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Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Maria 127 said
Is it okay if i just get mia to go into the stadium and watch the chunin exams?

Sure thing. :)

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Takeru Destrushia,
The Fifth Raikage,
The masked Storm Blade.

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He was content. Though he was a bit wary that the exams were held in the Fire Union, the faction that had managed to pull a demand which would lower the profit of the trade with them. At least for the side of the Cloud, but Takeru was still content. He had heard that the match of Reyna had been in her favor. He wasn't sure what to expect of the Jinchuriki of the Sanbi, but he was still glad to hear that she had managed to win. Briefly he was wondering what somebody of his retinue would think of it. His retinue didn't only exist out of elite ANBU that were stations near and around the place where Takeru was. No, he had also a kunoichi that was just officially a chuunin as part of his retinue. The masked Raikage made no illusion to think that he could just order the kunoichi, Midori Sato, around. But he would still keep her close by. For now with just requesting it, but if needed the Raikage wouldn't shun away from using force.

''Lord Raikage-sama.'' One of the chuunins that was part of the group that had traveled with the Kumogakure delicate, wanted to bring out another report. Sitting in his chair, Takeru had made it himself quite comfortable. ''Please, speak.'' Takeru said. The chuunin dropped to one knee as he lowered his head. ''Most matches have been decided, but one hasn't been in the favor of Kumogakure.'' Not really surprised as Takeru wasn't foolish enough to think that the Kumogakure genin were superior or such, he made a gesture that the man could continue.

Wavering, the chuunin brought out the report of Deidara's fight. This caused Takeru to stare at the man. For a second Takeru thought about who this Deidara was. ''Thank you for the report. You're dismissed.'' Takeru said on a calm tone. Deidara Yuhiko. The boy who had been punished for his crimes by both the Fire Union as the Cloud. The Fire Union had decided to sentence several of the close relatives of Deidara to death. It became worse that Takeru had ordered that the boy was ordered to go through a rather harsh process. His memory would be read on what he had done. Information that provided some on a certain Moujin and some of Konohagakure. Though it didn't compensate for the loss of the demand that the Fire Union would cause, Takeru decided to not stop there. The boy would have those parts of his mind erased. Effectively removing that he knew that he had broken into the Raikage Office and his deeds as the certain Mist persona. It would prevent that the boy could try later to revolt or dare to say something about it once he would be older and maybe resent what had happened. Only Takeru had ordered that the boy would remember that his family was sentenced to death because of him, because he had committed treason and caused harm with his actions.

Only hearing now that the boy wasn't doing so well, to put it lightly, Takeru felt no remorse. In his opinion, the boy was a traitor and a criminal. It was rather pure irony that a genin of Konoha had dealt with him. ’’I think we will soon head to see how he is doing.’’ Takeru said with a clear stern voice. It wasn’t only directed to the ANBU around him, but to somebody else as well. A friend of Deidara’s.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Koike Hon,
Konohagakure Genin | Team 8

A rainfall can change the land,
But sometimes,

It changes people.

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Walking out of the arena, Koike didn't pay attention to his opponent. With a calm look thought back on his opponent had reacted to the first question. On how good his eyes were. Shaking his head rooms forTeam 8. It wasn’t his blame that the Hyuuga had fallen for the tactic. Scoffing even, Koike walked away from the field. If his opponent had been paying attention and tried to think instead of reckless attacking, he wouldn’t be suffering so much pain.

Shoving his hands into the pockets of his jacket, Koike didn't go in a straight way towards the hotel. He decided to walk a bit around. Not genuinely interested in Amegakure, he just wanted a walk. The rain gently danced around him, causing Koike to look up. It didn’t really rain that much in Konohagakure and Koike didn't mind. Somewhere it had something calming. Something serene. Closing his eyes, Koike sighed as he would continue.

He had managed to defeat his opponent at the first round. He hadn't hold back like the previous two times. He had shown no emotion nor any doubt like those times. Nothing bad had happened around him. It had went fine and that made Koike feel somewhat good. But as he walked through the streets, one of the few that had no hood or umbrella, he noticed something. Coming to a halt, Koike’s calm eyes stared at a person.

’’May I have some?’’ A small boy asked. He looked barely ten and was skinnier than the clothes would likely reveal. Sitting in an alley, the boy was barely protected from the rain, but he still sat there, begging for money. ’’Please? My twin is ill. Maye I have some money? Bread?’’ The boy plead, looking rather desperate.

The sound of money made the boy look surprised. It landed right in his mug that he had held up. Koike looked down with his calm look, to the boy. ’’What is your name?’’ He asked, sounding worried. ’’Thank yo-you good sir. M-My..name is.. Koike.’’

There was a silence between the two, as if they already understood each other. Sighing, Koike placed a hand against his neck as he lowered his head. ’’Get up, Koike.’’ The words of the Hon made the young boy look even more surprised. And then kind of worried. ’’Pl-Please sir. I… I just want to take care o-o-of my brother. He-‘’ The words of the boy were interrupted as the Hon spoke up. ’’That makes two of us.’’ Another silence followed. ’’T-T-Thank you, sir.’’

Walking together down the street, they didn't talk. One Koike that was properly dressed and one other that was nothing more than a street urchin. ’’What is your surname, Koike?’’ The urchin looked up to the Hon and wavered. ’’Mishito, sir. Koike Mishito.’’ Wondering why Koike Hon had instructed him to get up and walk with him, the other kept looking with a calm look.

Stopping in front of a clothing shop, Koike Hon pulled out his wallet. He had his money from the last mission, the one he had done with Katsu, with him and some of his savings. He hadn't made up what he would buy with it. With Hayate giving the current bracers and tanto’s for free, Koike decided that this was the best way to spend the money. ’’Here. Buy some money and use what you have to take care of your twin.’’ Holding a large portion of money, present in the wallet, for the younger Koike, the latter’s eyes widened. If it was possible, they would pop out of his eyes socket if they kept widening like that.

’’T-T-Thank… you.. sir. But.. why?’’ The words were barely audible and made the older Koike sigh. ’’Don’t worry about it. You need it a lot more than I do. Please.’’ The young street urchin finally accepted the money. It was more than he could earn in a whole month. Just like that. Still amazed, the young Koike looked up. ’’Sir… May I..’’

Pulling out the jacket, Koike bended a bit through his legs. He placed it around the shoulders of the younger Koike. ’’My name? Let’s say that it isn’t any important name. Just a nameless person that can relate with you.’’ The words confused the younger Koike who made some bows in front of the older Koike.

’’Thank you good sir! Thank you… I- Where is he?’’ Surprised, the young Koike looked around. The so benevolent and generous person had vanished. People passed and paid no attention to the street urchin, who briefly used his left hand to rub his eyes. He looked around, wondering if it had been some dream. But the black jacket, on his shoulders, as money in his right hand were still present. Smiling, the boy would first ran to the hospital. He would however made a vow. That nameless person would never be forgotten!

