The Chunin Exams: Phase 1

The Time has come at last! Your waiting, effort, and struggle has finally paid off! The Chunin Exams have officially begun!

Phase 1: The Written Exams
''Twelve years have passed since the last chunin exam. The devastation the ten tails wrought upon the ninja world was immense. Fully half of the world's population of ninja perished in the conflict, and more than one major village suffered destruction.''

''The decade since hasn't been easy, as the survivors have tried to pick up their lives. The ninja world has slowly recovered, and the ninja villages have banded together to rebuild and rise again.''

''Now, just over a decade since that tragedy, a new generation of ninja have arisen from the ashes. These first-born of the apocalypse are the face of a new future. Who knows what destiny awaits them? Shared friendships, struggles, losses, joys, and conflicts; a tapestry of unlimited potentialities. Whatever paths these young ninja choose, one truth is certain. Their will is our future.'' - The genin participants file into a crowded auditorium, and the dingy lights of the room flicker occasionally as each of the teams locate a place to be seated. Once all of the genin are seated and at attention, a jonin of the leaf steps forward with a stack of paper and pencils, and lays a document and pencil in front of each genin. Afterward, he walks to the front of the room, and turns to address the audience.

"Listen here, you punks. I'm in charge here! Me! The big man himself, the one and only..." The odd jonin leaps onto a nearby table, strikes a pose with both thumbs up, and points them at himself. As he does, an expensive pair of mirrored sunglasses slips off of his head and shatters on the floor below.

The eccentric ninja completely loses his composure, and leaps to the floor below, his mouth agape in despair. "Those... those cost me two months' salary." As he begins crying as he finishes his previous sentence, "I'm Konohamaru."

After calming down and wiping off his face, he continues, "This is the written portion of the chunin exam. Each of you punks begins this exam with ten points. If your total points falls to six, you automatically fail the written portion, and will be withdrawn from the chunin exam. As you answer the ten questions on that document, your answers will be rated as correct or incorrect. Answer carefully and thoroughly. If you do not answer the tenth question of this exam, you will fail."

He turns his back to the classroom, before continuing, "And one more thing, before you heathens start. If you are caught cheating in this exam, you will be expelled from the exam automatically."

Smiling, he turns to face his captive audience once more, "Don't worry. I'm sure some of you will make excellent gutter trash, hobos, or prostitutes if you don't pass. Good luck, punks. You'll need it." -

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga: She blinks; once, twice, and then another for good measure. After rereading the entire exam for what was the nth time, Akemi did the only sensible thing a kuniochi at the top of her class could do and promptly face palms. "This...is the written portion of the Chuunin Exam?" She thought incredulously. "This is just a revised edition of the Academy Graduation Test!" With a huff she angrily glares at her test, wishing it would spontaneously combust, along with the desk, the floor and whoever thought they were dumb enough to fail this portion.


 * Which then put her on edge. "What if this exam is a fake?" Her thoughts were running a mile a minute, imagining various scenarios on intel and all signs pointed to only one conclusion. "Yes, that's it!" She thought excitedly with a devilish grin. "Verifying the integrity of the information! What if the real test is determining what questions are false and which one's are true? That would mean we'd have to somehow discern the nature of everyone else's test and their questions without being caught. Brilliant!"


 * But knowing what needed to be done and executing it were two entirely different things. Akemi expanded her peripheral vision, taking note of every person, and proctor within its 120 degree's. If only she could activate her Byakugan, everything would be so simple. Briefly she considered using other tools at her disposal, but realized that doing so was costly, and time consuming. However just activating it would spike her chakra signature and any chuunin worth his salt has at least a modicum of the ability to sense its activation. Unless....


 * With carefully disguised movements, such as brushing a stray piece of her hair away from her face, Akemi began activating a subtle array of pressure points around her crown. The Byakugan was not a chakra intensive doujutsu, but it did require an amount that might tip a proctors notice. Unless of course, the amount she began to supply to her eyes was steadily increasing over time. By using the pressure points, she could increase her chakra's circulation through her eyes and activate the Byakugan once it reaches necessary chakra expenditure. Even if they could sense her chakra, with their attention divided among so many examinee's they would hardly notice the subtle shift in her own. And just to be on the safe side, she would supply a minor transformation to her face using the to hide the bulging veins. Her efforts would be in vain if a proctor simply just looked in her direction.


 * After several minutes her vision slowly began to expand, though she didn't have full access to the Byakugan's abilities, this partial release would suffice for the exam. With it she took her first glance at the other occupants first. She could at the very least get a fix on their general equipment and chakra for the next phase. She quickly took note of their general attire, representative village, gear and equipment and mentally cataloged everything. Satisfied, she began the real purpose of her examination and started looking for clues as to the true nature of the test. As minutes, reading and rereading the answers jotted down by various shinobi her face went through a cascade of emotions; first anticipation, then confusion, followed by disbelief and denial, then slow realization, and finally resignation.


 * "I was wrong..." She said softly, disappointment evident in her voice. Grimacing, she turned her thoughts inward once more. "All the tests are the same, so then whats the purpose of this?" Quickly reviewing her findings, Akemi couldn't help but flinch, the other Genin's answers were... she couldn't bring herself to finish that thought, the implications too horrifying to consider. "Maybe, maybe that's the reason. The questions are simple, and should be fairly common knowledge. Any genin who can't even answer them, or refuses to give a proper one doesn't deserve to be a chuunin." Sighing in quiet acceptance, Akemi began dutifully writing her answers down.


 * 1) What is a ninja? What makes a ninja distinct from guards, warriors, detectives or other occupations?


 * Thumbing her pencil, Akemi briefly considered reusing her old answers, but swiftly crushed that thought. On the off-chance her records would be compared she would need to demonstrate growth and understanding of being a shinobi since becoming a genin.


 * A ninja is a being capable of manipulating the life energy known as chakra. By molding this chakra a shinobi is able to perform an unlimited number of feats that can alter themselves and the world around them. This process and the philosophy behind is collectively known as ninjutsu, and those who practice it are referred to as ninja or shinobi. Part of what defines a ninja that extends beyond the ability to manipulate chakra is the philosophy inherent in ninjutsu. Shinobi are at the heart of their code, tools to be used by their clan, their village, and their country. But conversely a clan, a village and their country is nothing without its shinobi. Like the root of all creation, there is yin in yang and yang in yin, these two forces are invariably tied together. Therefore the one defining trait of a shinobi is their loyalty. This loyalty connects the shinobi to the greater whole, and the greater whole to the shinobi, and serves as the ultimate expression of this philosophy. This bond between oneself and another, be it the clan or the village is what defines a shinobi, for with it there is growth and change in a never ending cycle. It is only when this bond has been broken that a shinobi is no more. Without it, they are left to wallow in their own despair, becoming instruments who seek to destroy this precious cycle.


 * Shima Date: Shima sat there, with legs crossed. Her bandaged face concealing the smirk she was plainly sporting at that moment. The start of the exams... the start of a new life, all it took was making it through this written test. Knowing full well that this portion alone would be her undoing. Had she been raised like the rest of the competing Genin here, she might have had some clue to the more complicated answers... but that was lacking. She was raised in the slums, there was never a time for research or study, so relying on street smarts was her only back up plan. And she had came prepared...


 * Scanning the area around her, Shima's clear brown eyes took in the others as they began jotting down the keys to the first answer. Now was her chance to reveal her own unique answer to the problems in the near future. Slipping her hand into her cargo pants, shifting through one of the pockets, grabbing hold of squirming little helpers. Casually, Shima gathered her hands together, as if in thought for the answer. Gazing into a slit of her cupped hands, Shima peeked at the four pairs of eyes staring back at her. Tiny little geckos, all nestled together, peering at their captor; now friend. Bringing the hands to her lips, Shima whispered soft words, inaudible to those around her, issuing them simple instructions. "Gather at the back corners... and watch the humans papers carefully." It was something easy, and they complied. Shima's ability to influence and befriend those of her shared species, they darted to their destined locations once released...


 * Stifling the efforts of the other two, she slipped them into the bandages she had placed across her chest, letting them rest easy until their assignments were in place. With her discreet cheating in place, Shima couldn't wait for the results. With the range of the creatures, she would be able to transmit what they saw quite easily, their size and ability to blend in with their surroundings made them the perfect spies for her.


 * Looking down on a particular member through the relayed vision of the geckos, Shima found an approriate target, transmitting words of her own choosing to fit. However, she had no need of the information yet... this first question would be easy.


 * "Shinobi are the backbone of the village, the military strength and power. Trained to be tools, designed to be weapons, they are instilled with a strong sense of loyalty at a young age to ensure optimal efficiency. This however, does not promise their undying alignment, and many Shinobi are known to go rogue at one point or another in their career. While several terms can be used to describe a Shinobi, the after mentioned roles are all put upon a Ninja. Trained to fight and kill, trained to be detectives when crime is afoot, they have means in which the roles would not normally have, to complete feats to achieve the goals mentioned. To root out crime, and bring forth the criminals, and make sure justice is in place. To protect their nation with their lives, giving it for the sake of the civilians they stand and walk beside eachday."


 * Yura Aburame: a ninja in better words is a shinobi. a shinobi protects their village and their way of life. A guard just protects one person or a group of people whether they want to or not and because their getting paid. a warrior? well aren't all shinobi warriors? Detectives? all shinobi/warriors have the ability to be detectives if they know how to use it.

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin: Ninja? Before the foundation of the shinobi villages and -system, ninja were quite known as mercenaries that would fight for the highest bidder - as well to defend a land against other (mercenary) clans. However, after the foundation of united clans, the shinobi swore their loyalty to their well respective village and swore to fight with their life to defend it, and as well the civilization. But unlike guards, warriors and detectives, a shinobi hold no bounds to rules as long as it doesn't harm the prestige of their respective village. As well, the information gathered by accomplishing the given mission, will be transferred to their respective village to either strengthen the military or expand their knowledge they already hold about other villages and countries. A shinobi can also be thought to be an assassin, an individual who works within the shadows, to obtain the required knowledge and if needed to guard so-said person at the same time or assassinate the person without being caught. The three (Warrior, guard and detective) cannot stray from their chosen path. They are bound to their rules and ways. They have limitations at their own specialization, however, a shinobi can become what they can’t become. And unlike the three, a shinobi will ‘always’ give their life to perfectly succeed the mission at any time. After all, failure – most of the time – is not tolerated, unacceptable and a disgrace to the represented village. It is all about the prestige and power to the represented village. Now, what is a shinobi, you asked? A shinobi is a human tool that holds no bound to their life and is willing to sacrifice their own lives to protect the prestige, military power and civilization of the represented village. Though, in some cases when a ninja has no loyalty to a village, he can become a very dangerous mercenary that will work for the highest bidder.
 * Nikkotama Byakko: A ninja, or sometimes referred to as shinobi (or kunoichi, for females), is the main military power. Shinobi are, most of the time, loyal to their villages, and any shinobi, who severe themselves from their villages, are considered to be a missing-nin. Like guards, warriors and detectives, a ninja does their work to earn money (though, sometimes, it's out of hobby. ANYWAYS!). A ninja, however, can do all the activities of guards, warriors and detectives, whom can only do limited jobs, while the three, on the other hand, can only do particular jobs. Like a guard, a ninja may also required to be a protector/security to a certain person based on their given job. Like a warrior, a ninja may also fight in wars. Like a detective, a ninja may also gather evidence about possible crimes or wrongdoing. If the three (guard, warrior & detective) do other things other than what they're required to do, they're not simply what they're categorized as. If you see a detective fighting in a war or guarding some feudal lord etc., would you say that that's a detective? No, I suppose. To put it simply, a ninja can be almost anything unlike any other existing occupations there might be out there. (PS: "And being a ninja is much more fun! Fuck yeah.")


 * Shichirou Chiyo: Shichirou was amused by the proctor's statement. Though the statement itself was funny, what had the boy giggling like a silly school girl over a handsome boy (Shichirou knew what this was like) was the fact that Izaya had thought it would be funny enough to point at Nikkotama when the proctor referred to all of them as prostitutes. Such a bold and risky move on his part. Especially considering that Nikkotama was looking directly at him. He would probably be killed later one. With this, however, Shichirou realized that he had spent the last five minutes giggling off of the same joke. This was bad. Shichirou needed all of the time he needed, you could trust him when he said that.


 * Looking down at the paper for the first time since entering this room, Shichirou's frown soon turned into a confident smirk. These questions were simple, extremely simple and only required basic knowledge. Wow! He hadn't expected such easy questions. Looking up to meet the eyes of Izaya to confirm that their "plan" was not needed, he instead spotted a beautiful girl sitting only two seats away from him. Oh, she was a beauty alright. Nice proportions, perfectly tanned skin. Yep, he would certain hit on her in a few moments, after he finished this test. He couldn't afford to get distracted now, or revealing any of his abilities at this stage either. It was much too soon for that.


 * Shichirou finally lifted up his mechanical pencil and began jotting down words on the page;


 * A Shinobi, or if you lack the proper vocabulary "Ninja", are essentially the major working force for a specific organization, village or country. What makes them different from mercenaries and those are silly professions are simply that Shinobi have no bounds. In the world of a shinobi there are no bounds, except for one. Never should one abandon their post on a mission even if it means complete and utter death. Interesting rule I must say the least, considering that shinobi also pledge loyalty to their respective village. One would assume that helping each other would come first but this world is already pretty messed up. Am I right or wrong? Anyway, the main difference is that these other professions are limited to one position. A shinobi could be many different things, or even all of these. In fact, many shinobi are, even myself. As a genin I protect my village, making me a guard. As a genin I fight others, making me a warrior and as a genin I often receive missions which require me to track down things, even if they are animals, i'm still doing a detective right? Well of course! That's perhaps the biggest difference. Shinobi can be multiple of these occupations, and is most likely a combination of all of these different occupations as well.


