Lunch with the Uchiha's was an interesting affair when she saw him Sasuke's mom began crying and thanking him for saving her son. 'Huh ironic I could be the best ninja beloved by the most powerful clan in Konoha but the civilians will always see me as The Kiri Brat.' He put on a strained smile and walked into the large clan home. He saw the boy Sasuke was with earlier quietly sitting next to a middleman aged man with brown hair brown eyes and olive skin. "Hello Itachi-san and Fugaku-san." Naruko nodded respectfully. Kou stared at Naruko he had never seen her act respectful to anyone before.
"Hello Naruko-chan." Itachi said in his monotone voice while Fugaku simply nodded towards them. They sat down at the table as Mikoto began to serve food. They ate in relative silence until Itachi broke the silence. "Tell me Imouto, how did the mission lead to Kou-san getting stabbed." Sasuke and Naruko looked expectantly at him. He cleared his throat and began to tell the tale of their first C-rank with Naruko and Sasuke occasionally adding a detail, at the end Mikoto's face shone with gratitude, while Itachi and Fugakus face's showed respect. "I thank you for saving my son." Fugaku said in the same stiff but sincere tone. 'One of the plates could pay for my apartment, utilities, and food for a month.' He thought before listening to Fugaku go on and on. "-and of course you're free to use the Uchiha's crest. I guess I'll just say it thank you for saving my son's life." "You're welcome sir." He nodded respectfully back before Mikoto chimed in, "Feel free to come over to meals anytime and if you need anything don't hesitate to ask." Seeing the same sympathy he saw in Sasuke's eye, it hit him she probably helped Sasuke find his apartment. He gave Sasuke a glare. Before turning to Mikoto and giving her a small smile of gratitude.
"Thank you Mikoto-sama I appreciate it." She giggled a little "Mikoto-chan is fine, sama makes me feel old." "As you wish" he noticed the clock and nodded again. "Thank you for the meal but we need to get back to team training, I hope you don't mind if we cut this short." Seeing the time themselves Sasuke and Naruko stood up and ran out the door. He walked out after and smiled in goodbye.
He had pushed more chakra into the shunshin than before and shot forward even faster. He laughed as he he felt the movement become near instantaneous. He grinned and he couldn't stop his smile as he went directly upwards and found himself hundreds of feet in the air. He felt his hate melt away as he accelerated downwards in the biggest rush yet. He appeared in the training ground and smiled as Sasuke and Naruko showed up afterward.
The second they all reached the training ground Kakashi shunshined in front of Kou and grabbed him holding a kunai to his neck. "Kill Naruko or Kou dies." Sasuke slowly and mechanically began to pull out a kunai and advancing on her. Before he could act, Kou pushed himself forward and took the kunai in the chest. "Noo" Naruko screamed before the world began to ripple and break. He looked around and saw Naruko and Sasuke perfectly fine next to him."Genjutsu." He breathed, Kou glared at Kakashi who just eye-smiled back at him. "What the hell was that Kakashi?" "The final test." He began to pass out documents to each of the members.
"The Chunin Exams?" Kou asked curiously, "They're one of the ways genin are promoted." Kakashi responded, "Why did you put us in a genjutsu to test us?" "You need to be willing to lay down your life for your team. I was testing to see if you would do it." Kou laughed dryly, "Um Kou you okay." Naruko asked, "No I'm not so taking a tanto to the stomach isn't enough to prove myself but being daughter of the Hokage is?" He said furiously before shunshining away.
As he crossed the town he let himself release his anger and by yelling furiously until he reached the forest. He sat in the damp, cool air and watched the animals move around him. Remembering that he had money from his missions for food and utilities he walked to the store and began to grab things to eat. He walked to the checkout and the woman smiled before recognizing him, "Sorry we don't serve Kiri nin." The cashier's face twisted into sneered. Kou grabbed his neck pulled him down before his head crashed into the counter. He slapped some money down grabbed some sake and then slapped down some more before shunshining away.
He sat on the mattress nursing sake and preparing his bento for tomorrow. He picked up his cup hurled against the wall and watched it shatter before chugging the bottle and passing out.