Grayscale

OOC: Contributiuon to Shakespearean plays. (again)

ENTER: Yakate Veroshi, Hyosuke Asako, Kaishin Okamirui, Shurui Okamirui, Ayaka Kurusugawa, Youji the Dead Doll, Hyosuke Chojiro, Hyosuke Reina, Ojike Zetsubou.

Setting a single foot into the dense woody forest; such a pleasant sensation. Followed by a hundred screeching bats and other deathly animals; the crunch of dead leaves, and the sound of willowing wind upon the tree leaves. Such a pleasant sensation...

A second step into the dark forest. Greeted by more screeches, more crunches, and cold wind. Yakate felt a sensation of a cold drop of water trickling down his spine, rippling around his whole body after reahcing his bottom. He grimaced uncomfortably, and took a third step.

A total of ten long strides commenced as he came to a sudden spot, standing atop dead, brown leaves, pleasingly crunching under his feet. He spun around on one leg, facing the troop of genin stalking him. Ehh... following. But in environments like this, it was no crime to mistake it for stalking. And... stalking had less syllables than following. End of self-discussion.

Standing in the middle of a grayscale forest during sunset, why was he there?

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"Why am I here?"

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Serious, confused, directed to everyone.

Ojike stands back from the rest of the group still as they continue to approach the forest. It is a dark, desolate place. With the sun beginning to set, the Grayscale forest begins to give off an eerie aura. The sky is lit with blood red and orange amongst the clouds within the sky. Though in this area rain is a common occurrence, the plant life withers and dies here. The thick shrubbery cuts its own life out itself. There are many trees which lay rotting upon the ground surrounding this forest.

Ojike begins to think to himself as he gazes at the colorful sky. "The sky, it's color is ominous this day. These woods are not to be entered tonight. It is much too dangerous." He surveys the area surrounding the forest scape as the others enter following Yakate. The ground is littered with the shells of animals which once lived here - skeletons. Leaves which had been carried on the wind lay upon them, covering them. The sound of locust resonates nearby as he begins preparing for a small ritual.

Ojike closes his eyes as he brushes away the leaves from a decaying carcass of a diseased animal. He waves his hand over it for a moment and the expression of his face changes. He silently whispers to himself, almost inaudibly, "These grounds... The spirits weep in this land." Soon after the boy reaches into his pouch and pulls out a sick of incense. He then clears the area around the decaying corpse of the animal and sits down aside of it. He places out a small glass dish of which the incense rests. With a moments focus the singular fire once again lights from his finger tip. Ojike brings the fire downward onto the area where the incense lay. As it ignites the area around them is filled with the aromatic aroma from the sweet smelling incense.

With a sincere look about him he folds his legs up and silently presses his hands against each other as he prays for the area. Silently he rests next to it as the smoke from the incense begins to gather and disappear before him. A solitary tear can be seen running down the cheek of the boy as he sits there motionless. He is in full meditation now and cannot be disturbed.

Several minutes pass as the rest of the group continue to converse ahead of him. They now appear to be setting up some form of camp for the night, which would be the safer option. For in these lands it is dangerous to travel amidst the darkness of this forest. A gust of wind blows past us through the various trees as the incense burns out completely. The sounds of leaves rustle around us. With the incense out, Ojike opens his eyes and slowly brings himself to his feet. Upon a rotting log nearby he brushes the dead leaves from it revealing a solitary green bud. It is a flower, amongst such darkness and desolation life can live anew. Ojike smiles with the most sincerity as he turns and rejoins the group which are only a matter of meters away from him. The sun has now set over the horizon and the forest is becoming darker.

The meditation has calmed his nerves. His arrogant feelings have seemingly disappeared along with the aromatic scent of the incense. The boy approaches the grounds and sits down upon a log. As he sits there a solitary locust approaches him. Ojike smiles with an almost peaceful expression upon his face as the Locust lands upon the back of his hand. Bringing the creature closer he smiles and looks to Ayaka who has been set onto the ground and is being looked at by Asako. He then overturns his hand so that the creature crawls onto his palm and with that he covers it up with his hands. He can be seen whispering into his hands as if he were speaking to the creature. Soon thereafter he opens his hand and blows upon the locust. It takes flight and disappears once again amongst the many tree branches above.

