To The Chunnin exams

[DeeDub]

Atarashii walks out in the Water Country. He is moving almost as if drawn by an unknown force. A bull couldn't knock Atarashii from his path. He had a pack full of ninja tools, his Iaijutsu uniform and some food for survival.

He continued to a dock where several boats were waiting a sign hung nearby. It said "Chunnin Exam Participants!! Good Luck!" atarashii paid it no mind as he laid his pack in a boat with a rower in it. He sat and slouched back he wasn't too excited but anxious.

The rower pushed off as the other boats were waiting. He felt a deep separation as he got out into the ocean. Like he was never going to return to is home village. He turned to the rower and looked at him. "How many ninja have you seen leave the village as gennin and return as chunnin?" "Several generations of ninja have sat in your seat going to chunin exams. They all have returned some not as chunnin. At least they returned with their lives."

Atarashii turned back to the ocean as they headed out to the main land. The rower's words moved him.

[adero]

moved

[DeeDub]

Atarashii wondered as the boat turned northwest. "Claw country also borders our ocean north of the Fire country." The rower commented. "Oh.. I though it was west of fire country. Well it just shows Ive never been off of my home island" The main land came into view west of the boat as they continued northwest.

The Claw country came into view as a large port. Filled with boats, ninjas were arriving from all the countries. They hurried into the Claw Capital were hotels were facilitating ninja for the exam . They arrived far from the larger boats. traffic was minimal here as boats of a smaller size arrived here. Theu landed, the rower threw a rope onto the dock as a sailor tied it to the port. Atarashii umped out and threw his bag over his shoulder. "well i'm off." "come back with your life" the rower said.

[DeeDub]

Atarashii rushed through the waves of people heading for the port hoping someone would ferry him back to his home country. He bumped into several people with no remorse.

His defeat at this task was lifting off of his shoulders as the open sea shown itself to Atarashii. He knew soon across would be his improvement and his comrades. The rower he recognized as the one who brought them here. He was sleeping again wit a lit cig in his mouth.

"That's dangerous old man" He shuffled in his boat surprised he dropped his cig into the ocean. He swore at losing it. He looked up and noticed Atarashii. "Pretty early to be going back." Atarashii furrowed his brow and said sternly "Shut up"

The rower was almost scared by Atarashii's retort. Atarashii dropped his bag into the boat and sat with his arms cross and his head down. The boat ride was long as Atarashii brooded on the events. As they would be soon part of the past.

[//Talo//]

[Moved to Water]

[DeeDub]

The boat ride was long and uneventful. The waves were, rough the sun was not reflecting off of the wide ocean. The weather seemed to reflect Atarashii's mood. Atarashii slept through all this roughness.

Atarashii awoke as they got closer to the land of water. This sight seemed to lift his spirits even though he had to reveal the bad news. "At least your not dead." The rowers words from when he arrived at the claw country days ago rang in his head.

The lone dock where Atarashii usually departed to the mainland from came into view. It was vacant. The boat slowly docked It stopped and Atarashii picked up his bag and slun g it over his shoulder. He sighed as he got to the village gate. Something about the air made him think something had changed in his village.

Ataraashii didnt care at the time but continued to the gate.