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As Sango would arrive finally pass through the walls of the compound that offered the protection to the few remaining Uchiha members that managed to survive the massager of Itachi. Sango would quietly stroll by the childhood structure that was the house of the both Sasuka and Itachi before the two would have the falling out that shook the roots of the great and powerful clan. The house that still remains uninhabited ever since that day. The blood stained floor was still covered with the blood of the parents that was shed by the blade of Itachi that night. The house was forbidden to enter by anyone no matter the reason since most to the surviving Uchiha members are attempting to overcome the anger that was driven deep into the heart and soul of the clan following that action. Sango would continue to stroll along the side of the street for a distance longer before she would finally arrive back at the house of her family. Sango would quietly enter the front door after she would remove her shoes to prevent the chance of soiling the floors of the house from travelling through the village from the ninja academy after successfully completion and graduation from the official Ninja Academy of the Village Hidden among the Leaves. As Sango would pass through the forger before making her way in the living room area of the house, Sango’s ears would begin to slightly make out the sounds of her father and brother in a private office that was just off to the right of the living room of the house. It was late and Sango knew that she would receive a scolding from her father if she was caught eves dropping upon the conversation that was occurring between her father and brother. Sango would continue to silently move through the house and head towards the kitchen to get herself a slight bit to eat before she would then make her way though the house and across the courtyard that was the central feature of the structure as well as the shortest distance to cross between the main living areas of the house and those that were the private living areas of the different members of the family. Sango did not take but a second to finish the quickly prepared snack before departing the silent kitchen. As Sango would pass through the doorway that lead into the central rock garden that was the main focus of house, Sango’s mind would not help but think about the number of different things that filled the garden and served as both a personal pride and comfort to the troubles that often found there way into the souls of the family. Sango’s favorite feature was the tree that off in the eastern corner of the garden since it offered shade from the sun as well as being only a short distance from the Koi pond that was not far from it. Sango had spent hours sitting underneath the tree just relaxing and taking in the sights and sound of the Koi playing by themselves. There was a statue that was of the grandfather that was the one that managed to ensure that Sango’s family had managed to escape the massager that was brought upon the entire clan following Itachi’s actions. Sango’s grandfather was also the person that was directly responsible for bring back the family to once again live within the Uchiha Clan’s compound of the Village Hidden among the Leaves. Sango would actually pause on the trip through the courtyard rock garden to take a seat under the tree and being to think back about one of the few times that Sango actually felt the she was slightly more loved and treated ever so slightly better than her bother that was often viewed as the hidden jewel of the family. Sango and her father had taken a trip down by the lake that would serve as the sight of the training that would allow Sango to be recognized as a full fledge member of the Uchiha Clan. Sango would watch as her father would first show her a pair of handseals that were required to perform the Grand Fireball Technique. The secret to this technique was not really the pair of handseals but rather the method that the user manipulates there chakra within their body to gather in within there chest before then forcing it out a high rate of speed in order to create a fireball that was the signature technique of the clan. Sango’s father would demonstrate the correctly preformed technique for Sango as he blow out a large fireball that was on a level that was not like anything that Sango had ever seen by that point. Sango would then hear the words of her father upon the completion of the technique. The words were those that still to this day were etched into her mind. Sango’s father said, “Sango, this is the only technique that a member of the Uchiha Clan is required to learn in order to become a full fledge members of the clan. Once a member has mastered this technique it is only at this point in time that you could ever become a true Uchiha.” Sango would then walk over to the end of the wooden dock that extended into the lake and quickly form the air of needed handseals as her eyes would begin to naturally narrow into a squinting position while Sango was gathering and molding her bodies naturally created chakra into her chest. It was not really the amount of chakra that was needed to perform the technique but once the right amount of chakra is gathered it must then be molded into the fire element. Once this is done it will allow the user to breathe out a jet of burning chakra to create the huge fireball.

