The Tale of Ely Senju

Chapter 9

When I got outside, I saw Niichan sitting there with a book in his hand. Mh... I've never seen that book before. I ran up to Niichan without waiting too long. 'Niichan, what are you doing here?' He looked up from his book and looked at me. 'I came back from my mission and found out from Lord Third that the third stage was currently in progress and wanted to see how things were going for you and your team. So?' 'I passed. I was able to lock our proctor in a genjutsu with my sharingan when he tried to snoop around in my head. Nao and Ryoko still have to. Fingers crossed, but I firmly believe that both of them will make it and the three of us will be in the final.' As soon as I had turned back towards the door to see when Nao and Ryoko would arrive, Niichan took out the book again. When these exams are over, I'll have to see where he hid this book and what kind of book it is. I had already made a plan for that. It wasn't long before Ryoko came running out. He had that big grin on his lips and called out to me directly. 'I've made it. Woho!!!' A few minutes after Ryoko, Nao came out of the building. She ran towards Ryoko and me and started smiling. 'That was really easy. Thanks for the tips, Ely.' 'So, Team 4 is in the final. We are so going to rock this.' Full of euphoria, we high-fived each other and left Niichan sitting there. He was reading anyway.

The last stage, the final, wouldn't take place for a few days and we were sitting on the training ground with Sensei Jumo, and he told us what our training would look like for the next few days. 'Well, I've given some thought to how we can best solve this. A good friend of mine is an absolute ace when it comes to wind release, she has offered to train you, Nao. You will meet her tomorrow morning at training ground 8. Ryoko, unfortunately you'll have to stick with me and Ely, your trainer, you'll be told personally by the Hokage, so you should set off accordingly.' I said goodbye to all three of them and made my way to the Hokagetower. Once there, I ran to Grandfather Sarutobi's office and knocked. After he invited me in, I stepped through the door.

'Hello Ely. Firstly, I'm very proud of you for reaching the final. As you probably heard from Jumo, each of you will have your own trainer until the final. You will meet your trainer tomorrow morning before the sun rises on training ground 4. He knows that no one is allowed to know this, and he also knows that you are only five years old and about your heritage.' I nodded briefly and made my way home.

The next morning, before the sun would rise, I was already standing on training ground 4 waiting for my trainer. 'Oh, hello Ely-chan. Sorry to keep you waiting. I'll be your trainer until the final.' 'Hello, but who are you?' Embarrassed, he scratched the back of his head before smiling at me. 'My name is Shisui Uchiha and I'm going to teach you some jutsus.' He looked at me with a mischievous smile and walked to the centre of the square with great enthusiasm.

Several days had passed since that day, during which I trained various fire release jutsus and a few genjutsus with Shisui in the morning and then trained with Kakashi Niichan again in the afternoon. Today was the day of the final and in the morning, I was sitting on the ground in training area 4 with Shisui sitting opposite me. 'Well, are you excited? Today is your big day.' 'A little bit. What if I don't make it?' 'Then there'll be another chance, but to be honest, I firmly believe you'll make it. You've mastered the jutsu I taught you in such a short time that the others don't stand a chance. I'll be there too and will keep my fingers crossed for you.' 'Thank you, Shisui. I think I should get going. I don't want to be late.' We both stood up and Shisui gave me another big hug.

When I arrived at the stadium, I was eagerly awaited by Nao and Ryoko. 'Ely!' A group hug followed after my name was called. 'Have we been told exactly what the final exam is going to be about?' 'Unfortunately, not, but from what we could see, we're not the only team to make it all the way to the final. Oh, Ryoko, Ely, look, here comes Sensei Jumo.' 'Nice to see you three here already. There's been a change to the final. There have been complications in the last two rounds and the Daimyō and many others decided last night that there will be no final round. I'm sorry about that. You've all worked so hard.' Ryoko was once again the first to react. Cheeks puffed out, he dropped to the floor and began to sulk. 'That's not fair!' Nao and I looked at each other sadly but realised that we couldn't change that. Too bad, I would have loved to break Niichan's record.

We were about to leave the location with Sensei Jumo when one of the Chunin Exam Proctors stood in front of us. 'It's a good thing I caught you. The Hokage wants to see you. He's waiting for you in the Hokagetower.' So off we went to the Hokagetower. Once there, we stood in the room in front of Grandpa Sarutobi. 'I can imagine that it wasn't the nicest thing for you to hear that the final wasn't going to take place. Unfortunately, there were incidents in stages two and three that were unacceptable. However, we took another look at everyone's performance in the first three stages and were all surprised by your knowledge, your skills, your planning of strategies and your teamwork. Accordingly, we have decided that Team 4 will be promoted to Chunin. Congratulations, you three.' Grandpa Sarutobi handed us our flak jackets and when we were back outside, Ryoko jumped around like a madman, shouting 'I'm a chunin now. I'm a chunin now.' How embarrassing. Well, we hadn't expected anything else from him. We had really made it and were now chunin.

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Who is/are your favourite Naruto/Naruto Shippuden character(s)?

Mine are Kakashi, Minato, Shisui, Tobirama and Naruto.

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