Walking out of the store, Koike glanced at the current black jacket. It was very similar to his old jacket, though some subtle changes. Barely noticeable to the eye, but Koike was pleased with it. Looking at the content of his wallet, there was barely any money left. Sighing, he decided to do one more thing before he would head to the hotel. There was one thing he wanted to do. Heading to another store, Koike wouldn't take too long to buy what he needed and then head more to a more quiet place.

Once he had found a place, Koike looked around. Most people were present at the Chuunin exam or just at work. Finding shelter from the rain in an hall where nobody was, Koike sank slowly on one knee. Placing the plastic bag on the ground, he would pull out a plastic plate, a candle and a very small box with lighters.

If there was even somebody around, the serious look on Koike’s face would make it look like it was some sort of ritual as he proceeded to place the candle on the plastic plate. Once he had done that, he would then light the candle. All the while there was some rhymtic sound of the rain pouring on the roof of the hall. ’’Guess I made some progress today.’’ Koike whispered, but there was nobody around. Just him and a candle lightened. Sitting next to the candle, Koike stared at the rain falling from the heavens. There seemed no end to it as it kept trying to drown the land. Serene and yet very sad. Closing his eyes, Koike would perform the Tiger handsignal.

For more than almost an hour, Koike simply sat there. In silent and holding the Tiger handsignal. His affinity was wind, he knew that. But he made the Tiger for a purpose. It was all part of the unofficial ritual, but it was some sort of preparation as well. Sighing out loud, Koike opened his eyes. He noticed that the candle was almost out and decided it was time. Time to go and leave the candle alone. Shoving his hands into the pockets of his jacket, Koike almost stepped back into the rain. Only, he hesitated. Looking over his shoulder, he saw the faint light of the candle. When Koike walked away, he thought of something.

He thought of trying to keep a certain fire alive.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Zakito Hon,
Jounin commander of Konohagakure,
Hon Clan leader.

A good day.

Raising his arm to shield his eyes from the sun, Zakito looked with a rather happy expression to the rising wall. With a large group, that was divided in all kinds of group, the progress was going faster than expected. Half covered in dirt and sweat, he had worked together with the shinobi. Not as a tactic to improve the moral and motivate them, but because he felt like it what he should do. A leader that wasn't ready to work himself, shouldn't request others to do so. Chuckling, Zakito thought of the lesson of Daisuke and right this moment he couldn't agree more.

While it had been a bit of a trouble to make it clear to the population nearby and most of the merchants that this was done to improve the security of the village, Zakito hadn't really encountered a problem. The base of the wall was already up and manned by sentinels. Sensory and such types of shinobi. But there was also the work of setting up the watch posts at the two gates of the inner wall. Thinking about it, they had to come up with a name for it. The wall was as high and though not as thick as the outer walls, it should have a name. ''Lord Zakito-sama. Section A has been finished with the seals and barriers. The men are now going to work on section B.'' Hearing it through his earphone communicator, Zakito did nodded. Only realizing that the messenger wouldn't be able to see it, he chuckled again. ''Good. Let them know that they can take a short break of ten minutes.'' Zakito told them back on a friendly tone. Yes, he had to ensure that the discipline would be high, he wasn't going to exhaust the working shinobi.

Several hours later, the wall was taking a more finished shape. Weaving the required handsignals, Zakito placed both hands at the ground. Together with other Earth Release users, they were extending the wall down into the earth. This was done to prevent that one would try to tunnel their way under the wall without the use of ninjutsu. The seals and barriers would work as an extra reinforcement to ensure that ninjutsu wouldn't work against the wall. Something that was also done to the outer walls. Rising up from his crouched stance, Zakito sighed. Using the sleeve of his right to whip away the sweat on his forehead, he noticed that most shinobi grinned and laughed. They seemed to be proud of their work, though some at the start had wondered if it would work. But with the progress being so far, they couldn't doubt it. ''We should celebrate and thank the Yondaime Hokage for this plan. He truly cares for the village.'' One of the shinobi said. Hearing what was being said, Zakito didn't turn around. ''Yes! I agree. Yondaime Hokage-sama shows that he cares for both civilians as shinobi. He is truly a figure worthy of following.'' More started to talk like the two and it seemed that the group said that they would try to organize a grand welcome for Hisoka. That made Zakito smile behind his mask. Glancing at the Hokage mountain, the Hon wondered about what Hisoka would think. Of course Zakito knew better, but maybe such a gesture of the people would bring a genuine smile to Hisoka's face. Even if Zakito knew who had made the plan, who really was the Hokage. ''Alright. Enough slacking people. Lets finish section F and then call it a day.''

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Hiron Hon

Konohagakure Jounin-sensei | Team 9

The whole match Hiron had been watching in silence. Leaning against a pillar, he had a worried look on his face. Though he didn't had eyes like a hawk, he kept a close watch of what his student did. Several times he wanted to whistle hard and try to remember Shikaroku to pay attention and act without hesitation. The boy had a bright and clever mind and Hiron hoped he was using it to gain the upper hand. But when Hiron glanced at his opponent, he wondered if the other genin was even properly ready. And then the tribune slowly grow silent. When Shikaroku threw the kunai, it was like everybody was holding their breath in, not sure what to say or maybe even think. Hiron pused himself off the pillar and walked to the railing of the tribune.

The match was over. The silence was still present and then the medics ran up to the opponent of Shikaroku. The latter seemed to be in pain, falling on his knees and that was enough for Hiron. With a quick leap, he would land on the sand. Though the referee frowned and gestured Hiron to remove himself off the field, Hiron ignored the man. Shikaroku had hesitated and Hiron would likely scold him for that, but he had won. Even if it came with the cost that he had caused a grave injury or worse to his opponent.

''Calm down kid.'' Hiron mumbled. Not on the most gentle manner, he would pick Shikaroku up. Then the public on the tribunes came to life. Some started to chant murderer and other bad names to Shikaroku. With an ice cold look towards them, Hiron kept talking to his student. ''Calm down. You did what you had to do, kid.'' Hiron mumbled, walking out of the field. Though he was relieved that Shikaroku wasn't all bruised up and defeated, he felt guilty. The kid hadn't been ready to kill or gravely injure a peer. He hadn't been trained yet into dealing with such situations.

It wasn't his fault that he was in pain. It was Hiron that was the murderer.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Success brings new chances,
Chances for more success.

A collab between Lillydove and Gerontis.

Summary :
A flashback before Takeru left for the Chuunin exams. He request Katsumi's presence in his office as he wishes to speak with her about something.

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A promotion.