 * "Now onto the second question", Shichirou said, scrolling down on the exam.

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki initiated her exams by brushing the hair from her sides, pulling it back into the ponytail it refused to stay as. Such a frustrating thing, long hair. It always got in the way, not to mention the weakness it brought in battle. However, it gave her a sense of allure that attracted most men to her finer features. Swiping her fingers back through her hair, Hibiki grabbed hold of a small tag that was tucked away. Holding the paper tight in-between her fingers, the tag read as the seal for "Obstruction", and eased it onto the exam paper's backside, in the far left corner. After the seal was placed, she was watched as the paper formed a nice sheen over it momentarily. The seal was designed to prevent all those who are not directly touching the paper, to read the words coherently. To anyone else, but Hibiki, they would read senseless dribble.


 * Knowing that her seal was in place to prevent the obvious cheaters, and deter any more subtle means of hijacking her answers, she at last began to jot down her thoughts of the answer. "Shinobi, the protectors and guardians of a village. Those trained in combat, subtlety, and infiltration. Many Shinobi are trained from a young age, taught to be loyal to the village. Given a hand to push them forward, young Shinobi are taught how to utilize the physical and spiritual energies of the human body; chakra. While many are taught and raised in the village, and by the village, it is an all too common occurance for ninja to leave their respective homes and become nuke-nin in an effort to attain a variety of simple diversions. Fame, infamy, wealth, or power. However, many that attempt to leave a village are always regarded as a traitor, and hunted intently. For in each Shinobi is the potential to become a threat to the ones they once stood for, usually meaning a life on the run from hence on, and preventing their re-entry into their previous Hidden Village. While on the other hand, opposing or unaligned villages will gladly take these turncoats into their hands, in return for their loyalty and anything of value. The differences between a Shinobi, and the listed roles, is that a Shinobi is not limited by title. A shinobi is anything they seek to specialize into. They can choose to orientate themselves around intelligence gathering and tactics, while others seek to hone their bodies and become guards. A Shinobi is capable of all things, so be it that they always seek towards that goal; for it to be their Nindō."


 * Kisei Kumo: Kisei smiles, relief washing over him. He thought the first question would be hard. He shakes out his arms, and cracks his knuckles, which sounds kind of strange inside of the disguise he occupies; he's currently sitting inside of the hollow interior of a large, drum-like puppet duplicate of Koji Ishirou. He worked tirelessly the past four days on it, and he's proud to say, it's his most convincing body-double yet. Aside from some problems with the facial expressions (thankfully, Koji wore a mask), the puppet body perfectly duplicates Koji's shape.


 * Grabbing his pencil in his puppet-hand proves to be more difficult than he thought. Puppet bodies lack fine motor control. He spends the first ten minutes picking up and dropping it, until he manages to get a firm grip. His loopy, inconsistent and shaky handwriting slowly appears on the document.


 * "A ninja is a badass warrior, detective and mercenary combined. He knows all the skills, and also has style. Unlike a detective, a ninja can use ninjutsu to find evidence. He fights better than a warrior and is payed more than a mercenary. A ninja is the best occupation!"


 * Setsuna Yoshida: Shinobi differ from the aforementioned professions in that these are all occupations which owe little to no personal allegiance to whomever they serve, they're but temporary and transient; and they will only continue serving an individual as long as they receive payment. While Shinobi follows similar principles in their ways, exemplified in the ninja mission system, we don't work for ourselves, whatever work we do we do for the continual success of our village and its status and prestige - whereas others would work primarily for their own betterment and to acclaim wealth. These are concepts which hold only a marginal meaning to us Shinobi; as we might very well die tomorrow. Whatever material gains we would receive from an accomplished mission would be mostly transferred to our respective villages, to strengthen their foundation and increase its influence, none of the aforementioned occupations would be willing to sacrifice something like that. Indeed, the life a of a shinobi could probably be summed down as being one of sacrifice, from the day we're made genin we're continuously informed that our lives are but one part of a much bigger picture, and that our greatest honor and role is to forget our own existence and instead look upon ourselves as but extensions of our village. So, to answer the question - a ninja isn't an individual, they're an extension of their village of origin; a living expression of its power and prestige. That is what a Shinobi is.


 * In the guise of Shiyo, Setsuna looked around the room, it would appear he had managed to answer his questions first, all around him only a few people were actually writing; most of them seemed thoughtful and a few appeared nervous, he thought as much. Certainly few of these brats could compete with his intelligence, most of them seemed to be fresh out of the academy for the most part, inexperienced, naive and so utterly foolish; it should be easy to divulge some valuable intelligence from these people. He should probably get started.


 * On the outside, Shiyo lounged back innocently in her chair, waving her long delicate eyelashes at neighbouring genin and jonin alike, her innocence and vacant expression picturing her as being of little to no threat at all, despite the fact that she had finished first, no one seemed even remotely concerned with her answer. If they did, they hid it well, they most likely assumed her to be a simple woman with little to no actual knowledge. On the inside however Setsuna mentally visualized wrapping his chakra around his body like a soft blanket, causing his chakra to recede inward and become less noticeable, it was a simple way to hide his chakra, which required only chakra control to be effective. His next step was to simultaneously channel chakra from his crown to his ears and his unusual equipment. Without even the slightest movement and practiced nonchalance, he released an omnidirectional wave of sound across the room, its frequency manipulated so that the sound would be beyond the normal hearing range of humans, shinobi included. The sound-wave reverberated across the participants and the proctors alike before it hit something solid, whether this was the body of a participant, the floor, the celling or the closed windows or board at the very front of the room.


 * When the sound wave receded back towards Setsuna, he was met with a wide range of empathic imprints as images flooded his mind in succession. Each particular image was accompanied by sound, the sounds of heartbeats, breathing patterns. He could even identify their answers based upon the sound of their pencils alone, his sense of hearing was extraordinary when it was enhanced by chakra. Every single scribble sounded entirely different, and through many years of training he had learned to distinguish between all of these sounds. Raising his pen once more, he began carefully jutting down what he heard, copying each of the answers written and analyzing them carefully in no particular order - it would appear as though only a handful of the genin assembled knew anything at all, their answers were haphazard, unimaginative and largely improvised guesswork; they're naiveté could surely be used against them at a later occasion.


 * Abruptly though, he received an unexpected resonance from one of his teammates, a baboon called Koji. He remembered how his heartbeat had sounded, it was the heartbeat of a man who doubted himself fiercely, its rhythm was slow at first, but rose quickly whenever he was challenged or agitated, he could tell the signs, it reminded him of anxiety. He had bullied his way through the crowds when they reached here, claiming that he would become the next Otokage and rule everyone with his great strength. After they had met up to enter the area for the first exam he had been strangely quiet. The sound-wave had been repelled the moment it reached Koji's body before, but this time it had travelled inside the brute and bounced around inside him - like it was trapped in a hollow space. It would appear as though someone had dispatched of the original Koji and assumed his place in the group, whoever they were, they were clever and despite himself Setsuna found himself nodding in silent approval. The imposter was hiding within a flawless replica of Koji's body, he even dared assume that the original corpse had been used as a component.


 * He had suspected Koji to become a liability with his ridiculous need to prove himself in combat, and his overwhelming desire to flaunt his strength. This new arrival could prove most useful by comparison, and Setsuna knew that he wouldn't tolerate failure, unfortunately, the individual was unlikely to be aware of Koji's ninja registration and full name. He supposed he would have to tell him: the sound-wave he had emitted earlier had by now manages to reach Kisei's ear, and with great subtlety he would plant a minor genjutsu in the mind of the younger genin. It was relatively simple, uncomplicated and due to the low amount of chakra required and his previously taken steps to ensure that his use of chakra remained undetected. This impostor had to manage the written exams, otherwise the whole team would be disqualified and he'd have failed his mission, unacceptable!


 * In Kisei's mind, the voice of a young man was abruptly heard, it informed him repedeatly of Koji's full name and ninja registration, like an echo within his very mind. It kept up this speech for a time, before it would abruptly fade, the genjutsu dispelled by the caster

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Kōseki: Shinju impatiently snatched the paper from the proctor's hands has she grew tired of waiting. She had to finish the paper early to enjoy the rest of the day more sightseeing, Has she saw the contents of the paper her face full of smiles turned to a irritating look, the first of the supposed questions, " What is a ninja? What makes ninja distinct from guards, warriors, detectives or other occupations?" it was pretty simple question, if the questions had ranks, Shinju would probably pass it out has a E-rank one, but the problem was how the question was presented, the writing was too shabby and it wasn't the best of presentations.  The Name blank was too short with the capability of writing only 15 letters, Shinju was able to write her cute name in the space though, "S-h-i-n-j-u K-o-u-s-e-k-i" she scribbled. Her registered Ninja entry number was a huge 11 number code which Shinju had memorized by heart the day the number was given, "3-8-5-8-3-6-8-4-7-8-3" she scribbled has her heart pounded on what she would fill in the first answer spot, has mentioned earlier the first question was a E-rank one, but Shinju had her mind filled with something else, something more disturbing than a alarm clock. Her shaken hands began to describe what was the ninja. Shinju leaned backwards to her bench has she became quite curious on who was by her side, he was a weird boy who wore black spectacles, Shinju's enhanced hearing skills helped her to hear the strokes of the pen he was writing with, "''it is too shabby to be copied", she thought. Her curiosity grew has she wanted to check out how her teammates were doing, but was afraid to turn around.  She soon began scribbling on the paper the answer to first question.


 * "Ninja (忍者) or in other words shinobi (忍び) are people, men and women and children alike who practice the use of Ninjutsu((忍術). They are the main military strength of the ninja villages. They help people to do chores such has finding lost cats (Cats ? yes cats because I fuckin love cats), water their gardens, babysit annoying children. These chores are however giving to fucking annoying genin brats like us, while very cool missions like assasination, spying, escorting and going to war are the job of those so called adults.  However we ninja's don't do anything for free, we need Ryō (editors note:one ryō is approximately equal to ten yen). Why the hell are Ninja's different from guard, warriors, detectives and other hell of occupations, because we ninja's are able to to do all their work, we can guard a village, we can go all out wars, we can be detectives tooo. Last but not the least we can use Ninjutsu."


 * Genki Heike: The 'Konohamaru' man stood before him, obviously trying to impress Genki with his intimidating looks. He snatched the sheet from him, as rudely as possible, and muttered 'Oooh, I'm SO scared.' Not wasting a second of his time, the young shinobi hurried over to a desk and yelled out a cheery 'Katsu!'. He spelled out his name in the neatest writing possible, and begun the test. What is a ninja? he thought to himself. Despite his personality, Genki was confident he could pass. He picked up the graphite pencil, and began to write.


 * "Ninja are the unique guardians and mercenaries for their rightful ninja village. They go on missions and have wars protecting the land from the shadows. They can play the role of guards, detectives and warriors, but are a more expensive, more effective, and generally a better choice. (Coz we rock!) The reason for this is that we have ninjutsu and control over chakra, allowing us to do impossible tasks easily. We are a strong military force, and even one average ninja could beat about seven normal warriors. The only people that could match us in a battle could maybe be samurai."


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei: Having once been considered almost a samurai due to his style of fighting and inability to use ninjutsu, Raimei has given this question some thought. He wavered on the line between the But these other occupations? What was a "detective?"
 * Taking his pencil in hand, he stuck his tongue out of the corner of his mouth and began to carefully scrawl his answer.


 * Ninja are the main military force of the elemental nations. They use Chakra to perform otherwise impossible feats, along with weaponry and unarmed fighting.
 * Guards and warriors are those people who train for a certain, specific task. They can be really strong, but they only do one thing. Ninja can guard things, fight at extreme power levels, perform espionage and assassinations, and basically use their unique skill sets to perform a task through whatever means necessary. Kiri is famous for its brutality and taking almost any missions, and the treehuggers here like to pretend that they are all nice and sunshine. But they all take missions of all sorts for money and prestige and the sake of their village.


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Sunate took his pencil in hand and began to answer the first question.
 * Ninja or shinobi are the military power or rather force of the great five nations. The functions of the ninja includes espionage, sabotage, infiltration, and assassination, and open combat in certain situations. However, nowadays thanks to the mission system their work is divided into many parts. Ninja/Shinobi's utilize chakra to perform their task, which is generally used to achieve nearly impossible feats.

However, Guards and Warriors who train for only a particular purpose unlike Ninja's and some of them do not use chakra or ninjutsu.

Team Uchiha

 * Shōju Hyūga: Ninja also known as Shinobi are the main personnel of the great villages. They are the force that is used when war has been declared, and the many lands of this world use them as resources to get objectives done. These objectives are put in the form of missions which they pay us for completing successfully. They use a special energy called chakra which many outside of the shinobi world dont know how to use or are even aware of its existence. Unlike the many other occupations such as guards, and detectives is that while those people do it for money for oneself. Shinobi do these missions for the sake of the villages. They work for the greater good for not ones self but for the village as a whole. The Shinobi make up the backbone of military power and because of them the villages have power in this world. All the ninja work together to help the village and that is what makes them different from the rest.


