"Well done Ryou, well now you need to get ready, the Chunnin exams are tomorrow." Orochimaru hissed and she disappeared, she arrived back at her house and fell asleep after taking a bath and got dressed in her sleeping attire. "Wake up Ryou!" Orochimaru yelled and she woke up suddenly, he was standing there angrily and she grumbled, she got dressed after kicking him out and came out with a piece of toast in her mouth, peanut butter on it. "Come on the deadline for the Chunnin exam is coming close." He hissed as they walked, Renji and Omoro catching up to them eventually, they had 5 seconds before the deadline came and she used her teleportation technique to get them inside the room with 1 second remaining.

"Well well, 2 seconds later and you wouldn't have been able to get inside the room, very nice." The proctor said to her from the front of the room, she looked serious and everyone looked at them. "I am Ibiki Morino and I will be your proctor for the first exam." The man said and went into a big long speech, Ryouzetsu yawned not paying attention to him and the test started after they drew numbers, she was placed somewhere in the middle and she knew all of the answers, her family having superior knowledge. "Alright I will now announce the last question." Ibiki said and Ryouzetsu doodled on her paper, she then wrote a note saying the test was too easy and that she didn't have to cheat her way through it. "Alright, those of you who do not want to continue or answer the question leave now." He said and on cue people left, the remaining people were scared but Ryouzetsu spoke up.

"Don't be frightened at this point, you have taken the first part and are passing to the second part, if you leave now then you are throwing your chance away at becoming a Chunnin." Ryouzetsu said and stood up calmly, "You shouldn't be scared of him, he specializes in this kind of stuff, getting into your mind and making you feel fear, it's not real, he is trying to get you all out. So don't give into his petty tactics, stand strong and finish these exams like the men and women I know you are!" Ryouzetsu yelled and everyone cheered and hollered, she smirked and sat back down.

"Well congratulations you all passed the first exam, tomorrow you will start the second phase of the exam." Ibiki said and everyone left, he collected the papers and smirked when he saw Ryouzetsu's note; the next day came and went peacefully, during which Ryouzetsu and her team passed, breaking the record.

Rewinding back to approximately 9:30 in the morning, they met outside at the 44th training ground, also known as the Forest of Death, and were instructed on what they were going to do, Ryouzetsu and her teammates received a Heaven scroll and set off into the Forest of Death at the sound. Ryouzetsu sensed an earth scroll and they attacked the team, defeating them quickly, and not one of them got dirt or blood on them, they then used Omoro's teleportation technique to get to the tower, it had only been five minutes exactly when they reached the tower. Ryouzetsu was bored instantly, she laid down on a bench and fell asleep, Omoro sat with his legs crossed on the next bench and Renji leaned against a support pillar with his eyes closed, talking to Omoro and trying not to wake Ryouzetsu. Cubellios crawled out from Ryouzetsu's shirt and hissed at Omoro, he talked with the snake then sighed; the snake went back to Ryouzetsu and she woke up, Cubellios slithered up her arm and rested around her shoulders. After a long time people finally showed up, she glanced over and saw that it was people from the Rain village, she yawned and went back to sleep ignoring their comments, Renji and Omoro opened their eyes after they said Ryouzetsu was pretty cute. Renji glared at them and Omoro emitted a killing aura, Ryouzetsu sighed and rolled over the sat u swiftly, smirking.

"Now, now, boys, cut that out, they won't do anything, because I already saw their fates, Renji, stop glaring daggers, Omoro, cool down will ya? Well now boys, it's about time for everyone else to show up, it has been almost five days since the start of this exam. That is… if they can get past my little pets I've laid out for them to play with." Ryouzetsu grimaced and Renji and Omoro sighed closing their eyes smiling, commenting that she was still as mischievous and wild as ever, just then a couple more teams made it in, making a total of 15 people passing the second exam. "A preliminary round huh? Bring it on; as long as I get to fight I'm fine with anything you throw at me." Ryouzetsu hissed acidly, smirking like a demon, the proctor told them the details and one person dropped out, leaving it to 14 people, 7 matches for the preliminary round, the first match was Ryouzetsu vs. a guy from the Sand village.

"And now this match will start whenever the two are ready." The proctor told them and after everyone cleared the area, moving upstairs to the balconies, they started, the guy threw shuriken at her and she stood there.

