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Suna Chunin Exams!

Where: Sunagakure and the surrounding desert. Village Map.
When: June 4th-30th

Event Details
Suna does not require examinees to be part of a team to participate. However, if you came with a partner or team, losing one of them before the end of the second part of the exam will leave you disqualified.

4th: Starting at ten in the morning, those being tested will be gathered in the northmost part of the Bazaar and each will be handed a ribbon with a number on it and which is either red, blue, or green. They will then be sent to find the shinobi with their matching color and number in the bazaar before they leave the area, and tail them without getting themselves detained by their target.

Please note that those being tailed will give two chances to genin following them before detaining their tails.

Any who fail to keep an eye on their target or catch back up to them by three in the afternoon are disqualified.

4th-9th: At three o'clock, after all tailed shinobi are gathered in one place, all genin present will be escorted out of the village along the road north past the fork east before being given their next instructions.

This will take about three hours and once their destined point on the road is reached, having met up with another shinobi group who will have sets of wrapped packages. Each package will be either a sun, moon, or star, and all competitors must have the full set in their possession before arriving at their destination, which will be the Demon desert fort.

All competitors are advised to not unwrap their packages until away from other teams, and teams will be released into the desert in the order which they arrived to the meeting place in Suna after tailing their local.

Any who do not arrive by seven PM on the ninth will be disqualified, as will anyone who is missing a teammate. Only after this point in time will lost genin be rounded up and returned to their joinin.

27th- Opening Ceremony: At six in the evening the opening greeting will be declared. Suna will only be greeting civilians and shinobi of allied countries!

28th-29th: One on one tournament matches are held.

30th- Closing Ceremony: At noon the closing ceremony will be held, then everyone is free to return home.

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Obito had considered not going himself, but even with the chaos going on in the village, in the world, he would make sure that Suna didn't feel slighted by their allies.

They simply couldn't afford for their alliances to weaken now, not when the enemy was clearly taking exception to everyone, and everything, that was not on their side. So he'd go, and not expect for there to be another of these for some time, and when he went home, he'd take his shinobi with him. They'd understand, he didn't doubt that, but first he'd see how far his genin had come on this trip, and then he'd get back home.

First though, he'd find and talk to all his shinobi.

Itachi thought it'd be best to remain by his Hokage's side, no matter how much he also wanted to see Sasuke. It was only a matter of time, and he would see him later, along with his team of Genin, whom had hopefully passed.

He's elected to keep his mask on for now, focused on his guarding role.

"Relax a little. You are practically vibrating with alertness." He looked to him, moving easily through the edges of the crowds. "If I get attacked, I won't let it hit me."

"More difficult than explained." came the answer through the mask, though there's a small slouch of his shoulder as he at least attempts to relax. A guard isn't supposed to relax, is his opinion.

"I'm not telling you to sit back with some sake, just stop looking like you'll kill anyone who comes within ten feet of me. We're in an allied village, we can't seem hostile, yeah?"

Being at an exam as a leader of an entire village was different! Especially since he'd also been serving double duty as one of the guards of their new daimyo. But now that the matches were on, Kisame did get a chance to experience the view of the fights without having to be too concerned with keeping up appearances as a guard. It was interesting.

So Kisame sat back in his seat, actually grateful for the hat, though he'd forgone the robes, and stretched before turning to the man next to him.

"The matches promise to be entertaining. It's good to speak with you in person again, Hokage-san."

Subtle, but a reference to the attack on Konoha. To see the Hokage and Konoha's ninja out and about after something like that was a testament to their strength, just as Kiri's presence here was the same.

He flashed him a smile, though it was a bit less carefree before, a tad sharper due to recent stress. It was no less genuine though. "Like I'd miss seeing my genin down there. I have people here I'm personally invested in, and no way was I going to miss them getting their promotions."

He paused, looking sideways with a smirk. "I wouldn't be surprised if the other jounin of your group wasn't here looking into the same people, actually." He glanced off to where the man in question was with the young Daimyo, since the Kage had their own little box, then looked back. "Buuut, either way, no way would I miss this."

Kisame caught the tension and didn't comment. He had a good idea why it was there, and probably had a similar tension in himself. He didn't envy the one who took up the permanent post of Mizukage after them; it was hard, stressful work.

"Taking an interest in Kiri's genin is a new change, and for the better! But, it feels strange to call them mine. The only genin I ever sponsored for chuunin passed the exam years ago. In Suna, actually." Kisame let out a put upon sigh for effect. "It seems the desert won't ever leave me alone."

He chuckled at the comment about Sephiroth. He'd heard about the Konoha genin in question. Sephiroth's interest didn't make very much sense, but it wasn't harmful to him or to Kiri so Kisame had no reason to complain.

"The chuunin exam matches are always interesting, if nothing else!"

