Chapter 8: Exam Day
A/N: Wahoo, over 4000 hits. I forgot about the Hirashin no jutsu, for the purposes of this story I'll just say they are the same, Shunshin can only be used for where you can see and the tag is used to teleport where you can't see.
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Location: Hyuuga compound
Date: June 4, 12 A.K. morning
Everyone had slept in, Hiashi thinking it would be good if they were well rested, unfortunately, Kushina did not have the same sentiments, and made this very clear.
Kushina screamed "AAAAAGGGGGHHHHH!!! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!" and ran out of her room to get everyone else up. As she was heading to Johns room thought hit her, "Maybe I'll be able to see John's face while he's asleep," and snuck into her room. She reached his bed, he was sleeping with the covers over his head, and pulled back the blanket, and looked defeated; he had slept with his helmet on. Kushina thought, "Gah," and threw up her hands in defeat. She decided to get a little prank out of it though, climbing onto the bed and sitting behind his pillow she started to hit his head like a bongo.
"Ow, ow, ow!" John said to the beat. He said, "Kushina don't do that, it's annoying."
Kushina responded, "I know; that's why I did it. Now that you're up get your armor on and grab some toast. We need to go!" She did about the same for Cortana, minus the bongo playing; she had already woken up Hinata.
Everyone grabbed a quick breakfast before running out the door. With Kushina yelling back, "Next time you see me I'll be a genin!"
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Location: Konoha ninja academy
Date: unchanged
Kushina, John, Cortana, and Hinata got there just before Shikamaru and Choji. Shikamaru looked like he could care less that he was there, and Choji looked like he wished he could be eating some BBQ.
"All right kids the first part of the exam is about taijutsu and accuracy, this will be taken at the same time. Each of you will be protecting three targets when all of your targets have been destroyed you will stop attacking others and come to me or Mizuki for your score, this will be for 33 percent of your grade." Iruka explained when everyone got there.
"Yatta, this is going to be easy!" Kushina shouted then added quieter, "Maybe I'll get to take Sasuke-teme's out first. Heh heh."
Everyone else was just as enthused, just not as vocal, except Sasuke, he just walked out the door to the sparing area.
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Location: Sparring arena, Konoha Academy
Date unchanged
After everyone made it into the large circle that had been laid in the field Iruka said, "Each of your targets are set up on a box somewhere out side this circle, you must protect your plates while destroying everyone else's, the person the highest over all hits and blocks will get the maximum points. There are only two rules: no killing, and stay within the circle." He jumped out of the ring and yelled, "Begin!"
John started out by finding his set of targets and threw a bubble shield at it protecting them. Then he pulled out his handgun and started to take out targets, being careful not to hit anyone.
Kushina and Hinata just started to take out as many other kids as they could, eventually only eleven people still stood, two of which where just blocking their targets to everyone but Sasuke, so he could get more points. The others were focusing on offense more than defense now; Cortana had used an earth jutsu to protect Kushina's, Hinata's and her own targets.
Sasuke had finally gotten both Ino and Sakura's targets, mostly so they would shut the hell up, Shikamaru had quit after it had become "troublesome" and Choji quit because he ran out of chips. John had been using his 9mm to great effect, Shino and Kiba had only one target left each and Sasuke was the only one that still had all three of his targets, Cortana's earth walls having been melted by Sasuke and Choji had used his multi-size jutsu to get his arm long enough to reach through John's shield to get one target before being pushed back.
Getting the last of Shino and Kiba's targets John shouted, "Guy's we need to focus on Sasuke now!" and aimed his gun at the targets. Sasuke saw this and ran to John and knocked his gun out of his hand. John was quick though and pulled out his last grenade and tossed it at Sasuke's targets.
Sasuke saw this and said, "What are you doing, trying to prolong this fight?" thinking that what John had just tossed was another bubble shield.
John just smirked, though no one could see it, and said "Boom." Right before the grenade exploded causing a small crater where Sasuke's targets had been.
Pissed-off Sasuke threw several kunai at John, thinking, "I might not beat him in this match, but maybe I can at least put a hole in his oh so precious armor."
John didn't even try to move, he didn't need to the shield blocked all of the kunai that were thrown at him. He said, "You'll have to do better than that to harm me Sasuke-teme."
Sasuke, being very pissed-off now just said, "Tch, whatever," and walked away to Iruka to get his score.
Now that it was just the friends left they all raised their hand and said, "I quit." At the same time, having the same score, they all got 33.33 points for the first part of the exam.
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Location: Konoha academy class room
Date: June 4, 12 AK mid morning
After leading everyone back into the class Mizuki said, "This next part will test your ninjutsu, seeing as how young all of you are you are only required to do a Kawarimi jutsu, but you can do any Jutsu you feel competent in. We'll be going first so You're up Yamanaka."
