He had just left the Hokage's office, and the tower, dropping off his reports of the last mission before deciding to get some ramen from the Ichiraku stand. It was getting late so he planned to turn in after that but he had missed out on getting something earlier. Any plans he had though were interrupted when Kurenai dropped down from the roofs next to him. "Enjoying your days off?" She asked with a smile. He rolled his eyes "fantastic, my first day off in almost three months and I spent it doing paperwork" he muttered. She laughed lightly before slipping her hand into his as they walked.
"Sounds about right. You need a proper holiday. You can take a week off, fully, if you've been on duty for more then two months straight" she told him.
"Really? Wonder why I hadn't been told that" he said dryly.
She smiled again then looked a little nervous. "Have you eaten yet?" She asked. He shook his head "do you want to go to mine?" She asked.
He raised an eyebrow before smiling"sure" he replied. She smiled and lead the way.
Upon reaching her apartment Arashi raised his eyebrow again. She had obviously been planning this as he saw a table set up nearby with the works. Candles, nice plates and cutlery, even a bottle of sake being warmed slightly.
A couple of hours later, and after a fantastic meal which was actually a surprise. Kurenai had never shown an interest in cooking before but she obviously had a talent for it. At the beginning she was quite nervous but then she had some sake and calmed down a little. Arashi had a thoroughly enjoyable time frankly and now the two were sat on Kurenai's couch with a bottle of normal red wine on the table with a glass each. At first Arashi had been a little worried about the alcohol but he then remembered who his oka-san was. He was no stranger to sake any more, she had been adamant that he build up a resistance to alcohol for some reason. Kurenai bit her lip a little before taking a sip of her wine and putting the glass down while nervously taking Arashi's as well also putting it down. She got to her feet and pulled Arashi up to kiss her. When they pulled away she smiled a little more and pulled Arashi into her bedroom closing the door behind them.
Tsunade walked into the kitchen with a yawn to see that Shizune, Naruto and Jiraiya were already there with tea. "Morning Tsunade" Naruto said with a wave. She nodded and sat down taking her own tea. "Where's Arashi?" She asked looking around. He was always up before her and always in the kitchen before anyone else. She took some tea then raised an eyebrow. The reason he was always in the kitchen first was because he made the best tea and this wasn't nearly as good. "We thought you'd know" Shizune said looking a little worried.
"No, hang on" Tsunade got up again and left the room.
She returned a minute later frowning some more "he's not here" she said. That worried her even more as he always left a note if he was going out early. "Did he leave a note?" She asked just in case. Jiraiya shook his head "no, when was the last anyone saw him?" He asked.
"He was just going into the Hokage tower to give his reports" Shizune told them "that was last night, about nine" she added. Naruto pinged his chakra three times and waited, the others had felt them and waited with him.
After several minutes of nothing they all got up "ok, we'll have to go look for him. Shizune, go and tell Kurenai. She might have seen him somewhere. Naruto, Hinata's Byakugan would be a lot of use. Im going to get Kiba and Jiraiya, you go get Shino" Tsunade said quickly. They nodded and headed off.
The group met up again outside the apartment complex Kurenai lived in with the three genin. Shizune dropped down as well a moment later "she's not at the training grounds so she must be home" she told them. Tsunade nodded and headed up with the others in tow.
Once she reached Kurenai's door she knocked in an urgent tone. There was silence for a minute before "one minute" was called through. A minute later and there was a click as the lock disengaged and Jiraiya passed out from the shooting nose bleed he got. Kurenai was stood in the door way with a red, silk, dressing gown that only reached halfway down her thighs and had obviously been thrown on in a hurry as the front revealed quite a lot of cleavage. Her hair was ruffled and she had a slight flustered look to her. "Hai?" She asked adjusting her dressing gown to cover herself a little better.
"Have you seen Arashi? He wasn't home last night and we're a little worried" Tsunade said.
"Um" Kurenai started. Jiraiya got to his feet shaking his head and plugging his nose up. "Pervert" Kurenai muttered.
"I'll smack him later for it" Tsunade said dismissively. It was then Kiba frowned, which Shino noticed "what is it Kiba?" He asked. Everyone turned to him as he took another sniff. Kurenai grimaced slightly.