Chojiro had been observing....Always observing the other genin. He was never very good with social skills, but now he didnt feel so alone when he observed. He had found a friend and a sister in such a short time and it made him feel jess alone. It had been some time now since he disembarked off the kages sand transport and walked the last bit of the way. He had watched the closeness being formed between Kai-san, Aya-san, and a girl that he assumed was Kai's clan mate since they seem to carry similar clan traits. He watched the ever puzzling boy dressed in what appeared to be temple garb when he would think no one was watching. His constant stopping in an obvious atempt to try and gain privacy. He also saw him slip some sort of paper into Aya-san's stuff. Now they Approached the forest, Chojiro had never been away from the village this far before. He never been to a forest efore and he walked up to a tree and touched it. He had read about places where great amounts of trees grew in one place, but it amazed him to actually see it.

He was getting so many questions at this strange site and he wanted to know more about it, but when he looked back to Asa-sensei he can tell she had her hands full. If something this new was interesting Chojire couldnt wait for the day that he could travel farther and see more new sites. He then turned and heard the kages words asking why were they there? Looks like he is very forgetful.

"Kage-sama we are here because Asa-sensei seemed to have sensed some sort of danger and we decided to leave.

Kai was nearing the forest area, as he seen the grenish tops of the trees and nearing grass from afar. He grinned happily as he ran closer, but was soon caught up upon by another? His sister was on him already, and passing him to. He looked at her shockedly as she sped pass him. "Oi oi no far!! I have a major handicap here slowing me down!!" Yelling to her as she aspped, his legs and arms were growing even more heavier from the wet clothes, and the body weights he had on his body. The weights were what was keeping his speed down majorily, and in the sand at that. He consentrated his chakra into his feet, to give him more stability. Sand was almost like water right? It could be possible for him to stay above it and run almost normally again.

As he finally had more stability, he began to catch back up to her Shu again, as he ran with more joy, as Shadow and Mei-Mei ran besides them. "Don't get to full of yourself kiddo!! I still got plenty of speed to spare." as he tapped her shoulder, taking almost large bounds in the sand as he stayed right beside her. They both ran together, reaching the large forest that awaited them. He stopped slouched over under som shady trees. They had already reached the forest before the others, so resting and waiting for them was best bet now. He fell back on his but and layed under the tree as the sun was setting. He wondered if any others were following him and Shu? or were they all staying with the guardians? He just grinned and layed their till Yaka-senpai had caught up with them.

He looked up at him, as he seemed very lost and confused as to what was happening...As usual apperantly. His eye twitched with his own confusion at his confusin, and decided to answer for him. "Were here to hide from inpending doom ohh great one..." He flung a small tree branch at him during his responce, sounding comcially annoyed at how the Kazekage was failing to remember his own plans. He hoped this wouldn't affect the exam itself or anything he did?

Hyosuke Reina would open her eyes to the night fall, it would seem she had been sleeping for several hours. She would glance over at her brother cho who seem to have follow her on the sand block and slept as well next to her as she cracks a small smile. But he seem to got off before her. She would then wander her eyes up to the stars in the night as she keeps her smile on her face touching cho-kun. "Such a nice night to be in the forest, ah the stars always keep me calm with the moonlight shining down on me." She would nod as she then slides down towards the ground off of the sand block as she takes her first look around.

As Reina would look she would glance at the left and right as more genins appear. She would then glance at the kazekage waiting for more on what to do as they stay in the forest at the night time. She wonder if they would be getting back towards the exams soon enough as well.

"Nope~ We're both at a disadvantage!" She said. Her clothes were still pretty wet and slowly drying, she wasn't having as much of problem as he was because she has always taken soft steps even when running. Yeah she was little off balance but not enough to want to use her chakra to remain steady. He had begun to run beside her with the pups behind them. She almost forgot about Dini how was walking at the back of the group. While running she had forgotten a lot of things like she was here in the first place because the village was in danger.

She stopped running around the same time Kai did. She laid down next to him panting. Shu looked up to see Yaka-sensei not too far from them. She smiled at him and shook her head. She ran her finger through her semi-wet hair and looked before remembering what Ojike said."Miss Shurui, I applaud your efforts to remain calm, but it is easy to fear oneself when an uncontrollable urge comes to surface." Had he sensed her moment of blood lust back there? Or did he see that she was scared of it? She didn't know what to assume. She was scared of it..It had come out of nowhere honestly and she didn't know how she was going to react to it, if she hadn't gotten away when she did. Her body stiffened at the thought of it.

