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Kyuubi

Warnings: I do not own Naruto. Rated "M" for language right now, but there is a possibility of lemons later.

Chapter 8: Take a picture, it'll last longer!

Lee stayed close behind Neji. Shikamaru leaned up against a tree. "Where is she?" Lee asked. Neji was already using his byakugan to watch the girl loping through the trees.

"She is about 120 meters to the east, high in the trees." He kept his eyes locked on the girl. Shikamaru just shook his head.

"Man, this is too troublesome." Shikamaru put his hands in his pockets. "I'm sorry you find this inconvenient Shikamaru, but we were asked to help with testing the new student." Neji kept his voice serious and almost monotone.

"Why do you think she got here so early?" Lee had his hand shading his eyes, staring in the same direction as Neji. Shikamaru sighed heavily.

"Obviously she is scoping out the terrain. This girl is smart enough to know that anyone she fights with today will have the home field advantage. She is making sure they can't use it against her. She will probably try and keep us in places that would be advantages to her abilities. Man, this is going to be such a pain." Shikamaru sighed again.

Myra kept to the tree tops and moved back towards the 3 pillars. It was nearly time for the test to start. Myra shimmered and appeared standing on the middle pillar. Her back was turned to them, but she was smirking over her shoulder. Myra's long black braid fluttered in the wind. Neji's eyes went wide, she knew they were there. Neji released his byakugan, but kept watch on the tall girl.

"She's fast, but I don't think she's as fast as Lee." Neji chocked down the comparison to Lee. Myra continued to stand on the post, just waiting. High above the training ground in a tree overlook the scene, Edgar and Poe were also keeping a watch of their own.

"You do know they are still watching you?" Edgar mused sarcastically. Myra's smirk turned to an evil grin.

"I know, but I'm just going to stand here and wait until Lady Tsunade makes her move towards them. I am sure she will bring them out into the open." And in fact at that very moment, Lady Tsunade had walked up behind the three staring boys.

"What are you boys staring at?" Tsunade crossed her arms and eyeballed the three boys. Lee popped up and saluted.

"Neji is tactically observing the new student, Hokage-sama." Lee's said like he was reading from a book. Neji blushed slightly.

The blonde Hokage smirked, "Hmmm… And what is your analysis Neji-kun?" Neji blanched for a split second and regained his composure.

"I am still not sure what I am looking for. As far as I can tell her chakra output is normal and she's fast. I am unsure at this time how fast she is." Neji managed to keep his almost monotone voice. Tsunade stood over the boys and nodded in agreement. Myra had sat down on the middle pillar and put her elbow on her knee and her chin in her hand. She sighed heavily and her bangs fluttered in the exhale of breath.

Sakura and Naruto came running up the road. Naruto remembered the last time he was here. He and Sakura had given Kakashi a taste of their training. Naruto smiled with the thought. Tsunade was expecting Kakashi, but didn't know that Sakura and Naruto were going to be at the test, but she was happy to see them just the same. Myra saw her two new friends and felt really glad they had come to watch. She didn't feel so alone anymore.

"And what, may I ask, are you two doing here?" Tsunade asked the pair. Myra moved to Tsunade's side before anyone had really noticed. Neji hadn't seen her move, but he knew something was fast about the movement. Lee was wide eyed as well. Shikamaru could have cared less. Myra's voice penetrated the momentary silence.

"I asked Sakura and Naruto to come cheer me on. I wanted someone on my side so to speak." Tsunade hadn't seen her move either. "Maybe she is as fast as Lee…", the Hokage thought. Naruto turned to smile at Myra. His eyes fell out of his skull. The black body suit clung to and accentuated every curve of her body. She was lean and muscular like a dancer. There was power in her calves and thighs."Her hips would fit nicely in my hands"

"Too bad the chest plate covers up her torso." The Fox grined.

"Shut the hell up." He went slightly pink. Sakura picked up on the lecherous nature of Naruto's thought, though not the thoughts themselves and elbowed him in the ribs. Naruto's mind focused on the pain in his side and he managed to reel his eyes back into his head. Tsunade clasped her hands together.

