Hisa woke up at the crack of dawn. She had set three alarm clocks, just to make sure. As she crept out of her house, she could hear her older brother snoring.
Idiot. she thought He'll never be ready for the exams.
She made her way down to the training ground. The birds were chirping in the trees, and the sounds of the village waking up were heard even from the silent training ground. Shops began to open and she could hear the early-morning workers chatting to each other as she walked by.
None of this interested Hisa in the slightest. The only thing she wanted to do was practise using her Rinnegan. She had learnt how to push and pull things, but she could only push small things like kunai. Her pull was slightly better, she was able to pull heavier things like people towards her.
Hisa hated having the Rinnegan, but she knew there was no use complaining about it. She decided to learn how to master it anyway, as it would be very useful in battle. The power that came with the Rinnegan both delighted her and terrified her. It was extremely useful, but it was too much for her to handle. That was why she had locked most of it away.
It wasn't that she hated the Rinnegan itself; she just hated the pressure that was now on her. It was even bigger than before, and she had no way to hide her identity, seeing as her eyes were now purple. She had screamed the first time she saw her eyes in the mirror, and although she would never admit this to anyone, she had cried that night. She wanted her normal blue eyes back.
She shoved those thoughts out of her head as she reached the training ground. The Chunin Exams started today. There was no time to wallow in self-pity. For the next hour, she attempted to push and pull the trees. By the end of the hour, all she had managed to do was rip a few branches and a lot of leaves. She was annoyed at her lack of progress, but she couldn't do anything about it.
She made her way back into the town to find her teammates. They had promised to meet up at the market district crossroads. Unfortunately for Hisa, they hadn't agreed on a specific time. She climbed into a tree and kept watch.
She was tired from her morning training, and she dozed off for a bit. The sound of slightly familiar voices woke her up. She looked down and froze. This was not good.
Standing in front of her were two of the Kazekage's children. She vaguely remembered that the girl was called Karura, and that she was the middle child. She studied Karura closer. She had medium length brown hair and dark eyes. She wore a light black shirt and a matching black skirt, with a black headband around her neck. She was wearing black gloves and black boots. Hisa remembered meeting her two years ago. She looked around ten years old. Hisa couldn't remember anything about what specialities she had. All her attention had been focused on the youngest child.
Hisa turned and looked at the boy standing beside her. She couldn't remember his name, but she knew that he was the oldest. She he looked around twelve years old. He had the same auburn hair as his father, but the same dark eyes as his sister. He had several scrolls strapped to his back. He wore a simple black jacket and pants, with mesh armour underneath. Hisa had never understood why Suna shinobi wore so much black, especially since they lived in an extremely hot climate.
She looked around for the third child, but couldn't see her anywhere. She started to panic a bit. Her experience with the Kazekage's youngest child had not been pleasant. She had hoped she would be able to avoid all three of them. Apparently, fate really disliked her.
The two on the ground started talking, and Hisa strained to hear them.
"Yashamaru, have you seen Naruko?"
Now Hisa remembered the auburn haired boy's name. Yashamaru.
The boy in question shook his head.
"No, I haven't seen the brat all morning. Frankly, it's a relief to get away from her."
"Shut up." his sister warned. "If she hears you, she'll kill you."
The boy laughed.
"Dad would never let her kill me."
"Dad's losing control of her and you know it."
Hisa remembered her encounter with Naruko. Even as a four year old, that child had scared her. She was ironically named after Hisa's father, yet she was extremely different in personality. In fact, she and her brother were downright unpleasant.
Hisa focused once again on the ground as she heard footsteps running towards them. She saw Nawaki and Oki come into sight. Nawaki wasn't watching where he was going and to Hisa's horror, he crashed straight into Karura. They both tumbled to the ground.
"Sorry." Nawaki stammered as he helped her to her feet.
Karura smiled at him.
"It's ok!" she said. "It was an accident."
Nawaki smiled in relief, but the smile disappeared as Yashamaru stepped forward.
"It's not ok Karura." he growled. "This brat knocked you over."
Nawaki took a step back. There was an unpleasant and dangerous aura surrounding Yashamaru. It reminded Hisa of a weak amount of Killing Intent.
"Yashamaru, it was an accident, let it go." Karura said.
Yashamaru ignored her. He glared at Nawaki and Oki.
"You two kids get out of my sight before I mess up your faces." he growled
"Let's go Nawaki." Oki muttered.
Nawaki shook his head. He glared angrily at Yashamaru.
"Sorry, but we have to meet a teammate here. We're not leaving." he said coldy, looking Yashamaru straight in the eye.
Yashamaru grinned.
"Well aren't you a brave one? You won't be after I've finished with you."
"Yashamaru stop!" Karura yelled. But it was too late.
Yashamaru grabbed the front of Nawaki's shirt and pulled him up until his feet were dangling off the ground. Hisa looked at Oki but she was mumbling about Déjà vu again. Hisa was getting seriously worried about her friend.
Hisa realised that it was up to her to rescue Nawaki. She stood up silently, not even rustling the leaves then she jumped down until she was behind Yashamaru. She put a kunai to his throat.
