Emolette: Gung Hei Fat Choi!!! Happy New Year!!!
(tons of fireworks goes off)
Naruto & Sasuke: -blows loud new year's horn-
Emolette: Sorry for the long wait. You know, holidays and no internet access and I had to do some major research. On a lighter note though, I hope '09 will be better then '08.
Sasuke: I seriously doubt that.
Naruto: Why can't you be more optimistic Sasuke?
Sasuke: Because I'm emo, that's why.
Emolette: Didn't know you were the stereotype Sassy-kun.
Sasuke: -angry vein- Would you not call me sassy?!
Emolette: ^^ No promises.
Naruto: Ne Emo-chan, did you get any reviews over the holidays?
Emolette: Tons, though there was this one person who seemed slightly confused at my writing style and he/she kept on saying that I have alot of contradictions.
Sasuke: Sounds likes he's/she's flaming you.
Emolette: No, he/she likes my story. Said it makes one want to go to the next chapter (insert smiley face) but he/she is still confused about the minute details.
Naruto: Like what?
Emolette: Like alot of stuff. First off, these little conversations with my favorite yaoi couple -
Naruto & Sasuke: We are not a couple!
Emolette: - may be annoying, but they're fun and that's what counts. Secondly, I have no recollection of Kyuu-chan telling the seme and uke -
Naruto & Sasuke: Will you shut up about that?!
Emolette: - to hide their true power. I believe it was their own decisions to hide it and now they're not-so-slowly revealing themselves because they want to. Several people have found them suspicious like Iruka, Sarutobi, and Kakashi, but the two has entrusted their secret to them and also, I don't think I have the patience to put in innocent people finding out their secret because I am following the storyline for most of this fic. Third, about Sasuke and Sakura. Sasuke is still annoyed by the pink-haired banshee -
Sasuke: -snort- You got that right.
Emolette: - but there are some things that are more important then wanting to rip her preppy, pink, five-not-foreheaded head off. Besides, Sakura's working hard on her traininng so trying to seduce Sasuke is temporarily pushed to the back of her mind. Fourth, I'll try to put in more NaruSasu -
Naruto & Sasuke: Hey!
Emolette: -angry vein- Would you guys stop interrupting me?! It's really annoying!!!
Naruto & Sasuke: -zips mouths-
Emolette: Thank you! I was about to say NaruSasu friendship moments, but since battles are coming up, I find that a bit difficult. Fifth, Sakura said "How can he win? He's the dead last in our class!" because she didn't know that Naruto and Sasuke tied for top. How the blond tied with the brunet is totally up to your imagination because I think that detail is totally minor. And I think the last little detail is that Naruto can kill whenever he wants if he's in the mood and that mostly happens when he's in a battle that is either boring or exciting. The battle with the guard was boring so he killed him for some kicks and he did try to kill Zabuza but was foiled by Haku and if he thinks an enemy is worthless, like Mizuki, he will just knock him out (but since Iruka was there, I doubt he wanted to kill in front of his father figure). I'm happy with my reviews, I welcome all questions, and I will use flames for burning my enemies alive.
Naruto: You don't have any enemies.
Emolette: Tell that to the fluffy white bunnies, cute little squirrels, and singing blue birds that run around my room trying to clean it and paint it pink! I will burn them alive!!! -maniacal laughter-
Naruto & Sasuke: -sweatdrop-
Emolette: Ahem, anyway, chapter twelve starts now! Enjoy^^
Chapter Twelve
" The Chuunin Exams Start! "
Today was the day. The day the Chuunin Exams will start. Naruto didn't feel nervous at all as he dressed that morning, covering the tattoos on his arms with bandages and pulling on his everyday clothes. He packed all the weapons that he could carry and reviewed all the strategies that he thought up of the previous night. He knew he was ready and he knew he was going to pass the exams and become a chuunin, no matter how easy or difficult it may be. He was just one step closer to his goal of becoming Hokage.
Since it was still early, Naruto headed over to the Uchiha Estate to see what Sasuke was doing. He found Sasuke doing something that might shock everyone who knew him as the almighty last Uchiha; slouched on the couch, watching tv. Naruto couldn't stop his eye from twitching as Sasuke stared at the tv screen, flipping channels every five seconds.
"Sasuke, what the hell are you doing?" Naruto asked his best friend.