 * Koyone Takamori: Picking up her pencil Koyone twirls the utensil around for a moment as she looks over the first question. "Starting off with a simple one, huh?" she thinks to herself as she leans over her test. The nostalgic sound of pencils scratching across paper fill the room, reminding her of her time in the academy. "I guess I better get started as well...they're probably some tougher one's in the mix as well," she decides as she begins to carefully construct her response.


 * In the simplest terms ninja refers to a widespread group of individuals who are adept at the manipulation of chakra, and can apply said chakra for a countless number of purposes. In a modern sense this term is associated with people who fulfill various jobs, ranging from espionage to manual labor, in lieu of compensation. Most ninja are associated with particular village and are specifically assigned missions that the village has been contracted to accomplish. Additionally, ninja may be required to serve as soldiers for the military endeavors of the nation's daimyō, and his court. While chakra manipulation is the standard telltale sign of a ninja, they're primary difference from other professions is their multifaceted duties that depend on what they've been contracted to do. Ninja can therefore be considered yorozuya (万屋. Jack of all trades), but a master of chakra.


 * "That should be satisfactory," she thinks to herself after reading her answer, before promptly moving on to the next question.


 * Kenji Hatake: A ninja is the main war or military power, overall most ninja are loyal to their home country. Ninja's also do work for money as a guard, warrior, etc would. Unlike a guard, warrior, and detective, a ninja will master in Ninjutsu. Furthermore a ninja can do the jobs that each of the guard, warrior, or detective can only do individually. As a detective I would say a ninja will be able to gather evidence better than a B-ranked detective. If you were to hire a guard nine times out of ten there will be a posse of guards, when if you were to hire ninja. You would only need only one or two (my assumption).

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga: 2) What is chakra? What is elemental chakra, and by what processes is chakra elementally recomposed (i.e. "transformed")?


 * Chakra is the life energy all living organisms produce. It consists of the spiritual energy found in all life combined with the physical energy of that creature's form. For humans, the spiritual energy is a product of their mental strength, training and experiences, while the physical energy is derived from the physical state of our body. By combining both spiritual and physical energy, chakra is created and can be molded by ninja. There are many theories that explain the spiritual and physical aspects of chakra but the most commonly accepted theory revolves around the Five Elements Nature Transformation; Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth and Water. These are representative of a chakra's inherent nature and spiritual characteristics rather than its physical substance. Lightning chakra for example is highly energized and unstable and one of its aspect is division. Earth chakra on the other hand is very stable; consequently the lightning element possesses a natural advantage over earth as it destabilizes the integrity of Earth's nature. As each person persons spirit and body are different, each persons chakra is also unique. Depending on heritage, personality, upbringing, bodily condition or any other number of factors a persons chakra may possess an affinity or predisposition towards one or more elements. Since all chakra at its core is composed of Yin and Yang chakra, a nature transformation is simply the alteration and change of the yin and yang ratio. This feat is most generally accomplished through the twelve hand-seals which help to mold chakra into its various forms.


 * Shima Date: Closing her eyes for but a moment, Shima allowed herself to slip the information from her geckos through only a minor transaction of chakra. They were positioned so eloquently in the two back corners, gazing directly at the students below. At last, here would be some information that she had lack of. Spotting a prime suspect, her geckos had obeyed her well, eyeing the bubbly and innocent Shiyo. The girl had been relatively devoid of any threatening posture, and while this was nothing too uncommon for Konoha-nin, that of the Sound was not to be discarded. And as Shima glanced closer at the happy-go-lucky Oto-kunoichi through the eyes of her geckos, she felt her lips curling into a Glasgow smile once more. Her answers were perfect... so picture perfect. This girl would be her victim for the remainder of the exams, that was decided.


 * Quickly, Shima began jotting down the words that appeared before her, copying them to the best degree she could, while adding little flairs of her own, and taking away needless banter that this girl, Shiyo, was dribbling on about like a broken record. Her pencil struck the page with swiftness, finished within a short time. She felt herself ready to achieve her next correct answer from the many donations all around her.


 * Uncrossing her legs, Shima stared intently at Shiyo through her geckos - cupping her hands together in thought once more as she analyzed her. She wished to read her better, and that would require some more effort on her part. The answers are synched... but it's knowing your enemy that will matter later.


 * Yura Aburame: Chakra is your life source, you run out of chakra, your dead. It's your spirital energy it's also your elemental energy. it's what your made of it's you and everything you are. Chakra signifies everything about you. Anyways there are five elements: Fire, Wind, Earth, Lightning, and Water. Each one of these have their own chakra that can be fused to form different chakra elements.

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:Chakra consist out of balanced energy; spiritual and physical, which flows through our body (channeled through the chakra circulatory) that consist out of 361 points (also known as tenketsu). Once it is moulded and directed to one of the tenketsu a shinobi can perform ninjutsu and genjutsu. Secondly, there are several basic nature types; fire, lightning, water, earth and wind. Each is weaker and stronger then another element despite the user having an affinity for this elemental chakra. Though, if one can mix two basic elemental chakra, which is rare, can develop an advanced nature or a kekkei genkai. However, some of us shinobi can get their hands on a second/third nature release - it is quite rare. Overall, without chakra and the use of hand seals, a shinobi cannot perform his jutsu. Because if you can't, you're mostly unworthy to be called one, or the man should have excellent skill in taijutsu.


 * Izaya immediately dropped his pencil after answering question number two. He sighed deeply, bored, is what he was. After all, he had expected something more exciting than a writing test. Instead of behaving like a normal shinobi, Izaya rested his head on the right arm that laid relaxed on the table and began to gaze around the room, unnoticed. His hoodie shadowed the facial features of the boy and he used it in his advantage to lure at potential threats for in the near-future examinations, which would hopefully be more entertaining. Though, Izaya was still amused at the struggling humans whom tried to answer the questions.


 * Once again the boredom reached out to Izaya. He debated to himself to choose whether to pull out his favorite butterfly knife, which he decided to do so; it is a sharp silver blade that has a black hilt decorated with a beautiful patron of golden dots. Izaya pulled out of his left pocket his butterfly knife with his left hand - immediately beginning to play around with it. He wasn't bothered by the fact he unnerved other genin in a sense of fear or coming over as a threat. Instead, he continued to play around with his knife - making it dance elegantly.


 * During his foolishness, Izaya glanced around the room and his eyes landed on one of his favorite redheads, Nikkotama, and continued until it fell on Shichirou. He sighed, I don't have to worry about Tamatama, though Shichi-chan is the one we have to worry about. He placed the knife on top of his paper and rubbed his forehead with his free hand, troublesome.


 * Nikkotama Byakko: Chakra is the basis of energy of an individual and moves throughout the body in a manner similar to the circulatory system. Elemental chakra, on the other hand, are the advanced forms of chakra and namely are: Fire, Wind, Lightning, Earth and Water — which are also called and mainly known as the Five Elements Nature Transformations. They are the foundation of all elemental ninjutsu and each stronger and weaker to another. Lastly, Nature Transformation is the process where chakra is changed into an elemental state where it entails the molding of an individual's chakra into an innate (here's the meaning if it's highfalutin to the one reading this right now: present from birth) type of chakra nature, which produces a new type of chakra when two elemental chakra (i.e. two of the Five Elements Nature Transformation) are combined together.
 * Shichirou Chiyo: ''If I'm not mistaken, chakra is essentially the basis of energy and individual, whether they be animal or human, possesses and creates naturally. However, most chakra is molded and created when one combines and mixes their physical energy and spiritual energy. As the name suggest, physical energy obviously originates and increases from physical activities while spiritual energy increases from meditation, experience and other mental activities. Now, by simply (Well not simply) molding different ratios of these energies to create different forms of chakra, specifically the elemental state of chakra. Elemental chakra is a form of chakra which properties have been arranged, through the use of molding different ratios of physical and spiritual energies (basically an advanced form of chakra control), to embody specific elements; fire, wind, lightning, earth and water.

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Brushing aside the hair from her face, Hibiki felt assured of her knowledge. For countless hours on end, as an Oto Kunoichi, she had sat with her face in scrolls and parchment. Hundreds of thousands of words had filled her head, and Hibiki was glad to absorb it when was an agent for the Intel Division. Now was her chance to put her knowledge to the test... and succeed to the ranks of Chunnin to prove her village's strength and potential. To secure it's place - as a Greater Shinobi Village.


 * Jotting down the answer, Shima filled in the necessary answer with ease: "Chakra, is the mixture of physical energy and spiritual energy, innate in every living thing. Be it human, animal, or even the very nature around us. It can be assumed that many other entities can contain chakra as well, but there is no way to prove such at this point. Chakra fills each being, flowing through a network designed to house it. The network is comprised of "circuit breakers" called Tenketsu that regulate and channel the mixture of energy into the appropriate locales in each region of the body. In this, Chakra can be utilized and molded to form an elemental nature. While some beings possess an affinity with a particular elemental nature, and even those with special elemental natures known as bloodline Release. Each elemental nature is formed through the aid of a particular organ, aided through one of the Seven Chakras that are in every human, this process is called: Nature Transformation."


 * Kisei Kumo: Kisei stares at the question, as though if he gazes at it long enough, the letters will rearrange themselves into a question he can answer. What is chakra? What kind of question is that?! Like I'd know!


 * Kisei peeks through a hole in his disguise at his partners. Shiyo seems to be having no problems answering. As he leans it for a closer look, Shiyo covers her answer with one hand and yawns into the other. Damn
 * Looking to his left doesn't help either. Hibiki is zoning out, staring at an empty wall of the auditorium. Her page is still entirely blank. I guess I have no choice, then.


 * A tiny spider creeps out of the puppet-body's sleeve, and crawls underneath the table towards the front end. His seat overlooks a team below him in the auditorium. Closing his eyes, Kisei allows the spider-puppet's senses to override his own. The arachnid affords him with a bird's eye view of Nikkotama Byakko's answer.


 * Kisei quickly copies the answer, making some minor changes, before recalling the spider to the underneath of the table he's seated at.


 * Setsuna Yoshida: Chakra is an essential component to all techniques we as shinobi perform, in short, its the physical energy we derive from every cell in our bodies mixed with our spiritual energy, which we gain from our exercises and experiences over time; these are molded together into a single form of energy, which epitomizes both aspects of our existence and which may then be used to invoke effects which wouldn't be possible otherwise. Elemental chakra is a transformed state of chakra, whose properties has been changed in order to embody an element: typically one of the five primary ones, which are Fire, Wind, Earth, Water and Lightning respectively - by changing its innate characteristics, the five primary elements are collectively called Five Elements Nature Transformations. This brings me to my next answer, the process through which chakra is transformed from physical and spiritual energy into an elemental state, is aptly named Nature Transformation. This is a process which entails moulding different ratios of physical and spiritual energy to form new forms of chakra, this is a difficult process and requires great chakra control, as the entire process of nature transformation is but another application of advanced chakra control. There also exists advanced nature transformation, which entails moulding together two elemental forms of chakra simultaneously to produce an entirely new form of chakra inaccessible to most who don't possess a special ability or Kekkei Genkai.

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Kōseki:
 * "Chakra(チャクラ, chakura) is the mixing up of physical energy and the spiritual energy in suitable proportions. Physical energy is the energy gathered from every cells in the body and the Spiritual energy is gained from meditation. This chakra is then required for the use of all types of ninjutsu. Every one must have the basics of chakra to be able to become a ninja. There are several different types of chakra's out of which Elemental chakra is the most common second to normal chakra. Elemental chakra is chakra which has certain add-ons to it. The Five Basic ones being Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Lightning. It is elemenatly recomposed by moulding and defining chakra into an chakra nature and altering its properties and characteristics."

''I'm gonna pass! I'm gonna pass! KATSU!'' He then began to write.
 * Genki Heike: Genki emitted a small whooping sound from his mouth, excited that he had a question he was studying on.


 * "''Chakra is the result of spiritual and physical energy combining and flows through every ninja. It is a source of energy that can be used for ninjutsu and is attuned to five basic elements, Fire, Water, Earth, Wind and Lightning. Each ninja has an 'affinity', the element they are strongest with and are born with. (Mine is fire.) These are called chakra natures. Through training, ninja can strengthen their control over chakra and learn more elements. Some VERY strong guys have a type of kekkei genkai which is created by the combination of two elements. I think there is a combination of three elements but i cant remember the name. Chakra can also be used for simple ninja techniques that would be otherwise impossible, like walking on water and up vertical surfaces. Chakra is usually blue.


 * Oh yea, and we have special pressure points that when hit, can stop our chakra flow."


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei: Chakra is the energy that comes from the combination of physical and spiritual energy inside our bodies. It flows around the body like the circulatory system, and can be released through tenketsu, the things I don't have enough of. Then, it can be turned into one of the basic five elements through undergoing Nature Transformation. Somehow I think people have an affinity towards one element or another? Anyhow, they use this transformed chakra to make elemental ninjutsu.
 * This is boring, I shall now make a drawing.
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 * Sunate Nikakusa: Chakra is the energy that is formed by molding physical and spiritual energy inside one's body. Once moulded, it can be channelled through the chakra circulatory system, which is to chakra as the regular circulatory system is to blood, to any of the 361 chakra points (called tenketsu) in the body. Chakra is present within every ninja in existence. As for elemental chakra, based on which ninjutsu the ninja uses, the amount of chakra will be different, as would the element the ninja employs. The chakra can be turned into the one of the basic nature transformation which is really quite interesting. Nature Transformation is an advanced form of chakra control. It entails the molding and defining of one's chakra into an innate type of chakra nature, altering its properties and characteristics. That's how elemental ninjutsu is formed.

