Nanami had several small cuts on her arms and pretty large gash on her shoulder which caused a bit of bleeding "Yeah once I take care of this." She sits down cross-legged and takes out a needle and thread. She looks at her shoulder, pulling a few shards of crystal out, causing a small amount of blood flow. Nanami heats up the tip of the needle to sterilize it. She then loops it through the eye of the needle. She winces each time the needle pops through her torn flesh. She seems very proficient with it. It took a minute or so and she finished the final stitch. She pulled it taught and held out the strong "Can you cut it here Sigmund-kun?"

After it was cut Nanami takes out a some gauze and medical bandages from a pouch on her belt "Mother said you can't always rely on your teammates to have time to patch you up. So she took some time and showed me how to stitch myself up. The upper back is the only place I can't reach to be effective." She finishes bandaging the wound "There we go, just like new." She still had several small cuts, as Nanami hadn't dressed in her combat gear for training.

Nanami stands and smiles "Well round one to the crystals. How about we take round two, but this time Sigmund-kun, watch your footing." She teased, but it can be heard in how she says that it was meant to motivate, not to discourage..
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Luckily the three of them managed to get back to where they first started before there was a loud explosion triggering other smaller ones. She rolled close by to where Sigmund and Nanami had stopped and stayed immobile. She lowly groaned as she brought her arms down that were shielding her face and head. She could feel small tinges of pain in her arm and leg and it caused her to open her eyes and slowly prop herself up with a hand. Her eyes shifted down to see some gashes on her arm and leg. Damn those things were sharp. "Yeah. I'm alright. Just some cuts," she said with a sigh and turned her attention to see that Sigmund had been pierced with a crystal in his forearm. Her eyes widened slightly. "Sigmund! Oh my god. Are you-" she began to say before she saw him pull it out with ease. How did he do things like that? It was like he felt no pain. Nori sighed. At least he was alright.

 "Looks like we chose the wrong path, but I don't expect the other one to be any easier," she said as she sat up all the way and looked over st Nanami. She was going to ask her if she was alright, but she seemed to have it covered with the way she swed herself back up like that. Nori let out a sigh and floors herself back down on the ground. "I think we failed that one for sure." She pushed her hand through her hair and turned her head to look over at the second hallway. "Looks like we only have one other choice." She looked back over to Sigmund. "Are you sure that youre alright to continue?"

Akuma heard the explosion, but he remained in his crystalline form. He trusted that his Genin could handle themselves. Yet, the explosion told him several things. It included which path they had taken and what challenge they had just met and failed. If he remembered correctly they now had several options they could pick from. They could go down the wider path, return to the main room, or take the path they had just come out of. The latter was only an option due to the heavily reinforced walls. The only worry they had from that hallway now was the miniature shards of glass on the floor left from the explosion. He was curious to see which way they would choose.

   Sigmund had helped Nanami cut the thread as she stitched her own self, then proceeded to explain that you should always learn to attend to yourself if ever injured because you never knew what could happen. Once he was finished with that, the girls advised him to watch himself this time and then Nori asked him if he was really okay. She was starting to get annoying, constantly asking him if he was all right and being scared when something happened to him. It was as if she had some sort of crush on him.

   "I'm fine, Nori. Stop worrying about me," he told her and looked at the other hallway, then back to the one they just escaped from. The explosions from the tag traps had warmed the air around them making it easier for them to breath and it felt good. The only thing he disliked was the smell it left behind. Nanami's light was still around and he noticed all the shards on the ground that could potentially be dangerous. He walked passed the girls and faced the direction fully of where all the shards were at.

   He began to sign the Dragon, Tiger, and Hare then said,"Water Style: Raging Waves. Water gushed out from his mouth like a waterfall and washes away the shards. One can freely control the power of this technique with the amount of chakra one releases. He began to push the water further down the ways, completely washing away the shards. He didn't release too much water at all only because he knew he could fill this room up and they could drown in no time.

   Once he knew the shards were gone, he stopped his jutsu. "We're going back in there. We didn't fail. Failing would be avoiding this way again. I just need to be careful and not distracted again," he explained and walked back through. All the glass shards were no longer present and he was able to walk freely through without any wires around too. Once he came to another way, they could only proceed to go right and so he did. He knew they would follow so he wasn't worried about them.