"What does it look like I'm doing?" said Sasuke, settling to watch cartoons. "I'm watching tv of course."
"But shouldn't we be training or something for the exams?"
"I don't really feel like it. Besides, we gotta have some off time too. It's not healthy if all we do is train."
Naruto nodded, admitting that Sasuke had a point there, so he took a seat next to his best friend and joined him in the ritual of watching animated characters running around and going through their misadventures. They were like that for the rest of the morning and most of the afternoon until Sasuke checked the clock and saw that it was an half an hour until three.
The two boys hurried to the Ninja Academy and found Sakura waiting for them outside the school.
"And I thought Kakashi-sensei was always late," said Sakura, crossing her arms and narrowing her eyes.
"Gomen gomen," said Naruto with a wave of his hand. "We were busy. . . training."
Sasuke smirked at Naruto's lie and Sakura gave them a slightly suspicious look.
"Well then, let's go already," said Sakura. "I bet everyone's already there."
"Hai hai," said Naruto and he and Sasuke followed Sakura inside the building.
Once the three got to the second floor, they found a large crowd gathered around the outside of a classroom that had the sign "301" on it. There was also a commotion in which some guys standing outside the door picked a fight with a Konoha genin who wore horrible green spandex and had bushy eyebrows.
"And I thought my orange jumpsuit was an eyesore," Naruto said and Sasuke and Sakura nodded their agreement.
"Let's go," said Sasuke, walking away. "We're wasting our time here."
As Sasuke walked away from the crowd, he accidentally bumped into an older genin with long brown hair and lavender eyes. They locked eyes for a moment before Sasuke bowed his head in apology.
"Sorry, didn't see you there," said the Uchiha before walking off again.
"Where are you and your team going?" asked the older genin, making Sasuke stop in his tracks.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow. "You mean you haven't noticed?" he asked.
"Noticed what?" asked the older genin.
"We're only on the second floor," said Sasuke, raising his voice a little so that everyone around them could hear. "This isn't room 301, it's room 201."
Everyone looked around at the sign that hung above the door and saw that the number three on it changed into a two. The two boys who were guarding the door smirked at that.
"Well, looks like you're a smart one," said the one with spikey hair.
"Not me, her," said Sasuke, nodding his head towards Sakura. "She's more perceptive when it comes to genjutsu."
Sakura looked at Sasuke, a bit surprised, then she smiled, mentally thanking him, before smirking to make it seem like she did know.
"What's your name rookie?" asked the older genin.
". . . That's for you to find out, senpai," said Sasuke with a smirk and he and Team 7 walked off.
The older genin glared at Sasuke's retreating back. Naruto looked over his shoulder at the genin and they locked eyes. The blond made his eyes flash red for a spilt second and a smirked appeared on his face as he saw the older genin's eyes go wide with shock.
That never gets old.
Stop showing off Kit.
I'm not showing off. I'm just showing him who he's dealing with.
Yeah, that's showing off.
...
Team 7 headed for the third floor and walked down a long hallway where they found Kakashi waiting next to a pair of doors.
"Oh, so Sakura's here too," said Kakashi once they were close enough.
"What does that mean?" asked Sakura with a slight pout.
"Well, the rules of the Chuunin Exams state that only three-man teams can participate," said Kakashi matter-of-factly.
"Then why did you say that we could participate or not?" asked Naruto, feeling that familiar annoyance with his sensei.
"I wanted to see if you really wanted to participate," said Kakashi with a shrug. "If I said that only three-man teams can enter, then you and Sasuke might have to force Sakura into entering. I wanted all of you to come here on your own free will."
Sakura stared at Kakashi, then she scoffed. "Even if you did say that only three-man teams can enter, I'll enter anyway because I want to become a chuunin," she said with a smirk. "I know I'm strong enough now. This is my chance to get even stronger."
"Good to hear that," said Kakashi, his eye curving upwards. "Now then, you may enter the room."
Kakashi stepped aside, letting the genins grasp the doorknobs.
"And good luck," he said as the genins stepped inside the room. "I doubt you're going to need it, but just a precaution," he added as the doors closed.
Inside the room, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura marveled at how many genins were inside, young and old. There were many different genins and more than half were from different villages. Both Naruto and Sasuke smirked, feeling the tension and slight nervousness some of the genins were emitting.
