Nanami follows and listens. She lets out a small sigh "So I will treat this as the glass works combat test. Avoid everything, don't touch or break anything.." She thinks to herself. She looks at each memento, as they walked. She's probably like the other two were, curious about the stories behind the memento's she saw. A grand variety of interesting and exotic things peaked her interest. Part of her would rather hear the stories, then train.

She wondered what type of training we would do in such a place. Being underground she could only imagine. So Nanami treated it like anything else and hummed and smiled as they walked.

When the group of them came to a stop at what looked like a residential building, Nori looked up at it and blinked. What place was this? Was this really where they were going to train? How was that possible? It looked like a place someone lived in. It was then that she saw him tags out a key snd opened the door. Her head tilted to the side to peek inside, but then their sensei turned around to face them, telling them not to touch or break anything because of its value and worth. "Maybe you can give us a tour later, sensei. I'm sure your home is really nice," she said with a smile before she saw him turn around and walk inside. She walked into the house after their sensei and looked around the first room they walked into. This place really was big and it looked like it held a lot of expensive stuff, too. She had to be careful that's for sure.

"Perhaps if you all do well I will even treat you to dinner alongside a tour. It really depends on if you have all succeeded or not."

He hummed to himself as he walked down several hallways. He would look over his shoulder every few feet to ensure that his students had not wandered or touched anything. He was a friendly man, but he did value his belongings greatly. Eventually he comes to a large door with several locks on it and begins to undo them all. As he does he tilts his head to the side a bit and informs the genin of what they are about to encounter.

"The first of your worries in this room is going to be the vast amount of crystal shards. They can be sharp and cause harm if you are not careful. On top of that there are typical things you should look for. Hidden pitfalls, air cannons which launch kunai, swinging blades, et cetera. There are 6 passages that you may venture into all of which will lead back to the center. All of which hold different challenges. I will hide an object in either the central room or one of the passages. I expect you to work as a team to find it."

As he finished he opened the door and held his hand out offering for the students to make their way down a dimly lit flight of stairs. Now all he had to do was decide what the object was going to be. Perhaps it would himself? What better training exercise than hide and seek?

Nanami listens and thinks. Her mind starts working, after he said "what" could be inside. Who knows if anything is. But she was certain this would be fun no matter what. She hummed a happy tune as she thought more and deeper. When their Sensei pointed down a flight of stairs. It made her grow even more curious "Sensei, I get to pick the place to eat. This will be fun." she makes girly happy noises. But behind her eyes the seriousness of her ninja way hides.

She didn't fully think it would be just a walk. She decides if space allowed her, she would walk on the ceiling. Once Nanami descended down the stairs like this "You never know, this could be the beginning of the test." For someone who acts as girly as she does, she definitely has her wits about her.

   Sigmund and the group had walked for what felt like forever in dark hallways that echoed with every step they took. His sensei would occasionally look at them, which Sigmund assumed was to make sure they still didn't touch anything.

   By the end of their walk, they approached a huge door with many locks. Kenji-sensei unlocked them all and explained that the room contained even more crystal, but it could be very harmful if not careful. The mention of danger had his blood going at this point. The unknown was something he loved the most. Danger was his middle name.

   Their sensei went on to tell them that there was practically traps inside, from pitfalls to cannons shooting kunais at them to blades that could potentially slice them all up. Sigmund's heart began to beat faster, his palms getting a bit clammy.

   They were told about six passages that all lead to the same destination, but each was unique in their own way with different amounts of traps and the mass unknown. Their true goal was to find an hidden object within the passages, but that's where Sigmund grew confused. If he hides a object, how are we suppose to know which passage? What exactly is the object? What if we take the wrong passage to begin with? What if we don't find it in the first 5 passages? Many, many thoughts raced through Sigmund's head. The vast amount of questions he had certainly made him become unsure of this whole ordeal.

  Teamwork is definitely going to go into play here, whether anybody likes it or not. The thought of teamwork was unsettling for Sigmund because he usually worked alone for the most part and having two 'weak' girls on his squad made him grown to the thought. Great; they'll probably be damsel in distresses. This is going to be so wonderful

   "Kenji-sensei, what is the object we are to be searching for?" he asked curiously. He knew most likely their sensei won't tell them, because what's the fun in that?

