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[Wind Country Academy]

Hatsuma watched as the girl rushed past her at her frantic pace into the room. Hatsuma disregarded it and approached the head of the classroom to speak with the instructor. Stopping in front of him as he asked her name she responded coolly. “I am Kidomaru Hatsuma, I was assign to class four today which is this classroom, I hope we can get along for the duration of my stay…” She stated bluntly looking up at the teacher as he took down the information.

“Ah yes this is correct Hatsuma. This classroom is for the students who excel enough to get a chance at early evaluation. However one thing stands between everyone here and your headbands. Once you and Miss Oasis take your seats I’ll tell everyone what that barrier to success is…” at this hint Hatsuma took her seat near the front of the class of which was mostly an empty row. After Oasis sat the instructor continued. “today we are going to cover one of the most important aspects of becoming a shinobi, in any country just not here. That aspect is of course teamwork… Konoha seems to think it’s best to present this aspect discreetly and let you discover on your own what team work is supposed to be, they also seem to enjoy using three man cells with a higher ranked officer. This idea is good however we will be divided into two man cells of which will act as a single unit that can cooperate with other cells if needed. The reason for this is numbers. We can’t afford to utilize the three man cell since we have far fewer shinobi then konoha or other villages. Instead we work on making you as effective as possible by allowing you to work harder in your teams…”

He paused for a moment as he looked around the classroom taking in the confusion his words seem to strike up. “So in short I’ll assign you a partner of whom you will work with once you leave the academy. This means you AND your partner must succeed in the academy or neither of you pass… with that said let’s assign your groups now and when you have your partner you will need to figure out each other’s strengths and weaknesses and adjust accordingly and become a singular entity…” as he explained this he began pairing off the students which in turn caused the class to disperse and thin accordingly.

“…Ah this grouping should be fun…” the instructor said with a smirk as he looked at Hatsuma a moment before turning his attention elsewhere. “Oasis your partner will be Hatsuma, you may leave and get acquainted and figure out each other’s role in your unit. You have until tomorrow evening to come up with a proper unit formation. This will decide what you two will do best at… you are dismissed…” the instructor stated before continuing the pairings.

Hatsuma got to her feet and approached Oasis’ seat before speaking bluntly. “we don’t have much time I hope we can work well together…” Hatsuma’s face remained flat in terms of showing emotion as she turned about and made her way towards the exit of the classroom. This turn of events was sure to be interesting that much was certain.

