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Ch.5
Kaiya, Haku, Sakura and Sasuke walked into the exam room to see quite a few teams from all over the Elemental countries, the teams turned and stare at Kaiya and Haku as they had their Dragons/Dragon on their shoulders. Kaiya and Haku just smiled and walked over to Gaara who actually smiled at seeing them, the three started talking while Sasuke was forced to endure Sakura and Ino arguing over him. The other members of Rookie Nine looked at the two fan girls arguing and shook their heads, Kaiya then noticed Hinata looked nervous and called her over, Garra gave the girl who was obvious a close friend to Kaiya, a smile to comfort her. Hinata blushed but smiled back shyly, Ichigo then raised his head as he looked at a Slivery white haired boy and hissed when he tried to approach them. Kaiya then placed her hand on his head gently to calm him down when Aizen suddenly hissed at the boy to along with Toushiro, Kaiya and Haku quickly got them to be quiet when the Silvery white haired then said "You have interesting Nin-Animal partners..."
Kaiya realized he was fishing for information and said "Yes, well we've certainly bonded since we hatched and trained them."
Aizen looked at her curiously along with Ichigo at what she was doing when the boy introduced himself as Kabuto, Kaiya just smiled and introduced herself along with Haku and Hinata when Kabuto made a remark about the Village of Sound being brand new and not very well-known causing him to be attacked by the Sound Village Genin. The fight was soon interrupted by the examiner for the first part of the exams and Ibiki barked at everyone to sit down where they had their name on the chair. Kaiya sighed as she did as asked with Aizen wrapped around her shoulders and Ichigo perched on her head, Ibiki then told the Genin in the room to flip their test over and begin their paper test. Kaiya took one look and gently reached across her mental bond with her Bonded Dragons as she asked "Guys...Think you can help me out?"
Aizen looked at the test and winced as he said across the mental bond, "Ouch...those are some tough questions for a simple Paper test. But I think I can help you through them."
Kaiya sighed in relief as her and Aizen worked through the problems with some difficulties but they quickly got them done, they then waited quietly for the tenth question where Ibiki then told them that if they didn't take the question they wouldn't be able to become Chunin. Kaiya watched as a few teams dropped out then she slammed her hand down as she stood up and gave a speech that she wouldn't back down from a challenge just because it seemed impossible or hard to accomplish. Ibiki looked at her in surprise then looked at the other Chunin as he asked if they all were going to stay as he thought to himself "She blew all their doubts with such a simple yet empowered speech...She'll be a great leader someday..."
He waited a few minutes to evaluate the Chunin hopefuls then said "You all...PASS!"
The whole group then said "HUH?"
Ibiki chuckled and told them the true purpose of the test and the purpose of the tenth question as he unraveled his bandana to show the scars he bore from being tortured. Then as he was finishing up his speech, a ball of cloth came through the window and unfurled into a banner as the second Examiner came through and introduced herself as Anko Mitarashi. Ibiki sighed and told her that she was early on her timing as Anko noticed the number of Chunin hopefuls; she laughed and said "You're losing your touch old man, but I can guarantee that the numbers will be cut in half!"
Anko then had the Genin follow her to the biggest forest that they had ever seen; Anko then gave her spiel about her half of the exam and had those sign waivers in case they died in the second half due to how dangerous the forest was. Each team was then assigned to a gate and was told to wait for the signal, Kaiya sighed as she gently oiled some rough patches on Ichigo and Aizen's scales while Haku did Toushiro's. Aizen looked at Kaiya and nuzzled her as he asked "Kaiya...what's wrong?"
Kaiya sighed and said "I have a bad feeling about this second half for some reason..."
Aizen rumbled in concern as he raised his head and looked at the forest then at his bonded, he nuzzled her again and said "Then we'll just be extra careful while we're in there. It may not ease your concern by much but it's all we can do in the situation."
Ichigo, Haku and Toushiro agreed as they noticed the guard at the gate was looking at them and said "It is almost time for the signal so I suggest you finish up what you are doing."
Kaiya thanked the guard as they quickly finished oiling the rough patches on their bonded dragons then got ready to head into the forest as the signal sounded and they hurried into the forest...
Meanwhile...
Hinata and her team hurried through the forest when Kiba, Shino and Hinata came across rare and valuable healing herbs with a small alter in the middle of the clearing, the Alter held a beautiful sparkling stone that was a soft ocean teal and Hinata stepped forward as she felt like the stone was calling her. Hinata ignored her teammates calling her name in a worried tone as she made it over to the alter and reached out to grab the stone, she had just touched the stone when her teammates came up behind her and started to scold her when the Stone suddenly cracked! Hinata blinked in shock with her teammates as the "Stone" continued to crack open then crumbled to reveal a soft ocean teal baby dragon with dark ocean blue eyes!