As Sango’s pause under the tree brought back a number of memories that were all but completely forgotten by this point in time. Sango would be brought back to the present by the crashing sound that the bamboo pipe made when it was filled with water from the pump to the point that it would be forced down and allow the water to be dumped out into the pond. It was the sound of the bamboo pipe crashing into the rock along the edge that allowed the sound to be echoed through the garden. Sango would then remember that she need to get some sleep soon or else she body would more than likely give out on her. Sango would smile slightly as she plans to show her father that she had managed to master the Grand Fireball Technique that would allow her to be recognized a full fledge member of the Uchiha Clan as well as the fact that she had managed to successfully complete and graduate the official Ninja Academy of he Village Hidden among the Leaves only about a month after being given the chance to enter the academy. As Sango entered her room she would waste little time crawling into the bed, it would not take long before the heavy eye-lids would easy shut and allow her to drift off into a world of her dream that was nothing like that she had ever seen other than in her dreams. As Sango drifted deeper into the dream a sudden bright light would begin to fill the alley between two large, run down building. As the fog would quickly and completely fill the limited space, a number of being would pass through the fog and brightly lit area before leap up to a number of high points around the abandon city that was within the world of the living. After about a half minute would pass the students would slow and casually begin to make their way through the doors and begin forming up into the semi-circle while waiting for instruction to join them. Each of the students would carry with them a sword that each of the students had received after the first successfully completed test. Sango’s sword was much shorter in appearance than each of the other student that was in the class that sat in the semi-circle. The size of Sango’s sword easily allowed for it to be kept in the small of her back while sheathed and allowing the hilt of the sword to be seen slightly on her right side. Unlike Sango’s sword, Kohaku’s sword was more along the appearance and length of a traditional katana. Kohaku would carry the sheathed sword in a much differently fashion than the majority of the others students that carried a more traditional sword. Kohaku carried the sheathed sword down the middle of his back, while the hilt of the sword slightly above the height of his shoulder blades to allow for the sword to be quickly pulled from its resting place, if needed. As the fog and the light that had filled the alleyway would quickly begin to start fading, the instructor would approach the open end of the semi-circle that the students had created while awaiting further instruction. The instructor would then pause at the center of the student’s semi-circle as he allowed his eyes to begin drifting from the face of one student to the next as he would seem to sizing up the students as he had done many times before allowing a single word to cross his lips. As the last of the second that passed in complete silence while being used in judgment of the class by the instructor, the instructor’s voice would then begin to slightly echo off the walls of the crumbling building that rose up from the left and right of the students while filling the ears of the students with these words, “We have arrived in the world of the living. We are actually in area 86333 at this point. We have setup a nice training exercise for this class of the Academy.” The instructor would then pause as he allowed a long deep breath to fill his lungs before he would then continue, “Each of you will pair up and search the area within this city. There are training machines that will attack you in much the same form of the Beasts that will face each of you while performing your duties. Each of you will be working with another member of the class while searching the area. Now that each of you has received the mission’s objective at this time I think that we need to move on to the ground rules. The ground rules are going to be simple and easy to be followed. First, each of you will be asked to work with you partner to trace down and capture one of the training machines of you are able. Second, stay within the area that is protected and guarded by the assistance instructors since moving beyond the training exercise area will bring unwanted risk to the class and more importantly yourself and your partner. Finally, if you happen to come face to face with an actually beast you need to report it to the instructor staff as soon as you are able and at a safe distance from the threat created by coming face to face with the Beast.” As the final ground rule and mission objective has been laid out for the class, each of the student’s head would begin to nod in acknowledgement and acceptance of the rules and objectives of the training exercise that was the reason for the trip to the real world. The instructor waited to see if any questions would be voiced by his eager students, but when no one spoke up he would then say, “Now if you would please follow me I will show you the limits of these exercises.” The instructor would then turn and race off while climbing and leaping from roof top to roof top while climbing higher into the skyline of the city before coming to rest on the roof of the tallest building of the city. The instructor would then wait until the students would once again gather around him as they had done in the ally. The instructor would then clear his throat and allow his commanding voice to once again fill the ears of his students with a few words while pointing towards the points were the assistant instructors were stationed, “Here, here, here, and here are the corners of the training area where assistance instructors will be stationed to ensure the safety of the class. I will remain at this point to observe each of the pair’s movements while carrying out the assigned objectives of this mission.” It was at this each of the students would begin to pair up and allow a little distance between the pairs while looking towards the instructor. Sango and Kohaku would naturally decide to pair up together so they would not be distracted by the concern for the others safety while conducting the training mission in this abandoned city of the world of the living. Each of the pairs would then