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Fuyu continued to wander around the maze searching for any signs of which way to go in order to find his new destination. This was starting to become a good way to loose hope in that he'd never really figure anything else about his father, why he was even sent to the desert where he'd called home for the last eighteen or so years, or just more to the fact who he was compared to his whole family line. The name Masato as of right now was all he had in connection with his father and he was going to hold onto that slight bond as tightly as he possibly could. He continued to walk through random corradors thinking of a way to mark his placings without letting anyone else know how to get there. Last thing he wanted to was to show someone how to get there. But then again... How were Oasis and Zavits doing? Where they even in the exams? They had to be. Both were qualified just as well as he was so what would be holding them back besides the Kage's approval. s**t... did that letter that Fujin was talking about... did it get to it's destination? Did Kenta know where he was? Did his teammate even know he was here. He had to for now trust his guardians words and not concentrate on that, just to take note on the task at hand. As he walked, he noticed Fujin starting to form right beside him. He continued to take turnes while still trying to figure out which way to go, not to go, and how to make this thing just a little easier to mark them.
I see you're having a hard time figuring out where you are? Maybe on how to mark the area's you've been in? Fuyu just nodded as he was starting to get flustered. I shall help enlighten your problem then, consider this my aid for this challange. I will only aid once per challange as I believe that's all you will need. With that, Fujin hovered infront of Fuyu and made him stop. He reached out his pure wind arms and suddenly they shot forward and entered Fuyu's eyes. It only took a moment but that's all that was needed. Fuyu however was shot backwards and skipped on his back twice before skidding to a stop. He got up as fast as he could, not being too teribbly long that was, and rubbed his eyes as they now felt uncomfortable. That feeling quickly faded and when he looked, the room seemed to glow a kinda bluish color while the hallways were glowing a greenish color. What the hell happened?He stated not knowing that he was now speaking out loud. This should help you in your quests now. Blue is where you started, Green are paths you haven't been down yet, and yellow are paths you've been down. Red objects are enimies, and orange are allies. This should make you whole battle system much easier but I thought that this would also help in the maze. Fuyu shook his head and blinked several times while the glows got stronger and stronger. They were now noticable but not too bright for him. He grinned and nodded towards Fujin who was now a huge orange figure infront of him. With another quick shake of his head Fuyu walked down the center hallway and continued to make his way around, now realizing where he was going and if he'd been down the route before hand.
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Notwen was taken to a large simple looking building that was several stories tall. There was a line of genin from all over the world. He could see six other types of village insignias on the metal plates of their forehead protectors.
Man, there are a lot of people here... thought Notwen as he studied the number on his card. The numbers 103 were printed in red on the small yellow ticket with braille pellets beneath for any blind entrants. His mind suddenly flew to Fuyu. He has probably been called already. Notwen looked back and saw the jounin going back the way they had come.
The line moved pretty fast and eventually it was his turn to enter the building. He read a sign on the way that notified the entrants to show the ticket they had acquired earlier to the jounin ahead. Notwen had his ticket ready and flashed it to the jounin, who nodded and let him in.
The inside of the building was spacious. There were around thirty genin already there. When he entered, Notwen heard yet another jounin call out a number and usher the genin that got up through a back door. So when one comes in, one begins the test.

Back on the site of the destroyed Raito-Harusen Labs, Kaala had assumed his human form and begun searching the wreck. He saw the bodies of the men in the lab coats, then gritted his teeth in rage. Kaala had spotted his master's previous body in the corner.
"How dare they?!!" he yelled, enveloping his arms in flames. These men did not deserve to have physical bodies to be buried. "Burn in eternal hell, scum!!" One by one, Kaala incinerated the bodies of the men with a blast of fire until only ashes remained, then he spat on the ash piles. When all of the men's bodies were destroyed, he picked up Notwen's discarded body and carried it outside. Kaala a found a set of large rocks a few feet away. He laid the broken body to rest on the slabs, then built a coffin of rocks around it. "I promise you Master Notwen, I will never leave your side again." With that, Kaala transformed into his phoenix form, and perched on top of the construct of rocks. "Resplendent Radiance!!" The armored bird's body shone brilliantly, sending heat waves everywhere. The ground around the stone coffin was scorched and the coffin itself was transformed by the heat and pressure into a crystal casket. The body inside was not harmed, and was now slightly visible. With one final look at his master's old face, Kaala flew back to the populated area of the Sound Village.

