Yuki's View

I bit my lip as I frantically looked around for any sign of my teammates, the ones I happened to leave behind by accident. I didn't mean to, well, I did leave and run as fast as I could, but that was only because of Kurenai-sensei counting down! It scared me, I'll admit it. I sighed deeply and jumped even higher than I already was. 

'Where could Kiba be? Hinata? What about Shino?!' I asked my self, my thoughts being overridden with worry and fear. I bit my bottom lip nervously. 'I have to find them... I have to help them!' I stood up and leaped off the tree, landing on the ground in a crouch.

Why would they want you help?

I froze, my eyes widened drastically. Beads of sweat dripped down the side of my face. I was too busy contemplating on whether to ignore the voice or not. I completely forgot about the task at hand. 'Maybe they're right...'

Of course I am. There's no need for a weak girl like you.

I chewed at my bottom lip. I glared at the tree just a few feet in front of me. 'Ignore it, Yuki. Ignore it! It's just trying to confuse you!' I thought, shaking my head around furiously. Then, there was a scream that come from close by. I jumped at how loud it was.

"Who s-screamed?" I asked myself, wondering which one of my teammates it was. Of course,  it was between Hinata and Kiba. Shino rarely ever screamed, it's a weird but nice thing.

"There's only one way to find out..." I whispered, frowning softly.

I crawled under a small bush and looked around from underneath a thick layer of leaves. My eyes flew open at the sight before me. Kiba was, well...there was two Kiba's in front of my own eyes! How was that even possible?! 'Wow, that has to be one of Kiba's specialty jutsus...! The Inuzuka Clan is well known for their jutsus that include their pets, right?' I thought.

"Oi, Kurenai-sensei! I'll show you just how strong both Akamaru and I are, just you wait!" Kiba shouted, shaking his fist in the air.

I giggled silently and shook my head at Kiba's stupidity. Didn't he know he was going against a Jounin. He doesn't understand does he? 'Darn, what am I supposed to do now! I want to help Kiba, but his cockiness isn't going to allow me to join! I know for a fact he wants to take down Kurenai-sensei by himself, he's always been the type to take things head on by himself.'

"Well, I guess I'm going to look for Hinata now...oh, and Shino." I whispered.

'I'm sure Kiba an handle himself, his cocky attitude is there for a reason...' I mused, crawling alongside the bushes. I looked around.

"Hinata!" I whispered shouted, "Where are you!?"

"R-Right h-here, Yuki-chan."

I yelped loudly in fear and jumped back. She was right in front of me this whole time?! Gulping down a scream that was making it's way through my throat, I inhaled softly and jagged like.

"O-Oh, there you a-are, Hinata." I muttered out shakily, making it very noticeable that I was still dumbfounded by her sudden appearance.

Hinata frowned, a small pink dust covering her cheeks, "Go-Go-Gomenasai, Yu-Yuki-chan!" She apologized, bowing her head.

I ruffled her short hair and chuckled nervously, "It's okay, Hinata. I should have paid more attention when I was looking for you, hehe." I stated sheepishly.

Hinata cheeks were tinted a light pink, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Sorry," I apolgized, "Let's get back to work..."

I ducked down and peeked over at Kiba and Kurena-sensei from the bushes. Hinata nodded and glanced at me from the corner of her eyes.

"Y-Yuki-chan, what are we going to do?" She asked me.

I thought about it for a second, "Well, the whole point of this test is to attack Kurenai-sensei. I'm guessing she wants to see how strong we each are, but to do that we have to fight her. And we can't take her down alone. We have to work together as a team." I explained my thoughts.

'If we can take down Kurenai-sensei or even land a good enough hit on her, I'm sure we'll pass.' I watched Kiba fail effortlessly to attack Kurenai-sensei by himself. I don't think he really understood this exercise. If we worked together, we'd pass almost immediately. He's just making things harder for us.

"So h-how a-are we s-supposed to d-do it? A-Attack Kurenai-sensei I m-mean..." She muttered out.

"Teamwork. We're all going to have to attack her at once, so we need Kiba and Shino." I told her.

She nodded, "O-okay!"

I blinked and looked around, realization hitting me in the face like a brick. "Oh, wait... Where's Shino?" I asked, looking around like a mad woman. "Did we lose him?!"

Hinata shook her head. "N-No..."

"No? So he's hiding too?" I asked.

She nodded.

"Where then?" I asked another question. Before she could answer, I turned around quickly.

I met dark glasses and a familiar looking teammate of mine.

"KYAAA!" I screamed in shock and surprise.

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"Y-Yuki-chan?"

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"F-Found h-him..." I replied in a hoarse voice, a small little ghost representing my soul came out of my mouth and floated up into the sky.

"I f-found h-him..."

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