Nori walked behind their sensei as he led them through several different hallways. She couldn't help but wonder just what this place was like that he was taking them to. Somehow it made her seem a little uneasy, but he wouldn't take them to a place that could potentially get them killed, right? She lightly shook her head. That wasn't possible. He wouldn't do that...would he? Then again, maybe he would. Whatever it was he had in store for them, she was ready for the challenge he was going to face them with. They soon approached a rather large door with tons of locks on it. She blinked at it and quirked an eyebrow. Why did it have so many of them on there?

Nori watched as their sensei undid the locks one by one and heard him start to explain just what to expect when they passed through this door. Crystal shards that could potentially be fatal should they not be careful enough. Hidden pitfalls. Air cannons with kunai inside. Swinging blades. This wasn't going to be easy, wasn it? Then again she didn't expect it to be. This was training and it was never an easy thing to do. When he had told them that there would be something hidden in either the center of a room or one of the hidden paths, she couldn't help but tilt her head to the side and think just what it was that they were going to find. This was a bit fun the more she thought about it, though. It was almost like a scavenger hunt with a prize at the end. What was it going to be?

Just as she was about to speak up about what their hidden object would be, Nori heard Sigmund ask the question first and she looked over at him. He looked curious but had that determination in his gaze. She couldn't but wonder what was going in his head. Somehow she felt that he was thinking her and Nanami were going to get in his way in this challenge. He was the type to do things alone after all. Nori knew she was going to have to give this her all so she wasn't a burden to either of her teammates.
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The group approached the bottom the the stairway before Akuma decided to answer Sigmund's question. He watched as they came to the end and reached over to flip a switch. The light that was activated by his action lit up a large cavernous room. In it were the large shard of crystal he had warned about. Some even forming as stalagmites. The pathways could been seen circling around the rooms. As he allowed his students to take it in he finally spoke.

"You my dear genin, are going to searching for me."

Nanami tilts her head "So this is all really interesting and stuff. But while that answered Siggy's question. It raises a few more. Like will you be moving or stationary? Will you be transformed into an item or be yourself? Because there are more variations of hide and seek then I can count.."

She pauses for a second "These hallways, that are trapped. What measures are we allowed to take. Typically when I train to defend against ranged weapons. I use my wind jutsu or substitution jutsu with a paperbomb attached, just in case one is a ninja in hiding. But in an enclosed space it would probably cause a bit of damage."

   Sigmund remained quiet once his question was answer. That left him with planning, picking the right passage so they don't have to retrace their steps, and whether or not he'll be in the form of an object or himself and whether he would be migrating constantly or remain stationary. He decided to plan while the other two kept asking their questions. He was one to plan first then execute. This training would definitely require some teamwork after all.

He moved to the center of the large room and raised his voice so that his students could hear him. He smiled and then formed a shadow jutsu of himself.

"I am going to hide in a single place. I will not move after I decide my spot." He then pointed to his clone "This handsome guy is going to let you know when I am ready. I'm going to transform in a piece of crystal. It will be roughly the size of a fist."

He then looks up and points to the crystal protruding from the walls and ceiling.

"As you can see the color of my crystal is red. I'd advise to look for something different. Also, this entire room and cave system are built so that nothing short of a tailed beast can destroy it. Just be careful to not harm each other and all will be well."

With that he took of down one of the many halls. He found a good spot to rest and stopped. When he did the clone spoke up and let them know before vanishing in a cloud of smoke. Then with little to no effort he became a fist sized purple crystal laying on the ground. If the genin were to notice the gem was almost shaped like Akuma's face.

The three Genin watched their Sensei vanish, leaving them with the choice to pick which passage to take first.

The first passage was on the far left of them. It seemed completely dark as if no light was  present at all.

The second passage was right next to the first on the right. Peering inside, it looked like many crystals surrounded almost the whole passage way, leaving the contents inside still a mystery.

The third passage was directly in front of them and next to the second on the right. Noises could be heard from this one, as if many traps traps were inside. Hardly any light emitted from this as well, so the contents of where and what was exactly there was still mysterious.

The fourth passage which was on the right of the third one, did seem to have anything in it from the looks of it. A few torches could be seen but it looked like the torches were close to going out. What laid within was unknown.

