Note: This is a story that is in the 'Naruto' world, but is in no way part of the canon, its kind of AU. It is pre-Shippuden in the manga. Enjoy.
Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, I wouldn't be on fanfiction, I'd be famous and on disclaimers every time someone used my work
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Chapter 2
A click sounded, as the exam room's door opened that click released untold amounts of relaxation over her body, the test was over. Her eyes shot open, quickly analyzing the environment around her. Satisfied as she rose, Kaji quickly passed through the doorway and into the still quiet hallway. Entering the cafeteria, greeted only by rows of tables and chairs she took a seat near the window. She started to settle, after nodding to the culinary personnel who were quickly making the food for the weary and hungry test-takers. They only smiled, and brought out a tray of edibles that had been perfected from her many visits to the facility.
"Did you pass this time, Kai?" spoke a voice in a familiar drawl, "Goodness knows, you've taken the test so many times." He leaned against the table, cocking his head at her, his permanently mangled legs and brace hidden by the clothes, yet still reminding her of the more jealous side of the teases. The boy was kitchen staff now, but before he was a confider of secrets and exalted rival in the academy. During a training session, they had snuck past their chuunin teachers and trained against more difficult obstacles than the straw dummies and targets the instructors had prepared.
Unbeknownst to them, that was also the day that a group of low-level missing-nin had plotted their revenge on the Spirit Village. In the panic, their teachers forgot them. While the others were safe in the evacuation bunkers, the two were in the center of the enemy's attack. Naturally, they fought off the attackers, but the group's B-class* leader entered the battle and began disposing of the Chunin. When he turned on her, Shikahime sacrificed a part of his nervous cord and the chakra system in his legs. His kekkai-genkai harnessed the power, to protect both of them and kill the man. When their leader died, the attackers lost their drive and dissipated back in to the edges of the forest. When they were found, both were reprimanded, but her friend was never allowed to enter in to the Academy again.
The sudden movement of his black uniform brought her back to the present as her classmates flowed into the room. She flinched at the glares at her friend, and smiled at his quiet, "They'll never learn." She waved back at them, and then back at her table she slipped a note under the ledge.
*I took a leap and concluded that the Bingo Book criminals are labeled like missions. (lowest E-D-C-B-A-S highest), and as such would correspond to ninja levels (Academy-Genin-Chunin-Jounin/Elite Jounin-Kage-Sage
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