Sitting behind his desk, Takeru was reading some files. The chuunin exams were going to happen in a few days and he was taking the last preparations to be sure that everything would be well in his absence. Not that he was forseeing problems. The last news about the Antare clan had been some time. This led him to suspect that the troublesome group had went into hiding. Even with some ANBU squads on the case, they weren't having much success. And that was worrying Takeru. Not that he was thinking that the crazy gone Antare clan would inspire the common populace in uprising. They had already a bad name for what they had tried to do.

Placing the file down that he had been reading, the masked Raikage mumbled something himself. Writing something down on his notespad, he started to think on what more he would need to do and arrange before he could take his leave towards Amegakure.

Katsumi was sitting at the table in her small kitchen with her owl companions leisurely perched on the built in perches she made for them, her mind was else where. Wandering back to the days where her twin sister was alive and not killed by Katsumi herself, she flinched at the thought. Shaking her head, she sighed and began to pick at the small saldad she had made herself but was not really all that hungry, she was restless. Getting up, she began to pace the small room and muttered some things that neither owl could make anything out of. Her thoughts also wandered to the man and his family, the family that she had spared and she wondered if it was the right choice or not. She supposed that there was nothing she could do about it now, whats done is done.

Hearing a knock on the door, she narrowed her eyes a bit and walked over to the door slowly while preparing to attack who ever it was in case it was a hostile, even though it was unlikely. Openning the door, she saw that there was no one present just a note attatched to her door. She picked it up, her eyes widening a bit and then left in a hurry to the Raikages office.

In his office, Takeru was reading a profile. Making with his right hand some notes, he kept his eyes focused on the profile. Reading, he was genuinely interested and made notes for the future. Though he had already made up his mind and planned what he would do. For the good of Kumogakure, he wanted to be sure that he would take the right measures or else he would come back to a ruined village. Outside the office, two ANBU guards wouldn't nod or salute to Katsumi. One of them simply would open the door for her and close it behind her.

Once she arrived at the Raikages office, she was surprised as the door was opened and nothing else. Walking in slowly, trying to think of what he could possibly want with her. She saw him at the desk, bowed her head in respect and kept her eyes averted as well, waiting for him to speak to her. Her mind still racing to figure out what he could want from her now, not that she minded but it was always interesting.

''It is good that you came that quickly, Katsumi. I hope you're doing well.'' Takeru said as he would make one more note. Once he had done that, he would start to store up his work and turn his attention towards the ANBU. ''I hope I haven't been bothering you with summoning you here. I remember that you did an outstanding job with your last mission and that you have earned some rest.'' Takeru politely continued.

"I am doing well, Lord Raikage, thank you for asking," Katsumi said, with a polite nod in his direction. She watched with minimum interest in what he was doing but made no comment on it and focused back on him as he began to speak again. So, he thought her mission was a success, an outstanding job on her part as well. It made a slight smile appear but it was gone just as soon as it came it was gone. "Thank you," she replied simply.

''I think that I should be thanking you. The Daimyo and also leader of the shinobi of the Snow country have accepted to become the vassals of the Cloud. It seems that the Cloud is finally starting to grow in both power as in influence.'' He said back. Pausing for a moment, he decided to ask her a question. ''But for your next task, I must ask rather something more personally. If you had a chance to protect Kumogakure, would you even be willing to turn against those who you are sworn to defend?''

"I am glad that it was such a success, I would not have liked to dissapoint you," Katsumi replied back uniformly. Again bowing her head in respect, she looked back up rather sharply at his question. "Well, if I have to protect Kumogakure by turning against those I was sworn to protect then that is what I have to do, the village itself comes before individuals, does it not?" Katsumi answered. She was still rather shocked by his question, wondering why he was asking such a thing.

Her question seemed to make the man think. With the mask it wasn't possible to see if her answer pleased him or disappointed him. ''Well enough. I will not beat around the bush. As you may have notice is that there is always improvement for the security to be better. I have plans where I intend to have more check points and watching over people.'' Takeru explained to her, letting his words sink as he introduced a pause. ''Though all and all that would help, what I think Kumogakure needs is a capable Guard commander.'' After his words, the masked Raikage would stop and see what her reaction would be.

She listened, nodding at appropiate times and keeping a blank expression. Not wanting to reveal anything to the masked kage yet, even as her heart skipped a few beats as he spoke. "People do need to be watched over," Katsumi commented after paused. Then continued to listen, a capable Guard Commander and she tried to think the individual that he could be refering to. "A capable Guard Commander would be a good person to have," she said, trying to connect the dots.

''Good that you agree.'' Takeru said with a polite and friendly tone. ''The duties of the Guard Commander wouldn't be that hard. In manner of speaking that is.'' Takeru briefly chuckled at the choice of his words before he would continue, in a more serious fashion and tone. ''I wish you to become the Guard Commander. Your duties will to ensure that peace is being kept in Kumogakure, but also needing to act together with the ANBU or Jounin commander to ensure that peace in the Lightning or any vassalized country is being kept. For that you will be given an office within this building as an own police division that will be following your leadership. Do you have any questions?''

Katsumi finally put the pieces together, yet she said nothing as he spoke about the duties the Guard Commander would entail. After a single mission, she was already being promoted, it seemed a bit odd to her but who was she to question it. In her honest opinion, she thought she could have done a better job but if the Lord Raikage said she did well enough to get promoted then so be it. "I am surprised that you wish for me to take such an inportant role in the village, after one mission... But I have no questions to ask," Katsumi said. Still somewhat in shock from what he was telling her.

''I have studied your profie and though it is indeed after one missions, I am organizing a better system in Kumogakure. Our defenses need to be tightened so that we can prevent civil unrest as well trying to counter any spy activities.'' Takeru told her. ''With our influence and might growing, we need to be sure that our potential rivals and enemies don't manage or at least have a hard time to sneak into the Cloud or attempt to incite any civil unrest.''

Nodding slowly, wrapping her mind around the fact that it was just after a single successfull mission rather than a series of them. "I am honored that you think me capable enough to take the position, Lord Raikage," Katsumi replied. Her heart rate seemed to settle down a bit as the conversation, after all, it wasn't bad thing that she was getting promoted. She would get her own section of shinobi and an office in the building, it was good.

''Good.'' Takeru was glad that she would take the position. ''I do hope that you won't get too much work. I rather have that the peace will stay present and that we don't have to deal with anything bigger than petty crimes.'' Having said that, Takeru thought about something. ''I do assume that you're capable of knowing how to deal with law enforcing? Like, some people are diplomatic immune unles I give the order?'' Not that he really doubted her, but Takeru decided to ask the questions.

Doubting that there would be much of anything overly problematic for her to deal with, she nodded and focused more of her attention on what he was saying. Petty crimes would most likely be the most of it but there could be the few who dared to go bigger and they would certainly regret that now. "I am aware of how to handle such troublesome people, and the few that are diplomatic immune are seemingly above the laws, I understand," Katsumi answered, looking to the Raikage for further instruction.

