Sorry I made you wait a bit longer. I wanted to submit this chapter yesterday when I got back from my short trip out of town, but some very important, family business came up… well, lets just say that it was hard for me.
Anyway, those of you who thought that the style in which few, last chapters were made wasn't too good will probably be happy as most of the next, three chapters were done by Jackyl himself (I only filled it in with the scenes where the team I created for him appears, as he allowed me to).
As I read the reviews, you didn't asked any questions (though a lot of you guys were surprised that Ino and Chouji ended together), so nothing to explain so far, I guess.
And I also promised you a little surprise with this update… well, Jackyl's probably gonna kill me for doing this, but since I didn't had much to write with this and the next chapter, I've decided to place them both at once, so you won't have to wait a week for the next submission (there's one, more reason, but I'm not saying what was that).
Now, without further to do:
Chapter #26: The First Exam
Chapter Cover: Urusai is sitting at his desk depressed, as there is a paper test on it
"My name is Akimichi Ino and I'm the examiner for Chuunin Selection Exam first test!" announced the blonde woman.
"Akimichi?" wondered Hisaki, before turning to Choumura and elbowing him slightly: "You're lucky, the first test will be checked by your cousin…"
"My mother, actually…" corrected the chubby gennin. "And I doubt she'll give me a handicap… I'll be in trouble if I won't pass this freaking exam once I get home…" and with that he gulped loudly.
"Okay, I don't like wasting time, so let's get this show going…" shouted Ino, so that everyone could hear her. "Instead of your current, seating arrangements you'll pick a tab with a number and sit on the seat assign to you. Then we will begin the paper test…"
"A paper test…" Urusai gulped. "This is bad…"
"For Urusai there couldn't be a bigger tragedy" thought Jun, looking at his teammate a little worried. "He's already depressed…"
Urusai got number 48, Ayame was seated three rows behind him, just a little to his left and Jun was at a far end of the room, way to Ayame's right.
"Do not turn your tests over!" ordered Ino as she took some chalk into her hands. "There are many, important rules to this test. I'll write them on the blackboard while I explain, but I suggest listening carefully because you won't be allowed to asked questions during the exam…"
"No questions allowed?" wondered Hinako. "What's this all about?"
"First let me tell you that each of you starts with 10 points…" continued Ino. "You'll have 10 questions on your tests, each worth one point. Be aware that this test uses a subtraction system: one, wrong answer makes you lose one of your points…"
"So if you'd have six, incorrect answers you finish the test with only four points…" calculated Dajaku. "Still the subtraction system seems strange though…"
"Second: this is a teams test…" announced Ino. "Whether you pass it or not will be determined by the combined score of you and your teammates. The higher the score, the more chances to pass this test the team has…"
"With Urusai on our team…" Ayame thought to herself. "We're done for…"
"And now the most important part!" announced Ino. "During this exam anyone caught cheating will have two points subtracted for every offense, so there will be people who will lose all their points during the exam and be asked to leave…" and with that she showed them to look around as the whole room was surrounded with chuunins observing them.
"Now I get it…" figured Gaki. "They gave us 10 point for starters so they can punish us for cheating…but I'm a master in it… we'll see if they can match my skills…" and so he smiled under his nose.
"Realize that the pathetic ones that gets caught cheating will be destroying themselves…" continued Ino. "You wanna be proud chuunin? First learn to be proud shinobi! And the final rule: those who will lose all their points during the exam… or will answer all the questions incorrectly will not only fail themselves… but also result in failing their teammates!"
"Say what!" Jun's eyes widen at the news.
"Now we're seriously in deep shit…" thought Ayame as sweat started to appear on her face.
"The exam will last one hour…" finished Ino. "With that said… BEGIN!"
And hearing that everyone bended over to do their tests. But it didn't took long for Ayame to notice something out of place: "Who wrote those questions? There's no way in hell an average gennin could answer that! Is it really a test meant for us?"
"200 people except the examiners…" thought the kunoichi who was Kei's and Gaki's teammate as she looked around the classroom. "Looks like Kei-kun was right all along…"
"I can't answer even a single question…" admitted Jun. "Plus that number ten that is written to be given fifteen minutes before the exam ends… listen to the examiner closely and then answer… who wrote that shit? And getting so many chuunin just to keep an eye on us… just like they'd expect us to cheat…"
"I'M SCREWED!" Urusai yelled in his mind. "ARGH! WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? WHAT TO DO? AYAME-CHAN AND JUN-TEME WILL KILL ME!"
"Wait…" a thought stroke Jun suddenly. "All this… now I get it… they're not testing our knowledge… the questions are too advanced for that! What they're doing is… testing our information gathering skills! Wanna cheat? Do it but so that we won't notice! That's what that blonde meant at the end of her speech! And with that you can still give it a shot four times! Urusai, figure that out before it's too late! Those who noticed will begin acting soon!"
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Hagetaka reached under her desk as a sheet of paper just seemed to got carried there by the wind. She looked back at her redhead teammate, who was sitting few rows back. "Thanks Chisoku…" she thought with a smile and began writing her answers.