"I'd put him down if I were you." she said.
She wasn't worried. She knew that she could take him in a fight, and it didn't seem like Karura would rush to her brother's defence. She was glaring at him with annoyance. Yes she would be fine as long as Naruko didn't…
"Yashamaru, put him down and you, girl, put your kunai away."
Hisa gritted her teeth. Fate really hated her today. She thought about that sentence. Dear Kami she was turning into a full-blown Hyuga.
Yashamaru dropped Nawaki like he had been stung, and Hisa put her kunai away. Nawaki scrambled away until he was beside Oki. They looked up to see who had interfered, although Hisa was sure she recognized that voice.
A young girl of around six walked towards them. She had the same hair as Karura, but her eyes were indigo coloured. Although Hisa knew she was six, she could pass for a four year old. Most people would think she looked adorable and innocent. But if they looked closer, they would have seen the coldness in her eyes. She wore a black full bodysuit, with t-shirt like sleeves and ¾ length legs. Her headband was tied around her waist.
"Naruko." Yashamaru said uneasily. "This punk knocked Karura over. I was only defending her!"
"She can defend herself." Naruko said coldy. "We're leaving now."
She turned to look at Hisa.
"You there, with the purple ringed eyes. What's your name?"
Hisa didn't know if it was the purple eyes comment, or Naruko's 'better then you' attitude, but she felt angry.
"We've met before." she told Naruko coldly. "I remember your name. You should have remembered mine."
Naruko's eyes flashed.
"If you don't tell me your name, you'll end up in the hospital."
Hisa laughed.
"I don't care if you're the Kazekage's daughter, I won't be beaten by a midget."
Yashamaru winced and Karura looked terrified. She reached forward and put her hand on Naruko's shoulder.
"Let's go." she said
Naruko shook her hand off. She gave Hisa one last glare before turning and walking away.
Hisa breathed a sigh of relief. She was aware that she had just made an enemy out of the most dangerous genin in the exam. This was not good.
"Let's go and register." she said.
As they walked, Nawaki began asking questions.
"Who were they?" he asked.
"The Sand Siblings version 2" Hisa said.
Nawaki frowned, confused.
"They're the Kazekage's kids." Oki explained.
"Ah. That explains it." Nawaki said. "I was wondering why the small one reminded me so much of Hisa."
Hisa glared at him.
"I am nothing like Naruko. She is arrogant, slighty cruel, far too overpowered for her age and mean."
"Yes Hisa, that doesn't sound like you at all." Nawaki said sarcastically
Hisa was about to snap at him but Oki interrupted.
"She really isn't like Hisa."
Hisa felt grateful to her friend for defending her, until Oki kept talking.
"If Naruko says she'll put you in the hospital, she will. With Hisa, it's mostly talk."
Hisa glared at Oki while Nawaki laughed.
!
They reached the building where the Chunin Exams were on. They managed to register without any trouble, and made their way to the written exam room. Hisa kept an eye out, but they didn't bump into anyone they knew.
They found some seats and sat down.
"So this'll be the written part right?" Nawaki asked.
Hisa nodded.
"I wonder who'll be proctoring this year. I heard that Ibiki was too busy."
"It'll probably be someone from the Torture and Interrigation department." Nawaki said.
Oki suddenly turned pale.
"Oh Kami, please don't let it be…"
The door flew open and Ino Yamanaka stormed into the room, followed by a reluctant looking Shikamaru.
"Alright everyone, take your seats! The Chunin Exams are about to begin!"
She saw Oki trying to hide underneath the table and waved.
"Hey Oki! Are you ready to beat all these losers? See that girl? She's my daughter, and she's going to beat all of you!"
Shikamaru rolled his eyes as Oki began banging her head off the table.
"Ino, you're not allowed to pick favourites. Let's just get on with this troublesome thing."
Ino pouted.
"Fine, fine. Alright then, here are the rules! You'll each be given a test with twenty questions on them. You have exactly two hours to answer them all! Your time starts… now!"
Hisa looked at the sheet placed in front of her. These tests were usually based on teamwork, which wasn't Hisa's strong point.
Question One: You're team is on a mission when one of your teammates gets captured. What would you do?
Hisa sighed. These were the sort of questions that Nawaki and Oki would answer easily. But she knew that whatever answer she came up with would be wrong.
Alright, imagine you're a simple minded genin who thinks teamwork is everything. How would you answer this?
She thought for a minute before scribbling down an answer.
I would listen and obey the mission leader unless their idea is beyond stupid.
That seemed good enough. But she knew she couldn't answer all of them. What could she do?
Of course, she thought I could cheat!
She quickly bit her thumb and whispered "Summoning Jutsu." The tracker toad she had summoned before appeared. She had forgotten his name but she didn't care.
"Find Nawaki or Oki and copy their answers." she whispered.
The frog took off and Hisa relaxed. This test would be easy.
!
When the three hours were up, Ino collected the tests. There were a bunch of Chunin situated around the room who corrected them.
"Alright, here are the results!" Ino announced. "You all fail! Your answers were terrible!"