   Once he turned right, he came across more wires, but without Nanami's light to emit more visibility, he wasn't exactly sure what else was there. From the looks of it though, he noticed the flooring had changed as if they were pressure plates.

Upon hearing Sigmund say that he was okay and to stop worrying about him, Nori flicked her eyes down to the ground. Did he really have to say it that way? It was as if he was irritated with her or something. She was just concerned. Was that really a bad thing? She lightly shook her head. She couldn't let any of that get to her right now. They had to get through this training. She just stayed silent as she slowly stood up to her feet and brushed away any dust or debris that got on her during the explosion before she saw Sigmund do his Raging Wave jutsu, causing the water to wash away the leftover shards of crystal that were on the ground from the explosion as well as any debris. She looked down the hallway that they had just come out of and saw a clear path for them to get through. I guess he's right. There's no use in not trying to go down this path again she thought silently before she started walking after him.

She followed Sigmund down the pathway and they soon came upon another one that would lead them to the right. However, Nori stopped abruptly behind him, noticing that there were wires once again on the ground. It was only a matter of time before they came across them, though, so it was no surprise to her. Only would there be more bombs this time around or something else? She couldn't really tell since it was a bit dark. Maybe she could help with that. "Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique," she said aloud and used her Rat to Tiger to Dog to Ox to Rabbit, and then to Tiger hand signs to create a small fireball within her hand. She didn't release the flame, but rather controlled it with her chakra so that they at least had a little light until Nanami met up with them.

Upon emitting more light, it was shown that there were multiple wires that were attached to who knows what. Pressure plates had been place everywhere, blending in with the regular constructed floor. It was definitely noticeable that the floor was weird in a way. The hall way was wider then the other ways they walked through. It was an 8 x 10 tile surfaced floor, some with pressure plates and some without. There was only one correct path to get through it without activating the pressure plates but they also had to worry about the wires that ran across from all to wall.

Nanami takes a cursory glance down the lit hallway. Much like her father, she has learned not to jump into things without thinking about them first. Nanami makes mental notes of the distance and angle of the tripwires. Then the snake of fire extends down to her finger. She starts doing some math right there on the floor. This may take a minute or two as she finishes "Well judging by the space, and length of this section. There are twelve pressure plates and roughly a hundred or so tripwires. There are safe spots from each, about two feet apart. There are a few rough patches though where some fast movement and leaping will be needed." She points out ahead and to several spots among the tripwires, where if they looked hard they could see several areas where there aren't any safe spots.

She spends a little more chakra to lighten it up even more. The crystal around Nanami act as an amplifier "Traps are a part of my ninja style. So I know them well. It was a good thing we didn't set them all off, this many paper bombs, and god knows what the pressure plates trigger. It would have been messy.." Nanami looks to Sigmund "Your the team captain.. Orders?"
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In this room the Genin have to worry about two separate things. The first being the pressure plates. If any of them were to be stepped on it would launch a barrage of wooden training Kunai from the walls where the person is standing. It wouldn't cause severe bodily harm, but it would cause short sharp pains and bruising. The second of the challenges is the wires somewhat densely covering the room. These wires do not detach from the walls, but activate mechanisms that remove certain tiles in the room revealing pits of acid underneath.

   He had listened carefully to Nanami and kept in mind everything she said. The measurements in particular. When Nanami asked for captain's orders, he just stared at the situation. "We'll have to go one at a time. The other two will have to help keep a lookout for the one who is crossing," he advised and looked at them. "Nanami, you first. Nori will keep her fire lit to keep the light and youcan freely use your arms and legs or whatever you will do while crossing. You say traps are your ninja style, so this is your time to shine and show us noobs how to get through this without messing up," he explained, making fun of himself from last time's job.

   The little fire Nori kept alive actually kept the air still warm, so the painful breathing actually went away for the time being. The only thing he was concerned about right now was what exactly those pressure plates would do once someone stepped on them. He also was nervous about the trip wires too because the last ones had explosive tags, so he was anxious that these ones had some too and could be even deadlier than the others. If these were explosive, there would be no way any of them could escape, especially the one who was crossing. They could possibly die.

