A Shinobi's Creed

Date Started: 4/6/24 
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----Timeline: April 1050 SE
----Setting: Konoha
----Characters Involved:
*Hokage: Konakomaru Sarutobi
*Shinobi: Nichirin Sarutobi, Samyueru Kirisuto, Nikoree Kakukazen, Kitana Fenikkusu
*Mentioned: Biwaki Mazen, Miriamu Uzumaki
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User:SamuelGreenawalt • User:Felosr231	 	
== Being Summoned in School! ==
"Keep working on that control Nichi" a small monkey ordered as she observed a young red haired shinobi. "If you don't you're gonna regret it!" 
Nichirin Sarutobi was keeping himself suspended over a large bed of nails, his finger tip on the top of a large needle upside down. He's using a flow of chakra to his finger tip, using a layer of chakra to buffer between the needle and finger. 
"Keep it going kid," the monkey ordered as she raised her staff and pointed it at Nichirin's chest. The duo were at the yard of the Shinobi academy.
As it was seeming Nichirin was getting a good handle of his training so far, the speaker from outside of the Shinobi Academy would suddenly shout out: 
"Nichirin Sarutobi! Please come to the Hokage Office! Again, Nichirin Saruboti! Please come to the Hokage Office! Thank You!" the voice of one of the office members of the academy shouting out Nichirin's name, summoning him to go to the Hokage's Office.
"Hm?" Nichirin looks over losing focus disrupting the flow of his chakra. Before he could get hurt, Ella slammed her staff on his chest and went him flying away from the nails. "Let's get going, we'll need to perfect some more Justus later today." 
Nichirin nods, "yeah you're right Ella," he agreed as he got up and started walking to the hokages office with Ella jumping on his back.
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Nichirin didn't take long to report to the main office. Inside was was a grand room with a desk and chair in the center. Surrounding the desk was books from previous Hokage's work that had lessons in each book, as well as paintings and portraits of Hokage in the walls of the and the . Also was stacks of paperwork lying around in different places for different purposes. On a side of the room as well was a collection of swords that are kept on the walls as a little decorative purpose as well as a quick grab in case of trouble in the office. 
Now standing on each side of the desk were two female shinobi that were guarding the person who was sitting at the desk. And the person at the desk was none other than the Sixth Hokage, The Bloody Goddess some called her. She wore a black pants and undershirt that was covered by a bright red robe held by a wide black belt. Wearing the signature Hokage hat that covers her head, black hair was seen coming out of the covers. And underneath the hat and cover was a soft, beautiful face of what seemed like a young lady, with hazel brown eyes that stared right at the eyes of Nichirin as he walked in. 
"Ah Nichirin Sarutobi! Welcome, Kozuki Sarutobi was telling me all about you!" The Hokage spoke, sounding like a firm but caring mother as her voice came out of her face. 
"Would you like anything to eat or drink?" The Hokage will also ask.
"Not really ma'am I kinda just wanna get back to training with Ella here." 
The small white fur monkey waves asbshe climbed over his back and shoulder. "Hm? Oh hey you're the other Sarutobi I've heard about ya." Ella said as she bowed over and pulled nichirin head to do the same.
"Yeah, only adopted the name from marriage though so I can't say I'm a full blooded Sarutobi." The Hokage responds, "But the Sarutobi Clan of itself is a very prestigious clan that has been with this village in a long time..." She thinks back for a moment, "I'll take a guess you folks want this to be straight to the point as possible?"
"That would be preferable lady Hokage, this idiot needs to work on his jutsus." Ella replied.
"So I was looking at your grades earlier, and they seem to be leaving much to desired. The best you got in your classes is a C+ in Taijutsu class. But I was there when you faced Ms. Shion Chikafuji, and talking to Mr. Kozuki, you seem to display something few young Shinobi come by so quickly; The Will of Fire! Now I'm sure Mr. Kozuki already explained to you what that was, but all I'll say is despite the lack of grades or current knowledge you have, you show the strength to continue fighting and build up in your willpower and mentality. And for that, I think you need a teacher that shows the same perspective and will help continue you building you up!"
"From this moment on, you will be assigned to a teacher and a team!"
"Oh? Neat!" Nichirin clamored happily as he gripped his fists together. "When do we start?"
"That's not how you say thank you to the Hokage you idiot!" Ella protested as she slammed a scroll on his head. 
"S-sorry lady Hokage, thank you for the honor!"
"Tomorrow all the other Genin that graduated will also be assigned their teams and instructors, but I want you to get to know your instructor earlier than the others. I need you to report here in this office by the time the sun rises in the morning. In the morning I'll be here with your instructor and your new teammates. You may or may not know these new teammates, but we'll find out in the morning." 
"Oh, the reason you'll be meeting very earlier morning is because training will begin the morning!"
"Sweet! I can't wait! I need to train more!" Nichirin cheered as he clenched his fist with intense excitement. "I'm exited to meet them lady Hokage! And I wonder who the teacher will be, I bet they'll be awesome if you picked them!"
"Trust me, I pick the Shinobi as teachers if they studied directly under me. In fact, your teacher was my student in the team I led when you were only a baby. He may look a little young, but these times lately have called for more Shinobi to rise since we're trying to repopulate; Still, he is probably one of the greatest shinobi I've met that can come from the next generation to rise! You'll like him. Now, get ready to come to my office here tomorrow morning before sunrise!"
"Yes lady Hokage!" Nichirin exclaimed before taking off running excitedly with so much emotion and fire in his eyes as he couldn't wait for the next day to come.
"Let us hope he can meet up to the standards." Kona comments to herself as she watches Nichirin leave the room.
== Formation of New Allies! ==
Hours Later
It was now the early morning, as the sun was just about to crack from the sky. The Hokage herself seen standing out looking from her window overlooking the village. In the room as well were 3 other individuals, her 2 bodyguards and a male hooded figure. The male figure was just leaning over the wall with his hood over his head as it was toward Hokage as he'd soon speak,
"So you think these three we're about to bring in are some of the best to offer?" The man asks.
"The best that still need to work." Hokage Kona would answer, "These three have unlimited potential, but each has their own flaws and you can train them to overcome their flaws and unlock their true potential. Just like I have done with you."
"Right, let's just hope they're willing to cooperate with each other." The hooded man responds, "I've done my research on them already. Hopefully these kids come by soon..."
"Go Nichi go!" A loud voice was ringing through the young red haired Shinobi as he continued to jog through the neighborhoods. His breath was controlled with beads of sweat falling down his face. "You've only been running for two hours. Today we're cutting it short cause you're having to meet up with your new sensei today. So just make sure you're ready."
"You got it Ella," Nichirin replied to the voice in his head as he approached the men. "phew! Nichirin Sarutobi is present!" He announced before bowing before the men.
The Hokage turns around as Nichirin opened the door and sees the Genin being drained in sweat for so early in the morning, "My Goodness, have you been training even before this meeting? The sun hasn't even rose yet!"
"This kid is truly something else...it's impressive." She thinks to herself.
"Well, if he wants to wear himself out before his initiation drill he's more than happy to knock himself out." The hooded Shinobi leaning against the wall on his back speaks, his head tilting up at Nichirin, "He can just be sent back to the academy if he fails..."
"I'm fine lady Hokage!" Nichirin blurred as he wiped the sweat off his cheek, "I like to get a good workout in early in the morning to get the blood flowing. Plus we can't train as much as we usually do since we have to come meet the teacher and the team!" He replied happily and braced himself. "I'm ready!"
"Well the other two should be showing up soon if they will be..." Hokage Kona speaks before hearing a large slam from the door being barged wide open before another entrance shows up. "Ahh....."
"I SWEAR I DIDN'T TRY TO PUT A SMOKE BOMB ON THE TEACHER'S SEAT THIS TIME!!!!!!" A shout from this teenager that looks about the same age as Nichirin, wearing a tight black hood that covers his head all but of a few brown locks of hair that poke out, the kid also had dark blue eyes that were above a mask that covered the majority of the kids face. The teenager is also wearing a black and red ninja outfit as his presence was loud and dominating the office.
"Relax Nikoree!!!" Konakomaru shouts back at the Genin, "I wouldn't be pulling you here this early morning if you were in trouble!"
"Hmph, I thought I was going to be getting another lecture!" Nikoree, the name of the genin speaks. 
"So this is the antisocial and troublesome kid of the academy...." The hooded figure thinks, "He looks fun..."
".... Hey I know him, he's that one kid from class, he's pretty weird." Nichirin thought outloud 
"Coming from you that's an insult," Ella said, her voice echoing in his head.
"Nikoree, remember I mentioned the other day you'd be assigned to a team?" Lady Hokage asks Nikoree, "Well, Nichirin over there will be one of your partners." 
Nikoree turns his head to look over to Nichirin, "Hmph, I remember this guy in some classes. Ain't he a basic boy?" 
"NIK! That is no way to speak your fellow Shinobi comrades!" The Hokage shouts at the Genin,
"YOU ACT LIKE IF YOU'RE MY MOM!!!" Nikoree shouts back at the Hokage.
"Explosive personality, trouble with respect or authority, yup he'll be a handful." The hooded man thinks.
"I may be basic," Nichirin replied looking over cocking an eyebrow and smirking, "but I'll be more than happy to show you that someone like me can make you taste the dirt." Nichirin snickered, showing just how much Ella has been rubbing off on him.
"Hey kid, you're being more and more like me, and that's making me happy!" Ella giggled as she grew all the more excited.
Suddenly the door was knocked before someone else entered into the office at this time, it was a young girl that was about the ages of both Nikoree and Nichirin. She had long pink hair and golden yellow eyes that almost resembled the sun; she wore a loose black ninja robe that was tightened by a pink sash that held her katana scabbards on her left hip and her back. She also had a mask that was down to her neck as it wasn't covering her face at the moment. She enters the office room before bowing down to the Hokage, "It is a privilege to be here this morning Lady Hokage." 
"Oooooo, who is this pretty chica!" Nikoree looks over to the new entree to the office room.
"Ah yes! Welcome Kitana Fenikkusu!" Hokage Kona speaks to the young genin, "Boys, this is Kitana, your other teammate that will join you two!" 
"You got lovely pink hair!" Nikoree speaks with comical heart eyes.
"Touch me and there's going to be a blade somewhere in your skin." Kitana responds, "You couldn't have me be with actual pretty boys, these two wouldn't have been in my top ten list of teammates I would want." She snarks a bit, "What a bother..."