Getting the idea that she understood the purpose of the Guard commander to be the head of the police force, Takeru nodded. ''Good, very good. Now do you have any questions before I will send word that an office should be installed for you, next to the other requirments.'' He asked of her, waiting patiently to hear out any questions she could have for him. Meanwhile he was thinking about what he had to deal or arrange more before he would leave to the Chuunin Exams.

Shaking her head in reply to his question, she stood there and thought of what she would do first. In her mind, maybe she should check with the clans present in Kumogakure and then with the merchants? "Thank you, Lord Raikage," Katsumi said simply.

''You're welcome. I trust you with this the office of the Guard Commander. Hope that you can help to keep things peaceful in and around Kumogakure.'' Takeru friendly replied. One of the double doors of his office was opened and Takeru would continue his previous work. There were some files that he wanted to read before he would make his leave.

"I am glad that you have confidence in me," Katsumi, glancing at the now open doors. She understood, bowed her head once more and took her leave, walking slowly back to her home where she was greeted by the soft sounds of her owl companions. She wondered if she would need to install perches there for them. "A promotion is nice," Katsumi said.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

The new Team 3,
A new start.

A collab between Lillydove and Gerontis.

Summary :
The newest formation of Team 3, though for now it is just Satoshi Jun and Hanako Asushika. A meeting between the two as the team is formed.

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Team 3

Heading towards the meeting point, which was a decent grill restaurant, Satoshi wondered about the new student. It had been some time that he had been a sensei. The last formation hadn't been any great and made Satoshi rather go on missions with people of his own rank instead of trying to be a sensei. However, he decided he could give it another try. While he had read the profile and possible information about his student, Satoshi was quite curious. Though he had once thought that he knew most Kumogakure clans, he was pleasantly surprised to learn about the Asuhika clan. Of course, he knew that he had much to learn but he had learn a bit about them.

Entering the restaurant, he asked for the table that he had reserved. Being pointed where he could sit down, Satoshi decided to order something to drink while he would wait for his student. Though he was wondering if it would work out with just one student, he decided it was for the better. That and she was a chuunin. Which meant she had at least some experience in field work.

Hanako had gotten word from her new Sensei to meet at a rather decet grill resturaunt, looking down at what she wore, she wondered if she was dressed appropiately. Deciding that it probably did not matter, she walked up to the waitress and asked for the table with Satoshi Jun, at first the woman scoffed and shook her head but another one came over and whispered something to the waitress who then sighed and beckoned for her to follow. She did, curious to know this sensei of hers and was wondering if he was anything like the last one she had who was now dead. Seeing the table that the woman gestured at, she took a deep breath and walked over to her new Sensei. "Greetings, Im Hanako Asushika, " Hanako said, holding her head up high as her mother said helped with first impressions.

''Good day, Hanako.'' Satoshi greeted her back as he stood up from his seat. He smiled as he made a small and polite nod with head. Taking place on his seat again, Satoshi would place his arms on the table in front of him as he hoped was making a good first impression. ''Am glad that you came. My name is Satoshi Jun and from today your sensei. I was hoping that you wouldn't mind to start the greeting with just some talk.'' He told her. ''After all, I think that testing out your combat abilities wouldn't be necessary, considering you're a chuuni already.''

Nodding after his greeting, she sat down across from them and focused her amber colored eyes on him to get a clear image of him in her head. He was polite, which was nice as her last one was curt and harsh, rash as well which got him killed. She cringed at the memory but focused back on her new Sensei, with a smile she listened to what he had to say. "Well I cannot really deny a summons from my sensei, my mother would lecture me till she could breath no longer if I did" Hanako said, a short laugh escaping her before she calmed herself. "Talk is good, I dont see a problem with it," she added.

Glad that she had no problem with it or showing that she was anxious to prove her worth, Satoshi was very glad with that. It meant that he wouldn't need to prove himself worthy of like needing to defeat her. He always wasn't sure what that acomplished on the long run. ''I am glad. Though know that Ican understand that you might have other plans. I will try to summon you for a mission or training if we both are able to go.'' Satoshi told her. ''I suspect that you might have questions for me. If you have any, please know that you're free to ask them.''

"Harvest Week is not for another few weeks and mother wont approve of aimless wandering, I dont really have any other plans," Hanako said, shrugging her shoulders. She was curious of what he thought of her though, but what if he thought it was bad question or too bold of one. "I am sure that you have no doubt read my profile, what is your opinion of me?" Hanako blurted out, then clamping her mouth shut. "What kind of sensei are you?" she asked.

Quite intrigued in what she called Harvest Week, Satoshi made a mental note of it. He though he had a general idea what it could mean, but would wait as she was about to say or ask him a question. A bit surprised, Satoshi kept smiling as he had an answer ready. ''I will say that I have read your profile and was pleased. Like you, I am also a sensory shinobi. Meaning that I can try to help you with sensory techniques or earth release.'' Pausing, he thought about the second question. That was a question that was tougher to answer. ''I hope a good one. What would you find a good sensei to have?''

Nodding again, she needed to remember to keep a professional appearance and attitude around those of higher status, she took a deep breath. "Really? I did not know that, well I suppose my sensory wont be depended on then. Sounds like we will have a have great time together in the same team," Hanako said. That was a good question, what did a good sensei have? "I cannot really say, I did not have a good example to begin with but I do think a patient one is good and mabybe one that wont take advantage of the Earth? Does that sound like a good Sensei?" she asked.

Nodding in agreement as she told that they would have a great time together in the same team, Satoshi was glad that she thought so. It was better than if she would be pessimistic about it. Though he realized that he shouldn't let himself trail off with his thoughts. When she mentioned a patient sensei is a good one, Satoshi thought about himself. ''I think it does. Though I am curious about what you mean with taking advantage of the earth. I am sadly not yet very familiar with your clan and their traditions. Maybe you could help me with that?''

"Think of the Earth as a person, would you take advantage of someone? Would you disrespect that person or mistreat the person? If you treat the Earth like you would treat a person then the Earth will treat you the same, or that is how it was taught to me," Hanako said, although she doubted that he wanted to lectured about it for hours on end like did with the teachers in the Academy a few years back. "It is always nice to hear when someone shows an interest in our clan, I can help you understand them," she answered.

Actually as Satoshi thought about it, it had some logic in it. Treating the earth with respect and decency would result in that a better harvest for the farmers. Trees and woodland growing, providing timber and other goods. In other words, he could see some sense in what she told him. ''I think I wouldn't like to mistreat a person. I see everybody more or less as worthy of being given a chance. Unless there is no time or opening to give somebody a decent chance.'' He answered back, hoping he was making some sense. ''And thank you. I would like to hear more about your clan. Oh, do you want to eat something?'' He asked as he noticed waiter was coming their way.