What was wrong with her? What was the deal with Ojike and what did he mean by through silent meditation shall the ritual be done? The poor girl had so many questions unanswered she didn't know what to do. She closed her eyes briefly in frustration. "Through silent meditation shall the ritual be done..." She whispered to herself trying to make sense of the phrase. It could possibly have something to do with her. Did he know about her bloodline? More questions rose in her head. She let out a frustrated sigh. "What could he mean?..Who is that boy..?" She whispered to herself once more. She turned to Kai whom she was sitting next. "Kai-kun..What happened to you back there..?" She asked him softly.

Laying comforaqbly in the soft ground benath them, he awaited the next task at hand. He wondereed if there would be a survival test for the night? Dark forest? Unfamiliar territory? Dangerous creatures? "Ohh ya sounds like your typical Forest of death from Konoha? Wonder if this will be the same kinda set up?" Thinking to himself, as the night fall began tos et in, and the other genin were finally arriving. He began to over hear what Shurui-chan was saying about that boy from earlier. He just looked over at her as she asked him a question out right. "Don't over thinki to much, you'll give yourself renkles." grinning playfully at her, and looknig back to the sky. "And if you mean that sudden urge to kill...well that was...that was a to strong urge to taste blood again..." Pausing at his own statement. He wasn't all sure on how to explain it. It dealt with their bloodline, but how to explain something that complex in words, was not of the easiest of things to do? He huffed silently, and began again, "That was our Kekkei Genkai kicking in slightly...Mines is still kinda unstable, and certain things can trigger it. One being the smell of blood, or overexcitement to fight.

He paused for a moment to tel her take it all in, and rested his hands under his head as he watched all the others, noticing that Asaka-sensei had been carrying Ayaka-chan here. He wondred why, but left it alone for a later period. He looked back over at Shurui, to see if she understood. The subejct was gona be a bit tricky to explain in words, actions was more suited to explain this process he thought. Thats how he learned it..."I think you went through something similar as well? I felt it in the air though while running. Guess you might have the same trigger as me? But no big, I can sorta kinda help with that. Sorat!?" grinning stupidly at her. He was unsure himself how he stopped, but he figured he knew of why he did though.

She nodded at him. It was almost relieving that she wasn't alone though she did sense it. She was still worried for him though, it was just natural for her to do it. "I probably will though I try not to but I just have lots on my mind..I'm far from having a headache." She said with a chuckle. She didn't even want to think about how much was on it. She was afraid her head might exploded from her overloaded mind. She put her head back against the tree and looked up at the dark sky. " Yeah I was..It was that kid..Ojike..He was bleeding somewhere and the smell flooded my mind..I wasn't going to stick around him much longer to see how I would completely react to it beside scaring myself.." She mumbled to him.

She was slightly embarrassed in a way to tell him that. He may be playful and energetic but she could tell Kai was observant. She noticed from when he said something to her or Aya...or her and Aya about holding in feelings. How couldn't he have noticed her moment of blood lust like she did him. She thought about it for a moment thinking maybe her kekkei genkai wasn't far from a awakening...or it had but she never triggered it? She was thinking again. She palmed her forehead and laughed. "See I'm thinking again~ I will end up with wrinkles at this rate" She said with a laugh. She looked over at him, looking at his eye patch from her angle. "So what stopped it..?"

Just then Ojike could clearly hear his name being spoken. He looks around the camp site only to see the two Okamirui siblings speaking. "They're the only two within hearing distance. So she wonders as to why...?" He thinks to himself as he places his hand upon his chin thinking for a moment or two.

He then stands up, and having released all of his tension earlier in the sand, he was most comfortable in approaching the two once again. With a sincere expression upon his face he walks up to the two. "You two wouldn't happen to be talking about me, now would you?" He flashes the two a kind, gentle smile as he looks to Shurui for a few moments. He ignores the brother as he looks at her closely as if he were scanning her from head to toe. "It would appear I have misjudged your capacity to smell. Perhaps there is something else deep within the recesses of your mind. Something that wishes to escape." He places his hand upon her shoulder and leans inward to her. With a silent whisper he utters that phrase once again. "Through silent meditation may the ritual be done."