"This is so going to be fun," said Naruto.
Suddenly, a squeal made the three jump.
"Sasuke-kun!" cried a high-pitched voice and Sasuke was glomped by a purple mesh of clothes.
"Great, it's the copy cat," Sasuke mumbled, seeing that Ino was still wearing armbands that were similar to the ones he used to wear.
"Ino!" Sakura cried, her eyes burning fire. "Get away from Sasuke-kun!"
"Oh, so you're here too forehead girl," said Ino, glancing at Sakura. "Why don't you make me?" she added, sticking out her tongue and pulling down her lower eyelid.
Sakura growled and tried to pry Ino off of Sasuke, but that wasn't really necessary for Sasuke easily threw the two off of him and stood next to Naruto, as if the blond was his shield.
"I didn't know they were going to participate also," Sasuke whispered into Naruto's ear.
"I have a feeling they're not the only one," Naruto whispered back.
"Man, this is so troublesome," said a drawling voice and Shikamaru appeared with Chouji beside him.
"Knew it," Naruto said a smirk.
"Ha! So everyone's here eh?" said another voice, a bit more gruff this time, and there was Kiba with Shino and Hinata behind him.
"Invasion of the rookies," said Sasuke, also smirking.
"I never thought that all of us would be here," said Sakura, her scuffle with Ino coming to a stop and looking around at the nine of them.
"This'll be real fun," said Kiba and he eyed Naruto and Sasuke with a grin on his face. "I hope I'll be able to fight the both of you."
"Same goes here." said Sasuke.
"Ditto," said Naruto.
The tension was rising but so was the excitement. Naruto could feel his heart pounding against his chest and his muscles were twitching, itching to get moving. Suddenly, there was a loud poof and a tall man in a black coat appeared at the front of the room surrounded by chuunin.
"Well, looks like we have many participants this year," said the man as all the genins turned their attention towards him. "If you're all done messing around, you will all draw numbers and find your seat that has the same number. Do it quickly so we can start the first part of the examinations."
And the first part of the examinations happened to be a written exam. Naruto felt like killing the instructor. He prepared himself for battles, not test papers!
"Naruto-kun," said a soft voice and the blond looked to his right to see Hinata smiling at him.
"Hinata-chan!" Naruto said, grinning at her. "How are you?"
"I'm doing fine Naruto-kun," said the Hyuuga. "How about you?"
"It's been an eventful few months since we last saw each other," Naruto said with a shrug. "But I'm doing great. How's your training going?"
"It's great!" said Hinata, suddenly excited. "I did what you suggested and my sensei really helped me out alot and I learned alot of medical jutsus that'll help my team!"
"I'm happy for you," Naruto said with a chuckle. "And it looks like you overcame your shyness."
At that, Hinata blushed a deep red and began fiddling with her fingers.
"At least a little," Naruto said with a small sweatdrop.
"All right, listen up!" said the instructor, making everyone look at him again. "First off, my name is Morino Ibiki and I will be your instructor for the first part of the Chuunin Exams. As you can see, the first part is a written examination. Now, I am going to tell you the rules." Ibiki then picked up a piece of chalk and started writing on the chalkboard. "You each get ten points. For each wrong answer on your exam, we will minus two points from your score, so that means if you get five wrong answers, then you fail. Total scores are calculated once the written exam is over. And also, if one of you gets a zero, then your whole team is disqualified. Is that clear?"
Ibiki tapped the chalkboard with his chalk to emphasize each rule. Surprised faces were scattered here and there at the last rule, which wasn't a real surprise.
Wow, that'll put alot of stress on everybody, Naruto thought, resting his chin in his hands. If they get a zero, then their whole team is disqualified, but if they answer five questions wrong, they'll get disqualified also.
"The chuunins here will be watching your every move," said Ibiki, a smirk on his face because of all the tension. "If you get caught cheating, two points will be taken off your score. Once you get caught cheating five times, your whole team is disqualified." More shocked faces, which only made Ibiki's smirk grow. "You have forty-five minutes to answer your test. The tenth question will be given after those minutes are over. You may begin answering your test. . . Now!"
Once Ibiki finished speaking, everyone picked up their pencils and began reading their tests.
These are impossible for genins to answer, Naruto thought as he scanned his sheet. Not even I can answer them. Maybe Sakura can, but Sasuke and I aren't really that studious.
