Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area
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				Title: <strong>Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>01-06-2011, 14:06:12</strong>
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				<em>Outside Konoha main village, just off to the east, stood an unusually dense thicket of forest.<br><br>This was no ordinary forest. <br><br>The huge, ancient trees crowded in on each other in the hundreds, creating a dark canopy of branches and leaves that kept the bright sunlight out, creating a murky darkness underneath the creaking boughs.<br><br>Deeper in, moldy wood-and-twine bridges had been strung up between some of the branches, although these looked as if they were set up years ago, and dangerous to step on for too long. <br><br>Rumours were abound of this forest, that was only used for Chunin examinations, that hadn't been used in the last examinations because it was apparantly cursed. The Green Shadow, however, being a practical man, and needing a place for the influx of new Genin to train, poo-poo'd such rumours and ordered the exam to go ahead here.<br><br>Still. Strange faces were painted on some of the older trees, frozen in silent screams, some shedding tears, some bleeding from their eyes. It isn't known who painted these faces, and if the elders in Konoha know, they aren't telling their young Genin. They say it's just the wind blowing through dead tree trunks that causes the eerie howling of a night time, and they say it's just old tree branches falling that causes the unnerving muffled crashes.<br><br>This is the place where the hopeful Genin will enter for five days and five nights. <br><br>This is the place where the next Chunin exams are being held.<br><br>This is the place where you will re-emerge as a middle ninja of Konoha, or you won't re-emerge at all.</em><br><br><br>Ikuza had barely had time to down a jug of sake before he was due to arrive at the Hallowed Forest to initiate the next Chunin exams.<br><br><em>Barely got one group underway before we're forcing a whole new bunch of young'uns through the mill. I hope Green Shadow knows what he's doing.</em><br><br>Wrapping his red robe about him a bit tighter - it was cold outside this particular forest, even though the sun was shining - the Mad Hermit found an old tree stump, climbed up on the massive wooden slab, and sat cross-legged, twitching, muttering to himself, and waited for the Genin to arrive.<br><br>Behind him, a creepy whistling picked up from the Hallowed Forest, then seemed to die away again.
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				Post by: <strong>Seaweed</strong> on <strong>01-06-2011, 14:46:20</strong>
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				There was a brisk chill in the air despite the warmness and lengthening of the days, his already messy black hair waved in the wind and he stared at the dirt road for more than a few seconds. Actually he had barely made it away from home before he stopped. He wondered slightly what he was doing and why he was doing, he supposed he felt it was every child's duty to follow in the footsteps of their family. Its what brought pride to the family. Pride, that was a funny concept to be thinking about right before he was going to take the exams. He wondered if he'd find anything in the exams. He took his hands out of his baggy hoody sweater for a second.<br><br>He stared at his long, black animal like nails for a second. Then decided that he should probably get a move on before he's late. As he continued to walking the only thing in his mind was "why". Why was he doing this? Who was he doing this for? His parents of course. His supposed parents. But shouldn't anything worth doing, doing for yourself? Or was that a selfish thought? His mind shouldn't be riddle like this before the exams. It made him nervous, it made him anxious and he didn't like that sticky feeling in the gut. This nervousness felt like a heavy meal sitting inside the gut for a long time. <br><br>He lifted up his hoody once, despite the chilly wind it was still pretty warm outside. Not many knew that he wore a simple black t-shirt under his hoody. He prefered to hide. He could talk, he could come out of his shell. It was just a hard thing to do when you become comfortable in your shell. There is warmth in your shell and when you come out early, your skin is freshly brazened by cold wind like this. As he continued to walked he took a few moments to stop, the lingering questions before still stung and held loosely onto his concious thoughts. He finally found himself in the noted location, it should be the noted location. He was rather good with maps, but this felt more like an empty plain of emptiness than anything.<br><br>A sharp turned void, abyss. But there was a man sitting on top of a rock, that reassured that this was the spot. Yet, he didn't like the feeling of being the first here. He swallowed his spit however and walked closer to where the old man was sitting. He stared at the forest behind the man, it was dark and gleaming like staring into the eyes of hell before entering into your journey through the inferno. He clenched his hands inside his pockets and then unclenched them. It seemed to be the only thing preoccupying his mind as he waited for the others.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>02-06-2011, 06:26:10</strong>
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				It was only a few hours before Tetsu had to report to the Chūnin Exam Area, he sat on his shiki futon with his legs stretched out to the wooden floor. The floor was cold on his bare feet as he wiggled his toes, trying to stretch them out with little effort into the matter all together. Standing himself up, he wore nothing but his boxer shorts. A green style, with the Leaf Ninja's symbol stitched all over the shorts. Clearly, he was a young man with a promising physique about his body; lean and toned muscles, with a hit of girth still attached to them. The light from the sun shown through his window and emboldened the many scars around his body. Small pecks and red lines trailed throughout his torso and into his abdomen, while the bulk of scars laid on his forearms and wrists, large ragged cuts that lingered on the skin leaving behind a pink coloring to a crumpled part of his skin. Countless time practicing with his ninjatō had gave birth to the field of damage to his skin, he wielded the blade backwards so it gave guard against his forearm, instead of using it as a offensive weapon.&nbsp; He gazed down at his forearms and his hands, opening and closing them. He could feel the skin tighten and the muscles relax as his face gave off a small frown and his eyes turned serious for a moment. " Chūnin, they day has finally come. I feel a bit nervous though, racing through the thoughts of, 'what if,' I didn't pass the exam or if I even died during it." He thought to himself, rationalizing the beating of his heart and the growing tension on his brow.<br><br>" I wonder what Yoshimoto-sama would think of me now." He muttered to himself as he started to slip on his newly aquired ninja attire. His attire consisted of black cover sandals, with a tobi tucked into the tops of the pants. While his belt line and torso were covered in a long sleeved, tall necked tactical shirt. On top of that rested a very thin harness, clipped to it were various slots for shuriken and kunai, as well as scrolls and pouches lined the waist line. Pushing on his final piece of attire, a hip-long leather coat with custom designs built into it and the Leaf Ninja's metal headband piece sewn into the base of the neck of the coat. Zipping the coat up, he grabbed his ninjatō and carefully slid on the wrapping of the sheath, so it could be clipped onto the back of his belt line, to dangle carefully. Tetsu walked towards the door and opened it up, as he walked out he turned to gaze at his empty apartment. His eyes caught in a glimpse of the past when he thought this was luxury, and now as time has passed and he has grown accustomed to it. It feels as if it was meant to be there, his hands were still dirty from his past. Bloodied and stained with the liquid of opium, he could feel the urge coming on. " No... No, not right now." He thought to himself as he could feel his hand began to shake with desire. Lowering his eyes, he gave a small sigh and closed the door behind him, heading for the Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area.<br><br>As he arrived, he could see that there was still time before the masses gathered at the spot. He could see Ikuza the Mad Hermit, gathering himself inside his red robe on the distant tree stump to observe the gathering Genin. It was an odd thing though, Tetsu had thought he would have to wait another year before he had a chance to prove himself as a Chūnin, but with the recent rash of recruitment and the desire to have more able Chūnin on the field. It was a surprise that the other land did not have any Genin showing up from the exams, it was possible that the current Hokage fenced off these exams, only to show what kind of power we had to the other villages. Tetsu could not wrap his head around the thought of this many exams in such little time, was it to catch the eye of the other villages or was something else going on? Perhaps the civil war in the Land of Waves was a reason for this act. Was it something more than a civil war? Was the Land of Fire to be involved in these matters? Tetsu could only guess at this point in time, but none the less he would prove himself an able ninja for any task that was desired of him.<br><br>Approaching closer to Ikuza, his eyes wandered a bit and spotted Akuro Yotie, a rather quiet child or what Tetsu knew of him. Three years younger than himself, Yotie had always seem to shy away from the other children and never wanted anything to do with anyone. Although, Tetsu did notice his abilities with Genjutsu during the Academy Exams and was impressed to see him specialized in that field. Tetsu was never one for the illusionary arts, but he practiced them none the less to improve his abilities with them. He doubted he could match up to Yotie's skill, but aside from that knowledge Tetsu did not know anything else about the boy. His feet dragged along the dirt and grass that swayed so easily in the breeze, " Yotie-san, it's been awhile since I last saw you." He would give a respectful smile and add to the gesture with a bowing of his head. " I haven't seen you since the Academy, how are you fairing these days?" His voice is a calm and deep tone, indicating his development into maturity. 
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				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>03-06-2011, 02:32:21</strong>
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				Other shapes began to filter into the clearing in a small trickle as time passed. In ones and twos, younger genin of Konoha arrived in front of the Hallowed Forest in preparation for their exam, all eyeing the others with recognition or suspicion, all noting the silent red figure sat ahead of them dressed in red. All wore Konoha headbands on various parts of their body, although it was known that not all these genin were from Konoha-those that weren't were forsaking their own village's sign in honour of participating in Konoha's exams. It was a sore point with the other villages that Konoha still had the best examination area, staff and preparation, and forcing all ninja to be in Konoha's "colours" for a day was definately a poke in the eye on behalf of the Green Shadow. Still, given how many new genin were being put through their paces, unless a ninja memorised every face he saw in various classes every year of his training, it would be hard for them to know who was from Konoha and who wasn't. This again, was part of Green Shadow's idea, that way there would be less chance of Konoha ninja "ganging up" or otherwise disadvantaging genin from other villages. Not all the Kages thought it was one hundred per cent efficient, but, Konoha's exam, Konoha's rules.<br><br>A group of three stood together, which was odd. Maybe these genin trusted each other enough to band together right at the start of the exams. One girl stood out above her companions, a dark haired girl in a mask with a dead look in her eye. She was looking over at the two ninja who had arrived first, although what her look entailed, it was hard to say.<br><br>Ikuza stood up.<br><br>"Now I see all you young kippers are arriving. I hope you're all kippered up and ready for this kipper exam. I will wait until all kippers have arrived and then kipper the kipper then. Kipper."<br><br>A few of the assembled genin blinked, and maybe a few wondered if they'd come to the right place...or what exactly Konoha was thinking putting the Mad Hermit in charge of the Chunin exam.
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				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>03-06-2011, 03:51:14</strong>
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				As soon as Ikuza the Mad Hermit began to speak, Tetsu turned his head away from Yotie-san and towards the words that flowed from his mouth. His attention rested on the man's words for the duration of his speech, Yoshimoto had always taught him about the respect of his elders and giving attention to whatever they said. Even if it was the wrong path in your heart, you must always obey those who are elder to you and kin. Although not directly related to Ikuza, Tetsu knew he was still kin of the village, being a ninja of Konohagakure. All those in this village were family to him and he should protect them with his life. Tetsu was taught that by the Academy, but he knew that Yoshimoto would have wanted it the same way. As soon as Ikuza the Mad Hermit stopped speaking, he would have given a deep bow to the man. Clearly understand his words and giving him the respect he deserved, as a Sannin and an elder of the village. <br><br>Tetsu's eyes wandered to the other Genin, starting to arrive at the meeting place of the Chūnin Exam and the amount of people he never knew at the Academy. There were a few that he had noticed, but never got quite acquainted with them and there were some that might never had been there in the first place. Of course, some were expected to be Genin of the neighbouring lands, dressed in the villages own colors for some reason, by the Green Shadow. Crossing his arms, he gave a stern look and examined the other Genin carefully. When his eye was drawn upon the woman with dark hair and the mask. Her eyes looked as if she was one of the walking dead, neither living in this world or the next. A chill ran down Tetsu's spine as his eyes almost glared at her, but he carefully shifted his look to give her a stern smile, meaning challenge and respect.
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				Post by: <strong>Seaweed</strong> on <strong>03-06-2011, 07:11:03</strong>
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				Yoite kept most of his body at a distance. Close enough that he could hear, but far enough so that another's body couldn't touch his or invade his personal space. He stared at the boy who talked and twitched at being addressed so formally, but before Yoite could respond the hermit spout a nonsensical phrase to either catch them off guard or for other reasons. Yoite clenched his hands inside his hood once again and stared at the ground. The questions that had invaded his thoughts continued to fester and boil in his mind. These were not things that should invade your thoughts during a life or death exam. <br><br>As the hermit sat back down and lay his hermit mind to rest Yoite continued staring at the boy. Fixing the Konoha headband wrapped around his bicep, he opened and closed his mouth more like a fish than anything else. He finaly gained enough courage to walk over to the boy. Walking was the hard part. He continued looking at the boy and finally responded rather quietly, "You don't need to call me san," He felt the sentences was still leaning and hanging awkwardly. <br><br>"I'm doing well," he paused, "And you?"
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				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>03-06-2011, 20:57:30</strong>
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				She was late, Jun thought as she quickly tight the leaf head band around her head to tight back the fake curls she had taken so long on…making her late. Rushing though the house, the clicking of the various weapons that hung off her tiny almost delicate body. She had spent more time on her hair than she did picking out the outfit. The plain ninja gear was practical, with black tights, a brown skirt wrapped around her thin hips to hold a massive amount of weapons, a black had vest and knee high black ninja sandals…plain as any outfit ever made. <br><br>Her hair on the other hand, was in nice little ringlets around her round child like face which was twisted into a scowl that was anything but childish as she rushed out the door only to be halted by a rather old but grinning man. “Jun…you forgot to chew my bacon.” His voice dropped into a low pathetic whine making the light caramel eyes to blaze in anger. “I don’t have time right now gramps I’m late!” She exclaimed as she turned only too squawk as he hung her up around the collar with one finger. “Jun how could you be so mean to you loving grandfather. I kept you, and fed you…and-” She cut him off with a frustrated scream as she reached herself from his grip. <br><br>“Can it old man, your tricks wont work today!” The burnet growl, which resulted in a shouting match that lasted a few minutes before realizing she was more late now than she would have been if she had just chew the damn bacon. With a shake of her head she ran off mid augment, followed by her grandfather’s rant about respecting your elders. Jun made it to the clearing in no time huffing and panting as she weaved easily though the faceless crowd of Genin before stopping right between two boy she recognized but didn’t know…couldn’t even really thing of their names either. <br><br>“Whew that was a close one…damn old man.” She growled the last part under her breath before looking up at the standing old man and turning to the taller boy that was hidden partly by a hoodie and pointing at the man. “So…who’s the old guy again?” She asked, she most likely should know this, at least she had a feeling she should since everyone’s eyes were on him but she couldn’t put a name to the face. The Genin was rather bad with names…and faces…with people in general thought she didn’t try to be.
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				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>04-06-2011, 08:22:50</strong>
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				" I feel great, Yotie-san." He said with an eagerness in his voice as he stretched his arms up behind him. Poping his neck as he stretched out his arms, " Finally the day of the Chūnin Exam has come and I am eager to prove myself as a capable Chūnin." He would give strong smile at him, flashing his well-taken care of teeth at Yotie. His eyes would still wander around the area, away from the girl previously mentioned with the mask and towards the other Genin around them. His would turn to see the young girl, breathing heavily as it was obvious she had rushed here from somewhere. Late, or perhaps a rather off entrance for those around her. Tetsu gave her a smile as well, bowing his head in respect and saying, " Jun-san, a pleasure to see you as always." A Kunoichi who preferred the art of weapons, or as far as Tetsu could tell. Jun had always been an average student in the Academy while Tetsu had been there, while he still graduated at the same time as her. He never really knew that much about the girl, aside from her displayed talents. Although, it had always come to Tetsu's mind, whether or not she new the Kenjutsu Arts. <br><br>His clasped hands would remove themselves from the stretch and his eyes would stare down at her belt of assorted weaponry. Slowly his hand would place itself on the tsuba of his Ninjatō, his fingers stroking the metal circle of the tsuba. " I'm glad you made it here in time, I was about to fear that those from the Academy would not arrive. I'm surprised Yotie-san showed up, as well. The first one here, aside from Izuka-Sensei." His head would gesture to the older man, draped in a large red cloak on the tree stump away from them. 
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				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>04-06-2011, 21:08:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatright">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/onilobo/4.jpg)</div> <div align="center"><em>Kyo enjoying a snack before the chunin exam! </em></div><hr><br>Kyo had come in on one of the middle waves of pairs of possible future chunins. He did not think he had so many classmates, the young man was oblivious to the plot of the hokage by mixing in genin from other villages with the leaf headband. The adept kenjustu student spent time making introductions with people who would most likely never see again, unintentionally shunning the actual class mates he did have! Kyo wore his normal attire, a pair of black hakama pants, robe and pair of open sandals with a green coat under it all to keep him warm for the next few days. Besides his sword, a few kunai and his favorite snack, strawberry yogurt, and a few emergency supplies he had packed lightly for the test. He hoped that would not come back to haunt him in the end. <br><br>Finally spotting his classmates after the old hermit began to speak he walked up to them with a smile.<br>"Hey guys." <br>He greeted, waving at them before turning his attention back to the man who confused him more the more he spoke. The man was a sanin and on top of that his elder and the young man had been taught to always show deep respect to them, more so, it was beaten into him with kendo training. 