nod to the instructor to acknowledge the borders and locations of the assistance instructors before then setting out on the mission to capture the training machine if able. When it came time that Sango and Kohaku would have the attention of the instructor, both would offer up the quick nod and turn and leap from the roof of the tall building while setting out in a southeastern direction. As the pair would leap from roof top to roof top about five or six times, Sango would look up to see Kohaku standing still on the roof of an old house and motioning her to approach. Sango wasted little time as she would then quickly leap to roof top and slowly and carefully approach her brother before then whispering, “Why did you stop…” It was at this point that Sango would begin to feel the spiritual pressure of the training machine as it was nothing like she had felt before. Sango would quickly change the statement as she would instantly begin squinting her eyes while scanning the area in search of its source and muttering, “Are you able to figure out where it is coming from, Kohaku?” Kohaku would not instantly respond to the question as he continued to search out the best guess as to where the spiritual pressure was coming from. After about a minute would pass Kohaku would then turn to look at Sango and say, “I think that it is coming from that building over there.” Kohaku spoke and raised his hand to point to a nearby two story structure that had been run down, but appeared to serve as shop back in the day at one time. Sango would turn to lay her eyes upon the building and muttered, “I was thinking that as well, brother.” It was then that the roof below the pair would start to crack and creek before finally giving way under the weight of the pair. Sango and Kohaku would leap from the collapsing roof at the last second. As the sound of the following roof filled the area, it did manage to completely cover the very light noise made by the pair as they land outside the building they assumed the target was in. Sango and Kohaku were on opposite sides of the main door way and looking towards each other. Sango would then say, “I will search the top floor and you can search the basement. Call to the other once the target has been sighted.” Kohaku would then mutter softly, “Very well.” Kohaku and Sango would then begin the search by taking to different paths. Sango leaped up towards a window and made her way into the building through it, while Kohaku would start with a walk around the perimeter of building while looking for a way in. As Kohaku would make his way around to the back of the building he would find the door had been kicked in, Kohaku quickly decided that he would not waste much time as he would enter the building through the open door. As Sango entered the building through the upstairs window she would find herself standing in the room that was surely a child’s room. Sango would quickly scan the room while looking in the closet and underneath the bed or any other place that someone or something would have been hiding. Sango would then begin to hear a voice speak up to but it the voice was not passing through her ears like most but rather seemed to be coming from within her body. The voice would then say, “You heard the instructor. We are searching for a Beast. Why are you searching the room as if you are looking for a human?” Sango would then freeze her body’s movements as she looked around for the source of the voice. Sango would then struggle for a second and say, “Kohaku, is that you?” The same voice would then say, “No, no silly little girl I am not Kohaku. Even through you brother had aided you many time along the path to help you grow stronger and ready for the challenges that you will face, I am much stronger and will aid you to advance to levels that you have only dreamed about. My name is Ragnhildr.” Sango would continue to listen to the voice as she remained their motionless towards the center of the room. Sango would then finally allow the thoughts within her head to cross her lips as she then spoke up, “Oh you are Ragnhildr? Are you afraid of a little girl like myself or are you going to show yourself to me, Ragnhildr?” Sango would then reach around her back with her right hand to allow it to find the sheath hilt of her sealed Sword. As Sango’s hand rested upon the hilt of the sword the voice would then once more speak up, “Now is not the time for me to show myself to you, but soon enough my child. We will be able to strike down the threat.” Sango would then start to realize the voice was not coming from something or someone within the room, but was rather coming from within her. Sango had read up about the Sword being an extension of the wielders soul and having the ability to act upon the wielders commands, but she did not think that she would ever be able to hear its voice until much later on. Sango would then quickly shake her head left to right in a few quick motions before then hearing the sounds of a battle that seems to have started below her. Sango wasted only a second as she leaped back out the window and landed upon the ground. Sango raced around the building the last place she say Kohaku heading as she entered the build. Reaching the back she found the open door and rushed in to the room. Kohaku had worked his way into the doorway to find a rather large warehouse like room. There were a number of shelves that climbed as high as the rafters and filled the majority of the room. Upon each of the shelves were about a hundred boxes that were of different sizes and labeled with different markings upon them. Kohaku would as quietly as he was able enter the room and began searching for the source of the spiritual pressure that was coming from within the building. As the minutes passed while Kohaku would work his way up and down the rows of shelves, but no matter how careful and quietly the boy traveled he was not able to find the source of the spiritual pressure in the warehouse. As Kohaku was just about to move on the next room on his level of the building, suddenly a number of boxes on one of the shelves were shoved forwards and crashed upon the ground all around him. Kohaku’s eyes quickly looked up as the noise of the boxes being pushed got his attention and managed to make out a figure upon the shelf. Kohaku would quickly flash step out of the way to avoid being crushed by the boxes while at the same time closing the distance between him and unknown object. As Kohaku landed upon the shelf only about five feet in front of the figure he would quickly realize that it was