"Yes, that is good, a chance is always nice. I would like to prove myself to you but I think that will come in time," Hanako said, glancing at the waiter. She thought about what he said about wanting to know more about her clan, it made her smile and think that he was rather interesting. "Umm," she said, gingerly picking up the menu and flipping through it quickly. She was not all that hungry but she did find an interesting salad and decided to try it. "I think a salad, this one right here and some water?" Hanako asked the waiter in reply to Satoshis question. "Tell me what happened with your past students?"

Ordering for himself a fruit salad, Satoshi thought about the question. Not one he was fond of to talk about, but he had no reason to be ashamed of his past students. ''I had two, but they resigned as it was during the short occupation of Shoji. I think that the traumatic effect was too big on them. Then I had one that couldn't think straight, so I actually gave up on teaching. For a while.'' Satoshi paused to pick up his glass that had been brought and took a sip from it. ''That is about it. Though I should give it one more try.''

So he did fight in the occupation of Shoji, as did she but she assumed he knew that. She earned somewhat a nickname but it did not stick nor did she like it but that was not the point. "I fought against it too, quite a bloody mess it turned out to be in the end but we are free of it now," Hanako said, taking a sip from her drink and then placing back on the table. She listened to what he said about his past students, so they could not take the fighting and left, that was interesting. "I am sorry to hear about your students in the past, I am gald that you are giving it a second chance though," she said.

A bloody mess? That was one way to put it, he guess. ''Thanks and don't be sorry. Such things can happen. I think I wasn't quite ready then to be a capable sensei. Hopefully I can be now.'' Satoshi told her. He wasn't sure what kind of impression he was giving her. Hopefully a positive one, but not too lax or friendly. However, acting suddenly harsh or stern was a bit out of the question. ''May I ask what your goal is for the future?''

Nodding, she took another sip from her drink and began sorting through her thoughts about her new Sensei. "I am sure you are more than capable now," Hanako said, taking yet another sip from her drink. Satoshi-Sensei seemed like a patient Sensei and one that would try to understand her clans traditions, she was glad that she was placed in his team. "My goals? Well, I suppose I wish to make good use of myself for the Raikage although I wish to be an example for the people in the village and teach them to treat the Earth properly. I wish to be someone of value and importance in my clan, to not let the fact that I am just half Asushika give anyone a reason to doubt my connection to the Great Mother and that I can lead them like everyone else can," she said, realizing that she was going on about things he probably did not want to know.

The answer, the goal of Hanako made Satoshi think about it. He couldn't really disagree with her goal as he realized it was probably also on the way how she was raised with her clan traditions and habits. He first wanted to suggest that she could try to later work at the Academy, Satoshi knew better. She was just fifteen years old and maybe with more experience and knowledge, she could make that decision without needing him to give her suggestions. ''I agree. I sadly never go to know what my roots were, but if you believe you're part of a clan, even when you're half it, then I think you're in your right.'' Satoshi told Hanako, trying to sound a bit light hearted about using the word roots in his reply.

"That is what my mother says, I know I might not look like them but I believe I have the heart of one just like they do," Hanako said, taking another sip from her water. "What about your goals? What are your ambitions?" she asked, shifting a bit in her seat. She was guide, someone that helped others and kept them on the right path but also protected them. "You dont have to worry about asking too many questions, I dont mind answering them," she said to him.

''Thank you.'' He told her, as response to her last sentence. Thinking about what his goals were, Satoshi could name the obvious ones. Protecting his village, family and such. Trying to be a good shinobi in the service of the Raikage. Becoming a good father, like becoming a good sensei. All of them were in his opinion goals that would do well. ''I think I am content as how things are now. For now, I don't have any other goal but to try to make sure that everything goes as it is going now.'' Satoshi told her, hoping his answer would satisify her.

"You have a good start on your goal, I think that stablity is a good thing. Do you know when our training begins?" Hanako asked him. As much as she loved just talking to him, she also was eager to train. "In my profile, what stood out to you?" she asked. Hanako thought it was a good idea to know what someone thought of her because then she could work to better the opinion or change it if it was bad. Of course, if he asked a similar question, she would answer.

''Good question.'' Satoshi thought about it. Considering that she was a chuunin and not a genin, he wouldn't need to worry about teaching her the basic of general skills. Or worrying that she was lacking in the experience department. ''I think that we will train very soon. Perhaps with in a day or two.'' He told her, giving it some thought. When she fired the question what stood out to him, Satoshi wanted to say the mentioning of that she was a sensory type of ninja. But thinking about it, there was something else. ''I think that what stood out was that you have a different view than most people have. You look with respect to the earth and have an interesting look at it. One that I haven't had the pleasure of dealing or meeting with.'' He told her. ''What did you thought what would stand out?''

Hanako listened to what he said, nodding here and there. She was glad to hear that they would train soon, she liked being kept busy as it kept her from thinking about things she shouldn't be thinking about. "Well I thought the same as you, Satoshi-Sensei. My clans views are quite different from most and some don't seem capable of accepting it," Hanako replied in a casual tone.

Satoshi took another sip of his drink as he heard what she said. ''Can't blame them, you know.'' He sighed as he looked away for a moment. ''Most people don't like changes as it means that loss is often a guarantee. That and views that are different are being shunned as dangerous or less benefitical. I don't think that people are doing this on purpose, but it is just how the world works. Oddly enough.'' The waiter came back to bring the lunch that they had ordered. ''Enjoy, my treat.''

Nodding, she saw the waiter and smiled as he sat the plates down, murmuring a thank you before looking to Satoshi-Sensei. "Thank you for the treat, I'll be sure make sure that you don't feel like you shouldn't have done so," Hanako said, taking a sip from her water. She knew that she needed to be more paient with the less accepting people in the village but she was raised to believe what she was taught, it was hard to think that others weren't raised the same way.

He laughed as he waved away her thanks. ''No need to thank me. After all, as a sensei it means I need to take care of my pupils. Would be kind of horrible if I can't even treat my students on a lunch.'' Satoshi told her. So far it was going good. She didn't seem to be any of his previous students, which was only good. Starting on his fruit salad, Satoshi thought of a question. ''What kind of missions would you find the most interesting?''

She took a few bites from the salad she ordered, chewing it slowly and thoughtfully as he thought about his question. "Hmm, seeing that I have always been used as more as a guide than an actual fighter in previous missions, maybe ones that would require me to do both? I don't really have a weapon I specialize in, never needed to have one," Hanako said, taking another few bites of her salad.

Thus it was like what he had deduced from her profile. Though a sensory type of shinobi was always handy to prevent getting ambushed and preparing ambushes themselves, he took a note that she wasn't a direct confrontation fighter like most non sensory types. Not that it was bothersome in his opinion. ''Good. I asked cause I might have a few missions we can work out together. Ones where we won't need to use straight forward combat tactics. Though I have some skills and capabilities to do so, I prefer rather tactical approaches which avoid direct confrontations.'' Satoshi explained, taking a few bites of his salad. ''Ever been to the capital of the Frost country before?''