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				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>05-06-2011, 02:02:56</strong>
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				Ikuza was apparantly bored and had forgotten the purpose of his being there, as the grey-haired red-robed sannin crooked his head upto the late-afternoon sky and began whistling.<br><br>As he did so, some merry rhythmless tune, he passed his eyes over the assembled group below him again, nodding as he whistled to the green-coated sword-wearing Kyo, the dark haired Tetsu and Yoite engaged in some idle banter, the former with his leather coat and the latter with his odd fingernails, and at last Jun, looking flushed and perky, her bouncy curls bobbing on her head.<br><br>The Mad Hermit turned his eye also to the Orikama siblings who had gathered opposite to the original four, still he whistled the maddeningly tuneless tune. He whistled as he looked over every genin on the ground, his eyes alternately perceptive and vacant. Suddenly, with the jolt akin to when a particularly irritating songbird stops singing for a sinister reason, Ikuza stopped whistling.<br><br>Then, the legendary Konoha sannin attacked the genin assembled beneath him.<br><br>An armful of shuriken flew at the assembled group, and the ground turned treacherous as Ikuza's Earth flow river (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Earth_Flow_River) turned the ground beneath the genin's feet to sticky and slippery mud. One genin in front, closest to the red-robed and apparantly finally snapped sannin shreiked in pain as he, totally unprepared, took a shuriken to his face.<br><br>Without pausing, and with insane speed, Ikuza dropped from his stump and punched the ground, a &nbsp;mudslide (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Earth_Release:_Mudslide) rising like a huge dirt wave straight through the middle of the group, hurling some genin into the air and delivering body-smashing blows to others. <br><br>Some genin fled into the nearby trees, utterly confused and terrified. The Orikama siblings, Fuu and her brother Niiken, leapt into the lower branches of the closest tree, but remained there, either paralysed by fear or ready to defend themselves from the insane Hermit's attack, it was unclear. Fuu, the girl with the mask, looked back to Yoite and Tetsu, her eyes obviously wide as plates even across the clearing.<br><br>
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				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>05-06-2011, 06:21:56</strong>
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				Jun turned and blinked at the polite greeting, recognizing the boy from school but…she couldn’t remember his name. Flushing she smiled sheepishly as she scratched the back of her head and laughed weakly. “Oh hey there…you.” She greeted back slowly, it wasn’t that she didn’t know him or remember him but she couldn’t put a name to him. She never did get her answer, soon another familiar face joined them, another nameless face that she worked hard to remember yet failed again. Thankful his greeting was vague enough were she could just put her hand up and wave back to say hello. <br><br>The brunette’s relief was short live however since ‘that old guy’ sudden went on the attack. The curly headed girls eyes widening in shock as the deadly weapons came sailing at them, the ground becoming slick and wet under he feet causing the girl to slip and land in the muck with a loud ‘plop’. Her mind went on automatic, the ground was to uneven to move and their were being attack she needed to get out of the line of fire. The answer, sadly, meant of the end of the hard work she had done on her hair. <br><br>“Oh…damn it.” She whine before she started to role in the mud on her side like she was on fire and as fast as she could. Collecting dirty but avoiding the danger though she didn’t come out with a few cuts from the old man’s weapons. Reaching a rather gruesome tree she immediately channeled the needed chakra into her hands and feet, climbing up the tree as fast as she could get her ass into gear. Panting, smudged with mud from head to toe, her once bouncy curls now damp and heavy, she snarled angrily. “What the hell old man?!” She screamed, before noticing that her fellow comrades where into trouble. <br><br>With a put upon sigh she quickly pulled a stretch of nin-wire from the wide mud soaked skirt and attached it to stray katana and with a flick of her wrist sending it to another tree. Securing the wire between the tree she was on, she pulled on the a thick pair of dirty gloves on with a moan of disgust before jumping off the tree and grabbing onto the deadly wire. Rather quickly making her way across the wire with one hand in front of the other and starting the process of freeing some of the stuck and injured Genin’s from the mud.<br><br>Jun’s bright gaze always darting around to look out for any other ‘surprises’ as well as keeping an eye out for the few she went to class with. The old man was obviously insane…as well as strong as hell, they would need to work together to bring his crazy ass down. Of course only after she was done with the troublesome task of freeing as many as she could…in the back of her mind she was wondering why she wasn’t letting them drown in the disgusting muck.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>05-06-2011, 07:15:43</strong>
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				The sudden attack happened so fast he did not react as fast as he wished he would have but he was facing the old man when he went on the move which later became an attack. His hand reached for his blade, drawing it as he evaded a projectile and deflected one more as he took a defensive stance. The weakened earth made him stumble, forcing himself to focus on his balance but his narrowed eyes remained on the sanin he knew could kill them all if he wished. <br><br>He trudged to the side, pulling the wailing genin off into the trees with his injuries, someone with medical training could handle him at least he would not be buried and drowned in the muck. <br>"Snap out of it! Or you will be sitting ducks!"<br>Kyo found himself yelling at some of the genin who seemed to terrified to draw a weapon to properly defend themselves. He had no intention on attacking the old man, not by himself but he rushed to aid those who foolishly had their backs to him in order to defend any way ward shruiken or kunai. It was easier said then done, the ground was slippery and a hazard, he felt the mud cake at his pants and shoes and threatn to send him onto his behind but at least her had fared much better then the kunochi with extremely over done hair.&nbsp; Finally he manged to step back to calm his nerves and concentrate on the next moves. The sudden attack seemed to had startled most of them, him included, he had not even realized how quickly his heart was beating! 
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				Post by: <strong>Seaweed</strong> on <strong>05-06-2011, 13:07:00</strong>
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				It felt and out of place that suddenly his classmates were appearing to him in a more friendly manner. Maybe it was because they could naturally sense his uneasiness or maybe because they too were asking the same questions as he. His eyes smiled, but his face remained mostly monotone. He clenched his hands and burrowed them deeper in his pockets. His hard, animalstic claw like nails poked at his skin which was a rather awkward sensation in the palm of his hand. Yoite wanted to respond, but he didn't. Leaving his mouth open for long periods of time as if he were going to say something, but closing as if he retracted the very thought.<br><br>He continued just watching the students, soon many of them were being to calm down and the old man was only watching them. But why. Yoite studied the old man, when the whistling began. He wondered if anyone else could feel the air becoming thick as the whistling echoed within him. Suddenly the old man released a few attacks onto the students. Blocking the shurikan that came towards the group, he frowned slightly. He should be more prepared for these kinds of things and he wasn't. He almost slipped as the ground moved from underneath him, but he found his way out in a rather awkward way. He watched the rest of the group, but kept some of his attention on the sanin. <br><br>Something about this didn't feel right. It felt cold and robotic. He knew he could sense something else, but he needed to focus a bit. He needed to clear his head, which wasn't clear at all right now. He needed to focus. Taking his hands out of his pocket and unclenching his hands, he needed to find his bearing. He needed to regroup with the others. He knew how to do this in practice. But textbook never meant the same as living battle. As what was demonstrated before. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>05-06-2011, 23:42:21</strong>
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				As is her custom Seiyuri had risen before the sun to enjoy the quiet, peaceful solitude of her family's private garden to meditate amid the heavenly and soothing scents of peonies, sweet peas, jasmines and gardenias made all the crisper and clearer buy the early morning chill in the air. Today was the day all genin looked forward to with equal measure of both exuberant anticipation and&nbsp; harrowing dread. Today there would be no safety net of the middle ground; either you fail or you succeed - death being a likely event in the case of the former if one wasn't careful enough.&nbsp; Even knowing those things genins still lined up to prove their worth to ascend to the next level of Chuunin. This year Seiyuri herself would be participating in the exams finally after two years of waiting. There were times when she felt she would never make it this far due to her unique situation. But Ichiro-sensei had assured her she was more than ready enough now to do so. With the Chuunin exams today Seiyuri and her team had been given yesterday off to prepare and rest up. Since the test was suppose to take five and days and nights Seiyuri had packed accordingly, keeping in mind the weather, the need of supplies and still remain light on her feet.&nbsp; <br><br>So she used the three small sealing scrolls her grandmother gave her on the day she became a genin. In the first one sealing scroll (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/6/60/Handmade_naruto_scrolls_by_roxafoxxd-d33ucuq.jpg) she placed two changes of clothes, basic scentless toiletries, a weeks worth of hardy rations and bottled water, a small container of waterproof matches and a hooded insulated cape (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/20/138.jpg) that could double as a blanket. In the second scroll she sealed all of her basic first aid supplies including a healthy amount of anti-venom for the any poisonous creatures she might encounter and a bottle each of blood increasing pills (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Blood_Increasing_Pill) and &nbsp;soldier pills (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Military_Rations_Pill). The the third had a special fuinjutsu incorporated into the scroll preventing anyone else that wasn't her from opening it. In it she placed her already premeasured poisons and toxins to be used either alone or mixed to create a variety of status effects and the antidotes to counteract each one. <br><br>The morning sun was just peaking over the horizon when Seiyuri went back inside to take a quick bath and change into into her clothes. Once she was done her hair was braided back away from her face and she was wearing her trademark shades and the special amethyst vial pendant (http://elliquiy.com/wiki/File:Purplevialpendant.jpg) her mother gave her last night dangled from her slim neck with enough length to perch enticingly above the deep valley of her cleavage. Her outfit (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/2/2f/Beatrix_II_Plakat_sl.jpg) was in her usual color scheme of primary black with green and with blue replacing the tan today. Hardly anyone was up as she moved through the house heading for the kitchen to prepare her breakfast. Everyone had already given her their best wishes last night so there be no one holding her up today. Fixing a hearty meal, as she didn't known when the ext time she would eat this good, she sat down and dug in. She knew the exams was going to be held in the Deep Hallowed Forest just outside the village she was uncertain who would be overseeing this round of examination, usual it would be the Hokage's obligation but their fearless and cloistered leader usually has his proxies do it for him.<br><br>Washing and putting away the dishes she went back to her room to grab the pouches containing her ninja tool,s the scroll holster with the scrolls already loaded in them and her coat (http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/9/90/C_raven.jpg), while slipping into her open toed boots when she got to the entryway of the house.&nbsp; With one final look she headed off to the front gates. She stopped briefly to speak with the guards letting them know she was leaving and where to when she showed them her paper for the exam. Once she hit the tree line she took to the trees moving from branch to branch as she headed in the direction where the exam was suppose to take place. She had grown hearing&nbsp; all the rumors about the forest being haunted by the souls of the fallen, their remains long since absorbed into the root of the gigantic treed giving them their creepy appearance and that she was older the Hallowed Forest was still creepy as ever.<br><br>Reaching the clearing she stayed above the others on the branch she landed on taking stock of who was there. Despite being so early there were quiet a few genin already there just milling about and conversing amongst themselves waiting for the others to finish arriving so the exam could begin. Making herself comfortable yet maintaining a steady awareness of her surroundings Seiyuri allowed her eyes shaded eyes to roam over the faces of the hopeful. Seiyuri was one of the few that&nbsp; already knew which genins were from the Leaf and which others were not with her eidetic memory. Though she had to hand it to the kage for the ingenious idea of having the foreign genins wear the local headbands to keep hostilities down was a good idea even if the other villages didn't see it that way, it would certainly level the playing field and cause bit of chaos at the same time. It was such a shame that not everyone here would make the cut or survive the exam for that matter, hence the affidavits everyone had to sign before taking the exam that excused the village of any wrong doings in the event of a genin's death that they understood the risks they were taking when they signed the papers. Her gaze was drawn to the familiar red clad figure of Izuka sitting on the tree stump, eyes widening fractionally behind the shades as she realized who was overseeing the exam. <em><strong>Izuka the Mad Hermit</strong></em>.<br><br><em>Oh, fuck!</em><br><br>He just sat there for a time observing the other genin, a time or two she could feel his gaze linger on her as well letting her known her presence wasn't unnoticed.&nbsp; When everyone was present he began to speak, his strange way of talking gave rise to the internal question of the sanin's sanity. There was something ominous in the way the Sanin was whistling that set Seiyuri's instinct on edge reminding her a snake lulling its prey into a false sens of security before it struck. Her instincts were proven right when first the sanin struck out with projectile weapons, which Seiyuri readily deflected with her own kunai. Then the crazy sanin turned the earth beneath the genin's feet into in to a slippery much that had everyone on the ground slipping and sliding every which way. If that wasn't enough Izuka jumped off the stomp and into the air. When she saw his fist coming down to the ground Seiyuri braced herself on the large branch forming chakra in her hands and feet to prevents herself from being flung off it. Izuka wasn't done there, oh no -when that punch landed it created a mudslide that tore through them, either by sending them fling or sweeping the along it current.&nbsp; Those that were still miraculously standing where soon face to face with Izuka in close range combat, or at least were trying to their best. She winced in sympathy every time Izuka landed a blow.<br><br>While the Sanin was preoccupied with that Seiyuri used some ninja wire and a healthy dose of acrobatics to start pulling genin from the muck while Jun took care of the same on the other side. Those with injuries she tended to right away why trying to Izuka's fighting style trying to find some sense of a pattern, an opening they could exploit. The only way any of them were going to survive this particular Sanin was by setting aside any differences and working together.&nbsp; Moving over to Kyo where had dragged his rescue she healed the genin before turning her attention to Kyo. "Have you any injuries, Nara-san?" she asked in a soft, calm voice.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 07:07:33</strong>
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				His mouth began to conjour words as Izuka the Mad Hermit, sprang from his peacful tune and position to the outburst of shurikens from his body and the sudden expanse of jutsu from his fingertips onto the floor. Tetsu turned to face the oncoming threat as a shuriken pierced into his shoulder, ripping through his leather jacket and into his skin. The shuriken stayed in place as Tetsu grabbed for it with his left hand, his face cringed with the rush of pain. It had been awhile since Tetsu had the displeasure of feeling pain, for a great deal of the time his body had experienced total bliss and happiness from the effects of his Dream Stick. His mind recaptured one of those moments, as the shuriken's tip pierced through his muscle, grasping for the peace it once had. His body told him similar, it begged and pleaded for an escape from the pain while his mind attempted to force the thoughts from his mind. Focused on the shuriken and finally pulling it from his arm, his eyes opened to the large mudslide impacting him and forcing him to one of the far side of the area. <br><br>Crushed and bruised, Tetsu picked himself up while the other regrouped near the tree line of the open field. His left hand wrapped around the still bleeding would, as he gazed over at the other Genin and noticed the skill of the other ones. " They're barely scratched." His mind spoke to Tetsu, grieving his current situation. His eyes turned back to Izuka the Mad Hermit and started to ponder why the sudden attack. While he was still a, "Mad Hermit." A Sannin would not attack it's own village, if they still lived and worked in it. His eyes widened, as a thought emerged to the top of his skull. Izuka had attacked, because this was the Chūnin Exam, for five days and nights we had to run and successfully avoid Izuka's attacks or be destroyed by his might. Yet, while it was a solid idea, there was little facts to support it. His eyes transfered over to the girl with the dead eyes and the mask. He could see her widened eyes as well, perhaps she knew something more about what happened. Perhaps that was another part as well, aside from survival inside the forest and escaping a higher power's wrath. We were to determine why this had been happening, gathering information and fighting the others to obtain this information. No doubt some of us here are from other villages and some might not even be Genin for that matter. A show of strength and a truth within a truth. Still, only an idea though.<br><br>Bringing himself back from his thoughts, Tetsu dashed towards the other Genin that he recognized in his near forming group. " Yotie-san, Jun-san, you two!" He didn't quite have time to recall their names at this point, but he recognized them from the Academy and he felt he could trust them in this situation. Griping his arm tighter, he looked towards the girl who was giving medical attention to the other boy. " This isn't the time for aid, what we need to do is leave the area quickly! We can't stand toe to toe with a Sannin, let alone all of those from other villages. We need to regroup in the forest, I'll explain everything once we get inside and away from here." His voice was breathless at the beginning, as he waited for them to stand themselves up. Tetsu was attempting to be a leader, at this point.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 18:22:55</strong>
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				Jun sighed, bruised shoulders slumping as she threw the last Genin, rather violently might she add, out of the way of attack. The muck covered girl snarling to herself at her lack of initial reaction before noticing two familiar faces across the way. Deciding that may be the best way to start the short thin girl jump up and raced though the trees and dropped down beside the two in a crouch. <br><br>Eyes darting around to keep the crazy ass man, that may or may mot be her grandfather in disguise and if not they should really be friends, in her site before looking over at the dark headed boy and rather developed girl…again names…were a blank. However a name did come to here for the proper guy, the one that spoke to her earlier and was now caller her name, rushing over she dropped down next to him in a crouch. Standing next to the slightly taller boy and eyeing his arm wearily. <br><br>“I like that idea…a whole damn lot! I’m with Tetsu!” She paused before reaching down and ripping some of the extra material from her weapons skirt, using some of her water rations to clean it. Didn’t even ask permission as she grip his arm and wrapped it in a crude bandage to keep the blood from dripping and leaving a trail. Round face set into a firm look of concentration as she worked on rather awfully done wrapping she was doing, trusting the dark headed boy to watch out for the both of them.<br><br>“So which way Mon-Capi-Ton? Most of the options are cut off by mud and the crazy grandpa. If your right he is only giving use a few places to flea.” The young girl ask as she secured the wound tighly, it was in no way the gentle touch of a healer, it was more quick and violent, but it got it done. On another note, she frowned as she eyed the others, why was she the only damn one covered in so much mud! <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 20:15:21</strong>
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				"Sounds good, take them with you, I'll try to stall him as best I can...I'll find you all when I get away..." <br>Kyo said, trying to sound confident in his idea at least his hands where not shaking as long as he had his blade he knew he would not fail. He went for the simplest trick in the book, reflecting the sun's light into the old hermits face as he got away from the forming group and moved towards the crazy sanin. <em>Just a few seconds...</em> He thought to himself as steadied himself in the mud as he slid in an arc and reached into his coat to grab a single kunai and sent it flying right at the old man who had attacked first while he moved into to get in close range for a follow up slash. His eyes had narrowed, the adrenaline in his system was surging, fueling his every movement. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 22:30:17</strong>
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				Ikuza was grabbing genin and hurling them left and right, bouncing from one side of the clearing to the other with eye-blurring speed. Oblivious to Seiyuri's arrival, and unaware of some of the genin's cooperation and budding teamwork, he sighted his twitching eyes upon Jun. <br><br>As the red-robed lunatic lurched towards her, hands raised to perform another crushing earth-jutsu, a beam of light played across his face from Kyo's blade. Still strangely unaware, the Mad Hermit made no move to block the flying kunai, the weapon <em>thunking</em> sickeningly into his forehead.<br><br>Ikuza stopped.<br><br>He looked up, and as he did, his face fell off.<br><br>Underneath, as Ikuza's skin peeled away and floated bizarrely to the ground, was a grinning rictus of a face, all gleaming muscle and congealed blood, hooked teeth gleaming from a lip-less mouth. Ikuza looked up, his eyes rolling horribly in his skull, inexplicable shining horns growing from the exposed crown of his head, Kyo's kunai still protruding in a grotesquely humorous way from his head.<br><br>Ikuza stopped. His entire outline began to fuzz and blur.<br><br>He spoke, but his bloody mouth didn't move. Instead, the genin heard his voice from an uncomfortable place in the back of their heads, as if it was shifting and rubbing at their cerebral cortex. <br><br><em>"...you have just been initiated into the first part of your chunin exams..."</em><br><br>The clearing shifted, and the genjutsu lifted. The genin would blink, and realise they were no longer outside the forest in the clearing. They were all deep inside the Hallowed Forest, the huge black trunks crowding in around them, the canopy above them blocking out most of the sunlight, eerie faces on some of the trunks leered at the genin as if they were sharing the Mad Hermit's little joke on the examinees. A joke, or an essential part of their training? Maybe if they survived their time in the Hallowed Forest, they would be able to tell...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>06-06-2011, 23:19:07</strong>
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				Luckily the genin the Nara saved had only superficial wounds that were quickly treated. "You'll be fine." She said, standing back up. She turned shaded eyes in Tetsu's direction when he spoke. It seemed like she wasn't the only one with similar thought of how to deal with the Sanin. "Tesu's right. We need distance and teamwork to survive here, I'm willing to help if you want." <br><br>A finely arched brow rose at Jun slightly soured expression as she looked at Seiyuri and the others that had avoided getting dirty from the impromptu mud bath. Kyo offered to distract the Izuka while the rest of the got away promising to meet back up with them when he could "Be careful," was all she said as she feel in with the other. If the other genin wanted to join or strike out on their own was up to them. There was safety in numbers.<br><br>Kyo drove in to fight Izuka, using skirmishing tactics to disorientate his opponent. As soon as the light reflected from his blade hit Izuka is when things got really weird with the Sanin becoming some strange grotesque undead looking creature, speaking to them in darkest parts of their minds. Then their surrounding changed revealing they were deep inside the forest. "Interesting," she muttered more to herself than anyone else. <em> A high level genjutsu, but when could he have done it?</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>07-06-2011, 00:15:12</strong>
