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~The real Gen-nin exam~
A week later Kiri was once again sitting in classroom 3-D. Only this time they would be told who would be on which team. She was pretty surprised when Naruto walked in, since she thought that the boy failed, yet she was glad for him. Iruka-sensei was already there when they piled in, so they didn't have to wait.
- Well, it's nice to see that so many of you made it to this point. The hokage made the lists himself, so there will be no arguing. Here we go. Team 7: Uzumaki Naruto, Namikaze Kiri, Yamanaka Ino,. Team 8: Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuga Hinata, Haruno Sakura. Team 10: Nara Shikamaru, Uchiha Sasuke, Akimichi Chouji. Your jou-nin senseis will pick you up from here. Team 7, come with me.
Kiri was just as puzzled as her new teammates, yet she could recognize an order when she heard one, so she was the first to walk out of the classroom, Ino and Naruto hurrying after her.
For whatever reason, Iruka brought them to the Hokage tower. The newly made team was nervous. Yet Kiri kept her cool, not letting her emotions show. Sarutobi-sama smiled when he saw them.
- Well, about time, Iruka.
- Sorry to have kept you waiting, Hokage-sama.
- No big deal. Now, you three must be confused as to why you're here. Allow me to explain. Your jou-nin instructor is a bit late it seems, he's been on a long term undercover mission and is about to return He's the best jou-nin Konoha has.
- You can't possibly mean him, Hokage-sama!
- Yes, Iruka, I see that you've understood whom I mean.
Just then there was a rush of wind and a tall man dressed all in black appeared. Even Kiri, who was used to Sesshoumaru's demonic speed was surprised, as she didn't expect such speed from a human. Albeit her shunshin was still a few times faster, but this was scary. She understood at once that there was a lot of people better than her and she vowed to train hard and surpass the man in front of her, for it was obvious that he was to become their sensei. When the man turned to face them, she gasped. He had long silver hair and golden eyes. There were no youkai marks, but he was too much like Sesshoumaru for her to feel comfortable. He smiled at them:
- Well, it's good to finally meet you, Yamanaka Ino, Uzumaki Naruto, Namikaze Kiri.
- You know us?
- Well, your team was handpicked by InuYasha-san here. He's the best jou-nin of Konoha.
InuYasha… the name ran through Kiri's mind like a hammer. This was Sesshoumaru's younger brother. The one who forced her youkai to ask her father to seal him inside of her, the one to then usurp the place of the taiki-youkai. Kiri found herself speaking, even though she knew it wasn't a very good idea.
- Why did you pick us, InuYasha-sensei?
- That's easy. Ino is potentially very strong with her mind-techniques, you are the heir of the fourth therefore you'll have the same affinity, which means a lot of potential and Uzumaki Naruto's chakra reserves are absolutely too big for a usual human. You three can become the next san-nin, or even surpass that level.
- And how did you become a Konoha ninja, you're from the western lands, aren't you?
- Why would you say that?
- Silver hair and golden eyes, not a very usual combination, plus the only InuYasha I heard of was the one who usurped the title of the taiki-youkai.
- Where did you hear that from?
- A friend.
- What friend?
- Does it matter, that can't be you. Because if you were you would never pick me on your team, after all I am the fourth's daughter and it was my father who helped Sesshoumaru-sama escape.
They stared at each other, their eyes glowing. The others in the room felt rather uncomfortable in the tense silence that none of them dared to break. After about 10 minutes he turned away with a small smile on his lips:
- I apologize for my outburst. It's just that there are little few who show that respect to the former taiki-youkai. Then again, for the youkai to accept one as their leader, the candidate has to have some sort of markings on his body, unique for each race of demons.
- Wow, you know so much about them…
- Perhaps more than it's wise to know, but it was requirement for my mission.
- What was the mission?
- Sorry, SS-class, can't tell. Anyway, meet me tomorrow at the training ground 7 for your gen-nin test.
- I thought we've already passed.
- No, that was to see who of you was worthy becoming a gen-nin. Now we shall see who will become one and who will go back to the academy.
- I doubt that.
- Why would that be, Namikaze-san?
- Well, first of all I've never seen a gen-nin team consisting of less than three gen-nin on a team and then why would you place us on a team if you'd send some of us back?
- True. It's more than likely that you're going to test our ability to work as a team…
- … and see who of us will sacrifice himself for the sake of the family.
- Smart, aren't they, Sarutobi-sensei?
- Indeed they are, InuYasha-kun, but then again you already knew they would be, didn't you?
- I thought as much.
- Well, good luck to you. By the way, have you found him yet?
- No. I don't even sense him anymore. Maybe I'm lucky and he's dead?
- I hope so, for if Sesshoumaru were to start the hunt again, this time he'd kill at once. After all he's not for making the same mistakes twice.
- Yes, sensei, I know.
Now though you should focus on training your team.
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