<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Karin Isako<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br/><strong>Doing:</strong>Figuring out her team<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>Just being Karin<br/><hr/><br/>The journey from Sunagakure to Konohagakure, while one of the shorter distances between the villages, took longer than Karin would have preferred.  They could have easily have taken three days to get to the village and that would have given them seven days to relax!  However, the Jonin who was leading the group to the village said that it would be best to conserve energy and take an extra couple of days to get there.  Karin just wanted to scream in frustration, she wanted to wipe that stupid expression off of his face.  Seriously, why couldn't they just take the quickest route possible?  Was it too much to ask to be allowed to sleep a few more days in an actual bed in an actual room instead of sleeping in a tree or on the ground?<br/><br/>Five days ago, the Kazekage had sent for Karen as well as five Jonin and seven other Chunin.  That was about the same number of Chunin that the Sand sent to the Ceremony.  No need to send too many and dilute the skill that Sunagakure represented.  Less than a day later, the group had gathered at the gates of the village and set off.  Karin hadn't been surprised by the Kazekage's choices.  After all, Gaara the Second (grandson of the legendary Gaara), Kenji Hirako (grandson of the legendary Temari), and her (granddaughter of the legendary Kankuro), were all directly descended from the Sand Siblings, widely considered to be three of the most powerful shinobi that Sunagakure had ever produced.  Along with them were a few other promising Chunin:  Two puppet users, one who only used a single puppet, mastering it and had the skill to beat puppeteers who used many more.  The other one was someone who used exceedingly simple puppets, mostly as kamikaze devices filled with explosives, poison gasses, and blades.  He kept a huge scroll and was able to summon up to ten of his 100 puppets at any one time.  While he could connect and control 10 puppets at once, their simple designs and expendable nature meant that they were usually quickly destroyed.  It didn't matter to him as all he needed to so was send them en-masse at the target.  Both were brothers who favored Quality and Quantity.  Karin didn't know, nor care much about the other three as they were each below her gaze.  Besides, they weren't even that strong looking.<br/><br/>The Jonin, on the other hand, were all five very powerful.  The leader of the group was known as the<em>Dragon of the Sand</em>because he was able to control the largest puppet in the history of the Village.  Beside him was a woman who carried a huge fan and was a member of the 'Ferret Clan' because every member could summon Wind Ferrets as allies in battle.  There was an older man who had survived, barely, an ambush in his younger years who was effectively 45% puppet himself.  He was a living weapon in all forms of the word.  Not to mention that Karin found his false eye extremely unnerving.  Another woman in the group could ball up a handful of sand and release chakra into it, hardening it into a stone that could explode on impact, a technique that she created and has refused to reveal secrets to.  The fifth man was a mystery as he wore a mask and refused to speak to anyone.<br/><br/>Finally, after five long days of travel, the group made it to the village gates.  As usual when outsiders appeared, there were whispers and murmurs, but no one questioned who they were.  The group wore the standard uniforms of ninja from the Sand and, while they made an intimidating presence, they also had that mysterious quality about them.  Ninja from the sand have always been a very common sight in Konohagakure after the war.  Still, they were given a wide berth as they entered the village.  From there, the Jonin and Chunin split up, one group going to meet the Hokage and the other to look for lodgings for the next few days.  The three descendants of the Sand Siblings roomed together as that was a personal habit.  Karin neither knew nor really cared as to if the others ever found lodging or if they slept on the streets.<br/><br/>The next few days went by too slowly for Karin as she complained about everything in the village, from their lack of decent-looking clothes to the fact that the numerous trees blocked the view of the sun to the way that many boys of the village followed her around like she was a goddess.  Eventually, the day finally came and they all gathered at the Chunin Exams arena.  Karin noted with a smile that they somehow fixed the part of the arena that was shattered in the last round's battle between her and that nameless weakling she fought.  Just before the ceremony started, a bunch of people in cloaks appeared and tried to dazzle them with a display of flames.  Karin rolled her eyes at the scene.  Really, were they that shallow that the needed to put on a show?  She snorted and turned up her head at the display....until she saw that they were Uchiha.  That got her attention as she studied the faces of each one,<em>'Nope, too ugly.  She's a bitch.  Nah, looks like someone hit him too hard, likely brain damage.  Woah, now that's a man!'</em>It was typical of Karin to judge the group by their looks as she instantly was taken in by the one guy in the back of the crowd who looked like he thought his teammates' display was childish, which it was of course.<br/><br/>Eventually, she, like everyone else, listened to the Hokage's speech, though Karin was only half listening.  The old man looked boring and she hated boring people.  So, she looked around at the group gathered there.  As it was, it was obvious that Konoha represented the largest portion of the ninja gathered.  As the Hokage spoke of the teams, Karin finally gave him her full attention, watching as Gaara left with a Hyuuga and an Uchiha as well as a couple of people she never heard of.  The look on Gaara's face told her that he really wasn't looking forward to going to the land of Sound and Karin didn't blame him.  No sooner than the group left the stage did the Hokage start calling down another team.....then another team.....and another.  It was almost more boring than the guy's speech!<br/><br/>It was at the thirteenth squad that her name was called.  Karin instantly perked up and walked down to the center where she was joined by an Uzumaki girl who looked pretty cute, but Karin wasn't totally impressed, some guy from Kirigakure who looked decent enough and......  Karin had to hold in a gasp as that<em>man</em>from the Uchiha group stepped up with them.  Karin couldn't help by smirk.  Their leader was some scary looking woman that she'd never heard of either, but was apparently from the Mist.  She wasn't too pleased to hear her destination as all that water in the air was going to be hell for her to maintain her puppets to prevent swelling and rust.<br/><br/>As with the other teams, they made their way outside where the Uchiha started speaking,<em><strong>"Hello, let me introduce myself properly. I am Uchiha Tsuneo of the First Family. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.  I will be looking forward to working with you all. As teammates."</strong></em><br/><br/>Her smile brightened as she introduced herself,<strong>"Hai!  I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure!  I look forward to teaming up with you too!"</strong>Karin's hands were clasped just under her chest as she presented herself as nicely as possible, hoping that her open and friendly attitude would lower any defenses the others might have.  Karin purposely didn't reveal much of anything about herself just yet.  After all, a good ninja of the Sand keeps at least a few cards to themselves until they can trust someone.  She had an idea as to what the Uchiha could do as every one of them could use fire jutsu and had that scary Sharigan.  She knew a little of the Uzumakis because everyone knew of Naruto.  That left the two Mist Ninja as Karin had no idea who they were or what they might do, but she assumed they had Water Chakra due to their origins.