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				Jun froze for just one second, those mad eyes seem to freeze the blood in her vines, hand still attached to the boy Tetsu and breath catching in her chest. However one hand did hover over her skirt, lips parted and chest heaving as if waiting for something. It almost looked like the girl was about to throw the poor injured boy she had in her gasp in front of her…however the young girl was saved from having to even move as the kunai the other boy from her class had thrown hit the target. <br><br>To easy, it was to easy for all the whispers she had heard going around about the gramps being a big mighty Sanin. Her soft child like face scrunched up in disgust as the aged face fell off with a sickening plop. Her lips pulling up and a small groan falling from her at the bloodied display. Jun could still feel the rush of fear and panic from the attack however, and didn’t even realize that she was now digging her nails into Tetsu’s poor arm. <br><br>Her chest was still heaving and face still twisted in disgust even after the announcement and the genjutsu was removed to revel they were now at the center of the gruesome forest. “Shit…lets so do that again.” Her voice flat and even, so it was hard to really tell if she was being sarcastic or completely serious. Jun was still convince that man was her grandfather in disguise trying to get her back for not chewing his damn bacon. <br><br>"All comes back to that bacon.” She muttered as she turned back to Tetsu only to gasp and let go of the boy’s arm and smile apologetically with a weak chuckle. “Umm…sorry about that…” She muttered, before realizing his arm...was no longer bloody and that she was no longer covered in muck. "Haza! You are healed! I have the magic touch, no?" The curly headed girl smirked as she threw her thin arms into the air, quirking an eyebrow up and down suggestively at the dark headed boy teasingly.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>07-06-2011, 00:46:19</strong>
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				Kyo was surprised to see the Kunai hit and had been mid swing when the genjutsu was broken, by the caster and he was suddenly in the middle of the forest with his blade sheathed on his back. <br>"What the hell... last thing I remember is seeing him nod at each of us when we arrived, maybe then?"<br>He answeered the medical kunochi as he patted himself down, making sure everything was where it should be. She had seemed to voice his own thoughts and was close by enough to hear but he moved away after that to take a look around. Confusion replaced the adrenaline he no longer had as he came back to his senses. His narrowed eyes returned to their full signature mirth filled eyes before he smiled and looked around before he closed them. His hand came up to his chest as he concentrated. <em>Genjutsu Kai</em>(Release), he disrupted his chakra hoping that if they where under a deeper Genjutsu that would knock him out of it just to be on the safe side. He knew his weakness to those type of attacks and he did not like it! Looking around him and spotting the other genin as scanned the forest. <br>"Anyone a sensory type? Maybe he is still around somewhere watching us." <br>Kyo commented suspiciously, drawing his blade but did not take a stance of attack but more of one of defense to make sure nothing else followed. The test had began but they had no instructions which meant they where on their own for the time being. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>08-06-2011, 17:47:09</strong>
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				Utterly taken by the massive genjutsu, Tetsu looked around with utter confusion, as their surroundings had changed from the peacful clearing to the forlorn and blackened forest. His mind couldn't even comprehend that they were in place of a genjutsu, it must have been done when Izuka arrived at first hand. Being a Sannin, it must have been quite easy to trick those Genin into thinking they were right outside of the forest. Yet, it still didn't make sense, there was still no instruction as to the test or to what goal they needed to complete. Tetsu continued to try and wrap his mind around the ordeal, until he could feel the careful pricking of Jun-san's nails digging into Tetsu's arm. Trying to hold back a painful face, his eyes twitched as he gritted his teeth and said, " That really hurts." In a low tone, as he looked down at Jun-san. He noticed that his jacket was no longer cut, nor was he in the intense pain he was in beforehand. Astounding really, he placed a hand on the wound's area, gripping it tightly as Jun-san let go of his arm. " I appreciate the effort," in a calm tone, he would then place a hand on the end of his Ninjatō. His eyes turning to face the crowd of people that were also caught in the genjutsu. <br><br>" Everyone, circle up!" He would attempt to give a command to the rest of the ninja in the gathering. He was hoping they would create a circle around a central point, basically behind Tetsu's back, to create a defensive perimeter as who know which ninja would attack them next. His eyes attempted to focus to find the dead eyed girl, with the mask. There was no need to be in a battle where the odds might not be in their favor, as much as they could tell. Every single one of these ninja could be the enemy.&nbsp; " We need to give it a moment, as far as we know, there could still be an instructor coming to tell us what this is all about. Yet, that is no reason not to be prepared for an attack. If they do attack, there is no reason to engage them all. We should retreat and when they scatter, attack individually if necessary."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>08-06-2011, 23:51:01</strong>
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				Orikama Fuu had had enough, apparantly.<br><br>The elder sibling of the Orikama family stared over at Tetsu over her face mask, her dark brown-black eyes glittering.<br><br>"And what would that gain, Tetsu-kun? Have us all in one place so that someone can wipe us out in one fell stroke? Or are you hoping your leadership skills will be noticed by one of the hidden jounin examiners? Maybe you're not even here...maybe you're an elaborate genjutsu, the Mad Hermit hoping to catch us off-guard with the same trick twice."<br><br>Fuu's younger brother Niikon blinked the same brown-black eyes that his sister had. A couple of the other genin looked towards Fuu as well, then back to Tetsu. One or two had been following Tetsu's command, but now looked unsure.<br><br>"Anyone who doesn't want to stand around in circles on the most important and challenging day of their ninja career so far, come with me. Me, my brother and Ito here have already formed a team, you're more than welcome to join."<br><br>A pause, during which Fuu glowered around. Four genin sauntered over to her little trio. A couple had already left, ready to take the chunin exam by themselves, and melted into the intimidating forest.<br><br>Apparantly satisfied, Fuu nodded perfunctorily at her seven. "Come, then. When we find objectives, it's every ninja for themselves, but until then, maybe we can watch each other's..." The dark-eyed ninja stopped suddenly.<br><br>A faint noise had just gotten louder and began to permeate everyone's attention. A moaning, keening wail had started up, and it was unmistakably human. Somewhere north of the gathered genin, was someone in extreme distress or extreme pain, maybe both.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>09-06-2011, 00:28:47</strong>
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				Jun huffed at the boy’s cool polite answer, crossing her thin arms and muttering to herself. “I said I was sorry, bastard.” The young girl growled to herself but didn’t stay far from the boy, she had no problem doing as commanded. The brunette was a tool to be used, isn’t that what a ninja was in the first place. So when her fellow classmate took charge the weapons master was there ready till a girl about there aged showed up. <br><br>The creepy dead eyes making the genin shudder and frown, Jun wasn’t to sure she liked the girls attitude. The curl headed ninja’s lips curled into a snarl, glaring daggers at the girl as well as the few of the ninja around that strutted over to her side like they were something. “I saved some of their lives…those jerks.” She growled, holding her ground and even tilting her chin up, lifting a brow in challenge toward one of the boys that shadowed behind the smug girl with her lips pressed together. <br><br>She would have thrown some sarcastic comment at the group, one that most likely would have gotten them all into trouble, if it wasn’t for the sudden wail from the north. It was slightly chilling, and growing in volume making Jun frown, it sounded human but she made no move toward or away from the distressed sound. Instead looking toward the self proclaimed leader, Tetsu, with a questioning gaze.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>09-06-2011, 03:29:17</strong>
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				Kyo looked between both groups, one was trying to preach safety in numbers the other proposed action. Kyo was a man of action which had him gravitate over towards the group which heard the disturbance in the north. <br>"I'm going with them, I refuse to remain a genin."<br>He said, it was much more than a change in rank and missions to him, it was a step in becoming independent from his family for a change. Kyo looked forward to traveling the land and getting out of the village once in a while. Lowering his blade he walked towards the group of three that had formed ended with seven and total plus him, the larger group had many more genin and there would be strength in numbers so he did not feel that he was needed. Sheathing his sword he moved in the direction that group was moving to investigate the disturbing moans in the north. <br><br><hr>ooc-Kyo moving with Team Fuu 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>10-06-2011, 19:58:50</strong>
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				As soon as Fuu had finished her statement about him and her recruitment attempt, Tetsu would stare at her coldly. " I wasn't talking to you, you can do whatever pleases you." Taking his stance down to a readily relaxed position, his hand still on the hilt of his Ninjatō, he would take a look at the remaining Genin still around the area. Some were forming their own groups, while others were heading off into the woods by themselves or joining Fuu's group. Tetsu's mind started to think about those who were heading off on their own, it was a likely guess that they were the ones from other Ninja Villages. Seeing as they knew no one, but themselves, going off by themselves would be a rookie's mistake. Yet, it also left them at disadvantage, when a group was far more likely to succeed in a mission than a single ninja. As for Fuu's group, a group that large is a rather dangerous foe to have, but a foe on the inside as well. There will be people who will have their own ideas about how to lead the group and infighting will occur, as with proper organization being pulled down by the weight of so many.<br><br>Tetsu's eyes lingered on Kyo for a bit as he started to walk off towards Fuu's group. " Kyo-san, I'll give you one warning. You can take it or leave it by, it doesn't matter by me: you know that we are all Konohagakure Ninja and you also know, that even at first hand we all came to help each other out. I've never seen that girl at the Academy or in Konohagakure, she might not even be from this land nor are her team mates. You can trust us, but I don't know about them." Inside of Tetsu, his mind could not wrap around Fuu's honorific of him, she had called him kun, which usually means somebody of endearment. Did Fuu know him from somewhere? Or perhaps she was just trying to play on everybody's emotions. People knew about Tetsu, he was one of the oldest kids at the academy and one of the tallest. So, they might see it more as a rivalry or a quarrel between lovers and see how Fuu is a woman and Tetsu is the man. Tetsu closed his eyes and took a deep breath, gathering his thoughts for a moment.<br><br>He turned to look at the remaining Genin, " All of you, you're welcome to do as your please. I'm certainly not your master, nor a Chūnin, who has been given a title of leadership. I would prefer us to stay as a group, we have a much better chance to succeed whereas those who are alone will lack in certain areas." Tetsu would unzip his leather jacket, revealing his undershirt, with his thin harness full of different weapons and scrolls. " I know I cannot do this alone, but with all of your help, we can all become Chūnin. "
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Alliance</strong> on <strong>11-06-2011, 22:03:55</strong>
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				Where is the fine line between madness and sanity. When is it that you break and then become something else? A golden hue seemed to color Konoha in orange as early morning risers began to rise. Well truth be that not many people would actually be up this early in the morning. The clock read five in the morning, it was both plenty of time to finish off some morning chores before heading towards the exam and of course clearing his head. He knew his grandparents would be upset if the stairs weren't swept outside and if he simply left the house be. He took the straw broom to the stone steps and sighed, maybe five was still a little late for waking up early. The large yard (http://www.kiku.com/electric_samurai/cobweb_castle/image/yogenin_temple.jpg) would take a while to complete and he still needed to polish the floors.<br><br>Many people were surprised by his traditional nature at times. The okay he had with doing chores, it was the least he could do for his grandparents. And all though they didn't raise him in the more modern sense he still felt they had to be payed back in same. The best way he could do this was both excelling academically and completing the most needed chores. He had to show responsibility, because there was no other way to pay them back, except for this small little gesture he could share. He made his way through the yard, dust, sand, and leaves kicked up into piles. Until he scooted them into the dust pan and through them into bags. Taking them out to the big cans hidden in the back from the public view.<br><br>He sighed for a second, before he went to go collect the water for the floors. Everyone was probably still asleep and he enjoyed watching as Konoha sprung to life just as the sun did. The orange, golden glow would slowly disappear. Changing that fantastical world into something brighter and more lively, but at current people still slumbered, even here in the temple itself. He stared for a second at his own reflection in the well water, dark black hair that fell into his blue eyes. His features were not as strong as he wished them to be. He somehow assumed he would grow faster, become the person he wasn't. Then again he was afraid of turning into his father or worse a monster.<br><br>In his reflection he could always sometimes see the ugly truth. That he was becoming someone he wasn't. Ironic though, that was the person he showed the most to people. Most people thought who he was becoming, was who he was. They never saw these dull, quiet and reflective moments. There were rare times, but not always. It was kind of confusing though because he wanted to shake these thoughts of his head. In both senses he was confident and arrogant in himself, he could complete anything, become the best ninja there was and even maybe become a Hokage. He knew he had the skills, he had the preparedness. More than anyone else. He knew he was strong and powerful, and that made him smile. Because it meant that no one could hurt him. But then the quiet side of himself, the childish foolish side liked the way he was now. Even if it wasn't ideal.<br><br>But he knew, he knew what would happen if it were the other way. The kids would still be on him, they wouldn't be afraid of him. They would continue to bully him and harass him. If he didn't become the violent and cruel person he would continue to be treated like dirt and pushed around. It was like a continuous loop over and over and over again, questioning and then deciding the other way was best. He was becoming hardened, he was becoming tougher, a shield surrounded him. Focused him. Made him feel as if he were unbeatable. It was that confidence that saved him. He wiped his forehead for a second and stared at the polished wooden floors. It wasn't as best as he could, but he also needed to start getting ready as well. And prepared for his battle.<br><br>Making his way to clean himself up, he noticed the clock sat at seven hours and thirty minutes in. It took all this time to finish the floors and even more time to start getting ready. He saw something shift in the halls, but was never frightened. He was use to the grandparents waking up early to prepare both the temple and the shrine for the guest that would arrive at nine. The shrine and temple was open to the public whom could easily drop by here and there. The person he saw walking about was his grandfather. Even the old man's bald head was wrinkled and he wore a strange squint to his eyes. Akito stared at him for a second and the old man only stared back. <br><br>"Good Morning sir," Akito said quietly and respectfully.<br><br>The old man only nodded his head and Akito made his way to the showers to clean himself off before getting ready. Time seemed to easily peel away, as he got his white button shirt and his tie on. He made everything was sure and neatly put. Even fixing the pin on his bicep that read the famous words Konoha Protector. He took his collapsible tonfas and placed them in the inner pockets of his jacket and made his way out the door. Before doing so, he made his way to one of the god statues and held his hands together. Keeping his thoughts and his prays to himself, he clapped before heading out. Halfway down the temple stairs, he heard someone calling out to him from behind, "Akito,".<br><br>He turned to see an old woman wearing a tight bun with chopsticks neatly placed into them. Her kimono was well pressed and neatly put on. He stared at her for a second with his liquid blue eyes that sparkled so dazzling like jewels. <br><br>"Yes ma'am," Akito said quietly.<br><br>"I...wanted...to tell you to be safe," his grandmother stuttered.<br><br>He was a little surprised, since neither grandparent ever seemed accepting of his choice to become a ninja. His only nodded and she smiled. Pulling his black bangs out of his forehead she kissed it and then waved him off. Akito made his way down the stairs and stared at the temple and its many shrines. Today was the day that he proved something to himself. That he proved that what he was becoming wasn't a monster nor a mistake. That the choices he was going to make were the right choices. And this was his chance to not become his father. To not become the same ninja, but a different ninja. A different kind of ninja. Akito stared at the blue sky and the floating clouds. He enjoyed the crisp and clear air here. The ability to breath. As he made his way to the testing area, he saw other kids settling as well. He recognized most of them, but kept to himself. He only tried to hear a little into their conversations, without appearing to be interested.<br><br>The situation itself happened quite quickly, something he could easily chalk up to and calculate and yet here he was confused and puzzled. It began when the old man began to whistle and then attack the students themselves. Every and each of the genin began to scramble around, some try to connect with one another. Others tried ordering each other around. But they all ended in the same place, the Hallowed Forest.&nbsp; As the students struggled to gain any boundary in the the situation at hand, he found himself quickly and easily able to react. Many of the teachers had complimented him before on his potential as a student. He walked up to the two groups forming, one beginning to get ready and travel. Akito decided to stay back instead. And follow with his eyes both groups. But he found himself taking a step to forward. Now he was in the sights of everyone.<br><br>Was he to be asked of the same thing to make a choice? He gave them a cold and arrogant stare, with a smirk he decided on something.<br><br>"Do you have a direct objective?" Akito said, "Was it ever stated your objective? What makes running around a forest you don't know very well a good idea? In a big or small pockets...groups? And why do you suddenly trust one another? Couldn't it be obvious that someone, any one of us could be setting a trap?"<br><br>It was a dirty trick he knew, but he also knew it would keep them alert and more wary. It would also separate out the washier of the students. Akito gave another smirk.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>15-06-2011, 02:23:59</strong>
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				Fuu looked around her assembled troop, nodded again, then began to move them out, waving to Tetsu as she did so.<br><br>"Ok, paranoid boy, you feel threatened, so you make out I'm not from the same village. We're all here to pass our exams, no matter where we're from...and besides...how many in YOUR team are from Konoha for sure?"<br><br>Oddly, the younger brother Niikon bowed in Tetsu's direction, as if apologising for his sister's pomp and chatter. He ignored Akito completely, however, apparantly letting his sister do the talking...again.<br><br>"We don't <em>have</em> any objective. I don't know if you've noticed...if you've got some secret order from the Mad Hermit or Green Shadow himself, speak up now...didn't think so. We're going to find one. You can keep quiet, be a good ninja and come with us, or you can stay here and be safe with Tetsu-kun."<br><br>Fuu nodded towards Kyo as he sidled over. Niikon slapped him on the back and smiled. "Good to see some of us have sense. Enough talk. Let's get on with the exam. We're going on ahead to check that screaming...you can follow up and perform rearguard duty, or you can stay here in your defensive circle."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>15-06-2011, 05:47:47</strong>
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				Jun was getting bored, her lips pressed themselves into a firm thin line and her eyes narrowed before turning to the other group. She almost felt like a shadow or something, like she wasn’t even there so she took a step back and let them go at it. The curly headed girl didn’t really care one way or the other which group she ended up with any longer, as long as they acted. <br><br>Talking was all well and good…but the weapons expert was surprised that separating into groups was really becoming such an issue. From behind the two young men, one who’s name once again was a blank and the ‘leader’ Tetsu. The leader who she was now going to refer to as bastard since he had a habit of ignoring her and or giving her cool polite replies that she wasn’t really sure wither to be riled up about or not. <br><br>“Wonderful, that’s all so great, we have had our pissing contest so can we go now? While our objective isn’t all written nicely and shit…I can tell you with 100 percent certainty that standing around talking and comparing our cock sizes is not one of them.” The Genin’s tone was riddled with aggravation and aggression...and the statement was rather crude for a girl of her size and appearance.<br><br>She did, however, rolled her light golden brow eyes while crossing her thin arms. She wasn’t talking to anyone in particular, maybe crazy creepy girl since she started it…and the two other young men that stood to ‘challenge’ her maybe? One thing was for sure, Jun wanted to go wither it was away or toward the sound she didn’t care as long as she was given instructions. Then again from the sounds of it, though they had yet to make a move, Creepy’s little group was moving toward the screams.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Seaweed</strong> on <strong>15-06-2011, 06:48:27</strong>
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				Yoite had balled up his hand in the pockets of his hoody, there was a chill in the forest that led him to believe there was something left crawling around. He watched as the students began to fight amongst each other. Who was to take action and who wasn't to take action? He remained for the most part, out of it. He didn't know what kind of deicison he should make, staring at the group. The only thing that seemed to echo through the noise of students going back and forth was the blooding curdling scream that echoed in the back of their minds. Yoite's hands were begining to sweat in his hoody. Not because he was afraid, but because he was clenching them so tight.<br><br>He moved them out of his hood and walked in between the group walking off and the group standing around. He stared at the boy who had tried to turn them against each other, but didn't directly engage him. Yoite was known for being quiet and the kind of person who doesn't talk a lot. <br><br>"Wait," Yoite managed to call out.<br><br>The group gave a studden stop, but had a face of what now. Yoite could feel himself becoming a little nervous, everyone was staring at him. But now wasn't the time to chicken out of his own words.<br><br>"Even, if we don't have the same ideals," Yoite said, "We should at least communicate amongst each other? Shouldn't we? What happens if one group is in trouble? Even if we don't have the same ideals or goals. We should at leas have one similiar goal and that's protecting one another from the danger. There is something dark and cold in here. Like a hands reaching around your neck. It feels wrong. We should at least keep in touch."<br><br>Yoite could feel people staring at him and he found himself slinking into his baggy hoody as if to make sure no one could really see him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>15-06-2011, 10:34:34</strong>
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				Whilst everyone bickered amongst themselves about what to do Seiyuri had to this point remained silent preferring to keep her senses sharp and her wits about her in their current surroundings, even with the bloodcurdling scream echoing in the back of her mind. Hopefully it was just another part of some intricate genjutsu and not some poor unlucky genin. She was still cognitive of what was being said around her as she considered her options - both sides had pros and cons but the pissing contest was preventing anything productive being done. <br><br>Yoite spoke up and Seiyuri found herself agreeing "He's right."<br><br>Pushing herself away from the tree she had been leaning against she move to the center of the group. "Right now it doesn't matter whos from what village, today <em>we all wear the Konoha head band</em> and should act as such until proven or directed otherwise." Her statement was said in a calm and direct tone as she addressed those present, simply trying to be the voice of reason and not steal the spot light. Time was of the essence and the longer they all stood there arguing the the less time they would have to get anything done. <br><br>She looked at Fuu and Tetsu studying them from behind tinted sunglasses as she tilted her head to the side slightly "Both of you are right and wrong. Team work is the only way we are going to get through this and while there is safety in numbers too large a group will quickly attract the unwanted attention of the Kamis knows what, with a crazy Sanin on top of it."<br><br>"As for objectives how about this: we find out what's going on. Fuu you want to take a more aggressive stance, that's fine - if you would be willing to act as the advance offensive team while I would suggest to Tetsu to bring up the rear as the defense team, that way if there is trouble one team can help the other and still keep our bases covered until we find out what our actual objectives are for the test; because all I see it being right now is surviving Izuka-dono and whatever is in this forest." she said.<br><br>"If this is agreeable then I believe I have a solution to the communication dilemma."