"I can smell Arashi" he told them.
"Where?" Tsunade asked quickly. Kurenai started to slowly close the door while everyone was looking at Kiba and almost got it fully closed when he said "in there". She grimaced again as they turned to the mostly closed door. "Kurenai" Tsunade said in a flat tone.
"Hai?" Kurenai asked peeking around the door.
"Is my son in your apartment?"
"Um...hai" Kurenai replied quietly.
"Why is my son in your apartment?" The Sannin asked bluntly. Shino decided to leave then as there was no reason for him to be there. Hinata was blushing so left as well and Jiraiya decided to avoid being smacked around by Tsunade so disappeared to the women's onsen. Naruto had no intention of missing out on teasing material so stuck around and Kiba was there for the same reason. Shizune was there as she was essentially family. Tsunade crossed her arms waiting for an answer. "Um" Kurenai said again. There was a blessed interruption in the form of Anko appearing in the hallway in a swirl of leaves and looking around confused. "What's going on?" She asked.
"Nothing" Kurenai said quickly.
"Except for Arashi being in Kurenai-sensei's apartment and that he didn't come home last night" Naruto said with a grin that Anko shared
"oh really?" She asked turning to look at Kurenai who, even though they could now only see a sliver of her face, was crimson. Then she looked to her side before leaving. The group heard a door close inside her apartment. The front door opened fully to reveal a stern faced Arashi wearing only his trousers and had his arms crossed. "Hai?" He asked.
"What were you doing?" Tsunade started.
"I don't believe it's any of your business oka-san" he cut her off bluntly.
"I think otherwise. You're my son" she retorted
"hai, your son who, by ninja laws, is a legal adult since becoming a genin. You know damn well I am plenty old enough, and mature enough, to make decisions about my life without someone butting in" he told her.
"You couldn't have even left a note or something?" Tsunade asked knowing the tone he was using was his, don't mess with me, tone.
"Uh huh, I'll learn how to write a message across the village just as soon as it becomes physically possible" he replied sarcastically. She rolled her eyes
"fine, at least tell me you're being safe" she said with a stern look to her eyes. He answered with a flat expression. "Ok, that was a fairly stupid question" Tsunade admitted.
"Hai, it was...can you go away now?" He asked. Tsunade rolled her eyes again
"hai hai, we're going" she said heading away with Shizune, Naruto and Kiba. Anko smirked at him
"that means you as well" he told her. She pouted
"what? You're not going to let little old..."
"...no" Arashi interrupted. She pouted again before smirking
"that's ok, tell Kure-chan I'll see her later at the cafe if she's going" Arashi nodded and closed the door as she shunshined away.
Sighing to himself after closing the door he rolled his eyes and went back to Kurenai's bedroom where she was sat on the bed, having abandoned her dressing gown, with the covers over her and a heavy blush on her face. "That, was mortifying" she said as he climbed into bed next to her. She leant on his shoulder as he put an arm around hers.
"Don't worry. I can handle my oka-san any day" he assured her.
She nodded once before "so, when are you going to tell her that you're moving in?" She asked.
He chuckled "I'll tell her when I get a few of my things later. You're sure about this?"
She nodded "hai" she said adamantly. He smiled and gave her shoulders a squeeze making her smile a little more.
"Wonder if this is going to cause problems during training Nai-chan" he said.
She blinked several times and tilted her head to look up at him from his shoulder "Nai-chan?" She asked with a raised eyebrow. He nodded
"well, Anko calls you Kure-chan so I figured I could have my own" he said with a smirk. She smiled
"I love it" she said happily.
"I thought you might" he said with a chuckle. Kurenai had given the team the days off until the chuunin exam as well just so they could stay relaxed and not tense as they would be during training.
"We don't have to go anywhere for a while right?" She asked after a moment.
"Not as far as I know" he replied smirking a little.
Three hours later the two walked into the cafe that Kurenai's friends were usually found in when not at missions. Sure enough though Hana, Yugao and Anko were there and Anko, apparently, had told them as the three smirked at them as they entered. The couple sat down without a word. "Something you want to tell us?" Hana asked taking a deep breath.