Ino went down and did a simple Kawarimi and sat back down, most everyone did, even Kushina and John, it was just easier that way. Sasuke and Cortana were the only people that didn't. Sasuke did a Goukakyuu, causing all of his fangirls to swoon. Not to be out done, which is the reason she did something other than Kawarimi, Cortana pulled out a bunch of seals for the Shunshin and did some hand seals causing all of the seals to fly out and attach themselves all over the room, then she preformed said jutsu stopping for only a second so people would be able to see that she moved, removing the seal when she arrived at it then proceeding to the next, she landed in the middle of the room to great applause from everyone except Sasuke and his fangirls.
After everyone else went Mizuki said, "This next part will be for Genjutsu you will be performing in the next room, because it is easier to perform a genjutsu on fewer people, a simple Henge or Bunshin will be enough to pass. Aburame you're up first."
I went like this for a little while Cortana was the first of the group to go. She walked back in with a headband tied around her waist. And sat down, the same with Hinata but hers was tied around her neck. Then it was John's turn.
He walked into the room where Mizuki and Iruka were sitting and performed the required hand seals shouted, "Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" and poof there were three Johns were standing where there was once only one.
Iruka said, "John you need to perform a genjutsu that is a ninjutsu."
John replied, "But, this is just like the Bunshin just better."
Mizuki said, "I'm sorry john it's about causing us to see something that isn't there, because those are Kage Bunshins they are actually there, so you need to perform a genjutsu, not the ninjutsu equivalent."
John getting both angry and sad whispered, "But I don't know any genjutsu."
Iruka said, with obvious pain in his voice, "Then I'm sorry John I can't allow you to get any points in this stage, and there for you fail."
John slunk his head in defeat sighed and walked out the door and back to his friends. When they saw that he had failed, Cortana actually almost cried, and Hinata looked sad too, but Kushina said, "Cheer up, I failed it twice already, it's not the end of the world you just have to wait for December to try Again."
"Yeah, I guess you're right Kushina, I just need to try harder to pass next time. Now you go in there and try your hardest and pass Kushina" John said feeling happier.
A few moments later Kushina walked back in wailing about how it was so unfair and that she should have passed this time.
"Calm down, Kushina, it's like you said, it's not the end of the world we just need to try harder next time." John said trying to quite down the crying blond, to no avail.
She practically screamed, "This was only the first time you failed, you only get three chances and then your out, you can't try again, and this was my third try!"
Then Mizuki came in and said, "I would like to see John, Cortana and Kushina please."
"What's up Sensei, I know why John and Kushina are out here. It's because they failed right? So, why am I out here?" Cortana inquired
"Because I know of a way that they can pass and I want you to help them. You have to go to the Hokage tower and steal a scroll, the scroll of sealing, then you two need to learn a jutsu from it. You can go to the woods to practice it so no one finds you. If they do find you you'll fail, got that."
All three of them replied, "Sir, yes sir." And walked back to the class room, Kushina had visibly cheered, John would have too if it weren't for his armor.
"Why did Mizuki-sensei want to talk to you three?" Hinata asked.
Cortana replied, "He told us of a way that Kushina and John could still pass, but it sounds fishy, why would learning a single jutsu from a scroll in the Hokage's office allow a person to pass. Oh well, I suppose instead of stealing the Hokage's scroll of sealing we could just use Kushina's, it was the one I learned Shunshin out of, I think her father wrote it and gave a copy to Sarutobi-sama."
John added "I think that Mizuki-sensei will try to take the scroll from us when we bring it to the forest, so it would probably be best to set a trap. Normally I'd snipe his ass, but we can't be sure that he isn't telling the truth, and I want to get recorded evidence that he did something illegal so we can get him arrested."
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Location: Forest outside Konoha
Date: June 4, 12 AK night
"All traps in place, camera in working order and ready to film. Operation: Chunin Takedown is a go." Hinata said through the radio that John had given to her.
Instead of every one using the radios they already had John had insisted on using some secure ones he had on the ship, and after a quick trip to the Hokage and his ship he had the radios in hand.
John whispered into his radio, "Rodger that. We are in position as well, movement detector shows enemy at 14.37 meters due east and closing." at 5 meters John triggered a bubble shield that protected all three of them from the barrage of shuriken and kunai that flew out of the foliage in the hostel's direction.
Stepping out of the brush, Mizuki said with an evil grin, "I'll take that scroll from you now."
"Kushina stepped forward and shouted right back, "Like hell you will, my father wrote that and left to me as part of my inheritance!"
"Ha, you the Yondaime's daughter, who told you that load of bull? No you are the Kyuubi no Kitsune. You were the one that attacked Konoha 12 years ago, and now you'll pay for your crimes." Mizuki ranted.
