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Chapter 4

Music, dancing, singing.

A fantastic ball was being held in the Land of Water's Kirikage's home. Several nobles and ladies were attending the festival in celebration of princess Jasumin's sixth birthday. She could easily recognize ninja that were from all the different nations, such as Konaha, Suna, and Iwagakure. Her father had invited the third Hokage and the fourth Kazekage. The Kazekage had brought along two of his three children to make friends with Jasumin. Their names were Temari and Kankuro. He had told her that his other son couldn't make it because he was "ill".

Suddenly, everyone seemed to stop dancing as one man walked into the room, along with several, mean looking men. The tall man had long black hair and yellow, snake-like eyes. Jasumin's father pushed her behind his back, as if sheilding her from him.

The man said to to her father, and soon it started to birth an argument. But no sooner than had her father yelled at him, than the tall man popped a snake out of his mouth. It struck her father, killing him instantly. He dropped to the floor, dead. Jasumin started to scream as the tall man reached for her.

Jasumin woke up suddenly, shaking in a cold sweat. 'Dad,' she thought. She immediately got out of bed and ran to her desk, pulling open the drawer in a hurry. She pulled out her Tarot cards, and started to shuffle them frantically.

"Hey, girlie, what's the hurry?" Riku asked her. "I know this is the day that you start the Chunin Exams, but they don't start until noon. It's only six a.m."

Jasumin stared to lay six cards down in a semicircle. She put the rest in a pile beside her and started to flip that cards over, one by one. Evil approaches, trust few was the only thing she could decipher. She sighed, trying to stop tembling as she packed up her cards and placed them in her shuriken pack.

As she started to get dressed for the day, she noticed that in her hurry, she left her desk drawer open. She went to go close it, she noticed her two plain fans that she had left in there. They had been a gift from her teacher, who she hoped would see before the exams started. Something in her gut that it would be a good idea to bring them, so she put those in her shuriken pack also.

Riku transformed into his usual ferret form, and climbed up her shoulder. In a few hours she would have to go get Keiko up for the Chunin Exams. She started to rummage through food in order to find something for breakfast, and decided to a cup of shrimp ramen noodles. Thanks to Naruto, that had recently started to become her favorite foods. When it was done heating, she went to go sit at the table to eat, but noticed something that hadn't been there before.

A freshly plucked red rose sat on the table, as though it had been for her. An envelope sat next to it, and Jasumin decided to find out who it was for. Surprisingly, it had her name on it. That was sort of unusual for her, usually Keiko was the one to get letters from people. After all, she was coming of age, and anyone could figure out that there were a lot of boys who wanted to date her. She slid her finger along the fold, and opened it. Inside was a scarlet sheet of paper, and Jasumin pulled it out, eager to see what it said. On it, written as though in a hurry, was a haiku.

'Cream and silk as one

How I long to taste and touch

The moon watches us.'

'Oh, wow, that is really sweet. I wonder who got this for me,' Jasumin thought. She ate her breakfast in silence, waiting for Keiko to wake up.

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Jasumin, Keiko, and Kyohaku walked in silence to the destination of the Chunin Exams. When they got there, their teacher, Yuushoku, was waiting for them. He had brown hair with dark chocolate eyes. He smiled warmly at the girls, as he presented them with three boxes. Each one had been wrapped in a different style of paper, each representing their chakra natures. Jasumin's was water and wind, Keiko's was earth and lightning, and Kyohaku's was fire.

"What's this for, Yuushoku-sensei?" Keiko asked him curiously.

"Open it, it is a gift for you girls." he told her.

In each box was a pendant made as though specifically for each girl. Jasumin's necklace was the symbol of a fire cat holding a blue wand white yin-yang sign in it's mouth. Keiko had the symbol of a fox holding a black and white yin-yang sign with it's tail encircling it. Kyohaku's symbol was a wolf howling in front of a moon that was meant to look like a black and red yin-yang.

"I don't understand. What are these for?" Keiko asked him.

"You will find out when the time comes. Do you girls like them?" he said.

"Yes," all three girls replied eagerly.

He chuckled at the three girls excitement. Then he looked toward the door they were supposed to enter for the Chunin Exams. "Knock 'em dead," he told them.

"Yes sir," all three girls said simultaneously, saluting.

As they entered the door, they suddenly heard someone shout, "I'm Naruto Uzumaki, and I'm gonna beat all of ya!"

Jasumin, Keiko, and Kyohaku looked at each other, and groaned in unison.

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