not a training machine but rather a true Beast that stood before him. Kohaku’s eyes widen slightly as he took in the sight of the large hole in the chest where its heart would have been and the large while skull like mask that covered its face. Kohaku would then mutter, “You are not a part of this exercise.” A wickedly evil laugh would quickly come from the depths of the mask as the Beast was not able to control himself upon hearing the Shinigami’s words. After only a second would pass the Beast would then manage to restrain his surprise slightly as he then said, “Shinigami, What a taste treat this is going to be.” It was as this last word left its mouth the large wolf like Beast lunged forwards. Kohaku reacted instantly by reaching up with his right hand to grip the hilt of the sealed Sword and rip it from its sheath and bring it down in front of him in a huge crushing arch in the general direction of the advancing Beast. Upon seeing the Shinigami grip and pull his Sword the Beast would quickly change his direction at the last second to narrowly avoid the sword. Regaining his footing on a nearby shelf the Beast would then turn to look at the boy again and say, “You hold your Sword as if it was just a tool that you fight with. I bet that you have never fight along side it before. I will have a nice meal tonight.” Kohaku would listen to the words of the Beast and quickly responded to him, “Counting your eggs before they hatched, I see.” It was as these words left his mouth that Kohaku launched himself towards the Beast and swung the blade of the katana towards his side. As the blade of the katana reached the Beast, which reached in a lighting fast reflex to first raise its front paw to block the attack and then counter attack with a blow to the unguarded chest of Kohaku that sent him flying across the room while knocking over boxes that were stacked upon the shelves before finally slamming into the wall and sliding down to the ground. ”You are no match for my Shinigami”, he said as the Beast advanced towards the boy. As the Beast reached the final shelving unit and look down towards the boy it was frozen in its steps as it looked down towards the ground and say yet another Shinigami had entered the warehouse. However this new Shinigami was going to be even more taste to the Beast because he had always preferred to feed upon the females. The Beast would then let out a ear piercing howl followed by a short statement, “It is my luck day, not only a Shinigami, but a female at that.” The Beast would then lick his chops while look down upon the girl. As Sango entered the warehouse and looked to her left she would then see Kohaku resting upon the ground and instantly have her attention drawn to the larger wolf that stood upon the high ground of the shelves. Sango would listen to the wolf Beast and then start to laugh slightly for a second before finally saying, “Kohaku, I see that you have managed to find the source of that spiritual pressure. However it does not seem that he is that bright.” Sango would tilt her head slightly and continue to look towards the Beast that was starting to get enraged at this point. The Beast would then snarl as a warning and then shout out, “We will see who is not too bright in a minute.” The Beast then leap from the shelving unit towards Sango. Rather than being panicked by the attack, the Beast was actually playing right into Sango’s plan at this point. Sango’s right hand reached around and pulled her sealed Sword from its sheath in the small of her back and then muttered, “Is now a better time, Ragnhildr.” Sango’s eyes would continue to follow the descent of wolf towards her as her head was quickly filled with the voice of Ragnhildr saying, “Now is the best time. We will fight together.” A smile would form across Sango’s face as she watched the wolf continue to descend towards her while Sango would be brought into a strange looking place that was not like anything she had ever seen. The whole world seemed to be on it side and before her stood a large man that was dressed in a long and flowing robe. Sango would look towards the man and say, “Are you Ragnhildr?” The man would smile and then reply with, “That I am.” The man would then bow towards her. Sango wasted little time returning the bow as she rose and looked around the new world and then said, “Where am I at and what happened to the large wolf that was flying towards me?” Ragnhildr would then say, “You are now within yourself. This is the world that I have always know and only seen it shaken a few times. The Beast is still attacking you, but I have frozen the time in order to allow you to learn how to fight along side me.” Sango would instantly have a puzzled look form across her face, but would not say anything right away. After a second would pass she would then say, “Well let the training begin so that we will be able to end this soon.” Ragnhildr would then respond, “First you must prove you are worthy of my assistance.” Ragnhildr would raise his hand and a warrior would form out of thin air. The warrior was holding a sword and looking towards Ragnhildr. Ragnhildr then said, “You must defeat him.” Sango heard the words and then looked towards the warrior that wasted little time as it advanced towards her. Sango quickly changed her body stance and held out her left hand towards the advancing warrior and then said, “Ye Lord! Mask of blood and flesh, all creation, flutter of wings, ye who bears the name of Man! Scorching heat and disorder evolve the transposition of the southern sea barrier! Hadou number Thirty-one: Red Flame Gun!” As the fireball rocketed towards the warrior, Sango moved her left hand to the hilt of the sword and ripped it from its sheath. Sango would watch as the warrior leaped up to avoid the kidou, but left himself wide open for an attack. Sango leaped into action and quickly began slicing the warrior at certain points to achieve her goal of killing its will and ability to fight. Sango cut the warrior’s alkalis tendons as she passed below him. As the warrior landed upon the ground and crashed hard and looked up towards Sango. Sango turned to Ragnhildr and then said, “Are you satisfied now?” Ragnhildr would clap his hands twice and then say, “Very nicely done, my child.” As the sound of the claps reached the warrior and Sango, the warrior would then vanish into the thin air from which he had come. Ragnhildr would then say, “You will receive the chance to learn my first attack technique that is called Kyoumeisen. Kyoumeisen is a special skill since it will allow me to amplify