"Cold, a little bit of pride in her, could use some adjustments but not the worst candidate." The man thinks once again.
"HEY WHO YOU CALLING UGLY!!" Nikoree shouts at the newcomer with a sudden switch of tempers.
"Seems like his looks are an awfully touchy subject huh?" Nichirin asked as he looked over, "I can see why though, he doesn't have much in looks or personality,maybe he's smart?"
"Now now settle down you three!" Hokage Kona says to the three Genin before speaking off, "Today is the day you all three will become a team! I picked you three exclusively to be trained under by my trusted student when he was a genin. Now say a warm hello to Samyueru Kirisuto, Sam!" 
Instead of leaning on the walls, he stands up and walks toward the Hokage's desk and drops his white hood. He had long brown hair in a ponytail that was covered by his hood but is now in full exposure. He had a white hooded outfit on fitted with a leather guard on his left shoulder and leather gloves that are fit tightly against his red sash and leather belts. He had a warm smile before speaking over:
"Hello everyone! My name is Samyueru Kirisuto, and I'll be your instructor from now till you are jōnin most likely. What a lovely trio we have!" 
"HMPH, you can say that!" Nikoree crossing his arms and squinting his eyes between Kitana and Nichirin.
"Great, I'm going to be with these two till we're jōnin? Oh the indignity....." Kitana comments with a lazy look on her face.
"Technically a chunin can be on their own in missions and lead their teams in battle." Nichirin added as he looked around. "I mean I'm fine with it but I'm guessing these two have issues with it."
"Good point kid." Sam nods as he looked at his three students, "I unfortunately do sense some tensity with these three groups of people."
"Well! I didn't think I'd be stuck with a bunch of losers!" Nikoree scoffs.
"Hmph! Losers?! I thought I'd be paired with prettier boys than you two!" Kitana stammers.
"Eh, I just wanna get stronger and cultivate the Sarutobi's power. But I'm glad the Hokage built this team!"
"At least this kid has his head straight." Sam thinks looking over toward Nichirin, 
"It doesn't seem like our whole trio here has got the message." Sam starts speaking a little seriously, "Well, I hope you haven't ate breakfast yet, cuz your training starts now!" He suddenly does a backflip before leaping out of the Hokage office's window! A straight downward shot as the Genin would look over the window and see Sam land in a haystack!
"MEET ME AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS!!! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!" Sam shouts over as he starts leaping from building to building with acrobatic fashion.
"I wasn't kidding when I said your training was starting the very morning!" Hokage states to the trio of Genin, "Go follow him!"
"I'll show him what I got!" Nikoree would leap before comically falling down on each tile of roof before crashing into the haystack as well, "OW! I must've got poked by the needle in a haystack!" shouting before running toward the direction of their running sensei.
"Ohhhhhh the indignityyyyyyyyy." Kitana speaks before starting to leap out the window and chase after Samyueru. 
"You'll love your group Nichirin Sarutobi, trust me." Kona smiles at Nichirin, "Now go follow your new friends."
"On it lady Hokage!" Nichirin replied as he tied his headband tightly and braced himself.
"Oi student," Ella's voice rang through his head. "Do the technique we worked on a few weeks ago. You'll be there in no time." 
"Yes sensei!" Nichirin replied as he began to center his chakra and controlled the flow of it. "Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Chimpanzee Technique!" He roared as his knuckles touched the ground and he took a crouching position before taking off at ridiculous speeds. Leaping over multiple buildings at once. With ease he performed summersaults and flips to cover ground and appear before the others in his team. "Yo!" He cheered before leaping off an antenna and jumped over three buildings. "Where!!"
"The Sarutobi devleoeod this technique to be more like us, their monkey summonings. Like those dogs and Zuka people, you get all our movements and agility, compared to other Shinobi covering ground isn't much of an issue." Ella said in his head as Nichirin kept moving.
"That kid definitely has a lot of potential." The Hokage speaks as she watches the Genin follow their new sensei.
== Sensei's Challenge!: For Whom The Bell Tolls! ==
After a series of jumping around the village to finally get to an area outside to the training grounds. Sam lands down on the ground as he stands in the center of the grounds. 
"That was a good warmup." Sam says as he stretches after landing, "Wonder where the kids are. I swore I heard that Nichirin kid close behind."
"Sensei!" Nichirin cheerfully called out as he was stretching his arms and walked over, "that was a fun warm up, I wonder where the other two are." He said as a crack from his back could be heard as he stretched. "Ooo that was a good crack!"
"Following you guys was tougher than I thought." Kitana suddenly says while up standing on a tree branch before dropping down to the two, "Whatever technique that was Niche, that's something else." She comments.
"Well that makes 2, now where did Nikoree go?" Sam wonders before seeing Nikoree tumble down a tree that he just happened to slip once again and crash into the ground below, with pinecones dropping down on his head comically.
"HEYYYY! HOW DID YOU TWO BEAT ME?!?!?!" Nikoree shouted, "I LEFT FIRST!" 
"Seems like you were too slow, angry brows." Kitana says before sticking her tongue out to the teammate.
"Welp looks like that makes three sensei," Nichirin added as he look d around, "you said this was gonna be our training grounds, so what do you got planned for us?"
"Well, what I had planned for us today was the other half of your graduation exams." Sam speaks looking at his three Genin.
"WHAT!?! You're telling us we're not Genin yet?!?!" Nikoree yells at Sam.
"Not quite, you folks may have passed the written exams, but the other half of the graduation exams is in fact facing me or any jōnin level shinobi. This exams decide if you stay on this team, get sent back to the academy, or get permanently expelled from being a Shinobi!" Sam promises to his group.
"WHAT!?!?!?!" Nikoree shouts, "YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN ME!!!!"
"Ohhhhhh the indignityyyyyy." Kitana comments crossing her arms, "Please make it not so hard." 
"I mean...you three were chosen by the Hokage, so I shouldn't see why you wouldn't pass." Sam comments, "But I don't go easy...." he coldly speaks.
"In which case we shouldn't hold back either," Nichirin replied not letting his ego get crushed like his teammates and kept his head high despite the shivers running down his back as he though he could be not just be expelled as a Shinobi but removed as the Sarutobi heir. "So whatever you got sensei, I won't let it be what ends my journey."
"That's the spirit!" Sam exclaims to Nichirin who wasn't letting the challenge get to him, "Now! All you got to do is to.....acquire these!" He pulls out two little bells from a leather pouch on him, "Here are two bells that you all need to get. One person has to at least get one bell. If one person gets one bell, they pass without fail!" 
"Wait a sec....there's only 2!" Nikoree states.
"Yes! That means one of you will be going back to the academy for sure!" Sam replies with a smile, 
"WHAT!! Ain't no way I'm going back there!" Nikoree shouts.
"Well looks like you're gonna have to get good." Kitana snickers at Nikoree.
"Sounds like a plan!" Nichirin replied as he bit his thumb and drew some blood. "When do we begin?"
"Not so fast...." Sam speaks in defense before everyone jumps on him, "I'm going to make this exam actually feel like a mission. Picture this, your job is to retrieve and collect an enemy's most important valuable that is vital to winning a war. That valuable will be the bells in this scenario. Now, you did collect Intel earlier that there were going to be 3 other shinobi guarding something as vital as these bells."
"Soooo?" Kitana asks, "What are you getting at."
"You'd have to get past these three to get to me!" Sam states, "Bodyguards! Show yourselves!" He shouts as suddenly two clouds formed in a poof before revealing two women on each side of Samyueru. 
The one woman had long lavender hair with pale blue eyes that was with a white robe that covered herself. She had a soft smile with noticeable Inuzuka Clan markings on her cheeks. The lady had a big black wolf standing next to her that was staring at the three with ice blue eyes. 
The other woman had black hair tied at the end. She wore loose black clothing over what seemed to be a bunch of wrappings and bandages. One noticeable feature was the dual wakizashi blades that were on her hips. She had a more serious demeanor compared to the lavender haired Shinobi.
"Hi! I'm Katoriina Inuzuka! A pleasure to meet you all!" The Inuzuka smiles at the three.
"I'm Kasumi Nara, just get this over with. It's been a drag getting over here." The black haired girl comments.
"OOOOOOO Pretty Women!" Nikoree says with comical heart eyes. 
"So he's going to make it tougher on us....oh the indignity..." Kitana states.
"Okay can we start? This is giving me ants in my pants!" He hollered before cracking his neck. "He may have bodyguards but if he can snag those bells then it all ends. Just like in a way you take out the general the whole enemy army falls apart."
"This kid is definitely ambitious." Sam comments looking at Nichirin, "Reminds me of myself when I was younger." 
"Wait, you said there was going to be three bodyguards...where's the other one?" Kitana asks.
"Good Question! You don't know! So keep that always in mind during this mission that someone else may pop out of nowhere!" Sam answers, "Now! Is everyone ready!?"
"I will get those bells!" Nikoree says with a passion as he pulls out his dual wielding katanas.
"Don't get too cocky now. I'll make sure one of those bells will be mine!" Kitana responds.
Nichirin walked forward toward the bodyguards, "move," he demanded thinking to himself "okay I'll get their attention first then Niko and Kitana can make their move on sensei."
"Kid thinks we'll move for him, not a chance!" Kasumi answers back toward Nichirin. 
"These kids are ready I think Sam." Trina Inuzuka responds with a whoof from the dog next to her. 
"Then I say let's....." Sam speaks as Nikoree threw a kunai knife right at Sam's face! Sam gets sent falling before he gets poofed into a pile of haystacks! 
"WHAT!? A SUBSTITUTION JUTSU!?!?!" Nikoree shouts.
 
"You thought it was going to be easy?! Dummy!" Kitana shouts back.
"I'll follow Sam, you stay here Kasumi." Trina speaks before disappearing herself in a cloud of smoke. 
"Hmph, leaving me to you three? What a drag..." Kasumi responds as she pulls out her wakizashi blades, "Game on losers...."
"Nikoree, Kitana keep the chase on them, I'll handle her by myself. Don't lose sight of sensei or he's gonna just wait out the clock." He then began to center his chakra, Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Chimpanzee Technique!" He then took the same stance as earlier and drew a kunai to his hand. "I'll catch up after."
"Hmph alright Niche. But don't blame us when you get sent back to the academy!" Kitana states to Nichirin as the two leap out and rush after the two others that left.