The fifth passage seemed way different compared to the others. Almost as if it was too good to be true as it looked simple. It had wire strings everywhere. The only problem seemed to be what exactly were those wire strings attached to.

The final and sixth passage looked like a maze of Crystal. Hardly any light was present and it was completely quiet. Very cold air emitted from this one.

The Genin had to choose.

Nanami looks down each hallway "Now there are several ways to go about this. Since I can supply light, and I am probably the slowest speed wise. I can illuminate the dark ones. Well most of them. That cold passage might prevent that. But we may just want to pair off based on what the possible challenge would be." She looks at the hallway covered in wires "That way looks vastly easier then the rest. But somehow I think it is probably the most challenging. With my wind jutsu I can cut through all the wires and set off whatever traps there may be."

She peers down the third hallway "Now say we think of it as a mental test, as much as it is a physical one. This dark one, with the many noises may be the least difficult. But made to appear the most difficult. The crystal one, well I don't know much about the crystal release. So I can't say for certain what the crystals may do to us."

Nanami looks at Nori and Sigmund "So this way will take longer, but it will ensure we are all covering one another.. And Sensei did not give us a time limit. So lets take each path carefully and as a team."

   Nanami had examined each passage way and so did Sigmund. While she pointed out many things about them and he took note of each of her observations, he collected his thoughts as well. She suggested to them all to work together and he simply nodded. "We should stay together and cover everyone's flank," he agreed with her and looked at them both.

   "Each passage has to be different in one way or another. But also take in consideration that that may be some way to distract us as well to throw us off," he began to explain. It was probably the most they had heard him speak.

   "There's a one and six chance we'll actually pick the right passage that contains Kenji-sensei, but that's our second objective. The first objective is getting through these passages together and safely," he continued to explain.

   He grew more serious now. "This place looked built specifically for him to train so these traps are going to be a jonin level course, meaning it's going to be more dangerous than it should be, but that's okay," he said as he walked passed them and faced the last passage way, peering through the dark hallway of the cold, crystal maze.

   "I'll take lead of this mission. I'll think of the plans and execute them and help enforce saftey and offensive if possible. Nanami, you will be our light source and our defense, but you're gonna have to conserve chakra as well. We have six passages and you don't want to exhaust yourself by the middle of all this. And Nori, you will be the main fighting ninja. You're gonna have to help execute attacks if needed. You'll be our flank so keep your eyes open," he assigned roles to everybody and turned around to looked at them.

   "Are you girls ready?" he asked as he began to roll his neck, hearing bone cracking sounds.

Nori followed Kenji down the stairs where they came upon a room that was now lit up by a switch that their sensei turned on. She looked about the crystallized room, having never seen a place like this before but it already looked like this challenge wasn't going to be an easy one. Somehow she was glad that she wasn't going to have to do this alone. Not that she was scared or anything. She was sure that she would be able to get through this and that they would be able to find the object they were going to be looking for: their sensei. Now this was interesting. She listened intently to what he was saying while at the same time, looking at the pathways that circled around the room. So there were six passages, huh?

She folded her arms across her chest and listened to Nanami ask questions towards their sensei about whether he would be immobile or moving and whether or not he would be transforming into an object that they needed to find. She watched him move to the center of the room and make a clone of himself. Nori turned her head and looked over at figure as their sensei spoke. So he was going to stay in one spot and was going to be taking the form of a red crystal. It was obvious that they were going to have to look for something different looking as it would be too easy for them to just find him. Oh no. It was going to be much more complicated than that.

Sorting out what passages to go through and which ones to take were going to have to be thought out carefully and precisely or else who knows what consequences laid in store for them. Once their teacher disappeared and the clone told them that their sensei was ready, Nori unfolded her arms and placed her hands on her hips. Okay. So this was it. The challenge was beginning. She turned towards the passages and took in each one of them as Nanami started to speak. Teamwork was key here. They all had their strengths and their weaknesses, so in order for this to work, they were going to have to make sure they covered each other.

It seemed as though Nori didn't need to say much as what they were both saying made complete sense and she was going to do whatever she could to hold her weight. If one of them messed up, it could mess everything up, so they had to be careful. She turned back towards them and looked over at Sigmund. So he was going to be taking the lead, was he? It seems he really knew how to take charge when need be. "Right! I got both of you covered, so just leave it to me," she said with a pumped fist.