Naruto glanced at the genins around him. He could see that they were having trouble answering the questions and they had that nervous look in their eyes, shifting them from side to side.
So, is this test just to mess with our heads? The only way we can answer the questions is to cheat, but we mustn't get caught. Is that the real test?
Naruto glanced around again, making sure that no eyes were on him, then under the desk, he formed a hand sign.
Well, if there's any time for me to use that jutsu, then I guess it's now, he thought with a smirk.
::: Furashubakku no Jutsu!!! :::
"Sugoi," Naruto said, poring over the scroll that his father gave him (indirectly of course). "I never knew that Okasan came from such a powerful clan. And they were all wiped out because of their kekkei genkai."
He and Sasuke were hanging out in the treehouse as usual. Sasuke sat in an armchair near the sofa, where Naruto was sitting, reading a scroll of his own. He looked up at the blond with a slight scowl on his face when he heard the last sentence.
"What kind of idiot would order an entire clan to be killed?" the brunet asked and Naruto looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, right, those kinds of idiots," Sasuke mumbled as memories of the massacre rushed though his mind.
"The people of the Whirlpool Country were afraid of the Uzumaki clan because of what their kekkei genkai can do," Naruto continued, his eyes going back to his scroll. "I'd be afraid too if I knew someone would be able to enter my mind at will or levitate objects with their mind or see my dreams and my deepest desires."
"Assuming that you were an ordinary, everyday villager?" said Sasuke.
"Assuming that I was an ordinary, everyday villager," Naruto repeated with a smirk. "But take a look at how many jutsus they had. They're all so amazing. It's like the Yamanaka clan jutsus. Not really useful in battle, but amazing nonetheless."
Naruto's cerulean eyes shone as he read the words on the scroll. He wasn't sure if he would be able to awaken his kekkei genkai any time soon, but the jutsus his mother provided for him will definately be useful.
And the thought of him armed with the Uzumaki clan's kekkei genkai made his skin crawl.
::: Kai!!! :::
Making sure no one was looking, Naruto formed more hand signs under the desk and completed his jutsu.
"Sansaku Seishou no Jutsu," he whispered to himself.
And in a surge of chakra, barely felt by anyone, Naruto's spirit left his body.
"Whoa," Naruto said, looking down at his body which sat rigid and frozen in place, cerulean eyes dull and unseeing, but thankfully covered by his bangs so no one would notice. "So, this is what it feels like to have an out of body experience huh?"
Naruto looked around. No one even glanced at him, meaning he was invisible to everyone since he was just a spirit after all. The blond grinned to himself, his mischievious nature kicking in, but he held it back, knowing that he had a task at hand.
"Time to get the answers to my questions," the blond said to himself as he stood over another genin who was furiously writing down the answers.
So, this test is all about getting information without getting caught huh? Sasuke thought, leaning his head on the back of his hand. That seems easy enough.
Sasuke flickered his eyes forward and saw Naruto a couple rows in front of him. The blond was unmoving and he seemed like he was frozen in place. Sasuke narrowed his eyes in suspicion, wondering what the blond was up to.
Maybe he used that jutsu, the brunet thought as he straightened. Might as well start on my own exam.
Sasuke closed his eyes and focused his chakra before opening them again, irises now blood red and having three tomoes decorated around his pupils. He chose his victim, an older genin in front of him who was writing like no tomorrow, and he smirked as he copied the older genin's pencil movement.
This is a cinch.
Meanwhile, the rest of the Rookie 9 went on doing their respective gimmicks in getting the information they wanted. Kiba had Akamaru look at other's test papers from atop his head. Shino used his bugs (who knew having bugs would be so useful?). Hinata had her byakugan. Ino did the Shintenshin no Jutsu on Sakura and memorized her answers so she could write it down for Shikamaru and Chouji. Even the Sand Siblings had their own way of collecting information. Gaara made a third eye out of sand, an eye that was connected to his optical nerves in his own left eye, and he used that to see his victim's answers while said victim was distracted. And Kankuro and Temari helped each other out, Kankuro pretending to go to the bathroom and returning to the room right before Ibiki was about to announce the tenth question. While passing by Temari, Kankuro dropped a tiny scroll on her desk as inconspicuously as he could before sitting back down on his own seat.