   He shook the negative feelings off though and put all his faith in Nanami. She was a sophisticated ninja and was the brains of this team. She had to be a good example of how to get passed this challenge. He faced the hallway again, towards the traps and looked at them, scanning for any potential openings and easier ways. "There has to be a pattern to this. When you're out there, try to observe them closer without tripping off any of the wires too. The pressure plates have to be more abnormal looking them the others," he explained. The added ,"Once the pattern is found, it'll be easier for us two to get across." He turned around and looked at Nanami with a smirk. "Now get out there guinea pig," he joked.

Nanami looks at Sigmund almost in surprise. She wasn't expecting him to actually open up and try to make a joke. That made her happy, bu also made her even more competitive. Nanami smirked and nodded "Well first before I wade into this jungle of wires. I need to know what they do. The wires are to dense and close together to be paper bombs, and I am tired of surprises from this place. So if you feel the need to stand back do." She gives them only a second to decide. But she continued on none the less..

Nanami looks down the hall looking for a wire near the middle. She throws a senbon and tags one of the wires. It doesn't snap. Instead it twangs like a musical string. She then takes note of one of the tiles falls and then splashes, some sizzling and steam rises "Well now, glad I know what happens when you touch one of these wires. So the point of this is to maneuver without touching anything. This won't be easy, but it is manageable. I'll mark safe points, there are two points near each wall. They will be a pain, as you kind of have to kick off the wall and go over, or you have to dive between them. These two points will be harsh. I am sure we can manage it though. Well here I go."

She steps between the first set of strings, she very carefully marks the first pressure plate. Then Nanami looks around for a moment. She ducks and steps over another set of wires to the right. She stops suddenly as her foot almost catches on a wire. But she manages to not pull on it hard enough to trigger the wire. She reaches the point where the tile had fallen she looks down "Sensei is a bit hardcore, seriously." She gazes into the pit. Now she has an obstacle in her way. She looks around and notices a space just big enough for her to duck under and around the tile that had fallen. She continues on, she is about halfway at this point. Nanami conitnues on. Ducking and maneuvering through each wire.

Nanami then stops faced with the part where there is no room. Only carefully jumping up and over to the final few feet. Nanami's feet glow with chakra "Careful Nami, we can't make an error here." She takes a few moments to center herself and chakra in her feet and hands "Here goes nothing." She places her foot and hand against the wall. Her body relaxes as she pushes off and doesn't quite clear the highest wire. It twangs and a tile falls down and splashes into the pool below. She lands and takes a very long deep breath as all she had to do was duck through a few more wires.

Once through and onto the other side. She looks back at Sigmund. The girl was sweating and looked mentally tired "Ok all pressure plates along the path are marked, do not step on one of them. I have a sinking feeling the pressure plates cause the entire floor to collapse. So please don't step on one. Now there is a new issue. The last wire caused one of the tiles along the path to fall away. So you will have to detour around it there aren't any pressure plates along the detour. So don't stray, I would like us to survive training." She smiled and then stepped away from the finishing area and sits down.

   He allowed her to take the lead on this one and watched her test one of the wires. He prepared himself to already bolt from the area, but when the wire didn't snap, he was puzzled. Instead, he heard like a twang sound and all of a sudden, one of the tiles fell into the ground and a loud sizzling sound. It sounded like acid.

   She maneuvered through the wires as smoothly as she could. When she commented on their sensei's tactics of the acid, he couldn't have agreed more. "Seriously. What would he truly do if one of us actually had gotten burned from this?" he commented and watched her jump off the wall and even triggered another wire at the end. He watched that tile fall as well.

   She had marked each safe spot, figuring out the pattern that he and Nori could take carefully, one at a time of course. Nanami was smart and he liked that a lot. She was able to quickly think this all out and have a strategic plan faster than he could have done on this one.

   She also warned them that the last wire she triggered caused a tile to fall on the path she marked for the and suggested a detour and that the detour was safe, but advised them to be more careful too.

