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Stage 12: Confrontation
It took us about 2 days to reach the leaf village. In those 2 days I couldn't help but feel so nervous. What if the leaf village people shunned me like they shunned Naruto when they found out what was inside of him? How would they react if they found about me? Had they known about Elfi and what she was as well? Were they more accepting? I wanted to ask these questions but I didn't want my troubles to become their troubles so I kept to myself mostly. After all part of Gogyou's and my compromise was becoming more distant so as far as I was concerned I was following through with my end of the bargain, even if it was just a little for now. Though it did tear me up inside to see how kind they all were to me.
As I stepped through the tall village gates of Konaha, I felt at home but at the same time I felt as if I was in some kind of warped reality.
"Kakashi-sensi, you're back!" the village guards greeted as Kakashi began walking past their station.
"Izumo, Kotetsu, how are things going?" Kakashi greeted back.
"Things have been a little slow but now that those exams are going to be starting up soon it's going to get pretty crazy," Izumo explained with a light chuckle.
"Wait, what exams?" Naruto questioned, inviting himself in on the conversation.
"What you don't know about the chunin exams?" Kotetsu questioned Naruto.
"Chunin exams?" Sakura asked, all eyes shifting from Kakashi to Kotetsu and Izumo.
"Oh, those exams are starting up so soon this year. Well, we'd better be on our way now, we have to report back to the hokage about our latest mission." Kakashi explained. "It was nice seeing you two again, take care." Kakashi said as he waved to Kotetsu and Izumo and continued walking on.
"Hey Izumo, do we know that girl?" Kotetsu whispered to Izumo as we all walked by them.
"Which one?"
"That one, the one with brown hair and blue eyes." Kotetsu pointed out.
Izumo studied my looks hard and thought a while about this. "I don't think I've ever seen that one and didn't Kakashi and his team leave with just 4?"
Kotetsu nodded in agreement. "But I know that the hokage sent Elfi to the mist for back up because I remember wishing her luck on her first mission like this. Boy was she enthusiastic."
"So where did this girl come from?"
Kotetsu sighed. "Who knows but if she's with them, Kakashi must have some kind of story why she's here now."
"Yeah, you're probably right." Izumo said looking at the sky. "The winds seem to have shifted a little though, kind of creepy huh?"
I followed the leaf shinobi quietly as they led me to the hokage's room. My heart was pounding. Everywhere I looked it felt like eyes were watching every step I took and whispers were passing between people about me. I looked down at my feet nervously.
"Don't worry Tsu-sama," Elfi began. I hadn't even noticed Elfi suddenly walking beside me. "The hokage is going to love you!"
I sighed nervously. "I hope so."
"Hey Kakashi-sensi, can we stop at Ichiraku's please, please, please?"
"Well, you, Elfi, Sasuke and Sakura can go do as you please but Refi and I need to pay a visit to the hokage's office to report back our results and to figure out if Refi's future is with the leaf village or not."
I got really nervous. "I'm coming with you Kakashi, Tsu-sama needs me!" Elfi exclaimed.
Kakashi waved his hand around in a non-caring way. "Do what you feel is right I guess."
"Well if I'm not needed anymore, I'm heading back home then Kakashi," Sasuke said. He turned and began walking the other way. Everyone stopped and watched Sasuke walk away.
"Wait Sasuke, I'll walk with you!" Sakura yelled to Sasuke as she ran up to him.
"Wait Sakura! Don't you wanna come to Ichiraku's with me?" Naruto asked, catching up to Sakura and Sasuke.
"Well that takes care of those 3. You guys ready for this?" Kakashi asked as he turned to Elfi and I.
"I'm sticking with Refi, no matter what!" Elfi began. "Bring on the hokage!"
Kakashi nodded. "How about you, Refi?"
I didn't look Kakashi in the eyes. I couldn't because I was so unsure about it. "Yeah, I guess I've got no real choice."
There was a moment of silence but I could tell Kakashi understood how nervous I was feeling. "Alright, let's get going then, I'd like to hurry up and get my work done so I can go home and finish up on somethings that I've put off."
We continued walking and I still felt the stares and heard the whispers being passed. It didn't really help me from feeling so nervous. I felt like I was going to be sick.
"Don't be so nervous Refi, you'll be fine, I promise the hokage will accept you into the leaf village!" Elfi whispered to me in a loud tone. I nodded and tried to swallow all my feelings.