"Number 103!" called the jounin. Notwen got up and walked to the back of the room. As he came to the jounin, some other kid approached him.
"Yo, give me your ticket." he said. He was a slightly bigger than Notwen and judging by his forehead protector, he was from the village hidden in the rocks. "Did i stuttah? Give me the ticket!" Notwen was becoming very annoyed, very quickly.
"I do not appreciate ignorance," he replied, trying to ignore the obnoxious kid. "I suggest you leave me alone." The Rock-nin tried to grab at the ticket, but was met by a scalding heat wave. He screamed in pain as he nursed his blistered hand. "Told you to leave me alone." said Notwen without turning around. "Here you go sir." he said flashing his ticket for the second time.
"Okay, follow me." Notwen was led to and through the back door. His next destination was soon visible. There was a cave ahead. The entrance was surrounded by tags of some sort.

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

Erkamina followed the path each direction it turned, trying to find that one that happened to turn right towards the center. But each time she thought she was getting closer she'd end up turning again as the path twisted around, just as the false path did a few times before going back to where she'd stated to follow it. She didn't mind much though, as long as she kept moving she knew eventually that she would make it, she wouldn't be the first but getting there was the only thing on her mind. She had to keep walking just to stay awake now, not just to find the exit. She yawned again, this time more audibly than before. She stretched as the sound echoed off the walls as her sigh had, sounding like a chorus of fighting sounds. But she didn't hear any other sounds than her own footsteps and her own yawning or whatever she was currently doing. She tapped against a wall a few times to see if she could hear anything from the other side, but nothing other than the echoes of taps let itself become known. She growled lightly and shoved away from the wall with a huff. So much for trying to hear any other competitors and see which way they were going. She just needed to get lucky this once and she'd never ask for luck again. She just needed to get to the center and in order to that she had to find the right path which seemed to be more luck now than skill. She didn't care much for luck, she didn't need it at all. Luck was for those that were weak and she wasn't weak, or at least she wouldn't admit to being weak out loud, especially around that Mizukage. No, she'd never even utter the words in her mind. She shoved the thoughts away as she trudged forward, ever pursuant of the lofty goals she set for herself. Obtainable with enough hard work and determination but it would take a while, years perhaps before she even saw the measure of success. But she had to hope and she had to envision it because without those things it was nothing more than a genin's crazy talk and she would not let it stand at just talk. She would never allow herself to be humiliated in such a way as to be thought of as crazy or something. Perhaps she was for wanting revenge, the truth, and for her name to be known. But craziness was relative. As all things in this mixed up world seemed to be, including truth and power. She sighed slightly as she thought of power, most people called having a 'gift' power but they were wrong... Power came from what she was doing now, struggling.

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

Yua smiled as she rounded a corner and saw that there was no mark of hers it meant she was making progress towards the center, she made a mark and then kept on moving. She wanted to be quick now she knew there where several other ninja around, Yua slide around a corner she was going so fast she didn’t fall luckily thanks to her quick reflexes but that was much to close to make her feel good, she decided to slow down, she had also made another decision when she got home to read the villages hidden scroll she couldn’t believe she hadn’t done that the second she had graduated. The hidden scroll had all kinds of useful techniques for a young ninja such as herself. Yua huffed and sniffed the hair again, the smell of the smoke had completely faded which was a good sign it means she had made quiet of bit of progress but it also meant that the ninja who was smoking either hadn’t been through here or was long gone.