Hanako thought of her fighting style as evasive and somewhat like a game, she was dependent on her Hidden and her Labyrinth which wasn't always a good thing. She did have some offensive jutsu but they were last resort, with a sigh, she took a bite of her salad again. "Oh, I am already eager to start them," Hanako said. So he was similar to her in his fighting style as well, that was interesting. "I cannot say that I have," she answered.

''It isn't that vastly impressive, let me tell you that.'' Satoshi said, chuckling for a moment. ''But one of the missions I had an eye on is needing us to go there. But lets first enjoy our lunch, shall we?'' Satoshi was sure of it. Maybe she had a different view and ideology on life and how to treat or approach situations and people, but he saw now ill intention or evil in that. After all, some of her words on how her clan did or viewed situations and decisions made more than sense. More than most idiotic fools that he had met.

"Oh well, I would not say that to the people there, they might throw stones at you," Hanako said, curious to know more of the mission he was speaking of but nodded when he said to enjoy their lunch. Taking a few more bites, she felt like this would be a good team she was on. Satoshi-Sensei was understanding in her beliefs from what he said and that eased some of her nerves, not really feeling any unease around him anymore. She took a few more bites, adapting a rather pensive expression as she did so although her thoughs seemed to drift.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

The match between Koike Hon and Ezuri Hyuuga,
On the second field.

A collab between Alternathan and Gerontis,
With Fieryfly as referee.

Summary :
Koike and Ezuri fighting their match.

Fight!

Koike entered the arena. He didn't care much for the forest or such. Against the current opponent he had, he couldn't use much of his genjutsu. And much of his Silent Killing, how meagre it was in comparison with that of Aiko's, wouldn't be use too. Not in an offensive way. Stuffing his hands in the pockets of his black jacket, Koike had a rather calm look on his face. He wasn't really nervous or worried. The crowd didn't do much to him as he didn't care for them, nor was he planning to fight to make his sensei proud. Entering the small clearing, he looked around to see where his opponent was.

Ezuri walked to the entrance of the Arena with Kensuke leading and Shisen in tow. Kensuke turned around to look at his Genin "Allright. Before you two go off and get yourself inevitably maimed or killed, I'm going to say that when you first joined my squad I wondered how you even got out of the academy alive. Now, after spending two months with you guys, doing missions and training you to the best of my abilities, I still wonder how you got out of the academy alive. The only difference is that I believe there is hope for you two. Despite your young age and short time to prepare, you are both skilled and smart brats, and you shouldn't forget that out there in the field." Ezuri looked at his sensei with a raised brow "very encouraging..." he mumbled, barely audible. Then he gave both of his Genin a little advise before they would begin their matches, Ezuri was to go first, versus Koike Hon of team Aiko. The field was a foresty one with a small clearing where they would face off.

Ezuri entered the Arena and made his way to the clearing in the middle only to see that his opponent was already there. As he entered the clearing the crowd came alive, their match was about to begin. Ezuri quickly looked at his opponent, no-one he ever spoke too although he had seen the boy walking in the village once or twice. Ezuri scouted the crowd to see if he saw someone familiar, Shisen and Kensuke were probaly still making their way upstairs. Ezuri saw a flash of red hair though, could it be the girl he met at the hospital? what was her name agian...Yukara?. Ezuri decided not to think about it to much and looked at his opponent again, waiting for the referee to show up and start their match.

Eyeing the Hyuuga, Koike didn't bother to say hello. This was his opponent and not his friend. The calm look was replaced with one that showed no emotion nor thought. Slowly the right hand of Koike wrapped around the small object in his pocket. What would look like a smokebomb had an explosive tag to it. Unlike Ezuri, Koike didn't made an attempt to see if he could see any familiar faces among the crowd. His focus was on what was important.

The relaxed posture Ezuri had changed to serious and alert as he saw his opponent tension. He slowly cocked his head and made the seal of confrontation. He was as ready as he'll ever be, like Koike he also reached for he pocket with his other hand, letting his index finger slip into the small opening at the end of his kunai.

Still looking calm, Koike wouldn't make the sign, the Seal of Confrontation. It seemed that his opponent already let his hand slip in the weapon pouch. Slowly pulling out his left hand out of his pocket of his jacket, Koike pointed to Ezuri's face. The emotionless expression was still there as Koike asked the boy something. ''How good are those eyes of yours?'' The question didn't reveal a hint that Koike was attempting to lure his opponent in some small or trash talk. It was a very serious question.

Ezuri was quite surprised by the boy's question. He wondered why he asked. "I think you should do your best to find out yourself!" Ezuri answered with the same stone cold voice as the question was asked. Ezuri didnt want to activate his dojutsu before the fight, even though the two of them already grabbed some kind of tool, the referee didnt start their match yet.

Sighing, Koike lowered his arm. The answer of his opponent made no sense at all. Why would he think in his stead? Koike had lowered his head a bit and then the referee leaped backwards as he told them that they could start. Already suspecting that the Hyuuga was one for close ranged, Koike also leaped back as his left hand went to his pouch.

As they referee called out his "Hajime!" and leaped back, so did Koike. Ezuri did not move a muscle but silently and quickly activated his byakugan, observing his opponent, looking at what he would take out of his pouched and act accordingly. Ezuri's arm holding the kunai got ready to pull it out and use it if necessary



Skidding to a halt, Koike would wait. He had his plan ready and straighten his back, his left hand stayed at his pouch. Knowing that his opponent could see his movement or what so ever, he couldn't predict it. Making use of that, Koike would simply wait. With some distance between them two, he wouldn't have to worry that he wouldn't be able to not react in time.

Ezuri did not know his opponent. He did not know his release, his specialty or anyhting about him. That made it hard for him to predict what he was going to do. He rembered the training he had with Kensuke, get to know your opponent and strike at their weaknessess. Ezuri eyed his opponent carefully. In the blink of an eye he dashed at him while pulling out his kunai.

Koike didn't seem to be worried about his opponent dashing towards him. Instead, he would just wait. The distance allowed him to eye the movements of the Hyuuga. Still, his hand remained in the pouch on his hip, not reaching out to anything. ''Ah.'' He mumbled, bending a bit through his legs as if he was readying himself for something.

Ezuri noticed the slight movement of his opponent. Either he was bracing himself for impact or he would jump away from him again. Without slowing down, Ezuri used the eight trigams air palm, aiming at the boys knees. But as Ezuri was rushing towards Koike, the latter would pull out the smoke bomb. While he would quickly leap a short distance sidewards, a few feet to the right, he would form the required signal to make the explosive tag explode. The smoke would blind the public view as a dark green cloud would cover the small area.

