyes, or anything about my clan. I knew they had to know, they were my teammates but I didn't want the world to know. I wasn't ready.

I was the first to the training grounds. I had gotten their extra early. So I took a seat by a shaded tree and grabbed a scroll out of my back pack. It was one I had borrowed from the book self in the Hokage's tower. He had caught me eyeing it and told me I was free to borrow anything from that section. It was sweet of him since I really didn't want to have to resort to stealing it.

Laying it out in front of me I opened a small book on hand signs I had also found. I was reading about one handed hand signs and in my thoughts I had wondered if someone could technically use two justus at once. I would have to ask Kakashi- sensei about it. For now I wanted to focus on learning this justu and then maybe if I could figure it out using justus with one hand.

Standing up I made a bunch of signs, "Water style raging waves" I walked over to the puddle on the ground and sighed I had tried this justu in my bath tub but it wouldn't work. I figured maybe it would help to be outside. Putting my hands together I concentrated my chakra "Water style hidden in the water Justu".

When I sensed three unfamiliar chakras I jumped out of the puddle. I had startled a girl with large pupil less eyes who quickly hide behind a guy with dark glasses, cloak covering half his face. "I didn't mean to scare you. I was just practicing." I rubbed my arm. This was the first time I was meeting someone without my friends nearby to make me feel safe. The third ninja had a hood over his head and red markings on his cheeks. A small dog between his ankles.

"That was pretty cool." The dog barked to his owners words. Before the situation became awkward my team came to save the day. "Hey Shino, Hinata, Kiba!" I took a step back and let the blonde get in front of me. Sakura smiled and wave to them and Sasuke was well, Sasuke. He lingered back not really the one to spark up a conversation.

I watched the girl fiddle with her fingers and whisper a hello to Naruto who I don't think heard her, poor thing. "Hey guys is this your new teammate?" The dog boy asked eyeing me from behind the two.

I watched Sasuke take the open space next to me but just a hair line in front. "Yea this is Suiren. She's awesome." I couldn't help but let out a chuckle pass through my hand that covered my mouth. He was funny, and he made the situation less weird for me. His sunshine always shined through. I didn't feel a panic attack and my heart beat was still firmly in my chest. "What are you guys doing here?" Sakura asked. The boy with glasses spoke up, "Training." Hinata nodded in confirmation.

"You guys getting ready for the Chunin exams." He uncrossed his arms and I couldn't help but admire his amber eyes. They were bright and filled with excitement. Naruto answered, "Of course Kiba. I'll be Chunin before you know it, believe it." I frowned a bit. I forgot the exams where only 5 days away. It would be a while before my team was reunited once they started. "We should probably get to training." I was suddenly vocal because my fear for my teammate outweighed my lack of people skills. They needed to be as ready as they could be.

"She sounds like another Sasuke." I couldn't tell if that was a joke because I couldn't really see his face but I assumed it was. "She'll kick your butt though. Suiren is so strong." I rolled my eyes playfully before shoving the scroll in my backpack. "Flattery will get you nowhere. I'm still gonna go all out when we spar." He gave me a full on grin and a thumbs up. " … You're sensei hasn't arrived yet." I had to strain my ears to hear the girl. She was kind of cute and by the way she kept glancing at Naruto I was sure she liked him.

"Yea he is always late so we meet and train beforehand." Sakura put her bag down and I cleared my throat pointing to a cut on the back of my hand. "I got something for you to work on. Cut my hand last night dicing up some pears before bed." I sighed when I remembered it. I was trying to read and cut at the same time. So dumb. It was deep enough that it bothered me, and the girl did always want to practice.

"So I guess Naruto and Saskue you guys spar. Some shadow clones so Saskue can try that new Justu. Then Naruto practice your new one and Sasuke you can work on chakra control. Try not to get blown away." I smirked a little at him which he returned before walking out to the field with his hand up letting me know he got it.

Naruto was quick to follow. The other team lingered for another moment longer. "What are you their mom?" Kiba grinned and I shrugged my shoulders. Sakura was quick to answer me, "She is smart Kiba, really smart. Just be lucky she might not be taking the exams this time around." I smiled, they all spoke to kindly of me and it really made my heart liven up. "Hopefully I'm unlucky then." I eyed them as they started to walk away; Kiba seemed to be the most talkative out of the bunch. His comment confused me a bit.

"Then at least I'll get to see your face again." He shot a wink back before they left and I felt my face grow hot. I got a nudge from Sakura and she giggled, "That's not funny." I said softly putting my hand in her lap so she could just start heeling it already. "Kiba is pretty cute. He is very out spoken and strong. A little hotheaded and hot tempered but still." I rolled my eyes and sighed. "Stop it." I mumbled.

I turned my gaze from her to the two sparing in the field. Saskue was getting some distance with his Justu, still not far enough to be an affective long range attack. He needed to build his chakra more before he uses it to increase the speed of its movement too. I couldn't help but turn my Sharingan on, lightning was not affinity but I still wondered.

It took me a few times before I got the hang of it. It was different then pumping chakra to my eyes like I did before. It was like turning a switch on and off. Obviously still using chakra.

