Dear Ikko, Day 93

Success! I have finally crossed the border into the Land of Fire! I'm so excited. I have been through so much pain, agony, stress, and I have faced death multiple times. But it was all worth it. I have actually traveled on foot from the Land of Ice to the Land of Fire! Although, I'm still a couple of weeks away from the Village Hidden in the Leaves.

I realize that I had my mind set on getting to the Chunin exams. I have to keep reminding myself that I can't take them for another three months or so. I can't lose hope now. I have said it again—I will take the exams and become a Chunin for Sensei, Sora and Yuri! And nothing on earth or in Hell is going to stop me! Not even the gray-eyed enemy that even now waits in the dusk to torment me once more.

-Ippiki Ookami