<div align="center">(http://justdaydreaming.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/naruto-fire-country-hidden-leaf-village-01.jpg)</div><br/>Konohagakure, one of the five main ninja villages and easily the largest, it seems to have had a history of being destroyed and rebuilt many times, a testimate to the village's strength.  As of now, the village stands inside a deep crater caused by a member of the Akatsuki nearly 100 years ago.  The most notable feature is the huge cliff-side monument showing the heads of the past and present Hokage, a symbol of them watching the village now and forever.  Many consider this village, hidden in the Land of Fire, to be the strongest, possessing elite shinobi of the highest caliber.  However, it's peaceful nature, even in times of war, overshadow that strength greatly. As of now, it is home to some of the strongest clans of the known ninja world.<br/><br/>Years after the most recent Great War, Naruto took over as the Hokage after Tsunade passed.  Five years of debates followed between the great nations and Gaara, Kazekage at the time, suggested a way to promote peace and help prevent war.  It took almost ten years, but the other Kages finally agreed that a Task Force was needed.  So, now, every five years, Chunin are hand-selected in each village and sent to one of the villages for a team selection ceremony.  Each Chunin is chosen for various reasons, the most common being skill, blood, and influence.  In order to make things fair and so that no teams will have stacked decks, it was decided that only two members of the team, at most, could be from the same village.<br/><br/>Fast forward to the present day, the day that the Ceremony takes place in Konohagakure once again.  This year, 150 Jonin and Chunin have been chosen to be split up into their teams.  This story begins on the morning on the Ceremony following a a small group that may just have potential to be one of the greatest Task Force teams to have ever been created.......if they can survive each other and the trials ahead......<br/><br/><div align="center">~ * * * ~</div><br/><br/><div class="floatright">(http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/234663-amazonlily_5.png)</div><strong>Time:</strong>10:45 AM<br/><strong>Location:</strong>The New Chunin Exams Arena<br/><br/><br/>Due to the crater that was formed by Pain, many things had to be redesigned, including the arena where the Chunin Exams were held.  Thus, they took the damage and used it to their advantage, rebuilding a powerful, larger arena.  The new arena was easily twice as large as it was originally and the open design allowed for a more entertaining battle.  However, the Chunin Exams were over for at least another year.  So, why was the arena packed with 120 Chunin and 30 Jonin from the five great Ninja Villages this early in the morning?  The reason was that the Task Force Team selections have been chosen!<br/><br/>In the very center of the stage, the 120 Chunin stood, all facing the spot where the Hokage was standing.  On the stage in front of the Chunin stood the 30 Jonin who would be the leaders of the teams.  Five Jonin came from each village, but the number of Chunin sent by each village varied wildly.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://blog.draggle.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/last_exile_18_4.png)</div>Above everyone stood the current Hokage, who took over after Naruto retired and Konohamaru was unable to due to injuries he had received many years ago.  Hokage Shintaro Makasuno stood out, arms raised above his head,<em><strong>"Welcome, everyone, to a new Task Force Ceremony!  Many of you have traveled far in order to come here, so I hope that the week you had to rest here at this village has prepared you for your journeys ahead.  This year, we have added a Fifth Task Force team to every village in due to the sheer number of able applicants that we, the Kages of each village, have chosen.  Before we begin, I wish to remind each and every one of you that, while some of you may not return to your homes for many years, you must take pride that you have been chosen for your skills, your potential, your bloodlines, and, most of all, your heart!"</strong></em><br/><br/>The 47 year old man took a deep breath before continuing,<em><strong>"Now, as you may have noted earlier today, you were each handed a special seal and told to focus a small amount of your Chakra into it.  There was a purpose for this and it was suggested and created by the combined efforts of the Tsuchikage and Raikage almost thirty years ago as a method by which the teams would be chosen without bias by the villages.  After we collected your seals, we set them all in a room and undid them.  From there, the chakras of every seal started to search for balance and so, the teams were formed as each set of seals changed color, which we were able to match."</strong></em><br/><br/><em><strong>"Now, I shall call upon your names and as I do, you will stand between the two groups gathered at the arena.  After I have called the four Chunin who will be on a team, I will give the name of your Jonin instructor and leader.  You may then leave the arena and, if your Jonin instructor comes from a village other than Konoha, you will begin to make your way there.  That is why I gave instructions to come here today with everything that you will need for your journeys to your new homes."</strong></em><br/><br/>From there, the Hokage reached into a box and pulled a bundle of five seals out, indicating the first team, Team One, "<em><strong>Team One will consist of, Hyuuga Ame, Gaara the Second, Uchiha Natsuki, and Michuri Saibaki."</strong></em>As the names were called, two girls and two guys stepped forward, each from Konohagakure, Sunagakure, Otogakure, and  Iwagakure respectively.  There were some murmurs in the crowd at the name of Gaara, grandson of the great Kazekage himself, as well as the name of Uchiha and Hyuuga.  They were then told that they were to be led by a young, petite woman from Otogakure.  She wasn't an Uchiha, but her icy stare and false smile seemed to freeze the crowd as she called them forward for the journey back home.<br/><br/>This continued for many minutes until they reached Team 13,<em><strong>"Team Thirteen will consist of, Uchiha Tsuneo, Chishio Takeshi, Uzumaki Nanase, and Isako Karin.  They will be led by Terumi Azura."</strong></em>As they stepped forward, the remaining members started muttering even more than they did with Team One.  After all, an Uzumaki and an Uchiha on the same team, by itself, was extremely formidable.  As usual, when the Jonin stepped forward, they moved out of the arena and outside.  There were a handful of Teams outside as well, some laughing, some talking as if having a debate, and others that were ignoring everyone and holding a private conversation.  Only five of the twelve teams before them remained outside, one of them finishing their talks and leaving heading out of the village......