Team Uchiha

 * Shōju Hyūga: Chakra is the energy that is produced from our bodies and is the main source of power shinobi use. It flows through our bodies and can be used to perform Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, and sometime Taijutsu. It is the product of our Natural and Spiritual energy combined. Spiritual energy is derived from the mind of a person. Physical energy is from the bodies cells as well as the training one undergoes. We each have a circulatory system made up entirely of chakra that flows through the bodies in a distinct and precise manner. It is very similar to the circulatory system that our blood uses within our bodies, except that the points in the chakra system are called Tenketsu. Chakra takes time to build up, that is why genin seem to have less control and reserves then those of the ranks of jōnin. It requires training and experience to have more understanding of ones chakra. Elemental chakra is broken down into the five elements, Fire (火, Hi), Wind (風, Kaze), Lightning (雷, Kaminari), Earth (土, Tsuchi), and Water (水, Mizu). These elements are produced from is called Nature Transformation. This process is when one concentrates ones chakra and moulding it into one of the five different elements. Most shinobi have an affinity for a certain element. Having an affinity for a nature grants you a little more control over it and maybe have more power over it. These chakra natures can go even a step further into Advance Chakra Natures. These are usually the combination of 2 or more basic chakra natures. Although these are only usually seen from Kekkei Genkais. Chakra in the end is what we use for different purposes, although everyone's chakra is slightly different they can all have the same outcome.


 * Shōju spends many minutes writing his answers on his sheet of paper. His eyes gaze around the room after he is done and see's only a couple of participants actually writing down their answers. He places the edge of his pencil on his mouth as he grips it with his teeth. He then moves his elbows onto the desk and rest his jaw on the palm of his hands as he thinks to himself.


 * "This question was harder then the last. It seems as though im going to have to cheat if the next few are even harder. I hope it doesn't come to that, i don't want to get caught and ruin this whole event for my team, i know they will hate me." He glances over at his partner Kenji and notices that he is having trouble with this second question. "Come on Kenji just think, you can do this." he says to himself before taking grabbing his pencil and preparing for the next question.


 * Koyone Takamori: Confident as ever Koyone begins to read over the next question. "What's chakra? Seriously?", she thinks to herself, nearly snickering at such a basic inquiry, but stops short upon seeing the secondary question. "Elemental recomposition? Elemental...? That must be referring to elemental techniques like Kenji's lightning jutsu," she wonders, tapping her pencil against her head, "...but what's it called to change chakra in such a state?" After a moment of thinking it over Koyone decides that the best thing to do is work her way through the first part, it would be unwise to linger on only the second question. Thinking back to her training with her brother she begins to inscribe the basics of chakra onto the page, who was the one that taught her the components of chakra while teaching her some basic Yin and Yang based techniques.


 * Chakra is the product of spiritual and physical energy being combined in specific ratios, which can then be further manipulated by an individual to induce a variety of effects in the form of techniques.


 * Pausing for a moment Koyone thinks back to her brothers lecture on different categorizations of techniques. She remembers him telling her about how chakra could be moulded in such a manner that it imitates the properties of nature, such as taking the form of wind or water. Furthermore, she recalls Kyōshi telling her that adding these properties to chakra was referred to as _____. Drawing a blank on the term she decides to explain what she remembers from the process of creating elemental chakra, as opposed to naming the process outright.


 * With more substantial levels of chakra control individuals are able to incorporate properties of the natural world into their chakra. More specifically, shinobi are able to manipulate the composition of their chakra in such way that it imitates the elements of nature. This, in turn, allows for generation fire or water with one's chakra. Such transformed chakra c...


 * "Transformed...nature...," she ponders, those two words hanging in her mind. "Nature...transformed. Hmm...to recompose the elements, or imitation nature." Swirling her pencil Koyone feels like the word is on the tip of her tongue. :"Elemental recomposition? No. Elemental transformation. No...that doesn't sound right either. Nature...transformation?" Repeating the last option multiple times in her head, making sure it sounded right, Koyone finally decides on the term. "I really hate memorizing nomenclature, but it looks like I owe brother." Erasing the sentence she began to write she fills in the final part of her answer.


 * This process, called nature transformation, permits chakra to take on a variety of unique properties that are not seen with the manipulation of normal chakra.


 * Kenji Hatake: Kenji slaps his head, looking for the answer but can't find it, though as he looks around he see's that Setsuna has found out the answer. When he comes up with a clever idea. First he places his pencil tip on his paper to make seem as if he were working, then he looks around to see if Konohamaru were paying attention. Kenji noticed that he was paying attention else where Kenji quickly makes the rat hand seal, his shadow stretches to Setsuna. At this current point Kenji has used a technique used by all the members of his clan Shadow Imitation Technique. Though instead of controlling Setsuna he let Setsuna take controll of him unknowingly. So everything Setsuna wrote also appear on Kenji's paper also.


 * "If I would've known this I would've done it a while back!" He whispered.


 * After Setsuna finished writing Kenji release the technique, and modified it. And whispered to himself, "It cost me a little chakra for a big answer."

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: An audible groan filled the air, Shima was leaned back in her chair for the moment, rubbing her eyes as she did so. These questions were mind numbing! She wished that this prattling Otogakure brat was even a tad more interesting. She displayed no deterrence towards others trying to copy her. Even then, when others did look her way, all they did was ogle her breasts. Men were such pigs. This entire written part was a complete waste of time, Shima knew from the start that this was nothing more then a means to see who cheated best. Jotting the answer once again, it was becoming more and more irritating to even copy this essay report...


 * The Gila of the Leaves believed it was time for a change of view... someone else here had to be more interesting to watch then that big breasted nerd. Slipping her fingers into her bandages, as if to readjust the placement, Shima felt the cool skin of the scaly gecko wriggle into her palm. Whispering soft words, as she had to them at the beginning of the exam. Go give Akemi's leg a visit... smirking gleefully, watching Akemi squirm would be enough of a show for her. Not to mention, the dance she would more then likely give would lighten her mood. Seeing Miss Always Perfect in a dire state would most definitely brighten the class room.


 * With zeal, the gecko peeled from Shima's grip, darting up it's human captor's arm, down her back, and to the floor. Swiveling through legs and away from the dangerous feet. It's beady little eyes blinking as it looked for the correct target, it's padded feet going across the underneath of the tables, sticking firmly thanks to the adhesive cells. At last - it found the Hyuga, and now was it's time to scare the human! Per Shima's order, obviously, as the lizard likely held no emotions towards humans. Except dire hatred and a desire to see them brought to their knees!

Yura thought to himself "this is an easy answer, anyone can answer it" and then grabbed his pencil and started writing his answer's: Student, Genin, Chūnin, Jōnin, Sannin, then the leader of the Village known as the Kage
 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin: I'm bored, hence I will be giving a detailed answer. To start with the ranks of the shinobi, it will go from the lowest to the highest; Academy Student, genin, chūnin, tokubetsu jōnin, jōnin, and as last a kage - which is the highest rank a "worthy" shinobi can obtain. The Five Great Shinobi Villages' kage are named by the following; Mizukage (Kirigakure), Hokage (Konohagakure), Raikage (Kumogakure), Tsuchikage (Iwagakure) and Kazekage (Sunagakure). Every kage had a pre-successor, except for the First kage of the village, and gradually it would become too intense to differ the kage with their name - which is as well dishonoring a mighty man or woman. That's where the titles come in handy; Shodai, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime, Godaime and lastly, Rokudaime - which as I mentioned before, are arranged numerically.
 * Nikkotama Byakko: Well, the ninja ranks are: an Academy Student, a genin, a chūnin, a jōnin, then a sannin, and lastly, a kage — which is obviously the highest rank in a village. The kage's titles are namely: Shodai, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime, Godaime and lastly, Rokudaime — which are numerically arranged. I didn't want to give a very long answer, so here it is; the specific one.
 * Shichirou Chiyo: "Seriously! What kind of questions are these?", Shichirou snapped, a tone so loud that everyone could hear. It was quite obvious that it was him, but he was going to simply play the entire thing off like it wasn't. Putting a confused look unto his visage, Shichirou shrugged and said, "Who's that loud? Whoever they are they need to shut their mouth's, right?". Everyone who had their attention turned towards him quickly looked back at their own papers and continued with their test. "Phew, that was a close one", Shichirou whispered before returning to his very own exam.


 * ''Shinobi are ranked based on their skill level and experience. The very first rank of a shinobi, even though they are not categorized as such, is that of an Academy Student. Life as an Academy student is essentially learning the stepping stones and basics of becoming a true shinobi. Many manage to pass this phase and go on to becoming Genin, which is the next step of the shinobi hierarchy. Succeeding the Academy Student, life as a Genin is the stage where one is officially recognized as a ninja. During this stage, genin are placed into a squad of three genin and on Jonin who supervises over them and leads their missions. These missions are relatively safe and pose very little threat to the genin's well being. Essentially, this is another training stage where shinobi gather the experience, knowledge and physical status to become successful shinobi as they grow older. The stage succeeding this one is that of a Chunin. Chunin are typically recognized as Shinobi of skill, evident by the fact that they are supplied with missions which deal with leading a squad of their own. They are normally expected to encounter combat with other shinobi. The next level if the Tokubestu Jonin. These are shinobi who have an exceptional skill in one area, but not exceptional skill in another area. Because of this, they are not quite as advanced as Jonin but are much more advanced than Chunin, placing them in the middle of both a Jonin and Chunin. This is basically a stepping stone to becoming a Jonin. After training and perfecting skills in other categories, this tokubest jonin can officially become a Jonin. Jonin are recognized and exceptionally powerful shinobi, and are the best fighters of their respective village. With this, they are sent on exceptionally difficult missions which guarantee combat with other powerful shinobi. The last rank that one can achieve, which is even rarer than that of Jonin, is a Kage. As the Kage, one's skills are recognized as the best and that they are fit (out of hundreds) to lead their respective village. The numerical order of these Kage are Shodai, meaning founder shadow, Nidaime, meaning second shadow, Sandaime, meaning third shadow, Yondaime, meaning fourth shadow, Godaime, meaning fifth shadow and lastly, Rokudaime which means sixth shadow.

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki Fuka leaned back in her chair slightly, tipping the eraser of her pencil into the corner of her lip. Prodding herself for the answers would be relatively easy, but it was seeing how her partners came off that worried her more right now. Glancing to her partner, she could tell Setsuna was doing well... he always did. However, that pesky henge of his made it hard for Hibiki to feel too proud of her comrade. He had the brains, but it was a mockery to her for him to also have the body. Chiding herself in that moment, "It's nothing but a fake anyways, don't envy what isn't real." despite her efforts however, she felt jealousy all the same.


 * Deciding to peel her attention from Setsuna and the henge debacle, Hibiki glanced towards her other partner, Koji. The lumbering oaf was to be their front-liner, the worthless meatbag. That's all he was to the team, a human shield with immense durability. And while his skills were required, Hibiki was sick of the attempts he made on her, the constant flirtation and insults he made on both she and Setsuna. Gritting her teeth, she wished he was go-... "What...?" her eyes looked him over intently, his posture and body were tense. Leering at him through the corner of her eye, she hoped to catch wind of his nervousness or anxiety. Likely the cause of his tense body, she awaited for him to relax and for his muscles to pull back in. For some signs of involuntary reflex. But they weren't there... only the simple motions of writing down on the paper and nothing else. What was wrong with him...?


 * While Hibiki wished to decipher the problem with her comrade, to analyze what the difference was in her partner, she could not deduce it with a test on the line. Grabbing hold of the pencil, she moved the tip across the paper, scrawling her answer to the easy question. "Beginning from the bottom - < Genin < Chunnin < Tokubetsu Jonin < Jonin < and Kage. The Kage is the respective leader of the village he is aligned to, the strongest and one who has unwavering loyalty to the ninja way, and to their home. Between each rank is a gap in skill and experience, however, while age commonly factors into one's rank, it does not determine it. One can be at only ten years of age, and be at a skill level of a Chuunin, while others at his peer will find themselves just graduating from the Academy. However, this early rise to the top usually is the result of keen intellect, innate talent, or considerable affinity with the Shinobi Arts. As one progresses through the rank, one's responsibilities are raised. The difficulty of each mission one takes will likely increase as well, with pay grade being upped to compensate the Shinobi's efforts. Once one has reached the rank of Kage, they will be imbued with a numerical title, beginning at: Shodai < Nidaime < Sandaime < Yondaime < Godaime and < Rokudaime."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida: Frowning somewhat, Setsuna quickly jutted down the answer to the question, he supposed he really shouldn't be surprised or unhappy that he's yet to encounter any noteworthy resistance. Nonetheless, he made sure to answer in exquisite detail.