Yua stopped for a moment and peeked around a corner she needed to be careful she was close to the very center now and running into other ninja here could spell trouble for a fight in this location would alert other ninja to her presence and may turn a fight into a brawl. Yua realized there was no one around and began to move quickly, she still tried her best to stay silent as she moved quickly, Yua then began to perform hand seals quickly and spit out the water onto the ground again wiping away her foot prints from behind her. Yua sighed as she kept moving she was completely sick of not knowing what she was supposed to do in this place she had been basically thrown into this labyrinth, for all she knew this could not even be an exam. She chuckled at the thought as it went through her head, it had to be the exam what else could it have been.

Yua sighed and leaned against a wall, and ran her fingers through her hair she was so sick of this terrible disgusting dungeon. She hated it down her it was muggy and disgusting, she had dirt and dust all over her. She felt gross and wanted out of this place. Yua moved carefully around the maze trying to avoid getting anymore muck on her than she already had. Yua was almost tempted to summon up Senkai just so she could keep from getting any dirtier. But she decided against it, and kept trudging through the maze hoping the next corner she round would lead her to the center but she had no such luck, Yua sighed as she leaned against a wall again to catch her breathe. She sat down in the dirt and dust that was all over the place, at this point she had stopped caring about her appearance. Now she just wanted to be done with this test.

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After getting into the Sound village, Aya head to the event area for the exam, she smiled as she got to the Colosseum, and saw the huge event that had began around Colosseum, it was like a massive party had began, she had been separated from her new teammates once she had gotten out of the cart, and they were now to make they way around. Aya had some fun visiting some of the booths and seeing what type of shops had come, most seem to be games or food shops, she played a few of the games and got herself some afternoon tea, she manage to win a waterballoon yoyo and some kunai, that seemed to be of very poor quality.

Aya then after having a little fun in the shops she moved to the Colosseum, and informed them that she was here for the exam, the chunin that she had spoke too gave her direction to the waiting room, it took her a little bit to find the room, once in the room she was informed to wait for a little bit, before being told to head into another room. Once she enter the new room Aya noticed some guard from many other counties seemed to be place over the place, some looking more worried then other, Aya was called over to a desk in the room, at the desk she was hand a slip of paper with her details, Aya was question a little to ensure it was really her and it the details were correct, once this was over she was given a number and told to take a seat in the main hall until it was her turn to more on.

Soon enough Aya's number was called and she made her way to another door, this time she opened it and headed down some stairs to a basement like room, with some Anbu stand around the room the only features were the stairs and a single door in the room, Aya felt a bit uncomfortable in this room, it reminded her of the room at the lab she used to be kept in. She was given told that is she wished to continue on head though the door on the other side, if not turn back and walk back up the stairs, Aya thought about turning back, but if she did that she wasn't sure how she would face Hisaki or Yuki after woulds, tilling them that she quit at the first step, wasn't something she really wanted to do, so Aya took in a few deep breaths and went to the door, having it opened by one of the Sound Anbu as she went though, she was given a head nod by the Anbu and wished good luck.

Once on the other side of the door she found herself in a cave, it was a little humid within the cave, Aya looked as her eyes got used to the low level of light, Aya seeing that this would be to advantage in some ways as her Byakugan would help a lot with this stage, it was easy to guess they must be more then a maze of passage way, they was sure to be traps or event creature here to hold them up. Aya moved a hand to face and formed a single hand seal closing her eyes as she did, collecting chakra before the veins around her eyes budged a little as her Byakugan was activated, she had manage to get her range of vision a little larger then before around 134 meter last time she tested. She looked at the area was in first to get a feel for which way to go, it seemed like straight ahead was the best option at the moment.

There they were, Hisaki, Yuki, and their newest team member Aya, all riding in the cart on their way to the Chuunin exams. Aya told her two new cohorts about her adventurous mission she had been on. Hisaki was easily excited by the story, he wanted to know every detail about the fight she had with the robed men. Yuki analyzed most of the story, trying to figure out her personality a bit, but now she knew how strong she was. She surpassed both Yuki and Hisaki in skill, easily.