It was as if he were attempting to tell her something, something that the others will not as easily understand. Ojike then looks over at the overturned log and looks back to her, as if he were asking her to have a seat next to him on the log. His smile this time was of sincerity. It was as if she was speaking to a whole new person. She didn't quite understand it, but Ojike, in his own way, was offering his friendship. Without so much as another word to her the boy turns to her brother and smiles as well. He pats Kai's shoulder in comradeship as he wanders back over to the log.

Upon sitting on the log he folds his legs up once again, however this time, instead of putting his hands together, he holds them just above his shoulders while forming hand signs with each hand. She can tell, because it was a hand sign that she had seen many times before. This sign was one used almost exclusively for fire element jutsu. Though, when she looks at the signs she can notice a large blister which had appeared on Ojike's right hand. This begged the questions, "How?" and "Why?" in her mind. Could it be that his behavior is linked to the new blister on his hand?

Youji was walking in the forest with the group of genins. He didn't know what to do for now. Maybe he should just stay more in the village and advance in rank, or maybe he should leave right now. He is right in the back of the group so nobody will see he dissapeared. But it will be too much trouble if he does thgat and people will start following him to get him back.

He placed his hands in his pockets and continued to walk with his look down. He was still thinking on what to do. He needs to decide soon so he will know on what to continue. Let's say he has to decide wether to leave and become an outlaw or the remain in the village and train in the normal ways. What should i do?

OOC: Other rule: try to post within 2 days, or you lose your turn~

Asako would have facepalmed after she head her brother's question. Like, seriously, she had told him to flee from Sand because she had felt something bad coming to Sand, and it was not the time to be attacked while having a chuunin exam. So, diversion was needed.
She pinched the bridge of her nose and closed her eyes, frowning. She loved her brohter dearly, admired him for his cool and decisive character and all his good deeds as Kage. But...his carefree and forgetfull side of him was a pain. And would probably take it over him. Meh...She just hoped it would never happen.

She walked over Ojike, gave him to hold the unconscious Ayaka for a moment, walked over to her brother and punched him in the stomach.
"Yaka-Baka! There was a huge danger outside the walls! Not even us all together would have been able to stop it. Best thing to do was to flee from Sand, to save lifes. No Kage, no Sannin, no shinobies. The enemy would have left, since they wouldn't have been able to fight us and left Sand alone.And...We can continue the exams here. Since the forest will give us all a major disadvantage and will have to force us to use oather techniques to defend or fight."
On that, she smiled to her brother and took Aya-chan back from the small monk. Then she whispered a few names in Yaka's ear:
"My choice as chuunin would be Cho, Kai and the stranger...Who sadly left as I can see. And I made a choice for a Sage too...which I'll reveal later on."
Then, she turned her heals to her brother and said softly:
"Please excuse me for a moment."

The young medic went a little away from the group, worried, thoughtfull and anxious.
"I know you are young.. but I do feel a bond between myself and yourself. You have quite the similarity to my mother yourself. I am alone, and I need someone there for me. You said you'd be. I do not care if you are 18 or 22, I would much like to have a mother, and have it be you.. of course I will respect your wishes either way."
The words of Ayaka still rang in her head. She held the girl tight and stroke her hair. Asako had no idea what to answer to that question. It reminded her of the days, right after her foster parents died, the biological parents of Yakate.

It were rough times back then. Yaka was barely ten, and she just got thirteen. Takate was far from knowing that he would be a powerful kage, using one of the rarest elements on earth and she was far from knowing that she would be a Sannin.
Of course, chuldren of killed shinobies got some help of the village. Their home had been made secure to be theirs for always, they got money to get some food and clothes and their education was being kept in check. But, for a thriteen years old child, being suddenly the head of a family was hard. Taking care of the chores, helping her brother to train and learn, her own education to follow, cooking, doing grocery shopping, working at the hospital as nurse and later on as medic...The first two years were the hardest she guessed. Yaka became suddenly genin and chuunin in less than two years and had his hands full with his new training/job. Asako was delightened for him and did everything for him to become a great chuunin. Yare, yare, later on, he became Kage. Then the real fun began. Until her bloodline activated itself, she helped him with paperwork, did his laundry, chores, cooked his meals and worked in the hospital as medic. Her lazy life got full of action in fact and taking care of a kid (yes, Yakate went through hard times like all teens, thanks to hormones and girls) was a hard experience. But she didn't regret it.