We reached the hokage's headquarters. It was twice as large as the mist's mizukage's headquarters was and it was more out and open than the mist's mizukage's headquarters was as well. Nothing was said, we just pressed forward and sooner than I expected, we were in front of the hokage's office doors. Kakashi lightly knocked on the doors.
"Come in." I heard muffled through the large wooden doors. Kakashi pulled the doors open and we stood before the hokage and some of his jounin body guards. "Ah Kakashi, I'm glad to see you've returned in good health."
"Thank you hokage sir, I'm here to report in my latest mission." Kakashi explained.
"Go on, tell me about it." The hokage commanded.
As Kakashi told the hokage everything about the mist village I just stared at the hokage. I never got a chance to see the mizukage because I was always with Zabuza and Haku. The hokage wore robes that fit for a god. He seemed so old, so wise. I didn't understand how someone as old as he was could even move, let alone be the strongest shinobi in all of Konaha.
'Could someone as old as he looked really be so strong?'
"Hm, I see, just who is this young lady who's been staring at this whole time?" The hokage questioned as Kakashi finished explaining what happened with Zabuza, Haku, Gato and the townspeople of the mist village.
I snapped out of my daze and tore my gaze away from his. "This is my long lost friend old man! Her name's Tsu-sama!"
"Tsu-sama? You mean like Lady Tsunade of the sanin?" One of the jounin questioned.
"I was getting to that sir, her real name is Refi. She was so much help to us in the mist village. I would like to request that she become a shinobi of the leaf village."
"What? How could you ask this of our hokage?" Another jounin questioned. "There's no way the hokage can accept her into our village if she's already a shinobi of the mist village!"
"Actually, she's not a registered shinobi of the mist village but she is a very crafty shinobi."
"Refi was it?" The hokage questioned. Everyone went silent and the room became too tense. It was suffocating.
"Uh, yes sir." I answered, my eyes bouncing from him to random objects in the room.
"Look at me." The hokage commanded. My eyes bounced back to his and stayed locked with his eyes. "Are you a shinobi of the mist?"
"No sir, I am not."
"What does Kakashi mean that you're a crafty shinobi?"
"Well, I do have special abilities, like Elfi but mine are a bit different." I explained.
"Is this true Elfi?" The hokage asked, looking at Elfi.
"Of course it's true old man! Her water jutsu and incredible strength would strengthen Konaha's shinobi force for sure!"
"And what of the name you called her, Tsu-sama? What does that mean?"
"Oh that's quite simple! Her healing abilities are equal if not superior to that of Lady Tsunade's healing abilities, not to mention her monster strength!"
"I see, you really think this girl is something special then, Kakashi and Elfi?" The hokage challenged.
"OF COURSE!" Elfi exclaimed.
"Like I told you, she really helped us out in the mist village, without her who knows where we'd be."
I felt a wave of guilt wash over me. They were giving me so much credit, praising how good I was but when I originally met them I tried to kill them. I looked at the floor, hiding my face so I wouldn't give anything away.
"Refi, is what they speak of true?" The hokage questioned.
"I don't think I'm anything that special sir, but I do have healing abilities." I replied timidly. Elfi glared at me.
"Kakashi, how did you find this girl? Surely she didn't just appear out of thin air." The hokage inquired.
Kakashi swallowed nervously. He knew he couldn't lie to the hokage without the hokage catching him in a lie, but he had to think of something. "Um well you see sir…umm well we encountered Zabuza and Haku, like I told you and well…um."
This sparked the hokage's interest. "Go on Kakashi, spit it out."
Kakashi didn't know what to say. The room fell silent with Kakashi and the hokage staring at each other, Kakashi becoming more antsy by each passing second.
I couldn't take it. "Lord hokage, sir," I began as I fell to my knees, kneeling before him with my face facing the floor in the most respectable manner. "If you don't mind, I would be willing to tell you how they met me."
"No, I can tell him Refi you don't have to say anything!" Elfi pleaded. "Lord hokage she's just really nervous and doesn't know what to expect from you so it would be best if I told you!"
"Elfi be quiet, I'm perfectly stable to tell him the truth of what happened, telling him a lie would only make it so I'd never be accepted in any village and you know it."
"Refi…"
"Refi, please proceed with what you wished to tell me," the hokage commanded, his attention on me. Elfi and Kakashi tensed.
"Originally when they first met me, I worked with Zabuza and Haku. Well more I worked for Haku. In the first encounter with the leaf shinobi I was going to kill them all and help kill the bridge builder, that was our job and I wanted to see it through. It was my first job with Haku. Then Elfi showed up out of nowhere and well she began telling me about everything." I began explaining.
