Saioga: A review a review a review a-

Sunset: Saioga! Don't make me sick Jade on you!

Jade: Keep me out of this...

Sunset: Ahem! Alright, there was a review, so I decided to get the next chapter out now, rather than tomorrow.

Saioga: I like reviews! ^-^ *jumping up and down*

Sunset: Also, there was a comment on the teams strength.

Saioga: Oooooo!!! Did they say how awesome I am?!?

Sunset: *ignores Saioga* The reason they're so strong is because they're a select few that were chosen as candidates to become future ANBU. Which I forgot to say in the story itself.

Kurashin: Though I think they made a small error in selecting Saioga...

Saioga: Hey! Not nice! Take that ba-

Sunset: Please ignore him... Here's the next chapter!

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Chapter 5: Preparation

The guard didn't want you bringing the guy into Konoha, but you walked right past him into Konoha, heading for the hospital. Just because you didn't know the guy didn't mean that he didn't deserve to have his injuries treated. The guy had silver hair, and glasses. He was unconscious, so you haven't seen his eye color yet. He looked about seventeen. When you got into the hospital, some girl lead you to a room where he could be set down. You set the guy down, and something fell on the floor. You looked down and saw a leaf headband. The guard was going to keep a guy from the village out. You'd let him know about this soon enough. Well, he did have his headband in his pocket instead of on, so, well, alright, you'd have to let it go for the most part.
You set his headband down on the table next to him, and started to walk out of the room when you heard a small sound from behind you. You turned around, and saw the guys hand resting on his forehead. So he woke up, did he? Walking back over to his side you saw that his eyes were black. Yeah, he was awake alright. "You alright? What happened?" You needed to know what had happened while he was outside of Konoha. If some other spy was lurking around, you needed to know.
He looked over at you, a slightly curious look, then he looked back up to the ceiling. You waited patiently for his answer. "I'm fine. I just ran into some trouble is all." He looked back over at you, and he had a small smile. "Sorry if I caused you any trouble."
It was kind of weird. Him saying sorry, that is. After all, he was the one that was hurt. Not you. "No need to be sorry. Just glad you're alright. What exactly happened out there?" If he was a victim that survived, you needed to know what he saw. Maybe he knows what the attacker looks like. Maybe you can find the killer and avenge your friend.
Instead of answering right away, he looked down, like he was thinking. Trying to remember what had happened. "I'm sorry... I dont really remember..." That was a total bummer. The only lead that you might've gotten, was washed away down the drain of lost memory. That was so not cool.
You smiled at him, giving him the sense that it was alright. "Well, I'm Tina. I found you in the forest, so I brought you to the hospital." You had questions for him, but they had better wait until he was feeling a little bit better. No one deserved questioning when they just wake up from being attacked by who knows who or what.
With a small smile, he looked over at you. It was obvious that he didn't want to show any kind of pain that he was feeling. "I'm Kabuto. Nice to meet you, Tina." He then noticed the headband on the table next to him, and grabbed it. "Well, I'm alright. I better get going." Without hesitation, he tied it around his head. You observed his movement and noticed that he was healing on his own pretty nicely, so you let him get up.
The nurse will probably want to know where he left to if she walks in and he's gone, but oh well. Things happen. "See you around, Kabuto." He nodded, and left the room. You began walking down the hall to leave the hospital while in thought. When you got out of the hospital, you noticed what time it was by where the moon was in the sky. It was just about three O'clock in the morning. So much for sleep. You headed to Ichiraku Ramen to have some breakfast before training. As usual, you made yourself a simple bowl of ramen and ate, then locked up the place again and walked to the training grounds.
Taking out some kunai, you started some target practice. You were best with shuriken, and that wasn't good. You had to be good at both. If you end up having to use what you're bad at using, you might fail a mission. So you might as well practice with everything. Acknowledging the facts, you decided that you needed to train with kunai for a few days before using shuriken again. Might as well be safe instead of sorry. Just then, you heard someone walking up behind you. The footsteps where calm, but also cautious. You grabbed another kunai, like you didn't hear a thing. Instead of throwing it, you turned and put the kunai to the persons throat faster than you thought you could. You really needed to test out how fast you were. It was starting to get annoying to do something faster than you thought you would, or should.
The anbu guy that you put the kunai up to took a step back. He was glad that he didn't get another hole in his clothing, you could tell. Well, at least he wasn't just sitting there, watching this time. He actually tried to be on the safe side and just walk up to you. But he shouldn't have walked up behind you. "Ah-hem. Do you believe that your team is ready for the Chunin Exams in three days?"
Trying not to smirk, you put the kunai in your hand into the tree by throwing it. This guy will always continue to amuse you. And disappoint you. "Awww, no mission?" He shook his head. "Well, that's a bummer," you sighed,"but yeah, they're plenty ready for the exams." He nodded and vanished. You started to crack up after he left, then started to train again. It felt like only ten minutes, but the hours flew right by. Before you knew it, Jade walked into the training field to meet up, like usual. You noticed him, and stopped training. Taking out the last kunai from the tree and putting it away, Kurashin and Saioga walked up.
They looked like they wanted another mission. Well, it was time to disappoint them a little. "We're training for the next two days, then we're resting up the third day." Saioga was about to ask why, like usual. "The Chunin Exams are in three days. Got it?" They all nod. Jade had a smirk, and Kurashin and Saioga were smiling. The Chunin Exams were going to be a breeze for this team. Well, until they have to fight each other, that is. Hopefully, that wont happen. It would be an awesome fight, but it wouldn't be too good for their teamwork. They just barely got the hang of teamwork. Fighting each other, well, it would destroy the teamwork that was built up. Especially is Saioga and Jade fought each other.
For the rest of the day, you had them training in speed. What you had them do, was keep running as fast as they could without stopping. Also, you were throwing kunai and shuriken at them while they were running. They weren't aloud to block. They were only aloud to dodge using speed. It was tough for Saioga, but he pulled through. The next day, you had them training in endurance. You fought each of them one on one for half of the day. Of course, you had to go easy on them, but the point was that they could block. You told them that you would only use taijutsu, and that they had to successfully block each move. Jade, of course, was the best with that training. Kurashin did really well with it for not being too strong, but not being too weak either. Saioga. Well... He was bruised up by the end of the training. He blocked, yeah, but he wanted to attack, so he wasn't really focused on trying to block. He got the most training time for both days. At four in the afternoon, they went up against Kakashis team. You told Jade to take it easy on Sasuke, so they tied. Kurashin beat Sakura, and Saioga came close to a tie, but won against Naruto. If your team wasn't already tired from so much training, all three of them would've won, hands down.
By the third day, Jade was a little worn down, Kurashin was a little tired, and Saioga was a mess. All of them stayed home to rest. Even you stayed home. For the most part. You still went out to the training field for your morning kunai target practice. Other than that, you rested up as well. You had the feeling that your team would get through the exams just fine. Jade would probably make it through without a problem at all. Same for Kurashin. Saioga wouldn't...

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So, thanks again for the review!

Also, this story will have 10 chapters, so it's halfway done now!