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Drake watched as Takera sealed Samahada in the scroll, then told him to not speak anything about this. Drake had already knew he wasn't going to. Lifting this weight off his shoulders brought him a bit of peace to his mind. But, hye knew what he ahd to do next. As soon as Takera left and closed the door behind him, Drake immediatly got to work. He grabbed together everything he had and put them into his pack. Then, he grabbed his door key and left the room, turning only to lock the door behind him. He went down to the stairs all the way to the front desk, then handed the key back to the Inn-keeper. "Sorry, things have turned up and I'm leaving" He told the man. The man looked a bit surprised, then said "Well, alright. But, can I ask you something?" He said to Drake. Drake pondered for a moment, wether ot not he should stay, then decided to listen to what the man had to ask. "Well, your a leaf ninja, and we don't see many of you around here. Are you here for the chuunin exam?" the man asked him. Drake was surprised the man knew of the exams, but then squashed that surprise. It was completly possible the man had heard of the exams, as did mainly everybody. "I am" Drake awnsered the man. "Well," he sad, "You should know the exams are in the village of Gryu'jiong, located in the north od the country.". "Is there someway I can get there quick? I fear to be late for the exam." Drake asked the man. The man stood there for a few seconds, then said "Yes. There is a carrige that comes to the village from Gryu'jiong, mainly as a trading route. But, you might be able to get passage to the village with their help." Thanking the man for the information, Drake asked him where to find the carrige. "It's not far from here acctually. Just as soon as you leave the Inn, take a right down the road, then immediatly left. Follow the road down till you see an area for carriges to stay till they are ready to leave. Just ask around there, and you should find the one you need.". Again, Drake thanked the man, then left the Inn. Following his directions, it took Drake several minutes before he found the place. There was only three carriges, so hopfully the right one would be here. Drake went up to one of the people who were standing next to a carrige just right of the entrance. "Excuse me," Drake said to the man, "Is there a carrige from Gryu'jiong here? I need to get to the village." The man turned to Drake, who said "Yes. This is the one. What do you need, my young shinobi?". "I need to get to your village for the chuunin exams, and I was hoping you could give me a lift." Drake said to the man. The man rubbed his chin, then said to Drake "Alright. It'll take a few hours, but you'll get there, don't worry." Drake let out a breath, happy that he was going to be able to get to the exams. The man told him to just sit at the passengers seat in front, as it would be a few minutes before they were ready to depart. Drake did as he was told, waiting in the seat for awhile, till the man had linked up the horses from the nearby stable, then got into the seat next to Drake, and, once they were out of the area, taking abit to get to the main gate, they were on their way to Gryu'jiong.

(Will check lines later. Moving to The Village(Gryu'jiong) thread)

Ishinon smiled as he had finally graduated from the academy and recieved his forehead protector. His eyes would be stuck on it for a while, as it felt unbelievable for Ishinon that someone like him could become someone so amazing. Ishinon would head to the place he was staying while staring at his forehead protector before putting it around his arm when he was inside his place. Ishinon would grab something to eat quickly and get ready to leave for the exit of the village, smiling, proudly now. Atleast it was something he did when he was on his own. That Joona is quite amazing to, wonder what rank of ninja he is, I should have asked him before. Was in Ishinon's mind as he was heading for the exit of the village where he was told to meet up, having his new things with him that he had gotten on graduation, and soon was standing at the exit wondering if he was on time or not.