"Honestly, they never learn do they?" Ryouzetsu said and she was behind him now, she pulled out a kunai and brought it down with force, he dodged and she landed a deep cut on his arm, they fought and fought only using weapons when suddenly he had punched her in the face and sent her flying. "Gah!" She hit the wall and created a little crater in it, she slid down the wall and was leaning against it, seemingly unconscious, the proctor almost called it off them her chakra erupted around her, swirling violently. "You dare scratch my body you fool; I'll show you the true meaning of fear you bastard!" She yelled her eyes reverting to snake-like eyes and her hair changed to sleek black, she stood up and screamed in anger as her power raged, her body taking on animal-like qualities such as long sharp nails and fangs. "Prepare to die!" She yelled and lunged forward, her skin splitting open and her bone stuck out, she grabbed it and pulled it out, it reforming to a sword and she fought him angrily. "Rrraaaahhhhh!" Ryouzetsu screamed in complete beastly anger and slashed him across the chest, a few seconds later she reverted back except for her eyes, teeth, and claws, and stood above him with her foot on his cheek and her sword made of her bone in his chest. "Say your last words foolish human." She growled and he pleaded for his life, she looked unamused and then crushed his head, killing him, she stood there and then reverted back to normal, suddenly her body was shaking and she fell down onto her butt shaking in fear.

"Ryou!" Renji yelled and jumped down with Omoro and Orochimaru, she backed away making scared noises, Orochimaru helped her up and she clung to him and was shaking violently, tears streaming down her face.

"D-did i… do th-that?" Ryouzetsu stuttered and Omoro nodded, she then basically screamed, Orochimaru held her back and then brought her out to the medical unit, Renji healing her himself. ". . ." Ryouzetsu stayed silent the whole time and then sat all by herself when they returned to watch the rest of the matches, she regretted killing him, and maybe it was because she saw herself in him but she had killed him mercilessly, and that made her guilty. ". . ." Ryouzetsu sighed at how pathetic she was and stood up, returned to the balcony and watched the matches silently; everyone was staring at her fearfully, the sand Shinobi glaring at her. "Orochimaru, I'm sorry, but I need to go, it seems like I'm not welcome anymore, I'll be back when the final round comes, also don't try to contact me, I'll be in the land of fangs in my village, I left something behind there." Ryouzetsu said and then disappeared, Orochimaru sighed losing his smile and Renji and Omoro asked where she went, he told them she went back to her village to reclaim something she left behind 2 years ago. "Mother, father, I've returned, I'm sorry for leaving suddenly." Ryouzetsu said kneeling in front of two graves, written on them was here lays Layla Minakawa, and next to it was here lies Jude Minakawa, she sniffled and set flowers down on their graves, Ryouzetsu then got up and went into her old home, removing a wall to find a secret tunnel going into the underground of her home village.

Ryouzetsu came upon the ancient secrets of her clan, the priceless artifacts, and the tablet that only the ones from the Minakawa clan could read, she read it fast and once she chanted the spell on, her parents spirits, her brother's spirit, and her little sister's spirit were standing there with her. She apologized to them, they forgave her and guided her through the maze to get to the real thing she was after, the power of the Rinnegan, and since the Minakawa are distant relatives of the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. She touched the tablet and the power flowed into her, her eyes activating the Rinnegan, able to use the Sharingan and other eye technique's because of her bloodline, her eyes returned to normal and she smiled and thanked them, she went to a chest behind the tablet and took out clothing and put it carefully into a bag and put it over her shoulder. Ryouzetsu packed some other things in another bag, some of the weapons left behind for her, she changed into a knee-length flowy black dress, fishnet knee and elbow covers, her headband on her head, black fingerless gloves, black sandals, a tan and brown camo-type wrap on her neck loosely, and her hair all the way down, tumbling beautifully down her shoulders. Ryouzetsu then took her bags and teleported back to the Leaf village; she arrived by Orochimaru's side as he was just escorting Renji and Omoro to the arena for final training before the final rounds tomorrow. He smirked when he saw she had gained power and Ryouzetsu dropped her bags by the training grounds, making sure she kept an eye on them, Omoro and Renji greeted her then they started training, both against Ryouzetsu. She beat them fairly quickly and Orochimaru praised her, she blew him off and took a swig of water and sighed, thinking back to the days where she would live happily with her parents, a stray slipped from her eyes as she looked up at the sky, seeing her dead family's faces.