Rinku Kaguya breathed in the fresh air as he went out for recess. “ahhh, what a nice day it is outside.” His friend came up from behind him and slapped him hard on the back. “Haha, hey, Zemona says you brought some good snacks today.” Rinku looked down at Zemona who was a pet wolf. His friend, Kortez had. “… Damn you and that nose.” Kortez laughed hard, “Haha, just kidding pal, hey, did you check out the Mio’s dress today, she is so hot.” Rinku turned. “Oh yeah, definitely a class A girl!” Suddenly a deep voice stormed over them. “You wouldn’t happen to be talking about my Mio, are you?” Rinku turned to see a hulking creature who frowned down on Rinku’s inferior size. Mio, the transfer student, sighed as she watched, she whispered to her new friend, “Who are these idiots…?” The other girl shrugged and said “A bunch of idiots…” Mio shook her head and they walked away. Rinku tried to keep a straight face. I need to keep a cool guy face in front of the ladies. The giant man said “Look punks, Mio is mine so you best keep your distance.” Kortez interrupted, “Oh yeah well, Rinku thinks otherwise!” A bead of sweat formed on Rinku’s forehead. Ah crap… thanks a ton Kortez. Suddenly the man had already swung a fist, but Rinku narrowly evaded the attack, however Kortez was struck in the face and sent flying. Zemona ran to aid him. “LET ME SHOW YOU MY POWER, IN A TEST OF MANLINESS!!!” The big man swung around, but Rinku evaded until the man shouted “BONE CRUSHER TECHNIQUE!” and kicked him square in the center of his abdomen. Rinku hit a wall. “Hah, let that be a reminder to never screw with me, or my girl again.” Rinku took a step forward and looked up at him with a smirk. “Wait… you mean that weak kick was supposed to get me to back off?” Rinku looked down. “Too bad though… I thought you were going to be some idiot lunk-head, but it looks like you got some speed as well… ugh man… I was hoping it wouldn’t come to this.” Rinku began to shed a tear. “PLEASE LADIES, DON’T LOOK!” His plea went unheard, in fact no one was acknowledging this skirmish at all other than a half knocked out Kortez. The man stared at him. What kind of weirdo is this… what is he saying… why… how can he still talk… that kick should have shattered his ribs. Rinku removed the top part of his tunic and let it slide down, it was still attached because of his belt, but it was no longer covering his upper body, it now lingered loosely at his thighs. He removed his black undershirt and tied it around his lower stomach. The man burst out laughing “Are you kidding me? Who do you think you are taking your shirt off?” Rinku said quickly “Hey, I just bought these clothes, my parents would kill me if they found out that these clothes got ruined in a fight.” The man shook his head. “Ok doofus… let me put you out of your misery.” The man ran at him, going for a frontal attack to his chest. Just before the hit was landed, bones protruded out of his chest and caught the blow. The man stared, his attack completely halted. Rinku smirked. “You know… your kinda lucky, for your stupidity, I could have easily created a sharp bone like this” A huge sharp bone shot out of his shoulder and stopped right between the man’s eyes. “But I decided to just stop you instead.” Hells yeah, that was a totally badass maneuver I just pulled off, and an even better little speech thing Hah, I’m getting prett- gah… my chakra… man… never mind… I need to finish this. The man looked aggravated, he removed his fist from the trap and began to swing wildly again, more so then ever. His fists lit up with chakra, but Rinku gracefully dodged them. Suddenly the man tackled him and grabbed him. “HA! I GOT YOU NOW!” A voice came from behind the man “Bone cage jutsu!” Suddenly Rinku’s skin pertruted bones especially in his ribs, the bones wrapped around his body, the rib cage pinning his arms to his sides, the legs restricting his movements and the skull wrapped its mouth around the neck as to hold it even more. Rinku then seperated himself from the bones, so that new ones could quickly grow in its place. The man, restricted, muttered. “But how…?”Rinku came over to him from behind and said, “It was when you were swinging like a mad man, I conjured up a skeletal clone and then simply stood behind you… you’re not very aware of your surroundings are you.” The man closed his eyes. “Those bones… what kind of nasty freak are you anyways?” Rinku untied his shirt and put it back on, then slipped his arms back into his tunic. “Yeah, I’ll admit it’s a pretty nasty looking technique, but it was necessary seeing how I didn’t want to kill you.”Ok… that’s all I got for right now… I need a nap… Rinku walked away to the where his friend lie in agony, pulling out a bottle of milk in his right leg satchel, he gulped it down easily, but he was still drained. Ugh… the bone techniques I have are powerful, but that bone prison took a huge chunk out of my chakra. He knelt down at Kortez’s side. “Hey… you alright?” Zemona whimpered and licked his friend. Kortez looked up at Rinku, “Ugh… yeah, I’m fine, friggen hurt though…” Suddenly he heard “Rinku, come with me.” Rinku looked behind him to see his instructor with his arms crossed. Rinku sighed. “Ah well… I heard somewhere it was cool to get into trouble.” The instructor sighed and said, “Oh yeah, Mr. cool, let’s see what you think of detention.” Rinku sighed and followed him away. Rinku looked around for Mio, but she was not even watching. Rinku put his head down... This academy stuff is rough... I just hope I can become a shinobi and prove my worth to... ugh... this detention thing is gonna suck...