As the day wore on, sounds of what seemed like that of steel smashing into steel could be heard echoing from the backyard of a descent sized house. Inside of this yard, two people were sparring weaponless. These two people were Yoshima and Takeshi Kaguya, father and son (respectively). The two were going back and forth between offensive and defensive positions. There was a grin on both of their faces as the sparring continued, which had been going on for over three hours. As Yoshima went for a strong side kick, Takeshi jumped up and planted both of his feet on the one foot and pushed off, making him backflip away from his father. The face of Yoshima canged from a grin to a slightly sour expression as he watched his son land a desant distance away from him. "If you are that confidant... maybe we should go full contact." Yoshima stated bluntly as he stepped back a half step and got into a lower stance with a more closed guard. "If you insist..." Takeshi responded with a sigh as he stayed in the same stance and guard. In a flash, they both charged at the same time towards each other. Once in striking distance, Yoshima did a feint front kick, and then quickly followed it with a turning kick aimed for his head. Takeshi knew what his father was doing, so he didn't even flinch when the front-kick came. He instead bent down very slightly, then as the turning kick came, he pushed up and caught the kick on his neck but nothing happened. He locked the foot with his neck and head as he continued to go up and ended up planting his father on his back and punched at his neck, only just stopping so that a piece of paper couldn't even pass threw the gap. "I believe you're dead...." He stated as he got off of his father and extended his hand to help him up. He father sighed and nodded as he took Takeshis hand and helped himself up. "Still haven't lost... don't let that get to your head though...." Yoshima stated as he dusted his kimono off and started to walk to the house. Takeshi stayed where he was and nodded. "Yes father, over confidence clouds the mind and defeats us before we even begin." He replied like he was reciting it from a book. "Good, you have learned much... much more then I can teach you. I believe it's time to get you a new teacher... maybe someone who can help your..... abstract style...." Yoshima stated as he stood outside of the building. "Come.... we shall find you a new teacher...." He added to his comment as he entered the house and then exited on the other side and walked down the street of cloud. Takeshi nodded as he then jumped the fence and caught up with his father in order to go and fine a new trainer.
For some reason, as Takeshi and Yoshima walked through the streets of the village was abnormally quiet. Nether of them could figure out why this was. The general stores were closed but the resturants and bars were still open. They desided that it would be a good idea to enter one of these stores to find some information on what was happening. They desided that it would be safest to enter a family dining establishment instead of a bar, where there might be some intoxicated people. Inside, the building was packed as there were televisions everywhere, all on the same channel and turned up. It took a long while for one of the servers to even notice the two enter the building. She walked over to the two Kaguya men and bowed slightly. "I'm sorry, but we are over our allowed seatings so I'm going to have to ask you to come back some time later." "I'm sorry ma'am but we are not here for the food services, I was actually wondering what these people were watching that seems so important." Yoshima replied as they continued to stand in the crowded doorway. "You don't know what's going on?... I'm sorry sir, these are the Chuunin exams. The best of each countries best young talent go to compete against one another in various tasks and combat in order to go from the rank of Genin to Chuunin. Only the best of the competitors will gain the rank." She stated as she looked back and noticed that there was a re-play of Netwon Uchiha's fight against Ichimaru Uchiha. "That dark skinned boy is from this village, He won this fight against Hatari Uchiha." She stated as she quickly bowed stating that she was leaving and went back to serving out some more food. Yoshima and Takeshi looked at each other for a moment and left the building. As they wandered down the streets, Takeshi was thinking heavily and it was something that Yoshima could notice. "What's on your mind Takeshi?" He asked as he looked over to him. "I'm going to go to these exams... Upon noticing the images, this... Netwon Uchiha person... was able to win his fight even when having only one arm... That kind of fighting determination is something that would be useful... Plus he might be able to teach me a few things." Takeshi explained while still slowly walking. "True, but did you notice where these exams are taking place?""All I know is that it's in the country... I couldn't read the village on the bottom on the screen.""It's in Gryu'jiong, north of us on the main route. You may want to hurry that way you can still learn from those still competing." Takeshi nodded and the bowed to his father. There was no need to speak anymore, so Takeshi took off on a full run, leaving the countries hidden village, heading to the village of Gryu'jiong to learn from those who were ahead of him in skill.

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--Moving to Gryu'jiong

Oasis nodded her head gently and smiled "Nice to meet you Kyu." Oasis states to the shinobi with the interesting skin-tone. The rest of the interactions in the group were of no importance to her so she made a quiet and really mostly unnoticed retreat. She however was stopped when a woman entered the room and told them that the exams were over. Oasis was glad to hear that, she was tired of being shown how inferior she was. She quietly got in line and received her 'thanks for participating' reward seeing as she was certain she had failed just about every event, and she knew she failed the combat portion. "Hatsuma... I think I'm going to go back home for awhile." she states quietly as she slipped the little prize away and walked away from the group. She was feeling wore out, and homesick. She gave a light motion of a handwave to the group before trotting away from that area. She was going to go home, but it wasn't to rest. She was going to go home to get stronger. She wouldn't be made a fool again.

