12. The Start of the Chunin Exam –
Three months have passed since the brand-new ninjas of the Cupcake Village met their Jonin leaders and passed the first tests the leaders gave them.
A crow passed over the night sky as the Kappukage was sitting at his desk in front of a group of Jonin leaders. "It's the time of the year for the exams," the Kappukage told them. "When I call out your name, tell me if you think your team is ready for the exam and tell me the names of your team members. Oh, and also give me the form you should have filled out. Atsuya Kyuuka! Oh, never mind, you have a brand new team of ninjas."
"Hey, what are you talking about Kage-sama?" he replied back. "I bet my team is good enough to get through the exam!
"Are you sure about that?" he asked. "They just became ninjas a little over three months ago."
"You can trust me," he replied back. "They were one of the ninjas that helped fight Ryouma at the Fruit Villlage, so I nominate Kakashi Itonami, Shizu Seijou, and Tetsuma Ayuta."
"I assume that Tadohiro, Chisato, and Tatsumi all want their ninjas to enter also?" the Kappukage asked as he looked at the three.
Tadohiro stepped forward and replied with, "I nominate Musashi Shinmiri, Maasaki Nagoyaka, and Reiko Kanashimi.
Chisato followed Tadohiro and said, "I nominate Hayoto Yukai, Daichi Souzoushii, and Chouko Ayuta."
"Well since everyone else is doing it!" yelled Tatsumi. "I nominate Genta Kigourou, Marumi Akarui, and Jin Mijikai.
Sweat drops appeared on the other three's heads. "Does she know that this is serious?" whispered Atsuya to Tadohiro.
"I think she is…." he replied back.
The four turned in their forms for their ninjas which had names, ninja type, and description of fighting styles.
Kakashi Itonami (Mid range): Specializes in combining ice techniques with sword skills. He can quickly adapt to any situations by fighting close range with his sword, or fighting far range by using ice ninjutsu.
Shizu Seijou (Long range): Specializes in using water ninjutsu to attack from a very far range. This allows her to play an assist role in fighting, making her extremely useful, but she does extremely poor in situations where she has to fight at close range.
Tetsuma Ayuta (Close range): Specializes in creating birds to attack and/or distract the enemy and then synchronize his attacks, mostly close range taijutsu, with his birds to create powerful combos. He also is extremely smart allowing him to easily formulate plans of attack.
Team Description: This team is an extremely balanced because of the versatility of its members. The team has a good balance between frontline fighters and backline fighters allowing them to attack more proficiently. While one to two people attack at the front, one to two people can assist with long range ninjutu.
Musashi Shinmiri (Close range): Specializes in using knives at close range and using fire techniques to distract his opponent before he strikes. This makes him useful in confusing his opponents because of his fire techniques often scare an opponent away, causing them to fall for traps or become more susceptible.
Maasaki Nagoyaka (Mid range): Specializes in using healing techniques to assist his team mates, one of the reasons he stays close to combat is to be able to get to his allies easily, and also using ninjustu to greatly damage the enemy. This makes him a skilled medical ninja that can also fight quite well.
Reiko Kanashimi (Long range): Specializes in using wind-based ninjutsu from a far distance to assist her team mates with their battles. Even though she stays at a distance from her opponents, she can fight at a close range effectively. Her teleportation technique also allows easy retreat.
Team Description: This team's abilities make them greatly suited for rescuing. Musashi can distract using fire or attack using the fire, Maasaki can heal the people that needed rescuing, and Reiko can use teleportation skill to travel far distances to get to the target and to take the target to a safe spot.
Hayoto Yukai (Mid range): Specializes in using his ferret, Kasshoku, in many of his skills, using it offensively and defensively. He also can use earth-based ninjutsu along with his ferret techniques. This lets him attack from a multitude of ranges.
Daichi Souzoushii (Close range): Specializes in using lightning-based ninjutsu combined with high speed movements. Lightning techniques require large amounts of energy control, meaning that it takes a more skilled person to use these kinds of moves. He also has a large amount of chakra allowing him to last longer.
Chouko Ayuta (Long range): Specializes in creating weapons she can use in battle. Her intelligence allows her to analyze an opponent and create the best way to approach a situation. She also has amazing aim with her weapons, mostly a bow and arrow, nearly always hitting her target.
Team Description: This team's abilities make them best used for the front line, on the offensive. All of the team members have extremely powerful offensive skills allowing them to decimate the opponents they have to face. Their offensive skills let the take out an opponent from a distance or at close range.