"Right, now we need Kakashi…" There was a loud bang with a huge cloud of white smoke. A smiling Kakashi stood in font of the small crowd. "Well hello there, I'm sorry I was late but…"

"Save it Kaskashi, we all know you were reading that book again." The Hokage chided. Kaskashi tried to look innocent. Tsunade turned to the group assembled. "I'm glad we're all here… Finially… Now to business… " She pointed to Myra "This is Myra Ravenheart. She will be the one a few of you will be testing today. This is a special Chunin exam of sorts. Lets just sum this up by saying, I can't very well place her on a team, unless I know what her abilities are." Tsunade's speech went on for several more minutes.

Meanwhile, Myra leaned in closer to Naruto and whispered so only he could hear her. Her breath on his ear made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end.

"You know, I think I like you better out of that jump suit." Myra blushed slightly and took a step forward. Naruto turned beet red.

"I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU SHE WOULD HAVE MADE A MAN OUT OF YOU!" The Fox shouted making Naruto's head hurt a little.

"Do me a BIG favor for once and SHUT THE HELL UP!" The blonde boy took a deep breath and tried to calm his emotions. The Fox grumbled as it retreated. Naruto wasn't doing very well, he was still sweating nervously. Myra looked back at him over her shoulder and grinned like a cheshire cat.

"Now, Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, or Lee! Who wants to go first? Kakashi will act as Proctor." Tsunade smiled. Naruto looked like a deer in headlamps. Kaskashi still smiling walked to the middle of the field.

"Do WHAT now?" Naruto's gaze whipped in confusion from Tsunade to Myra back to Tsunade. Myra smiled and said "Looks like you're on the examiners list." Then she shrugged. Shikamaru raised his hand and sighed.

"I'll go first. Man how troublesome." Shikamaru started to walk towards the middle of the field. Myra took a deep breath and caught up with Shikamaru.

"So which one are you? Shikamaru, Neji or Lee?" She asked happily.

"Shikamaru Nara, lets just get this over with." He said tonlessly.

"Ok… Do you give up?" Myra asked hopefully. Shikamaru looked back at Tsunade who was shaking her head with a definitive "no" expression on her face. Shikamaru sighed. "Um… I don't think that's an option here."

"Well we at least have to make this LOOK good. So do your best kay?" He voice was sickly sweet and she smiled at him. Shikamaru rolled his eyes. Myra raised her eyebrows. "Well charm isn't going to help me win this battle." She scowled as she faced off with Shikamaru.

Kaskashi stood between them. "Chunin exam rules apply. Anything goes, but know that I will stop this fight should things get out of hand. Ok?" He looked between the two combatants. Myra nodded. Shikamaru shrugged. Kakashi raised an eyebrow "I'll take that as a yes. Ok… then LETS GET READY TO RUMBLE!"

"KAKASHI!" Tsunade interrupted. Kaskashi coughed and brought his tone down a little. "Ok… BEGIN!"

Myra closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then opened her eyes again. She could see with such clarity. The hues of blues, greens, and reds were stunning. It was like time has slowed down. Shikamaru was moving to make a hand sign to perform a jutsu of some kind. Myra wasn't trying to copy, mostly to evade. She had made some assumptions by his body language, and Myra determined that he didn't really care about this test. He just wanted to get his part over with. She watched his chakra collect in his feet and then into his shadow. "A shadow weaver, this should be fun. I'll play with him a little cause I need the warm up."

"Don't get to cocky girl. Keep your head in the game. He maybe a shadow weaver, but that doesn't make him any less dangerous." Edgar fluffed himself up from his perch. Myra bounced around the field avoiding his shadow.

"BEHIND YOU!" Shouted Poe, calling out to Myra. The group of observers looked over to the perched pair of birds. Myra looked behind her and now had to dodge two shadow tendrils. Neji looked up at the birds with his byakugan and gasped. Those birds were made of chakra. They were not constructs of chakra, but living chakra beings. Neji turned his enhanced eyes back to the fight. Myra was not exerting much chakra to evade Shikamaru, but there was an interesting concentration of chakra in her eyes.

Myra was easily dodging 6 different shadow tendrils. Shikamaru grinned. The tendrils had been leaving explosive tags everywhere. She wouldn't be able to go anywhere without stepping on a tag. Myra took a misstep and was caught by Shikamaru's shadow bind. Most of the watching group was upset that it was over that quick. Tsunade scoffed and Kakashi remained silent. Neji, still using his byakugan started to notice Myra charging her chakra.

"It's all over girlly, you're caught. Now, surrender and let's go home." Shikamaru was relieved it didn't take as long as he thought. She wasn't making it very difficult. That's when it dawned on him.