   He was ready to accomplish this now. He took a quick glance at Nori. "I'm going next. After I get across you make your way across. It should be easy from here," he instructed and with that, he bagn his own journey across the plates carefully.

   With carefully timed steps, he was able to maneuver through the safe zones and with careful timing, he was able to not trigger any of the wires this time. He truly did not want to know what those plates did, but whatever they were, they couldn't be too dangerous as acid. He took the detour Nanami advised earlier and nothing was triggered. He was able to land perfectly next to Nanami, not even breaking a sweat like she was.

   "Two down, one more to go," he said and sat across from Nanami. He waited patiently for Nori now. "She's going to dispel her jutsu, so can you bring some more light so she can see?" he asked Nanami so Nori could cross without exerting her chakra for her own light source. As he sat there waiting, he actually was surprised he was talking this much with either of his teammates. He hardly ever talked. He frowned to the thought. It meant he was going soft on them and he actually didn't like that. He felt a bit weak if he was getting softer. Hopefully after the training of this building, he could go back to being the man with little words.

Nanami holds up her hand and it ignites lighting the room again. She chuckled at him "Try going first next time and see how much more difficult it is." She teased him, to be honest she didn't mind going first "To be honest I enjoyed figuring it out, its fun. It also gives me ideas for my traps as well."
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Nori kept the fireball in her hand lit as she watched Nanami maneuver her way through the wires so effortlessly. She was able to mark all the pressure points that her and Sigmund shouldn't step on when it was their turn to cross. Somehow she felt like she wasn't contributing much to this team at all. It was like she was the anchor and those two were the captains of the ship having to steer her in the right direction. What was wrong with her? She knew she was more capable than being so dependable on others. She had to do her best to show them that she wasn't just a weight on their shoulders. She wasn't going to be a burden. She was stronger than this. Once Nanami finished passing through the wires and got safely to the other side, Nori let out a relieved sigh. Now it was just her and Sigmund. She knew he would probably get through it no problem. She turned her head and looked at him when he spoke to her and it made her lightly scowl. "Yes, sensei," she mumbled before she looked away from him.

Nori couldn't hear anything go off as Sigmund crossed, which meant that he got across safely just like Nanami did. She looked back towards the obstacle and down to the pressure plates. She memorized which ones to not touch and which wires to not trip. She also kept in mind of the detour that Nanami had told them about and to be careful even with the pressure plates marked. She lightly sighed and nodded. Once Nanami had held up her hand and lit up the small space, she put out her fireball and rubbed her hands together. Now it was her turn to cross. She stepped up close to the first wire before she quickly and gracefully made her way through the trap without pushing down on any pressure plates and without tripping any wires. Nori was quite flexible and was good under pressure, so with having her teammates strategy in her head, she managed to do a backflip over the last wire and land in front of her teammates. "And done," she told them.

Nanami stands after resting for a bit. She thinks on the size of the first hallway, then this room. Then she recalls the size of the house as they entered "Judging by how Sensei house is laid out, and how much of this is actually natural. I would guess this maze could be anywhere from half a mile, to two miles in length. These are just estimations from evaluating the size of Sensei's house, and the cavern areas we have seen in here. I hope its the former and not the later, or we could be here for a long while."

She starts walking down a normal hallway. Nanami keeps her eyes moving from one place to another. She stops and kneels down. She had found a series of plates. No it was worse then that. The floor into the next room was covered in barely perceived Japanese characters, under each is a pressure place. Out of the twelve only three had characters that were repeated "Well it seems we have to find the correct character to get across this floor and into the next room. Again I hate surprises.." She takes out another Kunai and flicks it at a pressure plate. The moment the force from the throw strikes it. There is a large surge in lightning and it shoots up like a bolt of lightning.

Nanami blinks "Well now, and I thought the acid pit was hardcore." Then another thing happens, the characters changed "Well, that is tricky." She scanned them again and noted which ones were more prominent "How to handle this, this is going to be a pain." When she says that she sounds a lot like her father. Nanami's head tilts to one side "Odd.." She counts all of the characters again "Something isn't adding up." She then blinks "Its not the ones that are the same, it is the ones that are different. But the way they are spread. It will be a pain. But it will also be fun. Shall I go first again, or does one of you want to?"