Ezuri saw his opponent whip up something in the air, Ezuri threw his kunai at the small purple ball which had an exposive tag attached to it. He knew it would probably not do anything, plus his aim was far off as it came to kunai and shuriken... most of the time. As soon as the explosion went off the smoke spread uit like oil on open sea, engulfing both of the genin inside it. Ezuri did not know if Koike could see through the smoke, but he did know it was not to his disadvantage as he could perfectly keep track of his opponent inside it.

Closing his eyes, Koike would focus on sound and smell. He tried to focus as good as he could, not wanting to remember on how well his sensei was at this skill. With the smoke covering and blinding his sight, he was at a disadvantage. Well aware of that, he still kept his left hand in his pouch on his hip. His right was kept in front of his chest as Koike would wait. First rule of an assassin. Half opening his eyes, Koike kept focusing. ''Be covered in shadow and stay your breath.
Lie in wait for your target to let down its guard.''

Ezuri who was running, slowed his pace as he entered the smoke. He took out of couple of kunai as he slowly kept walking, rolling his feet to make as little sound as he could. he looked at his opponent to see what he would do. Ezuri threw the kunai in the ground away from himself, with force so it made a thud as it sticked in the ground. Ezuri wanted to let Koike think Ezuri would be all over the place, in front of him and behind him faster than he would be able to walk and then when the koike heard Ezuri he would already be to close to dodge his attacks.

''Be in sync with your target. Anticipate its thoughts and actions. But don't let them anticipate yours.'' The lessons of Aiko were sounding through Koike's head. Making several handsignals as Koike had pulled out his left hand, he would be ready for the attack. Simply waiting, his right hand would go towards his pouch, as quick as he could. The Hyuuga tried a rather old trick, but Koike wasn't worried about where Ezuri was. Pulling out another smokebomb, as it appeared so what he was holding, Koike would look around. Trying to see where Ezuri was or would be.

Ezuri leaned a bit to the side and threw his left kunai right behind Koike before taking a leap towards him, being so close to his opponent, the likelyness of dodging was neatly zero. As Ezuri's first attack landed well, using a Shotei he would most likely be able to follow it up and end it pretty soon with a sixteen palm strike.

Simply standing still, Koike noticed something. A faint smell. Crushing the ball in his hand, he would poof away as something would be released. The prepared Body Replacement technique would make Koike swap places with a trunk of a tree. Landing out of the smoke, Koike narrowed his eyes as he grinned. The smokebombs together would be likely the trick to end this match. The fact that his opponent had likely moved around, made him breath at a faster rate. Inhaling the poison in the green smoke. Not sure, but he had used another poisonous smokebomb. One that was different in nature and Koike would pull out one action to make sure that his opponent would breath in more of his smoke. Clapsing his hands together, a strong gust was whipped up towards his opponent direction.

Ezuri's Shotei connected with a tree trunk, completely shattering it. Now that his opponent was away he looked up and saw him weave his last sign. Ezuri reacted on instict with a four trigrams revolving heaven. as he stopped spinning, the gust already blew away the smoke and both genin were in clear sight again. Ezuri eyed his opponent, what would his next move be?

Straighten his back, Koike noticed how the Hyuuga had managed to drive some of the smoke away, but he had made a mistake. Using his left hand, Koike grabbed something out of his pouch and stabbed himself with it. A small syringe. Looking back at Ezuri, Koike was sure. The Hyuuga was on the spot near where Koike had been. And he had used another kind of poison. Pointing at Ezuri, Koike started to talk. ''I am going to give you a chance to surrender and forfeit this fight. Right now, you're at the losing side.'' He said, his voice loud and clear. The poison from the dark green cloud was now causing a nasty pain, Ezuri's brain receiving signals that some of his limbs were aching, while there were no wounds or any indication that Koike had touched the Hyuuga. With the boy moving around in the cloud of poison and being quite active, the poison had managed to spread over his body. Entering his body by breathing, his heart would have pumped faster with the movements of his actions. Thus only making the poison spread faster over his body. But that wasn't the only poison Koike had used.

''You are now experiencing a pain that is caused because your eyes are blinding you.'' Koike told Ezuri. ''I asked how good your eyes were and you didn't use them. Instead, you probably thought your close ranged skills would be better than mine, trying to close in. But right now your eyes are not feeling that great, are they?'' Koike asked in a cold tone. He lowered his head a bit as the pain at Ezuri's eyes would start. The last smokebomb, just before Koike had decided to get out of the smoke, was a rather nasty one. Poison extracted from the Giant Hogweed plant. The watery sap of the plant would cause a great pain in the eyes of the boy and with his last action, he would have rotated and spin the poison around him. Some of it would likely be driven away, but spinning inside a cloud like that was a bad idea as what was inside the sphere of the Hyuuga would be spun around and get in his eyes. Causing a rather horrible pain at the eyes the Hyuuga relied on.

''Surrender and you won't likely suffer any permanent damage from the poison.'' Koike said on a more neutral tone, lowering his arm. His plan to lure Ezuri to attack him and keeping him in the smoke had worked better than he had expected. He had anticipated that his opponent would rely on his eyes that could see chakra. But they weren't able to see particular details like poison spread in a smoke. In other words, Ezuri could give up or try to fight as his body would be suffering a great deal of pain.

Ezuri felt his muscles aching. His eyes burning. He did not stand as stable as he usually did and had trouble seeing clearly. He could however discern a syringe in koike's hand, giving himself an injection. Poison flashed through Ezuri's mind. His hunch was being confirmed by koike, who started talking again. Ezuri needed to get an injection too! He stumbled backwards untill he hit his back against a tree. He conjured up two fairly strong water clones at the other side, weaving the handsignals behind his back so that Koike wouldnt know he used ninjutsu. Ezuri grabbed a kunai to make Koike thnink he reached out for that instead of making clones outside of his view. The plan was to have both water clones circle around without being seen or heard by koike and catch him by surprise, either to steal a Syringe or to take Koike out. Ezuri used Suiton: Teppodama... fairly weak and shot it about a feet straight u and let it splash into his wide open eyes. it stopped the burning in his eyes but his vision was still a little blurred. Now he just needed to keep Koike busy untill his clones reached him. keep talking, you sneaky basterd tought Ezuri not letting the boy out of his sight.

Noticing that the Hyuuga wasn't going to surrender, Koike sighed. As long as the poison inside of Ezuri's body wouldn't be treated, he would suffer a pain that would get worse by every heartbeat. The movement of both hands going to the pouch, made Koike frown. He wasn't that stupid that he assumed that he would just wait and see what his opponent would do. Besides, all he had to do was to keep it going until the pain would become unbearable. Easy plan. Taking several leaps back, Koike aimed to make the distance larger between him and Ezuri. Koike had heard somebody calling out that he shouldn't hold back. Wait, Yukara?'' Koike however kept his eyes on the Hyuuga.