Takera looked up as he heard a familiar voice. His hand twitched as a reaction, but Takera stopped himself. There wasn't a need to put his mask back on at this point. Things were going to change from this point on. Turning back, Takera noticed the crippled shinobi hurrying towards him. Oh, it's Notwen. Takera thought to himself as he turned around completely to face the crippled shinobi. Notwen asked what had gone on back during the final round. Takera's eyes looked off down the path for a moment as he thought about his answer before returning to meet Notwen's. "I lost interest in the fights. The last one in particular really kicked my resolve where it counts. I'm sure that guy 'Saikoro' would've probably run my head into the ground given he was able to make the earth itself belt in not only his own stadium, but most of the others too. I have some other things I need to do that I've been shirking, so I figured there was no harm in stepping out peacefully and moving on. If anything, we'll probably be sure to see that man when the chance to move up to Jounin presents itself, so it's not like we won't ever have another chance to fight." Takera explained steadily without pause. Takera scratched his head a little and his eyes turned away from Notwen again. "I've got so much to do right now, my heads spinning. Too many new responsibilities. I'm not looking forward to the new group of Genin. It's not to say I'm bad with kids or can't teach. It's just that I'm too laid back for that kind of responsibility. I still haven't found hide nor hair of my brother or any clues to finding him and I fear my style is incomplete." Takera said, this time catching a brief pause in the middle. He shifted his shoulder up to get the bag on his shoulder to move farther up and rest a bit easier on his shoulder. "Other than the obvious, how have you been holding up?" Takera questioned.

Saikoro belted out a loud yawn, his hand raising up to lazily cover his mouth as he leaned against the gate post of the hosting village. He had been there for quite some time, boredly watching contestants, officials and tourists alike exiting the village in there cumbersome fashion. He wasn't all together sure if it was just the fact that no one was looking in that particular way or that everyone was being extra cautious in avoiding him but for the entire time he found that not a single soul dared to look at him despite the fact that he was the first thing to notice out the gate. It was of no consolation to him in either way though, as it was only Kyu that he was looking to meet with. At the point he had reached it was nigh impossible that Kyu hadn't realized what his true identity was and that meant that it was time for them to talk... one that either ended in more bloodshed or a new ally, either way it was time for him to take the next step in his plans.

Drake continued walking, slowly making his way through the path that led back to the village Hidden in the Clouds. He had left soon after the final match of the exams, and had hoped to make it back some time soon. Though he watched the final match, he had decided not to stick around for the those who were awarded with the right to be known as Chunin, since he already knew that he wasn't going to be one anyway. No point to sticking around when there was no reason to, drake decided to head back to Cloud before making his way back to the Leaf village. After walking for abit, Drake thought he could hear someone talking. Taking a moment to stop and listen, Drake followed the voices for a moment, till he got close enough to hear better. From what he cold tell, there was two people. One voice he recognised: Takera. The other he didn't know. Hearing a bit more, the one Drake didn't know explained how the injury a "Saikoro" dealt him had effected his ability to sustain jutsu, then he asked Takera if there was anyway he could help him. After awhile, Drake could almost feel the chakra being used for healing, so he took a look over to where the voices were. From his vantage point, Drake could see Takera holding his hand out to the the brown-skinned person, who wore what looked like a fighters outfit, with ninja sandals, and what looked like some kind of armor piece of their shoulder. From what Drake could tell, the perosn didn't have an arm at all. 'That must be the injury that Saikoro dealt him' Drake said to himself. Drake watched as Takera did a quick hand sign, the released green chakra into his hand, beginning the healing jutsu. Takera placed it on the guys shoulder, forming some kind of bubble over the shoulder. In a bit, Takera pulled his hand back, pulling the bubble with him, as well as some type of red goo inside of it. Takera hovered the bubble away from him, then released the jutsu, dropping the red goo onto the ground. Takera then asked if the brown-skinned boy was fine now, then cracked his fingers, saying how since he wasn't an actual medic ninja, his fingers sort of stiffened from a medic technique. After giving the boy what sounded like doctors advice, Takera stretched his arms out, and held them behind his head. Drake decided it was time to approach, since he had a funny feeling they were gonna find him anyway. Standing up from where he had been crouching, Drake started to walk over to the two, holding one hand up as a gester that he was saying hi to them. "Takera. Been awhile since we last saw each other. Lety me guess. You became a Chunin?" Drake asked Takera, then turning to the guy who was standing there, asked "Whose this guy?".

[Will count lines later]