𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐔𝐑𝐒𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐀 𝐇𝐘𝐔𝐆𝐀 𝐓𝐖𝐈𝐍

Chunin Exams? Already?

A/N: If Hanara pours chakra into her fans, they can increase in size and vice versa.

D ranks were horrible. And they were all Team 10 did for the next two months besides training.

Needless to say, those were the most boring 2 months of Hanara's life. All they did for training were battle strategies and chakra control exercises. She won't deny that the training didn't help, because they did. They allowed her to create 2 water clones instead of just one and they made all her techniques even more destructive. It even helped her with the team's only defensive technique, 8 Trigrams, Rotation, although Hanara's Wind Scythe Jutsu could do the same thing while attacking, so that made it pretty useless.

Anyway, right now Hanara was heading to Training Ground 4 for training. She was really happy that she was on Team 10. It was the only team with a sensei that didn't make the genin wake up before 9 AM. She walked through the now-familiar route to the training ground. Once she got there, she ran straight to Asuma-sensei. She had thought of a really good way to combine her Wind and Water affinities (no, not to create Ice Release, she had already given up on that idea), and hoped that he would have some advice. He was a Wind Style user after all.

"Good, you're here Hana. I have some news for all of you. Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, come here," Asuma-sensei said. Was it possible to be cut off before you even open your mouth? Because that's what Hanara felt had just happened to her.

"What is it Sensei?" Ino asked curiously. Out of the four of them, Ino was the most driven. Her rivalry with Sakura had made sure of that.

"I have recommended you four for the Chunin Exams. They're happening tomorrow," Sensei dropped the bomb.

"The Chunin Exams? Yes! Now I can finally show up Billboard Brow!" Ino yelled.

"Ugh, the Chunin Exams? This is going to be such a drag."

That was Shikamaru.

"Well... if we say no, Ino will make us say yes anyway so why not?" Choji said.

"Aren't we supposed to enter in teams of 3 though?" Hanara questioned, "We're a team of 4."

"I spoke to the Hokage about it. He said it's fine to have you as a team of 4 because although there are plenty of advantages, there are also plenty of disadvantages." Asuma-sensei replied.

"Oh, okay," Hanara nodded. 'I knew hiding my elemental jutsus from people would be useful! Now if I go against any Hyuga that might be in the exams, I'll have something up my sleeve!'

"Guys," Hanara turned to the Ino-Shika-Cho trio of her generation, "just don't make me use any of my elemental jutsus unless it's completely necessary. The third round is some sort of tournament and I don't want people knowing my affinities."

They all nodded in affirmation.

"So, assuming all of your reactions meant that you will take part in it, you will have to go to the Academy at 11 AM tomorrow, sign some forms, and start the first stage of the exams," Asuma-sensei said.

"Okay Sensei," the four children said before turning around to leave.

"Oh, and Hanara?" Asuma asked, sounding sheepish.

"Yes, Sensei?"

"Could you tell Konohamaru to go to the Hokage's office? Lord Third wants to speak to him about his recent test scores."

"Okay Sensei," Hanara sighed and nodded, "You need to learn to look for people on your own though. You keep asking me!"

"Yeah, yeah. But really, your Byakugan makes it so much easier for you to look for them. Why should-"