"Dumbass, I'm not the fox just the vessel." Kushina retorted.
"You knew about the fox!?!" yelled a shocked Mizuki.
Kushina responded "It's kind of hard not to notice her when she won't shut the hell up. And you might as well give up, we have a distinct advantage." Then she added with malice laced into her voice, "You won't make it out of here alive if you proceed to try to kill me or any one of my friends."
Mizuki said with obvious amusement, "What could you do? You're just a dropout; you stand no chance against a chunin, even if all three of you came at me at once. All three of you are demons, I'm going to take that scroll and kill you then I'll be a hero. Muhahahaha."
John pulled out his handgun and took a shot at the distracted Mizuki, but missed because Mizuki saw him move just in time. John cursed, "Damn!" and put his gun away and said, "Guess I'll have to do this the old-fashion way. And ran up to Mizuki and punched with his inhuman strength, but yet again Mizuki dodged. After climbing out of the crater that his punched caused John said, "Pretty good at running away aren't you?" and rushed Mizuki again. Mizuki kept dodging the attacks; he was eventually maneuvered into a large area covered in Shunshin tags. John barked through the intercom system, "Cortana, now!"
A kunai flew from the side at Mizuki, and then from the other side, and before long they were coming from every direction, Mizuki dodging most but still getting hit every so often. Luckily the Shunshin, when used with tags, takes very little Chakra when compared to other movement jutsu, so Cortana wasn't getting too tired.
"Enough of this." Mizuki growled and pulled out a large shuriken from his back, focused a little as if in thought then threw the shuriken to the left; unfortunately Cortana had used an algorithm to denote where she was going to pop up next and Mizuki had figured out the algorithm.
Time seemed to slow down as that shuriken moved towards Cortana, and she only had enough time to move to the side a little to dodge a killing blow, but not by much. Injured Cortana fell to the forest floor bleeding. When John saw this, his chakra started to leak out in great quantities and he started to transform, slowly it seemed as though his armor was melting and his body was becoming more like a bird of prey as his arms gained feathers and his head elongated and his upper lip curved into what a beak would look like. He said, "Die, you pitiful scum!" and flew at Mizuki with great speed. He hit Mizuki with a taloned hand shredding Mizuki's chunin vest and causing him to fly up into the sky. John wasn't done yet and flew up after him; he punched Mizuki in the back at the apogee of Mizuki's flight sending him miles away. John followed him and once they were a few miles away John did a flying kick downwards onto Mizuki causing them both to fly downwards. When Mizuki hit the ground he caused a crater three miles wide and one mile deep, causing a massive explosion and shaking the ground for many miles around.
Now sure that what had once been Mizuki John flew back to Cortana as fast as he could, and as he saw her dieing he slowly transformed back into his old self, and for once in his life he cried, deep and sorrow full. Kushina said, "Step back john, Kyuubi says that if I pump some of her chakra into Cortana she should heal and survive." Reluctantly John did as he was told and allowed Kushina to pump chakra into Cortana, and she started to heal, first the more serious wounds then slowly even the scratches and bruises were healed.
John just ran up to Cortana and held her in his arms happy that she was alive and that the man who had almost killed her was dead. Cortana said in a tired voice, "What happened to Mizuki, did we knock him out?"
"Um, in a manner of speaking, Cortana. After he harmed you John just flipped out and transformed into, for lack of a better word, a demon and killed Mizuki and there is now a very large crater out to the west with what used to be Mizuki in the center." Hinata said, having just come out of the shadows.
"Yeah, but Cortana listen to this I turned into a Tengu, just like my code name, do you think that Yoko is the Kyuubi, her code name was Kitsune and she did disappear while in slipspace so it's possible."
"Kyuubi is saying that she is from your universe, and is a Spartan, whatever that is, and your subordinate." Kushina said. "Oh, she added that it took you long enough to finder her, 'you lazy ass.'" Kushina added.
"Yeah that's defiantly Yoko; she's the only one that would ever tease John like that. Just a sec, I'll see if I can let her out" Cortana said.
Kushina yelled, "What? You can't do that my father gave his life to seal her in my navel and I don't want you to make his sacrifice useless!"
"No, he had to seal himself into your navel as well, I saw the theory and seal he used in one of the scrolls he gave you. If I release Yoko, I will also release your father. I only just now offered because I thought that it was an actual demon in your stomach, I guess there's no such thing." Cortana replied coolly. She walked over to Kushina and lifted her shirt to reveal the seal on her stomach Cortana did some hand seals and placed her hand on Kushina's stomach slowly erasing the seal until it was gone. Then there was a flash of light and there stood a woman who looked to be about 24 and a man that looked to be about 36 and had gold colored hair like Kushina.