A sharp, loud ringing soon filled the small hut, waking the young shinobi living in it. The Inuzuka shifted uncomfortably in his sleep as he tried to ignore the awful ringing. With a start, he sat straight up and looked at the alarm clock before turning it off. Looking around the room, Hibiki sighed with a grin.
His room was probably no bigger than a closet. It had enough for a bed, a nightstand, and a second, smaller bed. The only light came from a very small window, no bigger than a dinner plate, that was on the side of the house where the sun never shines, making the room always dim. One look around the bedroom, one would notice the enormous amount of shed fur that was scattered around the place, evidence that a pet lives within. Despite it being small, dim, and possibly smelly, Hibiki adored his room.
After other morning festivities as brushing his teeth and getting dressed, the Inuzuka meandered out into the kitchen/dining room (which was only a bit bigger than his own bedroom) only to see a disappointing sight. His mother was passed out in a chair, facing their front door. The smell of alcohol had filled the small shack within a matter of seconds after entering the kitchen.
"Mother?" Hibiki called out, as he walked ever so slowly towards the drunken woman. She woke with a small start, which scared the ninken that was sleeping near her, and grumbled while rubbing her eyes. "Mother?" He repeated as her hungover mind tried to decipher where it was, "Where's your father?" She asked harshly as her canine stood up and stretched.
"I don't know. Did he not return home last night?" Hibiki asked innocently as he gathered his things into his small ninja pouch. "It is none of your business, now don't you have your finals today? Better leave now." Hibiki's mother stood up gingerly before shuffling towards her bedroom, "By the way, wipe that smile off your face. It's disgusting."
Oh boy, another glorious morning! He added sarcastically, with a slight snicker towards the smile comment his mother made. With another yawn and stretch, Hibiki left his house and made his way towards the small forest near his house. He whistled into the forest as he retrieved his flute from his ninja pack. A streak of orange could be seen darting it's way towards Hibiki. "C'mon Kuro-kun, we do not want to be late for the finals!" He cheered enthusiastically, his usual fox-like grin stretching wider across his face as he saw his companion greet him eagerly. "How was breakfast?" He asked casually as Kuro wagged his tail vigorously and yipped. "It seems father left in the middle of the night again. Which means mother drank herself until she passed out by the door. You know, nothing unusual." Hibiki talked to Kuro as if he was another human being, in fact, he probably trusted him with more secrets than anyone else. The Ninsune's wagging tail stopped dead after hearing the usual morning antics of this particular Inuzuka house. After assembling his flute, Hibiki made his way towards the Academy.

The Academy was far from Hibiki's little shack of a house, but he didn't mind. It allowed him to practice on his flute as he half walked, half marched to school. Kuro love the alone time with the flute, it was almost mesmerizing for the young fox. 'Music soothes the savage beast!', or at least that's what people told Hibiki. The Inuzuka was excited to go to the Academy today. Not only was finals today, but since he was in a special training regime, he will already be above the rest! His success was guaranteed today, or so he thought.

As he entered the Academy, his instincts told him something was off. There was gloom and doom in the air, everyone was in a sour mood. Sitting in the classroom where they taught the theoretical know hows of being a ninja of the Hidden Mist, he wondered why everyone was frowning, even the sensei seemed displeased. As the bell rang, everyone lined up and went outside to the field where they usually practiced. They lined up, in alphabetical order, and faced the sensei.

"Instead of doing fake missions today, we are doing your final test. I know that you already knew this was coming, a lot of you ARE unprepared." The Sensei had spoke up, now a smile appearing on his face. "What we'll do is pair you up into 3 man teams. Each team is given a mission. These missions will have you face other teams for a goal. For example, one team will have to defend a target, while the other tries to assassinate it." There was now a murmur through the crowd. Friends trying to arrange themselves so they would end up on the same team, other people talking about how they don't want someone on their team, and other students talking about how they were going to fail miserably. Hibiki just stood there, with Kuro behind him, smiling away as if he had no care in the world and ignoring everyone's useless banter. This is supposed to be the top students within the Academy? Please, I can run circles around these morons.