   Sigmund had allowed Nanami to take point on this one again. However, once they came across the new obstacle, he observed with curiosity of this new puzzle presented to them. Nanami was even having a hard time figuring it out, but it dawned on him when she tossed her kunai at any of the pressure plates, lightning emitted. That's when he grew an idea. Observing the characters again, she mentioned they changed and were all different. He figured there was a pattern at which each character needed to be in order to cross safely without the fear of getting electrocuted.

   "I had an idea. I learned this at the academy actually," he spoke up. "Those with an affinity for something, can not only cast elemental jutsus, but can also use the natural element as well, controlling it," he explained further. "This should be easy to get through because I can control lightning, natural or not. I just have to redirect it somewhere else. If i stand in the middle and we just cross and lightning shoots out, I can easily manipulate it and just redirect it into a kunai or something, without harming myself or us," he explained his plan, but knew it could be risky only because he wasn't sure how long he could keep it up or if he could even have a sure grip on the lightning, but it seemed to be the quickest way to get this done.

   The temperature had dropped back down once they got out of range from the first explosive tag surprise they encountered before and there was no way in hell they could go another hour of this. They would be lucky if they could survive this cold for another two hours. Keeping them warm not only wasted time, but also drained chakra because somebody had to cast fire and that was Nori. He wanted to be done with this test already, wanting to find their sensei as quickly as possible.

Once Nori was across with her teammates, she rolled back her shoulders and cracked her neck. Ah yeah. That felt better. She looked over to Nanami as she spoke before she looked forward. "Sensei sure does have a lot of time on his hands if he is able to create something so big that's just for himself. He must like to train and put himself under pressure a lot. Then again, this kind of thing must not even phase him," she replied as she followed after her female teammate before she stopped abruptly behind her. She looked down as Nanami knelt down and observed the floor. From what she could see, there were Japanese characters in different spots. Were these pressure plates again? What was going to be underneath them this time? When she heard her teammate say they would have to find the correct character to get across the floor, Nori lightly sighed and placed her hands on her hips. "This is just like a puzzle, isn't it?" It seemed as if their sensei wasn't going to go easy on them. He was challenging them both intellectually and mentally which, when thought about, was actually pretty smart. It was requiring them to use not only their intellectual abilities, but also their own set of specific skills to get them through each challenge.

Each of them contributed something different to this team and Nori was sure that their sensei knew that. Now it was just getting through these challenges together to see if they could work together as a team. Not just one person could get them through this by themselves. Nori saw Nanami flick a kunai again one of the plates, lightning omitted from it. Well, now this was interesting, wasn't it? First it was acid and now it was lightning. Just how were they going to get through this without getting electrocuted? She looked back down to the floor. There was obviously a pattern to this. Now they just had to figure this out. It was then that Sigmund spoke up about redirecting the lightning somewhere or to something so that nothing would befall onto any of them. "I don't know, Sigmund-kun. What if you can't control it for a long period of time? It's a bit risky and you could slip up. We would all have to get through this part fast since we are unsure of how long you can hold out," she said.
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Nanami pats Nori's cheek "There is another option, the hallway is approximately twenty feet long, and twelve feet tall. We could launch one another across. I mean at worst you get shocked, at best you land perfectly on the other side. It more or less safer, and I can use my wind jutsu to give you a nice amount of boost to your jumps. Then I suppose it crosses your mind. Who will throw me, well I can cross this without much trouble. But trying to control, who knows how much chakra each jolt will have might be very risky. The trap may be designed to counter that."

She pauses and takes a deep breath "I don't mind this risk, as I have a few tricks up my sleeve to avoid the dangers of the traps. But.." Nanami stops and thinks for a moment "The body flicker technique may be a good thing for this test. We also are assuming the trap won't trigger regardless which plate we step on. We are over thinking this." She takes four kunai and launches them at random plates. One spews fire, the other spews water, the next fires off a pressurized gust of wind, the last one a crystal spike pops up..

