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Worse Than Scum

1st August 1616
↬"𝑊𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑟𝑢𝑛𝑜. 𝑈𝑛𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦, 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢... 𝐼𝑡 𝑤𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑒𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑏𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑐𝑙𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 ℎ𝑖𝑔ℎ ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢..." 𝐻𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑖𝑚𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑎𝑠 ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑆𝑎𝑘𝑢𝑟𝑎 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑎. "𝐼 𝑑𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒. 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒..." 𝐻𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑘.↫

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7th July 1616

The second round of the Chunin Exams finally ended. We were told to follow a chunin ninja. We were now standing in a weird arena? There was a statue of 2 arms, making a ninja seal. In front of the statue, our team senseis were standing there. There were 7 teams who passed the second round of the exam. The Hokage was standing ahead of the team senseis, 4 Konoha Jounin ninja on his left and 4 on his right. Our first written exam's proctor, Ibiki Morino was also here.

The Hokage gave a big speech on what this exam was for and why the Chunin Exams are so important. Kabuto Yakushi decided to forfeit. Naruto was scolding him for quitting but I quickly covered his mouth. In midst of this chaos, I knew the attention was on us. I met eyes with Kakashi-sensei. I used the sign language we were taught in the academy. I signed the words 'Sasuke in trouble. Human snake ninja bit him.' I so hoped that he understood my sign language. It was hard making signs with one hand while trying to keep Naruto from whining.

It seems like my message was interpreted by more than just Kakashi-sensei. I saw 7 heads turn to me. The Hokage, Kakashi-sensei, Ibiki Morino, Anko Mitarashi, Sasuke, Shikamaru and a jounin ninja whose name I didn't know. Shikamaru looked mildly confused but more horrified. He looked around at the teams that passed. He saw no one looking anything like a snake. He groaned silently. It was a bit amusing, I would have laughed if I was joking about Orochimaru.

Kakashi-sensei sent a smile in return. He knew about the situation, that's good. Our forest of death exam proctor, Anko, was glaring at Sasuke. The jounin ninja was holding Anko by the shoulder, in the off chance that she came at Sasuke. The Hokage just slightly glanced at Sasuke, as if he didn't want to draw attention to Sasuke. Okay, so keep attention off Sasuke. That's an impossible task when this bastard demands it like he can't live without it.
Ugh! Why do I have to babysit my teammates?! This is not something I should be doing. It's Kakashi-sensei's job...

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Well, that ended up being very unfortunate for me. Sasuke's match happened first. Kakashi-sensei had warned him to not use any chakra since it might trigger the 'curse mark'. Now, the situation ended up making Sasuke gain even more attention. People were saying he is so strong that he doesn't even need chakra to beat his opponents. I don't really know how to take attention off him. It's like he is the main character of a show or something...

Soon, it was my turn to fight. I was up against Ino. She had been training more and more. I can tell from the slight muscles in her arms. She is a great opponent. A strong mind, good judgement, a bit naive but that's just part of her charm. Also, she uses her family's mind control jutsu with responsibility. She is good at remembering things, maybe not a nerd like me but she is better than others. She also knows me quite well, that's an advantage but I know her well too. They balance each other out. But, I just know that this fight would have been much more fun if we didn't have the pressure of the chunin exams and the fact that I had to gain more attention.