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Yua looked at Hatsuma and nodded, as she jumped off the wave and took of running to the left, once she figured she was far enough she turned and moved as quickly as she could towards the target, finally se spotted the dog and it’s movement path and smirked as she leaped forwards towards it, she saw Oasis streaking after the dog, and spotted Hatsuma out of the corner of her eye there was no way this dog was getting away but Yua’s main concern was harming it, she grinned as the wave was much smaller but it came closer towards the dog under Yua she increased the waves size quickly and used it to pop the dog right up into the air and into her arm’s she grinned widely as she landed on the murky surface with the mutt in had. “That was a good tactic.” She said proudly. As She opened the scroll and unraveled a map leading to a base.

[ugg even random numbers hate me.]

Aya looked a little down as she got to the group area she had been assigned, she had been place in group two, she looked around seeing that someone was waiting on her, she looked around again to see if there was anyone else, after looking she only notice the dog, Aya moved in and smiled to the other person, before she could speak up, the announcement began stating that, that the first part of the mission was to capture the dog that was near-by. Aya without really thinking chucked what looked like a small black ball toward the dog, as it got closer it broke apart into bugs, that landed near the dog just before it took off at the buzzing sound, some of the bugs crawled back towards her, she then looked towards her teammate for this stage.

"Hi there, I'm Aya, what's your name?". Aya asked softly as she looked at Fuyu, acting a little shy bringing one of her hand to the bottom of her face, to cover her month as she took a seat on the ground, she had notice that he seemed to plan on staying at the gate, to wait for the third member of they're team to arrive. While Aya sat across from the other person she looked at him, waiting on a reply, she formed some more black ball, in total she formed 10, and then moved over to the gate, and tossed the balls into the swamp that lay on the other side. Once the balls hit the ground they turned into bugs and began to head after the dog, while Aya and Fuyu waited for Jin to arrive.

It had been about ten minute sense Aya had turned up, her and Fuyu and introduces themselves to one another, Aya had release a few more of her 'Bug Balls' into the swamp to track and slow the dog, also Aya had began too loosened up, she had been nervous at first because of the night before.



Once she had left the maze Aya learned that she had failed the first part of the exam, causing her to withdraw a little, she headed straight to her room without going to see Yuki or Hisaki, as she lay in the room she had been given to stay in, she felt even worst as she realized that she had forgotten her teammates, not once but twice. The Leaf village was known for putting their teammates before they missions, an Aya had put the mission of leaving the maze above looking for Yuki and Hisaki, and now she had chosen to be alone rather then meeting with Yuki and Hisaki to talk about what had happened and plan for the next stage, this caused her to feel worst, and wanted to not see them tomorrow if possible, she began to drift to sleep, waking she washed up in the shower letting the hot water comfort her, taking her time to get ready for this exam.

Aya took sometime to think on what she could have used during the last exam, some food would have been nice, and maybe some snack, she wasn't really sure on how long this stage were meant to be, so she may need some food, and if she was going to have to work with a team, they would all need some food. Keeping this in mind Aya went to a store and brought some food, she got a few bottles of water, and prepared six lunch like boxes, and put them in her messager style travel bag, which she put on before heading to the exam, she made sure to take her important items with her.

As she turned up to the second stage of the exam, she saw the she had gotten her desire, and wasn't with her teammates, but this also hurt her a little, when she was that they were teamed together, Aya felt a little bit like a outcast, she began to close herself off as she walked to meet the team she was with, this made her act shyer then normal as she meet with the first member of her team.



Aya had began to feel a little better, she spoke up again, after thinking for a little bit. "I brought some food and water with me, just in case we need it, it's only some lunch boxes I made this morning, before coming here". Aya said as she got out some water from her bag, she had gotten thrusting while waiting, she had also been using the time they had to replenish the bugs she had lost using her 'Bug Ball' jutsu.

As Notwen shook Yuki's hand, he sensed something off. There was chakra entering his body via the hand that was being shaken. He glared at the Yamanaka for an instant, but caught himself before there was harm done. The moment Notwen released his grib on Yuki, the chakra intrusion ceased.
Wow, some people just don not know their boundaries, he thought angrily as he moved on to shake Hisaki's hand. When all the formalities had been exchanged, a gray dog appeared next to the gate. In its mouth was a scroll which he heard Yuki say was necessary for getting through the swam. Immediately the pooch turned tail and fled into the swamp, hopping nimbly from branch to branch of the tightly packed trees.
Hisaki began chasing after it, and so did Notwen, who activated his sharingan. His hazel eyes went crimson, and the the three tomoe swirled into existence around his retina. Immediately, he was able to pick up on the dog's regularly hued chakra.
Notwen picked up speed, dodging and weaving past gnarled, bent branches. The ninja hound had the advantage because of its size. Notwen turned to Hisaki.
"I'm going ahead to keep it still. I have a technique that can hold it in place." he dashed off a few paces ahead, then activated his Suzume Koumyaku. Notwen let his arms relax as he leaned forwards for more speed. In moments, the dog was just ahead of him. Now to aim for his landing... though the golden-haired boy as he scouted a large gap between the branches ahead of the dog. It jumped as Notwen had predicted. "Barada Yoga!" He thrust his arms forward.
Arms of astral chakra shot out towards the dog's landing area. As the dog landed, the astral arms made contact, holding the dog in place by it's own aura. Notwen smiled as he felt the dog's anxiety in his own body.
So this is what a true connection feels like, thought Notwen as he jumped the gap, never moving his arms from their outstretched position. He landed on the branch closer to the main trunk to minimize any spring action that would result in the paralyzed falling into the bog. "Nice doggie, now stay~" he said in a commanding, yet playful way as he moved slowly closer to the gray dog. The dog had a blue-clothed forehead protector with the sound village's insignia tied around its neck, and a scar that ran down left forepaw. it began whining as the discomfort of being held, but not held got the best of it, and Notwen felt it trying to break the hold, but it was impossible. At this range, he could keep the dog in place with one arm. "Now be a good dog and give me the scroll." Taking the scroll, Notwen released the dog from the Barada Yoga. As the dog growled and snapped at him, Notwen jumped over it, landed on the springy part of the branch, and used the momentum to launch himself back to Hisaki's position. "Success in retrieving the scroll!" he said smiling. "Now to open up this fella and see what we got." Standing in front of Hisaki, Notwen slowly unfurled the scroll. Line Count: 30+15=45 lines/Total Lines with team: 43+68=111 lines