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>16-06-2011, 01:51:15</strong>
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				<div align="center"><em>Kyo</em></div><hr><br>"Yea, to much talk, let's go someone can be hurt..." <br>He said, not openly admitting to pick sides but he refused to do nothing. Arguing tactics meant nothing when there was no clear authority to answer to which meant they would get nowhere. Kyo was hoping it would all calm down now that the medic-nin spoke out. His main objective was to investigate the screaming with or without the others. It seemed most of them in "Fuu's" group had the same idea as they rushed off in the direction of the disturbing sounds. His hand moved towards his sword, ready to draw in an instant as he jumped from tree to tree along the forest path at last.<br>"I'm Kyo by the way." <br>Kyo looked to the people he found himself surrounded by to investigate the screams as they moved. He was not sure if the people he was with where actual villagers or strangers, either way, knowing a name would be a great way to start greasing the gears of the groups teamwork. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AusGre</strong> on <strong>16-06-2011, 23:33:57</strong>
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				His eyes scanned over the amassing group and their quarrel as it expanded into a recruitment from one side to the formation of two mission teams, Seiyuri had a point to it. While one massive group would attracted too much attention, two groups of equal numbers watching each other would be a well placed strategy against those who wish to take them out. Tetsu would fold his arms and take a deep breath in the form of a long sigh and roll his eyes. His temper was starting to catch up to him and his hands began to shake. " That's not a bad idea, good job." He would mention to Seiyuri and give a small nod of his head. With that, he would reach down to his Kiseru and pull it out, placing a small bit of the opium seasoned tobacco inside the top. Giving it a small light and letting it swelter with the flame, he would gaze at all the other ones.<br><br>" You're welcome to do as you life, I'm fine with the idea myself and I don't mind being a defensive team. I don't think we should stay so huddled together though, I would say a good distance between the trees would help, as with a middle man to transfer messages or warnings to the other team would help. Each team should also have one person stay about fifteen yards back from their group, just to save the group from an ambush as well." Taking a small puff of the kiseru, his body would begin to show a large amount of relaxation; the tension of his shoulder would fall, as would the trembling in his hands and a small smile would appear on his scuffed face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>17-06-2011, 13:58:45</strong>
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				Fuu pointed at Seiyuri, then at Tetsu who had just spoken, as if to say something.<br><br>She stopped, and nodded at them both.<br><br>"...OK. But also, no. Stay close to our group, but up there." The dark-eyed ninja pointed up into the trees. "You'll follow and watch us from above. Stay close. I want you following right...on...my...ass." Her eyes creased, the face underneath the mask twisting into a mischevious smile. "Let's go!" She bolted heading north, not even having to say anything to her younger silent brother, who was instantly on her heels, followed in short order by the other genin in her little group. Infuriatingly for Tetsu and his group, she had given no time for any more discussion on her orders, leaving them with the option to obey and take a blow to their pride, or to ignore her and threaten the integrity of the "mission", and the exams. What a bitch.<br><br>As Fuu's group raced ahead on the ground, with presumably Kyo in short order, it seemed Tetsu's team had no option but to follow them, preferably weilding their chakra into their feet to climb the many trees in the Hallowed Forest and leap from branch to branch in pursuit of the impatient Orikama siblings. <br><br>Fuu's group sprinted ahead, making their way past the many dark and aged trunks of the forest, bushes becoming a blur, every now and then a creepy etched face becoming apparant, the eerie masks screaming a silent warning to the genin, their eyes bleeding sap. After barely a minute of travelling, the wailing from the north reached a hideous pitch, a bellowed scream of apparant agony. Tetsu's group would notice the trees they were travelling on thinning out, and soon both groups found themselves in front of a small clearing, a tiny spot of sunlight in the murky forest, where there were no trees. Stumps dotted the small area where the trees ended abruptly, and a pit was directly in the centre of the small clearing.<br><br>The screaming was coming from the pit.<br><br>Fuu's group slowed, at a point from their masked leader began to fan out around the pit, the new sunlight making patches on their clothing. The screams were skin-crawling, but apparantly Fuu and her team were hesitant to rush straight into the pit to rescue the apparant victim, if that was what indeed was in there. Tetsu's group would face the choice of dropping down from their perches to investigate, or staying in their vantage points as planned, keeping their lookout.<br><br>One stump, higher than the others, was close to the edge of the pit. On it, a particularly descriptive etched face howled a mute cry of warning, the sap-tears covering its face, and one skinny arm pointed...strangely...towards the pit... 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>18-06-2011, 06:09:26</strong>
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				<div align="center"><em>Kyo jumps first, asks questions later! </em></div><hr><br>The closer he got to the pick the faster he wanted to move, whatever was down in the pit was in pain and he just did not like the sound of anyone suffering. He nimbly stepped from his location and approached the pit. <br>"Someone give me a rope!"<br>He requested as he walked towards the edge of the pit where no one from his team, the vanguard seemed willing to move. Kyo glanced down into darkness, taking one of the ropes from one of his team mates (NPC), tied it to a stump and began to repel down.<br>"If someone has a light it would be nice, he called back as he began to disappear into the darkness, wondering what the hell he was think!<br>"hello..."<br>Kyo said, working his way down to encounter a trap or a victim to the mad hermit, either way no one could not say he do nothing!<br><br><hr>***ooc- god modded an npc for a rope, if it is an issue I can redo the post but I just have to know what is down there! 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>20-06-2011, 19:54:48</strong>
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				Once things were settled and Fuu's team headed toward the pit Seiyuri molded her chakra into her feet allowing her to reach the large tree branch over head. She waited briefly for Tetsu, Jun and the others in the defensive team make it up the tress. "Sorry about that, but if the someone hadn't have said something then everyone would be arguing until they were blue in the face. " She said looking toward Tetsu as she fell in along side him as they followed the others from above. "The name is Inishii Seiyuri by the way."<br><br>As Fuu's team neared the pit where all the sound were coming from Seiyuri noticed one of the stumps in front of them one of those faces etched into its surface, seemingly weeping tears of sap. For a moment the medic in her wanted to get a sample of those 'tears' to see if there was anything to the substance that could be useful or toxic or if it was innocuous as the sap it was suppose to be.&nbsp; Her attention shifted when on of genin in Fuu's group jumped down into the pit without awaiting any instructions from his groups leader and then yelled a few moments later if anyone had some rope they could toss down.<br><br>"Baka," Sei muttered lightly under her breath shaking her head at Kyo's impetuous actions. As everyone kept their eyes on Fuu and her group, Sei and a few others in her group kept they eyes peeled on their surroundings in case of any unpleasant surprises.<br><br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>23-06-2011, 16:19:13</strong>
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				Kuroda left the Uchiha compound early that morning. He had been too excited about the chunin exam to sleep, even if he didn't show it. The whole night before, his father had talked non stop about Kuroda's older brother had done during the exams. And for the past year, his father had been on his ass to take the exam, because his brother had taken it when he was two years younger than Kuroda was now. When would the old man learn that Kuroda was not like his brother? At least he would be out of the house and away from him for awhile.<br><br>The young Uchiha had shown up a bit on the late side, but was still technically on time. He began to scan the crowd casually. He saw some of his old classmates from the academy, and some other genin he'd seen around the village. Every time he saw a face he didn't recognize, he frowned. These were most likely genin from outside of Konoha. He didn't like that they were wearing the symbol of his home, though he did understand the Green Shadow's reasoning for it. <br><br>He turned towards Izuka the Mad Hermit at the sound of the whistling. It wasn't a signal for attention though. Kuroda was about to turn away from him and continue waiting patiently when he saw the wave of shuriken being released. Reacting quickly, he moved behind a tree to shield himself from the deadly projectiles, slipping a bit on the mud but controlling the chakra flow to his feet to stay standing. After they flew by, he peeked around the trunk and saw the massive wave of mud heading for the group. Focusing more chakra into his feet, he leapt up and landed on a branch, out of the attack's reach. Taking in his surroundings, he saw other genin doing the same as he was. The less fortunate were swept up in the muddy wave, or worse, were getting the shit beat out of them by the Mad Hermit. Seeing some of the others who had made it to the trees helping those stuck in the mud, he shook his head. This was obviously a test designed to weed out the weak; helping them out and keeping them in the exam longer would just be a waste. <br><br>His attention was caught by a small group that seemed to be planning their next move. Watching them from his branch, he saw them hit Izuka. That didn't seem right. As a sanin, he should have been able to dodge the attack easily. Unless he meant to be hit...<br><br>That's when the grotesque face was revealed, and Kuroda couldn't help but recoil a bit at the sight of it. It was pretty gruesome. As the genjutsu was dropped and the forest revealed itself, he mentally cursed himself for not seeing that it was a genjutsu right away. But the only way he could have known that is if his Sharingan had been activated. <br><br>As the other genin grouped together and began to argue about a course of action, Kuroda quietly dropped from the trees and watched the conflict develop. He was also weighing his own options. There was safety in numbers, but a group as large as the ones that were forming seemed too big. It would be easy for conflict to happen with so many opinions flying around. There was also the two groups forming, and who was in them, to consider. The group that wanted to take action was being lead by some ninja that he didn't recognize at all, which made him think that they were not from Konoha. Possibly just leading those who joined their group into a trap. The group wanting to stay behind was filled with nin he recognized, but staying put didn't seem like something that you would be rewarded for in the chunin exams. Deciding to go with the action group, he quietly made his way over there, trying to not draw attention to himself. <br><br>When he reached the edge of the pit with the others, looked down, unable to see into the pitch blackness. He considered activating his kekki genkai to see if that would help any, but decided against it for the moment. No need to activate it just yet. As Kyo dropped down into the hole, he just stared. Jumping into a dark hole without knowing what was inside? Not the smartest move.<br><br>Glancing around, he saw a low hanging branch. Kuroda walked over to it and snapped it off. It was a decent sized branch, and was dry. Walking back to the pit, he stripped away at it until only the thicker central part remained, and thrust it into the hands of a random ninja he didn't know. "Here, hold this for a second." The confused ninja looked at Kuroda, then the branch, then back to Kuroda. By that time the Uchiha had completed his hand seals and blew a small fireball from his mouth. It struck the end of the branch and caught on fire. "Thanks." Taking hold of the makeshift torch, he held it out over the pit. "Heads up down there." He released the burning stick and let it fall, the soft orange glow of the flames penetrating into the darkness.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>24-06-2011, 04:36:55</strong>
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				"Thanks!"<br>Kyo shouted out from the darkness, catching the make shift torch which became a prized asset as he continued to repel down. He had not seen anything yet but still heard the sounds. Steeling his resolve he kept going, it would be embarrassing to wuss out before finding anything out. Luckily the torch offered some light and he began to slow down as he climbed down into the pit that seemed endless. <br><hr> <br><br><br><span style="font-size: 6pt;" class="bbc_size">(OOC note- Kyo is not for the Nara Clan Shade, shot post to acknowledge the light, whatever he finds is GM call) </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>29-06-2011, 16:00:27</strong>
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				Seiyuri continued to watch out for the group on the ground. She had created a basic shadow clone sending it down to collect a few samples of the pouring sap in specialized vials and bring it back to her before dismissing it. Placing the other vials into her hip pouch Seiyuri kept one out to inspect it. She really wished she back at the lab so she could study this liquid. As it was she was trying to search back in her earlier memories trying to remember if there was anything said about this sap in the stories surrounding the Hallow Forest. She placed the vials with the other and turned her attention back to the matter at hand, while still trying to unravel the mystery of the sap in the back of her mind. Kyo was still down in the pit after being thrown some rope by another genin who used a fire jutsu illuminate the darkness down there.&nbsp; She had come to accept that nearly everything in these woods would be an illusion, that not everything would be what it seemed. All she could do is try periodical try to <em>release</em> and deal with what was going on around her.&nbsp; Hopefully whatever Kyo found was human and not an illusion.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Fightingfaithless</strong> on <strong>30-06-2011, 21:34:11</strong>
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				Jun sighed, for once remaining silent…which was very hard for the usually brash girl but she managed. It helped that after the division was made they were on the move. The young weapons expert dashing though the trees beside the defensive team made up a few nameless Genin that she had not had class with and four that she did…she couldn’t remember their names either except for Tetsu’s. The curly headed girl felt a small bit of relief when the rather curvy girl gave her name, again how did girl their ages get curves like that and how could she get some? The small thin Genin shook her head when she realized she had gone off track and had lost concentration in what was around her. Cursing at herself for such a rooky move, one that could get people killed, she put her head back in the ‘game’.<br><br>Her bright brown eyes narrowed suspiciously as they finally reached the wailing, Jun never left the safety of the trees. Reaching into the skirt around her hips she pulled on the weapon’s gloves once again. Clenching and unclenching her hands as she adjusted the dark material around her small hands before crouching and waiting. Though the often loud shinobi could not help but role her eyes at the boy from her class he had not noticed to be with them…er Kuroda was it? She only really knew because he was from some special clan or something that she rarely paid attention to. Though Jun knew that the dark headed Genin was just helping out his fellow ninja but the girl couldn’t help but grumble under her breath. “Show off…”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>01-07-2011, 00:25:01</strong>
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				Fuu shouted angrily after Kyo as he dashed down a hole, and Kuroda followed up to help the intrepid genin out with a burning torch. <br><br>Niikon growled and went to bring the pair back from the edge of the pit, but his elder sister stopped him, suddenly silent.<br><br>A wind had picked up from the boughs of the trees, disturbing many leaves and twisting them about with an invisible hand. The breeze sighed through the small clearing, and disturbed loose dirt on the ground. <br><br>Meanwhile, in the pit, as Kyo lowered himself and Kuroda stood above, a young girl, probably the genin's age, was at the bottom. She was in a light purple shift,her dark hair pinned up in a bun. She was dirty and thoroughly distressed, and to the genin's dismay was bleeding from her arm and leg, a result of falling into the pit, at the bottom of which were a cluster of small but viciously sharp wooden stakes. The young girl had probably fallen on them...but what the pit was doing here and how the girl had fallen was a mystery...all that was clear now was there was a girl in pain who needed medical attention.<br><br>Above the pit, as the shadows lengthened with the onset of evening, the wind picked up stronger this time, rocking the smaller trees in the clearing. To anyone looking at the etched faces on the trunks of the trees, they would seem to warp and twist...as if the faces inscribed there years past were...<em>moving...</em><br><br>Suddenly, wooden clunks could be heard. As dusk fell and the wind seemed to drop as suddenly as it had come, shapes detached themselves from the trees. Human-sized, bipedal <em>bodies</em> pried themselves free of trees and quickly took up positions close to the genin on the ground. Complete with arms which seemed to hold curved and sharp-looking appendages, the wooden men lunged at the genin on the ground as one.<br><br>On the edge of the pit, Kuroda was launched at by two of the tree-things, one thrusting at him with its curved-sharp appendage, the other trying to clasp him from behind.<br><br>Fuu and her brother Niikon quickly formed up in a back-to-back sibling formation as they were surrounded by tree-men who were launching blows at the pair from all sides.<br><br>Seiyuri and Jun and the others in the trees would be able to see all of this. <br><br>Meanwhile, Kyo on his descent would only be able to see the injured girl, who was in tears. He would be able to hear the ruckus from up above him, but clearly there were more pressing issues right in front of him...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>02-07-2011, 16:10:11</strong>
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				When Kyo spotted the girl, he did not think twice to repel the rest of the length and in a smooth movement switched the torch to one hand and drew his blade to slash at the wooden stakes to create a landing for him before sheathing the blade. <br>"I'll help you get out, can you move?"<br>He asked as he approached her, torch to the side to inspect and get a better look at the person. At first glance he did not spot a headband which could have meant she was only a villager and was caught up in the exams by accident. Kneeling by her, he made sure to pull away the stakes nearby.<br>"I know this might hurt but I need you to grab onto me as best you can or let me throw you over my shoulder."<br>Kyo said, glancing up curious to what was happening but had to make sure the poor girl was out first but took it at her pace as he tried to reassure her that they would be out of the pit soon, he hoped. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>06-07-2011, 20:42:10</strong>
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				Kuroda was glad that the torch had reached Kyo and not fallen past him to the bottom. He could tell that some people didn't seem all that happy with what he'd done, thinking he was just showing off or might give away their position. He didn't care, he wasn't going to leave a fellow nin to fumble around in the dark of that pit. At least with the torch Kyo would be able to see what was down there. <br><br>As the wind blew through the trees, Kuroda's head snapped up and he looked around. Something in the air didn't feel quite right. That's when he heard the sounds of the wooden creatures springing to life. He looked at them, eyes wide. "What the hell are these things?" When he'd heard about where the chunin exam was to take place, he went around to the older members of the Uchiha clan to press them for information, figure out what he was dealing with. No one was willing to tell him much. Just that he would see for himself, and, if he was ready to become a chunin, survive whatever the forest had in store. <br><br>He saw one of the creatures leaping towards him, and was about to jump out of the way when he felt a pair of wooden arms grab him from behind. Fortunately, he was able to use a substitution jutsu with another one of those wood things just as he was about to be stabbed. While the three wooden creatures were confused about what had happened, Kuroda was standing upside down on a large branch above them, held there by his chakra. His hands flashed through a familiar set of seals, and he took a deep breath.<br><br><em>Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!</em><br><br>Since he used more chakra than he did to make the torch, the fireball was considerably bigger. It roared towards the ground, and the three wooden creatures looked up just in time for it to collide with them. After impact with the ground, the three figures were left burning in the smoldering crater. As Kuroda looked down, waiting to see if his jutsu had done the trick, he couldn't help but wonder if the forest was seeking retribution for him snapping off that branch...&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>12-07-2011, 01:35:31</strong>