 * The ranks of a village consist of the Academy Student, this is not an actual shinobi but rather a novice whom is in the process of being taught out ways. They've yet to master the very basics and are thus not part of the Shinobi forces, however, in times of great emergency even these younglings may be conscripted to the front lines if necessary. The first official rank of Shinobi, is that of Genin, quite like ourselves: once we become genin we start doing bits and pieces to increase the economy of our village. The third rank is that of Chūnin, these are shinobi whom have qualified themselves to guide other ninja and lead missions, they're primarily recognized for their ability to strategize and come up with effective tactics. Next is that of the Tokubetsu Jōnin, these are high-ranking members of Shinobi villages whose abilities in a single field are great enough to equal that of most Jōnin. They are elite specialists in their areas, and its not uncommon for them to be assigned as private teachers to other Shinobi, due to the fact that they can provide assistance in their specialization which is on par with that of a Jōnin, without weakening the ninja forces by delegating a Jōnin to such a mission. After the Tokubetsu Jōnin comes the actual Jōnin, these are highly respected Shinobi with great individual ability, leadership capabilities and experience that ideally serve as military leaders in their village of origin, they're sent on the most difficult of missions and are given the greatest amount of responsibility overall. The Sixth and highest rank is that of Kage, these are the leaders of their respective villages, although only a few such titles are recognized in our world - many lesser villages have so-called "kage" of their own, but these are not recognized by other Shinobi and their claims are largely ignored. Normally, the term Kage refers solely to the leader of one of the five great shinobi villages. From one to sixth, the titles given to each Kage depending upon their number in the succession is Shodai, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime, Godaime and Rokudaime. This entire system of rank within the Shinobi villages differs somewhat from village to village, but is generally mostly the same and its officially known as the Shinobi Organizational System.

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Kōseki: Shinju thought slightly, it was a regular question in the academy exams, she had no need to worry about this one. "I have one point" she thought has she began scribbling on the test paper.


 * "All Ninja's first start has Academy Students, who pass out the academy and become genin. Genin is when you are introduced to missions which help in the econmy of the village and the shinobi. These genin's then  write a Chūnin Exam passing it to become Chūnin. Then the ranks flow from Tokubetsu jōnin, jōnin and finally the head of the village called Kage. So numerically from one to six it goes:"


 * => Academy Students
 * => Genin
 * => Chūnin
 * => Tokubetsu Jōnin
 * => Jōnin
 * => Kage


 * Genki Heike: "When we first begin our EPIC NINJA JOURNEY, we are simple academy students, but when we graduate we are entitled 'Genin'. After this test I will be a 'Chūnin'. The next rank is either Jōnin or Tokūbetsu Jōnin, then the head of the village, the Kage. Some villages have head ninja. The ranks aren't necessarily defined by age, as earlier I met a ninja who was 17 who was a Jōnin.  "


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna: hmmmm *grabbing his pencil wrote* i know there's the genin, which is the beginner shinobi that go on little missions, then there's the chunin that go on bigger more dangerous missions, then there's jonin that go on a and s rank missions and become the teachers of the future genin of the next generation.
 * Raimei: There are Academy students, who graduate to become Genin. After an exam like this one, they can become Chūnin, and then Tokubetsu Jōnin or Jōnin. Then, the highest position in the village is the Kage, or some villages have Head Ninjas. They are not necessarily the strongest, but are usually an elite jōnin approved by the Daimyō.
 * Genin are usually taught in teams by jōnin, or are apprenticed to tokubetsu jōnin like Shin-sensei.
 * Rereading his answer, Raimei noticed he had missed part of the question, the titles of the Kages. This was rather simple, though, so no pressure.
 * Hmmmm... Shodai, Nidaime, Sandaime, Yondaime, Godaime, and Rokudaime.


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Ninja's/ Shinobi's are ranked as follows-
 * Academy students, who graduate to become Genin.
 * Genins, can become Chūnin's after they have undergone Chūnin exams.
 * Chūnin, they might get promoted and become Tokubetsu Jōnin or Jōnin
 * Tokubetsu Jōnin, are ninja who, rather than all-around jōnin training, have jōnin-level ability in a specific area or skill, much like warrant officers in real-world militaries.
 * Jōnin, are generally highly-experienced shinobi with great individual skill who serve as military captains. They are often sent on A-rank missions, and experienced jōnin may even be sent on S-rank missions , each Jōnin is the leader of their genin teams.
 * Kage, is the leader of one of the five most powerful hidden villages and are generally acknowledged as the most powerful ninja in their respective villages. They are collectively known as the Five Kage

Team Uchiha

 * Shōju Hyūga:

"''Shōju smiles to himself as he begins writing the next answer.

In our shinobi system a rank determines your level of expertise and put you on a higher level of the system. Ranks are used to tell whose has more experience and can lead the other ranks that are below that one. The highest rank of a village is called a Kage. Now all of the great villages have their own Kages, Hokage, Raikage, Kazekage, Tsuchikage, and Mizukage. They are the head of the villages, they are the leaders who are in chagre and who maintain control over the village. Its their responsiability to assign other ninja missions as well as keep us safe from enemies attacks. The lowest rank one can obtain is a Academy student, while their not officially shinobi they are still considered part of the ranks. Next is the rank of Genin, Genin are considrerd the lowest true rank of shinobi and are usually children who are put into three man squads. They are then trained in the basics and are prepared for the next rank in which they will become true shinobi. After that we have Chunin which are the normal ranks of shinobi. They are the most common of shinobi in our system and are pretty much the average. The next rank that comes is called a Tokubetsu Jōnin. These are similar to Jōnin but instead of having Jōnin like training in all areas, they specialize in one certain area. Jōnin is the rank that follows and are suppose to be the elite ninja who have the most expierince. They are usually the ones that go on the hardest missions and sometimes alone. Finally we have Kage which like mentioned above are the leaders of the villages and try to maintain the villages as well as they can. So again we have Academy Student, Genin, Chūnin, Tokubetsu Jōnin, Jōnin, and Kage.


 * Koyone Takamori:

"On to the third question, I suppose," Koyone ponders as she moves onto the next inquiry on the exam, less sure of her self after stumbling a bit with the second question. "Shinobi ranks...and the titles of first through sixth top ranking ninja in a village," the reads to herself carefully, ensuring that she's comprehending the question properly. After a brief moment of thinking over how to describe her repsonse, Koyone begins the calmly write her response.

''Ninja associated with a hidden village generally possess a specific rank, which helps determine organize the village's forces more efficiently and determine a chain of command. The lowest among these ranks are the Academy Students, individuals who are still in training and have yet to be recognized as official members of the village's forces. Once an individual graduates from the academy they are given the rank of Genin, and beginning performing the simplest of tasks the village has been asked to carry out. Genin who perform adequately in a series of joint examinations, such as these, are promoted to the rank of Chūnin, and are considered to have the ability to lead small teams. Following Chūnin a shinobi may advance to a the rank of Tokubetsu Jōnin, an elite practitioner within a single field, or perhaps even Jōnin, an all around elite shinobi with a high level of proficiency in a variety of skills. While not officially additional ranks some shinobi may join the ANBU, who utilize their own ranking system. Above all of the other ranks is the Village Head, or Kage in the case of the biggest villages, who is usually considered to be the most powerful shinobi in the village. Kage receive a numerical title based on the order they received the position. These titles, labeled one through six, are as follows: Shodai --> Nidaime --> Sandaime --> Yondaime --> Godaime --> Rokudaime.''

"I could probably explained that a bit more, but I'd hate to run out of time," Koyone convinces before herself looking on to the next question.


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: "Now this answer I know!", Shima felt herself reassured at that moment. The answer was simple, the rankings were distinct and the calibers were well known at this point to most genin. Her fingers grabbed hold of her pencil, scrawling the appropriate key: "Each mission is ranked by a letter, ranging from D to A. The Ninja associated with each letter fall under different skill levels, different ranks. The Genin will take over D and C rank missions, usually in the presence of a team of their peers and sanctioned by their team leader. Chunin will take over C and B ranked missions, with Jonin taking over A ranked missions. On occasion, will a lone Jonin take on a S ranked mission, but these are under special circumstances, and show the strength of said Shinobi. That being said, a group of A-ranked Jonin could take on a S-ranked mission as a group. Jonin are also in charge of training the next generation of Shinobi, and as such, will find themselves taking on lower ranked mission as an aide to ensure they are mentored. Per the answers above, all Shinobi are capable of taking on a mission together, be it under dire circumstances (An invasion, crisis, or during war times)."


 * Yura Aburame: E being the lowest of all ranks and is assigned to Genin,D along with E rank are low rank missions genin and chunin's complete,C Some genin squads aren't allowed to accept this kind f mission cause it'd be too hard but based on the teams experience exceptions might be made. These are the missions most chūnin's accept,B Most chunin's and Jonin's accept these missions, A Jonin's and exceptional chunin (like i will be) accept this mission, S well only a badass ninja can complete S rank missions

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:The missions are divided in six ranks; D-rank, C-rank, B-rank, A-rank and S-rank. When a genin has recently graduated of the Academy, he or she will be assigned to a D-rank. When they've gained more experience or are a chūnin, he will be assigned to do C-rank missions. After becoming more experienced as shinobi, chūnin-ranked, the missions will become more dangerous that will involve combat with other ninja, which is assigned as a B-rank mission. When it concerns the village-or state-level matters, it will be assigned to a jōnin and is considered to be A-rank. At last, we come at the most dangerous tasks and missions that are related to confidential matters and only entrusted to highly experienced jōnin or a kage-leveled shinobi or the Kage him-/herself, hence it is marked as an S-rank.
 * Nikkotama Byakko: The ranks or classifications of missions are namely: S-rank missions, A-rank missions, B-rank missions, C-rank missions, D-rank missions and lastly, E-rank missions. E-rank missions are the easiest and performed by Academy Students, and it is the only rank not used for ranking missions or missing-nin. D-rank missions, on the other hand, are usually performed by genins, C-rank missions by chūnins — but in some cases, genins, B-rank missions by jōnins and chūnins, A-rank missions by the kage or jōnins, and lastly, S-rank missions which are only performed by a highly experienced jōnin and a kage-level one, or the kage himself/herself. There — all done.
 * Shichirou Chiyo:

Shichirou simply chuckled. "What in the hell?", he whispered to himself. He had graduated the Academy at the age of eleven, three years ago. Three years ago he had taken a test on these things, but they seemingly were recalled over and over again throughout his three years a genin. He had more experience than others, that was for sure but he'd never figure that the questions would be this easy. Lifting up his pencil he jotted down more words onto the page.

''The ranks of missions are simply, S-Rank, A-Rank, B-Rank, C-Rank and D-Rank. Starting from S and A ranks missions, those who normally preform them are shinobi of prodigious experience and absolute skill in a particular or several areas. S-rank missions normally involve assassinating a highly guarded individual, taking over entire shinobi countries, etc. Essentially, these missions are the most dangerous ones that anyone can go on and normally require an entire group of specialized and skilled Jonin, for these missions are at the most stake. If something goes wrong during this type of mission, there is normally nothing a person can do to fix their mistake, resulting in death or utter failure and utter failure normally ends terribly for a large group of people. The next mission is that of a A-Rank, which still requires shinobi of the Jonin level but isn't as drastic as that of an S-Rank. Still, these sorts of missions aren't to be taken lightly. These normally involve what is in a land's or countries interest, such as guarding VIP's from other's to ensure that a treaty is signed to guarantee peace between nations and heated battles are expected to occur with other shinobi of the same skill or even higher. The next mission is a B-Rank mission, which involve Jonin and Chunin. Accompanying this classification, shinobi are usually sent on these missions to spy, assassinate, or infiltrate other lands. Because of this, groups used for these missions are kept relatively small to avoid drawing any attention to them. The next mission is a C-Rank which is assigned to Genin and rarely Chunin at all. These missions are said to pose little risk and involve capturing non shinobi such as murders, bandits, or hunting wild animals. The final mission is a D-Rank, which isn't actually a mission and are instead task such as cutting grass, finding lost pets, trimming bushes. These are more seen as chores than anything else are assigned to shinobi new to the Genin rank.

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki stretched her limbs, laying her chin on the table as she lazily scrawled her cheat-proof paper. All in due part to that nifty seal, she wouldn't have to worry about prying eyes; lest they physically touch her paper. These answers she could do blindfolded, it was pathetic really. Not a single question was worth her effort. Groaning, she looked to Shiyo as she sat beside her, murmuring, "Shiyo... I need a favor." looking up to her in hopes she'd respond. "I need you to focus on anyone looking at us. After the written exam, if any of them pass, they'll be the ones to focus on first." Hibiki had her head in the game, and was well past the written exam. She wanted to see her foes blooded and defeated by the end of the second phase, and right now, anyone attempting to spy on them, or alternatively focus their attention on Oto-nin were a threat.


 * As she looked back down to her answer, it read: "Per the Shinobi Classification system, all missions are ranked by difficulty, given several letters representing this. A > B > C > D, with A being the most difficult, and D being the easiest to accomplish. Genin will take on D and C ranked missions, usually with two others under the supervision of mentor, be it a Chunnin or Jonin. These missions are of low priority, and offer the least amount of compensation. From there, after graduating, a Chunnin will be able to progress to lone missions, or those of a group, depending on the field they will follow. The missions involved will increase in difficulty, priority, and are labeled as C and B. From escort missions, to being personal guards to select diplomatic individuals. A Jonin will take on missions of the highest caliber, the A-S ranked missions. The highest priority, they usually involve the dangerous nature of politics, entering deep into enemy territory, assassinations, and dealing with immensely classified information. All the while, Jonin sent on these sort of missions are defined as the best and brightest the village has to offer."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida: Setsuna, in the guise of Shiyo let out a defeated sigh as he analyzed the question, once again, it was simple and easily done. Little to no challenge on his part, were such base and trivial questions truly suited to allow a Genin to qualify as a Chūnin? Preposterous, this was downright insulting, was Konoha filled with nincompoops whom all simultaneously dropped out of the Academy? Would this even be a challenge at all? Nonetheless, he would have to answer.


