<strong>Team Maki</strong><br/><br/>All together again, Yuki, Makoto, and Kotone arrived early in the morning at the Kirigakure administrative building. They were behind dozens of others in a line leading up to a desk, with their Jounin Maki standing off to the side. "Hope you're all ready." She said, lifting her eyebrows up and looking over her team. Of course Makoto stood out in the crowd with her giant puppet...<br/><br/>"I play to win!" Makoto chimed in, her excitement audible from within the trappings of her puppet. Kotone brushed aside her hair and meekly smiled, "Yes, I shall play all of my best songs to win."<br/><br/>They moved up in line, coming to the front desk where two Kirigakure chuunin sat. Before them were six bottles with a myriad of tallies in them, wooden slips containing some kind of writing on them. "Ah, Maki-Sensei." One of the Chuunin said, "If you would, no Jounin are allowed past this point."<br/><br/>"I see." She said, crossing her arms. The other Chuunin looked over some paperwork and nodded, "Right. Yuki Hyuuga." He pushed one of the bottles towards the ninja, "Please select one tally from this container." The other proctor pushed a second bottle towards Kotone, "And you from this container." Then finally, they presented the last bottle to Makoto, "And you may take one tally from this container as well."<br/><br/>The tally read simply a name. One he did not recognize, 'Kitsage Jin-Ryu'<br/><br/><strong>Team Hanabi</strong><br/><br/>They were a little late, mostly because they had to hunt down Teru and Shiromaru... but eventually they made it to the administrative building. At the back of the line, they found themselves behind a number of other genin and their instructors. "Welp." Hanabi said, curling her dark brown hair in one finger, "Past this point, it's all up to you guys. No help from Jounin."<br/><br/>"You don't have to worry about us, Hyuuga-sensei!" Kodoku smiled, "We'll make you proud, right, Azuki-chan?"<br/><br/>Teru and Shiromaru yawned in unison. After nearly a half hour waiting in line, they finally made it to the front desk. Two Chuunin sat there behind six bottles with wooden tallies in them. "Team... Hanabi, yes?" One of them looked down at his paper and then nodded, "Right. Mitarashi Azuki, please select a tally from this container. Aburame Kodoku, please take a tally from the bottle in front of you. Inuzuka Kiba-"<br/><br/>"Yeah, yeah." The canine kunoichi waved her hand, plucking out a tally from the bottle he pushed towards her.<br/><br/>Azuki's tally simply read a name. Hyuuga Yuki. Despite being relatively close to the clan thanks to her instructor's lineage, the name was not one she knew outright...<br/><br/><strong>Team Tarui</strong><br/><br/>Jin-Ryu, Kay, and Kurai waited in line beside their Jounin at the administrative building. Kay was hopping up and down excitedly, "We're here, we're here, we're finally here!"<br/><br/>Kurai closed her eyes and smiled, "Sure seems like it took awhile, huh?"<br/><br/>Tarui shrugged, "Hope you all got some good training in. The real test begins now. I won't be able to help you in there..."<br/><br/>They got to the desk, where two Kirigakure Chuunin were seated behind six jars with wooden tallies inside. "Team name?" One of them asked, looking down at a sheet of paper.<br/><br/>"Tarui." Their jounin replied. After confirming it, the Chuunin nodded, "Right. Kay, select a tally from this container. Kotone, from that container. Jin-Ryu, you've got the last one."<br/><br/>There were only a few tallies left, and only a few teams behind them. Tarui always did like to drag her feet... Jin-Ryu plucked a tally out from the bottle and saw that it simply had a name scrawled on it. Mitarashi Azuki. It wasn't anyone he knew...