"Im not sure what you mean" Kurenai said smiling.
"Sure you don't" Yugao replied grinning at her. Arashi rolled his eyes and stood
"im going to go get a few things" he said. Kurenai nodded and kissed him before he made to leave "later Nai-chan" he said with a wave. She turned to her friends and blinked several times seeing each of them staring at her. "What?" she asked.
"Nai-chan? I thought you hated that name" Hana said. Kurenai shrugged
"its different when he uses it" she said simply. Anko smirked
"our Kurenai has fallen hard and fast girls" she said. Hana and Yugao nodded as Kurenai blushed but smiled back. "So?" Anko asked with a lewd grin. Kurenai raised an eyebrow
"so what?" She asked confused.
"How was he?" Hana clarified. Kurenai rolled her eyes
"you're all perverts" she muttered.
"Hai hai, so?" Anko dismissed with a wave. Kurenai looked between them
"you really want to know?" she asked. They nodded when Yugao asked
"it was your first time wasn't it?" Kurenai blushed a little but nodded.
"It was..." she started then paused thoughtfully as the three leaned forwards eagerly "fantastic" the genjutsu mistress settled on after a moment.
Arashi arrived in the Senju estate and went up to his room. He got his medical supplies, all of which were in scrolls until he needed them, and his stocks of kunai and senbon, also in scrolls. He packed his clothes in a separate scroll and took the photo's that he had of his family. There was a certain one of Naruto with Jiraiya on top of Gamabunta's head. The first time Naruto had summoned the great toad. Arashi would've signed the slug summoning contract if it weren't for the fact only one summoner could at any one time. Katsuya was surprisingly strict on that. He had yet to tell anyone, but Naruto, that he had found the fox summoning contract a few months before coming to Konoha. He had been training in secret and was ready to summon the boss. Of course this had lead to the Kyūbi telling Naruto that it was the summoning boss for the foxes. Arashi was hesitant to summon it any where near Konoha for an obvious reason which is why he hadn't yet. Shaking his head he packed his scrolls into his back pack and checked around before looking out the door and nodding. He went to the wall behind the headboard of his bed. There was a small seal there which he released. A large chest of money appeared in a poof of smoke which he promptly sealed into a last scroll putting it into his pocket. Both his oka-san and Jiraiya had tried to find his stock of money but failed miserably.
After that he headed downstairs to find his oka-san in the living room reading. She looked up and raised an eyebrow at the backpack. "I thought you were on stand down until the chuunin exams" she said. He smiled "I am, kinda moving out" he said. She blinked several times
"wait, what?" She asked standing.
"Im moving in with Nai-chan" he told her. She looked him over seriously before smiling and hugging him resulting in him turning slightly blue when she let him go.
"Oh stop playing around" she chided with a smirk as he gasped.
"Wait" he said after a moment "you don't mind that im leaving but you did when you thought Nai-chan and I had slept together? How does that make any sense?" He asked confused. She shrugged and smirked again
"it was fun to mess with Kurenai" she said absently.
He rolled his eyes at the woman "now I know you're just mean. I better get going" he said with a wave as he left.
"Bye Arashi...you'd better visit" she called back making him roll his eyes again as he walked out.
Halfway back to Kurenai's, and now his as well, apartment though he was approached by an ANBU. "Senju Arashi. You are to report to the Hokage immediately" he said seriously. Arashi rolled his eyes and shunshined away.
He appeared in the Hokage's office and immediately raised an eyebrow. The man was sat at his desk with a scroll but there was also the heads of the Aburame, Inuzuka and Hyūga clans. Shibi, Tsume and Hiashi respectively. He hadn't met them outside of this time but he had heard that Tsume was a trouble maker among the council. "What, exactly, is going on?" The young Senju questioned looking around. Tsume smirked while Shibi and Hiashi kept their normal, stoic, expressions. "Well, the council has decided to allow you to take the jounin exam that starts in four days in Kirigakure" the Hokage told him. He blinked several times "jounin? Why?" He asked shrewdly "and more to the point, why only me and not Naruto who I am only a little stronger than?" he added. Then he understood "ah, this wouldn't have anything to do with me being a Senju and Naruto being the Kyūbi's jinchuuriki does it?" He asked knowingly.