"When I originally found myself in the mist village I had no idea where I was, how I got there or even who I was but Elfi…. She told me everything there was to know about myself. She is my best friend because only a best friend would know everything about you and they're able to tell anyone everything about you."
"Once I learned who I truly was and who Elfi was I sided with the leaf shinobi. I admit I was allegedly kidnapped by Haku and began working with Haku and Zabuza only because I owed everything to Haku. He found me, gave me a life, gave me a reason for existence. Even though Elfi revealed to me my true identity it didn't change the fact that Haku sacrificed a lot for my existence. So I sided with Haku and Zabuza in the second attempt in assassinating the bridge builder."
"But Elfi showed up and her and I ended up fighting and the mission Zabuza gave me was to kill Elfi because she was the one who ruined the first assassination attempt. We fought and it ended in a draw even though she was fire and I was water. It was during our fight where I finally was able to remember a memory of my past with her and my other friends. I finally understood. There was no way I'd ever do anything to hurt Elfi ever again. Since then, I've been on the leaf village's side, all for Elfi's sake."
"You've gotta be crazy," one of the leaf jonins said, not even a second after I finished with my explanation. "It's one thing that you're from the mist, but to be allied with criminals like Zabuza and Haku? Then to attack our leaf shinobi!"
"Lord Hokage, you can't be possibly considering accepting someone like her into the village." The other jonin replied in a calmer tone.
I kept my head in the bowing stance and listened carefully to the words being spoke. "Kakashi," the hokage began. Everyone's eyes, excluding mine, were drawn to the Hokage. "It must have taken you a lot of nerve to ask me to allow this girl to become a leaf shinobi but somehow, your judgment has been passed and you see this girl as harmless to the village, despite what she's put you and your squad through. You really have this much faith and trust in this girl you haven't even known a month, and not to mention all the trouble she's put all of us through?"
The Hokage paused and awaited a response from Kakashi. Kakashi was at a loss for words. "Do you know for a fact that this girl isn't a rouge ninja? That she wouldn't betray the leaf village when she clearly has betrayed her own village by being with those rouge ninjas? Can you tell me with the utmost confidence that she won't repeat her actions from the mist?"
Before Kakashi could reply, Elfi marched up to the Hokage's desk and slammed her fist on it, creating a small crater where her hand impacted. "What the hell do you know, old man?" Elfi blurted out. "Do you know what she's been put through? How terrified she was? You shouldn't speak like this of my best friend while in my presence." Elfi paused and dipped her head, her body trembling. I couldn't tell what from, rage or sorrow. "You have no idea what her life has been like, how hard she's struggled….How much she's lost. So don't go acting like you know anything because you know nothing of her struggles! Got that?" Elfi finished in a fierce tone.
Everyone in the room was in complete shock and disbelief at how Elfi just spoke to the Hokage. I stiffened and froze in place. I still couldn't get over how Elfi always stood up for me and defended me every time someone tried to belittle my actions or existence. It was refreshing to have someone like that. I never really knew what that was like. Haku solely obeyed Zabuza and would never speak out against him. Even if he felt what Zabuza was doing was wrong, Haku would sit back and follow his every command.
The Hokage did nothing but laugh in Elfi's face. Now everyone, including myself, was severely confused. Elfi held her ground. "You are such an arrogant and insolent girl, but I must give you credit. It takes courage to speak to a Hokage the way you just spoke to me." Elfi stared him down. "But for you to speak to me like that really must mean this girl is something precious to you I suppose." The Hokage paused for a moment to rethink what he wished to do. "Refi, lift your head to me." The Hokage commanded. I obeyed without hesitation, my eyes locking with the Hokage's eyes.
"Oi, baka hang on 2 seconds!" A voice screamed from down the hall. I glanced over my shoulder, my eyes glued on the door from which the newly forming sounds came from. "You can't just-"
Suddenly, a loud bang erupted from the twin doors of the Hokage's office. I ducked my head and squeezed my eye lids shut tight, my lungs inhaling the accumulating dust and debris of the blown up door. I coughed a little only to inhale twice as more dust. "Elfi! Where is she?" A male voice yelled.
'What now?' I asked myself. 'This is just my luck…'
"BAKA!" I opened my eyes slowly and glanced back over my shoulder only to see a cloud of dust hiding the culprits behind the blown up doors. I heard the sound of a fist connecting with someone's head. "What the hell are you thinking! Are you some lunatic or something?"