Nanami chuckles, but lets Sigmund's enthusiasm lead them. It wasn't the boys personality that made it ok for him to lead. Its the fact nobody else spoke up, and she didn't really mind not being in the leadership role. Her eyes look at Sigmund, then to Nori. Then she looks down the hallways "So which one first Sigmund-kun." She was interested to see which one he would pick and which path they would end up going. Either way her job was the light source and defense in these tight quarters. She also noted how Sigmund viewed women in general. He seemed like he thought we were a a bother or hindrance.. Or worse, weak. But Nanami knew that would only last until their first mission. Then he would see the capabilities of a ninja who trained in two different villages.

Her thoughts realigned themselves and refocused on the task at hand. Her gaze locks onto Sigmund waiting for his choice.

   Sigmund turned around once more and pointed ahead, choosing the crystal-like maze passage way. "This one. This passage probably has traps in every corner possible. It'll prepare us for the rest of the passages," he explained and then smirked. "And it looks the most dangerous," he had added.

   With that, he walked in alone, knowing they would follow him shortly after. It was dark inside, and once he passed the door way, they entered a huge room of nothing but a crystal-like maze. Sigmund walked up to the entrance of the beginning of the maze. He extended his arm out and touched the crystal with his fingers. It felt like marble to the touch, but not quite smooth. It had a bit of a rough feel, meaning it could do harm just like Kenji-sensei warned earlier to them. "Be careful. Try not to touch the crystal. This can easily slice us up if we are careless," and once he said that, he winced and looked at his fingers. They had been sliced already, but it was minor. It felt like a paper cut.

   It was also extremely cold to the touch just as the air was cold to where when they breathed, it stung his lungs and their breaths could be seen in the form of semi-fog. "Try not to breathe too hard. Our lungs may not be able to handle all this cold at once, so steady, long breaths. Panicking may cause us to feel incredible pain," he pointed out as he steady his breathing patterns.

   "All right, we need some light. Not too bright though. The brighter and longer you hold it, the faster you'll be exhausted," he explained to Nanami and then he closed his eyes, focusing small amounts of chakra to manipulate his calcium in this bone in his shoulder.

   Suddenly, a bone crackling sound could be heard from him as if his bone was breaking apart. Because the room was filled with the crystal, the crackling sound echoed throughout the whole passage. The bone tore through his shift and coat from his left shoulder and to others, it was gruesome and gore, but to him, it was normal. He reached to his shoulder with his right hand and pulled out the extended bone. It was in the form of a thin, but very sturdy bone-like sword. He gripped the hilt tightly. This will be my weapon of defense. he thought over to himself.

   He reopened his eyes and with the sword in hand, he walked into the maze, hopefully his team following right behind closely. He felt himself get anxious as he walked alone for a few seconds. Mazes were so uncertain to him. Anything could happen in every corner or they could simply get lost. Once he reached the end of going straight, he had a choice of going left or right. He waited patiently for his team.

When Nori saw Sigmund point towards the passage with the crystals, she turned her eyes towards the opening and lightly sighed. The most dangerous one first, huh? This guy was a risk taker. She turned her eyes towards her male teammate. He looks like he is enjoying this she thought as she saw the smirk on his face. Just a few seconds after Sigmund walked ahead, she followed into the darkness after him only to enter into a huge, crystalized maze. She stopped short a few feet behind him and looked at the crystals. They looked smooth to the touch, but dangerous should they try to mess with them.

"I would hate to be pierced by one of these things," she said. "They're really sharp." It was then that she saw Sigmund reach out and touch one of them only to be cut in the process. He just barely touch it. Nori wanted to ask if he was alright, but it seemed that he wasn't the type of guy to frit over such small things, she just kept her mouth closed and folded her arms across her chest. Damn. It was cold in here. She noticed she could see her breath come out in small yet visible clouds, so she took a guess that the temperature was at least in the negatives. They had to keep moving to generate some type of heat or else they might be feeling some form of numbness and they would need their hands should they have to protect themselves, especially her if she would have to execute their attacks.