The woman had the same armor on that Chief did but she wasn't wearing her helmet, she had long red hair and a foxy grin, she said, "Finally you wouldn't believe who boring it is in that seal."
The man replied, "Well Yoko, at least you could talk to my daughter and see the outside world. All I could do is listen to you tease and argue with Kushina."
The woman, who we now know to be Yoko, looked at john and squealed like a little girl and said, "John, you're so cute as a twelve-year-old again."
All John did was growl a little, Kushina and Hinata looked bewildered, and Cortana looked incredibly happy to see another Spartan. Cortana said, "Hey Yoko how have you been doing, well other than the whole being sealed into a child's navel."
Yoko replied, "I was doing good when I first got here, I found a village and a man who took me in and started to teach me shinobi arts. About a year later a snake bastard wearing a Konoha head band came through and killed the nice old man, and everyone else in the village save for me, and just walked off. I became enraged I mean superbly pissed off, and as you now know when someone from our universe gets enraged here we turn into our code demons, me a Kitsune and you a Tengu. Well after I transformed my rage was directed at the only place that I could think he would be, Konoha. And we all know what happened back then so I'd rather not have to talk about it."
Minato said after her, "that explosion you caused, John, will no doubt have attracted some ANBU to check it out. So, we should probably get over there to explain what happened.
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Location: bottom of crater outside of Konoha.
Date: unchanged
"What the hell is that thing?" Said an ANBU while poking what was once Mizuki with a stick.
"I think it used to be a person, in which case you probably shouldn't be poking it," Said the ANBU next to him.
Minato Shunshin-ed into the center of the crater and said "Yo." Needless to say Both ANBU were very surprised to see the Fourth Hokage, who supposedly died sealing away the Kyuubi, standing there before them. Acting very much like his daughter he said, "What are you guy's staring at, it's like you've seen a ghost."
Finally the ANBU that had poked Mizuki said, "Yondaime is that really you? Did you cause this crater?"
"First yes it really is me, I was sealed into Kushina along with the Kyuubi, and, no, I didn't cause this crater, even I don't have that much power." Minato replied.
The other ANBU said, "Then who made it?"
John just made it up to them, while carrying Cortana, and was closely followed by Kushina and Hinata. John said, "I did, he harmed Cortana and it pissed me off, oh and don't worry she's fine now, just really tired from healing so quickly."
Yet again the two ANBU just stared in disbelief surprised that the little kid had so much power. Finally one of them spoke up and said, "We need to take you to the Sandaime immediately this is very big news." After the ANBU said this Yoko walked up behind John, and startled the ANBU. He asked, "Who are you? Are you related to John?"
Yoko replied, "My name is Yoko, and no I'm not related to John. He used to be my superior officer in our own universe, which is why we have similar armor."
The ANBU were rather curious as to how a twelve-year old could be the superior of an obviously powerful 26 year old woman and then they remembered where they were standing and shrugged, and said, "Alright you need to come with us as well."
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Location: Hokage's office
Date: unchanged
When the Hokage opened his office door expecting to hear of another demon and/or invasion, but instead found that Namikaze Minato was resurrected, another person from John and Cortana's universe was discovered, and that Mizuki had betrayed Konoha. After taking in all the information Sarutobi said, "Well it looks like I'll be able to go back into retirement, and Kushina, John, I'll allow you to graduate with the rest of your class, not being able to perform genjutsu has obviously not affected your ability to fight. Yoko because you are obviously stronger than most ANBU teams I'll make you a Jounin, and because you already know john and Cortana you'll be the assistant instructor for their team. You may go."
Everyone left, the office and were heading out of the building when Minato said, "I think I'll treat you guy's to some ramen for a job well done. On to Ichiraku!"
Kushina shouted, "Yatta," and ran down the road with her father to the ramen stand.
Luckily Minato was moving to fast for most people to see so he didn't have to answer any awkward questions.
The owner of Ichiraku gaped for a moment then made as much ramen he and Ayame could, much to the delight to Minato and his daughter. No one talked while they were at the bar, the workers being too busy to talk and everyone else in aw of how much Minato ate.
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Location: Hyuuga compound
Date: June 4, 12 AK late night.
After dinner everyone went back to the Hyuuga compound to talk to Hiashi, who was surprised to see his best friend among the living but extremely happy none the less. He agreed to let Minato stay the night that night so they could catch up. The next day he was to unlock his own home and get custody of Kushina back. Hiashi and Minato went to the dinning room to talk over some tea while everyone else went to bed, except for Cortana who had gone to bed instead of going out to dinner with everyone else.
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A/N: Sorry it took so long to get this out, but at least it's a long one, over 7 pages, please review, it lets my writing get better and gives me incentive to get chapters out faster.