=== Kasumi vs Nichirin! ===
"So you want it to be one on one huh?" Kasumi asks, "I was hoping to end this quickly. Let's see how you stand against me!" She rushes up and starts swinging her dual wakizashi blades at Nichirin!
"Meet her blades head on," Ella's voice rang through Nichirin's head.
"Yes ma'am!" Nichirin roared as he held his kunai tightly and met the clash of the wakizashi's head on, turning his heal to hold himself tightly. With an open palm he used his left hand to aim a strike at her exposed chest.
Kasumi slides her wakizashi blades along the kunai before side stepping to avoid the open palm hit! She immediately goes and swings her right leg and attempts a roundhouse kick that'd be followed by a couple swings of her wakizashi blades!
"Woah there!" Nichirin replied as he used his increased flexibility from his beast imitation technique to bend his back lower, with the top of his head touching the ground to avoid her attack. He then twisted his body and flipped himself away from her landing on a one hand hand stand. "You almost had me there "
"Indeed I did." Kasumi responds, "Quite impressed, Auntie wasn't kidding when she said you are more than what you look like." She then sheathes her blades before kneeling down and weaves the rat symbol of hand seals, "Shadow Possession Jutsu!" She then suddenly extends her shadow in a rush to hopefully capture his shadow!
"Whoopsie!" Nichirin called as he took a leap back, doing back flip and began to weave hand signs. Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram, "Summoning Jutsu!" As a puff of smoke surrounded Nichirin he felt his shadow being locked in and stitched down. 
"Not bad kid, let your Senpai give ya a hand." A young womanly voice was heard as a small monkey reached down and grab Nichirin's kunai holster. "Smart move biting your finger earlier, so then she's got ya stitched down. I've heard of this clan Jutsu, it comes from one of the clans the Sarutobi look after, the Naras." Ella, the monkey summoning stated as she looked over at Kasumi. "Shall we?" She rhetorically asked before launching forward and running at her!
"Kids got a summon already?" Kasumi looks as she sees Ella the monkey running right for her! She grabs her blades from her sheathes and prepare to block attacks.
"Oh no you don't!" Nichirin yelled as he grit his teeth, putting up as much resistance as possible to slow down her movements as much as he could. 
Ella leaped up holding the kunai she stole from Nichirin and tossed it directly at Kasumi. "Nichirin, hold her back as much as you can. It won't be much but it'll give us time to think!" 
"We need to end this fast!" 
"I know!" Ella yelled as she took began to weave hand signs. Ram → Horse → Snake → Dragon → Rat → Ox → Tiger! "Fire Style!: Fire Dragon Bullet!" Ella roared as a short stream of flames bursted forward aimed at Kasumi
Kasumi feels the resistance come from Nichirin as she tries to get her blades. It indeed slowed her down as she raises her blades, but it was enough for Ella to weave the signs and fire the dragon bullet as the stream of fire comes right at Kasumi! Kasumi does indeed get singed by the technique! Forces her to drop the shadow possession jutsu she had on Nichirin before trying to roll back herself while trying to pat off the fire from herself, "Not bad.....not bad at all for a genin to pull that!"
"you go high I go low!" Ella yelled at Nichirin through their mental bond the two have through the Sarutobi tattoo that was given to him allowing them to communicate. 
"aye!" Nichirin replied as he ran forward, jumping high up and aiming an axe kick at Kasumi meanwhile Ella runs to the side and aims a punch at Kasumi's hip!
Kasumi would see the double attack come right at her! She would end up raising her right leg straight up for an axe kick that'd aim for Nichirin in the air! As her attack would have collided with Nichirin's, Ella's punch would've contacted her hip! The punch would send Kasumi back a few yards before suddenly Kasumi's body would have disappeared in a cloud of smoke and a log was falling from the smoke!
"You've got to be kidding me," Ella complained as she jumped to Nichirin's shoulder, "she used a substitute Jutsu on us, get ready kid." 
Nichirin looked around preparing himself for whatever Kasumi had planned.
Kasumi disappeared into the bushes in the shadows of the forest as she was tactically looking for another plan, "I gotta make a plan that either separates them two into not helping each other or trap them both in my shadow possession jutsu! Let's see how they react to this!" 
She suddenly jumps out of the shadows and right behind the two as she weaves her hand seals before landing!: 
Snake → Hand Slammed onto the ground 
"Earth Style: Mud Wave Jutsu!" Kasumi slams her hand onto the ground as the earth within 20 feet of her became soft and wavy as it soon would shake and make the area a little unstable and forcing all three of them to balance themselves!
"Ella!" Nichirin called out as he grabbed a hold of Ella's tail and threw her in the air and launched the monkey summoning in the air before kicking himself back, trying to dodge the wave of mud. "Bring the fire!" he communicated through the mental bond between them as he began to weave chakra and hand signs. Dog → Horse → Bird. 
"Wind Release: Breakthrough" he called as while being pushed away he released a large stream like gust of wind release aimed at Kasumi over the large waves of mud on the floor. Not only did he send an offensive attacks but was using it as a means to push him away.
Ram → Horse → Snake → Dragon → Rat → Ox → Tiger! "Fire Style!: Fire Dragon Bullet!" Ella roared as from over Kasumi's head she released a stream of flames directly at the Shinobi.
The wind and the flames together pushed and assisted each other as it'd become a pretty inferno right before Kasumi! Kasumi would have to leap out of the way but still be caught by the fire on her feet and being knocked around by the small amount of ripples left in the earth attack. 
"Well that didn't work out...let's try fighting fire with fire!" Kasumi thinks before making the hand seals: 
tiger
"Fire Style: Fire Run!" Kasumi shouts as a stream of fire was seen forming and shaped itself in a ring shape size of about 10 meters as it encircled her opponents and used their wind technique to further help her flames to surround them!
"Ella! This isn't good!" Nichirin yelled as he stood his guard, sweating beads as the flames circling him emitted intense heat. 
"It's okay, time to put some of that work to use!" She said as she clasped her hands together. "Transformation Jutsu!" The young monkey cried as she turned herself into a along black staff with golden tips that flew to Nichirin. 
"Yes ma'am!" He proudly replied as he waved familiar signs, restarting his beast imitation technique. Then he spun his weapon over his head, then running towards the wall of flames Infront of Kasumi using her own flames as coverage. With shallow breaths Nichirin stabbed the staff to the floor and raised himself off the ground. As he did the staff began to stretch and grew longer letting him clear the wall of flames with ease and appear over Kasumi's head!
"Raaaar!!! Sarutobi Art! Monkey Palm!" He yelled as the staff in that moment snapped itself and instantly shortened, becoming a three sectioned staff, spinning around to build momentum, as he did the far end section of the staff grew longer and thicker, becoming the size of Kasumi's body while the two parts Nichirin held were the original size! Aiming to slam the large section at Kasumi!
Tiger → Hare → Boar → Ram → Dog → Ox → Snake 
"Earth Style: Mud Wall!" Kasumi shouts in the nick of time as a mud wall would rise from the ground and curve itself as she would bend backwards as the wall would be struck by the staff! The wall absorbing the damage, but leaving a large dent in the mud wall before it'd crumble to pieces from the damage! 
As the wall would crumble, Kasumi would jump through the rubble and raise her leg for a taijutsu kick to Nichirin! If it were to connect, she'd follow with a punch to Nichirin and another kick with her opposite leg to send Nichirin back to the ground!
"There," Ella said telepathically as a bubble formed in the staff and suddenly a hand shot out from the staff and reached out to grab the kick coming from Kasumi to catch her kick! As the kick reached out the staff began to point itself at Kasumi ready to leap and coil around her if the kick was caught.
The kick was indeed caught! And all of them fell and crashed right into the ground amidst the destruction that was created! Kasumi was now wrapped in the staff's extensions that prevented her from moving.
"Hmph, you're a smart cookie. Aunt Kona definitely didn't shy from trusting in the Sarutobi abilities." Kasumi notes since she was in the strangles of the staff.
"Sorry Kasumi," Nichirin regretfully declared as he raised his hand and slammed a chop at the back of her neck in order to knock her out.
Rat
Underneath the wraps of the staff, Kasumi intentionally left her hands tight to her chest, allowing her to weave the rat hand sign to allow:
"Shadow Possession Jutsu!" Kasumi shouts before Nichirin was to back chop her, her shadow now connected right to Nichirin's and Ella's! 
"You will call me Jonin Kasumi you mutt!" Kasumi shouts back, "Give some respect to my name! Now I only have a couple minutes left before I run out of chakra for this ability and allow you to even try to knock me out. So you must know something about your instructor and the other guard of the bells....."
"Heh," Ella chuckled as she remained coiled around Kasumi, not moving as her shadow possession kept Kasumi wrapped up as well. "Well then you have us not under shadow possession but you're still wrapped up by me."
"Well then I better start speaking..." Kasumi comments, "Samyueru and Katoriina Inuzuka, your instructor and the other bodyguard, they were 2 of the three students that were directly trained by the Hokage herself! Your friends, or teammates however you want to call them, will have slim to zero chance if only them two were to retrieve the bells. You will all have to work together to get the two bells off of his hands! Of course there only being 2 bells means someone is going to suffer, and that is practically what the ruse is of the training! Sam will be upset at me for revealing that, but oh well....he's a bit of a drag anyway; Don't know for how Trina deals with him anyway." 
"You will need to get Nikoree and Kitana to work together and lead them! Because I'm sure right now they're fighting to get the bells and are failing miserably! And I think the Hokage sees the leadership quality in you given the right circumstances! Don't disappoint my Aunt in her decision of you in this team!"
"Me? Lead them?" Nichirin asked outloud confused and slightly panicked at the idea of him needing to lead others. "I, I can't lead anyone, I'm not anything special." He pleaded his case as he refused to accept the duties. 
"Oh will you shut up," Ella protested loudly as her voice rang from the staff. "You sent them after your sensei because you knew either one of them alone here would be stuck. You assessed the situation and made a judgement call, that's leadership one o one you idiot. If this was a month ago I wouldn't think you're up for it either but now, now I think you got this!" 
"I, what if I fail?" 
"Then you fail! But if you fail you can always try better. What's worse than failing is never even trying. So, once Kasumi releases you, get out of here, release my summoning and make your way to those kids and get those bells! Cause I'll be damned if we did all this for nothing!" 
"Yes ma'am!" Nichirin echoed as he looked over at Kasumi, "I'm afraid I'll be taking my leave soon, so thank you for this."
"No problem kid..." Kasumi smiles, "I think I'll let you go now...." She drops her shadow possession jutsu on both Ella and Nichirin, "Go...the team kinda needs you."
"Right," Nichirin bowed entire taking his leave and Ella poofed into smoke retiring to her home as the young Shinobi began to race to his sensei and team.
"Hmph, not a bad choice to be part of a group...ugh I'm gonna need some ice...what a drag....." Kasumi slowly gets up to walk away. 
=== Bells in Hell === 
Using his beast imitation technique, Nichirin was able to leap from tree to tree with ease, leap from one branch over tens of trees at a time to cover distance with speed, quickly catching up to the rest of the team.
Kitana was the first person Nichirin sees in the woods, she was seen leaning her back on a tree; Her pink robe bloodied and tattered. The area around her was quiet as a mouse though, and no marks of battle were in the surrounding area. Kitana still had her blades kept in her hand as if she was prepared to fight again.
"Yo," Nichirin hollered as he landed form a nearby tree. "Seems like someone here got a good beating in, would hate to see the other guy." He chucked as he examined their surroundings. "What happened?"
"Get Down!" Kitana would quietly shout back, "Nukehead decided to go for the gold without looking at our surrounding and then we got attacked! Nike decided to run ahead without me, leaving me to deal with the other lady that we met. And she's scary......for a beautiful woman like her. Get out of that tree before her own friends track you!"
"Aye,' Nichirin jumped off the tree and landed infront of Kitana, adjusting his footing and kept his eyes peeled. "Well we need to regroup with Nike soon, so we gotta find and end this."
"I don't think we're going to be ending this in one piece! Why did they think this graduation exam was necessary?? Ohhh the indignity...." Kitana comments, "I don't even know where Nike went."
"I know where you are now......." A very low, growling voice howled in the air out of nowhere.
"Dang it! That thing found us!" Kitana states.
"Hm?" Nichirin looked around," I don't see anything, but okay I guess get ready!" Nichirin ordered as he gripped his kunai and took a stance readying himself."
There was a moment of silence between Nichirin and Kitana as they were preparing for an attack from an unknown enemy. It was until glowing blue eyes from a bush behind Nichirin were to be seen. 
"Niche! Behind you!" Kitana shrieks.
"Too late." The growling voice says as a loud bark and leapt out of the bush was a pretty big wolf that'd leap right for Nichirin! The teeth bared and mouth open to prepare a big bite!
"Oooo a ninja hound!" Nichirin reacted with sparkling eyes and took a step back and tossed his kunai at the opened mouth of the hound! "Fetch!"
The wolf would land down where he was going to pounce and grab the kunai mid air with his teeth! He then whips his head back before swinging the kunai back with his mouth! The kunai flies in the air and lands right next to a tree not far from Nichirin!
"Looks like some new fresh meat has entered the battle..." The wolf speaks right before Nichirin and Kitana, "And both have puny chakra levels..." The wolf before them stood a large black wolf that represented similarities with a dire wolf, and it had its teeth bared out as it stared at the two genin before him! 
"Don't let him get close to you..." Kitana says, "His bite is scarier than his bark for sure!"
"Well," Nichirin walked towards the wild wolf and his eyes began to grow red and his fists clenched. "Let's get to it!"
"sniff sniff I smell monkey spirit. You must be of the Sarutobi Clan." The wolf speaks before Nichirin, "Let's see how indomitable that spirit is!" The wolf leaps up into the air, "Tunneling Fang!" The wolf spins around like a drill and comes straight for Nichirin at high speed!
"Beast Imitation!" Nichirin yelled as the muscles in his body began to grow slightly and his eyes grew all the more red. "Second Stage!" He then leapt off the floor and launched himself to the side of a tree!
"Dance of the Phoenix: Southern Star Slash!" Kitana says along with Nichirin leaping off and her going for the attack on the big wolf! Her style of Kenjutsu is like a dance as she lunges and swings with her katana! 
The wolf drills into the ground where Nichirin once was! And the swing from Kitana gives off a small scratch to the side as the wolf leaps off and goes to the tree where Nichirin lies, "Hold still you monkey!"
"Know your place mutt!" Nichirin jumped and aimed a powerful axe kick at the head of the wolf!
"Oof!" The wolf gets knocked back down to the ground from the axe kick! Kitana was below and was ready to swing back for another attack!
"Dance of the Phoenix: Outliving the Ravens!" Kitana says before doing a long series of jumps and slashes that'd each go against the wolf! The wolf now wincing from the series of attacks and kick!
"You two are good at cooperating...." The wolf notices, "Something I should do better myself." 
"I'm just cooperating just so I can get the bells later!" Kitana replies. 
"Just to get bells....such a shame, seems awfully silly to work together against me when you could just run to get them on your own." The wolf replies.
"It's sillier standing here and talking to a talking wolf!" Kitana shouts back.
"Enough you two!" Nichirin ordered as he jumped up and threw a smoke bomb filled with pepper down at the wolf, landing away from the smoke cloud. "You're gonna wanna get away from that cloud Kitana."
"Will do!" Kitana leaps up to one of the trees with speed as the smoke bomb quickly covered the area! The wolf takes a sniff before he starts whimpering.
"You sly monkey! There's black pepper in that smoke!!" The wolf snickers and whimpers being irritated by the smoke and trying to run out of it.
"Where do you think you're going?" Nichirin asked as he ran to where the wolf was attempting to exit, reinforcing his arm in his chakra to increase its striking power, aiming a powerful punch directly at the wolves about! "Monkey Claw!"
"Whimper!" The wolf gets struck down by the powerful punch, "You're more annoying than you look!" He then attempts to lunge and get a bite out of Nichirin! 
"What did I tell you Esu about leaving me and Taitasu hmm?" A more feminine voice was heard from the trees as above Kitana was the lavender haired Shinobi with a large white wolf that was about the same size as the black wolf, "Cooperation is the best key to winning when you're fighting a team." 
"How did she find us?!?" Kitana looks above herself to see the shinobi. 
"Acute hearing I have young one." The kunoichi smiles and points to an abnormal sight, wolf ears on top of her head, "I am one with the wolf. I am Katoriina Inuzuka! Wolf Sage of Konoha!"
"You've got to be kidding me," Nichirin complained as he fell on his rear. "I've burt a lot of chakra today, I need a pause." Nichirin painted as he felt his body begin to take it's tool. Just after jutsu has taken a lot out of him, as there is only so much a month worth of training and improvement could do. "Kitana, buy me some time, I just need two minutes." He then popped open a vial and pulled out a pair of pills then eating them. "I'll join in a minute."
"Alright! I can do that for you!" Kitana says as she weaves: Tiger → Ram → Horse → Snake → Dragon → Rat → Ox → Tiger
"Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!" She shouts as she breaths out a steady sharp stream of fire right above her to attack Trina! Trina was seen leaping out of the way before getting onto another branch and looking back at her white wolf.
"Whaddya say Taitasu? Let's give Esu a rest before we all get on them." Trina says as the white wolf barks and then she collects her chakra all over her body, "Imitation Beast Ninja Art: Four Legs Technique!" she says as her hands become more claw like, her teeth sharpen, and her pupils become slits. 
"Time these puppies learn a thing or two!" Trina shouts, "Man-Beast Taijutsu: Fang Over Fang!!" as she and Taitasu rotate around to speed before crashing right into Kitana and the tree! Leaving a small crater on the thick bark of the tree! 
"Gah!" Kitana's body flies out of the attack zone after being struck by the cooperation jutsu, "Getting to them one on one with my swords would be suicide....let's try this then!"
Rat → Tiger → Dog → Ox → Rabbit → Tiger "Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!" As Kitana spits out small fireballs right toward the two, moving them in different directions to attempt the man/wolf duo to separate! 
"Oh this is almost too easy!" Trina leaps up from tree to tree and dancing around each fireball that was split towards either of them! "Fang over Fang!" She shouts again as they both got into range of Kitana before bulleting right towards her on the branch!
Kitana gets struck and falls before a cloud over her appears and poofs out a log right before them that falls down.
"A SUBSTITUTION JUTSU?" Trina looks at the log before right behind her Kitana had her swords out and was ready to swing!
"Dance of the Phoenix: Wings of Life!" Kitana swings her swords with the dance of the Phoenix as Trina was making her attempts to avoid each swing before sandwiching the katana with her own claws!
"I like your tenacity girl! Kinda clever to lead me all the way here for a surprise!" Trina states, "But that isn't the first time I nearly fell for something like that!"
"Beast Imitation Technique: Ape" Nichirin barked as he stood before then all, taking a breath as his body began to swell, his hand grew larger and he looked with an air of intensity. 
"Ninjutsu was not your strong suit, it's gonna take time to keep working on it with you, your genjutsu is even worse. But you are more than able to work with your hands. You've already learned Chimpanzee, Monkey and now Ape imitation arts, two left and you'll known the five Sarutobi beast imitation arts." Ella monologued in Nichirin's head. 
"Kitana, thanks I needed that break." Nichirin said as he cracked his knuckles and looked over, "we need to finish her off and get to the rest, so let's do this together.'
"Right!....Could you...lend me a hand here?!?!" Kitana asks as she was struggling with her katana sandwiched by Trina's claws before was suddenly released and:
"Man Beast Taijutsu: Claw Barrage!" Trina shouts as her claws strike at Kitana with fine and precise accuracy before kicking back Kitana into the tree right next to Nichirin! 
"She's no joke..." Kitana comments, "What ideas you got in your head now Niche?"
"Basic plan as any, I'll be the mayor and decoy, you strike when best. Plus it's not like I'm fighting alone." He then raised his hand and slammed it to the floor and a puff of smoke came out. "Ella, Staff!" 
Ella in the smoke appeared and transformed immediately into a staff and he took off running towards Trina and her beast! "She's been tough cause you've been fighting her alone! But now I'm here!" He yelled as he spun around and his staff grew larger and longer, as he used his enhanced muscles to swing the bo staff with sheer force and power!
"So that's the Sarutobi summoning jutsu." Trina notices, "Nice stuff coming from a young Genin." She steps back before witnessing Nichirin's staff crash into the ground, leaving a decent crack in the ground! 
"Not bad kid. But remember who's outnumbered! BOYS!" Trina shouts.
"Yes momma!!" Esu, the black wolf, suddenly jumps over Trina with Taitasu, the white wolf. The two wolves will leap over and twist around and start bulleting right at Nichirin, "Fang Over Fang!"
"This is my opportunity to get to the Wolf Sage stealthily." Kitana leaps up into the trees and hides awhile to find the proper time to pounce.
"Out numbered huh?" Ella murmured as her hands appeared from the staff and clasped themselves together! "Adamantine Prison Wall" she yelled as multiple staffs as she multipled herself and formed a cage to block the oncoming attacks! "Kid, now!" 
"Wind Style! breakthrough!" Nichirin yelled as he aimed a pressurized precise blow of wind at Trina aiming to push her into a tree!
Kitana leaps up from the air above Nichirin: Snake → Dragon → Rabbit → Tiger
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" Kitana uses her little spitball of fire and blows it right on top of Nichirin's wind to have the two Jutsu styles cooperate into a fiery blow of wind right at the Inuzuka!
"Woah!" Trina quickly crouches on all fours while still in beast mode while the fire and wind came at her on top! The wind trying to push her back but she got her claws gripping the ground tightly! 
"These two got smart all of a sudden." Trina gets up as the ninjutsu attack concludes, "I can do ninjutsu too!" As she slams her palms onto the ground.
"Earth Style: Wolves Jaw Trap!" She shouts as the ground would shake and right below Nichirin's cage a wolf's snout would form before the earth wolf's jaws would open right below the two genin!
"Ella" Nichirin thought to himself, communicating to Ella.
"I'm on it kid!" Ella replied as the bars from the cage began to point inward and extended themselves in to stab through the earth wolf before it got too close to Nichirin.
"Phew! That was a close one! Would've been lunch for that thing!" Kitana comments as she looks over to Trina, "I don't think beating her one on one will be the best option, she looks much powerful than the lady you were dealing with. Maybe either getting her trapped or distracted will be the best option to go with." 
"Surprise Little Ninjas!!" Esu the black wolf shouts behind them, "Fang over Fang!" As the two wolfs of Trina would barrel down right at the two! 
"Tunneling Fang!" Trina would shout as all three of them would surround the 2 Genin and monkey as they'd barrel down and try to take out the Genin!
"Ready? Dance of the Phoenix: Resurrection Whirlwind!" Kitana spins around with her kitana's to hopefully counter the fang over Fang over Fang technique right before her!
"Ella, we're going big," Nichirin replied as his eyes became serious and gripped onto the staff of the cage and the cage became a single staff. He then leapt up into the air and began to spin as Ella became a three section chain staff and became larger, and larger eventually becoming so large the last section of the staff was so big it was dwarfing all three of the tunneling fangs!
"Sarutobi Art! Great Ape Strike!" Nichirin roared as he swung his staff downward and aimed the attack at his foes!
"WOAHHHHHHHHHH" Esu the black wolf shouts as the white wolf whimpers as they spiral away far into the forest! The attack was big enough that it send the two wolves like a baseball to a bat! Trina meanwhile gets striked and sent far away as well as she tries to get grip on her claws in hopes of not getting too far!
"Remind me to never be on the bad side of Sarutobi Clansmen." Trina thinks as she finally finds grip and slows down her travel.
"Ok! That was cool Niche!" Kitana says next to Nichirin, "We should get out of here and find Nikoree and sensei before these three recollect each other!"
"Sorry but," Nichirin fell from the air and on top of Kitana 's back. "I can't move for a bit, kind of over exerted my body there." Nichirin complained as his body went limp as the effects of his beast imitation began to kick in. Ella the monkey summoning also returned herself back to where she came.
"Ugh...and I was just complimenting you." Kitana slouches a bit to pick herself up and Nichirin's limp body, "It's normally the other way around! Fine, I'll hold you up for the moment. But we better at least get a good distance ahead before them three show up again!" Kitana states as she starts leaping branch to branch with Nichirin at her side, "Ohhhhh the indignity....." 
----
"Alright you ready to get back to hunting them bells?" Kitana asks as they were hiding among a dense part of the forest, Kitana and Nichirin resting at the bottom of one of the thick trees, "If Nike has grabbed one of those already I ain't going to let you get the other one just to let you know."
"Yeah I'm ready," Nichirin replied as he stretched his arms out and cracked his neck, getting ready for what was to come. "I'll make sure you both get a bell, if anyone is failing it's gonna be me. But you two won't lose your dreams, I promise." He then readied himself. "Let's do this."
Kitana looks at Nichirin a bit confused, "You're a weird one for not wanting a bell. But if you want to be sent back home that's fine with me." She then starts leaping up onto a branch, "Let's go." she speaks before leaping from each tree.
Nichirin followed closely behind, examining his surroundings with each leap, as he went from tree to tree to find any traces if battles or damage in the forest from their sensei or Nikoree
== Bells or Unity ==
Kitana and Nichirin leap tree to tree with intention of finding any sight of either Nikoree or their sensei or a sight of battle, for a while they were unlucky to find nothing until they suddenly leapt onto a branch that had a trace of a small pool of blood dripping on the ground.
"Here!" Kitana says to Nichirin, "Looks like there was a battle here." She then drops to the ground and looks at the pool, "Blood seems fresh." She looks and sees a trail of it leading into the bushes, "Goes into there....."
"Well," Nichirin walked towards the bushes, "oi, Nikoree it's Nichirin."
As Nichirin opens up the bushes and crosses the bush's path, he comes to sight of the bloody trail leading up to a tree. Following the trail with his eye, he'd see the body of Nikoree positioned in a crucified stance that is nailed to the tree. The body himself being a complete bloody mess. And there laid a sign above the body saying: "Rest in Peace: Nikoree of the Kakukazen Clan" 
"Niche! Don't go too far away from....." Kitana comments as her eyes widen as she sees the horrifying image before them, "me....." She speaks sheepishly.
"Hey...guys..." The Nikoree was heard speaking as he tried to raise his head up, "This guy...is no joke...you two....should quit...now..." 
"Oh...my...gosh..." Kitana is standing still cold from the sight of the cold scene.
"Kitana help him off and treat his wounds if you can," Nichirin ordered as he grabbed his kunai and stood guard, "we'll help Nikoree then move to somewhere else. Here, this is a blood pill, it makes your body produce blood a lot so you don't bleed out."
"I wouldn't move another inch....." A voice was heard before a sudden unsheathed of blades was right before both their necks! Between Nichirin and Kitana was the sensei himself! Protruding from his wrists were blades that were up to both Nichirin and Kitana's necks, "One move and its your throat!"
"How did he sneak up on us!?" Kitana stand frozen in fear and not wanting to move.
"Would you think that the Hokage didn't teach me any of her tactics?" Samyueru responds, "I was her student, and I learned her assassination techniques. My family's unseen blades just compliment the style."
"Shit," Nichirin thought outloud as he bit his tongue and kept still. "I guess this was inevitable huh?" Nichirin asked as his body popped and smoke came out as a log was left in his place. "I didn't think that substitute would come in handy like that." He said, appearing behind Nikoree and helping him off the cross.
As Nichirin gets on the tree and tries to help Nikoree, Nichirin would notice his hand would phase out and look like he can't physically touch Nikoree. As if this wasn't a real image. 
"Looks like you caught my genjutsu." Samyueru states as he sees Nichirin try to help the fake Nikoree, "I detected you two a while back and was able to conjure up this trick to catch you both off guard while I'd escape."
"Escape? But you're right here?" Kitana states eyeing toward Samyueru.
"Or am I?" Samyueru asks Kitana, "How do you know I ain't either a shadow clone or a genjutsu?"
"Now," Nichirin yelled as he slammed his hand onto his chest and used himself as the platform to summon Ella. "Ella!" 
"Yeah yeah!" She yelled as she grasped Nichirin's neck and forced his chakra to disrupt forcing any genjutsu to wear off!
Nichirin would shake himself off of the genjutsu, seeing the image of Nikoree crucified to a tree disappear, while Samyueru was still standing there before the two of them. 
"So....what am I?" Samyueru asks again before the two.
"Annoying," Nichirin yelled as he threw a kunai with a red handle on it at Sam, the red bad being an explosive tag hidden.
Samyueru grabs the kunai as the kunai would explode and send Kitana flying while Samyueru would disappear in a cloud. Kitana would get sent into the nearest pile of bushes as she'd comically get up from the explosion,
"Ohhhhh What the devil Niche!?!?!" Kitana shouts as she'd suddenly notice herself the Nikoree genjutsu fall, "Huh? So that thing was just a trick?"
"It looks like it, couldn't risk getting too close and spending too much time on it. We gotta get going if we're going to find the actual Nikoree." Nichirin replied as he placed a hand on Ella. "It's now or never so so I'm gonna need you to make sure we go all out." 
"Heh so we're gonna use every trick we got this time huh?" She replied with a grin on her face. "You better not give up half way through." 
"I need to make sure the team wins it, no matter what, so no holding back." Nichirin said as he had a sparked flame in his eyes.
"Ugh......." A sudden groan from the bushes was heard, "My head....."
"That sounds like..." Kitana runs over toward the bushes, "Nikoree!" 
"Owwwwwwwwww," Nikoree was seen sitting criss crossed with a comical bump on his head, "I had him on my trail and got slipped by a banana peel and fell off the tree! That sensei of ours is trying to make a joke out of me!!!!" His head gets comically red with fury.
"You practically are one already...." Kitana deadpanly comments.
"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?!?!?!" Nikoree shouts with birds flying out of the trees.
"Niche, Nike was right behind the tree all along." Kitana states to Nichirin, "If you couldn't hear his loudmouth already..."
"Glad to hear it," he walks over with Ella, "Get up Nike, we got a test to finish and gotta make sure you two get your bells." He stated as he throws him and Kitana food pills. "Here eat these, you're gonna need your strength and chakra and these will help."
"Oooo, where did you get these Nichirin?" Nikoree asks as he picks up the food pill and eats them, "I didn't eat breakfast so I'm starving!"
"Why don't you want to grab the bells?" Kitana asks as she takes a food pill, "Don't you want to be passing this course?"
"Of course I do, but unlike me you don't come from a noble family in the village. One way or another even if I have to play politics I'll become a Shinobi even if this guy fails me. But you guys, you don't need to be held back because I want to be selfish and get a bell. I'll make you both great Shinobi and whatever your dreams are you'll reach them regardless." He stated as he pets Ella some more.
"Well you ain't wrong there." Nikoree replies, "Heck, I don't even know my own family. I was told I'm the last of my kind or something since I've lived by myself all my life." 
"My clan isn't poor....but it ain't exactly the most noble either." Kitana speaks, "We're still try to find honor within the village ourselves. Following the Phoenix's Dance we shall do till we are either rebirthed into a better clan or we redeem ourselves with the dance." 
"That seems like a weird family thing." Nikoree states, "Dancing with a bird seems weird ain't it?"
"Ugh you wouldn't understand!" Kitana gets annoyed, "Niche, if there is some way we can help you pass we would want to help find that way." 
"I say, let's beat the ever living crap out of our sensei till he's burnt to a crisp!!" Nikoree exclaims.
"I don't think that'll help any of us pass...." Kitana speaks deadpanly.
"For now we focus on those bells, we'll pass or fail as a team, so get ready." Nichirin replied, "found em?" He asked as he turned his head over and looks at Ella.
Ella nodded, "I found his smell, he's not too far from here. What's the plan?" 
"Do what we do best, wing it. The objective is to get the bells, Kitana you and I act as the aggressors and push him into somewhere vulnerable, he thinks Nike is out of commission which means him snagging a bell or two is the most possible. Nike if you fail at ambushing him I'll press on him again somehow and give you a second chance, don't let up until you get the bell. Got it you two?"
"You got it!" Kitana nods as she has grabs the scabbard of her katana and has it in her hand with determination.
"BOY YEAH! Let's get this sensei!" Nikoree shouts with fire in his eyes. 
----
A while later the crew follows the trail of the scent of the sensei, it was starting to get dark as clouds roll over and the sound of thunder was coming over them, a storm about to wreak havoc in the forest.
"Sneaky sneaky sneaky sneaky...." Nikoree speaks as they make their way through the forest.
"Saying that doesn't make you any stealthier Nike...." Kitana states shaking her head at Nikoree.
"HEY I'm just trying to get to sensei!" Nikoree speaks as he soon hears thunder from the clouds above, "Sounds like a nasty storm approaching."
"Is sensei seriously expecting us to find him in this storm?" Kitana wonders, "Ohhhhh the indignityyyyy."
"We're here," Ella says as the scent of their sensei was as clear as day here. "Your sensei is close by, he's here watching us, Nichirin," 
"Aye," he replied as he placed a hand on her and she turned herself into a staff. "We'll do what we need to from here on, storm or no storm."
"Right." Kitana nods as they continue walking through the forest before they enter a small river bed that was calm at the moment slowly becoming a raging river. And meditating right in the middle of the rushing river was Samyueru himself, calm as he controls his chakra as he opens his eyes and sees the three right outside of the river. 
"Ah, took you three so long to get to me." Samyueru speaks as he sits there in the waters meditating, "You three finally decided to come at me altogether."
"There he is!" Nikoree shouts and points at Sam, "How is he sitting in the water without getting wet?!?!?!" 
"We can see him you don't need to shout it!!" Kitana shouts back at Nikoree.
Nichirin raised both of his hands and slammed them against the two of his teammates! "Will you both shut up?" He complained as tapped them both with Ella in her staff form disrupting their chakra flow. "We know he can use genjutsu so he careful, I'm using Ella here to make sure what we are is real."
They still see Samyueru and the storms above them as they verified themselves to make sure they're not under a genjutsu.
"Well the storms aren't a genjutsu for sure." Kitana states.
"Good! That means he's the real one!" Nikoree finally stands up and rushes right out of the bushes and right into the water, "I'M COMING FOR THAT BELL!" 
Thing was, Nikoree doesn't have chakra control, so he immediately falls into the cold water below! He is sent a little bit down shore before he caught himself back into shore.
"Oh ye of little chakra." Samyueru shakes his head before standing up on the water, "Or chakra control, don't they teach this in school?" 
Nikoree gets back up on the land and shakes his fist comically at Sam, "OH YOU TICK ME OFF SENSEIIIIIII!"
"Nichirin, use the tree technique I taught you, i'll flow your chakra to correct it so you can walk on the water." Ella ordered as a pair of hands appeared from the staff, "Shadow Clone Jutsu!" She roared as a second staff appeared, it then stretched out and wrapped itself around Nichirin's neck like a collar. 
"Uhhhh." 
"My clone will regulate the chakra while you use the technique so you can actually walk in water as the water and tree technique are similar but also not entirely. So use me as your weapon and the clone will regulate the chakra to patch your faults." 
"I getcha!" Nichirin yelled as he leapt off the floor and charged into the water stepping on it and making his way to Sam!
"Impressive, kid's got a monkey on his shoulders that can guide him. This kid's got more potential than the other three." Samyueru says as he watches Nichirin charge right into the water and attempt to attack him.
"Go get him Niche! I got your back!" Kitana shouts as she has her katana out and ready to fight.
"Seriously only one of you can even attain chakra control to walk on water?" Sam wonders to the three, "Almost pathetic."
Ox → Monkey → Hare → Rat → Boar → Bird → Ox → Horse → Bird → Rat → Tiger → Dog → Tiger → Snake → Ox → Ram → Snake → Boar → Ram → Rat → Yang Water → Monkey → Bird → Dragon → Bird → Ox..... 
"He's weaving a lot of signs there," Kitana notices, "That can't be a good sign!"
"He's going big!" Ella yelled.
"Beast Imitation Art! Ape!!!" he roared as his body inflated and grew stronger through chakra, getting taller and cracking his neck. "Ella we're going big too!" He yelled as he spun around, his staff getting larger and longer, over twice the size of the attack he had used earlier in his last battle against the wolves!
Horse → Ram → Tiger → Snake → Rat → Monkey → Hare → Boar → Dragon → Ram → Rat → Ox → Monkey → Bird → Yang Water → Rat → Boar → Bird
"Water Style: Water Dragon Missile!!" Sam shouts as right behind him the water sprouted out into the shape of a dragon! The water dragon would then stare at the now taller Nichirin before diving right at Nichirin!
Nichirin swung his giant staff around and aimed it at the the dragon! "Haaaaaaaa!!!" He roared as his staff slammed into the dragon and kept moving towards Sam!!"
The water dragon slams into Nichirin as he charges on as he now faces the pressure from the giant water dragon! Sam starts weaving another jutsu to help the water Jutsu to hopefully stop Nichirin from coming after him!
Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger 
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" Sam kneads up the chakra in his body before expelling it into a decent sized fireball that is right behind the water dragon collision to take on Nichirin!
Nichirin kept forcing himself through the water dragon letting it carry him upward as he yanked the second staff off his neck that was being used to regulate his chakra. The first staff broke through the water dragon but the giant fire ball was approaching quickly. 
"Get large, and as large as you can!" Nichirin yelled as the second staff grew larger and larger eventually growing big enough it was able to be used as a shield against the fireball, with it quickly falling, like a wall collapsing it fell towards Sam.
Sam sees the second part of the staff quickly falling above him! Sam leaps out of the river as the staff would make a violent splash that'd even reach into the land!
"Kid has been taking the brunt of the attack so his teammates stay clean, not bad." Samyueru thinks, "Lady Hokage told me Nichirin was only starting to work on his abilities since he got the monkey summon. With how he is now, I couldn't wait to see how he'd be in the future." 
"AHHA!!!!!" Nikoree pops out of a bush right behind Samyueru, "I FOUND YOU!" He then pulls out and opens a scroll that contained sealing marks, "THAT BELL IS MINE!" 
"Releasing: 50 Kunai Knives!" As all the kunai Knives that were sealed in the scroll have been released and aimed right for Samyueru!
The kunai knives hit and strike Sam with a surprise! He falls backwards before suddenly Samyueru disappears in a cloud of smoke!
"WHAT?!?! A CLONE?!?!? Man I need to learn that trick!!" Nikoree states angrily, frustrated he didn't get Sam that time.
"Wasn't a bad idea to bring out a shadow clone in the middle of the splash, just in case someone like Nikoree would try to pull a stunt like that." Sam thinks behind a tree as he tries to strategize his next move, "Nikoree is about 50 meters away since he couldn't stand on the water, Nichirin I can clearly see him. But Kitana disappeared to somewhere while I dealt with Nichirin." He keeps thinking as a katana blade was felt right at his own neck, it was Kitana who had her blade right there ready to slice!
"I saw the shadow clone jutsu happen as you tried to get away from the falling staff. Really clever, too bad most people can make one clone or else they expel a lot of chakra really quickly!" Kitana comments while there.
"HEY GUYS! I GOT HIM HERE!" Kitana shouts over to Nichirin and Nikoree.
"WHAT?!?! DON'T TAKE ANY BELLS UNTIL I GET MINE!!!" Nikoree comically starts running toward the direction of Kitana and Samyueru.
Nichirin reached down and landed on the ground, "Ella! Staff release your clone!* he ordered with Ella quickly following as her clone vanished and she regained her chakra. Nichirin cocked his arm back and threw it as hard he could with it flying through the air. "If you miss him or get close to him make your arms come out your staff body and grab that bell!" he ordered as he could feel the strain of the battle crawling over him.
"Not yet!" He yelled to himself as he kept his beast imitation on and took off running behind Ella. It wasn't enough to throw Ella or to give her a second command but he himself needed to get there in case both plans failed.
=== The Final Bodyguard Arrives! ===
"We are going to be getting the bells now!" Kitana says with a smile of confidence as she looks at her sensei.
"Oh? You really are that confident?" Samyueru asks a smirk of his own, "What makes you say that I am who you think I am?" 
"You ain't playing those mental tricks on me this time!" Kitana barks back immediately, then Sam in a poof of smoke disappears....with the very Hokage standing right in front of Kitana! 
"What trick?" Lady Hokage Konakomaru asks, "And you know it's not polite to point things at people."
"HOKAGE!?!?" Kitana shouts, "I was sure it was sensei!" She says as the sound of an unsheathed blade was right next to her head, right behind her being the actual Samyueru Kirisuto. 
"I was wondering when you were coming Lady." Sam speaks, "Almost thought you were leaving me with these three."
"Oh I'm sure you can handle these three yourself." Kona responds, "I was just completely entertained by these three I almost forgot I was in this!" 
Nikoree at this point was seen entering the fray, "HUH!?!?! HOKAGE!?!?! WHERE DID SHE COME FROM?!?!?"
"it's the Hokage, do I stop?" Ella asked as she kept charging forward with Nichirin running behind.
"the objective is the bells, regardless who it is, the Hokage, sensei anyone, until they change the objective I won't let us fail!" Nichirin replied as the two communicated telepathically.