Genta Kigurou (Close range): Specializes in close range fighting using power taijutsu. He has the power of sheer strength on his side, allowing him to finish off his opponent very quickly. His skills are best used in one-on-one fights, but he can handle multiple opponents at the same time in battle.
Marumi Akarui (Long range): Specializes in using genjutsu to trap her opponents in powerful illusions. Her genjutsu is very hard to escape making her a very skilled ninja. This makes her a very useful person to assist, and if she has to fight without her team mates, she can still fight well.
Jin Mijikai (Mid range): Specializes in using clones in her various powerful techniques, allowing him to confuse his enemy and take them out while they are busy with his clones. His invisibility technique makes his clones even deadlier. He can easily ambush an enemy and defeat them.
Team Description: This team various specialties allow them to be an extremely defensive, useful in situations where something is needed to be protected. Genta can take the front lines near the object that needs protection, with Jin assisting him with clones. Marumi can stand closest to the object and take out anything that passes her two teammates with genjutsu.
The next day…
Kakashi went to his mailbox and pulled out the letters his family had received. He shuffled through them on his walk back to his home and found one addressed to him. He ripped it open and it read: Dear Kakashi Itonami, you have been one of the lucky people to be nominated to enter the CHUNIN EXAM! Come to the Ninja Academy at 11 o'clock tomorrow for the first part. He was still staring at belief before it really sunk in that he could become a Chunin at the end of the upcoming exam.
Kakashi was lying in the fields staring at the stars that night. "Chunin," he thought in his head. "In about a week, I could be a Chunin," he said outloud.
"So you got the letter too?" asked Tetsuma who was walking towards him.
"Yeah," he replied. "Where you come from?"
"I got the letter and I felt like taking a walk."
After a couple of minutes of silence, Kakashi broke it by saying, "You ever wonder if we would stop being friends? I've heard that people who become Chunin sometimes form brand new Chunin team and they stop hanging out with their old team of Genin."
"No," he replied. "We'll stay friends for at least another fifty years."
Kakashi smiled, but in the back of his mind, he truely believed that wasn't going to happen.
The next day…
An extremely large crowd of people were standing in front of the Ninja Academy. Iruka was walking towards them with an even larger crowd of ninja with different symbols on their headbands. There were ninjas from the Bear Village, Bug Village, Flower Ninja, and many more. A dust of cloud was quickly rushing by them, and when the dust settled, it appeared to be Shizu clutching onto her brother Chuugo's collar.
"AM I LATE!?!?" she yelled as she desperately tried to catch her breath.
"Well a little bit," Kakashi replied.
"Welcome all to the Chunin Exam!" yelled Iruka. "Before you guys take the first stage, I have something to tell you all. This exam is life-threatening. If you are confident you can do well in the exam, then come with me and enter the academy for the first part of the exam."
Kakashi was scared. He never even thought about the risks of the exam.
"Hurry up and let's go," said Shizu. He followed her, and in his head, the only thought going through his mind was, "I really hope I don't regret this."
"I will leave you here," said Iruka. "Enter the room." The crowd was in front of a door, a door that Kakashi realized that no one had used in a while.
The crowd entered and most noticed the man sitting at the desk. Everyone took a seat, most sitting next to their team mates. He was wearing very simple clothing, a black shirt and black pants, with a pair of dark sunglasses over his eyes. He scratched his spiky hair as he said, "Hello. I'm going to be your exam coordinator for the first two parts. The name's Koso Dineta. Everyone quiet!!!!!" His expression on his face changed to a much more serious face. Over a dozen ninjas then walked in and took a seat on the sides of the room. "Okay I'm going to pass out the tests. These ninjas are here to make sure no cheating occurs."
All of the twelve new Genin had shock on their faces. They didn't think they would take a written test like this. The other ninjas must have taken the exam before or heard from others, since they looked calm and much more prepared than the rookies.
Kakashi received his test and the first question read: If you were to throw a shuriken at 12.292 meters per second, to point B which is southwest of your position and 130.211 meters away, with the wind blowing at 9 meters per second, how long would it take for the shuriken to get to point B. Kakashi could figure out the time, but the direction and wind threw him off. He decided to skip it. He looked at the other question and they seemed to get harder as you went through. The 10th problem looked nearly impossible to figure out. He couldn't do this test…without cheating.