"Now, for teams, one of you will be a team leader. A leader will be chosen at complete random." There was a cough amongst the students, obviously mocking, while a few snickered. "These team leaders will earn double points for success, but will get double the points deducted for acts of failure. Each pair of teams will have different missions. Chuunin will be watching, and will stop any student who attempts to kill or seriously maim another. Now, shall we begin?" Everyone was tense, Hibiki could tell, even him and Kuro couldn't relax.

The Sensei called in the other Chuunin and they discussed who would be team leaders, who on what teams, and what missions. Hibiki tried to tune into the conversation with his enhanced senses, but he couldn't hear them over the low rumble that came over the other students. The frustration made his smile appear a little more strained, as if he was forcing a smile. The Chuunin disappeared as the Sensei faced the group once more. "There will be eight teams. Now, I will call the Captains now. You will line up on my left side and stand in numerical order."

Once again, everyone was stand still, awaiting their orders. The air was thick of nervousness, Hibiki could smell these things. The Sensei looked about the crowd and called a name, someone Hibiki didn't know. Two more names were called, and inside his head, he was identifying their abilities and style. Izuki likes to use taijustu, albeit not being very good in it, leaves himself open too much. Genjutsu could probably knock him out. And her, she is the opposite. Good Genjutsu skills, but plays too defensively, once you get within close range, she's done for. There was a pause in the roll call for teams, which made Hibiki shiver, something was about to happen. "Inuzuka, Hibiki. Team four."

Stunned, he gulped, his smile still shining on his face despite the situation. As he walked towards the front of the group of students, his honed senses picked up some murmurs of the crowd. "Oh, not the Fox freak!" "Whats up with his face, is he stuck like that?" "I do NOT want to be on his team, he's so creepy!" The taunts and mockery being thrown around made his smile turn into a very strained grin again, making his face even more scary. He stood next in line after Genjutsu Gal and Taijutsu Tool as they other team captains stared at him. Kuro simple followed suit with his tail between his legs.

He had barely payed attention to who the other Captains were as he tried to calm himself down. This was his chance to be above the special training regime! If he proved he was the top of the top, he would surely be given more respect and be taught cool, new jutsu. He paid even less attention as the Sensei began distributing them into groups and finally awoke from his own mental bunny trail as he was handed a scroll. With a questioning smile he looked up at the Sensei, who averted his gaze as he rushed to the next team.

"Well, are you going to open the scroll?" A girl with a very high-pitched voice squawked as Hibiki looked to his two new comrades. The girl had long blond hair that was put into a ponytail, other than that, she looked just about average. His other teammate, was another boy. He had a large mohawk and a cigarette nudged behind his ear. He wore a black shirt with a pair of camo pants, that did not blend into the mist at all. It disturbed Hibiki more than it should have. "Right the scroll..." The scroll had many red A's printed on it, signaling that it was an A-Rank Mission. As he opened it, it had a very brief objective. Assassinate the target. He read out loud for the other two to hear. As he read the rest of their mission, the other two were too busy flirting and talking to each other about how much they missed the other. "You know, babe, we might not be able to graduate together." The male said, which she reacted by punching him in the arm. "That's not very funny! I couldn't live without you by my side." At that moment they both came close together and started pecking at each other's lips.

"What the hell? What kind of pervert are you?! Stop staring at us!" She shrieked, as they finally realized Hibiki was there. "All three of us are gonna fail if you two do not cut it out. I wouldn't want to be kicked out by a Chuunin for seriously maiming both of you." The Inuzuka quietly responded as he turned and began heading towards their destination with Kuro following beside him.

Mist Academy!