But, Ayaka's case was different. Asako had more responsabilities now. As Sannin, kunoichi, friend... She loved the child, like she saw all other genin of the group like her own friends and maybe own children too. But, right now, if she accepted, she could'nt promise to be always there for Ayaka. Missions, fights, enemies...It was destiny of a shinobi to face death everyday. And if she died, after having accepted to be her mother, Asako feared for her...and for the others close around her. She couldn't make the decision. She had no clue what to answer or what to chose...
She needed advice. But, she even didn't know who to ask...

The genin were comforting themselves around the forest. Only slightly affected by the cold air and wind. Talking, chattering; it was amazing how the practitioners weren't the least bit strict or disciplined. The sun almost gone in the horizon now; the forest darker than before, still bright enough to see in though. Leaves bordering the air, dead leaves, the ground; musty logs here and there. Fruits as well; squirrels in the forest?

A number of replies met his question; naturally, one of which was rude and staggering; making Yakate flinch nervously. They had left the village seeking refuge from this attacking force. And while they were away, the enemy would... leave the village unharmed. Rather hard to believe, but still possible. No one was in the village as far as he knew. Simultaneously, they would continue their delayed chuunin exams in the forest. Smart.

And also, Asa seemed to have picked her favorited already. Whispering her thoughts in his ear; one from her clan, the other from the canine clan, and the stranger who had... not joined the forest? Strange; Yakate didn't even notice that he wasn't with them. Then again, his odd chakra signal was impossible to read. Anyway... the chuunin would be chosen through a test, not personal favorites.

After pondering baby-ishly; walking around the forest with his left hand in his mouth; he decided to proceed with the exams, as planned by his lovely assistant.

Dropping his hand suddenly, he clapped both hands together, intending the sound to have a dominating effect on the genin. Assuming that they had become silence and senses acute, he cleared his voice before speaking;

"A'right, mini ninja-people. We've come to a decision!"

"The chuunin exams will proceed without delay, just as it was in the village. Simply assault me or Asako, and capture our bells. You have until..."

"Sunrise to do accomplish this task of immense valor. Do you really consider yourselves able to complete this act of chivalry? Your pride and-"

Almost instantly, instinctively, Yakate's right hand rose up to his face swiftly, and smacked into his face hard and strong. Truly needing that; he shook his head briskly before continuing with his godly speech.

"... As I was saying. The test starts whenever Miss Sannin wants to start. Till then... knock yourselves out with these acorns... they look delightfully tasty-"

His sentence was finished prematurely; his concentration fading away to the ground beneath him. So many acorns lying here and there; he bent himself down to the ground, and began handing the mass of acorns lying directly under him. So appeasing...

OOC: Sorry for how late this responce is. Been at work, and running through a blizzard over here in the states. Got snowed in at work and at my twins house. Internet is hard to find when the storm knocks out nearlly all the power here. So here it is, and lets continue moving forward.
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He poked her forehead playfully, "oi oi you already have a wrinkle right here. You keep overthinking things and your brains gona aqueeze it's way through those manny wrinkles your getn here. And yes I do know it was him..the burning of his flesh gave that away easily..." Grinning playfully as he poked her and slud the same hand over his eye patch covering it for awhile, as if to block its view of the moon above. He heard her second question and thought back to why he had stopped himself, and it hit him, "It was you...?" Tilting his head as he looked back at her curiously. He wasn'ts all that sure as to why he stopped him? Then again Aya-chan calmed him as well? "Could they be some sort of seal for my rage now? I hnever had one before, I just had to eventually calm myself on my own...which never was really easy..." He sighed at how hard it was for him himself to do so, and yet these two, just being around or hearing them clalmed him so easily? What a twist of events.

