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Jin barely looked at the annoying Uchiha boy but did nod in acknowledgment and took the turn right. If they were going the wrong way or were walking straight into a trap then Sora would alert him before hand. It was troublesome to put so much faith and reliance on Sora, but at the moment he was the only person he could trust and so he had no real choice in the matter.

After a short while of walking, Jin stopped and looked at the two that was with him as they reached a fork in the maze. "Which way now?" Jin asked. So far the group hadn't run into any traps but that was due to the fact that the other two in the group had already both traversed the maze and was leading him around the traps. But it was inevitable that they'll eventually run into some, either by another shinobi or the original traps that they hadn't originally noticed before. The thought made Jin inch his hand towards the spear that was slung to his back but he held back the urge to actually retrieve it.

"Which way now?" asked the first uniformed boy that had the spear. Notwen focused his chakra again, sending the thermal scan over the area. He had succeeded in locating and avoiding more traps. Also the circular area that was the center was in range of the thermal scan. Also there was a bright blip a bit ahead of the newly formed three-man cell.
"Not very far now. Follow my movements exactly." replied Notwen, taking off down a corridor, making sure his feet landed on certain tiles. With a small leap, he kicked off the wall and cleared a small gap. He waited until the two uniformed individuals cleared the hidden trap, then spoke again. "There seems to be an individual nearing the center of the maze. I picked him or her up in my area scan. We can do one of two things: Hurry and get there before the person, or wait until they have the box then jump them." Notwen looked at the two uniformed individuals, waiting for their decision.

Sora watched as the Uchiha made various flips and perryes to get through traps that should be non existent if they were going the right way. Sora turned back to Jin and motioned towards him to come closer. "If you follow this guy, you are going to find yourself lost in the maze. Ive made my way to the center and through my route I can safely say that I did not run into a single trap" He said turning and going in the opposite direction. He had been lacing his tracks with a thin layer of silk from his bugs since he had first enter the maze, so following it back to the middle of the maze. Sora proceeded to lead the way back to the middle. He had been in this maze so long that he was starting to notice more and more familiar walls and actually started feel as though he was gaining a good understanding of his surroundings, something that scared him in a bit but none the less was eventually going to pay off. Sora followed his trail and easily cleared half of the distance to the middle of the maze. This was no longer a challenge of navigation, it was simply following the trail which proved to be childs play. Although he was given no signs that would indicate that viewers were watching him he did know that on occasion they would be watched closely, he began to run through the events of this test and determined that he showed a great tracker ability with his bugs, hopefully others would feel the same.

Aya had been in the cave for a while now, walking around the maze avoiding as many traps as she could, while she made her way though it, she had finally gotten to a slightly safer place, it was a corner of one of the maze turns, she had her bugs set along the two walk ways to the corner, as she warped herself in a blanket and just the transformation jutsu to make it and herself look like a rock as she took a nap, this allowed the bugs in her body to gain back they numbers they had lost.

As Aya was about to fall asleep she remember a few of the things she had been while in the maze, after getting away from some bats she had continued further into the maze, her eyes caught trapped just after the cave full of bats, it seemed that it had been placed to get people trying to escape the bats, it was lucky that she had kept her cool, the trap itself seemed to be a pit fall trap that was set of placing weight some of the tiles that lay on the ground. Aya noted this and moved to the edge of the cave as she made her way over to the other side of the trap, not so lucky for her was she didn't notice the bit of rock jetting from the wall, and when she moved to get around it, she set off that tarp falling into the hole.

Aya landing in a rather embarrassing pose as she landed in the hole, her butting pointing up into the air and her skirt having move so it was now on her back, exposing the spats she was wearing under her skirt, Aya released a sign of relief that no one was around to see that and that she had put spats on under her skirt. She still felt silly for falling into a trap she had notice, as she got up and brushed herself off, she placed her hand on the wall and ran it along the walls of the hole, they were at least 10 feet high, so not thing she would jump with the space in the hole for a run up, they were also smooth meaning it would be hard to climb them normally, and she would have to use chakra on and in her feet to get out, she moved to the wall and placed a small amount of chakra into her hand to get some grip before pulling herself up, she put one of her feet onto the wall and used chakra with them as well to push an pull her way up the wall.