"Ouch, Ino that hurt!" The male voice complained. The dust in the room began to clear, enabling me to make out slight body lines.
"Hey, Bouchou? Is that you man?" Elfi called to the male voice I assumed.
'Bouchou…?'
The male, Bouchou, marched himself straight up to Elfi and stared her square in the eyes. "What's going on-"
Bouchou gripped Elfi's shoulders and began shaking her body rapidly, cutting her off. "What the hell Elfi? Why didn't you tell me you were going out on a mission? And you actually found Refi? Where is she? Is she ok? Elfi answer me!"
"Bouchou quit shaking me!" Elfi yelled, her voice slurring due to the shaking. Bouchou obeyed, releasing his grasp on her. Elfi gripped the edge of the Hokage's desk, regaining her balance. Her eyes bounced back and forth like a paddle hitting a ping-pong ball back and forth.
"Bouchou?" The Hokage exclaimed, slamming his fist on the desk. "What is the meaning of this outrageous behavior? It's unacceptable, especially when displayed before the Hokage," the Hokage scowled Bouchou.
Ino rushed to the Hokage's desk and clasped her hands in a pleading form. "Please, please forgive his actions Hokage-sama! I tried to stop him but he was going on a rampage!"
The Hokage sighed, massaging his temples with his index finger and thumb. "Just how much damage have you caused Bouchou?"
"As much as I had to to find Refi!" Bouchou yelled in the Hokage's face, slamming his fist on his desk. "Now where is she?"
Slowly I got to my feet and took a step back, stepping on a piece of the blown up door. The pressure of my body caused it to crack into two pieces with a cracking noise that was loud enough to catch everyone's attention. Bouchou spun around, his eyes red, burning with rage.
My body flinched back as I caught a glimpse of his eyes. 'Shit! Is he mad?'
"Refi? Is that you?"
I pulled out my two hand guns, not wanting to take any chances. "Bouchou, please step away from the Hokage and exit this building at once. I don't know how you know my name but if it's me you're after then fine, I accept your challenge. However, leave everyone else out of your personal affairs. If you refuse I will not hold back." I warned, my nerves exploding like dynamite.
Bouchou tilted his head in confusion at my sudden actions. "Dude what's up with you? Are you mad or something?" Bouchou joked with a light laugh. "Quit screwing around."
I gripped my guns tighter. "Don't test me."
Elfi raced out in between Bouchou and I, facing me while holding out her hands to both of her sides, signaling us to stop. "Hold on, hold on guys!" Elfi began. "Bouchou, Refi lost her memory and she has no idea who the hell you are so you might wanna be careful with how you approach her. She's a bit deadly." Elfi warned Bouchou, glancing over her shoulder at him.
"Lost her memory?" Bouchou exclaimed, shocked. "But how?"
Elfi directed her attention towards me. "Refi, Bouchou is your friend. Back where we're from you and him were pretty good friends. He's not your enemy so you can relax a little bit," Elfi told me with a reassuring smile. I eased up a little and put my guns back where they were.
"A friend you say?" I stared past Elfi's head at Bouchou, trying to remember anything about him. "Nothing's really ringing a bell when I look at him." I said, crossing my arms across my body.
"Well give it some time! It took you a while to remember who I was and I'm your best friend!" Elfi told me, tapping my shoulder. "I'm not sure how long it'll take you to remember someone like Bouchou though because you weren't as close to him as you are to me." Elfi said, making a mocking face towards Bouchou.
Bouchou walked up to me and stood before me. This time I tilted my head. "What?"
"You really don't remember me Refi?" Bouchou asked, studying my eyes. I shook my head no in disappointment. Bouchou sighed. "Well if what Elfi says is true, then you'll be sure to remember who I was soon enough, count on it!" Bouchou told me, giving me a thumbs up and flashing me a smile.
"K then…?" I said, a doubtful tone in my voice.
"Ahem…" Kakashi cleared his throat, breaking apart our little 'reunion.' You know guys we're still kinda in the middle of something pretty important… Why don't you guys reminisce later and focus on what needs to be done now?" Kakashi questioned, his only visible eye closing in a happy kind of way.
"Oh! Right, please forgive our actions Hokage-sama!" I pleaded, dropping to my knees again and bowing my head.
"Oh come on Refi, there's no need for that," Bouchou whispered to me in an apathetic tone.