the sound waves that you create in order to attack an opponent. You will ask for this attack by asking me to sing for you.” Sango would listen and understand what Ragnhildr has told her. It was at that point that Sango was taken back to the ware house with the descending wolf Beast. Sango would quickly raise her left hand to point towards him and mutter, “Hadou number Four: White Lightning.” It was then that a quick bolt of lighting would shoot up towards the wolf and send him flying back towards the rafters before finally coming to rest upon the top shelf of one of the shelving units. Sango would then quickly mutter, “Sing for me, Ragnhildr.” As the words left Sango’s mouth the sword would then transform its appearance to the curved black with purple inlaid channels. Sango would then begin to hum a melody that was used to put her to sleep by her mother long ago. As the humming vibrations reached the changed form of Ragnhildr the purple lines grew brighter as it amplified the sound and projected it towards the wolf. As the sound’s vibrations were cast upon the wolf, it was easy to tell that it had lost it sense of balance and began to sway back and forth a little before finally sent crashing down towards the floor of the ware house on the other side of the shelving unit from where Sango and Kohaku were. As Kohaku continued to lay there with his back against the wall a voice would quickly begin to fill his mind as it calmly spoke to him, “Kohaku, I know that you do not wish it to end this way. Will you allow me to fight beside you rather than only as a tool?” Kohaku had not heard this voice before and did not see anyone with him other than the Beast but it was not his voice. Kohaku would then respond, “How are you? Show yourself to me.” The voice would then say, “My name is Fang Qing Long and as you wish, Kohaku.” Suddenly a bright light completely filled everything in the room and Kohaku would seem to be brought to another world. Where a large dragon stood before him and looked at him and said, “If you wish to fight along with me I will teach you a new technique that will better allow me to fight. It is called Habatakinasai and it allows my blade to free itself and fly a little. You will just have to trust me and call for me by asking me to spread my wings. As the dragon finished talking and looked towards Kohaku, he would then reply, “Thank you, Fang Qing Long.” It was then the light would fade back and Kohuku watched as Sango used her sword to attack the wolf that had fallen beyond their reach. Kohaku would then struggle to his feet while softly muttering, “Spread your wings, Fang Qing Long.” It was as the final word left Kohaku’s mouth that the blade of the katana would change as it grew teeth and curved. After a quick second the teeth would free themselves form the blade and fly in the air around where Kohaku was standing. Kohaku would look towards the wolf and think about attacking, as the thought filled his head the nine independent double-edged shuriken that dance through the air around Kohaku suddenly launched themselves towards the wolf that was still suffering form the lack of balance following the attack from Sango. As the shuriken cut into the wolf it would only take a second before the body would then begin to dissolve into thin air. Sango quickly looked first to her sword’s new shape and then muttered, “Thank you, Ragnhildr.” Ragnhildr would then return to the normal sealed look and be placed back in its sheath by Sango. Sango then rushed over to Kohaku’s side. Kohaku would look at the blade’s new appearance and would have a similar sense of awe fill him as he watched the blade then transform back to its sealed form so that it would be able to be sheathed once again. Kohaku would mutter, “Thank you for assisting me, Fang Qing Long.” It was as the Sword was sheathed that Sango reached his side in time to catch him as his legs began to give way. As the body of the wolf Beast had completely disappeared, suddenly the large commanding figure of the instructor would then quickly find the pair. The instructor would then rush over and grab the injured student and say, “What were you two doing? What did you battle that did this to you?” Kohaku would then struggle to say, “Forgive me but I thought it was one of the training machines.” Kohaku would then fall into and unconscious state. Sango would then speak up and say, “We felt a strange spiritual pressure and thought it was the objective, but then it attacked us.” The instructor would then say, “I was drawn to a strong release of pressure myself… What have you done?” Sango would instantly look down towards the ground and then say, “Our Sword spoke to each of use and instructed us in their use. We used Ragnhildr and Fang Qing Long to defeat the Beast that attacked us.” The instructor would then place his hand upon the shoulder of Sango and then say, “You have done well. Let us get your partner back to the forth division headquarter so his injuries can be properly treated. You have both completed the final steps of your training in my class and will be assigned to the second division of the Gotie Thirteen Protection Squads.” The instructor would then reach into his pocket and pull his cell phone and get in contact with Soul Society. As the instructor walked away from the pair while walking towards the door to get a better reception, after a short passing minute or two slowly creped along, a portal would open up on the ware house and the two doors would then open up. Two members of forth division would quickly rush out of the portal and stop next to Kohaku and pick him up and care him back into the portal along with Sango. As Sango, Kohaku, and the two members of the forth division passed back through the portal that was opened that would like the spot were they were in the world of the living and that of the Soul Society’s dimension. It was as the dream showed them returning to the safety of Soul Society that the sun light would peak through the window and fall upon the face of the resting Sango and awake her from the dream that had allowed her to get a full night of sleep and relaxation that her body was desperately seeking in order to allow her to regain her strength as well as awareness that would provide a great assurance that she would not easily be taken advantage of should someone attempt to threaten her due to there own personal fear that is represented by the very existence of her family and clan after everything that has happened over the course of history of the Uchiha Clan and the Village Hidden among the Leaves.