Once again Aya walked her way around the maze of caves that seemed to make up the first part of this test, as Aya walked the caves she found a lot of traps had been set up but non of them seemed to be designed to kill those trapped in them, they seemed more designed to hold people up or keep them in one place, so that people could come and collect the trapped. As Aya was walking she notice some faint signs of life along the walls of the cave and on the ground, and that the bugs she had sent to scout ahead were disappearing, as she looked close she notice that they were rats, lots and lots of rats running towards her, Aya looked a little scared and then began to run the way she had just come to escape them, once she got to a junction she made a turn a kept running, soon getting herself lost from the markers she had made with her bugs, it was a little longer walking till she found the corner she was in now.



As Aya fell asleep she began to dream of her time, before coming to the Leaf village, before she was taken away from that place. A little Aya sat in the corner of her room, it was a small room about one meter by two and a half meters, the only way into or out of the room was the large cold metal door on the other side from her, the only source of light came from the other side of that door, Aya had her legs pulled to her chest and was in a sitting fetal position, Outside the door written on it was 'SUBJECT 11'.

Sounds of doors being opened and sounds of battle could be heard, Aya just looked up and turned her head, the door opened and a man called to Aya, Aya looked back to see that the person was someone new, Aya stood and walked to him, she smiled at him like only a little could, the man looked at Aya a little strangely, it was strange to him, finding a little girl, the chakra patten of this little girl was similar to a missing Hyuuga he knew. "Hello, are you my new tester". Aya spoke up to the new person she had never meet, the man looked at the little girl, she looked to be about 5 maybe 6 years old, the other cells he had looked into were all people in they late teens to late twenties, most of the others had been killed by the time he got to this block, he looked down at her seeing her big eyes waiting for him to say something to her. "Not really, I am here to set you free". Aya looked at the man, tilting her her not understanding him at all, she smiled again and went back to the corner she had been sitting in, he had said the he wasn't here to test her, and the last part of his sentence made no sense to her, Aya had only left her cell to go to testing so if he wasn't here to test her, she assumed that meant she was to stay. "Ok then". Aya said sitting down and assuming her position again.

The man looked at the girl as she went back to sitting in the corner, he then move to her and patted her on the head, making her look at him, he knew right away after that, this little girl didn't know anything outside of this room and the testing that the people here put her though. "Follow me, I may not be testing you, but I still want you to follow me". The mans words were kind, and he pat her head, the sensation was new, but she enjoyed it a lot. Aya looked at him still confused, but she got up and followed him happily, it seemed like a good thing to do. The man went around the other cells and checked for others, he ended up finding a few little kids all around the age of five to eight, the other cells he found only contained the dead, which he made sure to keep around from the children, using his Byakugan to keep away from them.

Before long they were outside, with the ninja that had taken over the facility, they had taken the children out with them as they left, this was the first time Aya had been outside, an saw the outside world, this was new on the other children as well, all of them had lived inside that lab they entire life. The told the children what had happened, resulting in them being in there protection for now, after checking them to see if they would be able to travel, they set off back to the village.



Aya moaned a little as she began to wake, wiggling a little causing her hiding place to be given away, she looked around her, a little unsure of where she was, until she remember she was in the middle of a exam, she got up and then looked at the paths, she sent a message to her bugs, getting a message back to go down the right tunnel.

After walking along the tunnel for a little bit Aya came to a opened clearly man made cave or room, in the center was stone pillar saying, 'Take One', Aya looked around an saw the boxes, only one wasn't opened so Aya went and opened that one, finding a small stone Kanji on a neckless, which Aya put on, and then looked at the other boxes, it seem like she had gotten to last one.

Sora began to pick up into a run now, he knew that time was starting to escape them. He had managed to get his stone, but if he was going to get Jin out of here with one he was going to have to be quick about it. What would he do if all of the stones where gone? He questioned himself, he was going to have to track down someone who had one and make a quick snatch. He thought about the Uchiha that he had just left, he seemed to already have a Kanji considering he claimed to know his way around already, Sora decided that if he was going to attack someone that he would be the best target. He already knew what he looked like, knew that he had a stone, and better yet knew his general location. Hopefully this information would not be needed however, and that they would manage to reach the middle of the maze and get Jin a stone before time was out.

Sora was getting tired of walking yet again, he was reaching his limit here and it was once again taking a toll on him. He stopped close to a wall and once again resumed his dismounting ritual. The puppet climbed down onto its knees and rotated its shoulders counter clock wise, releasing the latch on the coffen that rested on its back. The coffen opened and Sora stepped out and took a deep breath, "Its hot as s**t in there." He said rubbing his forehead and his eyes. His body was covered in sweat and it was obvious that his health was deteriating due to the small, yet constant tax on his chakras. "Just gimmie a sec" he said, leaning back to try and crack his spine back into a comfortable position.