Suna Chunin Exams!

[sunshinemods]

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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Comments

27th-30th

[silverterror]

He'd arrived with the collection of people who had ended up leaders in his country, not the least of which being Yuffie. It was still very strange to think the girl had any kind of authority over anything he did, but he was along as an official guard, this time, so he would simply have to linger near people from his own country.

Even if his eyes were roaming curiously for any other familiar figures he knew. Such as Ami, for instance, or possibly his cousin.

27th-30th

[thegreatninja]

"I'm getting something to eat."

Yuffie announced her intentions as she walked pass Sephiroth. She knew if she walked off she'd probably be asked where she was going so she decided to preempt that question with a very forceful statement.

She was here and she was hungry. She always wasn't sure where food was but she could figure that part out.

[silverterror]

"Have you even been to Suna before?" The question was idle, but amused, watching her thoughtfully.

[thegreatninja]

She looked back at him. "Not enough to know where I'm going if that's what you're asking."

Yuffie had no idea where she was going but she assumed she'd eventually run into food. She couldn't help that she liked eating and food was important so it was probably everywhere.

[silverterror]

"I was more asking because the food is not likely to be what you... expect it to be."

[thegreatninja]

He was slowly making Yuffie nervous. She started at him swallowing a lump that had formed in her throat.

"What is it then?" Because food was something simple and it was serious business. More so if they were going to be here for a few days.

[silverterror]

"They, first of all, have no fish here. At all." He turned, leading her off toward the market.

[thegreatninja]

Yuffie could have said more but for a moment she watched Sephiroth in disbelief. "What?" How do you live without fish? In fact most of Yuffie's diet was fish and rice.

She followed after Sephiroth hurrying to walk beside him. It was hard to keep to his pace because her legs were significantly shorter than his.

"What do they have then?" As far as Yuffie's concerned nothing beats fish, unless they have sticky pork buns.

[silverterror]

He was quiet for a few paces, trying to decide which part of the local gourmet to horrify her with first. "There is scorpion, which is surprisingly good, and several reptile based dishes."

[thegreatninja]

Okay, now she knew he was doing this on purpose. "Sephiroth!" She was pretty sure that scorpion was poisonous.

"Like... snakes? eww" That was too gross.

[silverterror]

"Indeed. The food here is quite good, but you will find it incredibly unusual. You will, of course, need to eat while you're here or it would be considered an insult."

Clearly he couldn't have just let her pretend.

[thegreatninja]

The color washed from Yuffie's face. "You're kidding right? No one said anything about that kind of torture."

She swallowed feeling her stomach turn.

[silverterror]

"Are you someone who is unwilling to try new things then?" He gave her an arch look.

[noboatbigenough]

It was a strange situation. Guards guarding others. Kisame had been too amused to turn down the idea, however in jest it might have been made, to have himself guarding their new daimyo, but as acting co-Mizukage he had guards of his own. It meant Kiri's entourage was both bigger and smaller than it should have been, but it was good to show a united front. There would be no mistaking that they were working so closely together now. The fact that they all had to remain relatively close didn't bother him. Kisame enjoyed the company, and nodded at Sephiroth.

"We'll have an interesting vantage point for the matches, eh?"

[silverterror]

"Indeed." He, admittedly, seemed much more interested in the matches than he'd been in Kiri's own, so that perhaps was saying something. "Though I could very much do without the desert sun while the proceedings carried on." He peered up into the sky, then shook his head.

"You'll get a better one, if you move to the Kage box. The Daimyo area has better shading."

[noboatbigenough]

"It will prove Kiri's mettle that our genin can overcome that obstacle. But you aren't here for Kiri genin, eh?" Kisame's tone was a little teasing but not disapproving. He wasn't sure what to make of the whole situation that he'd gotten information from several sources about, but it wasn't negative. Interesting, though!

"I probably will. Kiri's relations with Konoha will be useful to us in the future. It's good that I have the hat now. It will keep some of the sun off, and our Daimyo will be in your capable hands."

[silverterror]

He huffed a breath, aware he was being teased and unsure how to feel about it. "No, my interest is not with the few Kiri genin still in the exam. I believe you will find my reasons interesting once you see them in action."

[noboatbigenough]

"I'm sure whoever has caught your interest is worthy of it. The matches will be very interesting this year."

One of his cousins had made it to the finals this time, which probably made the trip to the desert worth it. She knew how the desert could sap her chakra now, in the subtlest of ways. But Kisame wasn't going to play favorites. As far as he was concerned, very few of the ninja were really worthy of chuunin. Many of them would make it, of course, but he had to remember to talk to Nanako about more stringent preparations for genin.

[silverterror]

"She's an intriguing girl." He nodded once, just slightly. "We have an agreement to spar when she might be a challenge for me in some way."

Which was a bit off, he knew that, but clearly didn't mind waiting.

[noboatbigenough]

"You do, eh? Now that will be an interesting spar to watch."

Kisame almost suggested sparring with the girl in question so she'd get stronger faster, but sometimes it was harder to spar at the appropriate level for someone far behind in strength so that they'd get stronger without crushing them mercilessly.

[silverterror]

"If long in coming. For now, I will simply be as I have been for her." He nodded crisply, clearly content with that.

[noboatbigenough]

"Nothing wrong in a wait for something worth the time." Kisame nodded back, approving of the attitude. "I'm sure she'll be pleased to notice your attendance then."

[silverterror]

"I'll make sure to talk to her while we're here." He paused, flashed a tiny smirk. "Are you enjoying the politics?"

[noboatbigenough]

Kisame’s grin in return was more of a grimace. “Do you even need to ask? But for Kiri’s sake, I’ll endure.”

[silverterror]

He didn't even try to clip the small burst of laughter that came free at that, and he leaned in watching him. "Of course."