"How dare you say that! Such insolence! Have you no respect for the Hokage?" One of the jounins yelled to Bouchou. Bouchou just glanced over in the Hokage's direction with no interest in his gaze. This irritated both the jounins.
"I'll oversee this little outburst just once I suppose, seeings how there's more important matters that needs to be addressed. However, your actions Bouchou, cannot go unpunished. Therefore you shall repair all damages to everything you've destroyed and you'll be assigned to help out with some other projects around the village as well."
"Tch…Whatever," Bouchou said with a shrug, not a care in the world.
I stole a glance at Bouchou, puzzled. 'Is this really the Bouchou who came rampaging in here just minutes ago?' I wondered. 'I've got it!…He's definitely bipolar or has some kind of mental illness.' I deduced, nodding my head.
"Refi," the Hokage called, tearing my from my thoughts.
My eyes jumped to the floor once more. "Yes, Lord Hokage."
"Now, about your current residence in this village….I've thought long and hard about this and well, the best choice of action for me to make is to deny you access to this village and send you back to the mist village where your belong. I'm sorry but my hands are tied here. I cannot accept someone like you. Now, I'll have escorts arranged for you to help you get back to the mist village. Once there, you're on your own." The Hokage explained to me. My heart skipped a couple beats as my nails dug into the wood of the floor.
'What…Did he just…..' My body began trembling. 'If I go back there… I'll be thrown in jail for sure… Or worse.'
"Now hold on just a minute old man!" Elfi yelled, displeased at the answer the Hokage gave her. "How the hell can you do that to her? Lord Hokage I recommend you reconsider your decision." Elfi told the Hokage in a threatening tone.
"The Hokage has spoken!" The 2nd jounin chimed in before the Hokage could reply.
"I'm sorry old man, but there's no way you or anyone is going to take Refi away from us." Bouchou said, his voice on the verge of screaming. "I've finally found someone else and I won't lose her."
"I won't give Refi away! Not without a fight!" Elfi exclaimed, summoning her fans. Bouchou had the same idea as he summoned forth his weapons, a bunch of tiny explosive looking devices.
"Hold on a minute you two, don't act so hasty." Kakashi warned, tensing up a little bit. Kakashi turned to the Hokage. "Surely, Lord Hokage, you know what these two are capable of and trust me, Refi is no push over either. Starting a fight with these 3 would only result in massive destruction that no one could possibly imagine." Kakashi explained. "Maybe there's something, anything Refi can do to change your mind about your decision?"
"Kakashi," The Hokage sighed. "I understand where you're coming from but I can't risk it. My job is to protect the people of this village from any threat and I will see to it that the village remain a safe place. I can't take any chances, please try to understand. This is my job." The Hokage explained.
"Lord Hokage," My voice croaked. I could feel the Hokage's eyes watching me. My eyes stayed focused on the ground, my vision a bit blurred from fresh tears. "Please. Lord Hokage. I have nothing at all. No home. No job. No purpose. Nothing. But Elfi…She's given that all back to me! With her I have a home! My job is to protect her and to help her in anyway and ….My purpose…." My fingers clawed the ground once more, digging up more of the wood. My head shot up, facing directly at the Hokage. "My purpose is to serve Elfi and to stay by her side no matter where she goes, no matter what path she follows. My life has become her life!"
"Refi…" Elfi trailed off in slight shock.
I tried as hard as I could to blink my tears away. "If Elfi's devoted to the Leaf village then so am I. If Elfi serves as a Leaf shinobi to protect the people of this village and to serve you, Lord Hokage then so shall I! I will not betray her, not ever again…I don't want to ever hurt her…Like I have….I have to make amends…I have to….Please understand Lord Hokage it's my duty to-"
"I've heard enough, Refi." The Hokage called out to me, his voice harsh and cold. I held my breath, my eyes squeezed shut as my head hung low.
"Lord Hokage, please-" Bouchou began.
The Hokage held up a clammy hand, signaling Bouchou to be silent. I wept. I wept and wept because I was being forced to face my greatest fear. How else was I supposed to react to all my dreams and hopes being crushed after being promised over and over that I had nothing to worry about?
'You really are quite pitiful. This is what you get for putting faith and trust into such superficial words that can't be backed up. You can thank your precious heart for that.' Gogyou scowled, displeased with my 'irrational' behavior.
I had nothing left to say. "Refi…. I can't believe I'm saying this but after hearing you out just now and listening to how protective your friends are over you, it seems you can't be sent off just that easily. You should feel grateful to have such friends who are willing to go up against an entire village just for your sake." The way the Hokage had put it didn't make me feel so great. "I've decided to give you, a test I suppose you could call it, to test just how loyal you are. If you pass this test then maybe, just maybe I will reconsider my decision."
