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Sora ran through the maze, in his mind cycling through the events that lead up to this point, his first ever battle was against a Shinobi that was far beyond his level, although that fight was not nessicary a win for him, it was a pridful occasion as he managed to hold his own in a battle with such strength stacked against him. It was then that he remembered Jin, the seccond genin from his country to come to the exams. Had he made it to the finish yet?! As cocky as he was Sora did not doubt it, but what if he haddent? He thought about the fact that in this entire maze he could very well be the only one here alone, he had to secure some sort of aid if he was to continue onward less he be trumpted by an entire team, as much as he hated to admit it, he needed to find Jin as soon as possible. Sora stopped for a moment, trying to decide if he should go back or press on, eventually landing on his choice. He would head to the end and find out of Jin was there, and if not, time willing, he would head back and try and lead jin to the fininsh, fortunatly he had been tracking his route the entire way, so finding it again should be a peace of cake.

Yua grinned as she listened to Oasis' story about why she had no shoes, it made a lot of sense since she was from sand village why would she need shoes, Yua grinned. "Mist is very different there is little to no sun light that really get's through the mist surrounding the island, although being surround by water means lots of beaches." Yua said with a grin as they rounded another corner and Yua saw the center she smiled excitedly and ran into it, She then looked through at the boxs, there where only three that where not opened, Yua popped one open and inside was a small Kanji stone, Yua pulled it out and figuring it was important slipped it around her neck and tucked the stone behind her headband, then she turned to look back at Oasis.

[Got my stone, now to start the hiding!]
[edit:Also Sai i noticed the barrier a while back]

Notwen had arrived at the beginning of the maze. Once there, he spotted a boy in a white uniform armed with a spear, which he began twirling masterfully.
I wonder what he's up to, Notwen thought as the boy took a step forward. Then he stopped and peered at Notwen. Aw crap, i've been spotted. The gecko-boy stared athe boy in the white uniform, then pointed with his tail back the way he had come. Hopefully, the kid would understand the hint.

Jin took a few steps closer to the seal and as such, closer to the gecko. Watching the small animal, Jin use the blunt end of his spear to jab at it's head. "Why can't you stupid animals talk. Show me the way out of this damn place." Jin murmured quietly to himself, his arm constantly shaking back and forth as he continued to jab and prod the small animal with his spear. Accidentally he missed the creature and put a little more force then necessary, causing the spear's butt to crack the wall slightly. "I've spent enough time here." Smacking the gecko one last time with his spear and forcing it to fly off from the wall, Jin walked down the path opposite of which the gecko had been pointing.

"No, but I can see that you are a Night Elf Mohawk, without the Mohawk." Jin said in rebuttal as he spun around to face the dark skinned shinobi with pointy ears. The spear in his hand quickly spun around until the point was in front of him and was aimed low but ready to be used in action. "Now tell me. Why would you want to help me?" Jin asked. Keeping his eyes on the person before him, he edged back and away to allow more space between the two.

It didn't make sense for anyone but Sora, and even then, to even think about helping him. The exam had been going on for several hours now, if not longer, and he was still at the beginning of the maze. Not to mention that whoever this person was, was definitely not from his country. Geckos weren't native to Cloud Country but rather found more to the desert. If the shinobi knew where the center of the maze was, why was he still here? Chances were he didn't know and was trying to lead Jin into a trap. Or he did know and was still leading him into a trap. Whatever it was, it smelled like a trap. And that was something he couldn't afford to fall in, then again he wasn't going anywhere on his own anyways.

Holding back the feeling to gnash his teeth at the shinobi, Jin looked at the seal once again. Just what was it for... Squinting slightly, Jin pulled back quickly and looked back at the new shinobi. A ******** barrier... Great. Guess the idea of climbing those walls are out.

Sora found himself once again back on track, dispite his set backs he felt like he was doing good this time, although he had already had this exact feeling once before only to find out that his understanding of the maze was flawed, but this time he truly hoped that he was correct, he was getting tired of wandering around in circles trying to find his way, and he was starting to run out of time, every single moment that he was not at the goal was a moment that someone else could get there before him and secure the spot that he so passionately wanted. He couldnt allow himself to fall behind, what would it look like for someone of the abrume clan to fail at tracking and ware abouts while it would normally be something that he would excel at. Sora made a series of lefts and rights, pushing himself closer and closer to the center of the maze where he now assumed was his next point of interest.

Sora remained ever determined, the trails were starting to get longer and longer, this either meant that he was getting closer to his goal, or he had taken a wrong turn and was now going in the wrong direction, he checked the red bug above his head which was now circling rather than pointing in the direction that he had set for it at the start, this meant that even his bugs where confused as there direction leaving him for the moment a wandering captain without a compass. He stopped for a moment and climbed out of the coffen, rubbing his forehead and taking a few steps away from his puppet to get a closer look with his own eyes. He could see the walls, and he was sure that he was close but he could not tell for sure just how far away he was from the start or to the finish, he was at this point so deep into the maze that even going back the way he came would prove a challenge in itself. Sora sighed out loud before returning to the coffen and taking off forward again with the aid of his puppet, he was getting tired and was really hoping that the ending was close.

Sora took a final turned and stopped short, his heart pumping much faster, he had managed to reach the middle of the maze! He ran to the center, where he noticed a set of boxes, ten in total. Seven of which were already opened leaving exactly three left. Sora sighed in releif, this must be what he was searching for the entire time, this meant that he was on time and had a chance!. Sora ran to a box and grabbed it, opening it to find a stone with a kanji on it, attached to a string. Sora quickly dismounted his puppet and brought the stone kanji inside the coffen with him. This way he could keep it safe as well as fool others into thinking that he had not yet captured one of the stones. He then closed the box and placed it back, to keep up his ruse that he had yet to get here. He then stopped and turned around, it was now time to find Jin. Sora instructed the bugs to search out Jin, this task proved far easier considering Jin was at the moment not very hard to find, and also the bugs had already smelt Jins chakra signature before and knew exactly where to go to reach him.