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Yua decided she was wasting to much time examining the space between the roof and the wall and started moving again, besides jumping over the wall would be cheating and although ninja played dirty Yua was not one to cheat at a test. She kept going much more quickly now she figured she was wasting far to much time simply standing about and taking rests. Yua stepped around a corner and looked around this area seemed different the roof was getting wider and the way the wall was, she must have been close to the center but she couldn’t figure out how to get there exactly from here it would take a lot more maneuvering to get around all the walls, and she still didn’t trust the space between the walls and roof. Yua sighed as she kept moving Carefully around the Maze she hopped the center was the end of her troubles from this section and that there was an exit or something in there if it wasn’t she was going to be very annoyed at this entire test. Yua sighed again as she kept moving thinking of her team mates, she wished she could have had more time she tried her best to hang around Katsuko during the few days on the ship that she had the time but she really wished there had been more time. Yua smirked at the thought of celebration after all of this was over especially if all the mist ninja past, she at least hoped there would be a celebration the way Sorain was training them the most likely would not be. She was not looking forward to getting back to training but hopefully next time would be different and he would actually teach them something.

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Katsuko had finally arrived to the Exams area. She had gotten distracted while on the ship everyone had arrived on and thus was a tad later than everyone else. Quickly running up to the entrance in which she was directed she noticed tags all along the walls. As she stared her pupils disappeared and the light violet of her eyes paled to a near white. Soon following veins protruded from the area around her eyes intensifying her range of vision. The Byakugan. As she looked through the structure she realized it was a large maze. "O joy.." she grumbled with so much anti-enthusiasm. Luckily the Byakugan not only gave her a field of vision three-hundred and sixty degrees around her but she could see father into the distance straight through things.

As she entered the maze she paused to take a look around. She had every intention to use her enhanced sight to its full potential in this little test. She was NOT gonna let Vyrin think she hadnt trained for the exams. She wasnt just gonna prove she trained. She had every intention of acing the exams to show she wasnt an embarrassment. Though as she thought about it. She recalled hearing that her mother had failed the Chunin Exams not just once but twice. She had never heard the story about how a genin like her mom wound up with someone like her father but she could only hope it was really romantic. Considering who her father was it was almost certain to have been just that. Maybe even overly romantic. At least thats what Katsuko hoped.

As she was day dreaming about how her mother and father could have met she suddenly was snapped back to reality via becoming more friendly with one of the labyrinths walls. "Yea...take that wall...showed you" she grumbled in embarrassment as she peeled herself from the wall and giving it a small kick at its base for revenge. She then took a look around before getting herself in what she believed to be the right direction. As she walked she began to wonder about the others that had entered the exams. Mainly about the girl that had saved her from her failed attempt at catapulting. Itd be awkward if she had to fight the person that saved her. But if it came down to it shed probably still enjoy the fight just as much as any other.

Speaking of fighting this was the next thing that popped into her mind. When was she gonna get to fight somebody? She had never got to scratch the itch the battle bug gave her and a habit of hers wouldnt let her finger move from her gunblades trigger. Considering they let all of the participants enter in different areas she figured there wouldnt be much fighting if at all at this stage of the exams. From what she heard it was a sort of trend to not have any real fighting in the first round. She figured it was to give the healers or weaker shinobi somewhat of a chance at passing. But even still the later rounds would surely weed out the weak ones who were not yet ready to advance to the next totem of the pole of ranks.

Eventually her energetic run was reduced to a lazy stroll. Katsuko was growing increasingly bored. After all a maze was just that. A maze. Full of twists turns more twists more turns even more twists even more turns and god knows how many walls. And it all looked exactly the same. The only way it could have been more boring for her is if it had been a pretty much straight shot. Eventually she even began lightly scraping her head against the walls as she walked tapping the flyer goggles she wore over her forehead. A small wind like hollow sound resonated slightly from the gas mask around her neck as air passed through its filters. The gunblade she held in her hand with her finger still near its trigger was the only thing around her that remained silent. Ironically it was the one thing she wish she could make some noise with. She understood the size of the maze was meant to fit the number of people participating but they didnt have to make it THIS big. Even with her partial Hyuuga bloodline given eyes she didnt think she'd ever find the end of this blasted place.

(Int (x2) = 200 + 100 Awareness buff (Hyuuga Sight) = 300 - 150 = 150/10 = 15 + 50 = 65% need 65 or lower)
((BLAST!))