'Was I too quick to jump to conclusions?'
"However, if you fail I will see to it personally that you be returned from where you came from and you'll be locked up forever for the crimes you've committed. This isn't a threat, it's a promise." The Hokage told me in a low, almost growl of a tone. "Niraimai, summon forth Yurinaji. Tell him it's urgent."
"But Lord Hokage, are you absolutely sure about this? I mean-"
"Niraimai," the Hokage spoke in a low, rather annoyed tone. "Don't make me repeat myself."
"…Yes Lord Hokage," Niraimai said through grinding teeth. With a puff of smoke, Niraimai disappeared.
"Kakashi, Hiza, Ino, all of you are dismissed. I wish to only talk with these 3 alone." The Hokage commanded.
Kakashi gave the 3 of us a wave and with a puff of smoke he too disappeared. Hiza hesitated for a moment but understood the Hokage's actions. He too disappeared in a puff of smoke.
"Bouchou, I'll pummel you later you baka!" Ino exclaimed, running out of the Hokage's office and back to where ever she had come from.
I lifted my head and sat back on my knees. My eyes stared at the Hokage in a daze. 'What just happened….And what's going to happen next..?'
"Stand up Tsu-sama," Elfi told me in a bare whisper, tugging at my arm. I felt another hand grasp my opposite arm, helping Elfi. Eventually I was lifted to my feet. I wobbled a little bit, my legs feeling like jello but soon I balanced myself.
"I hope you 3 know what you just got yourselves into," the Hokage told us, a devilish smile playing across the old features of his face. I gulped.
"Lord Hokage," A voice came in front of us, hidden by a puff of smoke. "You requested my presence?" The smoke cleared, revealing a medium height, slender male in front of us, kneeling before the Hokage.
"Ah, there you are Yurinaji. There is something I would like you to do. This is an order from the Hokage himself. Are all of you listening? You don't wanna miss this, trust me," The Hokage said in a mischievous tone.
'What am I getting into?' I wondered.
"Starting today, Elfi Chikin, Bouchou Iguana and Refi….?"
"Shika, Lord Hokage." I filled in for him, realizing I never told him my full name.
"Refi Shika." The Hokage finished. "You 3 are now squad 14 of the Hidden Leaf village with Yurinaji as your sensi." We all stared at him, dumbfounded.
'Is that really it…?'
"As your first official assignment as a squad, your mission is to pass the chunin exams and become chunins. If you fail this mission, Bouchou and Elfi will remain genins for the rest of their shinobi lives and will never receive missions higher than a D-rank." The Hokage chuckled to himself. He's the only one who found that funny. "I don't think I need to say what will happen to you Refi, I already explained myself earlier. I hope you listened well." The Hokage told me in a stern tone. I nodded my head and gulped nervously.
"Do what ever is necessary to prepare for the chunin exams but do not kill off any 'competition.' If I find out there has been any actions of treason against the village there will be severe consequences. You can't even imagine what I'd do to you if I find out any information like that. Now go, all 3 of you. I wish to talk to Yurinaji about the details of this. You 4 will meet tomorrow morning at the break of dawn at the training grounds to work on your team work skills. Now, all of you are dismissed until then. Go before I change my mind," the Hokage command, a smile spreading across his face once more.
"Thanks old man! You won't regret this!" Elfi exclaimed, happily.
"Passing the chunin exams eh? Piece of cake." Bouchou said in a confident tone.
I bowed my head once more to the Hokage and whispered 'thank you' before Elfi grabbed the slack of my shirt and began dragging me out of the Hokage's office, Bouchou following close behind. I wasn't sure where Elfi was dragging me off to but I didn't mind. I've made it past the Hokage. Now the only thing standing in my way was the chunin exams.
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Welp, those are the chapters that I have written so far and finally got around to posting! XD
Info: Bouchou Iguana (which translated is Listening Iguana) is Pseudo element: Explosives. He's based off a friend of mine in real life who kind of acts like him, like Elfi (her name translated is Elfi Chicken and Refi's name translated is Refi Deer) is based off one of my very best friends.
Niraimai and Hiza are just two random jounins I made up for this chapter. You'll learn more about Yurinaji, who's also a made up character by me, later if you choose to continue reading!~ Please review and share your thoughts with me, much love to you all!~