Tsume smirked again "I shouldn't be surprised that you know about that. Unfortunately it seems that most of the council would prefer not to give Naruto any advantages" she added with a tiny scowl.
"That's just stupid" he said bluntly. The Hokage chuckled
"be that as it may, your skills as a med-nin played a very important part in the councils decision" he explained.
"Ah" Arashi said in reply. Then he shrugged "what, exactly, do these jounin exams include?" He asked.
"We aren't allowed to say. Ninja have to be adaptable to all situations" Hiashi told him calmly.
"Hai, but no good ninja goes anywhere without some information" Arashi countered.
The Hokage smiled "true. All we are allowed to tell you is that the exam will take six weeks to complete. You are to go to Kirigakure immediately and await the start of the exams there" he told him. Arashi nodded then rolled his eyes a little "good thing im already packed" he muttered to himself.
The Hokage raised an eyebrow "why are you packed?" He asked curiously.
"I was moving in with Kurenai but obviously that's going to be a little delayed now" he said before Tsume said
"I'll tell her where you've gone. You should head out for Kirigakure" she told him. He nodded and bowed before shunshining away.
A few minutes later and Tsume walked into the cafe where Kurenai, Hana, Anko and Yugao were still talking with grins. "Oka-san?" Hana asked confused as the woman sat down.
"Hey Hana...teasing Kurenai are you?" She asked with a smirk as Kurenai pouted. "Anyway, Arashi just told us that he was moving in today" she said to Kurenai who raised an eyebrow
"was?" She asked.
"Hai, he's just left for Kirigakure. He's been entered into the jounin exams" Tsume explained with a grin.
Kurenai blinked several times "really?" She asked.
"Hai. He'll be away from Konoha for the six and a half weeks" Tsume told her. Kurenai nodded and smiled but Anko pouted
"he's going to come back higher ranked then me...maybe it'll be fun to work under him" she said with a smirk aimed towards Kurenai who rolled her eyes
"you leave my Arashi alone" she said firmly.
"Oh? Your Arashi?" Yugao teased. Kurenai smiled at them and Hana smirked
"I think his Nai-chan is getting protective" she said in an overly sweet tone.
Tsume blinked twice and raised an eyebrow "Nai-chan? How...cute" she teased as well.
Kurenai blushed and crossed her arms with a playful huff "you're all being mean to me" she whined.
The two days travelling was not terribly eventful and Arashi reached Kirigakure not even tired as he walked in through the gates. The chuunin approached him. "Reason for visit?" He asked.
"Jounin exams" Arashi replied. The man blinked several times and stared at him
"really?" He asked surprised.
"Hai"
"ok then, all examinees have a pass to be given to them, come with me" he said heading to the guard house with Arashi in tow. The chuunin sorted through them "name?"
"Senju Arashi" he nodded
"here we are" he pulled out a pass with a neck strap and gave it to him. "Report to the Mizukage and get your instructions" he said. Arashi nodded
"arigato" he said politely while turning to go to the Mizukage's tower.
Once he arrived he was told to go up by the secretary so he went on and knocked on the door "hai?" Came Mei's voice. He opened the door and went inside with a tiny smirk. "Ah, welcome back Arashi" she said with a smile as he shut the door.
"Hai, good to see you again Mei" he said. She nodded and smiled
"business first though this time. The exam will take six weeks to complete during which you, and the other hopefuls, will be tested on stealth, tracking, evading capture, combat skills and resourcefulness. There will be no forewarning of any tests. You will be gathered from wherever you are and taken to the test site. There is no set time for any test. You could finish one and instantly be taken to another. This is the only chance you have to back out if you want to" she paused in which he gave her a flat expression "I didn't think you would" she said with a smirk "I can't show you any favouritism during these exams but I can offer you the guest room here to stay in. I should warn you. In the chuunin exams killing is tolerated but not preferred. Killing an opponent in the jounin exams happens quite often. Do not go easy on any of the other examinees because they won't do so for you" she told him seriously.
