"Then you'll love this! Fire release: Great Fireball jutsu!"
Ko smirked as he lept into the air, dodging the attack, "I may be blind, but my other sense are-"
"Wind release: Great Breakthrough!" Yami cried out.
Ko was shocked, he felt a rush of wind coming right at him, passing through the Great Fireball, the sheer power of the wind swept the fireball away from its intended path, deflecting it and heading straight for him.
"Shit!" Ko cried out as he performed a sealless substitution landing a few feet away. His eyes slowly began to recover as he noticed two blurs rushing at him, he got ready to fight when suddenly something pulled at his belt, pulled at the bells.
Ko turned downwards and found China there, one hand around the bells with the other's palm facing him, and on it was a seal in the shape of a tiger.
"Fire!" she cried out, causing a fireball to come point black at Ko. The Hyuuga was so busy escaping again he could do nothing to stop China from cutting the bells ropes with a kunai.
Ko landed near the lake, his eyesight slowly returning. His three genin students walked up to him, all smiling.
China held up the bells, smiling, "we did it!"
Yami smiled, "yup. We did."
With Yami:
I turned to Ko who blinked his blindness away, "you alright there sensei?" Ko smiled as he straightened himself, "oh I'm fine...and I must say, I'm very impressed. You used Zumo to blind me and then came out of hiding...I suspect you moved into position the moment my focus was on him?"
Actually I just ran here really really fast, Chuunin level speed, but meh, not the time. I nodded, "yup."
"And then when Zumo blinded me with that...seal," Ko groaned, "you came out, luring me into your trap using the combination jutsu, brilliant move by the way-"
"Thank you," Zumo and I replied.
"-And then China here grabbed the bells," Ko said turning to a grinning China, "who then fired another fireball at me, forcing me to dodge or else risk getting burnt. I must say, every well thought out...and perfectly executed." I grinned, "and we couldn't have done it without the other," I turned to Zumo and smiled. The Sarutobi kid blushed and looked away, I saw his REP go up to 10. Huh, cool.
"Although, I am curious, how did China get near me so quickly?" Ko asked, "I have read reports on Yami's speed, but China's is average, she couldn't have run all that way."
"I didn't have too," she grinned, "I was right under your nose the whole time."
"Oh? How-the giant shuriken," Ko realised as he looked around, finding no shuriken. He slowly smiled, "very clever. Using a henge, the oldest trick in the book."
I shrugged, "oh please, you knew the whole time. You were just pretending."
"Wait, what?!" Zumo asked with his jaw dropped. "What are you saying Yami?" China asked in equal shock.
I sighed, "the Byakugan can see all, including a henge. Sensei knew it was you...he just didn't do anything about it."
"Is this true Ko sensei!" China asked turning to the Hyuga.
Ko smiled and chuckled, "observant as always Yami. Yes, that's true. I did know China was the shuriken, but I didn't know why. I wanted to see what you were planning...and that cost me the match."
"But wait, if you knew he would recognize China, why did you go through with the plan?!" Zumo asked me.
"Because getting the bells was never really the test," I stated, "the test...was to see if we could work together, as a team." The two genins blinked as they turned to their jounin teacher. The Hyuga's smile was radiant at this point, "it seems I lucked out. Not only did I get a small genius but also a Sarutobi who's willing to bleed for his friends and a kouichi that actually knows how to fight. I truly am the luckiest jonin in the village."
"W-wait, does that mean we passed?!" China asked with a gasp.
Ko nodded, "yes, you all passed. As of this moment, we four are team eleven. Congratulations."
Ping!
Quest completed!
Pass the secret test!
Rewards:
500 EXP Allowed to perform mission for Konoha I smiled and swiped the box away as China cheered loudly "alright! This is cool! When can we begin doing missions?" she asked bouncing on her feet in excitement.
Ko chuckled, "why don't you all go home for tonight. Tomorrow met up here at 8 o'clock and we can begin doing our mission."
"Yes!" Zumo cried out, "I'm so excited!"
I sighed, "don't be, it's not worth it."
China and Zumo blinked turning to me. "Why do you say that Yami?" China asked.
I sighed, "because every genin team for the first six months perform nothing by D rank mission."
Zumo blinked, "isn't that a good thing?" I sighed, "trust me...it's not."
Three months later: "I HATE THIS!" Zumo threw his hands in the air as we walked to the Hokage tower, finishing out tenth mission of the month.
"I agree," I replied grumbling as I wiped the red paint off my leather armour, "I made this armour so that I wouldn't die from a kunai to the chest, not as a canvas."
"Why couldn't they just ask other people to do these damn chores!" China yelled rubbing her fingers, covered with red paint, "I hate this! We have done nothing but chores for the last three months!"
"Now now, don't think of them like that, think of them as team building exercises," Ko replied with a smile as he hurried us along into the tower.
For the past three months my life had been hell. I would start the day by six, going to training field eleven to train by myself. Then the rest would arrive by eight where Ko would begin training us. Nothing too advanced, just basic ninja tactics, signals and even battle formations.
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