After Kankuro took his seat, Ibiki asked everyone if they wanted to continue or not because if they answer the tenth question wrong, they will fail the exams along with their teammates, no matter what their score on their test is, and they will forever be genins. That really mounted the stress and tension on everyone's shoulders and many genins quit, leaving with their teammates. The numbers of genins drastically dropped, since many other teams were disqualified for getting caught cheating,
I wonder what the tenth question will be, Naruto thought, his spirit having returned to his body minutes ago once he got all the answers.
"Now, it's time for me to reveal the tenth question," Ibiki said, his eyes glinting with mischief. "And the tenth question is... there is no question! Everyone here all passed the first part of the exams!"
Jaws dropped. Eyes went wide. Killing intentions mounted. Naruto definately felt like lashing out at the scarred instructor. Questions were thrown all around and Ibiki answered them calmly.
It turns out, both Naruto and Sasuke were right. The written exam was all about testing their information gathering skills. If anyone was dumb enough to get caught while cheating or resorted to meager means of cheating (like looking a their seatmate's paper), then they didn't deserve to be chuunin. All the rules were set up to increase the tension and stress on their shoulders. Their team's expectations were nerve-racking and that added to the stress. The tenth question was to test if they were willing to go forward despite knowing that aside from their careers as ninja, their lives were also on the line. Only those who were willing to put their lives on the line to finish the mission were worthy of becoming chuunin. It was genius thinking and also incredibly annoying.
As everyone finally understood what Ibiki was saying and began relishing their first victory, a dark mass crashed through the window and a kunoichi appeared, using kunais to pin up a banner in front of Ibiki.
"Now is not the time to be happy!" she cried. "I am Mitarashi Anko, your instructor for the second part of the Chuunin Exams!" Anko then raised her fist in the air. "Let's start the second part of the exams! Now everyone, follow me!"
There was a moment of silence in which everyone just stared at Anko.
"Psst, wrong timing," Ibiki said, peeking out from behind the banner and Anko gave him an annoyed look.
"78 people," Anko said, disregarding her slight mistake. "Ibiki, you left 26 teams?"
"There are many talented people this year," Ibiki said, standing next to Anko.
"Heh, seems like the first part of the exams was too easy," Anko said with a smirk. "Well, I'll just cut the number in half in the second part of the exams."
Everyone seemed to tense up at that statement.
"Listen up!" Anko said, getting the genin's attention again. "The second part of the exam will take place in a specific location! Ask your jounin senseis about the time and place and I'll see you there!"
Anko's smirk was so not reassuring.
"I knew we'd be able to pass Sasuke-kun!" Ino cried as she tried to glomp Sasuke but the brunet sensed her coming and stepped to the side, therefore making the blond crash into a certain pinkette.
"Get off me Ino you pig!" Sakura cried from the ground since Ino was pinning her.
"You got in the way forehead girl!" Ino cried back.
The girls started to rumble again, but nobody really paid them any mind.
It was sunset and the Rookie 9 had just passed the first part of the Chuunin Exams a couple hours ago. Said rookies were hanging out with each other, determined not to let the pressure of the exams get in the way of their fun. They had just a barbeque restaurant, a treat to them by their senseis, and they were now headed home.
"Well, see'ya guys tomorrow I guess," Shikamaru said, walking off with Chouji and Ino (who was pried off of Sakura).
"We won't lose to the likes of you guys!" Kiba commented with a grin, walking away with Shino and Hinata by his side.
"Have a good night, Naruto-kun," Hinata said to Naruto with a bow before she left with her team.
Naruto waved at the Hyuuga and once the other two teams were out of sight, he turned to Sasuke and Sakura.
"Well, the first part of the exam was surprising," he said with a small smile.
"You said it," Sasuke said with an annoyed look on his face. "I thought we were going to fight, but we just had to rack our brains to gather information. That was a hell of a disappointment."
"Do you guys really want to fight that much?" Sakura asked.
"Yes," said the two boys.
Sakura gave them a slightly worried look, but didn't say anything else about it.
"Well, we're off Sakura," Naruto said, turning away and walking off. "Get some sleep tonight, you're going to need it."
Sasuke followed Naruto's wake and Sakura stared at the two until they disappeared around the corner.