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				<strong>Seiyuri</strong> <br><br>From the branches Seiyuri and the others could see the advancing tree men coming in from all sides of the the ground team. While the Fuu and the other began to fight the strange aberrations. Seiyuri analyzed the movements of the creatures. Fire certainly seemed to affect them, but didn't slow them down. Perhaps disabling them before incineration would be a more ideal approach. Looking at the genin she knew had the best accuracy with projectile weapons she began issuing her <em>suggestions</em> "Dax, Anya, Barak and Synthia. Do you four think you can tag those creep's appendages with explosive tags, just give the tags enough of a delay to give the group down there a chance to move out of the way?"<br><br>Turning to Jun and the more physical genin. "Jun do you think you and a couple of others could tag and bag one of those things, we need to find out how to bring them down and fast." She asked<br><br>"As for the rest use whatever means you have to pull back the stragglers. Fire based jutsus are fine but limit your uses so you don't run out so fast." She said.<br><br>Whether they followed her suggestions or not was entirely up to them, she did her part devising a strategy to help their friends on the ground and to gather useful data. Speaking of knowledge, she reached back into her hip pouch and pulled out one of the vial of amber sap she had collected earlier. Uncapping it she applied thin layer along the bladed edges of one of her kunai before corking it and putting the vial back. Moving through the branches she singled out one of the tree men that was further from the rest, almost by itself. She took aim and let the coated kunai fly striking right where the heart should be and waited to if the sap would have any effect. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>14-07-2011, 18:31:23</strong>
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				The purple-shift wearing girl blinked up at Kyo, deciding to trust him, a ninja from Konoha. Wincing and whimpering, she got up and tried her best to hold into Kyo. The girl was clearly in pain, cuts and bruises all over the parts of her body that were visible, but she seemed to have done more damage to her foot than anything. She was limping on her right foot, and it wouldn't take a genius to work out that she had fractured or even broken it in the fall, meaning she would be nearly completely reliant on Kyo for movement and mobility...even when they were out of the pit.<br><br>Outside, the group of wooden drones that Kuroda has just fireballed crackled, their bark-skin hissing and blackening. Their footsteps slowed, and their sap boiled in the extreme heat...but still they came onwards. Slower now, however, and clearly having taken a lot of damage. One could surmise that the sap deep inside their bodies was keeping them from burning completely, or maybe something else was afoot...or both. Whatever the reason, the wooden drone closest to Kuroda lifted its charred wooden scythe and charged the young ninja. Another drone from behind broke off its now useless blackened arm and snapped it into two red-hot stakes, hurling them both at Kuroda. <br><br>As Seiyuri issued her orders from up in the trees, the four other genin snapped into action, glad to be doing something useful. Moving into the lower branches, the four attached and primed several explosive tags, looking up at the shifting wooden army, trying to find targets without hitting their comrades, waiting for the command from Sei to toss their salvo.<br><br>The sap-coated kunai that she had tossed at the lone treedrone connected, the pointed weapon making a <em>thunk</em> sound and sinking an inch into the wooden man's bark-skin. The thing stopped and shuddered a second, but then resumed it's onward path towards the group of genin on the ground.<br><br>During that shudder, however, Seiyuri would most probably notice that, not far from the kunia-struck drone, flickered another human shape. <br><br>(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v484/Scarysquirrel/golden_dragon_ninja_by_tervola-dumqsf.jpg)<br><br>Seiyuri <em>might</em> even notice the Konoha symbol tucked away on the swordbelt of the ninja. The green-clad ninja looked up at where Sei's kunai had come from, and bowed upwards into the trees, then vanished. Suddenly, a knot of wooden drones began to scale the trees, as if on commands from some controller, reacting to Seiyuri's attack now she had given her position away. Seven of the wooden creepy attackers shinnied up the trees where Seiyuri and the others stayed, their wooden scythes held aloft on their skinny wooden arms.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>JerichoMyers</strong> on <strong>15-07-2011, 01:12:17</strong>
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				Three exact replica's of Suicide stood on opposite sides of each other. No one could tell them apart, whether they were brothers or clones. Each had different lenses for their masks. Suicide himself had shaded lenses, another had green lenses, the third had blue lenses. It would only be apparent to the Hokage and other skilled ninja's this was a simple ploy to confuse oppositions from telling clones from real individuals.. Brilliant idea, if any. Than again, those without friends or acquaintanceship are brought to such means. Fortunately for Suicide, he could adapt quickly to these means with simple deception. But for security purposes, they remained away from the front and stayed back, away from everyone else that might have recognized him before. Last thing they need is prying eyes and students that know of suicide releasing information of this deception. Other village students don't know of him neither do some students. Keeping a low profile was demanded. <br><br>&nbsp; Their wasn't much notice but Izuka appeared before the trio speaking between each. For a moment they stared at Izuka with dull, stoic stares before the Sannin grabbed them one by one, throwing them each in the same approximate direction. "Ahhhh!" Suicide squealed before landing face first into a tree stump, where Blue and Green followed. In one massive collision, the three crashed into each other cracking Suicide's lenses. "What the hell was that for!?" Suicide shot up and barked at Izuka with intent. His favorite mask was cracked. That literately renders his gas bombs useless. The smoke could seep in through the cracks. Izuka might have literately ruined their exam. One by one, Green helped Blue and and Suicide to their feet. Angered and infuriated by randomly being tossed Suicide wanted to pursue the matter further.... Until he looked at Izuka. One simple glance and all three were stunned by that single stare. Green only murmured. "Shut.... it..." He whispered to his companions. <br><br>Afterword, the three regrouped into a pack to debate their future plans and moves against the opposition. "What's the plan, boss?" Blue, the blue lenses clone inquired with anticipation and a hasted, slightly high pitched tone. Suicide, leading the pack tapped his plastic cheek. He was trapped in deep thought, debating deeply on how to approach this scenario. "Can you hurry up!" Green, the green lenses clone barks with angst. Instead of making any gesture of reply, Suicide just reached around to scratch his hood. Declining forward to his tippy-toes, their wasn't much to say. He had a good gist of most of the students and their capabilities, it was a matter of eliminating them. "We're gonna trap them." Suicide, Blue, and Green were speaking in gentle whispers. They preferred to speak out loud, but circumstances require otherwise. "We have to wait for people to acquainted, comfortable and secure. While they're gathering together, we'll turn one section into our territory." All their colleagues have disappeared into the forest. Unknowingly, Suicide, Blue, and green were walking up the side of a tree. They completely clued out of their surroundings and were lost in the conversation. "We'll find a nice vantage point. Set kunai around the tree's to confuse. And in the confusion, we spring the kunai trap. Our unsuspecting weapon puppetry will get the best of any of our classmates." At that moment, they finally took notice to their surroundings. An embarrassment if anything. <br><br>Only part way up the tree, the massive squad that set out before them had fallen into hard times. What brought Suicide's groups attention was the massive fire ball that another genin released. "That's awfully bright." Green said reaching into his backpack to hand Suicide binoculars. Earlier, before the examines, Suicide had equipped his shadow clones with different backpacks and masks. This would prove vital to have equipment and traps to prepare around the forest. "Guess the war already began." Blue said with enthusiasm. <br><br>Blue, who carried the weapons, passed out chain sickles to Green and Suicide. They had made and observation these were wooden men attacking, so dismantling seemed like their best option. "Blue, set the explosives. Me and Green will lead them down here." Suicide barked the orders as a true leader would; with confidence and demand. And with a quick salute, Blue had leaped away. Their plan, use the branches to their advantage. Blue would plant explosives below the base of giant branches. These tree's were massive, which meant a lot of destruction to be had. <br><br>Green and Suicide's positions couldn't be sweeter. Where the wooden men surrounded them, they wouldn't be expecting retaliation from the back; at least they hoped not. And from the darkness they came, theirs chains tightly wrapped around their forearms before the extension. "As one. I go for the arm, you go for the leg." With instructions met, both extended their sickles in perfect sync. One hook latched onto the upper right thigh joint, another latched onto the left shoulder joint. To finish, they both pulled back, again in sync, tugging the lunging wooden man back with vicious force. Right from the air, in the midst of lunging a spike at another genin, he disappeared into the darker portion of the forest; well his arm and leg dead. What now remained but half a man, unable to stand and incapacitated. What rang out afterword a cheery high five clap that any and everyone could blatantly hear. <br><br>Blue on the other hand, had a debacle of his own unraveling. High above the defensive team, he planted explosives while they were distracted. He figured where the wooden men were distracted with the team above, he could bag and tag everyone in one go. With an extension of the scroll planting another explosive tag under the branches, he wondered how long it would take the wooden men to figure out his plot..... or maybe the others.<br><br>((First paragraph was edited for obvious reasons))<br>((Edited a second time. Had to move a paragraph. ))
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>17-07-2011, 08:38:21</strong>
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				The climb up the pit was no easy task with the burden of another person. The added weight was not so much the problem, it was the factor that he had to do it with only one arm in order to make sure the purple shift wearing girl did not fall backwards into the pit. She seemed to be clinging to him to help but the last thing he would want is feel her fall after suddenly passing out. <br>"I'm Kyo from Konoha by the way, I'll find you a Med-nin, we have some up above." <br>The Kenjustsu ninja reassured her as the light got brighter until a final grunt sent him over the edge to the sight of battle before him. <em>Damn! </em> He thought to himself as he scanned the wooden constructs fighting some of his fellow team mates. <br>"Hey...you are going to need to hang on tight, I will take you to safety." <br>He said as he drew his sword and began to make a path towards Seiyuri, the one kunoichi with medical skill. <br><br>"Seiyuri!"<br>He called out, looking for her, spotting her giving orders and watching as some of the wood men turned towards her. Making sure to avoid the task team setting up explosive tags he ended up close to her, panting. <br>"Hey, she needs help."<br>Kyo said with a deep pant for air, helping her gently down before turning towards the things charging towards them.<br>"I'll get them off your back, help her, i think she is only a villager who got caught in this mess."<br>He asked, turning to engage the creatures with his sword drawn, swinging wide arcs to test how strong the wood could truly be against tempered steel with the slightest hint of chakra infused into the edge. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>17-07-2011, 18:14:30</strong>
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				Currently unaware of the danger above them Seiyuri had been momentarily distracted as her kunai strike the wooden golem watching curiously for any signs of reaction. It was only by cosmic chance that she caught a glimpse of the figure standing off to the side. His choice of clothing nearly blended him seamlessly into the background - and it was a him by the length and shape of the build; unless Konoha had been hiding a muscular amazon that she wasn't aware of. Sei would have over looked him as being part of the foliage if the man hadn't shifted to visually reverse the kunai's trajectory back to her. For a split second their gazes met before he disappeared into the tree tops, light from the fire below glinted off the Leaf symbol on his sword belt just as he vanished.<br><br>Sei didn't have time to curse as her attention was quickly drawn to the new swarm wooden golems climbing the trees to get to the genin there by Sei inadvertently giving their position away. The man's vanishing and the appearance of this swarm wasn't lost on her as Seiyuri quickly created two basic shadow clone setting them to survey the area through the tree top to get a fix on the mysterious leaf ninja by taking opposite route around the area.<br><br>Hearing her name being called Seiyuri looked down. Kyo had made his way out of the pit with a girl around their age clinging to his back looking to be in bad condition. The medic cast an apologetic look at Jun <strong>"I hope you can take over from here, I'm needed down there."</strong> With that the green haired kunoichi leapt off the branch she was standing, easily twisting in the air to land her her feet in a crouched position near Kyo. <br><br><strong>"I'll need you to help keep them off me while I check her."</strong> She cut her eye up to the kenjutsu user <strong>"Also be on the look out I think one of the examiners might be controlling these things,"</strong> she said giving him a description of the man she had seen.<br><br>She turned her attention to the girl in front of her. <strong>"Sorry I can't treat you under better circumstance, but I'll do what I can for you." </strong>she told the girl using the calm soothing voice she used with all her patients, a habit that came naturally to her. She worked quickly and efficiently as she could having been trained under harsher, though admitted not was strange or weird, conditions than this. Using her skills she began inspect and treat the girl's various injuries subtly examining her just in case she wasn't she appeared to be. She healed the worst of the wounds while speeding up the process with the more superficial ones, simply bandaging them and letting them heal naturally thus letting Seiyuri to conserve as much of her energy as possible for the times ahead.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>20-07-2011, 10:38:08</strong>
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				Kuroda's frown deepened when the wood people survived his attack. It appeared that they had a layer of sticky sap underneath their wooden exteriors. It made sense, he supposed: These things lived in a forest, and were made of wood, they would have to have some sort of defense against forest fires. But their clever defense mechanism didn't make the job of destroying them any easier. But fire wasn't the only way to destroy trees.<br><br>He noticed that Kyo had made it out of the hole alright, thankfully. And with a passenger in tow. His eyes narrowed as he saw the woman being rushed over to the main group, the med-nin beginning to tend to her. Something about this didn't seem right to him. The woman was clearly a civilian. What would she be doing in such a dangerous place, during the chunin exam no less? He would definitely be keeping an eye on her. But Kuroda had more pressing concerns at the moment.<br><br>The Uchiha leapt form his perch, avoiding the blackened, wooden spikes that threatened to impale him. Before he hit the ground, he was able to throw a few shuriken and kunai at the blackened, sap covered wood men. They stuck fast, managing to penetrate through the layer of sap and into the wood underneath. When his feet hit the ground, he was already performing another set of seals. If fire couldn't destroy these things, maybe a different force of nature was called for.<br><br><em>Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder!</em><br><br>Bolts of electricity shot out of Kuroda's hands, just a large enough amount to hit the tree men he'd previously attacked. The lightning flew at them, the majority of it drawn to the metal weapons that were stuck in their bodies. Kuroda had seen what lightning could do when it struck a tree. He hoped that this would have a similar effect, or at least be able to bypass the gooey defenses of the tree people's sap. If they couldn't find a surefire way to get rid of these things and fast, they'd all be screwed. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>22-07-2011, 02:15:24</strong>
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				The battlefield suddenly shifted, and after a brief storm of action...was silent.<br><br>Suicide and his clones had torn apart one of the wooden men, Kuroda's magnetism storm had blasted apart three already badly damaged tree drones, Kyo with his chakra-infused blade had managed to land a few key hits on another, and the other genin had managed to rally around and fend off their attackers.<br><br>This, coupled with Seiyuri's noting of their apparant controller, was evidently enough for whatever mind was controlling the drones. Those that weren't already in little bits and chips on the forest floor, froze, as if the life had been sucked out of them. All animation and life fled from the wooden creatures, returning to stump-like entities once more, indistinguishable from the rest of the forest, completely still and, well, dead.<br><br>As quiet descended upon the clearing, the only sound that could be heard was the whimpers from the wounded purple-shift wearing girl whom Kyo had so bravely rescued single-handedly, and Seiyuri had performed vital medical action on. Her bleeding had stemmed, her bruises looked far less severe, the pain had gone from her troubled eyes. She groaned a little as she began to take in her surroundings, lifted from her haze of pain. She had dark, long hair, deep brown eyes, and had pale skin. Her purple shift was torn in several places, and Seiyuri's bandages were well visible. As she came around, she whispered to the nearest friendly looking face (that was either Seiyuri or Kyo or both)..."What happened...thank you...who..." Before taking deep breaths again. Her eyes flickered.<br><br>A couple of other genin had received bad scythe-wounds from the wooden men, and there was one genin who definately wouldn't be getting up again...<br><br>Fuu made her grief known to the group as she stood over the body of her little brother, Niikon. <br><br>She wailed in anger, desparation and sadness as the younger Orikama sibling's glazed eyes gazed lifelessly up into the sky. Dropping to her knees, her own minor injuries forgotten, Fuu clutched Niikon to her, his limbs shifting obscenely with dead weight. She shuddered, and began to curse angrily.<br><br>"Bastards...Mad Hermit...Green Shadow...bastardsbastardsbastards...I'll kill them...I'll kill them all..." Whipping her head up, Fuu's normally black eyes fixed wildly on the group of other genin. "Where were you?! We needed help..." Fuu broke back down into silent sobs once more. The other genin looked awkwardly to the ground, one looked to Kyo, another to the med-nin, Seiyuri, although it was hard to tell if those were looks of accusation or a silent plea for backup.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>30-07-2011, 02:27:48</strong>
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				Kyo heard the screams and looked down in disappointment, he had managed to save the person who had been wailing in the pit but it had cost the life of a fellow ninja. The Kenjutsu aspirant approached the elder sister losing herself to her grief sympathetically. As he passed the nervous looking genin he turned to a few.<br>"Go and see if you can find the trail of that ninja, do not engage them we now see how strong he is and we have to remember we are still being tested." <br>He absently ordered, giving them a chance to nod and get away. <br><br>"I am sorry about your brother."<br>He said as he knelt onto a knee across from her, leaving her dead brother between them. His hands moved carefully to his face, closing his eyes for him before he attempted to loosen the hold she had on him in order to prevent the contortion her sister's sobbing had brought to him. <br>"We need to keep moving...do you want to bury him here or make a pyre for him? We do not have much time but I will stay here with you to see to it he has a proper burial."<br>Kyo offered. In truth he did not know the siblings well but he understood her grief and it was taking a lot for him to keep his own emotions under control. Until that day he had never dealt with death so closely. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>04-08-2011, 06:48:40</strong>
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				Kuroda grinned in savage triumph when his idea worked. The tree men had shattered under the power that was coursing through their bodies. But as excited as he was to finally have a way to destroy these things, he also knew that he didn't have the chakra reserves to destroy many more of them in the same manner. But before he could go through the mental calculations of how many more he could destroy before he ran out of chakra, the wood men all seemed to freeze. Whatever was powering them to move seemed to have stopped. The dark haired young man could only sigh in relief. <br><br>When the quiet stillness of the battlefield was disrupted by sobs, he turned to see that one female ninja crying over the body of her dead brother. The sight made Kuroda's heart soften. He knew what it was like to lose a brother, and could understand what she was going through. He was about to say something when that swordsman moved over and started firing off suggestions. He knew that Kyo was just trying to help, but Kuroda just shook his head impatiently. <br><br>"You really want to stay here by yourself, after what just happened? And to give away the fact that you are still here by lighting a funeral pyre? Probably not the best idea. And I think we have a more pressing concern at the moment." His gaze shifted over to the injured girl that Seiyuri was treating. "Like what we're going to do with her." He still didn't trust this woman. What was she doing here? 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>06-08-2011, 08:49:06</strong>