Aizen slowly began to come to his senses as his alarm was going off none-stop he would have to wake up early in order to go to the Academy for traditional purposes; however, sadly Aizen wasn’t a morning person and thus he leaned to his left and with a great laziness of his right arm it he threw it into the alarm clock to make it stop buzzing. The echo of the clock would ring for about a moment or two before it stopped. In the mean time Aizen lifted himself up into a sitting position as he slumped for a moment. His legs finally shifting towards the edge of the bed; his toes finally touched the floor, s**t... the floor was cold this morning. He thought to himself as he quickly stumbled toward his dresser to relieve the coldness with leg wraps. Finally jumping onto this bed a little alive none the less he began to bandage his right foot and ankle before going onto his left. again he stood upon his bedroom floor as it seemed much warmer and less fringed as it first seemed. He had hung up clothes from the night before so he could no doubt wear them to the Academy; none the less, He quickly got dressed. he wore a long sleeved shirt that had a collar that stuck out all the way to about his cheekbones; Also, his sleeves went almost down to his ankles. With this he could take anything he wanted quickly and quietly without anyone noticing. He wore knee length pangs and had knee pads on them. Last but not least he grabbed a plain headband and applied it to his head as he took a pair of visors and placed them upon his face. Looking down at his naked palms he had almost forgotten to bandage up his hands before leaving, he chuckled slightly and quickly wrapped them. And now he was a few minutes late, thus he quickly darted for the window and out into the Shinobi world he went. With his arms beside him he raced across the village to meet up with the rest of the Academy students in which followed their dreams and desires to join the Shinobi Alliances. Aizen wasn’t as customary to the Mists Fashionable way of living as he was born else where but his parents had decided to stay behind the walls of a secure and powerful country such as the mist. The rules were rather strict and most people were cruel or nasty to outsiders, but as most people Aizen’s family became accepted and thus his young life was blessed in a way. Finally stopping momentarily for a slight breath Aizen could see the Academy building behind the street wall, No doubt his teacher would be displeased with the lateness of his arrival; But, none the less he had arrived for his teachings.

Eight teams, that means four versus four for the first round. After that, it will be two versus two, and then one squad against another, meaning three rounds of missions. This is going to be incredibly taxing on our bodies, Kuro. Hibiki thought, addressing his Ninsune in his mind despite it not being able to hear him. The whole way to their first mission, the couple behind him continuously talked in a high-pitched baby voice about how much they loved each other and how they would rather die than have the other taken away from them. The Inuzuka scoffed at their ridiculous banter.
Their first mission was to assassinate a target guarded by the other Squad. It would have gone more smoothly if Hibiki was even allowed to participate. The other two insisted that they handle the whole mission, since he would just screw it up. Hibiki obviously didn't like the idea of sitting out, but their first mission was a huge success. The ambush the other two planned out caught the other Squad completely off guard and the girl (Who's apparently a Mizu) finished off the target.
"Babe you did great!" Now they were both celebrating and talking about how good they were together, while Hibiki tried his best not to let his temper get the best of him. As soon as the Inuzuka opened his mouth to say something, their second mission appeared in the form of a chuunin handing them another scroll. Before poofing away, he winked at the Mizu girl, making her blush.
"Who was that?" The boy, who was talented in fire-type jutsu so much that Hibiki thought he might have been a pyromaniac. "Oh, nobody, so whats our next mission...fox boy?" While the Pyro glared at his beloved girlfriend, Fox Boy opened up the scroll, and read out loud their next mission, "Locate and Disable the Spies? The other Squad has valuable information that needs to be retrieved. They need to stay alive for questioning, so you need to only incapacitate, not kill." There was an audible groan from both his comrades and a small whimper from Kuro as he rolled the scroll back up.

It wasn't long before the Mizu Girl not only found all three of the other squad members, but had frozen half of their bodies so they were unable to move. After the Chuunin escorted those shinobi out, he handed Hibiki the third mission scroll, that was adorned with various A's as well. Opening the scroll with the harassment from his teammates, he read it out loud once again. "Similar to your last mission, you must find and locate the other Squad and take the evidence from them, by force if you have to. Remember, only disable, not kill. Alright." There was a cheer from the other two, as they planned it amongst themselves again. Much to Hibiki's despair, they were going to use the same strategy against them. "Don't you think using it again would put yourselves in jeopardy? Honestly this s**t would not work in the real world." The Inuzuka said in a very soft voice. He usually didn't speak harshly, but he was still insulting nonetheless. Both of them ignored him with a face of disgust and continued on their way.