 * There are five ranks of missions, these are classified as D, C, B, A and S-rank missions. D-rank missions are typically performed by Genin fresh out of the academy, and they concern jobs which are largely harmless and trivial, such as housework, helping farmers, saving family pets and other work which is of very low priority, they usually have no combat involved at all. C-rank missions are primarily assigned to experienced Genin, and more rarely Chūnin - they're missions whom are expected to have some level of risk to them, usually dealing with guarding select people, escorts, and sometimes non-shinobi criminals such as murderers or spies. They also sometimes involve detaining and incapacitating wild animals who pose a danger to nearby settlements. B-rank missions are missions of fairly high priority which are expected to involve heated combat with enemy shinobi. Examples include assassinating a specific enemy shinobi, escort of important officials and espionage, B-rank missions are usually assigned to experienced Chūnin. A-rank missions typically concern village and state-level affairs, and are missions of very high priority, they typically require heated combat and casualties are exceedingly common even for experienced and seasoned shinobi; typical targets of A-rank missions include guarding VIPs from enemy assassins, defeating attacking platoons of enemy shinobi to extremely sensitive cases of espionage, battle isn't merely expected in missions like these, its expected that if fighting does occur, that you will be fighting shinobi of great skill. Due to how a failure of such a mission is of large consequence to the village as a whole, and how its usually not an option at all, only Jōnin are sent on missions like these, typically with an associated ensemble of Chūnin if necessary. S-rank mission is the final classification of missions, these have the highest priority and typically concern matters of immense scope and importance: examples include assassinating key targets such as Daimyō or Kage, along with transporting highly classified documents whose contents could spell the destruction of their village if they fell in the wrong hands. These missions cannot fail no matter how many Shinobi are to die while completing them, and the dangers involved are in most cases immense, as failure would be a disaster for everyone involved. Only the most experienced of Jōnin are sent on missions like these.

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Kōseki:


 * Genki Heike: "In ascending order, the ranks go: E,D,C,B,A,S. Genin are usually given E and D ranked missions, and if they're are really strong (like me), they sometimes go on C ranked missions. Chūnin go on C, B and sometimes A missions, and Jōnin and Tokūbetsu Jōnin can go on A, as well as any ranks below that, and very strong ones go on S-ranked missions."


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi
Missions go from D to S rank. D-Rank are given to new genin, Shin-sensei had me stop after six. C-Rank are for more experienced genin and low chūnin. B-Rank are for good chūnin, A-Rank for jōnin, and S-Rank are for top jōnin.
 * Hiruko Ubusuna: they go in order from E,D,C,B,A,S and each one is completed from Genein, Chunin, Jonin and Sanin. their assigned by their skill level and by their rank level. The higher the level of the mission, the more experienced the shinobi assigned to the mission.
 * Raimei:
 * Sunate Nikakusa:

Team Uchiha
''Shoju begins to analyze the next question and soon comes across a discovery. He has absolutely no idea what the answer is. He has never really paid attention to the missions and what order they come in.''
 * Shōju Hyūga:

"Dam, Dam, DAM i have no idea what to put. If im so smart then how come i cant freakin figure this answer out."''He begins to worry as a little sweat starts running down his face. His hands shake as he is stuck on this answer. His eyes move towards the clock as he watchs the big hand move, tick, tock, tick tock. The noise to him sounds like a massive crash with each tick. His eyes move to his paper as the noise still sounding loud to him. With still seven questions to go, he knows he doesn't have all the time in the world."Fine i guess i have no choice, hope i dont get caught"he tells himself''.

He puts his head down on the table and crosses his arms as if to rest. Then he activates his byakugan unknown to everybody, and now being able to search the whole room for answers without anybody seeing him. He roams through everyone's papers being able to see all their answers. Although he focused on that answer written by his partner Koyone. But before he deactivates his byakugan something catches his interest. He see's a massive brute sitting on at desk writing his answers, he seemed to be from Otogakure which seemed fitting as he had a gruesome appearance. Although what had caught his eyes was not his outer appearance, but what laid inside. He was able to see through the ruse and watch as a young boy rested inside the massive brute who controlled the bodys every his action as if he was a puppet. This didnt have anything to do with the current exam so he let it go. Shōju then deactivated his byakugan, and began writing his answer on the paper, he couldnt worry about that boy, all he needed to do at the moment was write his answer, which he did. Feeling as if she had wasted too much time with her previous answers Koyone quickly reads over the fourth inquiry on the exam. "Mission ranks and who commonly performs them..." she thinks to herself. For a brief moment she recalls different mission ranks she's worked on. "Our team has down several D-rank missions, and those hardly should be classified as missions. We've also done some C-rank ones, they usually resemble actual shinobi work, but we've only done a few of those as a group before entering into this examination," she thinks, organizing her thoughs, as she twirls her pencil. "Kyōshi took me along for a few B-rank missions, but he always kept me away from the enemy shinobi. And then...there was that one mission, the A-rank one. Though, I was there just to serve as the backup sensor for brother's team. They didn't even let me get within a mile of the conflict, I had to simply update them via radio from a safe house," she continues prepared to start writing when a familiar sensation stalls her movements. "Shōju activated his Byakugan? What is he thinking?" she echoed in her mind, worried for a moment that her teammate was going to give away their chances in this exam, "Wait...nobody seems to notice. You're lucky this time Hyūga.''" Drawing her mind back on track, Koyone begins to write out her answer.
 * Koyone Takamori:

''Missions contracted through a hidden village separated into various ranks based on the difficulty and risk associated with the objective. This division helps determine the level of shinobi that would best be able to achieve the goal, and set a precedent for the cost associated with requesting such a service from a village. The lowest ranked missions, and thus cheapest in terms of cost and compensation, are classified as D-rank. These jobs don't run the risk of combat and are primarily assigned to the least experienced genin as a way of building up their compatibility with their squad. Following D-rank objectives the next easiest are C-rank missions, which are suited for genin that have enough experience to cooperate effectively with their team and newly promoted chūnin, who are just learning how to lead. C-rank missions often have a degree of danger associated with them, but shouldn't involve the interaction with enemy shinobi. Next comes B-rank missions, which are objectives that expect the interaction of antagonistic shinobi, and thus run a probable chance of combat. These missions are appropriate for chūnin who have demonstrated the ability to effectively lead a cohesive squad. After B-rank comes A-rank missions, which are highly dangerous jobs assigned primarily to jōnin. These missions often have repercussions that can effect the village as a whole.''

"That can't be all of them, is it?" Koyone wonders, convinced that there was a mission level beyond A-rank. "Kyōshi could never tell me about those secret missions, just that he'd be gone for a few days. Kamiya and Moriko hardly ever went along with him when he left like that." Fumbling with her thoughts for a moment she realizes something that she should have noticed earlier. "Wait a moment! The mission ranks are using the same classification scale as technqiques, and Kamiya is always bragging about his S-rank technique is better than brother's''" With a smirk Koyone writes out her final part of the answer.

''Finally, the top level of missions are S-rank, which are only handled by the most experienced jōnin and are often top secret. Depending on their success or failure these missions could easily have consequences on a international scale.''


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima couldn't help but laugh at this point, knowing well enough that others would likely hear her. These answers, while out of her own reach, were well within others. Too glad they donated to her success all too easily. Now... for her next lizard to move forward! The Gecko peerlessly scrambled underneath the appropriate tables, heading to the next target to cheat off of. And it had found it! It's double eye lids blinked with abstract curiosity as it's next target came into a view. A lazy Kumo-nin, Izaya Yashin.

And while Shima quickly scrawled the answer she had viewed off of the nin's paper, her gecko was not quick to return. It darted with subtle vigor up the arm of Izaya Yashin, it's sticky fingers latching onto the fabric of his clothes to ensure it didn't fall. Blinking, large eyes scanned the individual. Shima thought to herself for a moment, why wasn't her gecko returning? Attempting to communicate to it, through her unique connection to it's chakra was... denied?!

Her spy was ignoring her?!

The Gecko peered at Izaya, seeming to sit firmly without any hesitation when viewing his knife or sly features. It was honestly interested in staying alive; and Shima... well, the gecko knew all too well that Shima didn't keep her spies long, they always wound up eaten one way or another. Licking it's eyeball, it made a small chittering noise to obtain the attention of the Kumo lazy-boy.

Seals are the hand signals to activate necessary techniques and release the amount chakra needed. Bird,Boar,Dog,Dragon,Ox,Tiger,Snake,Rat,Horse,Monkey,Hare,Ram
 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin: “Five more questions to go,” mumbled Izaya softly to himself. Then I’m taking a nap, he added mentally. Before his eyes could actually meet the darkness, Izaya changed his sitting position to a position that he could actually peer straightly down at the paper. Within a fragment of a second after doing so, he let out a deep sigh – boredom hit him again as he read the fifth question. He picked up his dropped pencil and began to write down his answer.

To perform a technique that is related to ninjutsu, genjutsu or other secret arts, a shinobi normally uses hand seals. These hand seals are essential to withdraw the exact amount of chakra that are necessary to perform this technique. We usually make use of the twelve main hand seals, which are; Boar, Dog, Dragon, Ox, Serpent, Tiger, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Hare and Ram. Depending on the technique itself, it is possible that it requires a long streak of hand seals before the technique actually can be performed. This will require the shinobi to be able to memorize the streaks of hand seals of the techniques he or she has acquired/possesses. It is, however, possible for a skilled shinobi to require less to one hand seal to perform the same technique. Although it is still rare to witness a shinobi to master a technique to a degree that he or she no longer require to use the essential hand seals to perform a technique – it is although even rarer to witness a shinobi to perform techniques with one hand at all time.
 * Nikkotama Byakko: Without hand-seals, genjutsu and ninjutsu would probably be utterly worthless, because they're exceedingly important when using those two — obviously, because hand-seals are the one used to perform such techniques. The Twelve Main Hand Seals are namely: Rat, Snake, Tiger, Dog, Horse, Hare, Bird, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Ox and Dragon.
 * Shichirou Chiyo:

"Well, isn't this a surprise. This question actually requires thought. Not about the hand seal portion of course, but of what they are. Well, let me think", Shichirou said to himself, with a small smirk forming upon his visage a second later. He looked down at the question and began writing the answer.

''Finally, this test truly decides to give me a question worthy of an answer. I was starting to think you people were simply idiotic. And I just wrote that on this paper, didn't I? Well, isn't that interesting? Anyway, the question! Hand seals are movements in the hands in which one aligns different fingers with one another. The reasoning for these hand seals are simple. They serve the purpose of assisting a shinobi in molding and gathering chakra. Each hand seal however, differentiate how a shinobi gathers chakra and what happens once they gather and mold it. For example, one of the basic handseals known as the Tiger handseal is commonly associated with the Fire Release element while the Snake handseal is associated with most Earth Release techniques. Because of this, once can suggest that these handseals help one mold different ratios of physical and spiritual energy to transform their chakra into these specific element. Now, to basically lay the twelve basic handseals out to you; Ox, Dog, Hare, Tiger, Snake, Dragon, Ram, Bird, Rat, Horse, Monkey and Boar. Besides these, there are several other hand seals that one can use to generate different techniques and effects, such as the Clone Seal.''

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki opened up her eyes at the question, it was no mere simple one as she had been faced with before. Thinking to herself, the handseals were... what were they? "Son of a fucking bitch!", Hibiki hid her irritation with a façade of composure. To somewhat mock her... a piece of her hair slipped directly between her eyes, swaying slightly as it did so. Attempting to blow it away, she only frustrated herself more as it refused to move.

Glancing over to a nearby student, male, wirey, looked per the average Shinobi. Eying his headband, she found the symbol of Suna upon it. All she needed to do was play her seduction to her advantage, and snag a piece of the info with a seal. He was average looking, but he seemed intelligent from the small glimpses of the paper she had noticed throughout the exam's intervals... and luckily, on the same question as her.

Hibiki took a deep breath, gussying herself up in but a moment's notice. She unzipped the black flack jacket she was wearing, slowly but surely parting the garb, loosening her clothes to ensure she came off as attractive as possible to the cookie cutter male psychology. Brushing her hair back in casual steps, drawing her ponytail down across her shoulder and near her breasts, to aid the eye in their process downward. To any looking at her, all they would see is a girl attempting to 'freshen' herself up, likely due to the heat of the classroom, or some other nonsense like that. Slowly, she pulled the paper from her table, and onto the floor... letting it fall just beside his chair's feet.

The Bomb Girl of Oto finally made her play, fixing her gaze on the Suna genin beside her, Shima acted with calm procedure. Tapping him ever so lightly on the shoulder, the Suna genin in turn... paid her no attention. His head was too into the test - and this meant for her to double her efforts. Slowly, she tapped the man again, this time receiving her answer.

The Suna guy, sporting flashy brown hair, spiked up in a fauxhawk glanced towards the sky, simple brown clothing with flack pants. And luckily, that's all it took. "Y-yes?" His eyes were already tracing Hibiki's dazzling smile, trekking from her stirling eyes to her smooth skin and... he got lost on the way down to her waist. His quick assessment of her, had turned into an entrapment. Kunoichi skills in action. Hibiki cooed softly, "Hey, I need you to do me a favor, please?" The Suna nin nodded slightly, "U-uuhmm... sure..." gulping in his own nervousness. Hibiki pointed down to the floor, where her paper lay, "My elbow knocked the paper off the table, and it's a tad of a problem for me to bend over, mind doing me a big help and getting it for me?"