"You guys already started the fun?" Kugutsu raised his eyebrow with a tiny smirk appearing on his face. "We should get going as well then, right Tora?" he added.
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A small senbon landed on Nibai's desk with a tiny paper surrounding it. The kunoichi turned left where (many seats away) Kai sat: "I got a note from Saboten…" she thought, wondering if Kai understood her thoughts. "Prepare yourself, Kai..."
And with just one glare Kai held out his hand and sand began slowly gathering in his palm.
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Isseki concentrated with his eyes closed and as he instantly opened them, whines appeared all around them: "Byakugan!" he called out in his mind as his sight went straight through the other examinees, allowing him to see the answers they were writing.
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"This one looks good…" figured Homura with a smile, looking at a man sitting in from of her with a kanji symbol for 'study' on his back. "I think I'll copy him…" and with that thought her eyes turned red: "Sharingan!"
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"Isseki just finished writing…" noticed Choumura as he performed few, quick hand seals, unnoticeable for others. "Allow me to use your body for a while then, partner… Shintenshin no Jutsu!"
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Kyoudai formed a quick set of hand seals and once he was done, he called out in his mind: "Fenikkusu: Takagan!" and before anyone knew it his sight became hundred times sharper and Sasuke's pupil used it to check the answers the examinees who sat way before him gave on their papers…
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The puppy on Hige's head looked around and after seeing what it wanted, he barked quietly to his master.
"Good work, Urufudo" Hige complimented her companion quietly. "Now the fifth…"
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"Once this guy finishes…" thought Kei, observing the same guy Homura copied. "… I'll start the show…"
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Kigahen intercepted a small paper ball that went right next to his ear before anyone even noticed he moved. The blonde unrolled the ball and copied the right answers to his test. "At least you're good in this, Fuka…" he thought to himself.
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Toge was just sitting on his seat and listening. "Now which one is the guy I'm looking for… oh, here it is..." he become motionless as the sound of someone's pen got to his ears. "Stroke order… among of strokes… there you go…" he smiled to himself as he began writing on his paper.
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A bee flu right next to Kumo. The boy gave it an asking glare and after a moment he began writing answers on his paper. "Now to show these to Hinako and Hisaki…" and with that thought he moved his fingers slightly.
Only thanks to the shinning sun could a good eye spot thick strings attached to the boy's fingers. But if you'd look higher to the roof you'd see that the strings hold few, small mirrors under the ceiling. Mirrors that deflected his test. They were camouflaged by a lamp hanging just next to them.
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Hinako looked up to see the mirrors and answers deflected in them. She looked behind her, where Hisaki sat and gave him a small wink. "Here we go, cutie…" and with that she bended over, starting to copy the notes from the mirrors.
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Hisaki looked at Hinako's back where her metal 'boomerang' was attached. The weapon deflected the mirrors attached to the ceiling. "Double deflection might make this a bit longer then expected…" he thought to himself as he began writing answers on his test. "Stay like this for a while, Hinako…"
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"Finished…" thought Ayame with a smile. "Now I just have to wait for the tenth question…"
"Okay, that was the last one…" Jun put away his pen. "Seems that I did a good thing coping the answers of that guy…" and so he smiled, looking at the man with the kanji symbol for 'study' on his back, that sat few seats away from him in the same row.
"Thirteen teams failed already…" noticed Kugutsu as he looked around. "Guess it's high time to go to the bathroom…" and with that thought he raised his hand.
"Such a lame trick…" thought Saboten, looking at his fellow sand-nin.
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"Well, all the losers failed already…" figured Ino as she looked around the classroom. "Guess it's high time for the main part of the show…" and with that thought she gathered some air: "Okay, listen up! You guys have fifteen minutes before the test is over. Time to reveal the tenth question!"
"This is my only chance…" thought Urusai with determination.
-I gotta keep in mind to make a line in word at the end of the chapter ARGH!-
And that's that for this chapter. But don't go nowhere, coz the next chapter will be up in a sec!
As in the previous chappie, I'm placing the character profile. This time it'll be Ayame as she's the only one from the "main" team that wasn't described yet:
Name: Hatake Ayame
Age: currently 13 years old
Birth Date: 17th of December
Blood Type: AB
Height: 141,6 cm
Weight: 45,2 kg
Favored style of fighting: genjutsu
Current rank: gennin
Village: Konoha (Hidden Leaf)
Team: cell led by Uzumaki Naruto; her teammates are Hanayaka Jun and Kodawari Urusai
Family: as you probably know, her parents are Hatake Kakashi (the Rokudaime) and Yuuhi Kurenai
Bloodline limit: none from what I know
Techniques (I may have forgot something, so forgive me if I did): Konohagakure no Jutsu (Hidden Leaf Skill), Genjutsu: Shichi Kage no Mai (Genjutsu: Seven Shadows Dance)
First appearance: 1st chapter
And now jutsu encyclopedia. As I said, I don't know about the descriptions, but at least I can give you the translations:
Shintenshin no Jutsu (Mind-Body Switch Skill)
Fenikkusu: Takagan (Phoenix: Hawkeye)
And that's this for this chapter. Now off to the next!