As Sango would lay in her bed and stretch her over head in an attempt to awaken her body from the longest and most peaceful nights rest that she had managed to receive in the months since applying for and eventually receiving acceptance to the Official Ninja Academy of the Village Hidden among the Leaves. It was the most well known of the five greatest village’s that make up the dominate forces within the world of all the Shinobi that inhabit the lands of the many different hidden villages that were the primary defense for anything that managed to appear as a threat towards the people that inhabit that individual country. Sango would continue to stretch her arms out towards the wall before then starting to stretch her legs out towards the other wall. Sango would remain here in this position for little more than about a minute before she would manage to kick start her mind this morning. Once Sango managed to get her mind firing again, she would not take long to sit up on the edge of the bed and slip her feet into a pair of slippers that would offer up some protection to the cold floors that filled the many different rooms of the house. Sango would make her way first towards the closet so that she would select something to wear that would not limit her movement since after all she was a ninja and needed to be prepared for anything that might occur while on a mission of sorts or training in a location that offered many different places that would easily allow another Shinobi of a different village or clan to be given the chance to surprise and maybe even attempt to dispatch the Uchiha to the After Life. Sango knew that by wearing clothing that bared the mark of the Uchiha clan on it was actually going to be sending one of two messages. The first message that was more likely the message that was sent to anyone that happened to cross her path was the one of fear for the power that the clansmen have been known to possess as well as the Keki Genki that was feared because it would allow ninjas the ability to almost see the future as well as copy the techniques of an opponent that happens to be faced in combat. However, the second message that would be sent to others from time to time was the less than desirable message of that she was an Uchiha and should be taken out quickly and without warning to prevent her from being given the chance to defend or counter the attack that was probably going to be the only one that they were going to be able to successfully launch upon her should it not find its mark true as day. Sango’s mind would dwell on a number of things as she did not take but maybe a little more than a minute to finally find something to wear that was both comfortable and slightly stylish. Sango was a girl after all long before she would have ever been considered a ninja and there for would often enjoy getting the chance to wear stylish clothing from time to time. Sango would turn and make her way toward the doors that were the only protection that separated her bedroom from the courtyard rock garden that was the central point of the house while it was constructed many years ago by her grandfather. Sango would exit the bedroom and begin to make her way around the rock garden on the walkway that passed just around the inside of the house but not limiting the view of the garden except for the few points that were needed o support the covered roof of the walkway. The path around the garden was not the one that Sango had taken last night, but unlike last night Sango was not in a rush to get anywhere right now. Sango was only really thinking about getting herself into the kitchen and making herself a nice breakfast before sitting down and enjoying the meal in the peaceful and quiet house that offered Sango a limited but secure feeling due to the fact that it would take a truly daring person to attempt a raid on the structure when there were so many Uchiha Clansmen that lived in facilities. Sango was more than likely the lease of all the threats that an assassin would face should they attempt to assault the house. The only person that barely presented a slightly greater threat was that of her mother. The only reason that Sango viewed her as a greater threat than herself was the simple fact that she had many years of practice on chakra control as well as knowledge of a number of techniques that Sango had not yet learned to master. However, it was not the women of the household that were going to be the biggest and most dangerous threat that would have to be faced. That would fall in what Sango considered to be a draw between her older brother Kohaku and her father. Sango view both of them as threats that most ninja would choose to rather not face while separate, and even less would be dumb enough to want to attempt to assault while in the same spot and at the same time. Sango was not really sure which of the two she would consider to be the greater threat since there were often a number of things that would cloud an equation that would be used to rate the threat that would be presented by a given person. One has to consider the abilities of strength, speed, knowledge, and strategy that would be used by each of them. It was true that Sango’s father had far greater knowledge of jutsu and strategy than her older brother. However, her older brother possessed the youth and the bull headedness that would often be the difference in a fight when one’s own life is on the line. Sango was glad that she would not really have to ever find out which of the two was the greater threat since she was sure that her family ties would prevent her from ever having to face either of them while in a fight. As the sound of the bamboo water pipe would slam into the rock before dumping the collected water into the Koi fish pond that was awaiting the fresh water, Sango would notice that each of the crashing slams were evenly timed out and the reason for this was due to the fact that it would take the same amount of time to fill the open ended pipe with enough water to unbalance it enough to cause it to begin the descent towards the rock covered edge of the pond. Sango had seen her father using the sound a guide to his training a number of times. The pace would seem slow to a casually passerby, but the fact that remained that once an action was preformed a little over a thousand times in succession at a set pace no matter the speed that it would cause ware on the body. However the greatest ware on the body was cause by the fact that at first one is force to slow the naturally urge to speed through the motions that over the course of the session turns into the user being forced to struggle ever so slightly to keep up with the constance crashing sound that was made each and every time the bamboo pipe was filled and then quickly dumped into the Koi pond that rested not more than five feet from the tree where Sango would often remember spending hours upon hours sitting and thinking day after day. Sango was not sure if today was going to be one of the days that she was going to be spending her time lost in the depths of her mind while preparing herself mentally for the battles and challenges that Shinobi often face from day to day. Or weather she was going to spend her hours preparing herself physically for the different challenges that Shinobi would often face while performing mission and protecting their village from the many different threats that were casted by opponent any other groups, countries, or village. Sango would often use the physical training to learn new techniques and jutsus that improve her ability to shorten the amount of time that opponents that she would be forced to face in conflict to prevent them form figuring out a way to beat her and the doujutsu that made the Uchiha Clan one of the most well known of all clans in any nation of the Shinobi world. As Sango finally made it into the kitchen, she was surprised to find her mother and father were sitting down at the table and enjoying the breakfast that had been prepared by her mother. Sango would quietly make her way into the kitchen and began gathering up the things she would need to make her breakfast and then quickly departed the kitchen to avoid offering any appearance of a eves dropping into the private conversations of her parents that were few and few between since her father was often busy with the instruction and training of her older brother. It was not until Sango had reached the door and closed it that she heard the conversation between her parents that turned slightly to one that was about the children. Sango would not waste time listening to their conversation as she quickly departed hearing distance while heading back to her room.