Hatsuma felt something, the walls became rougher and the passages became a bit narrower, perhaps she was finally getting somewhere, this was a good thing. “Finally some progress…” she commented calmly making note of this passage well, going back wouldn’t be something she wanted to do after the amount of time she had been here. Of course this task was a bit easier on the mind then arriving the first day of the academy. ‘ Hatsuma walked into the room at this time she was eleven and her hair had grown out quite a bit, she learned what she could from the nomads and was sent on her important mission. “Alright class I’d like to introduce a new student to you all, Kidomaru Hatsuma, her multiple arms are a result of her bloodline and I will not have anyone judging her and using cruel terms… that said Hatsuma you may be seated.” The teacher introduced her to the class in a rather odd manner but then proceeded to lecture about chakra flow. Hatsuma made her way to an empty seat and sat down paying attention to the teachers words though she had already learned this information early on back in the village from Ijin.
“hey… new kid… What’s it like having four arms? Is it weird?” A student in an adjacent seat leaned over and whispered at Hatsuma who looked back to him to respond. The she didn’t whisper her response and said it in a tone flatter then the teachers lecture.
“It’s the same as you having two arms, if you take arms as being weird then that is your choice…” She said bluntly which caught the teachers attention and he quickly made his way to the boy who was still leaning over.
“Come on now you need to pay attention in class and stop pestering the new student.” The teacher fumed as he righted the boy in his seat and turned his attention to Hatsuma. “Now you’ll need to ignore people and pay attention to the teacher in class understood?” he explained in a rather mellow and understanding tone, clearly the man thought himself superior in intellect; however he was a teacher so Hatsuma would appease him. In the nomad village the children were treated as equals and trained as such infants and toddlers were an exception of course but training began early on for Hatsuma.
“Understood…” Hatsuma responded bluntly to which the teacher quirked a brow before returning to the front of the class and continuing his lecture on chakra flow. The class ended and Hatsuma stepped outside into the hall, the boy who whispered at her approached a little bit irritated judging by the scowl on his face.
“Why’d you say it so loud you’re supposed to whisper back not talk normal!” the boy vented though his face was still a bit red and got redder as Hatsuma flat out ignored him and walked onwards to the next class. “Y….you weirdo!” the kid shouted and stormed off in the other direction. Hatsuma would have responded however she was told to ignore everyone but the teachers and that is what she intended to do.’ Hatsuma thought back on that event and realized that whispering might have saved that boy trouble, but then again she’s have felt guilty for being secretive around an authoritative figure. She focused again on the task at hand and continued making her way along the wall; one might think her blind for using a wall to direct herself however this method was proven to be somewhat effective in mapping the layout of a maze. She turned yet another corner and found herself going down a parallel path to the one she had just exited. The dead ends she encountered had amounted to about 106 now so clearly the maze was massive as well as complex, it was no surprise it had taken her so long to get this far in, at least she felt like she was getting a bit closer to her goal now and that’s what matter. As she reached the next intersection she noted the increase of torches along the walls however the light from them was dimmer then before which made the passage have about the same light level regardless. “Interesting choice in lighting… perhaps it’s to welcome one to the depths of the maze? Or maybe it is a trick to confuse one into going the wrong way. Hatsuma thought a moment and continued on and made her way down another path, all were lit with the increase in torches so it didn’t matter which she chose, however her hand on the wall decided for her and that was always the decision maker for this choice as well as all the others she had made to this point. She had to admit the maze creator was quite clever in their design, however one with a sturdy will could prevail through it with enough persistence and effort.

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Hatsuma's hand broke free of the rough wall revealing a large circular room boxes sat in the center of the room. so these were the prize... well better go collect then. Hatsuma glanced around the room to make sure the coast was clear before approaching. Hatsuma approached and looked at A note on the stone pillar that these small chests surrounded it read 'take one'. Hatsuma looked over the boxes that remained unpilfered and picked one near the end. opening it up she removed a kanji tile and placed it safely in her sash.
"It's probably unwise to stay here... from the count there aren't enough to go around... I'll need to find a way out... likely not the way I came in... that would make it to easy... this object might have something to do with my exit... for now I'll go into hiding from the others and see if i can make any progress towards the exit..." Hatsuma stated contemplating her options before taking off in a random direction weaving about to distort her footprints. once down a corridor she brought her feet onto one of the walls and began walking upon it, being sure to not trip over any of the torches along the way. the path was opposite the one she had entered the large room so it was unlikely that they intersected.