Nori focused on her breathing and keep it long and steady like Sigmund said. It was way too cold in here, so they needed to conserve as much air as possible and not panic like he said. They could very well run out breath before they knew it and it would be painful if they did. "We need to get moving, guys. This cold isn't good for us. We-" she started to say before she heard a loud, cracking noise. "What was that?" She looked around the room until her eyes landed on the bone that was coming out of Sigmund's shoulder. She took a step back. "Oh my god. Sigmund. Your bone. It's-" she began to say before she saw him reach out and take it out. Only it wasn't really a bone anymore. It was pointy and sharp. Like a sword almost. Nori put a hand to her mouth. He did not just do that, did he? How did he do that? Is this normal When saw that it didn't phase him and just walked into the maze, she just stayed immobile. She simply turned her head and looked over at Nanami. "This guy is something else, huh?" she said before she looked forward and walked into the maze after Sigmund.

Nanami listened to everything that was said. The cold bit at her the moment she stepped into the passageway. She thought for a moment, as she walked. She made a partial handseal.. Fire wraps around her left arms kind of like a snake. This not only produced light, but a small amount of heat. For her it was enough to make the air feel less sharp, and the cold lost its bite. As she walked up she took note of the bone crunching sounds. She also then saw sigmund pull a small bone sword from his shoulder.

She kinda winced at it, but knew it must be a Kekkai of some sort. She looked at the crystal with a small bit of amazement, she had heard of this release from her uncle. But always thought it was a fairy tale. But it was there for her to see, right in front of her. She ran her hand carefully over and edge. It nearly cuts her "You are right, this place is not going to be easy on us. We move wrong, we can easily get shredded by the crystals." Her eyes look around at what her light lit up. She seemed slightly in awe.

Nanami then looked at Nori and shrugged "He is a guy, they like to be the leader. I don't mind. My aspiration isn't to become hokage. My goal is something completely different." She smiled calmly at Nori as they caught up to Sigmund "So which way Sigmund-kun?"She tilts her head looking at him curiously as she waited. She had a small shortsword at her back. But she needed the hand free in case she needed to defend her team..

Within the maze several tasks awaited the young ninja. If they were to turn right they would be greeted with a much wider path, but hidden along it is a pressure plate that will cause the walls to start moving in. The crystals are much duller here and will only cause small cuts. If blood were to touch these crystals the walls would stop. If they turn left they will be greeted with a very narrow passageway. The crystals grow sharper here and the temperature drops even lower. Along the bottom there are wires attached to paper bombs. This chamber is meant to numb the limbs so ninja won't feel the wires.

   Sigmund took a moment to look both ways, and didn't seem so confident with his decision. Both ways consisted of crystal walls, some sharp and the other dull. Nanami had asked which way they would proceed and he finally decided to go to the left. "We're going left," he said as he turned on his heel to the left and started walking in that direction.

   With a steady breathing, his body felt threatened with the sudden temperature drop. His chest began to hurt slightly. The colder the air, the harder it would be for them. He had hoped if they could through his side quickly, perhaps the temperature would rise again.

   "Try to take slow, deep breaths. The air is colder here," he warned and stopped in his tracks. He didn't notice anything out of the ordinary just yet. "Get some light over here, Nanami, please," he asked her as he waited for his team to catch up.

Nanami nods and holds up her arm like a torch so about twenty feet around them was illuminated. The air would warm enough to make at least Nanami warm enough to not be affected the warmth would extend about five from her. She gazed down the long hallway. Her eyes danced from side to side "Sigmund-kun, I have a suggestion. Sensei said there would be all manners of traps. While my wind jutsu would not affect pressure plates. It could effect tripwires and mines. Which I doubt sensei would be that mean, but you never know."

She touches the crystal walls noting the dullnees, and change to them being sharper then normal.. Nanami looks at Sigmund wondering if he was really cut out to lead. He seemed to overthink things. Over thinking can be just as bad as not thinking enough. Nanami walks to Sigmunds right side as she waits for his answer.

   He listened intently Nanami's suggestion. He looked over the dim lighted way she had exposed for them, and noticed some trip wires. He couldn't see what the trip wires were connected to though. That's what made her suggestion scary. "I wouldn't, if I were you. We don't know what these wires connect to let alone if we set one off, if could possibly set all of them off," he warned and stepped over one carefully, but noticed another had been placed right in front of his chest.