Oasis all but crashed into the team when they came to a stop and watched as Yua captured the dog, followed by Hatsuma calming it with dried meat, she wondered what kind of meat really. There were alot of interesting game animals to turn into jerky in the desert. She sniffed lightly not being able to tell he kind of meat by scent but the dog was pleased by it. Oasis hopped over and scooped the dog up she cuddled the dog and patted its head. "Hehe, good doggie." she muses as she looked up at the other two from her spot on the ground. She could see the map that Hatsuma was holding and tell most of it from the back. "Wow... ...That kinda looks like a map I was supposed to make during a test when I was in the academy." she states with a chuckle, she had failed that task more than once. She shook her head looking at the map, it was absolutely terrible. Oasis rocked from side to side petting the dog as she thought about what they were supposed to accomplish. "So, we are supposed to find our way to a place using that map?" she states as she looked around. "Ooooh, hey doggie do you know the way?" she questions looking at the animal who simply whined a bit in response, she took that to mean no. "Okay then doggie you have been helpful, now find your way home." she states hopping up and putting the little animal down on the ground. She turned and looked around "...so, should we try to follow the map... or use another means of finding the base, because the way places like this work, we should be able to logic out the base eventually right?" she states confusedly as she looked around some and walked over to Hatsuma to look at the map, it really was just plain awful.

(( 100 lines total stage 1
41 lines total stage 2))

It was like thirty seconds when he noticed a female approach him and sit down across from him. He nodded and smiled friendly. From her outline she was almost as tall as he was and had long hair. Slender and pretty is what most would comment about her he figured. He looked around and listened to her question. An introduction was a good idea as they would all be going for the same goal. Even though they were from different villages too, it would be important to build these friendships now just incase he was to get into trouble in their native villages. He bowed his head slightly and responded. "I'm Fuyu Masato, from Sand. Nice to meet you Aya." While they waited for the final member of the team to follow them, he looked around and noticed what seemed like a container of sorts. He was just about to ask what it was but he soon found the answer he was looking for. Fuyu nodded at the idea and grinned. "That's a good idea, but more then likely there won't be time seeing as from what I over heard, this is a timed event in which everyone only has a small amount of time to complete the task." Unfortunately this was going to be true. He had already eaten well and made sure that he was ready for this portion of the test. It was at this moment when his ears started to pick up running. He looked over and saw someone running towards them. He waited until this person stopped and started to speak. So this person was thier final team-mate. He listened and thought about everything stated from his first few words. Jin Taega? so he passed the first exam. Good to know but this statement of collecting a reward wasn't necessary. Maybe trying to be suttle while bragging? Who knows. It isn't important since we are already behind everyone else it seems. Fuyu reached over and shook his hand. "Name's Fuyu Masato, that's Aya over there" He stated as he looked over in Jin's direction. He paused only for half a second before getting ready to say sometihng but then Jin rushed off. He sighed for a second while the blurry outline of Jin faded into the the swamp leaving Aya and Fuyu there to catch up.

Before Yuki could instruct either Shinobi of a fool-proof plan, Notwen went ahead and already captured the dog without maiming it. Well, I was originally going to tell Hisaki to keep track of it with his Byakugan while we quickly formulate a plan. That is how Hisaki and I handle things, we formulate a plan before we take action. It does seem trivial since all we had to do was stop the dog from moving long enough to retrieve that scroll, but a mission is still a mission. He nodded to himself, as he reminded himself of their Ramen mission.

Hisaki scanned the scroll and reported that it was a map of an area known as Base Zero-Four, where their target is. He continued to describe the area and its surroundings. The things to avoid where the ferocious vegetation, a set of tags that can be tripped by wires, and sentries who will try to 'attack' the group. This put the Hyuuga boy in an anger fit, where it seemed like he would love to rid the world of Genjutsu or something. Yuki sighed quite loudly, showing his annoyance to his teammates. When Hisaki exclaimed loudly about how easy it was for the target to escape, Yuki mentally muted him as he tried to figure out the purpose of this test. If the last test was to test our teamwork skills, what was the purpose of this one? Leadership qualities would be a bad thing for us, considering my teammates. Would it be on how well we have synergy?

His fellow Hidden Leaf Shinobi burst off in his adolescent anger fit, in which Yuki nodded towards Notwen, motioning for him to follow. "You know, Genjutsu is the toughest type of jutsu to counter. Blocking taijutsu or ninjutsu is almost a cakewalk compared to genjutsu." The Yamanaka commented, a little disappointed that Hisaki didn't care for his way of doing combat.