They were now running among the mist that was around here, trying to locate their opponents. "Hey, Inuzuka, you go northeast, I'll go north, and Rika will go northwest. That way we'll sweep them out, just make sure you don't get ambushed!" The Pyro shouted as they separated. Hibiki and Kuro were weaving through the bushes that now littered there path. He honed in on his senses, ready to pick up any incoming enemies. It wasn't long before he picked up on a new type of smell. It was unusual. "Kuro, Three hunderd meters northwest." Warning his companion, the Ninsune decided to dart ahead of his friend as Hibiki tuned in to his communicator. "Fox here. Incoming northwest, my position, two hundred and fifty meters. As far as I know they-" He was suddenly cut-off by a scream, probably coming from the Mizu. "Hibiki! It's an ambush! They sent out clones to distract us while they focus fire on one teammate at a time! We need backup at Mirror Lake!" Hibiki u-turned and sprinted from his position, hoping to get there in time. That's odd, why would they set-up an ambush if they are supposed to be fleeing?

Luckily, Mirror Lake wasn't hard to get to. As Hibiki closed in on his destination, his sprint had turned into a slower jog. If he were to ambush the ambushers, his teammates might be able to turn the tables. As he crept through the mist and bushes, he saw Rika and the pyro guy stuck in some sort of earth-type jutsu. Their heads were the only thing visible, while a large man continued to sustain the jutsu with a handsign. He could be heard talking into his communicator while the other two were shouting insults and other profanities at him. "Kuro, it is our time to show them how things SHOULD be done. I want you to circle around and hit him hard with a Rage Induced Flying Fox from his right side. That will throw him off from his concentration." Hibiki whispered to his companion, who sneaked his way to the other side of the area. He waited, and waited while his teammates struggled against the Earth Jutsu. The Man guffawed, "After we call the Chuunin, you 'spies' will be turned in and we will graduate from the Academy." He guffawed again. There was a few yips before he was thrown aside like a rag doll by Kuro charging into him, his body slightly aglow with static electricity. "Nice RIFF Kuro! My Turn!" And from out of the bushes came Hibiki, using a nice chakra-boosted push off. The man stumbled back from Kuro's charge and right into Hibik's outstretched Fist. The Ninsune then dashed back into stealth by hiding in the bushes. "Hibiki! Keep at it!" His teammates cheered as he pushed himself off The Man and hid away in the bushes nearby. The duo continued to do their hit and run technique for a few more minutes, until the man had fallen unconscious.

"Holy s**t Hibiki, who knew you could take him down?!" Rika said as the earth jutsu practically melted away. "Now, there is no time for celebration. There are two other Shinobi out there." Hibiki barked softly to the other two, his usual Fox-like grin more glowing than usual. "Don't you find this mission a bit unusual? Not only did he ambush, but he was calling you spies. Were we not the ones asked to find the spies?" He turned to each of them with his grin before answering. "It is a hoax. This mission was for the two Squads to fight each other obviously." The other two stared in awe at the creepy little Inuzuka. "Now, we must wait here, since he had contacted his squad, they should be arri-" He didn't get to finish his sentence, again, as a bolt of lightning had struck in the middle of the group, while the three of them jumped away.