But that felt like it was days ago, despite it being a few hours ago. Him and the rest of his team were given numbers and were sat in large hall away from each other, where tons of other Genin were sitting. Some were nervous, some were anxious, some were even a bit arrogant, boasting about how strong they are compared to the others. For Yuki, he was in disbelief, he would never have figured he would get this far, or even had the courage to participate in the Chuunin exams! He was pale, and his stomach was sick, he tried to stay calm and focused, but his mind and body were two separate entities at the moment. They both were constantly arguing with each other, his mind was telling him to not worry, you'll get through this. His body was basically shouting about how they were all going to die.

His number was called. Yuki stood up, with several other Genin. They were obviously some of the last to be sent in since the hall was now partially empty. The ANBU was wearing a mask that reminded Yuki of a very drowsy owl, it made him want to yawn with just looking at it. The high ranked shinobi didn't say much, nor did the other three genin that were with him. The Yamanaka was in the back of the group, so he couldn't see the other genin's headbands, curious of what village they were from. The five of them traveled deeper and deeper into what seemed like a very long hallway until a door came into view on his left side. The first genin in line entered the door with a nervous look on his face. He noticed that he was wearing a hidden leaf headband, and he looked quite plumb, leading Yuki to assume he was from the Akamichi clan, but he could possibly be wrong.

This pattern went on for a while, their numbers getting lower and lower until it was just Yuki and a kunoichi from the Hidden Sound Village. The whole trip was in silence until the Hidden Sound Girl began to whimper a little. The ANBU ignored it, they were trained to put feelings aside so Yuki doubt that they were very sympathetic to lower ranked shinobi, this was especially true since the Hidden Sound Village was quite ruthless as well.

Her door came up, the ANBU opened the door and motioned for her to go on. She let out a loud whimper as she merely stared into the doorway, obviously terrified about the exams. The Older Shinobi sighed very loudly. The more terrified she got, the more annoyed he was. Yuki was sympathetic to this, but didn't want to be a creep, but he quickly made up a plan.

"Hey, it's alright." The Yamanaka male said, as he put his arm around her shoulder and grasping one of her hands. Mind Trace! He mentally activated as he poured some of his chakra into her hand. "I know how scary it is, but remember, to be a good shinobi one must overcome the scariest obstacles sometimes." He whispered into her ear, at the disgust of the ANBU. He wasn't being sincere at all actually, he just wanted to use his Mind Trace ability, which his father taught him at the beginning of his medical nin training. It allowed the user to literally view the memory contents among other parts of someone's brain, his father used it to see how or why certain injuries were caused, but Yuki used it to scout out his opponent's and ally's power. She was pretty weak, from what he could tell. A ninjutsu user who used a earth style techniques. He felt cofident that, if it came down to it, he could definitely defeat her with ease.

She finally cheered up, and with a skip and a hug and a small 'thank you', she ran off down the dark path behind the door. The Owl ANBU cocked his head to the side as he shut the door and placed a seal on it. "She's weak, she won't last long." He explained to Mister Owl Face. He chuckled as he continued to walk down the path with Yuki following him. It was a little while until the ANBU turned to a door Yuki didn't see and opened it, giving the same motion he did to everyone else. The Genin walked in without thinking, glad to be rid of that Owl mask.

The sight took his breath away. The walls were colossal and the place was dimly lit. It was a labyrinth, a large one at that. Yuki made a few handseals and activated his Mind Release Technique and began to jog. Alright, first I'm going to assume a few things. I assume we need to find an exit or something, or to get to the center. I also assume he placed a seal on the door so we wouldn't He took a left at a fork. let us escape and I also assume there are other shinobi around. Yuki now had to slow down and look around, he didn't know which way to go now. It was a four-way intersection, and every path looked the same as the last. That's when he noticed something, there were seals on top of the walls, but what where they for? He decided that he'll figure them out later, right now he needs to pick a direction, so he took a right as he sped up his jog. I wonder how Aya and Hisaki are doing?