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				Quietly Seiyuri made her way over to Fuu. Knowing nothing she could say would be of any use. Seiyuri ignored Fuu's grief stricken comments as she crouched down placing two fingers against the youngest brother's neck to check for a pulse she instinctively knew would not be there. Releasing a soft sigh she shook her head as she raised her hands and formed a set of strange seals a before gently touching an index finger to Niikon's forehead. The jutsu was a simple one of her own design that would clean the body of present blood and other other external fluids, it could even repair the the wounds inflicted upon the body but Seiyuri felt it best to leave those as they were in the off chance the medical personnel would document his injuries for the customary autopsy. <br><br><em>I am sorry Fuu- san. There is little I can do for the dead</em>, she thought. <em>All I can do is continue on for the living. </em><br><br>Seeing she could be of no more help Seiyuri silently, yet calmly, went about tending to the others who had sustained injuries from the fight, leaving Kuroda to deal with Fuu for the time being as she recollected her thoughts. Occasionally her shaded gaze would speculatively fall on the girl Kyo had pulled from the pit.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>06-08-2011, 17:28:04</strong>
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				"It may not be the best idea, but it is the right one."<br>Kyo said, looking towards Kuroda and in the direction she pointed. <br>"If you are so concerned about her, leave her here with me. I will protect her until I can get her to safety."<br>He added, sighing deeply before he stood up to look at those still lingering around. Kyo was unsure on what to do next, his hand idly slid along the handle of his sword. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>16-08-2011, 14:33:10</strong>
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				Fuu looked from Kyo to Kuroda and back, watching the exchange with little apparant interest.<br><br>Her strangely cold eyes were brimming with emotion, tears had tracked lines onto her cheeks and down across her half-mask.<br><br>She looked at Kyo, who was offering to build a pyre for Niikon.<br><br>"How...how can you be...aren't you all horrified that the people who teach us and protect us can let this happen!?"<br><br>Her eyes flicked back over to Kuroda.<br><br>"You're right. Never trust anyone. Look out only for yourself." Fuu's eyes brimmed with tears again as she looked down at her dead little brother. "We learned that the hard way, didn't we little Niikon? Now all our hard work has been torn to shreds by our own village."<br><br>Looking at the assembled genin, and Seiyuri as she went and tended the wounded, Fuu raised her voice, trembling with rage.<br><br>"You can all let this happen and go back to Konoha like nothing ever happened, but I won't. I refuse. You hear me?!"<br><br>Fuu shreiked at the trees, as if the Hokage himself was watching.<br><br>"You cruel bastards. I will never forget this...and I will never forgive Konoha."<br><br>Fuu looked at the genin again.<br><br>"Think on this. If you have any thoughts of your own, any discomfort with a village that would kill their own ninja...if you ever get disenchanted with this blasted place...come find me."<br><br>Without another word, the masked girl slung Niikon's corpe over her shoulder and broke into a sprint through the trees, away from the clearing.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>18-08-2011, 11:20:51</strong>
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				Kuroda's brow furrowed at Fuu's comment. He hadn't quite meant to not trust anyone. More like, be careful of who you trust. But with how distraught the girl was, she probably wasn't thinking straight. He looked at the body as the medic nin girl did something to the body. Probably to keep the body preserved. It was a terrible shame. The boy would have become an asset to Konoha, should he have lived. But it seemed that fate had chosen differently. <br><br>He said nothing as she began to shout and curse Konoha. He only frowned at her, sadness and pity in his gaze. As the distraught kunoichi picked up her brother's corpse and ran, he watched her running towards the tree line. "What happened here was unfortunate." He wasn't speaking directly to her, but his voice was carrying so he could address all of the remaining genin. "But it is also necessary. These exams may seem cruel, brutal, and unfair. But these are to prove that we are worthy of being called shinobi." <br><br>He turned away from where Fuu had run off. "If you aren't able to handle exams in a controlled environment, how do you expect to survive actual missions? These are child's play compared to what we may have to face someday. When we put on these headbands," he tapped the metal plate on his own, "we are putting our lives on the line. For the sake of protecting our respective villages, and the people who live within them. So if you're doubting yourself, and aren't willing to risk your life, I advise you to leave this exam now. Because that doubt and hesitance may not only get you killed, but also those comrades who are depending on you." He looked around, waiting to see if any other genin would run off, or if they would stay and see this through. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>19-08-2011, 16:09:04</strong>
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				<strong>Seiyuri</strong><br><br>Behind her shades, serpentine emerald eyes watched as the drama unfold. She had remained silent for the most part, listening as Fuu vented her grief and anger. It was understood that she would be close to her sibling, they were family after all, but did she truly think that any of the genin present would make it through these coming days unscathed? That she and her brothers would be the only exception? Kuroda was right. If you couldn't take it in a controlled environment how did one expect to survive the world beyond the walls of their respective villages while out on mission. <br><br>Everyone here would loose something precious in the coming days, be changed in ways they never conceived; they could loose their friends, their innocence and faith, compassion and very likely even their lives as Niiko had just proven. You're either strong enough to push pass the pain or you let it break you. Pushing such jaded thoughts from her mind before they stir even more apathy than she already felt she looked around to the other genin, gauging their reactions. <br><br>Still, she only hoped Fuu's words were said only in the heat of the moment due to her grief because if not Seiyuri would hate to have take any measures where the other the girl was concerned. For now it best to simply keep an eye out on her when their paths would cross. <br><br><strong>"It simply falls down to two things: Do or do not, there is no try."</strong><br><br>_____________________________________________________________________<br><br><strong>Reina</strong><br><br>Reina had risen before the sun to prepare for her participation in the Chuunin exams. To say that she was than a little excited would be an understatement but Moriko-sensei had assured her that she and her team was more than ready to join.Getting out of bed she stumbled her way over to the small bathroom attached to her room and went about taking a cold shower, thankfully the weights Moriko-sensei had given her were waterproof so she didn't have to worry about taking them off. She gasped as the frigid water touched her skin instantly banishing the last vestige of sleep from her as she was went about washing herself from head to toe. When she was done and was dried she continued on to brushing her teeth. Stepping back into her bedroom Reina had quickly dressed in the outfit she had laid out the night before; a pair of shorts, a brief tube top with a single strap over her left shoulder over a mesh shirt with elbow and knee guards along and fingerless combat gloves with metal plate backing with some to be worn on her left forearm and right leg with a pair of sturdy kunoichi boot to complete the look. <br><br>Going over to her vanity she picked up a brush and began running it through her hair before reaching into the top right drawer of her dresser and pulled out a what looked like the length of a whip though much slimmer with&nbsp; barbs going down on either side with a kunai (half the size smaller) tied off at the end. Securing the top attachment of the improvised weapon in a fashion similar like to one putting in a hairband Reina began braiding her thick hair over it, cleverly disguising the weapon within her hair and tying it off near the end leaving just enough to hide the kunai attachment at the end. Anyone thinking to grab her hair for an advantage were surly going to be in for a nasty surprise.&nbsp; Next she put on the some dark grey arm and leg warmers to hide the training weights she was wearing. Grabbing her hip pouch containing her additional kunai, smoke bombs and her secret indulgence - the latest release of Make Out Paradise which she ingeniously hidden within a book cover so non of the others would catch on. Checking her reflection in the mirror over her dresser she more than happy with her appearance. <br><br>Grabbing a small satchel she placed from her closet she packed a few other neccessary items such as an extra change of clothes, rations and a canteen of water along with purification tablets and some basic first aid supplies along with some flint and steel and a thermal weather proof cloak. Once she had that she set the bag bag the door as she went about fixing herself a quick breakfast. By the time she left her small abode it was getting close for the exam to start she had to the meeting spot with a speed that left most (if not all) genin her rank feeling dizzy. She had made just in time as Izuka went crazy on the participants flings every which way with his justus and taijutsu culling present numbers considerably. What genins were left in the immediate vicinity, herself included, decided to work together until they could figure out what was going on. They broke off into two groups, one - lead by Fuu would the offensive team, on the ground floor while the other, taking to the trees and following them would be the defense team, their back up should something went wrong. <br><br>And it did. In trying to help some unknown girl that Kyo had pulled out of the put their were ambushed by strange wooden golem creatures many from both side put up a valiant fight and able to fight the creature off but not without casualties and only one fatality; Fuu's younger brother. Reina couldn't help but sorry for the other girl and to some extent felt her words had some merit but in the long run and as painful as it was to think it Reina was grateful for experience of losing a comrade now rather than later when there was the chance she might freeze at the worst moment or worse. <br><br>The taijutsu specialist looked around. <strong>"So what do we do now? We could try to move on, which I am personally in the favor of and try to find a more defensible spot where we can rest for a while or we can set up camp here."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>22-08-2011, 05:00:11</strong>
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				Kyo watched as the girl he had tried to help with the death of her brother bellow in rage and curse the village. He did not feel the same way as her but he doubted he would since he had no siblings. The aspiring Kenjustu ninja knew in advance he might not return from the exams but he still felt sorry for her loss. He simply stared at her vanishing form when she and her remaining brother turned and ran off. His thumb ran across the hilt of his sword as he lost himself in contemplation. <br><br>"We are here for a reason, I am moving onward...if anything we need to tell someone about Fuu and her siblings and escort the injured to the boundaries of the test area."<br>He said as he walked towards Seiyuri and the girl he had helped out of the pit.<br>"Is she ok to walk? I can help get her out of here." Kyo asked the mednin before moving towards her, offering her his hand to help her out of the testing grounds. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>01-09-2011, 20:21:10</strong>
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				As Kuroda, Seiyuri, Reina and Kyo began to mull over what to do next with the exam and the girl, a thin keening picked up from the above twilight sky, as star slowly blurred into existence as evening began to fall.<br><br>The keening picked up at a slow pitch, and the genin could slowly begin to make out the noise...it almost had the pitch of a human.<br><br>A human scream.<br><br>No doubt reaching for their weapons now or preparing to weave hand signs, the keening was accompanied by the image of a red bolt plummeting to the ground at breakneck speed. The chilling scream was audible, now.<br><br>"KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!!"<br><br>The Mad Hermit struck the ground with so much force it cracked underneath his feet, dust and leaves exploding outwards from underneath him as he landed perfectly on one knee and one fist.<br><br>Seemingly ignorant of the assembled genin, the red-robed grey-haired sennin looked around madly. Standing, he cursed roundly and loudly, words that may make some of the remaining girls blush.<br><br>Finally Ikuza, the Mad Hermit addressed the genin.<br><br>"She's gone, hasn't she? I'm too late! Bastard Green Shadow probably wanted it to work out this way."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>03-09-2011, 03:03:36</strong>
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				Kuroda was glad when he saw that most of the genin had decided to stick around. And he couldn't help but smile a bit at what Seiyuri had said. He wasn't sure why that saying was so popular, but he felt like it did apply to this situation. You would either pass and become a chunin, or you would fail. And possibly die. <br><br>He looked at Reina and Kyo as each of them spoke. Going somewhere that would be more defensible would be good in theory. But he doubted anyone was familiar enough with the forest to know where a place like that might even be. They'd just be stumbling blindly through the woods. Then again, hadn't he argued earlier that staying put wouldn't do them any good either? But without any sort of objective, they'd just be wasting energy. <br><br>That's when he started hearing that strange sound. He held his hand up. "Wait... be quiet..." his eyes darted around, trying to locate where the sound was coming from. As the sound change, he turned his head, scowling. Was this just another trap? That's when he realized the sound was from above, and he looked up. "Move!" He leapt back, avoiding the shockwave that was made by the Mad Hermit's impact.<br><br>As he landed on the cracked ground, the Uchiha's normally blue eyes turned blood red. And two tomoe set themselves in the red, surrounding his pupils. He was getting tired of all this bullshit, and he wasn't going to get caught off guard by the crazed sanin. His body was a defensive stance, ready to move if he should need to. It didn't seem like they were going to be attacked, but he wasn't lowering his guard.<br><br>"Yeah... she is." He said, referring to Fuu. "So, are you here to give us an actual objective for the exam?" Or was he just showing up to help thin the ranks of the remaining genin, until only a handful remained? 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>03-09-2011, 06:27:39</strong>
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				"Ikuza-sama!"<br>He practically growled, going on the edge after what he had done earlier at the start of the test. It might not have been the mad hermit's fault but everything had led up to what had happened after his attack. The look on his eyes was practically hostile "What about the Green Shadow?" Kyo muttered, helping the girl move with one of her arms around his shoulders. He wanted to send her back to the village with the mad hermit, but he might have been the one to toss her down there which meant he would have to bare with her a little longer. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>07-09-2011, 06:48:20</strong>
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				<strong>Reina and Seiyuri</strong><br><br>The medic and the taijutsu specialist weren't the only ones suddenly on their guards at the unexpected sight of the mad hermit and they certainly weren't the only ones giving the questionably sane man weary looks. behind shades Seiyuri eyes narrowed contemplatively on Izuka. <strong>"Yes, I am quiet curious as to what you think our Hokage has planned for us."</strong><br><br>Reina moved subtly shifted her stance keeping her body relaxed and her weight balanced on the balls of her feet should she need to move to intercept Izuka. The young martial artist had no illusion about her chances against the powerful Hermit in a straight out match. She could only hope that she would buy the others enough time to scatter should the two teams need to move by providing the distraction. Sometimes one needed to be sacrificed so that the many may succeed. All she ever wanted out of these exams was to make her Moriko-sensei proud and that didn't necessarily mean passing this exam - only that she give it her all and be satisfied with what she had accomplished.<br><br>There would be other exams. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>07-09-2011, 14:07:26</strong>
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				Ikuza reluctantly took his eyes from where Fuu had disappeared to.<br><br>He rubbed his face, his grey-white hair falling over his eyes. He couldn't help but notice Kuroda activating his Sharingan, and also the taijutsu-girl, Reina, subtly but definately shift into an offensive posture.<br><br>The Mad Hermit smiled faintly.<br><br>"An objective...yes. A good idea. Better than lunch."<br><br>Ikuza nodded at Kuroda, then Kyo.<br><br>"The girl you rescued. Quite honourable of you, and well-done, even though a casualty was inflicted. Can't be helped...you'll see a lot worse than that in the real world. However."<br><br>Ikuza gazed at the genin with meaning, his red robes shifting faintly in the evening breeze.<br><br>"She's a civilian spy from the Stone village. Our detection defenses didn't pick her up because her chakra levels are so low...even an academy-level student would be picked up on our sensors, but not a civilian, apparantly. I don't know how long she's been here, but she's still clearly alive. Who knows what information she's still carrying."<br><br>Ikuza nodded once at Kyo, Seiyuri, Reina, Kuroda.<br><br>"Kill her, and we finish the exam."<br><br>He said it casually, without any emotion, as one would discuss the weather.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>08-09-2011, 23:10:36</strong>
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				"Kill her?" <br>Kyo repeated the mad hermit's command, his jaw clenched. He did not have an issue carrying out the order, the moment he said she was a civilian spy his care for the person plummeted dramatically. She was even shrugged off and stumbled to the ground, his attention turned to the hermit.<br><br>"If she is a spy, she has information we can use. She can be interrogated back at the village and imprisoned, I will not murder her before all of you when she did not even threaten me nor anyone else. I am going to take her back to the village and turn her in, no one is going to kill her or they will have to go past me first."<br>He warned as he allowed his hand to slide to his hilt to watch them. Kyo did not think he was better than the other students but he would fight them off if they all thought killing the girl was the only way to end the exam. He was prepared to fail and spend another year hauling orders from his parents farm to the villagers if need be. <br><br>If the mad hermit wanted her dead he could do it himself, Kyo knew he was no match for a sanin. The fledgling Kenjustu student had never been in a time of war but his grandfather had and with the accusation of the girl being a spy he thought of his family. If someone would have ordered his grandfather executed for belonging to the other side then would have not be standing there before his fellow Chunin attempting to pass his exam. <br>"Seiyuri...do you have any rope?" He asked cautiously, she was hurt but she was a spy and would be treated as one. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>09-09-2011, 06:20:05</strong>
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				A spy? Kuroda's gaze flicked to the woman for a moment, before returning to the sanin. Killing a spy seemed like a bit of a tall order for a group of genin. Assassinations were usually left to experienced Jonin and ANBU. But since she was just a civilian, found in the middle of the chunin exam, the mad hermit was probably just going with the flow.<br><br>When Kyo refused to kill her. But when he said that anyone else who wanted to kill her would have to go through him first, the young Uchiha felt a surge of anger go through him. "I'm sorry, but, is your hearing damaged? Because I'm pretty sure the order was to kill her." His eyes were still flashing that dangerous crimson color, indicating that his Sharingan was still active. "If you don't have the stomach for it, that's one matter, but interfering with an order is an act of treason, as I recall. Now, are you going to move, or will I have to move through you?" He began to walk towards the sword user and the spy, drawing a single kunai from his weapons pouch. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>13-09-2011, 03:12:27</strong>
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				"Don't start assuming I do not have a stomach for something, I saved her, she is my prisoner and I will turn her into ANBU for questioning and if you have a problem with that, then you better come at me. I do not want to fight a fellow villager but don't assume I won't."<br>Kyo snarled back, fulling drawing the blade and holding it at the ready against the approaching Uchiha. The blade began to hum and glow a feint blue, making it obvious the blade was infused with chakra. His feet parted and fell into a stance as both hands wrapped themselves around the hilt. Kyo was unsure what side the others would pick but he didn't see his side being to popular. <br>"Killing a ninja in battle or over a belief is right, but a civilian...I will not tarnish my family's name with that. We are not scum that resort to that...the mad hermit can be lying to you for all you know!"<br>He subtly accused, glancing back at the sanin before looking back at his opponent. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>13-09-2011, 11:16:04</strong>