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Yua sighed as she kept moving around the maze it was getting frustrating now she couldn’t imagine if she had been here since the start of the exams and was still lost she would have screamed by now but maybe that’s why she heard other people yelling, it was infuriating being lost in this labyrinth and being all alone, well Yua wasn’t totally alone she had Senkai but he couldn’t exactly hold on a conversation, so she might as well have been alone Yua continued moving quickly through the maze now she was tired of this place and dealing with the stealth aspect of this when she had yet to find anything but a few tracks and the smell of cigarettes. Yua decided to move more quickly because so many people where near she didn’t want someone sneaking up behind her and if she moved quickly then she was harder to sneak up on. Yua came to another fork but she could see that one side had a long hallway and the other had a sharp turn, she looked around the turn and saw that it was dead end. Yua shook her head and then turned and went back down the hallway, it was long and straight finally it had a turn to the right, and Yua followed it. She sighed as she kept moving, looking around for any sign that people had been through there. She moved quickly and quietly trying to think of something else, so that she could relax more and not be so frustrated, she tried to think of what to do after the exam since they where in another country maybe taking a dip at the local bath house would be fun, actually the more she thought about it the happier it made her it sounded relaxing, a nice warm bath maybe she could convince Katsuko to go with her or Erkamina, so that she could hang out with her new friends some more. Yua smirked at the thought of going to a bath house with friends, then she realized she was calling them friends she had never had friends, everyone in the academy always though she was a book worm so no one hung around her she had always been alone, and now she had two people she barely knew and was calling them friends. Yua smirked at the though as she kept moving through the maze. Yua smirked at the idea of spending time with the two girls maybe having at party at her overly huge house she still needed to ask Erkamina if she wanted to stay there she could ask Katsuko to, it would be fun to have some roommates to spend time with and that way her big house wouldn’t feel so empty. Yua rounded another corner and spotted someone rounding a wall she stopped and listened for their foot steps to move away once she was sure they where long gone, she started to move again. She needed to be careful this close to the center but she still let her mind wander to other thoughts, of how she would ecorate the house and get to know the girls better if they did in fact move in with her.

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’I shall fight to honor the name of Kaiten, the name of my father…

Erkamina didn't seem to think she was getting any closer to the exit but her mind was elsewhere- occupied by the thoughts of the others. Yua was smarter than she was but maybe not as battle ready. And those two that popped in during training, who were they? She heard a grumble come from somewhere. She swiftly shifted her eyes side to side before realizing the noise had echoed from her own stomach. She rubbed at her stomach slightly as it growled its protest to her long period without eating anything. Sure, she'd survived on small- even minuscule- meals but she always ate something for supper. Even if it was a piece of bread and some fruit it was better than her current stomach-churning period of no food whatsoever since before training started. And that was the morning. Now it was getting close to sundown and she was getting hungry. She shook her head and tried to focus on the task at hand, finding her way out. After all, once she did that she could probably eat dinner at a local shop of some sort. But the issue of her low, well nearly empty, pocket-lint covered collection of money ruled out a filling meal unless it was included with the exams which she figured to be highly unlikely. Looks like she had to settle for something like instant ramen again. "Mm... Ramen..." She thought for a second as she wandered further into the maze and tried to clear her thoughts as she walked but food was the first thing on her mind now that she recognized the thought and gave it a voice in her head. She thought of food every step she took, each step being a different food. "Shark fin soup, what I wouldn't give for some of that. I think I had it once when dad caught a shark as a part of his mission and got to keep it. Bony suckers those are but their full of protein, that's what he said..." She thought as she tried to get her mind focused "anything worth while should be earned..." She repeated his words in her mind to get her thoughts cleared of food. But the more she tried the worse it got. She growled and reached into her pouch only to find the tools she was issued at graduation within. Not even a crumb. Wait, was that a soldier pill? No, those things were bitter and disgusting and weren't even really 'food' they were more 'chakra replenishment'. She didn't need chakra, she needed fat, carbohydrates, and protein- food in other words. A nice dinner was something she had very rarely but it would be very appreciated at the moment, even what most would call a snack would be nice to her knowing that she had been fending for herself for the time since her father disappeared. And at her age it was exceedingly difficult to do that without becoming a shinobi so that was another reason she joined the Academy again. She zipped her pouch again and grumbled under her breath at her lack of preparation, she hadn't even packed a small piece of bread for the trip. "How could I be so stupid as to not pack any food." She yelled out loud, not caring if she was heard or not. She kicked at the wall and growled as the pain hit her toes. She sighed and continued down the paths, the thought of food still haunting her thoughts. She tried to clear her mind but the more she trudged down the paths the more her thoughts began to repeat themselves over again. But she tried to retain her methodology.

… Soon I will show the world the worth of that name.’