"Hai, I understand" he assured her. She nodded
"good, well. That's the business sorted and the exam period doesn't start for another two days so you have time to rest and relax." She said. He smiled and nodded
"hai" he said with a wave as he left that she returned.
It was a few hours later when the door to the guest room opened. Arashi looked around from the desk where he was studying a Mokuton jutsu called Mokuton: Jubaku Eisō. It was a jutsu that caused a tree to grow up and around an opponent trapping them where he could either crush them or leave them to be captured. He looked around from the scroll and saw Mei closing the door behind her and smiling. "The last jounin hopeful just came in so I can finally get some rest" she said heading to the bed while stripping off. He blinked several times before shrugging and going back to his scroll. He had a feeling the jutsu was going to be quite useful in this exam. He vaguely hoped that the evading capture test will take place in a forest as he could just send a Moku Bunshin for them to chase while he merged with a tree. Because of his Kekkai Genkai he could survive as long as he needed within a tree, it had to be alive and rooted though. The tracking wouldn't be too difficult either, just like the stealth. His Mokuton was well suited for that, plus he was already very good at it. Overall he was quite confident that he'd make jounin. "Out of curiosity Mei, will you be staying here for the duration of my stay?" He asked looking back around at her. She was now under the covers and reading. "Hai, if you don't mind?" She asked. He shook his head
"no problem, I just have the strange idea its going to be a shock to whoever comes to fetch me for the tests" he said with a smirk that she shared.
"Possibly" she agreed. He chuckled a little before going to bed as well where she cuddled closer to him as they put the lights out and went to sleep.
The two days before the exam started were relatively peaceful for Arashi. For the first time he had no paperwork to do for the hospital or mission reports. This made Mei jealous as she always had paperwork to do. She had also made him her personal med-nin while he was in Kirigakure as she trusted him. He had met a couple of the jounin hopefuls, which included another Konoha nin called Izumo and the chuunin that had tried to grope Yugito on Arashi's first, and only, visit to Kumogakure.
He was in a bar talking with Izumo, as the other Konoha nin, about some random things three days after arriving. "So, how confident are you?" Arashi asked across the table. Izumo smiled
"fairly, what about you? I don't think there's ever been a genin in the jounin exams before. Most of them go through chuunin first" he said. Arashi shrugged
"some how I think its got to do with my family and Kekkai Genkai" he said with an eye roll. Izumo chuckled before a Kiri ANBU appeared beside them.
"Senju Arashi?" He asked.
"Hai?"
"Come with me for your tracking test" he said. Arashi nodded
"good luck" Izumo said as the Senju stood.
"Arigato, see you later I imagine" he said with a wave as he left. Izumo nodded and smirked a little watching the ANBU heading out with Arashi.
Arashi was lead to the edge of a large forest that made him smirk mentally. Waiting there was Mei, Chojuro and someone who looked to be an elder of the village. "Ah, there you are" Mei said as he neared.
"Hey" he greeted with a wave.
"The ANBU you've been assigned to track has been in the forest for an hour. You have only this to track him with" she held up a small piece of blue fabric. Arashi raised an eyebrow before shrugging
"any limits I should know about?" He asked. She shook her head
"no, anything goes...just try not to kill him" she added.
He nodded before biting his thumb and making a few seals. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu!" He called hitting the ground. There was a large poof of white smoke that soon cleared to reveal a very large fox, five foot at the shoulder, with dark tan fur and eight swaying tails tipped in black. The Kiri group blinked several times in shock. "Hai?" It asked in a gravelly voice.
Arashi took the piece of fabric from Mei "we're tracking someone. Can you get a scent from this Jergan?" He asked holding it up. The large fox sniffed it a few times before grinning like only a fox knew how. Baring his teeth. "Hai, no problems" he said. Arashi smirked and jumped onto the foxes back. He made a few more hand seals before he, and Jergan, spoke in unison "Kitsune Genjutsu: Perfect stealth" they incanted before shimmering out of view completely. Mei blinked several times "huh, I was not expecting that" she said to the others who nodded.
They waited for his return and only an hour and a half later did they reappear but with the ANBU trapped in one of Jergan's long tails. More shock among the Kiri ninja. "I think that was the fastest time anyone has completed this test" Mei said impressed. Arashi grinned and hopped down from Jergan who put the ANBU down before leaving in a poof of smoke. "I have never heard of someone using a fox in summoning" Mei said absently.