The Suna nin gladly applied his efforts to please this busty gal, all to ready to aid the innocent kunoichi. His loss, was her gain. In the moment that his head ducked below peripheral sight, Hibiki stamped her finger across the corner of his paper. Forming a small seal on the underneath. The seal, especially made to copy information, would allow Hibiki to know the information, so long as she had a transceiver seal to receive it. Which was already in place for the next blank spot on her sheet.

When Hibiki saw the Suna nin pick his head back up, with her paper in hand, extending it towards her. His dumbfounded look was likely from the twins infront of him, Hibiki was glad for once her superb breasts got her something out of this portion. "Thank you sweetheart." Winking at him in return, to which - he returned to his own sheet, with a large smirk on his face, per the average hormone infected teenager would receive.

And once his finger met the paper, he was glad to see it began scrawling on her own blank spot in thanks to the seal. Hibiki smirked ever so slightly, "I win this round."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida: For the first time, Shiyo's face lit up somewhat, clearly she didn't find the current question as boring and unworthy of her attention as the first five of them, now this seemed more like what would be expected of a Chūnin! Setsuna had spent quite a bit of time analyzing the answers of the other attendants of the Written Exams, all since he began recording and taking note during the beginning of the event. It turned out that most of them, barring a few had exhibited little to no knowledge of the world they lived in and the very arts they practiced, clearly the Shinobi of the current generation had gone way too soft on their students and Genin for them to wind up this clueless. He guessed that most of the genin in the room would fail at this particular question. He'd make sure he wasn't going to be among them. With great confidence and a smirk of glee, Shiyo began writing her answer.


 * Hand Seals are special gestures and somatic movements, made by aligning the hands and fingers in different positions. There are twelve main Hand Seals, and these are what we commonly refer to when we use this particular term. These are Bird, Boar, Dog, Dragon, Ox, Tiger, Serpent, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Hare and Ram. The role of hand seals are a central one, as they're often required to mold chakra in particular ways as well as determine the exact amount of chakra in circulation, this is especially prominent with shinobi who maintain only an average level of chakra control; which hand seals serve to somewhat mitigate. Each particular hand seal used changes the technique in some way, adding and removing properties based upon its complexity - this gradually turns the technique more and more specific in both its function, appearance and effect - techniques whom employ greater use of hand seals are often highly specific, and are more difficult to customize for the current shinobi, and thus rarely have derived techniques. Techniques that maintain a lower amount of hand seals are often much more customizable and versatile in entirety, although they're commonly also rather generic and straightforward. While many techniques may require certain hand seals to be performed of, its not unheard of Shinobi learning how to employ such techniques with only one, and, though this occurs only in exceedingly rare cases, no hand seals at all. Each of the hand seals means a particular thing, and they often have affinities towards certain forms of elemental ninjutsu, examples include the Serpent Sign, which has a partiality towards many modern earth release techniques, the Tiger and Dragon hand signs whom are likewise closely associated with the water release, although the Tiger seal favors more strongly with fire techniques and the dog sign is usually affiliated with wind. In addition to the 12 main hand seals, there exists several technique specific hand signs which are unique to a given hiden or set of techniques, and aren't seen elsewhere, an example of this is the clone sign used for several high-ranked clone techniques, most notably the Shadow Clone Technique.


 * Once Setsuna had jutted down the answer, he returned to spying on the other contestants in lieu of his soundwaves and extremely enhanced sense of hearing, making sure to memorize the name of each particular genin in the room, as well as carefully identify their answers based upon the sound their pencils made when they moved them across the parchments. In particular did he search for especially faulty answers, as those typically denoted an easy target for his genjutsu later in the exams, and thus an increased possibility of divulging important information from the subject.

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike: Hand seals are the formations of our fingers which respond to chakra and allow us to perform ninjutsu. They MUST be done in order to complete jutsus, except in some cases. The hand seals are; Boar,Ox,Ram,Tiger,Dragon,Horse..

Oh no. Genki had forgotten the rest. He quickly thought of a plan, then executed. First, since he was sitting next to a window that was ajar, he silently activated the Shadow Clone Technique, which appeared outside of the window, unnoticed. Phew he thought, glad nobody saw the clone. He then moved the clone over to where Nikkotama Byakko was, and peered through. Before anyone could notice him, Genki speedily scribbled down the other six hand seals, and dissipated the clone. KATSU!


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi
Seals are the hand signals to activate necessary techniques and release the amount chakra needed. Bird,Boar,Dog,Dragon,Ox,Tiger,Snake,Rat,Horse,Monkey,Hare,Ram. You mold your chakra with these hand seals. THere are also specific seals used for different techniques and in different clans.
 * Hiruko Ubusuna:
 * Raimei:Hand seals are specific arrangements of your hands and fingers that mold chakra in a certain way to perform ninjutsu and genjutsu. There are 12 main ones, and several ones that are for certain techniques, like the clone one.
 * The 12... hmmm... dammit... I've never really had to use them, so I don't remember them... Damn... He looked up with a hint of desperation on his face. Luckily, he caught the eye of his teammate, Hiruko. While the Sand Release user was a little spooky at times, he was invaluable on the team. Hiruko closed his eyes and put his hands together, focusing.
 * Some time later, a small tendril of sand slid up onto his desk and began forming letters. Knowing how difficult such a feat of control must be, Raimei quickly copied down the twelve handseals indicated by his teammate and wiped the sweat off his brow, exhaling softly.


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Hand Seals are arrangements of ones hands and fingers, used to perform many ninjutsu, genjutsu, and other secret arts other than taijutsu. The exact amount of chakra necessary to perform a technique is manipulated through hand seals. There are 12 main seals and some other unique seals such as the shadow clone, as for twelve main seals they are: Bird, Boar, Dog, Dragon, Ox, Tiger, Snake, Rat, Horse, Monkey, Hare and Ram.

Team Uchiha
Knowing the this question, mean Shōju wouldnt have to try and cheat for this answer. This is a very basic question in which all shinobi should know automatically. Hearing others writing theirs answers, he also begins to do the same.
 * Shoju Hyuga:

Handseals are used for the purpose of utilizing Ninjutsu or Genjutsu. They are a set of hand gestures To use the exact amount of chakra necessary to use a certain technique. Each jutsu has its own set of order of handseals to use. For most Ninjutsu handseals are required for every jutsu either wise they wont work. Their are twelve main handseals Bird (酉, Tori), Boar (亥, I), Dog (戌, Inu), Dragon (辰, Tatsu), Ox (丑, Ushi), Tiger (寅, Tora, Snake (巳, Mi), Rat (子, Ne), Horse (午, Uma), Monkey (申, Saru, Hare (卯, U), and Ram (未, Hitsuji). Those are the twelve different hand forms which we use to create jutsu. They help us focus are chakra to use a specific jutsu. They were created long ago in the time when ninjutsu was first formed.

"Almost halfway done," Koyone reminds herself, arriving at the fifth question on the test. Reading through the inquiry the kunoichi is rather disappointed. "Hand seals? Knowing basic hand seals is one of the requirements for becoming a chūnin?" In the favor of time, which she believed she was rapidly expiring, Koyone reluctantly wrote out her fifth answer.
 * Koyone Takamori:

''Hand seals are set of hand-based postures that permit a shinobi to mold their chakra in a particular fashion in order to perform a wide range of techniques. As such various techniques will have a unique sequences of hand seals that correspond to their performance. Individuals competent enough with the performance of certain techniques may be able to reduce or skip the usage of hand seals, though this requires a substantial level of skill. While there are many different types of hand seals the most basic ones are named after twelve symbolic animals, which are employed for a vast majority of techniques. The twelve hand basic seals are as follows: Rat (子, Ne), Ox (丑, Ushi), Tiger (寅, Tora), Dragon (辰, Tatsu), Snake (巳, Mi), Horse (午, Uma), Ram (未, Hitsuji), Hare (卯, U), Dog (戌, Inu), Bird (酉, Tori), Monkey (申, Saru), and Boar (亥, I).''


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima gripped her pencil in her hand, scribbling an answer she had failed to fill in, how could she have messed up and skipped ahead? It didn't matter... she knew the answer by herself. Although, it was starting to grate at her nerves that she had already lost track of time, and now she was under some duress. Not to mention her fourth gecko backed off of her for another... fucking gecko.

Shima jostled her pencil in her hand, slightly smudging the paper in the process to get the answer down as quickly as possible. "Ninjutsu, (忍術, Ninja Techniques) are the series of techniques that are enabled through one's exertion of chakra in order to manifest an ability that would normally be impossible. From elemental transformation, to chakra flow techniques, even Ninjutsu covers into the wide expanse of medical techniques and sealing. The largest of the ability trees, the path of Ninjutsu has a wide array of techniques in which to use in combat, each with a different purpose. Ninjutsu is primarily invoked through the release of kneaded chakra, and hand seals."

Ninja techniques are used through their chakra. Ninjutsu cover's most everything from the elemental techniques to medical and sealing techniques.
 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:You ask me what ninjutsu is? Damn, you people. I'm quite specialized in the art of ninjutsu - I use it for offensive and defensive but also for supplementary. Yeah, I'm quite the do-it-all guy. It was all written in his head. Now, for the actual answer of this question.
 * Ninjutsu is often essential to a shinobi that most of the time relies on chakra and hand seals. Though, unlike genjutsu, which implies illusions, the effects of ninjutsu are real. The most basic ninjutsu is walking on water, which is one of the base to control their chakra before learning actual ninjutsu. The better the control of their chakra and the knowledge to manipulate a nature element can respectively lead to serving such tasks as healing towards offensive-based ninjutsu that implies the Five Elements.


 * Nikkotama Byakko: Ninjutsu is a technique that allows the user to do something they're incapable of doing with their own physical skill or allows them to increase the good effect of what they're capable of. Ninjutsu can also be used for healing an individual, manipulating nature transformations and, unlike genjutsu, its effects are real when used as offense.
 * Shichirou Chiyo: Ninjutsu. I'm a big user of Ninjutsu, so I should be able to explain this question reasonably well. Basically, well not basically, Ninjutsu is a fighting style which was introduced to the world by the Sage of Sixth Paths after he magically discovered the natures of chakra. Personally, I think he should have kept his mouth shut and maybe none of this crap that has happened in the world wouldn't have ever occurred. Wrong move on his part. Anyway, the Sage himself thought that by introducing ninjutsu to the world that he would bring a wave of peace which would litter the world. Well, he was wrong. Instead, he made the world much easier to destroy. Shinobi and others alike use ninjutsu for their own personal goals and greeds. Shinobi use ninjutsu to fight. Others use ninjutsu to cheat and all that other bad stuff. Essentially, ninjutsu grants a person the ability to do the impossible, to defy all laws of the universe such as teleportation, defying gravity, conversion of matter to another state, manipulating shadows, making explosive bubble. All of these things fall under ninjutsu. Things which affect the physical phenomenon of the world. Today, ninjutsu is apart of the three major fighting styles of a shinobi and is actually the most versatile out of these styles because of it can be used for many different things; defensive and offensive purposes alike. 

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: "Ninjutsu is the way of the Ninja Arts. One of the three main branches of Jutsu, it allows those that utilize it's path to employ techniques that would normally be impossible in the feasible realm. With elemental transformation, healing techniques, sealing jutsu - and much more, Ninjutsu is the path that many Shinobi trend towards."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida: Setsuna went over the answers submitted for this question, he was surprised about the overall lack of quality in the answers, it would appear that most of these would-be-Chūnin knew next to nothing about Ninjutsu, he assumed they would only pose a marginal threat later in the exams, that is, if they at all passed this stage. He quietly memorized their names before he went on with answering the question himself.


 * Ninjutsu, sometimes simply known as Ninja Arts, is a term which refers to almost all techniques which enable the caster to do something which would otherwise be impossible. Typical ways that Ninjutsu is used are for heated combat, in the form of Shurikenjutsu, elemental transformation or similar extensions; for defensive purposes, in the form of erected barriers, elemental barricades and the famed and ever useful Body Replacement Technique, and various utilitarian uses that range from transforming into another person, summoning allies to even sealing away objects, living creatures and techniques into scrolls or other objects through a suborder of Ninjutsu known Fūinjutsu. Although Fūinjutsu is generally considered its own category by many modern Shinobi, despite the fact that it fulfills the criteria of Ninjutsu. Today, Ninjutsu is by and large the most widespread of the three main branches of Shinobi Combat, as its overall considered to be the most efficient way to take down an enemy; as it allows for ranged assault of very powerful elemental attacks which may additionally confer new advantages. The ability to dispatch foes and targets from a range is one of the foremost reasons that Ninjutsu is so favored, because its versatile enough to lend itself well to basically anyone whom uses it in one way or another.

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike: Ninjutsu is one of the uses of chakra. It takes use of elements to create barriers, attacks, and more. It allows the user to do usually impossible things and can be offensive, defensive or supplementary.

It was a rather short answer, but Genki thought it was good enough to be considered correct.


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei:Ninjutsu is the manipulation of chakra to produce a real-world effect.
 * Hearing the scritch-scratch of pencils all around him, he marveled. How long were their answers?