[3/7]
Hisame froze. The chuunin exams! That's what they had been training for! How could he be so stupid as to waste chakra just before the exams. He couldn't even say goodbye before Kyoshou rocketed himself into the distance. Hisame quickly started to worry, and franticly untie the Shurikei. He Pocketed the shuriken and began to dash in the direction of the next chuunin exams. "Alright, it's not that bad. I'll be fine. They always start these things late anyway. Maybe they'll be a written test or something where I can rest and restore some chakra." Hisame dashed through the woods, hopping from branch to branch. "Oh what I wouldn't give to have on of those monkey summons right now"

[4/7]
As Hisame was hurrying to the chuunin exams he began to wonder what it'd be like. "I guess I'll have to fight Kyoshou again." Hisame sighed, "but for real this time." The Rain Ninja started getting depressed. "If he was avoiding all my attacks so easily, maybe I don't really have a shot at winning the chuunin exams. I'll probably just end of losing anyway." Hisame started slowing, and couldn't get his mind off the matter. But then, he heard a rustling in a tree near him. It was way too big to be an animal. Hisame threw a kunai into the tree, and heard it hit metal.

[5/7]
A man dressed in black and blue stepped out onto a tree limb near Hisame. "Are you heading to the chuunin exams boy?" The man had three double edged swords, sheathed on his back. Hisame replied "Yes. Why do you care?" The man chuckled and jumped down to the branch Hisame was on. "My name is Takeshi. Ive been hired to kill you." Takeshi unsheathed one sword and attacked. Hisame drew his own sword and the two blades collided. "You don't even know my name! How is it ME!?" He pushed back and slashed several times. "I've been hired to kill anyone going to the exams."

