<div align="center">(http://i1264.photobucket.com/albums/jj499/MzHyde/Temujin/Temujin5_zps7420512b.jpg)</div><br/>"I'm right here."<br/><br/>Temujin's voice came from startlingly close by. The redhead was sitting down against the wall, on the floor. No wonder nobody had seen her. Strange that she didn't opt to sit in the empty chair right there. The students had long ago probably stopped trying to figure out why she did things, though. If she'd heard any of the insults her new team had flung her way, she didn't seem to care. The aloof and bored expression she wore on her face made it seem like she wasn't terribly interested in anything that was going on. Perhaps that had something to due with all the insults flung her way by student and staff alike. Perhaps she was just tired of the entire academy. Or, perhaps it was something else all together. Before Riko or Tengu had time to discuss or dissect why they were stuck with what was arguably one of the worst students in academy history, Dao spoke up again.<br/><br/><strong>"Attention! Attention everyone!"</strong>he shouted, demanding silence. Much of the hall had erupted into conversation, students shocked or delighted about their team lineups. It seemed more the former than the latter, however, making the majority of students think that Dao had put terrible teams together on purpose.<br/><br/><strong>"Now then,"</strong>he continued,<strong>"Your first exam starts... now." </strong><br/><br/>More commotion. More asking for silence.<br/><br/>Dao spoke,<strong>"You will find under your chairs a single scroll and something to write with. On the scroll are nine questions. Answer them all and then wait for further instruction. Your entire team must receive a passing average to move on. You have five minutes."</strong><br/><br/>Yet more commotion. Rustling, as students reached under their chairs to find scrolls and small ink brushes with which to write answers. The questions on the test were difficult. Almost impossibly so. It would take a straight A or S student to answer them all. They were niche questions about survival, chakra, and stealth. Questions about subjects that were barely covered in class. It's here that the more perceptive students might look around the hall and realize they were not alone. Seeded through the crowd were upper class ninja - jonin. The jonin had not been called to join teams, but they seemed to be taking the test as well. Why? In all the excitement, nobody had noticed them in the group during team assignments. Perhaps this too was reason why the teams were so controversial? To give these jonin cover? But what were they doing here? They would probably know the test answers already.<br/><br/>For her part, Temujin remained sitting. A mighty contribution. She hasn't budged an inch from the wall and, in fact, seems to have closed her eyes. She might be sleeping. Riko and Tengu have quite the experience ahead of them. Hopefully Ryujin, Nara, and Mizuki are faring better.