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Damn the questions are getting trickier, said Sunate to himself as he began to sweat but rather thought of concentrating on his paper, he scribbled : Ninjutsu is the manipulation of chakra, ninjutsu actually sometimes have nothing to do with chakra as seen in the case of weapons, obviously chakra blades and such other tools are exception. Ninjutsu is a term referring to almost any technique which allows the user to do something that they otherwise would be incapable of doing, including the usage of weapons. Ninjutsu can also be used to heal others and that type of ninjutsu would be called Medical-ninjutsu while there is another form of ninjutsu revolving around manipulating elements through nature transformation.

Team Uchiha
Ninjutsu is the use of concentrating your chakra. Doing this combined with using handseals, can do magnificent things that seem abnormal to outsiders of the shinobi world.
 * Shoju Hyuga:

Knowing her chance to finish the test was nearly gone, Koyone quickly scanned through most of the remaining questions. "Ninjutsu...genjutsu...tai--. Just explaining the basic forms of shinobi combat, that shouldn't take too long." Taking a deep breath the kunoichi dives into the remaining questions with renewed vigor.
 * Koyone Takamori:

Ninjutsu is the trademark art of the shinobi that allow an individual to perform a wide variety of abilities. As such, ninjutsu encompasses anything impossible of non-shinobi in terms of chakra-based abilities that aren't illusions. Additionally, weapon techniques that are beyond the potential skill of non-shinobi are classified as ninjutsu as well. Ninjutsu employing particular elements, such as Fire and Water, are often associated with their namesake country.


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima's eyes fell on the paper of the giggling girl, Shiyo, once more. Smirking in success as her geckos had proven once again their worth, her answer soon followed suite to ensure she would be on par with her answers. Soon after her answer had been filled, altered to keep others from knowing she had cheated... Shima looked over to someone who was glancing over to her page in an attempt to cheat off of her. Popping them a quick birdie, she waited for the next question...


 * Yura Aburame: Genjutsu is opposite Ninjutsu as it focuses on illusions and attacking the opponents brainwaves. Through genjutsu the opponent could feel any amount of pain and believe anything the user wants them to believe.

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin: Eh, genjutsu, muttered Izaya disgusted in his mind. The boy himself failed to perform genjutsu and so far was developing his own form of it, though he had developed a pretty neat technique himself, which is still incomplete. He sighed in defeat. "It's not that I don't have the knowledge of this boring question", he muttered softly that was barely hearable to his neighbours.


 * Genjutsu is the opposite of Ninjutsu though both use the same way to perform their techniques, which is requiring chakra and hand seals. Though, the genjutsu-user plays with the mind of their opponent with the effect of crumbling their thoughts and mind - making them belief what is not real.


 * Nikkotama Byakko: Genjutsu is, well, an illusion-based technique and manipulates the flow of chakra in an individual's brain — which destroys the order of ones senses. And I'll be honest, I don't like it. Ugh.
 * Shichirou Chiyo:


 * ''Genjutsu...Ugh. In a sense, Genjutsu is extremely similar to Ninjutsu as they are used in the same manner, chakra control and hand seals. However, what differs the two from one another is that the chakra when used for genjutsu is meant to disrupt one's chakra pathway system and nervous system. With this, they are meant to create illusion based techniques and manipulate distort one's senses.

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka:


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida:

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike:


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei:Genjutsu is when your chakra is extended into the opponent's brain to manipulate one or all of their senses.


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Genjutsu is basically sending your own chakra into your opponents brain, thus causing a disruption in their senses. The effects of genjutsu are illusory, it is frequently used to create false images or to cause pain from trauma which is visualized.

Team Uchiha
Genjutsu is when your chakra effects a targets brain, making them see illusions that arent really their. While it cant hurt a target physically it, what it really does is extreme mental damage.
 * Shoju Hyuga:

"Heh, this should be easy enough," Koyone thinks to herself.
 * Koyone Takamori:

Genjutsu is the termed to utilized to describe techniques that employ chakra for the purpose of manipulating the signaling within a target's nervous system. This manipulation can cause a variety of effects upon a target, such as hallucinations or phantom sensations. While initiated with chakra and hand seals, much like ninjutsu, the effects of genjutsu are only in the victim's mind, and thus illusory. Therefore, genjutsu under most situations doesn't cause direct harm to a target, and is employed for supplemental purposes.


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima rolled her shoulder as her pencil once again met the paper, Taijutsu was her speciality, and no one was going to tell her different. Not even this damned exam. "Taijutsu is one of the three branches of Ninja Paths, the other two being Genjutsu and Ninjutsu. Taijutsu focuses on honing one's body, over their spiritual abilities. This series of abilities requires the least amount of chakra as well, and requires only the use of physical energy to utilize in most cases. Everyone is capable of Taijutsu, and very few become experts in their later years."

Taijutsu is just like Ninjutsu and Genjutsu but it focuses on their spiritual abilities. It doesn't recquire much chakra but it uses more physical energy than anything.
 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:


 * Nikkotama Byakko: Taijutsu refers to techniques that involves martial arts or natural human abilities that only requires the stamina and strength gained through training. However, chakra is sometimes used to enhance the strength of the techniques performed.
 * Shichirou Chiyo:

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki Fuka glanced over to the many Konoha-nin around her, sighing softly. The entire exam had been mind numbing, and she was tired. Glancing over to Shiyo's paper through the corner of her eyes, she frowned. Flawless as ever, the answers were also so clear cut and detailed.


 * "Taijutsu is a branch of Shinobi Combat. Oriented around close quarters combat and using the physical attributes of one's body against another, it is the most direct of all the branches, and requires the least amount of energy to utilize. Sadly however, Taijutsu is not as strong as most other branches, as it is more restricted in variety."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida:

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike:


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei:Taijutsu is the physical martial arts of a ninja. That can refer to simple physical conditioning and formless strikes and blocks, but many higher-level practitioners have a specific style of taijutsu. For example, Konoha's Strong Fist is fairly well-known, and has spread fairly far. There are many summon-based styles of combat, such as the Frog Kata, Snake Kata, Hawk Kata, and others.
 * Taijutsu can be enhanced by chakra to increase the force of attacks, the resilience of the user's body, and several other purposes, culminating in the Inner Gates, which greatly increase physical prowess at the cost of the user's well-being. Shinnojou-sensei says my inner chakra flow is almost constantly doing this to some extent, so I'm stronger than the average genin.


 * Sunate Nikakusa: Taijutsu refers to physical combat, it is a basic form of a technique and refers to any techniques involving the martial arts or the optimization of natural human abilities. There are several taijutsu users and techniques known all over the world. Such as Might Guy and his Leaf Whirlwind, there are also senjutsu variations of these physical combat. For example, Frog Kata.

Team Uchiha

 * Shoju Hyuga:

"Most of pencil scratching has become silent, we must be nearly out of time," Koyone reminds herself, quickly moving onto the next question.
 * Koyone Takamori:

Taijutsu is a term that refers to techniques with a major focus on hand-to-hand combat. Unlike Ninjutsu and Genjutsu these techniques usually don't require chakra, but there are notable exceptions where chakra is used to amplify the potential of a particular fighting style. As such, taijutsu normally relies on an individual's physical prowess and familiarity with their chosen style.


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima looked towards Akemi, eyeing the young Hyuga up and down. She was sure the oh so precious princess of Konoha was doing brilliantly, but none of that would matter after the written exams. Her bet was that she'd be out of place, and fail in a real world environment, where death was more then likely. No; it was unlikely even that would sway death to her door. Akemi was blessed, just like every other pretentious noble member. She was saved time and time again the anxiety of real trial, and Shima wouldn't put it past the higher ups to ensure that Akemi survive, no matter the cost.


 * Catching eye of Akemi, she gave her a distinct wink. And while it may have appeared as if Shima was flirting, she was not. That was her own little code for aggravating the young girl. That girl, despite how much she bore of the things she hated in the world, she desired most of her. Shima wanted Akemi to notice her actions, to show her she was not like the rest of the simpletons in this village.


 * "Bukijutsu is a phrase used to describe the Way of the Weapon, so to speak. Under this branch of combat, all weapon based techniques and jutsu fall under. From shurikens, to swords, Bukijutsu comprises all of these under it's roof."

Yura sent one of his parasitic bugs over to Shima's test and summarized what shima said into his own words: Everything from Kunai, to Katana's, to spears, to giant spiked balls falls under Bukijutsu as the Way of the Weapon
 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:


 * Nikkotama Byakko: Well, bukijutsu . . . . bukijutsu are techniques that are based on weaponry, handheld weapons used in combat; such as shuriken, kunai, windmill-kunai etc. Need I write more?
 * Shichirou Chiyo:

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: "Bukijutsu is the form of weaponry based jutsu and techniques. Bukijutsu has many subcategories, so be it that a series of techniques can be derived from a tool of some sort, it is granted to be that there is it's own series of weapon art. Kunai, Shuriken, Swords, Bo-staff, every weapon has techniques that can be honed through experience and practice. Explosives fall into this category as well."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida:

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike:


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi
Bukijutsu? Its the masterful use of one's weapons. Shinobi are tought basic Bukijutsu from the very beginning.
 * Hiruko Ubusuna:
 * Raimei:Bukijutsu is a catchall term for the skillful usage of weapons. Even Academy Students are taught basic bukijutsu, in the form of kunai and shuriken practice. More advanced stuff is taught to some, such as kenjutsu for ANBU, and some others use crazy weaponry. This can be combined with Fūinjutsu to carry more weapons.


 * Sunate Nikakusa:Bukijutsu is a term used for techniques that include the skillful usage of weapons in combat, whether the users be shinobi or samurai. Students of the Academy are taught the use of ninja weapons and tools like shuriken and kunai, learning how to throw and wield them through target practice. Kenjutsu is for ANBU and other swordsman who are talented enough to decently wield a sword. Itachi Uchiha was an user of bukijutsu, to be precise shurikenjutsu and he was able to combine it with his fire type chakra nature in order to deliver a two fold attack.

Team Uchiha
Taijutsu is the physical part of shinobi fighting system. It is basically hand to hand combat and rarely uses chakra in any form.
 * Shoju Hyuga:

"Almost there, just have to finish on time," Koyone tells herself, scrawling down her second to last answer.
 * Koyone Takamori:

''Bukijutsu is a classification that encompasses any and all techniques that utilize weaponry in their performance. Thus, both swordsmanship to shuriken maneuvers could be broadly classified as such. Bukijutsu can be, and is commonly, used in conjuncture with other types of techniques. Such combinations can define a shinobi's unique fighting style, making bukijutsu one of the most commonly employed technique types.''


 * Kenji Hatake:

Team Haruno

 * Akemi Hyuga:


 * Shima Date: Shima knew this, it was her life, her very essence and code. Her law, her definition. "My Nindō, is to correct the wrongs that have been done. All that have been, and all that will be. To prevent the wicked from ensnaring the future, and to purge the corruption from the present. My life requires that I grow stronger, that I am removed from the emotions of compromise, unless I ruin myself in the process. I can not tire, I can not feign valiance. I, Shima Date, must be as unstoppable as a force of nature, to burn all evil from my presence, and let justice reign."


 * Yura Aburame:

Team Karui

 * Izaya Yashin:


 * Nikkotama Byakko:


 * Shichirou Chiyo:

Team Oto

 * Hibiki Fuka: Hibiki Fuka glanced to the paper, this process would not be hard, not knowing one's self would be foolish: "To carve a path of victory to a future where my village stands tall. To prove the strength of my soul, and to empower those around me with my chords of fervor. To one day... be able to protect the one I love, and to live without doubts."


 * Kisei Kumo:


 * Setsuna Yoshida: My Nindō is to become a good Kunoichi so that I might find myself the perfect husband, and we'll get married, have lots of kids and then I'm gonna become the best housewife ever! <3 <3 <3!! OH OH, and then I'll use the transformation technique to like, stay young forever.. like totally!


 * Shiyo giggled shyly at herself as she wrote, her outward appearance speaking tons of her excitable reaction, as she literally bounced around in her seat, giddy with excitement and... excitement? Before handing in her test, she would draw three small hearts in the leftmost corner of the test papers, it always paid off trying to woo your teachers after all!

Team Reikai

 * Shinju Koseki:


 * Genki Heike:


 * Junshi:

Team Sunayoshi

 * Hiruko Ubusuna:


 * Raimei:To show the world the strength of the sword.


 * Sunate Nikakusa:My Nindō is to become the next Kazekage, so that people of my village acknowledge me and look up to me. I am going to be the first Kage who doesn't utilize any form of nature transformation, I am going to train really hard for that and I am surely going to be the strongest and the most talented Kazekage in history.

Team Uchiha
My Nindo is to prove to my clan that one doesn't need to be apart of the main household in order to have a bigger purpose. At last Koyone had made it to the final step of the exam. Taking a slow breath as she read through the question, the kunoichi makes a peculiar face. "What's my nindō? Why is something like that on a test?" she ponders to herself, troubled by what she thinks to be foolish inquiry. Despite really wanting to criticize the legitimacy of the question, Koyone quickly formulates her response and sketches it out on the page.
 * Shoju Hyuga:
 * Koyone Takamori:

''My personal reason for being a shinobi is, without a doubt, to become an individual who doesn't require the protection of others. Therefore, every challenge and trial up to that point will serve as stepping stones as I climb to the peak I so desire.''


 * Kenji Hatake: