[X] Fly on Fearow and enter through one of the windows.
"Alright, all aboard the Fearow Express!" Saya declared, as Kyoko and Ryouga held on for dear life. They rise above the forest and fly over to the tower which is now easily visible from the altitude they're at. They aim for a window and then jump through, breaking through the glass. Saya returned Fearow to its ball and brushed off the glass on her shoulders.
"What the hell?! You guys are supposed to use the front door!" The chuunin in the room exclaimed. It looked like he was doing paperwork when they busted in.
"Sorry, but the front door is sort of dangerous," Kyoko said blithely.
"Ugh, fucking genins," the chuunin threw up his hands. "I'll lead you down to the main room. I guess this counts."
They go to the main room which has some kind of Konoha saying that Saya doesn't bother to read. They open the scrolls, revealing a man with spikey black hair. He blinked before looking around the room and at them.
"Aw crap, the betting pool's going to lose it," he muttered, before clearing his throat. "Congratulations on passing the second exam. Let me show you where you can rest before we continue on."
After showing them the rest area, they lounge around in the cushy chairs before Kyoko sighed. "I can't believe it. We're two thirds of the way there to chunin and I'm bored. We're going to have to wait five days for the rest of the idiots to show up."
"Not that long," A sandy blonde girl said sharply. Saya recognised her as the Suna girl she sat next to. "Ugh, I can't believe a bunch of Iwa genin beat us,"
"We were walking pretty slowly," a boy in makeup said, shrugging.
"It doesn't matter. Let us rest," the third suna genin said, before picking a spot in the large room and sitting down to presumably meditate.
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Saya couldn't really train without revealing too much so she stuck to basic taijutsu exercises and chakra control exercises. Her teammates did much the same and she kept to herself as the Suna nin and Konoha nins weren't super friendly. Then the fifth day came and they ended up assembled in a giant room with 8 teams.
Then, it turned out, there was going to be an elimination round. Saya kept her thoughts to herself, but felt eager for the competition. She had felt pent up without the ability to train all out. Saya idly noticed some people dropping out, namely a pair of two Kusa nin and a Konoha nin. Saya's eyes lit up when she saw Han amongst the jounin up above. They walked to the balconies and Han ruffled her hair.
"Great job on making it," he murmured.
Then the screenboard lit up and Saya turned to see Uchiha Sasuke VS Kiba Inuzuka. Saya watched and was somewhat impressed. It was an interesting fight between them, but the Uchiha managed to eke a win by hypnotizing the dog to sleep and knocking Kiba out once it wasn't 2 versus 1. The next fight was a bit sad, between Akimichi Chouji and Uzumaki Naruto, as Naruto just swarmed the poor kid with his clones. Wait, Uzumaki? Next was ... Uzumaki Karin versus Yoroi Akado. Were those two related? Uzumaki Naruto's face seemed to be in shock while Karin went down to the floor in determination.
"You better kick his ass because we're going to talk after this!!" Naruto yelled. Karin startled but smiled.
This was an interesting match because Karin seemed to have a lot of chakra from the way the man kept desperately trying to absorb it. Like, a lot. Karin just kept going and wailing on the guy before he fell down unconscious. Naruto cheered for her the loudest and then they had a quiet discussion in the corner. It looked like long lost family was finally together. But it was too early to celebrate, because the next match was Kyoko VS Gaara. Saya felt a bad feeling enter her.
"Alright, time to kick ass," Kyoko said with a smirk. But Saya grabbed her arm.
"Kyoko, this guy is dangerous," she said, desperately.
"They're all dangerous," Kyoko said, rolling her eyes. "Didn't you listen to what that konoha nin said? Every mission is hazardous."
"But ... " Kyoko shrugged her arm off and went down to the floor.
And Saya watched, to her horror, as Kyoko's explosive tags failed her utterly. Gaara of Suna had an inviolable defense that failed to be moved by the explosions and Kyoko was quickly put on the defensive as she ran around, trying to evade the sand. Then the sand grabbed her by the foot and slammed her to the ground, then quickly swarmed around her like a coffin to-
Saya screamed. But strangely enough, there was no blood, just a puff of smoke. She turned to Han who was laying Kyoko on the ground and checked her injuries with a glowing green hand. Saya felt faint as she seemed she couldn't catch her breath and Sousen's visage seemed to be in her eyes. Han turned to her and took her by the shoulders as the Konoha medic nin took Kyoko.
"She's going to be okay, she just has broken ribs and a concussion," Han murmured. "Calm down Saya."
He made her sit down despite her weakly insisting she needed to watch the rest of the matches. "I'll watch them for you Saya. Just collect yourself until your match."
After a match between Aburame Shino and Haruno Sakura which ended in the bug boy's victory, it was her turn. Iwa Saya VS Yamanaka Ino. Saya took a breath before jumping down. The blonde girl seemed to be smirking as they faced each other. Saya remembered from her lessons with Han that Yamanakas were famous for their mind transference jutsu.
"You sure are a crybaby huh?" Ino said, flipping her hair. "Can't imagine crying over my teammates getting a little beaten up."
Saya glared.
"Oh, I hit a soft spot huh? You going to cry about it?" Ino taunted.
What do you do?
[ ] Send out all three of your mons and order them to attack while you play keep away from afar.
[ ] Personally beat the shit out of her, with your sword and fists.
[ ] Use genjutsu on her to humiliate herself. (Roll a 1d20)
[ ] Write In.