The night was cold but calm with a slight wind that blew every few minutes, rustling the leaves in the trees. In one of the training grounds, Naruto and Sasuke lay on the ground, making a horizontal line with their bodies and their heads touching as they stared up at the starry sky. They were silent, swimming in their own thoughts, and they barely cared that it was late.
"Naruto," Sasuke said and Naruto blinked his eyes.
"Sasuke," Naruto said, assuring that he was listening.
"The hands are still connected," Sasuke said and Naruto searched the skies and found Gemini, the hands above their heads still holding each other.
Naruto smiled, seeing the cluster of stars, and he reached over his head, extending his two fingers.
"Yeah, they are," he said and he felt Sasuke lock fingers with him.
Silence again, but only for a moment.
"You know, we'll eventually have to fight each other in the exams," Sasuke said.
"I know," Naruto said and he was surprised to feel Sasuke tighten his grip on his fingers. Naruto smiled a little at that. "You better go at me with everything you got, or that'll just be insulting."
"But you know everything about me," Sasuke said. "You know every jutsu I've learned and you've probably figured out a weakness that I don't even know. Plus, you have Kyuu-san. I can't compete with that."
Naruto sighed. "I won't lie to you Sasuke," he said. "I do know every jutsu you've learned and you know every jutsu I've learned, but I assure you, I have never observed you enough to find your weakness. And Kyuubi? I don't wanna use him against you. I want to defeat you with my own hands, without Kyuubi's help."
Another moment of silence.
"Well, that certainly is reassuring," Sasuke with with a tiny hint of sarcasm.
Naruto couldn't help but laugh and Sasuke joined in on his laughter.
And the two friends laughed into the night, as if they weren't about to face a huge challenge the next day. As if they were. . . normal.
Emolette: God, that sucked.
Naruto: That's what you get for not updating for weeks.
Emolette: -pouts- Don't blame me! I'm trying to make this entertaining to my readers, so I can't update every week!
Sasuke: Why not?
Emolette: I've got school of course. Do you know how tough college is?!
Naruto & Sasuke: No.
Emolette: -sweatdrop- Right, you guys are ninjas. . . But give me Orochimaru any day, as long as I don't have to study these useless subjects.
Sasuke: I'm guessing that the next chapter will take another few weeks to finish?
Emolette: Yes, maybe around the end of February.
Naruto: That's disappointing.
Emolette: Yes well, the end of the semester is coming and I have to study harder to get my poor grades up. Also, there's a field trip and I can not miss that opportunity for extra credit.
Sasuke: Aren't you also writing a couple more fics?
Emolette: Yes, I've got a couple fics in writing for Valentines Day and I really hope I'll be able to finish them by that time.
Naruto: I'm guessing that it's all yaoi.
Emolette: ^^ You guessed right. I've got some Bleach pairings, a Bevin pairing, and of course, a SasuNaru pairing!
Naruto & Sasuke: -sweatdrop-
Emolette: My Bevin fics are really popular. I made three of them and they all received good reviews.
Sasuke: Good for you.
Emolette: Ah yes, before I forget, here are some birthday shoutouts! Happy birthday Gai (Jan. 1), Hyuuga Hiashi and Hizashi (Jan. 8), Haku (Jan. 9), Gaara (Jan. 19), and Shino (Jan. 23)!!!
Naruto: -blows little horn with the ribbon thing at the end-
Sasuke: -pops party favor-
Gai: YOSH!!! THE FLAME OF YOUTH BURNS IN THIS YOUNG AUTHOR!!!
Emolette: -sweatdrop- It does not. . .
Hiashi & Hizashi: . . .
Emolette: Not even a thank you? You just confirmed the stereotype for all Hyuuga's ya' know. . . except for Hinata. . .
Haku: Arigato Emo-chan -kind smile that's brighter then the sun-
Emolette: Ah! My eyes! Too much light from an androgynous hottie!
Gaara: -blush- Arigato gozaimasu Iimorettu-chan
Emolette: Cool, my name in Japanese^^
Shino: . . . Thanks. . .
Emolette: The Aburame's are more stoic then the Hyuugas yet at least they have manners enough to say thanks when someone wishes them a happy birthday. . . Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my slightly rushed fic and be patient readers! Be aware and beware for the next chappie!!!
Footnote: Sansaku Seishou no Jutsu - Walking Spirit Jutsu: the spirit leaves the body and is able to roam freely as long as it's not too far from the body. Useful for infiltration and spy missions.