   He took a deep breath, the cold air stinging his chest a bit, and he ducked under it. They didn't have much time in this direction. He was starting to get goose bumps from the colder air around them. He had hoped the next direction wasn't this bad. "For all we know, they can be paper bombs. If the sensei had this place specially build just for him, I wouldn't doubt at all that this had complicated traps and explosions," he explained as he came across another wire at his feet, but because he was talking, he didn't see it in time and set it off. Shit! he thought and then-

Nanami listened, but was more concerned with her surroundings.

She blinked, and pivoted her foot the moment she took note of him crossing the threshold of a tripwire. Twang went the wire.. Nanami didn't hesitate, she grabbed Sigmund by his shirt. Her leg sweeps behind Sigmund's as she sweeps him. But as she swept his leg, her hands and body rolled hard in the direction of the intersection, throwing Sigmund away from the hallway, and hopefully out of harms way.. Nanami's body rolls with the throw, she was leaving little to chance as she would roll with Sigmund. Trying to get herself some distance from whatever might happen..

As all this happened she yelled to Nori "Take cover!"

Nori stopped after Sigmund as they were met with the two paths they could take. Neither one of them looked pleasant. In fact, each one looked like it was going to be a challenge to get through, but that was to be expected. It didn't seem to matter which one they took. When Sigmund chose to go to the left, she followed after him. The temperature instantly dropped dramatically. Even normal breathing seemed hard to do as it made it a little hard to breathe, but upon taking slow, deep breaths, the pain became a little less in her chest. She soon stopped just a few feet behind Sigmund and tucked her hands underneath her arms, but that didn't seem to do any good. She knew she had to be able to use her limbs should she have to attacks, but she just hoped that her hands or feet didn't become too numb. The cold was supposed to be stimulating, but that didn't seem to be the case right now.

A light soon emitted from Nanami and the one dark path became lit. Nori's eyes took in the sight of the crystal walls. Was it just her or did this pathway seem a bit...narrow? Was that on purpose? Such narrow walls could make their breathing a bit constricted, especially if one was claustrophobic. The cold didn't exactly help, either. Cold, narrow walls. Wires. Sharp-... Wait a minute. Her eyes darted down to the ground to see there were wires. When Nanami suggested using her wind on them, she looked over to Sigmund and then over to her other teammate. "Siggy is right. We don't know what these wires connect to. I don't think it would be a good idea to use that specific ability here. It could be dangerous and trip one of them up. We have to find another way to get over them," she said

Nori looked back over to Sigmund as he took a step over a wire, but saw him stop abruptly when there was another one right in front of him. She lightly gasped, causing a small pain to go through her chest. Just as she was about to say something, she heard a twang like sound. Her eyes widened and looked down at Sigmund's feet. Oh no she thought silent before she saw Nanami quickly grab their male teammate and tossing him away from the hallway, rolling after him in the process. What exactly did that wire trigger? She didn't want to find out. She did a flip, then a leap before she tumbled in his direction.

   The wire had triggered a paper bomb, causing a massive explosion in the narrow little way, but that also caused several other wires and more explosions. Crystal shards broke off on the crystal hallway. They were glass-like and were thrown everywhere. Nanami had just grabbed him in time away from the explosion. He had quickly grabbed onto her arm to drag her with him, causing them both to roll out of the hallway together and back to where they started. Shards had managed to spill across the ground with Sigmund. He ended up being penetrated with somein his arm. A large shard had managed to stab his forearm though.

   Sigmund had closed his eyes as he saw Nori dodge the explosion. The explosion alone caused a loud echo throughout the entire building. He was sure their sensei could have heard it. Once him and Nanami ha stopped rolling, he was on his back and she was next to him. He felt stinging in his arm and when he opened his eyes and turned his head to the left, he noticed his left forearm had gotten injured with crystal. Shit. he thought to himself. He leaned up, his elbows propping him up and he grabbed the shard, and pulled it out. His blood began to slowly spill out, but it was only minor. "Well that sucked," he said and sat up all the way. "Is everybody okay?" he asked them, brushing off the rest of the shards on his coat and looked at the girls.