Two more Mist Nin appeared where the bolt had struck. Both had a rather large grin, or so it appeared from where Hibiki and Kuro were hiding in the bushes. Rika and that pyro dude were out in the open, and were exchanging insults with the two new shinobi before they began to throw ninjutsu at each other. Fire, water, and lightning jutsu were being thrown about with such ferocity, Hibiki didn't have a clear shot of either of the two enemies. A lightning bolt hit Pyro right in the chest, flinging him into the nearby bushes unconscious, now it was two versus one. Assembling his flute as quickly as possible, he dashed out there, to be by Rika's side. "Step back!" She shouted, but Hibiki didn't. He began playing on his flute, which his two opponents began to laugh at. However, they did not realize he was performing a rather complex jutsu. Storm clouds began to spread across the sky as the wind picked up. "Hibiki what is going on?" Rika whined as her and the other two Shinobi stared at the clouds, Kuro sitting calmly beside him. Twin Lightning Dragons! As he announced the jutsu in his mind, lightning crackled as a pair of dragons rushed down towards his enemies.

But before the Jutsu had hit, a hand ungraciously took a hold of Hibiki's flute and was taken away, making the Genjutsu fade away. A Chuunin had broken up the fight while two more appeared behind him. "Exam is over. Please return to the Academy for the final standings." And with that, the students had dispersed and returned to the Academy. Their Sensei standing in front of the crowd of students, all wondering who is about to graduate. "You students have done very, very poor. Only one squad has graduated, despite them doing very poorly as well." He had paused, making the crowd tense up, awaiting their results. "Team Four, which was led by Inuzuka Hibiki, are now, officially, Genin."

After the small ceremony, Hibiki tied his new Mist Headband around his waist, figuring it would get in the way if it was on his head. Rika and The Pyro approached him and congratulated and thanked Hibiki. They also quickly apologized for pushing him out of the way during the missions and skipped off merrily. He looked towards Kuro and nodded, they were finally Genin of the Hidden Mist Village.

Finding himself outside of the ninja academy Koji slowed his pace as he came to the front door, finding that it had been locked, most likely as it was already past the time for all of the students to have entered their respective classes. "Really though... great now they are really going to try and keep me out." Koji thought to himself as he approached the door, squatting slightly so that he could bring the door knob to eye level as he began to look through the locking mechanism. "Well now this should be simple enough, and hopefully I won't mangle this thing in the process." Koji said to himself as a smirk spread across his face.

Forming a short set of hand seals Koji's left hand began to spark just slightly as a response to his calling on his bodies own electricity. Quickly he brought his hand up to the lock, and slowly felt his way through with his lightning chakra until he was confident he had filled the shape of the lock, and then turned his hand to finish opening the lock, in th end leaving the whole mechanism slightly burned but other than that nearly perfect. Now standing from his current position, Koji hurried into the building, heading directly for his classroom, knowing full well that his teacher would try and scold him for being so late. But as he pushed open the door he noticed the teacher was busy scolding one of his fellow classmates, giving him the perfect chance to slip in

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[Wind Country Academy]

Oasis had slowed down and returned to walking beside Hatsuma instead of in front of her and listened to the answers to her questions. She reall didn't have a desired position? she wondered inside if there was something wrong with Hatsuma perhaps? She was so cold and stoic about things. She blinked a few times and considered her answers. "Neat, so thats something else we sorta have in common. I grew up in a little village outside of this big place. The chief says that they were nomadic once a long time ago." she states with a grin. Maybe that wasn't important information, but she felt it was, perhaps it was even pointless information after all a tribe of non nomads isn't very nomadic. "...I guess, but I bet its really useful sometimes. Cause like sometimes you want to do more things than what you can with only two hands, having two more would let you do twice as much stuff!" she exclaims energetically. Oasis lagged back a few steps and sized Hatsuma up some. She was taller than Oasis, as far as Oasis could tell she was also more developed too. She tipped her head to the side as she listened. Stepping out the door and into the warmth of the sun right behind her new strange partner. "Yea, I know which way that is." she states as she looked up at the sky and turned around a few times before facing to the West. "that way." she states as she started to walk in that direction. "So, are we gonna go together, or just meet up there?" she questions as she turned her walking speed up a little bit to keep pace.