"Ya know..you and Aya-chan seem to calm me down for some odd reason or another? And might I add, with no real problems, like I myself do. I find that curiously odd?" He soon removed the eye patch that was once covering his right eye, revealing a large scar cutting straight down from the peek of his eye brow, down to the break in his lips. It was an old scar, but it was severed as a nice gift for him later on. He opened the seemingly dead eye, to peer up at the sky for awhile, blingking rapidly again with it, as it wasn't all used to the new lighting in the area. He looked back to Shurui-chan to look her over, as he did to Aya when, he showed her. Before he could really go into the matter, the sound of another grew closer to them, it was Ojike...again. He sighed at the frustration thay built from him showing up again, in the midst of his conversations. Rude and annoyingly as always, he just looked at the boy whom was more focused on his sister then him, himself. He lightly growled at that fact, though he knew he couldn't kill another student of the same village...not yet anyway. He just watched both of them, as he talked with her, keeping his eye perfectly on Ojike himself, looking him over as if he could read him clearly now. He watched as Ojike had come closer to him, and touched his shoulder as means of peace and friendship, but Kai 'wasn't really up for that game. He shrugged it off and sat up close to the tree, to observthem both.

He began to hear the Kazekage speak of the continuation of the Chuunin Exams. He just grinned excitedtly at the task, he knew he could get back to hunting the Kazekage! As he began to think out a new plan of action, he overheard part of the conversation, which inturn didn't sit well with him. "Through silent meditation may the ritual be done." Although he had no idea what the phrase actually meant, to either of them, it didn't sit well with him for some reason. He shot a sharp glare over in Ojike's direction, with an intense gaze.

ooc: since I think time wise it is my turn I will go sorry to those before me and if they want to post after I think it is ok.

Chojiro started to contemplate the new scenario they were in. This forest will make the test that much harder. In the village he knew the surrounding area, since he was raised there his entire life, but out here he was lost. He reevaluates his past filures and checked to see where he had erred.

He realized first that Asako would always see them as long as she has her eyes activated, so first he is going to have to do something about that. Chojiro was always good at controlling his chakra, so maybe he can push it down so that at least it would be harder to see. He decided that before the event would start he would try to push it as low as it can go. with the ultimate goal being to stop chakra creation all together. This mat not be the best course of action if he is forced to use a jutsu but would make him harder to see by the eyes of Asa-sensei. He still had a few ideas in mind but that will have to wait and see.

That left two other problems. Asa's sense of hearing was superb. He knew she was hearing them so if they go after her, they would need to be silent, but the forest was full of leaves and things that would betray them, and they cant talk of plans. He thought of a few handsigns that they could use to communicate but first who would be joining him. The final problem he saw was, how to track the two highly skilled targets in an unknow territory. He would need a tracker. His sister Reina could see chakra now but she had just come into the ability and had not the time to perfect it. If they cant gain anymore support then the tracking would have to rely on her.

He sighed, and though of Reina. Poor girl has been through so much and now he was going to have to rely on her more. He was happy seeing her getting some rest. The two had just been reunited and never had the chance to bond with her yet. He wanted to protect her and be strong for her in this confusing time. He walks up next to her and gives her a big hug. "How are you hanging in their sis. I am sorry that things are getting so complicated and this trip has only been bare able becuase you are standing next to me. I just want you to know if the trip becomes to hard you can rely on me for help." He smiled at her, hoping to show how happy he was.

(ooc: Switch my rp order turn to post after cho for it gives me better sense.... so new rp order

Yaka
Kai
Shu
Cho
Rei
Oji(i-san)
Youji
Aya
Asa)

Reina would listen to her brother as she nod's taking in the new sights, memorizing the valuable points and the weaknesses of the forest. It would seem that she would have a hard time with her sensei, but they are alike as they both have the eye of the clan hyosuke. She would frown sightly as she thinks What will be happening here, I still plan on letting my brother be the one to raise to chuunin. He is a awesome brother so far and I can tell he deserves it more than me.

She would shake her head as she raises up realizing she daze off during her brothers speech and goes smacking herself with her right hand. "Sorry brother, I think I daze off into thinking world... You'll always have me by the way, though death or life. Whatever the results of the exam goes just know that I am proud of you.... As well I'm hanging in there, don't worry about me. We just have to worry about sensei right now." She would laugh funny like as she looka towards the left and right yawning sightly as she sat on the ground.

Ojike now understands that his welcome amongst the other Genin has been worn away. "If this is how it is to be, it is how it shall be. I may not be able to graduate, however, I may be able to give them all a fighting chance." He thinks to himself.

"That's it... That will be exactly what I shall do this time around." He whispers to himself. "Whether or not I pass as a Chuunin, will be entirely up to how they react. Also, this may be a chance to continue as I was doing inside of the desert.