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				Seiyuri stood unerringly still watching the scene play out before her before settling her eyes on the civilian spy. She canted her head slightly to the left as a slim hand reached up and pulled the shades down to the end of a slender pert nose. revealing for the first time her emerald slitted eyes as she stared over the rim of the glasses at Kyo's 'prisoner' reassessing her in a way that could only be explained as coldly methodical and apathetic. <br><br>When she had initially healed the girl she bad been concentrating on both the internal and external damage done to the the girl. She had merely assumed she was one of the participating genin from another village that had run low on chakra and had fallen into a trap. Now that Izuka brought it up it would explain why the possible spy's chakra reserves hadn't begun rebuild like a ninja's would since by definition civilian never had much access or control over their own internal energies. <br><br>Given her medical skills, under normal circumstances Sei would been able to extrapolate a fair amount of detail from just simply examining the patient, what kind of training they had received and what profession they might be engaged in by the physical marks left on their body. But she was working under normal circumstances and the with horrendous condition that Kyo had been in when Kyo had pulled from that pit the young medic nin doubted she would have gotten an accurate findings.<br><br>But then again they were taking the word of an eccentric Sanin during and examination to test their physical and mental fortitude. Slitted pupils&nbsp; moved between the Kyo and Kuroda before moving over to the Izuka, as she studied him contemplatively, the gears in her mind turning as she went over the dilemma in her mind. The girl, not much older than they were was supposedly a spy from Stone. Killing her would end the test but yet it is unknown what information it is that she possibly carries.<br><br>since everyone was focused on the stand off between the two boys Seiyuri used the opportunity to use her stealth to seemingly appear beside the prisoner. <strong>"I have a better idea," </strong>she stated; her voice was calm, soft and nearly devoid and any emotional inflictions. Reaching into the weapons holster attached to her left thigh she pulled out a special treated senbon - one coated in a poison of her own design one that worked as both truth serum and arsenic at the same time. Telling the truth would delay the poison but lying would accelerate it due to the chemical reactions one produced when lying. Not giving Kyo time to react she struck with the senbon aiming for an artery in the girl's arm. <strong>"What I have just given you is a special cocktail. If you truthfully answer our questions at the end I'll give you the antidote. If you lie you will only killing yourself as the poison in the serum will react to the chemical imbalance cause by your falsehood and active the inherit toxin and will only accelerate each time you lie."</strong> There was hardly any emotion pass the calm facade she presented. While the serum would do exactly as she said she neglected to mention that she gave her a non lethal doze of the stuff so while it will cause her great discomfort to lie - it wouldn't kill her. Not that she or the others needed to know that, just yet. She wanted to see what information this chit had. <br><br>She waited until the girl's eyes had began dilated from the effects of the serum before speaking again. <strong>"Now, then Let's start with something simple. What color are my eyes.?"</strong> she asked in an almost conversational manner.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>18-09-2011, 17:13:32</strong>
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				Ikuza looked from one genin to the other as they apparantly made their decisions.<br><br>Kuroda, the Uchiha boy, was determined to follow direct orders from a superior and do his utmost to protect his village, to the best of his knowledge.<br><br>Kyo, the kenjutsu specialist, had drawn his chakra-blade and was prepared to fight to defend his morals and his ninja way by protecting an unarmed civilian, to the best of his knowledge.<br><br>Seiyuri had gone with neither of the two. She was using her skills to attempt to interrogate the subject right there and then, trying to ascertain if Ikuza's command was valid before her comrades shed each other's blood to decide the girl's fate.<br><br>Unfortunately for Seiyuri, the girl was unconscious and wouldn't be responding to the truth serum anytime soon. Seiyuri could try and rouse her with some more home-made ninja drugs...but how much would the girl's body take? She'd been through a lot, and lost a lot of blood. Also, just how long would Ikuza let all this go on before he'd do the deed himself? <br><br>As it was, the red-robed Sannin said nothing, and watched events unfold.<br><br><em>Let the two fight each other. They both have points of equal value, both have points of view that Konoha needs. Now let's see who has the physical ability to back theirs up.</em><br><br>Ikuza smiled very faintly and watched the unfolding duel.<br><br><em>As for the medic girl, well. She'll need to re-evaluate her position now that her first attempt hasn't worked. Will she throw her weight in with one of the other two? Will she risk another impromptu medical procedure on the girl? Will she appeal to me for more information? Something else, maybe?</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>21-09-2011, 08:20:15</strong>
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				"This isn't about beliefs, you idiot. This is for the safety of our village. And she's only a civilian. What makes you think she would know anything worth knowing? You think that the Stone Village fills their normal citizens in on any big secrets? I certainly don't think so. Now stand aside." The Uchiha frowned as the swordsman drew his blade and infused it with his chakra. "So you won't back down... fine then. But you had better be sure that you know what you're up against." Kuroda held up his kunai, but stopped moving, his eyes moving from Kyo to Seiyuri as she intervened.<br><br>He smiled as the girl plunged a senbon into the spy's arm. He wasn't aware that any sort of concoction was capable of such a thing. If it was, then bravo. If she was just bluffing, they he applauded her all the same. The young Uchiha felt he could live with this. But his smile fell when he noticed that the girl seemed to have chosen that moment to fall unconscious. Just fantastic. <br><br>Red eyes shifted back up to the kenjutsu specialist. "Well, looks like we're right back where we started." He was going to attack, but he needed to watch out. Seiyuri was still by the unconscious spy, and the wrong jutsu could catch her in the cross fire. He didn't want that, since the emerald eyed (he couldn't help but notice, since her shades had slid down her nose a bit) med-nin didn't seem like she would keep him from carrying out the assigned task.<br><br>Without warning, Kuroda threw his kunai towards the unconscious spy, aiming right for her forehead. If he wanted to keep the prisoner alive, Kyo would have to block it. Taking advantage of this, Kuroda quickly performed a set of seals. <br><br><strong>Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Running Technique!</strong><br><br>Electricity sprung from his hands, and took the shape of a hound. A small stream of electricity kept the lightning animal connected to Kuroda's hand. It dashed at the swordsman. 'So, what have you got up your sleeve?' the Uchiha wondered, waiting to see how Kyo would handle this. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>21-09-2011, 08:36:09</strong>
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				Kyo was done talking, a deadly calm slowly crept along his normally jovial face at his opponent. If he expected him to go easy on him because they were "allies" he was wrong and about to find out. <br><br>Without blink and eye he flicked his wrist and sent the Kunai flying in every which way except towards the passed out girl. He did not have a chance to consider what Seiyuri had done or he would fall victim to the lightening attack. Concentrating more of his own Chakra into the blade until it nearly vibrated he gripped the hilt with both hands and charged into the attack ready to meet it before gracefully leaping into the air and attempted to come down onto the red eyed genin. <br><br>He had to get in close, block off his freedom to perform seals and nullify his own weakness against ninjutsu. Making contact or not, Kyo pressed his attacks, slashing and stabbing at him with the intention to move him away from the prisoner he had tried to murder. That had annoyed him greatly, so much so he would do all in his power to give him no quarter. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>25-09-2011, 22:26:02</strong>
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				Kuroda didn't mind as the kunai he threw was batted aside. He'd expected that. He did frown a bit though when the kenjutsu specialist was able to slice through the lightning beast without even slowing down. It must have been the chakra flowing through the blade that prevented his lightning jutsu from having the effect he was wanting.<br><br>Oh, he was being rushed at to bring the combat into close quarters? What a big surprise. But he wasn't as at too much of a disadvantage in this area. His Sharingan allowed him to read the swordsman's moves with ease. Every slash, every thrust, it was like he could see them coming a mile off. Not to say that there weren't a few close calls, but these only resulted in some cuts to his shirt, and a few shallow scratches on his body. As he ducked and dodged, he was just waiting for- THERE!<br><br>As Kyo was about to slash at him again, he leaned back a bit, feeling the wind from the passing blade. As soon as it was safe to, he leaned forward and rushed into his opponent's face. This was the sort of range where it was too close for a sword to strike at him effectively. Grabbing onto Kyo's forearm to prevent him from using his sword for a moment, Kuroda's free hand, balled into a fist, was about to make painful contact with Kyo's ribcage. <br><br>So far, the Uchiha had only demonstrated being proficient with ninjutsu. His thinking was that his opponent would be expecting him to try to get some distance before launching his next attack. He was hoping to catch his opponent off guard with this maneuver.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>26-09-2011, 01:40:31</strong>
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				Kyo's arm was trembling, facing the electrical attack had numbed his body as the chakra laced element ran through him. Luckily his sword had taken most of the attack but the effect had not been lost on his. His attacks felt slowed and sluggish but he had to deflect the attack, had he not it would have hit both the so called spy and Seiyuri. Kuroda seemed to go on the defensive, opposite of what Kyo wished but he had pressed the attack to close the gap between them. From what he knew of the Uchia, their ninjutsu was nothing he wanted to be on the other side of, especially since he had yet to master Iiado. <br><br>"OOOF!"<br>He grunted when Kuroda got a struck right into his rib cage but it did not slow him down much. With one arm he sheathed the blade at his back and dropped low to sweep at his feet before rising up to meet him in a bought of Taijutsu. Kyo was no master but close range combat was his specialty and if Kuroda wished to stay close he would oblige. He moved with a swordsman's grace, seeking an opening but having never faced an opponent with a sharigan he was unsure if he would get an attack in at all! The realization did not stop him, Kyo had an impressive pool of stamina and the fight was turning more into a defense of ideals. <br><br>Aiming a kick into his midestion, Kyo drew his blade and swung it down in a wide arc onto Kuroda...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>26-09-2011, 18:47:24</strong>
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				Seeing the fight break out between the two boys Reina moved herself around avoiding their combat to make her way to the downed girl and the medic while keeping the creepy sanin in her peripheral sight. There was something about the medic that set the taijutsu specialist on edge, something that told her that seemingly mild mannered medic was capable of far more then she let on. Medics were trained in the art of saving lives and were, to her knowledge, extremely hesitant to use that knowledge to bring harm - but she didn't get that feeling from Seiyuri. There was something in those serpentine eyes that told Reina she was fully capable and <em>willing</em> to use her skills to inflict harm as she was to heal should the need arise. Rather than not take that chance she crouched down beside the unconscious girl and lifted her into her arms as if she weight nothing and brought her out of the line of fire of the fight, laying her rest at the feet on a nearby tree as she took a relaxed defensive stance in front of her.<br><br>For her part Seiyuri only raised an eyebrow at Reina's protective actions, watching her with those unnerving eyes as she moved her patient away from the fight. Even a few of the other genin looking at her weirdly. Taking a deep breath to clear her mind she pushed back the creeping apathy as she dodged a few of the kunai that had made it past Kyo, jumping back and landing near the Sanin. She looked at the Sanin, a question forming in her mind. <strong>"How accurate is the information that says this girl is a spy Izuka-dono? If what you say is true then the security measure shouldn't have have been able to pick her up to begin with if she would have just read off as a civilian."</strong><br><br>Reina heard the question and understood where the medic was going. Not taking her full attention away from the fight she glance in Izuka and Seiyuri's direction. <strong>"You mean to say something else tripped the sensors?"</strong><br><br>Seiyuri nodded. <strong>"Given the condition she was found in she had been trapped in that pit for days at least. A good spy would have learned the terrain and would have known to avoid the forest given all the stories about it. There are numerous of other ways she could have left the village than coming through here. So that suggest several things; 1) She is an accomplice that was tricked into coming out here to unwilling become a scapegoat. 2) She is not an accomplice but rather someone that could have been lured out by the actual spy and thrown into the pit while the spy used a henge to transform into the girl and leave her to take the fall once she is discovered by tripping the sensors when they had what they came for. This, I feel would be the more likely scenario Izuka-sama, supported by the fact that everyone was accounted for when the test started - no one was missing, everyone had to check in at the guard station before meeting at the designated starting point.<br><br>Then there is the long shot but still the unlikely but plausible option 3) She came out here on a dare, got lost and fell into the pit."</strong><br><br>Reina nodded. Those did seem like credible explanations. <strong>"Those are all well and good but how do we know if this is the real Hermit? for all we know it could someone else disguised in his likeness."</strong><br><br><strong>"We don't."</strong> she said. Reaching behind her she unsheathed her combat weapons <strong>"But I am leaning towards not. If this was Izuka-sama he would never have given us such an opening to get out this exams for there are no shortcuts when it comes to being a ninja."</strong> Like Reina, Seiyuri's stance was relaxed, deceptively slack and poised even just waiting for opportunity to react. It took the medic a few moments to piece together a few things but she believed she had a working understanding of the situation - though she could be wrong and this was acutally the Hermit Sannin standing before her. But she was willing to take the chance if it meant what her gut was telling her was right.<br><br>It all seemed a little suspicious that just as they got their team work together and they come across the injured girl they are attacked by those strange wooden creatures controlled by a strange unknown ninja who bore the leaf insignia but was one that she never seen before. Then out of the blue 'Izuka" shows up and orders them to kill the girl on the ground of her being a spy with little to no proof other circumstantial evidence much less offering proof authenticity of his identity. But then again this was an exam and there were never any guarantees. But still, Seiyuri studied the man before her hard raking his form with her eyes attempting to see anything that would give away this person was fake. <br><br>Reina shook her head focusing her attention more on Izuka, watching for his reaction. <strong>"Then we will ensure her survival and hand her over to our village authority. If it is true that she is a spy then it is vital that that information be extracted from her. If she is not then she must be protected until she is able to tell us how she came to be in her situation for there is to little to go on other than the word of someone who may or may not be who they claim to be. It would be too easy for the true guilty party to disguise themselves as someone we would normally answer to without question and use us to cover their own tracks."</strong><br><br>((sorry it took so long, hope you enjoy)) 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>26-09-2011, 20:56:16</strong>
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				Kuroda smirked when his fist met it's target. Unfortunately, the hit wasn't as strong as he thought it would be. He felt his feet being swept from underneath him. Leaning back, he pushed off the ground with his hands and landed back on his feet. He noticed that his opponent had sheathed his sword. Interesting move. But as long as he didn't have to deal with the blade, that was fine with him. Moving back in, he began trading blows with Kyo. He had to admit, he was impressed with Kyo's skills so far. But this was taking too long for his liking. <br><br>When he saw Kyo about to kick him while simultaneously drawing his sword again, Kuroda knew he needed to get some distance and put the fight back on his terms. Instead of blocking the kick, he let it hit him, leaning back a bit to reduce the force of impact. But he wasn't trying to block the sword strike either. His hands clapped together instead. He was using one of the first techniques he'd copied with his Sharingan, and one of his favorites.<br><br><strong>Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!</strong><br><br>A sudden, powerful gust of wind shot out from the Uchiha. His plan was to use the powerful wind to blast the swordsman back away from him. He didn't need to take the swordsman out, just out of the way long enough to reach the spy. When he turned and looked though, he saw that the spy had been moved, and was being protected by one of the other Genin. Reina, if he remembered right. His frown deepened to a scowl. Was he the only one who was willing to follow orders around here?<br><br>He was only able to catch the end of the conversation going on between Reina and Seiyuri, speculating if the real Izuka had been the one to show up. He shouted over to them. "When he first showed up, I activated my Sharingan for a reason. I wanted to know for sure what we were dealing with." He looked back over to Kyo, not wanting to take his eyes off his opponent for too long. His Sharingan did more than just copy techniques and track movements. It allowed him to see through genjutsu. And while it couldn't see the chakra network like the Byakugan could, it could see the flow of the chakra. "As far as my eyes can tell, he isn't a genjutsu or holding a transformation. So unless there's a Hyuuga clan member here who can contradict me, I'm inclined to believe he's the real one. And I'm sorry, but how well do any of us know Izuka, or what he would make us do for an exam? He's known as the mad hermit for a reason." 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>27-09-2011, 00:15:31</strong>
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				Ikuza's eyes flicked rapidly from the duel to the girls then back again.<br><br>"The Uchiha boy has the right of the kippers, sorry, the technicalities. I am no clone. This is no genjutsu. I am here. He's also right about that last bit. I do appear to be quite mad."<br><br>Ikuza seemed to drop the humour altogether. The situation was getting serious.<br><br>"Although if I am indeed mad, how does he know he can trust my orders?"<br><br>Ikuza seemed to shake off his ponderings as the two boys continued to attack each other and the two girls looked to him expectantly for an answer, his shaggy white hair literally flapped around his face as he shook his head. It seemed like the med-nin was coming round to backup Kyo, if not physically then ideologically. <br><br>Ikuza took a deep breath, his eyes fixing on the green-haired medic girl.<br><br>"Have you finally made your decision, then? Your choice is to keep her alive, against my orders, and take her back to the village?"<br><br>The red-robed Mad Hermit began slowly walking towards Seiyuri, his robe flowing about his ankles.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>29-09-2011, 16:24:09</strong>
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				Wary of the opening palm, Kyo side only took partial impact of the gust of wind as he spun out of the initial gust of wind!<br><br><div align="center"><strong>Wind Release! Blade of Wind! </strong></div><br>The blue glow of Chakra molded into an element, the wind picking up in the battle around he kept his vision on the Uchiha boy. <br><br>"I thought you needed it in order to stop me from slicing you in half."<br>Kyo taunted darkly, his normally cheerful and helpful demeanor long gone after the adrenaline kicked in. Both his hands grasped the blade as he fell into a stance. "I already told you what I intend to do Izuka-san and I will fight whoever stands against me..." He added, narrowing his sights on his opponent, his attention focused on his midsection. Kyo was no fool to look him in the eyes, besides concentrating on the hands and torso was vital if he ever wished to learn the lost art of Iiado. <br><br>He charged!<br><br><div align="center">(http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg157/onilobo/11.jpg)</div><br><div align="center"><strong>Blade of Wind Barrage</strong></div><br>Kyo came prepared to end it with a barrage of kicks and slashes of his sword, seeking an opening to send his opponent in the air...