Nanami pauses and blinks "I think this is one of those, get across without touching them things. So going back to what I was saying before about using my wind jutsu to carry you through this or launch you across might be the best. Unless we all now the body flicker technique? Thoughts?"

   Sigmund allowed them to discuss what they should and shouldn't do. He wasn't worried about the concerns of him not being able to control the lightning bolts that would burst. He was confident and skilled. Nanami explained that there was no trick puzzle to this and it was just a simple walk across kind-of-thing and he was perfectly okay with that. "Let's go with the body flicker technique. We learned it in the academy," he favored and looked at the girls.

Nori stayed silent as she listened to Nanami give options about what they should do to get across the pressure plates this time. It seemed simple enough she supposed. Just get across without getting electrocuted. The idea of being carried over to the other side by wind didn't exactly appeal to her, so using the body flicker technique seemed to be the best option. She looked at Sigmund as he gave his opinion to use the body flicker technique and she nodded. "Alright. I'm good with the body flicker technique," she said and looked over at Nanami.

Nanami nodded and looked over the entire layout. She had to make sure she calculated her movements int time with what could happen. Nanami's mind raced as she went over several variables. She takes out a small notepad and begins running through things mathematically. here eyes danced as her hand moved at a rapid pace "So after running things through mathematically, the safest way is the body flicker technique. There is something I didn't take into account and I didn't notice it until now. But the cold is very slowly draining our chakra, not enough to be noticeable at first. But I am starting to notice it now. So time is of the essence."

Nanami plants her foot and makes a handsign. She vanishes and then reappears, she made a slight error in calculating her distance and she touches the edge of the last pressure plate. A jagged shard of crystal shoots up, it slices into Nanami's other arm, near the elbow "God damn it!" She sighs as she quickly bandages it up "Careful with managing your distance. I was off by less then an inch. So watch yourselves when you land." Nanami says it with a positive tone.

   Sigmund had felt his chakra pool lessen as she mentioned the cold draining it. It felt terrible for not noticing it sooner. He was doing terrible as leader right now. He remained quiet and with all in agreement to the body flicker. Nanami had went first and she miscalculated, activating a pressure plate that had injured her other arm with a giant crystal. Sigmund was not at all surprise crystal was used for all these traps at this point.

   He nodded his head she said be careful and shoot for a longer distance. "In all honesty, I'm not going to be surprised if one of us dies in here because all these traps seem to be underestimated by us," he joked with a smirk on his face.

   He made a sign as he walked up the beginning of the trap. He vanished, a puff of smoke was replaced where he use to stand and reappeared next Nanami, having dodged her miscalculation. "You all right?" he asked her, remembering she had hurt herself.

Nanami nods "Its just a scratch. I'll make sure to have both wounds looked at when we are done here." Even though it was easily seen that it was more then just a scratch as the blood could be seen through the fresh bandage. But she seems as bouncy as ever. Neither the pain, traps, cold air, or the intensity of the test seem to have much effect on her cheerful demeanor. She looks at Nori and waits for her to cross before looking into the next and hopefully last room before finally being able to search someplace for their Sensei. Nanami seemed eager to get the test over wth as quickly as possible.

When Nanami had mentioned that the cold was slowly depleting their chakra, it had only confirmed what Nori had originally thought in the beginning. So it looked like it was true. They would have to get through this as soon as possible. She saw her teammate vanish to the other side, but found that she miscalculated and injured her arm. "Are you okay, Nanami?" she asked aloud before she heard her tell them to be careful or else they could injure themselves if they didn't manage their distance. Nori turned her head and looked over at Sigmund, giving him a small frown but before she could say anything to him, he made a hand sign and disappeared to the other side with Nanami. It looked like she was the only one that was left...yet again.

Nori walked to the edge of the trap and looked down at the pressure plates that were in front of her and let her eyes trail up to the other side where she saw her teammates. She inhaled a sharp breath before she released it to calm herself. There was nothing to this, but she knew had to be careful not to make a mistake or else she might injure herself, too, and that was the last thing that she needed. She brought up her hands and make quick to make the proper hand sign before she, too, disappeared and reappeared on the other side with her teammates.