"Hai, Jergan is a better tracker then any nin-dog. Kitsune excel in genjutsu but combat is not so good...except for one" he added with a slight smirk.
"Very well. You're dismissed for now" Mei told him carrying her own, tiny, smirk. He nodded and shunshined away.
Out of curiosity he headed back to the bar he had been in and sure enough Izumo was still there so he sat down again shocking the chuunin. "That was quick" he commented. Arashi smirked
"hai hai, going to need more then an ANBU in a forest to fool me" he said with a grin as Izumo chuckled.
"Well, I guess my good luck wasn't really needed then" he returned. Arashi shrugged
"maybe, but appreciated" he said. Izumo nodded and they went back to talking about random things.
It was nine days later before Arashi was fetched for his next test, while in bed with Mei. That had caused the ANBU to stutter several times as she glared at him and Arashi was certain he had never seen anyone move as fast as the man did after telling Arashi he was needed for his evading capture test. "That was mean Mei" Arashi said with a chuckle as she smirked.
"Hai, but fun. You should get going" she said kissing him as he got out of the bed and dressed.
A few minutes later he walked out into the hall to find the ANBU probably still blushing under his mask. "It might be worth knocking next time" Arashi said absently as he followed the man.
"Hai" was the reply but that was all that was said.
He found himself by the boundaries of the forest again with the elder and a team of ANBU behind her. "This test will last for twenty four hours. You have a twenty minute head start before these ANBU enter to track you down" the man said. Arashi nodded and headed into the forest quickly.
He ran for ten minutes to get deep enough into the forest to start his plan. He created a Moku Bunshin and sent him off to the east while he himself just phased into one of the large oak trees ready to wait for the rest of the twenty four hours. He loved his Kekkai Genkai some times.
An hour later Arashi watched from his tree as the four ANBU dropped into the clearing in front of him and looked around. "He was here" one of them said.
"Hai. Ok, you're with me and we'll check south and east. You go north and west. Meet back here in twelve hours if we haven't found him. If that happens we'll make a new plan" the obvious leader said. The others nodded and Arashi smirked mentally as they split up having not noticed him there. He decided he might as well get a little sleep.
He was woken a few hours later when he felt his Moku Bunshin dispelled. To make sure the ANBU didn't figure out he could do anything with trees the Bunshin had used a smoke bomb just as he was dispelled to make it look like he was a Kage Bunshin. That was fun. He simply made another Moku Bunshin from the tree and sent it west this time.
When the ANBU returned he listened in "report" the commander said.
"We found a Kage Bunshin but he dispelled himself after seeing us"
"Same here. What direction?"
"West"
"ours was in the east. Anything in the north?"
"No"
"nothing in the south either. We must have missed him somewhere along the way. We'll split up again. One in each direction. You take south, you east, you north and I'll take west. Work in a clockwise rotation to cover the whole forest. No one has stayed hidden for the whole twenty four hours and I'll be damned if some genin does it" the commander said firmly again not seeing the oddly smirking pattern on a nearby tree. They split up again and Arashi chuckled mentally.
Arashi waited another thirteen hours before coming out of the tree and heading back to the border smirking a little as he reached the boundaries to see Mei with the four ANBU, Chojuro and the elder again. "How did you evade the ANBU?" Mei asked intrigued. He shrugged
"the joy of Mokuton. I camped out in one of the trees sending Bunshin out periodically to draw them away" he said with a grin. Mei looked quite impressed but instead of sending him back the elder said
"in the Mizukage's tower is a scroll with the Konoha symbol. You will now infiltrate the tower without being seen and bring the scroll here for your stealth test. You will fail the test if you are spotted, heard or detected in any way" he said. Arashi nodded and left via shunshin.
He appeared down the street in the shadows looking towards the tower carefully considering. Of course, they had not taken into account his foxes. "Kuchiyose no Jutsu" he whispered after drawing blood and making the seals. A very small fox, about cat size, appeared on his shoulder with black fur and two, silver tipped, tails. The foxes only had the one collaboration jutsu but it was exceptionally powerful and all foxes could use it once Arashi had learnt it. "Kitsune Genjutsu: Perfect Stealth" they whispered together shimmering out of sight again. Arashi smirked and moved off rapidly.