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>02-10-2011, 23:56:27</strong>
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				The Uchiha chuckled. "I suppose you have a point, Ikuza-sama. But if you were that mad, you wouldn't be trusted with this exam, would you?" His apparent madness was probably the reason he was chosen for this. To keep the genin off balance. <br><br>Kuroda's eyes narrowed. "Well, I have to admit, they are useful for things like that too.." The fight was going on much longer than he had wanted it to. Between fighting the tree creatures earlier, and the sword user, his chakra was starting to run low. If he was going to win, he had to do it soon. <br><br>But as he saw the chakra forming in his opponents blade and felt the wind picking up, his lips quirked up into a smile. Wind was most useful for fanning flames. He leapt back to stay out of range. He could feel the wind start to carry him, but it was a risk he had to take. And if Kyo wanted to try to get close, he was certainly going to feel the burn. Kuroda's hands moved in a blur, the seals so familiar that he could do them in his sleep. <br><br><strong>Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!</strong><br><br>The large fireball shot from his mouth, barreling towards Kyo. The fireball expanded as it fed off the wind from Kyo's technique. Kuroda liked combining the Violent Wind Palm with his fire techniques. But if the enemy was willing to use their own wind techniques, so much the better for him. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>09-10-2011, 05:40:44</strong>
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				<strong>Seiyuri</strong><br><br>Seiyuri watched the Sanin approached, studying his movements. She made no bid to step back or move aside as he came ever closer, staring at him through hooded serpentine eyes. <strong>"You seem to misunderstand me, Izuka-dono,"</strong> she said, speaking in a soft neutral tone addressing the Sannin with an honorific of respect. <strong>"I never said that I wouldn't follow orders, I simply wanted to point out something the others seemed have over looked. "</strong> She gestured to the Uchiha and the Heishiro that were till embroiled in their combat with the other contestants looking on uncertain of what to do.&nbsp; <strong>"Orders were to eliminate the spy, you could have done that without us being the wiser or could have simply strode up and done it yourself and none of us would have really question you. Instead you gave the task to us just to see how would we react to such an order. Would we rush blindly follow them or would we stop to question them and even defy the order given in lieu of personal morals like those two."</strong><br><br>Taking a breath she continued, her voice steady, never faltering in the least as the Sanin came upon her. <strong>"I have tried to prove or disprove the validity of that claim and even threw out plausible speculations but then I realized something,"</strong> she lifted her eyes to meet Izuka's gaze directly. <strong>"A good shinobi follows his orders without hesitation while a better one would try to see a situation from all angles to ensure their actions are the right course for the mission while a truly remarkable ninja would do both"</strong><br><br><strong>"I have tried all I could think of, analyzed every possibility but it all comes down to a simple question; Am I able to live with the weight of my decisions?"</strong> She slowly put away her weapons letting her arms seemingly drift back to her sides. Begin so close the Sanin would notice the almost imperceptible movement of her right arms as she flick her wrist to release a combat senbon from her leather bracer. <strong>"You could be right and I in the wrong and just as easily vice versa but I am unwilling to take that risk. So in answer to my earlier question; Yes. I am more than wiling to lie, cheat, steal, seduce and even kill to protect my village as I trust in the orders given to us hold nothing but the best of intention for our village."</strong> Quicker than most anything the other genin's had seen Seiyuri partially turned and unless stopped by the Sanin, she would throw the needle at the unconscious spy, aiming for the heart, while Reina's attention was momentarily distracted by the fight. It would be a quick and clean death, the girl would hardly feel a thing. Quiet a few of the genins stared at the medic wide eyes and slacked jawed, particularly those that were actually from the Leaf, but perhaps what unnerved them more was the fact there was hardly a trace of remorse in the medics expression as as she turned back to Izuka.<br><br><strong>Reina</strong><br><br>Reina for her part tried to keep up with the what was being said but the closer the Mad Hermit came to the green haired medic nin the softer her voice got making matters only worse as the taijutsu specialist's attention kept wavering back to Kyo and Kuroda's fight which took on a whole new intensity. Reina could see that they were serious and if left unchecked this fight would end badly for the both of them, maybe even fatal. She faced a dilemma; did she move to intervene and prevent a potential disaster thereby leaving the unconscious girl vulnerable to those that would attack after giving her word that she would be protected until they returned to the village. <br><br>Or could she allow these two to continue fighting like they were. Watching their fight with a critical eye Reina realized the potential outcome if those two attacks were to connect. It would be devastating to say the least they could likely loose both the Uchiha and Heishiro. To Reina unless it was proven was a traitor or under the controlling influence of another it was considered unconscionable to attack a fellow leaf ninja outside the boundaries of training or sparing. Indeed it was quiet the quandary she found herself in but in the split second that her attention was vitally drawn away the situation was taken out of her hands the moment she turned her attention away for a brief moment. <br><br>Reina caught the brief flicker of light glinting of the senbon as it flew towards the spy. There was no words that could express the horror Reina felt but she had little time to react. Reaching in her her holster she grabbed and flung a kunai to intercept the senbon in its trajectory hoping to knock it off its course as she leapt to action. She would not fail in protecting two fellow leaf ninja's from themselves. If that fire mixed with that wind it would create a firestorm capable of killing both genin. <br><br>With no time to think Reina pushed Kyo out of the way with enough force to land him on the ground as she her movements flowed into executing a leg sweep to catch the Uchiha the behind the knees so two could get acquainted with the ground. <strong>"Enough! Both of you stop it this instant!."</strong> She said angrily. <strong>"There are other ways of expressing your difference of opinion than fighting against each other. Such actions like this would have likely gotten your teams killed on an actual mission. Did either of you stop to consider your actions before taking them or did that go out the window the moment the testosterone going to your heads. You could have killed each other or harmed others with your thoughtless actions. "</strong><br><br>She knelt between them, staring at both young men angrily, her cheeks stained a rosy hue with her ire. <strong>"We are Konoha. We fight our enemies, but never each other. Never should we bring to bear our blades against our brethren unless commanded and certainly not over a difference of opinion." </strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>09-10-2011, 06:55:27</strong>
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				<div align="center"><em>Kyo</em></div><hr><br>He had been prepared to meet the fireball head on, fan the flames, a smirk across his lips as he prepared to fuel the firestorm when he was caught off guard and sent skidding on his back! A dust trail was left, his reaction to slow to pick up where he was but enough to see another ninja enter the fray. A frown flushed his face at her intervention but his attention turned as he caught the shocked eyes of the others around them.<br><strong>"Tell red eyes that." </strong><br>Kyo snapped with a sneer, his blood still pumping until he saw the eyes of the other genin. The girl! He turned to look in her direction, unsure what he was going to see... 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>09-10-2011, 11:35:21</strong>
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				Kuroda was caught by surprise when he felt his legs go out from under him, landing on his back. He quickly scrambled up to his feet, glaring at the taijutsu girl who had stepped in-between him and Kyo. Though his body was feeling the strain of the fight, his glare was as hard as ever as he focused his eyes on Reina. "But we do fight those who prevent us from completing our assignments, yes? And that's exactly what I was doing. So next time I am fighting someone who tries to stop me from fulfilling my duty, don't interfere, unless you want me to take you down as well." His eyes moved back to Kyo, and then he followed the sword user's gaze, over to where the spy's body lay. He couldn't help but smile a bit when he noticed that the medic seemed to have taken his side. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>09-10-2011, 23:23:38</strong>
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				Ikuza's greying eyes bulged, barely catching the speed at which Seiyuri delivered her fatal payload at the unconscious girl.<br><br>Mashing his hands together quickly, he performed a reverse-summons jutsu on the girl, which, apart from saving her life as the senbon whistled bare nanometers past her chest, would be inherently suspicious to any and all of the genin present. Especially Seiyuri. Apart from clearly being determined to overthink things and analyse situations to her pleasure, the med-nin girl certainly didn't miss a trick. Was this really the first time Ikuza had seen the so-called spy?<br><br>With a <em>poof</em> the purple shift wearing girl appeared at the Mad Hermit's feet.<br><br>He also noted the new commotion in the Kuroda/Kyo fray, the taijutsu girl making her presence known.<br><br>"Very well. This has gone on long enough, and I have seen more than I need to in order to call this exam to a close."<br><br>Smacking the ground again with both hands, the Mad Hermit put his chakra into an earth-jutsu, creating four-foot walls of solid mud either side of Reina, blocking the three combatants from further violence and stopping the confrontation.<br><br>"Not to mention I'm damned hungry and could murder a kipper or twelve." <br><br>"You four especially have all proved your worth. More so than the other genin that came here today. I don't care about people's feelings so much, so I won't bother with the trash but will concentrate on the cream that's risen to the top. Reina, seems you finally woke up. No true harm would have come to anyone whilst I stood here, but your actions show a level-headedness that will be worthy in combat teams. Those two testosterone-ridden kippers had a right to go hell for leather at each other as far as I'm concerned, but your willingness to get involved in what is essentially an inter-team spat is worth noting, not to mention the actions that took you to get here."<br><br>The Mad Hermit turned slightly to Kuroda.<br><br>"Uchiha. Your devotion to your village embodied in your professionalism at taking orders is commendable. You will make a valuable asset to any team you are put on, and as befits one of your clan, your grasp of ninjutsu is intimidatingly good. The efficiency at which you perform the tasks given to you will make you an indispensible asset to Konoha."<br><br>A brief incline of the shaggy white-haired head to Kyo.<br><br>"You're brave. I like that. You'll need to work on either getting past your obsession with your toy, or making your toy so powerful that you don't need any other fighting style, but nevertheless, it can be worked on. Some other genin need work like you do, but none of those have your potential. Your willingness to put your life on the line for your beliefs is part of what makes our village great, and we simply cannot do without ninja with your mindset. I don't know if you and the Uchiha boy are set to become deadly rivals after this or the bestest of friends, I don't really care either way. Bear in mind that every encounter you walk away from makes you stronger, whatever the outcome."<br><br>Now to Seiyuri.<br><br>"If I talk of your intelligence, I believe you already have the maturity to not let it go to your head. I'm sure you're already smart enough to give your own assessment of your actions, and know that they are sound. All I have seen from you is razor-sharp calculations backed up with razor-sharp decisiveness. Your clarity will give others strength, and your analytic nature is the mathematics on which all ninja ways should be based."<br><br>Ikuza looked up to the sky, for apparantly no reason at all.<br><br>"You four all pass. Think on today and learn what you can. Don't forget anything that happened here. I'm going to tell the rest of the surviving examinees that they all failed."<br><br>His steely-grey eyes returned to the group of four.<br><br>"You heard me right. You four raised the bar for this exam so high that your potential comrades suffer, but so be it for they aren't as strong as you. They will get chance to take another exam soon. I however want you four put into teams immediately."<br><br>His eyes shifted again.<br><br>"Green Shadow wants numbers churned out into combat-ready teams, that's why we have so many exams so close to each other. But I want quality, and he can drag himself out of wherever he hides and fight me over it if he cares to."<br><br>Ikuza knelt down and put a hand on the girl's arm.<br><br>"By the way...I'm not going to explain her part in all this, yet."<br><br>A fiendish grin.<br><br>"I <em>could</em>, and post-exam perameters require that I should. But...as Kuroda correctly pointed out...I'm supposed to be bonkers, right? Congratulations on your passes, Chunin."<br><br><em>Poof.</em><br><br>Both Ikuza and the girl were gone, apparantly to some other part of the forest where the other examinees were. That left the four to make their own way back to Konoha's main grounds in their own time. <br><br>Night was falling.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Aiden</strong> on <strong>10-10-2011, 01:53:35</strong>
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				<div align="center"><em>Kyo </em></div><hr> <br><br>The revelation had him stunned, his eyes wide and his adrenaline fading just as quick as he heard the news that he had passed! His blade was sheathed and he could not help leap in the air with both his arms raised in the air in cheer! He was happier than he could ever explain, it meant missions, traveling away from the village and recognition as a shinobi. It sank in later that the others had failed but he did not feel sympathy for them, they had frozen in place while others had acted. <br><br>With the earth style jutsu retreating and his attention turned once more towards Kuroda he smirked at him. <strong>"Looks like I was right."</strong> He gloated, his hand lingering on his sword as if he was ready to pick up where they had been interrupted at any time.<strong> "Despite your bloodline's gift, you are blind. Let us hope your orders never clash with what I know is right or I will be there again..."</strong> He warned, not going as far as threaten, before he dropped his aggressive stance and took a deep calming breath. <br><br>It was over, but his thoughts turned to think about the med-nin's actions for a moment. He wanted to ask what had happened exactly, something went down during the fight when he had been distracted that he needed to get answers too as soon as possible. She had attempted to kill the girl and after hearing the praise by the crazy sanin, he was intrigued to talk with her but it was not the time since tempers were still high and the angry protest of the other genin who had failed. <br><br><strong>"Well see ya..." </strong><br>He said, before turning to walk back to the village. His stomach rumbled for food and he wished to share the news but he still had more questions regarding the ninja who had left mid exam after the brother had died. Kyo even moved in that direction, wondering if it was all part of the test before fully heading back to the village. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shade</strong> on <strong>10-10-2011, 08:47:35</strong>
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				Kuroda's eyes widened when the senbon struck into the ground instead of it's intended target. He turned to the Mad Hermit and saw the girl laying at her feet. His momentary surprise gave way to a lazy smile. "So, it was just part of the test after all..." His red eyes remained on Ikuza as the Earth Wall was used. Even with his Sharingan he could barely keep track of it. <br><br>When the sanin began addressing him, the med nin, the sword user, and the taijutsu girl, he was surprised. He passed? But he wasn't even able to win his fight yet. He knew that winning battles weren't everything in the chunin exam, but it wasn't until he was addressed directly that he understood the reasoning. Hearing the compliments of the sanin caused a warm feeling of pride to rise in the young Uchiha's chest. <br><br>After they were dismissed, he turned and frowned at Kyo when the boy began bragging about being right. He'd rather be blind than a fool. "And for having such a sharp blade, your mind is rather dull. There were two possibilities with that girl, and us being ordered to kill her. Either it was true, and he would have let us carry through with it. Or, it was just to test us, and he would keep us from truly harming her, and just wanted to see how we would react. And think about this: If you were right, how is it we both passed?" He shook his head. "You can be there all you like, that only means that I'll have to be sure to take care of you next time you get in my way. While I would rather not because we are both of Konoha, make no mistake that I'll do whatever it takes." <br><br>Turning away from the leaving swordsman, he scrutinized Seiyuri and allowed himself a small smile. She had realized what was going on, and had been willing to follow orders, like he had been. He had to respect her for that, even if she did take a little while longer to get to that point than he had. The Uchiha liked her a lot more than that idealistic Kyo or interfering Reina. <br><br>Giving a slight nod of acknowledgement to her, he turned and began to walk towards the border of the forest. Since the exam was supposedly over, he wasn't in a rush, and didn't want to waste anymore chakra. He kept his Sharingan active though, just in case. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Deep Hallowed Forest Examination Area</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Katra Alexion</strong> on <strong>20-10-2011, 04:09:23</strong>
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				<div align="center"><strong>~Both Seiyuri and Reina~</strong></div><br>Seiyuri stood there listening to what the Mad Hermit had to say after her actions. He had been quick to remove the spy out of harms way by using a jutsu which confirmed an earlier suspicion, though it was, in the deepest recesses of her mind - amusing to watch the Sanin's eyes go wide as saucers when he had seen her throw that senbon. Reina herself had tried to deflect the senbon with her own kunai only have it narrowly miss as she dove in to stop the two opposing clan members from creating a potential disaster.<br><br>Izuka had quickly put a stop to any further fighting as soon Reina had knocked the boys on their respective asses using an earth style jutsu to separate the three from each others line of sight. It was at that point that Izuka had made his decision on the graduates known, making his statement that only the four of them (being herself, Heishiro, the Uchiha and Reina) would progress on while the others would have to retake the next exam if they so desired due to their raising the bar so high.&nbsp; <br><br>Izuka had spoken a few words to each of the four that had made it. Seiyuri inclined her head in acknowledgement when the Sanin spoke directly to her accepting the praise and silent admonishment hidden therein. It wasn't the first time the medic nin had been complimented on her intelligence but just as often it had been remarked that she tended to over analyze things. Brushing those thoughts, Seiyuri focused her attention to Izuka's comments about their Hokage. It stood to reason that the Hokage and the other leaders from participating village would in some fashion bear witness to this exams but the way the Mad Hermit phrased his words now and earlier before when he first showed up gave Seiyuri the inkling that he might actually be present. <br><br>It wouldn't be hard to do, she conceded internally. Hardly anyone knows what he looks like and for the most part delegates his orders through his immediate subordinates. For a moment slitted green eyes narrowed&nbsp; in suspicion as she thought back to that mysterious figure she had caught a glimpse of just before those strange wooden golem disengaged in their attack upon the genins, Her eyes cautiously took in their surroundings trying to catch another glimpse of the green covered figure that she now suspected might have been their Kage. <strong><em>Green Shadow indeed,</em></strong> she thought with a wiry smile tugging the corner of her lips.&nbsp; <br><br>Soon the Mad Hermit brought his speech to a close dismissing before crack one last wise ass comment, denying them any information of the spy's part in this exam, though Sei felt she had a reasonable cool as to what it is, and disappeared with the spy in a poof of smoke. Dismissed, Sei turned to leave feeling pleased and accomplished that she had passed the Chunin Exams, on her first time no less. It would certainly be cause for celebration when she returned home.&nbsp; As she turned to leave Seiyuri caught the look of interest the Uchiha sent her way but pretended notice as pushed her shades back into place and headed off to the entrance of the forest with the others<br><br>For her own part Reina was genuinely surprised that she had passed on the first try. Sure, she figured she would eventually but on the second or third time before her talents were truly recognized, in spite of her <em>handicap</em>. Standing up she dusted herself off as the Hermit said his piece, a blush lightly staining her cheeks at the truthful assessment of her actions. <strong>"Arigato Izuka-dono."</strong> She said with a politely bow. Inside her Inner was jumping up and down screaming her joy for everyone to figuratively hear. Standing up she dusted herself off as she looked around at the others as they grumbled and complained as they started filing overall happy to be leaving this creepy woods behind them. She began to follow the others with her head held high refusing to let the whispered comments from her fellow peers from the Leaf of their astonishment that she had passed bring her down. Mariko-sensei would be thrilled to know at least one of her students had passed and it wasn't one of her other team-mates that others had betted on either. <br><br>A grin crossed her face as she imagined the expressions her now former genin team mates face when they got the news. Mariko-sensei would already know along with the other teams Jounin sensei' on who passed and failed and would be waiting for them at the appointed spot they had agreed upon when they enrolled into this exam. Inishii, Heishiro and Uchiha were already ahead of everyone else as they neared the forest's exit. Reina kept her eyes open but didn't see either of her team mates amongst those she traveled with presently. Likely they might have been one of the unlucky ones flung by Izuka at the start of the exam and were with one of the other groups the Hermit had mentioned. In that case Reina figured she had enough time to head home and get cleaned up before meeting Mariko-sensei and the others.<br><br><strong>~ Both Seiyuri and Reina go to their homes ~</strong><br><br>(<strong>OOC:</strong> <em>If Sei does manage to catch a glimpse of the "green Shadow" she will give a faint nod of acknowledgement of his presence</em>)<br><br><br>
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