"Oh that...well, you see...I had a previous acquaintance to talk to." Iysha says, smiling slightly.
"Really?" Asuma asks, looking at her in surprise.
"Yeah." Iysha says, nodding before turning, and walking past them, over to the booth.
"I wonder what's gotten into her." Anko says, her eyes furrowed in confusion.
"I have a hunch." Kakashi says, raising a finger. He walks over to Iysha, and taps her on the shoulder. Anko and the others watch as Iysha goes completely still. Once she turns around, she immediately goes back to normal.
"Did you two." Hayate coughs. "See that?" Hayate asks before coughing again.
"Yeah. I wonder what's gotten into her. She's never done that before." Anko says, a look of deep worry now etched into her forehead.
"Maybe she's just having an off day an-" Asuma begins. The three of them notice nail marks on her neck and sides.
"What could have happened to her?" Anko wonders, looking in the direction Iysha is sitting in.
"I think we should inform the Lord Hokage." Hayate says, looking at the group with uninterested eyes.
"Let me talk to her first." Anko says, shaking her head.
"Okay. You have till my exam to figure out what's going on with her." Hayate says before he disappears.
"Agreed." Anko says to no one in particular. Iysha and Kakashi walks up to them.
"So...should we get the scrolls ready for the exam?" Iysha asks, looking at Anko with questioning eyes. Anko looks back at Asuma, who disappears.
"Would you kindly allow me to talk to Iysha privately, Kakashi?" Anko asks, looking at Kakashi. Iysha looks at Kakashi, who smiles as he leaves. She turns to look back at Anko.
"What did you want to talk to me about?" Iysha asks, looking at Anko with questioning eyes.
"I was wondering how you got those nail marks." Anko says, moving the collar of Iysha's shirt away from the bruises covering her neck.
"What do you mean?" Iysha asks, going completely still. Anko touches the nail marks.
"These." Anko says in a stern voice.
"I...I accidently did it while I was getting ready this morning." Iysha says, shrugging in an attempt to make it sound like it's no big deal.
"And you did the ones on your back as well?" Anko asks, an eyebrow rose.
"Yeah." Iysha says with a nervous smile on her face.
"How stupid do you think I am, Iysha? Those aren't from your nails. They're too deep." Anko says, shaking her head before she turns a piercing look to Iysha.
"What is up with you guys today? First Kakashi, and now you!" Iysha shouts, turning to Anko with infuriated eyes before turning, and walking away from Anko, and over to a box. She opens the box, and pulls three scrolls out of it before opening them.
"We're worried about you." Anko says, taking a cautions step toward Iysha.
"Well, don't be! I can take care of myself!" Iysha says, shaking her head. She writes a jutsu on the three scrolls before dropping them into three different boxes.
"So tell me, who did you go see?" Anko asks as she also pulls a scroll out of the box.
"Well...you see, my old sensei's in town for the finals, so I thought I'd pay him a visit." Iysha says, shrugging.
"That so." Anko asks, looking at Iysha with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah." Iysha says with a sigh. They work on the scrolls until they're done before handing the box to one of the ninja in charge of handing them out. They head for the huge boulders next to the gate to eat before the Genin come. "Hey Anko." Iysha mutters as they sit next to the boulder.
"Huh?" Anko asks, looking at the land around them.
"Have you ever been forced to do something you REALLY didn't want to do?" Iysha asks, looking up at the sky.
"What do you mean?" Anko asks. Iysha looks at her. A worried look comes to Anko's eyes as soon as she sees Iysha's face.
"Oh no, no, no! I didn't mean it like that. I was talking about a mission that you didn't want to do." Iysha says, waving her hands back and forth.
"Who gave you a mission? I'm positive the Hokage didn't, no one gets missions until the exams are over." Anko asks, looking at Iysha with furrowed eyebrows.
"My old sensei wants me to do one when all of this is over." Iysha says, waving her hand back and forth.
"And I take it you don't want to?" Anko asks, catching on slightly too where this conversation is going.
"No, I don't." Iysha says in a light voice as she turns away from Anko.
"Are you going to be all right, Iysha?" Anko asks with a worried look on her face.
"Of course I am! Why wouldn't I be?" Iysha says, turning to look at Anko with a smile on her face.
"Because I've never seen you cry before." Anko says, looking at the tear stains on Iysha's cheeks.
"Yeah well..." Iysha mutters.
"Well, well, well. Looky who I found." A male voice says. Iysha goes completely still as she feels someone come up behind her. They go up next to her ear, and whisper, "remember what Lord Orochimaru told you. Oh, and by the way...I'm supposed to tell you that he will be watching you so he suggests you don't try any stunts." The guy chuckles in her ear.
"KABUTO!" Iysha shouts. She feels him smile as he takes a step back. She turns to face him.