He entered the tower via the guest room window which he had opened the day before as it was quite warm. Inside the room was an ANBU and Arashi guessed there would be one in every room. He knocked the ANBU out and hid his body before heading out into the corridor and towards Mei's office. Inside were three ANBU. One facing the window, one in front of the desk and another watching the open door. Not that it would do him any good. Even a Byakugan couldn't see through Kitsune Genjutsu. Arashi slipped in soundlessly and looked around for the scroll. It was behind the ANBU in front of the desk. Arashi looked between the ANBU and noted that none of them were watching the scroll. Probably to give him a slim chance, he took it and smirked as the moment he picked it off the desk it too fell under the genjutsu and became invisible. He darted out of the door then back out through the guest room window finally shunshining back to Mei and the group. He cancelled the genjutsu and banished Ami, the fox, before walking out of the darkness towards the group while casually tossing the scroll from one hand to the other. "Easy" he said giving it to the elder who stared at it in shock.
"Just how many of our records are you planning to break Arashi?" Mei asked amused.
"Depends, how many have I now?" He asked.
"three" she informed him. He chuckled
"well, how many tests have I got left?" He questioned.
"Two" she told him.
"Ah, well I would guess at two then" he said with a smirk as she rolled her eyes.
"That'll be all for now" the elder said. Arashi nodded and left with Mei and Chojuro.
The ANBU at the tower were more then surprised to hear that not only had he gotten past them but he had done so, and got out, in just a few minutes. Arashi was fairly certain he dented their pride a little but that just made him smirk a little. After that he and Mei went to bed where she congratulated him on two jobs well done very vigorously.
The next day found Arashi and Izumo walking through the village exploring some more "how have your tests been so far?" Arashi asked the chuunin who shrugged
"ok, I don't really think im going to pass but I thought I'd give it a go. I've got tracking and stealth tests left to do" he replied "what about you?" He inquired. Arashi shrugged as well
"pretty well. Mei tells me i've broken three records so far" he said. Izumo raised an eyebrow
"how many tests have you had?"
"Three" was the smirking reply.
"You beat three records on all three tests? What were they?" Izumo asked wide eyed.
"Stealth, tracking and evading capture" Arashi told him "what did you have to do in the combat test?" He asked.
"Ah, I had to fight one of the other jounin hopefuls. That also included the resourcefulness test as well as the fight lasted two days with no supplies except standard ninja equipment" he explained. Arashi nodded "makes sense...though, there's thirty days left to this test and i've got all of two tests left. If you're right and they run the combat test and resourcefulness test into one then im going to have a lot of free time on my hands" he said with a smirk. Izumo returned the smirk
"not as though that'll be a problem according to what i've heard" he teased.
Arashi raised an eyebrow "and that is?"
Izumo smirked again "that you and the Mizukage were getting more then a little close in the Mizukage towers guest room" he said. Arashi nodded
"well, I am staying there. As for how close Mei and I are getting...well, I really don't think its my place to say" he said with a smirk as Izumo chuckled.
Ok, I know a couple of you were wondering how I was going to do the Chuunin exams but I put this in instead for a reason. Arashi got prejudice as a Senju over a Jinchuuriki which is why Naruto wasn't sent. I'm just calling it as I see it. As for the Kitsune Genjutsu. It isn't some ridiculously powerful genjutsu that he can use to attack anyone without a worry. He has to stay in direct contact with the fox he's collaborating with and he can not touch anyone physically or the genjutsu fails. He can't attack like it as moving too fast would disturb it and disrupt the genjutsu. It is entirely for sneaking around undetected as he used it. As for the evading capture test. If Yamato can hide from the people he's following by being inside a tree, and he himself admits his use of Mokuton is no where near the Shodaime's level, then surely it makes sense that Arashi can do so fairly easily.
Please R&R :)
Next time, a little of Arashi's history and his motivation for working as hard as he does. What is it? Well, you'll have to wait to find out :)