[6/7]
Hisame threw an explosive note on a kunai at Takeshi. He hopped backwards and easily evaded the explosion. But it wasn't meant to hurt him. It was a cover. Hisame dropped down to a lower branch and tied two kunai to either ends of a long wire. He threw them in opposite direction, lodging the shuriken in trees. Takeshi jumped down after him, on the other side of the wire. He ran at the Rain ninja, brandishing two of his swords, not noticing the wire. Just when he was within attacking range, Takeshi caught himself on the wire. Hisame dashed forward, using this moment to stab the assassin threw the gut.

[7/7]
Hisame pulled his now bloody katana from Takeshi's body. The wound began to pour blood, all over his dark clothing. He collapsed onto the wire, and pulled the kunai form the trees. He fell to the forest floor, in a heap. Hisame looked down, frowning. "Who was it?" Takeshi looked up at him with grim eyes. "A sword for hire never reveals these types of things. Only in Mangas..." Hisame, wanting to forget this incident. Just as he began to walk away from this scene, Takeshi made a movement. He opened his tool pouch to reveal maybe one hundred explosive note. "You were going to be my first kill." Hisame winced at the fact that he had just killed soemone so new to the ninja life. Although, technically, the explosion killed him. Hisame used Underground Fish Projection, and dived into the ground to avoid the explosion. It was over.

Kyoshou dashed around street corners not caring what was in his way. He accidentally knocked over an old woman. He couldn't stop though. He simply said "Sorry!" as he continued. He continued to chant "I'm late! I'm late! I am here, I should be there! I'm late. I'm late. I'm late!" He didn't realize that he was quoting the white rabbit from his favorite book 'Alice In Wonderland' It finally hit him. He had no idea where the chuunin exams were taking place. "Damn it!" He shouted as he dashed back where he came from back to Shisui's house. He banged on the door praying she would answer. There was only silence. After five minutes of waiting, Kyoshou groaned in anxiousness. "What Am I going to do? I bet she already left to go host the exams. Ugh! I can't beleive this! I'll never forgive myself if I miss the exams." He then dashed over to the Hokage building to see if lady Tsunade was there. She would definitely know the location of them. He shot up the steps pushing an ANBU black op over the railing to the shrubs below. "Sorry!" Kyoshou said yet again. When he finally reached the Hokage door, there was a note on the door. It read "Gone to Chuunin Exams. Be back later." Kyoshou stared at the note in disbelief until burst out in tears spraying the walls with water.

Hayate arrived in the village hidden in the leaf and looked about to his surroundings. He was no stranger to th Hidden Leaf village but it was a long time since he came here. The Village looked like it was in a state of repairs as some buildings had scaffolding and such about as craftsman were every which where. "Whoa...wonder what the hell happened." He said as he jumped off the boat. He looked around to see what was there to do in this village. he knew he should be training but wanted some rest and relaxation first.

1/?

hayate was at the end of the end and saw a little girl about to be smacked or knocked around by one of the dock workers. He was used to seeing little girls being kicked around to become stronger, but he knew that it was wrong. He sighed as he focused his mind on the dock worker and immobilized him using his telekinetic abilities and walked closer toward the two. "Hey. I think you need to cool off." He said as he threw the dock working into the shallow river. He walked over to the girl and cocked his head to the side. "You ok?" He asked as he extended a hand to see if she needed a hand to get to her feet.

2/?

((chisato, you need 5 lines to count that a post))

He took a closer look to her eyes and saw that she was a Hyuuga. He had never met a hyuuga before but with the stories that was told to him, they always had eyes that looked clouded over. Their eyes did not resemble regular shinobi's and citizens but it was a good thing because they were quite powerful and their signature technique, the byakugan was respected and feared through out the land. "Ahhh, A hyuuga Shinobi. My very first one I have met. The name is Hayate. Hayate Benimaru." He said as he gave a slight bow to her to be curteous. He got up from his bow and continued to talk a bit. "Oh and your suspicions are correct." He said as he showed her the Hidden Nights headband wraped around his arm. "I am of the benimaru clan from the Hidden Night village." He gave her a nod as he relaxed a bit to show that he was not here to harm anyone. He knew from his village that strangers were not very welcome unless they were strong. He had a feeling he would be a bit more welcome here in the hidden Leaf village without a test of strength.

4/?