Art Is Chaos

The Second Exam; The Bad Feeling

*Reka's pov*

I woke up to a very loud argument. It's 4:30 in the morning. Way to early for this. My feet hit the floor and everything went dead silent. I slowly walked to my bedroom door and opened it, my room is just to the left of the living room. What I see annoys me. Deidara, Sasori, Mekuto and Rinkato are frozen in spot looking at me afraid, well not Sasori. "What are you four doing?" I question calmly, before they can answer though Kisame pokes his head out of the kitchen.

"Breakfast is almost ready Mirekamosu. Get ready, Jade said you three have to go to the Forest of Death for the second exam." Kisame says simply.

"Okay." I say as I turn back to my room to get ready. After getting ready I go to the studio and pack several puppets, put clay into my clay pouches, put antidotes in my medical pouch, and grab my weapons pouch. Then went back to the house with everything needed.

"Got everything, un?" Big brother asks.

"Yeah. I think, un." I reply as I sit at the table and eat.

"We need to pack food." Mekuto says from beside me.

"No. The Forest of Death has plenty of food, un." I reply. "All that weight would slow us down, yah."

"We'll need sleeping bags." Rinkato says.

"You two probably will, yah. Sleeping in that forest will probably cost us our lives, yah." I state.

"You've thought through the possibilities, haven't you?" Mekuto questions.

"Every possibility I could think of yes. Most ending with us dying, un. There are certain teams I know for a fact we'll have to avoid, un. The Sand Siblings being one. There's a team of Grass nins we'll need to avoid and a team of Sound nins as well. Though I don't think we'll be able to avoid them, yah." I say simply not looking up.

"Why?" Rinkato asks.

"I've got a bad feeling about this exam, yah. Something almost.... eerie." I say with furrowed brows.

"Does it have anything to do with that drawing, un?" Big brother asks.

"Yes, and no. That sketch happens sometime after the third exam, un. I can't even make out the faces nor what's being said completely. I've got a bad feeling that it starts in this part of the exam, yah." I state. The door opened and Jade walked in.

"What are you three still doing here? Anko's the protector, you better hurry." She says rushed.

"Oh kami. Have fun." Itachi says as we leave.

"Yeah right." I reply as we run out of the house. "We don't have far to go, the Forest of Death isn't far from here, un." I state as we jump through the trees.

"Right." They both say keeping pace with me. As we get closer I notice only Anko, and a few teams there already. I jumped down landing next to Anko.

"You three weren't at the meeting this morning." Anko says annoyed.

"Sorry bout that. We didn't know there was a meeting." Mekuto says smiling at her. I watch for a second before Anko hugs him.

"And he has her." Rinkato says sighing. One thing I've learned since Mekuto has arrived is that he can win over mostly anyone with a simple smile. It's annoying.

"Sorry Anko, un. We're not late are we?" I ask pushing Mekuto into the ground and standing on his head.

"Oh, no. Don't worry about it." She says grinning. I nod and pull my idiots with me towards the back. I see the Sand Siblings watching me, and the Grass nin I sat by yesterday watching closely as well. Once we get to the back I stand with my back to the tree and lean against it.