Boring.

So very boring.

Why did I ever agree to this, I'm bored out of my bloody mind watching these kids take a written exam. I was OK with organizing the exams but I never agree to sitting here and watching a bunch of genin trying to take a stupid test. I'm going to get Shikamaru back for this, he's such a pain, always trying to make me do all his work for him. I know we were the only ones to come out of the war with jounin status but really, why do I always have to get paired with him and that sand girl no less. She's such a brat, I will hit her with her own fan if she says anything about me being lazy again.

Alex sighed quietly and put her arms behind her head as she walked through the middle of the desks and glanced over the rookies taking the test to make them feel uncomfortable. She zipped up her jounin jacket and put her hands in the pockets. As she gazed over to a sand student she squinted as she saw him passing a note to his comrades. He must of seen her staring because as soon as he had noticed he's eyes widened and Alex strolled over to him with a smirk on her face.

"You think I want to be here, brat. Honestly stop wasting my precious time with your tricks." Her voice caught the attention of the whole hall and as she walked towards the front of the room the only sound that was echoing was the sound of her foot steps. Once she was at the front she cracked her knuckles.

"Do you know why this exam is put in place? To celebrate and acknowledge those who show the skills needed to become a chunin and to take leadership! " The look in her eyes was one of dominance. Although she was normally a relatively peaceful person if not encourage but her leadership personality was different and sometimes quite intimating to see.

"When I was in the war-" As she began speaking about the war, the students taking the test began to groan which caused Alex to punched the desk in front of her.

"As I was saying! During the war it didn't matter if you were a chunin or jounin, you were thrown into the battle field to protect this land. I was a chunin at the time and part of the medical core but I also fought on the front line. War is nothing to take lightly and that was my downfall. If you act as I did when I was your age and not take anything seriously then you will, without fail become a burden to your team and your village!" Alex pulled off her jounin jacket and the purple lines across her arms and collar bone were visible.

"If you take this lightly you may end up not being able to be a shinobi! I may heal in the future but I regret my foolishness. Now pay attention and do the god dam test!" As the last of her words left her mouth, the sound of scribbling filled the room and with a nod she pulled her jacket back on and leaded against the wall.

It wasn't until a chunin who was supervising the exam came up to her and leaned against the wall with her.

" May I ask you a question?" Alex glanced over at the chunin and nodded softly to ensure him it was OK.

"You are the only one who I've seen speak of the war so openly, how are you able to do that?"

Alex put her full attention on him and a soft smile came to her lips before she turned to watching the students.

"I lost all that I could of before the war and it was my way of paying back for the awful things that had happened within my clan. I never saw the war as something to look back at and regret. Destiny had held it's path and the only way to move past it was a full blown war. If you regret something it will eat away at you until you cannot take it anymore. I used to be a reckless mess and I must admit, I still am but the war taught me a lesson about myself and from that I learned. I was and you could say I still am angry for loosing the use of any ninjutsu but there is nothing I can do but wait. " She glanced at the chunin was a smirk.

"Besides, this way I get to be lazy and not have to do my jounin duties" She let out a little laugh as she put her hands behind her head. The chunin didn't know what to say and slow stepped away from her with a nervous look on his face but Alex didn't care, this wasn't where she wanted to be. Her thoughts went back to Shino.

I wonder if he's awake yet? He's such a pain for not waking up, honestly he has duties at the academy, at this rate they will make me take his place and I really don't feel like teaching after finishing with the chunin exams. Maybe I could get Kiba to do it? No, he would be worse than me. Tenten? She'll be busy with the plans for her new shop. Dam it, I just want to lay around to read and drink tea, why does everyone bug me so much.

Alex snapped out of her thoughts when she heard the bell go off to notify everyone the test was over. She pushed herself off the wall and too a stern stand in front of the room.

"The test is now over. You can leave once we have all the papers in. You will be notified next week on whether you passed of failed the exam as a whole. I hope to see some of you working to protect the shinobi world and the peace that remains!" After she had finished her speech she motioned for the Chūnins keeping guard to gather up the papers and allow the students to leave. Once the room was empty of students, Alex sat down on one of the desk and left out a sigh of relief.

"Thank god for that! I can't wait to do back to my normal routine of drinking tea and doing mundane tasks! She grinned before she was interrupted by the chunins.

"But, Alex ma'am. Aren't you meant to be marking all of these tests?" Alex's jaw dropped open.

"It's just Shikamaru said it was your job." Alex's fist clenched as she hit the table.

"Dam it, Shikamaru! I'm going to kill that lazy bastard!" She took a few breaths to calm herself before jumping off the table and took the papers from their hands and tucked them under her arm.

"I'm on it, I'll just have to do it while watching over Shino them. Good work guys and thank you for putting up with my leading, I can be a pain" The smile that came onto her lips was genuine. One of the younger chunin took a step closer and bowed.

"It was an honor to work with a war veteran. Alex of the eclipse no less!"His words made Alex blush awkwardly and she rubbed the back of her head gently.

"Oh, it's nothing. Honestly I was just doing my job as a leaf shinobi. I never gave it much thought. Honestly I'd protect this village until my last breath, it is just how my clan works but thank you." She bowed back to be polite before running out of the room and making her way to the hospital again.

It took a lot of effort for her to run and hold onto the large stack off paper that she was holding but she came to a complete stop when she got a whiff of tea.

Green tea with jasmine and a hint of lemon grass? Now that's something I need to do all this work.

It wasn't even a moments thought to buy a cup, however the trouble came afterwards as she balanced the paperwork and a cup of hot tea. It seemed luck just wasn't on Alex's side that day as she bumped into something hard and fell over backwards. Alex was able to stop the tea from spilling over the paper however with that acts the exam papers had fell to the ground.

"Hey! Watch were your going, I'm on important jounin duties!" She growled before looking up at what she bumped into.

"Alex, He's awake!"