Just then as he whispers to himself, Asako hands him the unconscious girl, Ayaka. He is startled for a moment as he holds the girl in his arms. Ojike looks down toward her as he gazes at her face and whispers into her ear silently, "You know, Ayaka. You have such a beautiful face while you sleep." He gently moves his arms around for a better hold as he tenderly brushes his hand against her cheek in a somewhat loving motion.

Asako continues yelling at Yakate as Ojike can clearly hear "Yaka-Baka!" He moves his hand back so that he may hold her up in a more reassuring manner. Soon after Asako walks over and retrieves the girl from Ojike's grasp. With a subtle gesture, he gives a waving motion to her.

"In this dense wood, there is need for a clearing. I shall provide it." He whispers to himself once more as he distances himself from the others. He sits down upon the log of which he offered Shu a seat and crosses his legs as he begins to silently meditate. A rustling is heard nearby from the surrounding underbrush and Ojike smiles. "It's just about that time."

[Enter Ryuu Satsukari]

Ryuu had walked for hours untill he came upon a group of ninja that seamed to be training, He stood in a tree watching for a short time. "It time i found the ninja i will train to be a sage.." he whispered to himself before he jumped down from the trees landing dirrectly in the center of everyone in the exams. "Why hello mr. kazekage, i hope you don't mind but i will be stealing one of your ninja for some training...as long as he agree's of cource" he said as he looked over at Ojike.

OOC: I'm going to post since it has been way too long since I have posted. My storyline is dying, so I'm posting. I apologize to all of you, but I need to make this post.
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After a while of being unconscious and unaware of the happenings around me. I finally opened my eyes. As my eyelids fluttered open gently, I realized that I was in the same grip of Asako. She had me curled in her arms, hugging and holding me tight, seemingly. She seemed, from the slight expression in her eyes to be thinking about something, something deep. Deep enough to run a line through her heart, if necessary.

Then I realized, was it my question that happened to have her so pensive such in this state? I truly didn't care what state of mind she was in, so long as no physical harm had come in harm's way of herself, oh what am I saying? Since when do I care? o.o

"Asako.. sensei.. and everyone.." That sound could be heard from my muttering words, the sound emerging from my mouth. Once again I was conscious, and I sat up, breaking the embrace Asako had wrapped me in. I looked to her with cold eyes seeing her uncertainty and her indecisiveness. I could always wait, I was a patient one, but then I saw the other Genin gathered in a huddle wondered of the commotion. I walked over to Kai whom expressed genuine concern for me, or so it seemed. He was talking with his sister, Shurui, whom always seemed to make a comment to me before I went to talk to Asako. I sensed a rivalry or tension upcoming between the two. Wonder plagued my mind and the thoughts came flowing through.

'Why is Kaishin being so stupid..? Does he not know or not remember the thing I said to him earlier..? Anger does cloud the mind.. and functions are nearly impossible... though it does raise blood pressure and the hype within yourself. While it does prep you up, and improve your performance.. it also does you no good. Pay no mind to insolent others.. do I have to constantly remind you...?' All of this in my mind, while shaking my head towards Kaishin. Shurui seemed in a peaceful state, no one seemed to be bothering her, and that certainly was not my job to. But I walked over to her and started a conversation. I wasn't a very social person, but why the heck not? Waiting around.. was a bit tedious in its own..

"You're Shurui Okamirui if I remember correctly yes?"

OOC: I'ma go ahead n' just bump the thread here for a bit and say..

Asa-chan! D: I'ma flee to moon village. Q~Q Nuu one likes meh here. Dx Bullies!

OOC: ~_~ the Asa-chan thinks that we should just skip the order thing v_v it seriously died here. So, no order is oblidged anymore.
e.e and Dante, you'd better get back in Sand, before I go after you... xD Have fun~

Ojike looks toward the man and notices the man glance at him. "Could this man mean me?" He wondered quietly to himself as he ponders the idea of being someone's student. This man wasn't from Sunagakure, "What shall I do if he chooses me?"

"Asako, I believe it would be wise to allow this man to stay here and observe the chuunin exam. Perhaps he may find that one of us will be considered worthy of being his student." Ojike speaks with fluidity as he glances at the man once again with curiosity. "This would be an excellent chance for everyone here to show their individual abilities in battle, as well as allow someone else to spectate and observe the exam. Wouldn't you agree, Yakate-sama?"