HEY!!! I'm back!! I hope you guys are enjoying this story. Thank you so much to my very few reviewers!!! You guys saved this story. I apologize for the long wait but school is ending I had to finish some stuff up. Well, and I've been blowing it off a bit due to the annoying ability to not be able type this the way I wanted it. But that won't happened again!! Well here's the next chapter!!!

Chapter 3: Team Eleven's Backround

Hiorie was slowly walking to the meeting place for the second exam with Kuro and Kysona talking behind him.

"Hiorie, are you sure that this is the place that we're suppose to meet??" Kuro asked uncertainly.

"Yeah, I'm sure. This is where we met last time." Hiorie responded. Since Kazu was out on a mission they never got the message.

"Why do you play with that thing so much??" Kysona questioned, simply annoyed that all he basically did was play with his cube. "It's all you do!" Hiorie ignored her.

"The meeting place is that way." Hiorie said, pointing ahead of himself. He then turned and went to the right.

"Well where are you going?" Kuro asked with a confused face. "Oh yeah, now I remember." Kuro said to himself. He ran to catch up to Hiorie and Kysona. By the time he did, they had reached the memorial stone and no one dared to speak. They had all lost someone important in battle. Hiorie had lost his comrades. No one knows what happened to his family. Kuro's dad died in the great ninja war. His sister was one of Orochimaru's victims and his mother died giving birth to him. He now lived with his older brother, Genma. Kysona had an uncle that took care of her after her parents left her for dead when she was still a baby. He, although, died by a man in a long black robe with red clouds on it when she was nine. Her uncle tried to stop him from attacking one of Konoha's military outposts, but he was easily slain. All they knew was that the robed man carried a large bandaged sword.

"So, you ready to dominate the second exam, Hiorie?" Kosuke asked him.

"Sure, I guess." He responded uncertainly. The sun reflected off of his headband and glinted brightly in the early morning.

"Oh cheer up!" Angel said reassuringly. She lightly kissed his forehead. "It'll be fine, don't stress over it." Hiorie felt himself blush and quickly maneuvered his way out of her reach and his comrades laughed openly.

"Relax Hiorie, what's the worst that could happen? I mean, it's not like we're going to die or anything." Kosuke said sarcastically. He wrapped his arms around Angel's waist and she turned around and kissed him firmly on the lips. It was mean to be playful , but it soon flared into a passionate scene.

Hiorie watched them for a moment, deep in thought. He turned around to give them their privacy and leaned his shoulder against a tree. He envied them. Angel was a beautiful kunoichi with extraordinary talent and potential. Kosuke was a good-looking, charming genius. It was rare to see someone who could match his strength. They were locked into a very serious relationship that death itself probably couldn't break. To Hiorie, they were the older siblings he always wanted. They would back him up on anything that came his way.

"So Hiorie, When are you going to let see what's behind that blindfold of yours anyway?" Kosuke asked after he caught up to him. Hiorie looked down to his feet and said nothing. "Ok, so you're sensitive about it. I'll make you a deal. After we ram through these exams and we are all sitting proudly as chunin; you tell us about that blindfold and Angel and I will tell you anything you want to know."

"Don't bring me into this." Angel commanded, throwing her arms up trying to act innocent. "I don't care why you ware it. Why you do is for you to know and you alone. If you don't mind other people knowing then tell them. BUT never, ever tell someone out of pity or pain. Only tell them if you wish for them to know." She looked deep into the metal covering his eyes. Then she turned her head over to Kosuke. "And don't me ever let me catch you persuading him to tell a thing. Got it?"

"Ok ok!!! Just chill alright, geez. I wasn't going to do anything, just asking a question." Kosuke said, putting his hands up in defense. She lightly punched him in the stomach.

"Yeah, I know." She replied, smiling innocently.

Hiorie was brought out of this thoughts by a light sobbing sound. He looked down at Kysona. She was on her knees with her hands covering her face. Kuro kneeled down beside her and pulled her into a tight embrace. Hiorie slowly sat on the ground next to Kysona and stared at the names of his comrades. 'Kosuke Yuramori. Angel Hikyo. I killed you. I wasn't strong enough to stand up for myself. And because of that; you both perished. I will set things right, I promise. I will avenge your deaths. Kabuto will die by my hand, or I by his. That wouldn't be so bad. After all, if I died, then I could join you guys again. But….' Hiorie looked over at Kuro and Kysona, who were both in a state of despair. As if they were reliving the memories of the day it all happened. 'They need me, don't they Kosuke.' He asked as if Kosuke was right there with him.

Hiorie could hear what Kosuke would have said, 'Yeah! They need you a lot more than you need us. Besides we can wait for a while.' Hiorie smiled to himself and stood up. He walk over to the others, stood them both up and wiped the tears from their eyes. "Come 'on now. There's no need for tears." He said comfortingly, putting a hand on each of their shoulders. He smiled brightly. "What do you say we show these guys who their messin' with?" They returned his smile and color reentered their faces.

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'Well It's about time we got here. Hiorie said he knew the way' Kysona thought to herself. 'Uh oh. Looks like were a tad late.'

"Sorry guys, I got lost." Hiorie said, scratching the back of his head. Don't worry about the rules. I'll explain them once the exam starts." Since they were late, an hour late to be exact, Anko wouldn't let them join. But, luckily, the Third happened to be there checking in and convinced Anko to let them compete in the exam. She gave them a scroll but refused to explain the rules to them. Once they had gotten to through their gate, Hiorie turned to his teammates.

"Ok, here's what we need to do." Hiorie said as he pulled out the heaven scroll they had been given. "We need to kick the shit out of the other competitors to get an earth scroll. Once we have one of those, AND we still have the heaven scroll, we are to go to the tower in the middle of the forest." He pointed northwest to signify where the tower was. "We have five days to complete this task."

"Ok, doesn't sound that hard. They gave us way to much time." Kuro said, pretty confident in his ability.

"No, they didn't." Hiorie exclaimed. "It's ten kilometers from here to the tower. Which is about a days walk in itself, but we also will have to stray from the path to search for the other scroll we need. And the time we'll need to rest will interfere. Don't underestimate this exam. OK!!! LET"S GO!!!" Hiorie screamed. He jumped into the nearest tree and the other two soon followed.

I swear that the next chapter will have action. And a lot of it too. ) I just wanted to get this chapter up A.S.A.P. Hope you enjoyed it and stay with me because the next chapter will be longer and better!!! (.)