My hands twitched. I want to mick his hand signs but I didn't. I glanced over at Naruto. The amount of chakra that kid had was just out of control. His core was so bright and his wisps where all over the place. I watched when it was his turn to practice his new wind justu. He was creating a ball of wind in his hands before shooting it forward in an attempt to uproot Sasuke from his crouched position. Chakra pumping to his feet.

I twitched when Kakashi-sensei appeared in a swarm of leaves. Sakura and I jumped to our feet and made out way to him. Sasuke and Naruto were not far behind. He smiled under the mask, "How are my precious students doing?" I snorted a bit, his precious students. "We would be a lot better if you were on time." We were so used to him being late we didn't even pay mind to it anymore. It was just something we had to live with. "Well you see I got lost on the path of life." Sakura rolled her eyes a bit, "yea right Kakashi-sensei, tomorrow a black cat will walk across your path again."

"She is right you know?" His excuses where pretty lame, I wondered why he didn't just make meeting time later. We all shut up when he pulled a form out of his many pockets. My breath hitched. "She's in?" Kakashi nodded to the knuckle head and my heart started to pound. "I actually didn't even need to convince the Hokage he agreed that you are more than ready for the exams." I gulped a bit, "And if I don't think I am ready?" My voice was a whisper and I knew the disappointment my teammate's felts. I didn't look at them.

"The choice in the end is up to you and you alone Suiren, I'll see you all tomorrow for another D-mission." He was gone in the same swirl of leaves. I was going to have to talk to him when I got back home. "You aren't serious about not signing up right?" I groaned at the blonde. I didn't want to disappoint them. "We are strong as a team." I looked at my best friend, she was right. I wouldn't be as anxious about them if I was with them.

"What's the point of training so hard if you're not going to put it to the test?" I looked at his red eyes, still alert from his sparing session a few moments ago. "I know I know. I'm just nervous. I don't have the same experiences as you but I would be kicking myself in the ass if I let you three go alone." I almost choked when Naruto jumped on me. His cheek rubbing against my own like a cat.

I sat at the table fiddling with my chopsticks. I didn't dig in right away when he placed the meal in front of me. My eyes scanning over him as he took the seat opposite me. "I'm not going to try and convince you to the take the exams so you can relax." I sighed looking down at my bowl and put my chopsticks down, grabbing the rice ball with my hand and nibbling the top softly. "When you're ready you'll take them." I groaned a bit, "Can you tell me anything about them?" His eye softened. I noticed half his meal was already gone.

"There's a written portion, survival portion and a one on one combat portion." I knew that was all I was going to get out of him so I dropped the subject. I didn't want to talk about it anymore. "Can I ask you something?" His head tilted up in curiously. "How many elemental affinities can one person have?" I knew it was a complete 180 from the conversation we were just having but if I was going to take these exams I had 5 days to cram as much knowledge in my head as possible.

"One, two. All five." My eye brow cocked at his answer. "All five?" I was stunned, how was that even possible. "It is almost impossible to master all five and only a few ninja have been able too."

"So how do I master all five?" I was completely ignoring the almost impossible part. I heard him chuckle and I crossed my arms over my chest, "Why don't you worry about mastering the two you already are working on." I pouted. "How many do you have?" He eyed me curiously before getting up and grabbing a paper from the cabinet. I knew it was chakra paper from the first time he told me about it. With a small release of chakra it wrinkled. Lightning.

I furred my brows together, "What?" He asked innocently. "Lightning that's one." I started counting on my fingers, "I saw you in the land of waves using water style that's two." I wondered how he got so good. He was much stronger then he led on. "I saw you demonstrate that wind justu to Naruto that's three." I thought really hard but I wasn't sure if I had noticed any others. Three was still a hell of a fleet. I was impressed. He chuckled cleaning off the dining room table.

"Always the observant one." I rolled my eyes in a playful manner. "I wasn't to learn all five." I said it again in case he had forgotten. He could help me with wind and lightning. I just need someone to help me with earth. I knew it wasn't as easy as that though. "Why?" He asked turning to face me, body leaning against the counter. That was a very good question.

"I need more power." I noticed his eye harden a bit but I ignored it. "I have people who are precious to me and I don't want to lose them. I need to be able to protect my own. I will never stand idly by while my family gets slaughtered again." I was soft spoken but forceful. It was the truth. I didn't want to be weak. His look softened a bit and he walked over roughing up my hair a bit. "That's a good answer."

I smiled a bit eyeing his covered Sharingan, "Does the Sharingan help?" I wondered if it would help me in the end, my family's legacy. Maybe it was meant to be. "It does but you also have to be able to master those eyes of yours." I nodded a bit. That was very good to know, "Enough questions for tonight, why don't you go to bed?" I knew it was less of a request. He knew I had been up the previous night into the morning.

I got up and gave him another smile. He didn't have to entertain me the way he did and I was grateful for his understanding. All my question and my presence in front of a man who didn't even have kids of his own must have been difficult to undertake. He never once made me feel like a burden.

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