"They're yours currently. I know the first exam after I stepped up felt strange, since I could claim all my shinobi for it... but it gets more familiar with time." He looked sideways at him. "Are you so sure you won't stay in the post? I can assume you have Daimyo approval, now."

"Because our new daimyo is one of Sephiroth-san's. But she's honest; she'll be good for Water Country once she settles. As for me..."

Kisame grimaced. "I do this for Kiri. I am not a leader. I'm too honest for politics! They actually had the gall to accuse me of assassinating the nobles in the capital because I'd threatened to rip out their tongues and feed their lies back to them once or twice. Though that ended well enough. Nanako-san is a force to be reckoned with when there are liars around."

He leaned over, lowering his voice a bit and his expression wry. "I'm an honest guy too. It's kind of why Yagura and I didn't get on, he liked to say one thing and do another and I'm not chill with that sort of thing."

He shook his head with a wry smile. "We're currently three for five with younger leadership Kisame-san, think about it."

Kisame gives a quick glance around and sighs. "That's the least of what he did."

Louder, he continued. "I won't turn Kirigakure over to any but the best, but I think you know better than most why my record makes me a leader many won't be able to stomach following."

It wasn't untrue. Was it a reason that couldn't be overcome? Kisame didn't know, but he did know that he wasn't cut out for politics. Honesty was one thing. Poking the hornets' nest with a stick was another. Kisame had gotten away with teasing the Uchiha clan head a little bit--not all of it intentional--as an envoy, but as a Kage? That would be an unforgivable misstep.

"Maybe, maybe not. Have you asked your people about it? You'd be surprised what they want, sometimes." He gave him a knowing smile, then laughed, looking to the arena to check that they were still doing setup before looking back.

"You're a polite man Kisame-san, that's better than most."

"If it comes to that, I will, but for now, the changes will be difficult enough to adapt to."

The politeness comment made Kisame shrug. Why did he need to be crude and rough? They knew him or they didn't and his reputation didn't need crass words and actions to back up his ferocity.

"Why be rude? People have had interesting reactions to my demeanor in the past."

"I wasn't saying you needed to be rude. I find it refreshing." He leaned in close so the comment had no chance of being overheard. Suna was so not the place to be overheard in this particular comment, even if people did agree. "Rasa was a total dick okay, I'm glad his kids are nicer."

"They are much more interesting and willing to talk. One of them was my escort while I was on that envoy mission. She made the mission that much more enjoyable!"

Kisame pitched his voice to the same level, not particularly caring, but knowing that it wouldn't improve Kiri's standing with Suna any. He had to think of Kiri first in more varied ways than he usually did. Ugh, he hated politics.

He gave a laugh. "I think of them she's the one who likes me least. I spent most of my time up to now associating with the youngest. He's a good kid."

"I haven't met the youngest personally, but I have seen him in action. Impressive, and what potential. I'm sure he's gotten more control by now."

The new Kazekage, on the other hand... Well, Kisame had impressions, but they'd need to work together more for more than that, and he was sure someone was skilled enough to capture even careful whispers, so he kept his initial opinions to himself. They weren't bad, but he wasn't here to risk starting a war with careless words.

"He's never been as uncontrolled as he seems." It was a murmur, accompanied by a small smile, and he nodded in understanding at the point where he halted and the sentiment it might have carried.

“To host one of the Bijuu, I’m not surprised to hear that about him.” Kisame was learning more about what the jinchuuriki went through day by day. He’d never known the late Mizukage before he’d been made the host of the Three-tails, but he knew Naoki-kun well. Any difficulties would be overcome; Kisame had that faith in the younger ninja.

“Maybe I’ll ask him for some pointers if I have a chance to talk to him!” Obito would know enough details about what had happened to know that somewhere in Kiri was a brand new jinchuuriki, even if Konoha’s informants hadn’t discovered who.

He couldn't help it. He had to smother a laugh at the words, and cleared his throat to try to bite back louder guffaws. "Good luck. He's not a friendly boy."

“I’ll keep that in mind. Even a little observation couldn’t hurt.” Not that Kisame thought Naoki would have trouble in the long run, but adapting faster was always better.

He leaned closer. "Kid's seal is shit, but politics have never given me an opening to do anything about it." It was a murmur, low. "It hasn't helped his temper."

Kisame nodded. He didn’t like politics, but he was familiar enough with the constraints they placed on people to guess the reasons behind that fact. And a poorly done seal, combined with what was probably an unhappy Bijuu—the three-tails was very unhappy with his new host right now—spelled a certain kind of disaster. Actually, it was impressive that there weren’t more incidents of destruction on record knowing those facts.

“I can imagine. Ours is having a difficult adjustment period, but at least I can personally vouch for the quality of our seal.”

Revealing his personal skill with seals was a gamble, but Kisame trusted that Obito wouldn’t misuse the information, and would curtail the desire of others in Konoha to misuse it as well.

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