The Lack of Motivation

Chapter 6

Sarutobi Asuma tapped the table in front of him impatiently. He was currently waiting the other jounins to hear the genin exam result. So far, only Shiranui Genma arrived with the news that his team didn't make it, while Asuma's team members were succeed in becoming real genins.

The 2 jounins looked up when the door opened, and 3 people entered the room. Yuuhi Kurenai, a genjutsu specialist, walked in with satisfied look plastered on her face, so Asuma could conclude that her team passed the test. Now, Gekkou Hayate's and Yoruno Korugi's faces were more difficult to read. Hayate brought his hand to his mouth and coughed. Asuma never understood why the sick shinobi didn't stop being shinobi. The sick jounin always seemed as if his life was on thread and would die if he fought against enemy shinobi, regardless his excellent sword technique. Korugi was a silent jounin and his face betrayed no emotion, so Asuma gave up on reading him.

"So," the cigarette-obsessed jounin started. "How are your teams?"

"My team passed," Kurenai smiled. "Inuzuka Kiba is a very energetic kid…and a loudmouth," she added afterwards.

"Inuzuka…isn't that the dog user clan?" the red eyed woman nodded.

"Yes. The other one is Aburame Shino, a very quiet boy and creepy if I could add. He uses…bugs," the jounin woman shivered at the mention of bugs. "Ugh,

I hate bugs," she exclaimed. "And I also got the heiress of Hyuuga. Her name is Hinata. She is very shy though, and didn't have any confidence whatsoever on her bone. Hopefully I can make her more confident after some training."

"Hm…so you got a byakugan user and 2 animal specialists in your team," Genma voiced in. "What about you Hayate?" the jounin asked his sick friend.

Hayate coughed before answering. "They failed," he simply told them that.

"…Can you elaborate about your team?" Kurenai rolled her eyes. Men…

"Nakai Yuma is an average genin, he's rather shy and prefer to stay alone. He's Kagero's son. Reikou Tobe has good taijutsu but really sucks at genjutsu. His ninjutsu is average. Uematsu Takeha is a troublemaker and like to start a fight, but doesn't have the brain to support his brawl. Nothing interesting about them," he coughed again.

"Hmm…What about your team, Yoruno-san?" Kurenai asked politely. The quiet shinobi was her acquaintance, but she wasn't close with him, so she called him with his surname.

"…My team consists of Amane Haruki, Haneda Naru, Sanada Yukime. Nothing interesting about them. They failed," he took a seat beside Asuma.

"Well, my team is the next generation of Yamanaka, Nara, and Akimichi. The Yamanaka girl, Ino, is really loud," he winced at his memory. "Nara Shikamaru is even lazier than his father, but he has the brain. Akimichi Chouji is…well an Akimichi, I guess," Asuma scratched his hair, not knowing how to describe his food-obsessed genin.

"I guess it's my turn," Genma chewed his metal toothpick. "Team 3: Reihara Shinju, Kowaru Arisa, and Uemaki Hana. Reihara seems to be a leader type. He has good reflex, but is quick to anger. Kowaru is a genjutsu user like her mother, but she lacks the experience to use it on battle and is easily scared. Hana is a strategist, I'd say that if she has a better team members than the other 2, she could pass the test. Alas the team failed."

The 5 shinobis talked for a while as they waited for their comrades to come. 4 hours later the only one that hasn't come was only Kakashi. The others have said that their teams failed. If Kakashi didn't fail his team, then the jounins had to pick up 3 genins from the failed teams to be the new genins (They didn't know that Sandaime has decided that team 7 will pass).