While Ezuri did his best to not move too much and keep standing, supported by the tree, his clones moved quickly and silently making sure they would not get discovered by a Koike. Ezuri supposed that the boy would let his guard down as he not moved, keeping the kunai in front of him, pointed at Koike in a devensive postion. His clones kept coming closer and closer. It was not much farther before they reached the boy. The clone coming from the left saw the pouch he kept his serum in, the clone from the right the rest of his poision bombs and other tools. both knew Koike didn't notice them yet.

''Bothersome.'' Koike muttered. He had heard some sound and it was evident that the boy had probably made something approach him. It wouldn't take that long to pull out a kunai or maybe the poison was really slowing down the other boy. Taking a more readied stance, Koike would wait as the sounds and signals became ''louder''. Focusing not on the real Ezuri at a distance but at the approaching sounds. Simply waiting, he was wondering what the boy wanted to achieve with his actions other than more damage to his body with the poison.

As both Ezuri's clones were about the distance that they surely would get noticed, one climbed in a tree the other started running. Just when the first reached Koike the other would drop down and try to grab a syringe, throwing it to the real Ezuri who was now ready and started with a barrage of Air Palms, it was now or never!

The only signal Koike gave that he had heard the two clones approach was that he flexed his fingers of his right hand. With a quick leap forward, he would evade the clone that had tried to drop on him. Performing a quick cartwheel, Koike sighed as he would push himself back on his feet. As soon as he landed on his feet, he would perform another leap back. Clones? Was that Hyuuga trying to fasten the poison? In a situation like this, Koike wasn't even sure if he could be serious anymore. ''I will ask it one more time. Forfeit before the poison will damage your internals.'' Koike told him, readying himself to evade what would come next.

Koike would see both clones getting ready to charge again as they dispersed into a puddle of water with their first step. Ezuri now sat on the ground with his back still again the tree. burying his head in his knees and hands, raising one. he lifted up his face and proclaimed his forfeit. His hend fell limply next to his body as he looked at Koike, his eyes back to normal, filled with tears. without having anything to say anything it was certain he begged him for the serum.

Koike readied himself as he wondered how long it would take. Then the clones dispersed back into water. Glancing at the Hyuuga, Koike relaxed himself. It was thus over? Dusting off his jacket, Koike shoved his hands into the pockets of his jacket. Turning already around, he was walking to his starting position. Though by the looks it seemed that Ezuri was done for it, but Koike wouldn't just walk away without the referee proclaiming his victory. Looking away, Koike was already thinking about something else than the Hyuuga. He was wondering about somebody.

The man that was chosen as the referee was looking worried at the Hyuuga. There was some uneasy silence at the arena. The man walked towards Ezuri, wondering if the boy really wanted to give up. ''Are you sure that you want to forfeit?'' The man asked, though he remained at a healthy distance. More than Koike he was half expecting that it was some attempt to make Koike lower his guard.

Ezuri swallowed and looked at the referee, or the place he thought the referee was... a few moment passed. the uneasy aches became searing pains, excrusiating burns. He nodded and stammered out a barely audible "serum..."

The referee turned back to Koike and told that he had won, only then asked for a serum. Koike cocked his head a bit to the right as he frowned. Then he understood that Ezuri wanted an antidote. Raising his right hand to scratch his temple, Koike answered back. ''I only had one with me.'' The referee blinked with his eyes and then nodded. Proclaiming Koike as winner, the medical nin came rushing on the field. While most of them would attend to Ezuri, one of them asked Koike what the recepy was of the poison. This caused Koike to frown. Why would he give that. Saying that he would let a clone bring the antidote, the medical nin grumbled that he hoped so. Shrugging, Koike would turn around and walk out of the arena. While he would make a shadow clone to do what he had told the medical ninja, he wanted to see if he could see a part of Katsu's match.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

The Six Tails,
Striking at the heart of Kirigakure!

They had him sealed away. He hadn't done anything that justified that kind of punishment. He hadn't been the one who had started to attack them, no. They had came to him. Fueled with rage, a massive wave of killing intent would wash over Kirigakure. Like a dark cloud spreading over a field, blocking out the sun and driving away the warm sun light. Then the attack began, causing civilians to scream and attempt to flee. But most were shocked and frozen by the amount of killing intent.

The tails of the beast swept around. Maybe they weren't having the mass of some of the other Tailed Beasts, but the Six Tails had a nasty surprise in store. People that were near the impact of the tails, which crushed or heavily damaged some of the buildings, were screaming in agony and pain. The beast was unleashing a corrosive acid from its skin. The eyes of the beast squinted as it would not make any attempt to flee. His rage wouldn't let him leave this settlement until he would have his vengeance. Small or big, young or old. These humans had attacked and sealed him! They were the true monsters!

The head of the beast became a bit larger as he would then suddenly spit the acid it had been storing in his mouth. Firing the deadly salvo of corrosive material, those would get hit would scream and attempt to get help. Others would simply die a silent, but painful death as the acid would burn them away. The stench of skin, hair and blood would mix with that of the acid. Already the beast was forming up another salvo of deadly acid in his mouth. They were going to pay for their crimes, was all what he thought.

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Hiron Hon,
Konohagakure Jounin | Team 9

At Masami.

The shadow clone that was left with Masami said nothing. He had thrown a glance at her, but seeing how calm and focused she was, he was sure of it. She would do her best and give it her all. Which what he would want her to do. While she was heading to the arena, Hiron walked to the tribune. The shadow clone would take a seat and simply watch how his student would enter the field. He could remember the few times that she had been panicked that she had been too late. But now she looked calm and focused. Not scared or nervous as he had been a bit afraid for.

Bringing his right hand to his mouth, he would let out a hard whistle. Some people looked up, but Hiron's eyes were locked on Masami. He wasn't sure if she was hearing him, but he would give her a small nod as well smiling. Though he wasn't sure if she would be capable of winning as each genin had always a chance of winning if they tried their best, he was convinced that she wouldn't do it badly.

---

Hiron at Shikaroku's match.

With Shikaroku walking away, looking ready and more confident, Hiron was worried. The boy lacked heavily in some fields in Hiron's opinion. But he knew how to use his brain and if he would be able to hold and fight for some time, Hiron would be more than content. Walking to the tribune, where he would take a seat, he eyed the boy. Wondering what he was feeling or experiencing, Hiron realized that Shikaroku didn't had the experience as Masami had. He had never been to a battlefield or an advanced mission. Of course, he had trained and worked hard. Knowing fully as well that this was more a chance to gain experience, but Hiron hoped that Shikaroku would try to make use of this chance.

Trying to become a chuunin or showing everybody that he wasn't somebody that was a dead weight. But a proud member of Team 9. ''Shikaroku.'' Hiron called out as he stood up. Unlike by Masami, the worries of Hiron were bigger with the boy. ''Remember!'' Not needing to shout out another word, Hiron remained standing as he kept his eyes focused on Shikaroku. Hopefully he wouldn't get hurt too badly. Else it would be not his own, but that of his sensei's fault. Hiron's own mistake.