let's give this a shot! (genin exam attempt)

Draconis had just finished practicing the jutsu needed for the genin exams - the clone jutsu and the art of transformation. Feeling a little stronger already, he waited in line for the genin exams, carefully watching everyone around him and thinking about how he might fight them if need be.

Todays proctor was a little eccentric in the fact that he was in line behind Draconis as he waited his turn to take the exam. He always felt he got more understanding from the would be genin by seeing how they acted while waiting to be tested. Once it was Drac's turn to enter the class room the Proctor tapped him on the shoulder while smiling.

"I hope you're ready for the test, you look rested. Show me the transformation and clone jutsu please."

Wow. Had the Hyena ever miscalculated. He had assumed the proctor would be in the room everyone was waiting to open. As they went in, he wondered if he should look inside but decided against it. If someone else made a silly mistake he did not want to obtain any bad habits. Slowly the line dwindled, and he watched all the other wannabe genin, trying to ascertain which would become threats in the future, to his own safety, which would probably be trustworthy, and so on. Eventually the line was down to only one person in front of him, a nervous fidgety girl who stepped first on one foot and then the next. She would not last long in the wild for she would attract attention rather too quickly, and be hunted down extremely fast. Never mind that she had no muscle tone. She would not last long at all. On the other hand she might be good at one of the areas not delving so far into physical combat, she could be a genjutsu specialist, good in a group if she was defended and could continue attacking from afar.

Eventually the girl was called in, and everyone seemed to be tense, curious how she would do. Eventually the girl stumbled out the door, clutching a headband, and collapsed, quivering in excitement. Draconis Hyuuga’s blood boiled. If that little girl who would not last a day I the wild, could do the genin exam he would be damned if he did not make it too. He began reviewing each of the handsigns for the techniques he needed to know, the Clone jutsu and the Art of Transformation. Dog… Boar… Ram. That was for the Art of Transformation. He was part way through the process of recalling the handseals for the Clone jutsu when someone tapped him on the shoulder. Turning to look, he saw a person who was in that stage of life where they could be anywhere from their late teens to early thirties, that relatively young stage of life during which people tended to experience life to the fullest, wherever and whenever possible. That was the guy who was behind him, the one who had tapped him on the shoulder.

What took him a little by surprise was when this other guy suddenly asked the Hyena to demonstrate the Clone and Transformation jutsus, for him. What the-. It occurred to Draconis that perhaps this was a proctor in plain-clothes, and even if it was not, a little practice would not hurt anyway. Besides, this guy seemed pretty friendly, the kind The Hyena did not mind for a pack mate later on. He backed up a little, now facing the apparent proctor, making sure to not take up too much room, nor to block the doorway, as if anyone exited the room then they would hit him with the door, and he reacted badly to violence now. Best to avoid that.

He checked all around him and took a deep breath, concentrating on the jutsu and the chakra he was about to use and perform. He decided to do the jutsu he had managed to review first and get that out of the way. First up was the “dog” handseal. He clenched his right hand into a fist, and straightened his left hand, the result of the latter action being that this hand was reminiscent of a blade. As he placed the left hand, the straightened one, on top of the back of the right hand, still clenched in a fist, he began activating his chakra, feeling it course through his body. He then began to form the “Boar” handseal.To do this, he pulled his left hand clear of his right one, and clenched his left hand into a fist. He then pushed the wrists together and bent the hands downwards, completing the “Boar” hand seal. He then began picturing the image he would take on, which was the appearance of the scared girl who had just managed to become a genin, ahead of him. He began forming the last handseal, the “ram”. He extended the first two fingers of each hand, keeping the rest clenched. He placed the palms of his hands together and shifted his left hand up, pulling his remaining fingers out to shift them to on top of the corresponding ones on his right hand, completing the “ram” seal. There was a poof of smoke, and a replica of the girl from in front of Draconis, was standing, facing the proctor, with a frown on his or her face.

It seemed it had worked ok. Draconis dispelled the jutsu and, using hand seals he had memorized by heart, formed clones of himself, while also changing his appearance again, so that he looked like the wall that was behind him, far away. He was curious to see if the proctor reacted, he had made one of his clones to the side of him, by a few inches, and the other one right in front of him. Curious to see how the proctor would react, he waited a few moments, then he dispelled first the clone jutsu, then the transformation jutsu.

He finally spoke, the first time today. “How did I do?”

(total word count 875)

(much too tired and busy at work to make a full post lol)

The proctor smiled walking over to the boy and patting him on the back while giving him a headband with his free hand.

"Go make us proud young shinobi."

(Approved of genin status)