"B-but how?" Kitana asks, "And why is the Hokage in this exam??" 
"Do you remember something I said in the beginning of this test?" Sam asks looking down at Kitana.
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"You'd have to get past these three to get to me!" 
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"Yeah, so I forgot Lady Hokage had to do something quick, but she was ending up to be part of this competition." Samyueru speaks, "She has been watching all three of you perform, and has now become part of the exam!"
"B-but, how are we to get to you with the Hokage in the way?" Kitana asks still looking at the Hokage.
"Well, looks like you're going to have to ruffle some feathers." Konakomaru slowly unsheathes her blades before imbuing them with her chakra to make them go ablaze! 
As she speaks, the sudden blitzing speed of Nichirin's staff comes flying in with Nichirin right behind him! Sam leaps backwards and back into the bushes while kicking Kitana into the way of the staff before it'd collide with anyone!
Ella the poofed into her monkey form and weaved hand signs together as did the approaching Nichirin as Ella was behind Sam and Nichirin was in front. 
Ram → Horse → Snake → Dragon → Rat → Ox → Tiger
Dog → Horse → Bird
"Wind Release!; Breakthrough!" 
"Fire Release!: Dragon Flame Bullet!" 
Nichirin and Ella yelled in sync as their teo jutsus launch and aimed at the same target with it being Sam. If the attacks meet they'd result in a huge explosion of flames and wind.
Tiger → Snake → Rat → Snake → Tiger
"Water Style: Water Barrier!" Samyueru shouts after spitting out water from his mouth onto the ground as the water would form into a wall as the collision of flames and wind would surround the water wall around Samyueru! 
"Nichirin's teamwork with his summon has been fantastic as I've been watching." Lady Hokage notes as she watches Nichirin and Ella on the offensive against Samyueru!
Nikoree sees Nichirin go the offensive as Kitana was trying to get a breather, 
"Hey Nichirin! Save a bell for me!!" Nikoree unsheathes the double katanas on the back of himself as he leaps up now into the battlefield!
"Now wait a minute there Kakukazen!" Lady Hokage says to Nikoree as her fire imbued katana was out, "You still have to face me." 
"I'm not about to be stopped by a lady!" Nikoree rushes over and starts to clash with Kona's fiery katana!
"Other Shinobi who said stuff liked that learned why I'm known as the Bloody Goddess in the land!" Kona states as she slowly dominates over Nikoree!
"Ohhhhh What should I do?" Kitana ponders as she sees hokage and Nikoree combat while Sam and Nichirin fight in ninjutsu!
"Kitana!" Nichirin yelled as he dashed around Sam reuniting with Ella, "don't think about it! Run and help Niko! I'll be there as soon as I get you two your bells! We're gonna win this! But Nike can't do his fight alone!" He ordered, "Nike, work with Kitana, you both use swords so try to sync together and cover each other's weaknesses."
Kitana shakes her head out and nods then to Nichirin, "Right!" As she pulls out her katana and leaps next to Nikoree, "Fighting Hokage yourself isn't going to work well! Lemme try to help you!" 
"I didn't want your help! But! 2 people and 3 swords versus one woman and one sword is the best odds ever!" Nikoree states as Kitana begins to swing her katana to meet the Hokage as the hokage's fiery blade meets Kitana's!
"I'd say it's more of an even game with me having the advantage still!" Lady Kona says as she gets on the offensive and the Genin get on the defensive, with then there being a trade of slashes against each other! Neither blades able to strike each other, the Genin not getting a scratch on the Hokage! 
"No matter how many blades are against Hokage, she's had the advantage in the battlefield with her trusted Katana out!" Samyueru speaks as he notices the dance of katanas going on behind Nichirin!
"I would say focus on me sensei," Nichirin replied as he looked over to Sam. "Cause they'll handle the Hokage, but I'll be the one taking those bells from ya." He confidently declares as he charges forward! "Let's do this!" He then threw a kunai at Sam with an explosive tag attached to it with a red handle wrap on it.
Samyueru would lean backwards and watch it pass him above while noticing the red tag, he leans back forward as the kunai would hit a tree and explode behind him! The kunai would explode double the blast as it had two tags, pushing Sam farther then he expected as he jumped the moment the kunai went off! 
Snake → Ram → Boar → Horse → Bird → Claps Hands Together!
"Wind Style: Gale Palm!" Samyueru shouts after he claps his hands together before pointing his palm at Nichirin as the wind is compressed and sent out as a Gale right at Nichirin and Ella!
"Kah!" Nichirin let out some spit as the gale palm slammed into him and sent him flying away and slam into a large thick tree. "Damn!" Nichirin pants loudly as he sat in the floor and tried to take a moment to breathe.
Samyueru lands back down on his legs before unsheathing the unseen blades and slowly walking up toward Nichirin, "When odds are all against you and you face death in the eye...." As he'd slowly kneel and point his wrist blade sharp point right up on Nichirin's neck, "How do you respond?"
"You either back away," Nichirin starts as he waves signs, Rat → Rabbit → Dog "or you give them hell and see what happens! Wind Release!: Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet Jutsu!!" he then pulled in as much as he could and fired out a swarm of bullets from his mouth. They were naked to the eye with it being so pressurized that only a sensor type ninja could properly see them. 
"He actually learned it! This is a B rank Jutsu!" Ella yelled before she noticed the directions of his lips as they were firing randomly and his head kept swayimg, showing he had no way to control the aim of the attack.
Samyueru had to cross his arms as he'd try to deflect the ones coming toward him even though it was random air bullets! The air pushing him back a little as well as it tore up little of his clothing and make some gashes on his arms and shoulders.
"Not bad, lacks control, but not bad." Samyueru states, "Seems you like to use wind release styled jutsu. Lemme show you something cool." He pulls chakra from his body into his breath before blowing it onto his unseen blades, 
"Wind Style: Vacuum Blade!" As the wind infused chakra would attach to his blades, extending the blade's sharpness and range with a green light surrounding it, "Let's see you avoid this!" 
"Wind Style: Vacuum Blade Assassination!" Samyueru would charge and swing his wrist blade upward with the wind blade part aimed right on Nichirin!
"Easy!" Ella yelled as she transformed her body into a staff and grew larger, using herself as a shield to block the sword as she was already twice Nichirin's size! 
Nichirin then appeared from the other side and launched a heavy right hook!
"Ooof!" Samyueru's face gets thrown to the right as he'd stumble back a little before coming back with a taijutsu knee to Nichirin's face!
"Shi-" Nichirin was thrown back as the knee landed against his face! "Damn it!" He groaned as he took a step back but jumped forward, raising his arm, "Gorilla Lariat!"
Samyueru blocks the attack with his arm, and attempts a combo of a haymaker from his right arm to try to force Nichirin down, to a left jab, a right kick to Nichirin's right knee and leaping left knee to Nichirin's face again!
"Adamantine Prison Wall" Ella yells as her staff body multiplies and quickly forms a cage around Sam before his combos could reach Nichirin.
"Son of a motherless goat!" Samyueru shouts as he finds out he's in a cage, "Not bad, though that's mainly your friend's doing but not bad."
"True, but," Nichirin stood before him and weaved hand signs, "wind Release Breakthrough!" Nichirin released a large gust of wind release through the cage bars!
"Dragon Flame bomb!" Ella yelled as her hands emerged from above and a mouth followed, releaseing a stream of flames directly into the cage! The flames and wind instantly met inside the cage for a highly concentrated burst of flames!
"Oh great." Samyueru speaks as the flames and wind met in the cage as him and the cage would go aflame! Knocking Sam back to the other side of the cage from the wind! After the fire and flames left, there sat a singed Samyueru panting for air while sitting in the cage.
"Not bad...not bad at all.." Samyeueru states.
Just then the cage and Ella herself poofed, she had ran out of chakra as did Nichirin as he fell flat on his bottom panting loudly. Neither could sustain their connection for lack of chakra but Nichirin himself was dramatically out of steam.
"Well son, I got plenty more in the tank. Though this last attack was like getting put in the pot roast intended for crabs, kinda broiled my insides bud. But now you both are all out of chakra and are as dormant as a dying mouse..." Samyueru speaks as he'd slowly get up, "Not a bad performance, definitely needs work. But in the end you're all out of steam, I still got some. So if you don't mind, I'll be trying to get out of here awhile." Samyueru states as he looks around the area before attempting a leap onto the trees to disappear.
"I didn't need to beat ya sensei," Nichirin thought outloud as he clenched his hands on something on the floor before wrapping it around a kunai, "I just needed to get lucky." He replied as he threw a paper tag that stopped half way in the air with the kunai second, gaining distance passed the paper tag. "I just needed the bells sensei." He smirked as the explosive tag blew up the force of which sent the kunai flying at intense speed towards Kitana and Nikoree! 
It was here where one could see, the attack on the cafe wasn't meant to win a fight but instead was meant to burn the Sensei and singed the string of the bells so he could sent them to his teammates! 
"Kitana! Turn around! Nikoree! Full throttle! Attack the Hokage! Don't hold back!"
Kitana and Nikoree were in a wild battle against the Hokage as the Hokage really mostly stood there while the two genin went all at it with their maneuvers! Kitana would hear Nichirin before turning around and seeing the kunai knife come at her with a blitzing speed! Kitana would turn around and grab the kunai with the string of bells!
"Got it!" Kitana shouts out
"And I'm going!" Nikoree states as he starts going moving his wrist and his katana with a sense of speed as he'd attack with both of his blades!
"Kenjutsu: Dual Blade Whirlpool!" He'd say as both of his blades would be attacking faster against the Hokage but was obvious he lacked control as Kona was combating back!
"I can just tell by looking at your wrists you're lacking control!" Lady Hokage would state as she'd clash back before swinging her katana at the one blade before it'd clash with Nikoree's left sword and send it flying away! "Speed is good, but a swordsman must always have control of their blade!" 
"Not if I strike you enough!" Nikoree would continue attacking and try to strike the Hokage but she was relatively untouched and unphased against the young genin.
Suddenly the bells attached to the kunais wrap fell into her hands. 
"Now switch with Nikoree! Give him one!" Nichirin yelled
"Got it!" Kitana shouts as she'd throw the bell over toward the direction of Nikoree who was still fighting Lady Hokage! 
Nikoree was still on the offensive as he was trying to lay everything on the Hokage despite not leaving a single scratch on her even. Eventually, the Lady Hokage stopped his katana blade with her own katana before swinging and breaking Nikoree's blade as her katana would be swung right through Nikoree's blade!