Unohana looked around with a confused look on her face when she noticed the three humans towering over her; she blinked in shock as the girl reached out and gently petted her head when they both felt a flash of pain. Hinata then blinked as she noticed the kanji for medicine with a dragon like shape surrounding it on her hand, Unohana then tried walking over only to stumble over her taloned...paws? She chirped in confusion as her bonded...partner scooped her up and said "Let's find Kaiya, she might be able to help me with this little one."
Kiba and Shino agreed and they set off after Hinata gather quite a few of the herbs from the clearing...
Meanwhile with Neji's team...
Neji and his team had just agreed to split up when they caught the scent of Cherry blossoms on the wind and it smelled quite close to them despite it being the wrong season for cherry blossoms. Neji and his team then split up as Neji headed in the direction of the smell and he found a grove of Cherry Blossom trees in full bloom with what looked like a small alter carved in the largest Cherry blossom tree. Neji walked towards it and looked inside the alter to find a black and pale cherry blossom pink Stone, he reached in and touched the stone as he activated his bloodline to find the stone was actually an egg! Neji started when the egg started to hatch after he touched it and watched in surprise as a baby dragon tumbled out of the egg that was pitch black with pale cherry blossom pink on the edge of its scales, the little dragon looked up after shaking its head to clear away the cobwebs...
Byakuya let out a squeaky yelp as he saw the human looking down at him then tried to back away only to trip as one of his new wings got caught underneath his front right paw. Byakuya blinked in shock as he looked at his body when he felt himself being picked up by the human and a small flash of pain. Neji and Byakuya looked at each other then Neji gently placed Byakuya in a pouch after emptying it into another, Byakuya stuck his head out and chirped sullenly at his new form as Neji then hurried off to find his teammates.
Meanwhile back with Kaiya and her team...
Kaiya cursed as a huge gust of wind caught her and her bonded dragons, it blew them a good few miles away from their teammates and Kaiya hit the ground with a large thump as Aizen and Ichigo quickly managed to get control again of their wings. They quickly landed next to her at full size and nuzzled her all over to make sure she wasn't hurt, Kaiya smiled and sat up as she rubbed both of their muzzles to reassure them that she was fine when they heard hissing behind them and turned to see a Giant Snake! Aizen growled along with Ichigo as they placed themselves in front of Kaiya who took out a Kunai for just in case, the snake then attacked as They worked together to defeat the snake which disappeared in a puff of smoke causing them to recognize it as a summon!
Kaiya cursed and hopped onto Aizen's back as she sent Ichigo to grab Anko because she knew the only other person with the snake Contract was Orochimaru the Snake Sannin! Aizen flew through the trees as fast as he could towards where they last saw their teammates, they soon heard the sound of fighting and Aizen quickly let out a loud roar as Orochimaru jumped to avoid getting bitten by the Former Shingami turned dragon. Toushiro was panting as he guarded an injured and unconscious Haku and Sasuke was busy taking a quick breather do to the distraction that Kaiya and Aizen provided, Orochimaru then managed to land a hit on Aizen's wing with a strong fire Jutsu on the tender membrane between the "Fingers" of his left wing. Kaiya yelped as her and Aizen quickly landed and she then charged the Sannin to distract him causing Aizen to look scared for her.
Kaiya did her best as she defended the best she could against the snake like man when she growled and called on the Kyubbi's chakra to give her a boost, The Sannin's eyes went wide as he was suddenly hard pressed to defend against her and he hissed angrily. Kaiya knew she couldn't hold out much longer when she was caught by surprise and pinned to a tree, Orochimaru then hit her in the stomach with a five pronged seal before Aizen could help her and dropped towards the ground as Aizen caught her before she hit the ground. Orochimaru then bit Sasuke on the neck and disappeared into the forest, Sakura was the only one awake and she moved her teammates with the help of Toushiro and Aizen as Ichigo caught up and asked Aizen "What happened to Kaiya?!"
Aizen let out a low snarl and told him what happened as the group found a hollow in the base of a tree, Aizen and Toushiro quickly dropped the knocked out children in the hollow cavern then laid with Ichigo outside the door to help Sakura guard her teammates. By the time Morning came, Sakura was exhausted but bound and determined to show Sasuke she was a proper ninja. Aizen then suddenly raised his head with the other two dragons and looked towards the bushes on their left as they all growled as one, Sakura quickly tensed as the three sound Genin from before came out of the bushes and demanded to fight Sasuke. Sakura then told him that she wouldn't allow them to hurt Sasuke causing the Sound team to attack her just before Rock Lee showed up.
*Everything goes cannon from here!*
Kaiya sighed as her other two team members ignored her and Haku who was still unconscious, they hurried towards the tower with their scrolls and while Sakura tried to figure out the puzzle on the wall, Kaiya sighed and opened the scrolls. Sakura yelled at her that they weren't supposed to open the scrolls when Kaiya calmly pointed out "The examiner said we couldn't open the scrolls UNTIL we reached the tower, why would she say that unless we are supposed to open them to complete the puzzle?"
They heard a chuckle from where the scrolls were and they turned to see Iruka standing there, Kaiya smiled at her honorary big brother and then said "Iruka-sensei, did we pass the second half?"