Nanami smiles at Nori and Sigmund "It is a big confidence booster, knowing I have you two watching my back. So lets see where these final hallways take us shall we." She hooks both Sigmunds and Nori's arms and drags them along. Nanami was unusually upbeat. She kept her eyes open and looking in all directions. Just incase something might jump out to surprise them. But as she thought that they came to the entrance to the next room. Which this room kind of makes her eyes go quite wide. As opposed to every other room, which was cold as hell. This was one was the reverse..

Nanami gazes over what one could call a burning room. It almost looked to simulate a burning building, but with the kicker of crystal shards protruding from all over the place "So this one is more of an obstacle course of not getting burned or cut." Then suddenly various spouts of flames went off "Oh, and I didn't think it could get any better." She laughs and keeps her head up so to speak. Nanami stands there watching the patterns of everything unfold. The pattern of the flames. The easiest routes. Which were few and far between. Especially since each route no matter how she figured it, was no less dangerous then the other, due to the spouts of flame.

She looks at Sigmund and Nori "This one looks to be the hardest one. At least I hope it is. But there is no safe route here, and you have to keep moving. That is the dangerous part. Those flames won't wait for you. If I go last, I can lower the flames if they get near you. Don't let that sidetrack you from the actually stuff that's on fire and the shards. This will be tough to manage, but doable. As I recall though Sensei has safety protocols set. So taking this into account. Nothing here will actually kill us, or I hope thats the case. So thats my assessment of this room. One last thing, due to the debris and the crystal. Both body flicker, and the replacement jutsu won't be useful here."
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Three weeks have passed since Akuma was assigned to three fresh genin. Taking in each of their abilities, he knew he had to test them greatly if they were to be of value for him to approve for the Chunin Exams. Not only did he witness the powerful skills of the only male student, Akitoki Sigmund, but he also witnessed what females could unleash as well. Although Nori appeared the weakest of the group, she was the one who improved the most during his training exercise for them. However, Nanami proved to be her rival, constantly keeping ahead of the group in smarts. Nanami was special and Akuma could not put a finger on it, but he had high hopes for her the most for she was the smartest and could be deadly being the swiftest.

All three students had demonstrated their raw power on their first meeting, more so Sigmund and Nori, who appeared to have been old classmates, but did not let that get in the way to start a rivalry in the beginning. A jealous Nanami had envied the relationship and proved her worth throughout the next couple of weeks.

The group of students were tested in Akuma's training course, from trip wires to bombs, to pit falls, to crushing walls, all the way to deadly encounters of poison, toxins, and almost near death, the group never gave up and only proved to be worthy to be Akuma's personal genin squad. Their smarts and their strength was tested, but so was character building of teamwork. Not only did the group conquer the course with hard work and almost near death, but they also learned to work together and combine their jutsus and brains if they ever needed to stay alive in any situation.

After taking each cave/path in Akuma's course and succeeding every time, they were able to find the hidden object which was Akuma's in disguise. Akuma never doubted this students one bit and was very proud of the group for not dying. He did not apologize for being hard on them and had explained to them that it was all test from the get go. The test being to learn to work together in the most deadly and worst conditions out there and keeping each other alive and sane.

Days had passed after their session and Akuma was assigned several small E and D rank missions around the village to further the groups' character building. Although neither Sigmund, Nori, or Nanami approved of these simple missions, they knew not to argue and just be done with it. After a handful of minor missions, Akuma took each genin one by one for 4 days at a time to train and work on a new jutsu come time for the Chunin Exams. Akuma never mentioned the Chunin Exams right away until every student of his had successfully learned a new jutsu.

Before the kages started packing up for their meet and greet in one of the villages, Akuma finally mentioned the Chunin Exams to his genin....their decision was left to them.

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All three genin learn .2 to add to either Intel., Speed, or Strength.

Akitoki Sigmund has leanred a new jutsu.

Yamada Nori has learned a new jutsu.

Nara Nanami had learned a new jutsu.

Sigmund, Nori and Nanami each have earned +1 in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Strength, Intel., Speed, Stamina, and Hand Signs.

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