"Oh no!" Nikoree says with a wide eyed expression as the Lady Hokage had her katana aimed for a strike!
"Cheap blades!" Lady Konakomaru shouts as she had her sword pointed, "Final Slash: Mark of Konoha!" She shouts as she suddenly was right behind Nikoree with her back toward him. Nikoree would look down and see the symbol of the leaf village down in torn clothing and through his skin as blood would drip through the markings before Nikoree would drop and lose consciousness. 
"Cheap swords and lack of control, pitiful for someone to call themselves a swordsman." Lady Hokage notes as she'd look behind as suddenly the body of Nikoree would poof and there'd be a log laying right where Nikoree was!
"WHAT?!" Kona looks surprised! 
"whistle" Nikoree was seen beside a tree, swinging his own bell that was given to him by Kitana! "The goal wasn't to hit you, but keep you distracted enough to not focus on my so called teammates." 
"Well I'll be." Kona smiles in amusement and impressed, nodding at Nikoree.
"We did it!" Nichirin yelled as he raised his fist in the air but quickly all the energy vanished, his legs buckled and fell to the floor, looking up to the sky. 
"Everything hurts, I've never fought like this before... god I need a break." He then slowly falls asleep, passing out from exhaustion.
Samyueru was on a tree trying to brush off the small flame that was on his boots from Nichirin's paper bombs as he'd look down and see Nichirin fall. He'd drop down and walk over to Nichirin's slumped body before kneeling down and picking him up. 
"He really used all his strength." Samyeueru speaks as he'd look over the other two and the Hokage.
"They all did." Lady Kona would state as Kitana was trying to catch her breath now while Nikoree was seen looking for his broken blades.
"Ughhhhh I'm going to have get new katanas! They aren't cheap you know!" Nikoree shouts.
"Well, someone has a little feistiness in them." Samyueru chuckles watching Nikoree hunt for his blades, "Lets wait till Trina and Kasumi talk to me, and when this feller wakes up, we'll discuss their future." 
"That sounds alright with me." Hokage nods as Samyueru stands up with sleepy Nichirin on his arms.
== You Are! ==
It was actually the next morning when they'd meet again, Samyueru would actually camp in the training grounds while Nichirin would sleep. Samyueru told the students to not eat breakfast before they had their morning meeting. 
When Nichirin wakes up, he'd see his teammates Nikoree and Kitana as well as the jōnin and Hokage that were there during the test. All four of them staring down at the Genin team. 
"WAKE UP NICHI!!!!" Nikoree would comically ragdoll Nichirin while Kitana slapped a big bump into Nikoree's head,
"NOT TOO LOUD NIKE! NOT EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE IS AWAKE YET!" Kitana shouts.
"These three....are stooges.." Samyueru would look deadpanly at his students.
"Can the two of you calm down already?" Nichirin groaned as he got up to his feet, "man I definitely need that sleep, I feel way better!" He said, jumping up and down, "I need me a workout to get this energy out!"
"Not so fast now." Samyueru responds to Nichirin's comments, "I get it some of us have a lot of energy, surprisingly since just yesterday was a crazy event for you three. But its time for you three to be evaluated by each of us." 
"How's that going to work?" Kitana asks Samyueru.
"Well first: do any of you three wonder why you three were chosen to be in a team together besides being personally chosen by the Hokage?" Samyueru asks, "Besides you three being chosen by Lady Hokage, Kitana, you are the one that scored the highest grades in the academy. Nikoree, you were the lowest. And Nichirin sat about averagely in the middle. So you three, on paper according to the grades, would even each other out."
"WHAT!?!? HOW WAS I THE LOWEST?!?!?" Nikoree shouts back, 
"Who's been the one that has been sent to my office the most hm?" Hokage Konakomaru asks sternly while Nikoree sheepishly rubs the back of his head.
"This would inspire each of you to get better and help strengthen each other, since each of you are on different levels on different Jutsu and skills." Samyueru states.
"I mean it all makes sense in paper," Nichirin replied as he tears off his old arm bandages and begins wrapping new ones on.
"Since that's out of the way." Samyueru continues, "Me, Trina, Kasumi, and Lady Hokage will be assessing you three right now." 
"Mainly we'll be assessing those we mainly came across yesterday." Hokage speaks to the three, "Kasumi speaking about Nichirin, Trina on Nichirin and Kitana, and me and Sam on all three of you." 
"Good things? bad things?" Nikoree asks,
"All of it." Samyueru responds, "We each have good things to note and things to advise you three to work on. Oh, and based on our evaluation, we'll tell you if you folks passed or not." 
"Though it was me and Nikoree who got the bells?" Kitana states.
"Yes, that is true." Kasumi answers Kitana's question.
Nichirin yawned as he began to stretch not really processing this evaluation as he figured he didn't claim any bells and made sure for the rest to pass instead.
"First up, Kasumi, your comments on your battle against Nichirin." Samyueru looks behind himself to see Kasumi ready to explain her sole fight against Nichirin.
"Nichirin, you were the only one to fight me while your teammates left to go after Mister Samyueru and Trina." Kasumi speaks, "Your fight against me showed how much you've grown between the academy and now. You earned yourself a monkey summon, congrats. You showed excellent chemistry with the monkey, almost having her as the teacher of sorts. Your ninjutsu is limited, I only saw a couple Jutsu of yours. Seems you allow your monkey to do that part of the deal. Overall, not bad, though we can definitely work on that ninjutsu side." Kasumi reviews the fight she had with Nichirin.
"Yeah sounds about right," Nichirin replied as he was doing push ups upside down. "To be fair if this a month ago I would have zero nature release jutsu."
"That is true." Lady Hokage states, "Of course Jonin Kasumi hasn't realized that. So despite her thoughts, you've had an amazing glow up so far."
"My turn," Trina speaks as she looks at both Kitana and Nichirin, "You two were able to fend against my pet wolves Esu and Taitasu." She states as she pets Taitasu and Esu who were panting happily, "Obviously Esu had to go by himself and try to hunt you two himself. Nichirin, you showed good adaptability as you threw up different traps to disorient Esu. Kitana, you showed good coverage as Nichirin was trying to recuperate himself, trying to distract us before Nichirin would come back with some strong moves with his Sarutobi Monkey Contract Summoning. And also a good demonstration of teamwork as you two were able to eventually separate me and the dogs apart from each other while you two ran off to get to Sam."
"Most of that was Nichirin's planning, couldn't get through that without him." Kitana speaks honestly as she looks over to Nichirin doing his push ups upside down? "I'm....not gonna ask."
"If you have time to talk ya have time to train." Nichirin replied as he looked over, "you covered me while I rested, so while my plan worked I needed you to give me some cover so I can actually fight." He said as he kept training.
"Good point I suppose." Kitana replies to Nichirin.
"Yeah don't sell yourselves too short." Samyueru states, "All three of you did well. Especially against me and Lady Hokage. You guys were eventually able to get past my genjutsu despite it taking time against you to find me. But you three all found me and decided, eventually, to work together to take me on. Lady Hokage had her sudden surprise joining in, caught you all by surprise, but nevertheless Nichirin inspired you three to work together. Nichirin, you may not have earned a bell, but you definitely kept this team together as you threw Kitana and Nikoree a bell in the end to win it." 
"Thank you sensei!" Nichirin replied as he got up and started going jumping jacks. "I really didn't think it was gonna go as well as it did. Really felt like we're hitting was above our weight class in that one."
"Probably was to be fair." Samyueru states as he was rubbing his head, "But it was my idea of some of these Genin that come out of the academies thinking they so tough, they outta know who the big dogs really are." 
"Though why is it that its mostly women?!" Nikoree asks, "You're like the only man in the group!" 
"Upset you had to face women?" Kitana sticked her tongue out on Nikoree. 
"Easy now kids." Samyueru rolls his eyes among the three of them. 
"Will you two shut up?" Nichirin replied as he slaps their heads, "they're not done telling us what we did wrong and right."
"Kitana," Samyueru speaks up again, "Your kenjutsu that comes from your family is very well done and is quite a dance almost; But dancing ain't gonna get the mission done. While you do focus on form, the contact and lack of offense seems to be competing you lack there. Plus you're select amount of Jutsu can be worked on."
"I understand sir," Kitana bows her head.
"Nikoree, you're the opposite, you have quite some Jutsu, mostly fire and earth related, and you have quite the offense with kunai knives to Katanas and usage of fuinjutsu. But you lack with form and being able to control any of the things you have. That you would need to work on as we go on."
"Kinda hard to practice when I have no more blades!" Nikoree retorts referring to his broken katanas now.
"Nichirin, you have a good balance. Sure, you know only 1 or two Jutsu, but you know how to cover that with working with your summon and working hard and training hard as you are now! Keep training and you'll go far kid!" 
"Understood!" Nichirin happily replied as he stopped working out, checking his pulse and taking a breath. "I'll keep working on it so I can get stronger, I need to get stronger."
"Hey Sir!" Kitana shouts to Samyueru, "So, only me and Nikoree got the bells, so we don't have to worry about not going back to the academy right?" 
"On the contrary." Samyueru answers, "All three of you needed to pass to make it through the exams, or else you all three would've been sent back to the academy, or sent home for good!" 
"How though?!?" Nikoree replies with protest, "There was only two bells and there were three of us?!?!" 
"Didn't you understand the scenario, I was trying to teach you three to work as a team. One of you was going to realize that someone would've had to be willing to suffer the consequences and do whatever it takes to make their other teammates complete the mission. Fortunately you two found it in Nichirin or else all three of you would've been sent home." He looks over to Nichirin.
"I needed to make sure they passed at least," Nichirin began as he started to do some stretches. "I'm the heir of the Sarutobi clan, one way or the other I am going to become a Shinobi even if you failed me. But these two don't have that privilege, so I needed to make sure they got the opportunity they deserved."
"That is a noble thought indeed." Samyueru nods impressed by the integrity of Nichirin's maturity.
"So what does this mean then?" Kitana asks, "Did we pass or not?"
Samyueru looks back over to the Hokage, Whom the Hokage gave a nod as if they're in agreement before the instructor could speak out:
"From now on, you three will be Team Theta of Konoha!" 
"Yes!" Kitana pumps her fist in victory!
"Awwwwwwwwesome!!" Nikoree shouts and jumps around!
"It's great to hear sir!" Nichirin yled as he cheered, jumping up into the air! "Wooohoo!!"
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