Iruka nodded as Kaiya smiled in relief then told them to head to the stadium where they would begin the third part of the Chunin exams in about 2-3hours, Kaiya and the others nodded as Haku finally stirred on Toushiro's back and said "Oh god, what the hell hit me? I have a headache the size of Konoha..."
Kaiya then gently used a small healing Jutsu on her sister figure causing the Haku to sigh in relief as her headache disappeared, they then headed to the Stadium where they listened to the Hokage talk about the true purpose of the exams and then listened to the third examiner who told them that these were going to preliminary rounds to see who would make it to the finals. Kaiya then noticed Hinata coming over as Sasuke fought his match below, Hinata then asked to have a word alone with Kaiya and her Nin-animals causing Kaiya to blink and nod. They hurried away from everyone to where Neji was waiting impatiently and Kaiya asked why they needed to talk to her when Ichigo and Aizen sniffed the air, Hinata then gently opened her one pouch on her left hip while Neji opened his right one to reveal the dragons that had hatched for them.
Unohana and Byakuya blinked at the sudden light when they heard a familiar but very welcomed voice say "No...Fucking...Way! Byakuya, Unohana...is that you?"
The two new dragons looked up to find Kaiya looking at them in surprise as did the two dragons on her shoulders, Unohana blinked as she asked "Aizen? Kurosaki-san? Is that really you?"
The two dragons nodded as Byakuya then chirped in annoyance and said "Just what happened to us? The last thing I remember was Yamamoto...doing that curse at us..."
Ichigo and Aizen explained and then Ichigo realized something that he could hold over Byakuya's head for a little bit until Byakuya took his first flight, Byakuya realized what he was thinking and gave a cute squeaky growl at Ichigo. Ichigo just grinned and said "Right now this is too good to pass up but I promise I'll lay off once you gain your first flight...Shorty!"
Unohana giggled at the nickname while Aizen shook his head in amusement, Kaiya half listened the Dragons' playful banter as she explained about the Dragon riders and that Neji and Hinata had now joined the ranks. Neji was the one to ask "Our new companions are more than that, aren't they?"
Kaiya nodded but said "Right now isn't the time or place to talk about it, come by my place after and I'll explain in more detail."
Just then Hinata and Neji's names came up so they made their way down to the floor where Hinata put up a good battle but lost to Neji. Kaiya watched as the roulette started again and landed on her name along with Kiba's, Kaiya grinned as she made her way to the stadium floor along with Kiba and his Nin-dog Akamaru. Kaiya then battled her friend as she almost lost but quickly managed turn the tide of battle by using a stink bomb on Kiba and Akamaru. Everybody was surprised by the outcome and everyone applauded as Kaiya offered her hand to her friend to help him, Kiba grinned and grabbed her hand as she pulled him up then they headed for the waiting stand where the other Genin were.
*The other fights are pretty much Cannon...Haku wins her match though against some random Genin*
Sarutobi grinned as he looked at the crowd of Genin and then told them that the finals were in one month so that they could train for the upcoming event, he then dismissed them and watched as Kaiya and Haku decided to show off after some foreign Genin remarked that their "Lizards" wouldn't be much help in a fight.
Kaiya grinned as Aizen then took his true size causing the foreign Ninja to gape in shock while Kaiya easily hopped onto his back; Ichigo then took his true size and walked over to Neji as he offered his back to the older boy. Neji nodded and climbed on as Byakuya poked his head out of his rather comfy pouch, the three dragons then launched themselves into the sky causing Sarutobi to chuckled at the dumbfound looks on most of the foreign Genin's faces.
Kaiya then had Ichigo drop Neji off at his and Hinata's family compound while she went and got her apartment ready for the four visitors she was sure to have if she knew Hiashi as well as she did. Haku smiled as they landed and headed inside to clean up the apartment...
They just finished setting out the refreshments when Kaiya heard the knock on the door and she opened it to find Neji, Hinata, Hiashi and Hanabi, she invited them in as Hiashi noticed her bonded companions lounging in the large space cleared in the living room. Toushiro was sitting on Haku's shoulder as the six of them sat down and Hiashi asked her to explain about the two dragons and the bonds they formed with his eldest and his nephew. Kaiya sighed and told them that what they were about to learn was considered an S-ranked secret and that they were not to tell anyone about who they Bonded companions used to be.
The explanation took quite a while and Hiashi was impressed that Neji and Hinata had bonded with two strong partners that fit their personalities, he gave a tiny smile and nodded as he said "Thank you for telling us this information, Uzumaki-san."
Kaiya smiled and told them it was no problem then wished them a good night as she promised that she would help Neji and Hinata with getting Unohana and Byakuya ready to fly. She watched them leave and sighed in relief as Aizen nudged her towards the bedroom while saying "You're exhausted, Kaiya... go get some sleep."
Kaiya nodded as she stifled a yawn then headed into the room where she was asleep as soon as she hit the pillow...
