The Genin exams!

Ikugetsu Hozuki requesting a proctor for the genin exam.

Teaching, yeah, Lucian was not too good at that sort of thing. So, imagine his surprise when Tehniyat asked him to help with some genin exams. Well, asked is not really the right word. The royalty of Hoshigakure, as Lucian found out, had a bad habit of wording everything as a command. Annoying? Yes. Understandable? Most definitely. Luckily proctoring an exam required little to no instruction.

The morning passed by fairly quickly. Thus far he had only failed one poor student who clearly had no idea what she was doing. There were tears and it was awful; Lucian hated tears. On the bright side, it was almost lunchtime and there were only a few more genin hopefuls left. Hopefully he wouldn't have to fail anyone else.

Glancing down at his class list the Nazar's eyes wandered down the names without tick marks next to them denoting those who have already taken the exam. Apparently, the next one up was a student by the name of Ikugetsu Hozuki. Lucian had honestly never heard of the boy. Though he did not make a point to acquaint himself with students, so it was nothing against the would-be genin.

"Ikugetsu Hozuki, you are next."

The Hozuki would get his assignment when he came to front of the class.

[I'll be your proctor!]

Ikugetsu is seated outside of the class room waiting for his name to be called. While he is waiting he is going over some last minute studying as he was nervous. From inside the class room, a voice would call out “Ikugetsu Hozuki, you are next.” Hearing his name being called causes Ikugetsu’s heart to skip a beat, as he was both nervous and excited at the same time. “well, here goes nothing.” Ikugetsu’s would mumble under his breath as he stood up and walked into the class room, he would take a huge sip from his water bottle as he is walking into the class.

Now inside of the class room Ikugetsu would see a man standing in front of the class, Ikugetsu assumes this to be the proctor for his exam. Not wanting to keep the man waiting., Ikugetsu quickly hustles to the front. Ikugetsu would stop once he was two meters in front of the proctor. “good morning sir, Ikugetsu Hozuki here to take his genin exam” Ikugetsu would say as he bows his head out of respect for the older shinobi.

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"Good morning to you as well," Lucian responded with a thin smile. "Today I will need you to perform both the clone and transformation jutsu. If you are successful in this task you will be given the rank of genin."

Picking up the clipboard and a pencil Lucian scribbled down the boy's name and the time. Paperwork, man was it a drag. He had to write comments along with a grade for each jutsu. Honestly, he wasn't even sure anyone would ever look at the form again, but he'd fill it out nonetheless. This was, of course, reason number two as to why Lucian disliked the bureaucracy of shinobi villages. Life in the Nazar compound was much simpler.

"You may begin, good luck."

[Create an 800-word post performing the aforementioned jutsu and you'll be good to go.]

Ikugetsu standing there in front of the proctor, watches as he grabs the clipboard and pencil and writes something on the paper. ‘boy this guy looks like he does not want to be here. Hopefully I don’t waste both our time Ikugetsu would nervously think to himself.

“you may begin, good luck.” Hearing the Proctor saying these words causes the hair on the back of Ikugetsu’s neck to raise up and stand on end. Also sweat began to build up on his forehead. ‘well, here goes.’ Ikugetsu would think to himself as he begins to walk towards the center of the room. While he is walking, Ikugetsu is debating on which move to use first. He ends up going with the clone jutsu as he could not think of what he wanted to transform into yet.

Ikugetsu is now standing in the center of the room facing the proctor, sweat still beading at his forehead. “The first technique that I am going to perform today is the clone technique.” He nervously says. He then closes his eyes and spreads his legs shoulder width apart, this creating a sturdy base from which to draw chakra. While standing there, Ikugetsu begins to imagine himself standing between two mirrors. In the mirrors are two perfect copys of him. Still building up his chakra, Ikugetsu is now imagining the two mirror images stepping out from there mirror and standing next to him.  Once he had gathered enough chakra, Ikugetsu would quickly shoot his hands up to chest height and creates the ram snake tiger hand seals with his fingers. His eyes still closed while he does so.

A few seconds late, a meter to his left and right, a could of smoke would Puff into and out of existence, leaving behind two mirror images of Ikugetsu. The two clones would look exactly like Ikugetsu, mirroring him down to his ninja pouches and even having sweat running down both their foreheads. Opening hus eyes for the first time and seeing the two clones would raise the young ninjas spirits a bit.

“and that is the clone technique.” Ikugetsu would say with a bit more confidence In his voice. He would dispel the two clones as he says this. He would then take a long audible sip from the water bottle on his left hip

Now more confident In his skills, Ikugetsu would say “and now for my next trick, I am going to preform the transformation jutsu.” Ikugetsu was still not sure what it was that he would want to transform into. He then begins to scan the room look for something good to transform into. He gives a half hearted scan before deciding to transforming into the proctor. ‘maybe I’ll get extra credit or something if I transform into him’ Ikugetsu thinks to himself, as he looks the proctor over trying to account for every detail on him. Ikugetsu noticing that this proctor does not look much older than him.

Still standing in the center of the room, Ikugetsu again begins to gather up his chakra. In his head, Ikugetsu is trying to create a mental image of the young ninja in front of him, taking one last hard stare before closing his eyes to help focus on the image in his head. Ikugetsu would stand there for a few minutes longer than normal, ensuring that he both had the correct amount of chakra and a spot on mental image of the proctor in front of him.  Once he was sure he had what he needed, Ikugetsu shoots his hands up to make the hand seals dog bear ram.  And poof!! A cloud of smoke would cover the aspiring ninja. Completely cutting off all view of him for a few moments.

From the cloud of smoke would first step a sandaled foot, that lead to a brownish red pants leg. Once Ikugetsu was completely out from the smoke, the rest of his outfit could be clearly seen.  His maroon shirt with white tunic over it,  his dark red beads that hung from his neck, his tattooed right bicep, and bald head, they where all that of the proctor. Ikugetsu had even matched his eye color to the cloudy hazel that the proctor had even matching the ninjas foreign looking tanned skin.(assuming it's still the same look from the character app)  Ikugetsu would then look at the proctor giving him a thin smile before dispelling the jutsu and turning back into his normal self.  Taking the water bottle again from his hip and taking a louder more audible sip, Ikugetsu would look at the proctor and say “well that’s all for my performance for today” now a lot more confident than when he had first stepped into the room.

Walking back over towards the proctor, Ikugetsu stand by and wait for the proctors grade.

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Lucian watched each of Ikugetsu's actions for a mistake but could find none. Sure, the boy seemed nervous, which was to be expected, but it was nothing that would prevent him from passing. Scribbling down a few notes here and there Lucian finally put down his clipboard. The notes themselves were mostly comments on who the boy transformed into and the like. He also took special note that the boy had a flair for the dramatic.

Reaching into the open drawer to his right Lucian fished around for a bit until he pulled out a shiny new headband. The emblem of Hishigakure etched into the cold metal and not a bit of dirt on it. Of course, such things would change as Ikugetsu became more experienced but for now, the boy could just enjoy the moment.

"Congratulations, you pass," Lucian stated plainly putting the headband on the desk for the boy. "Take this headband and do Hoshigakure proud."

Now who was next...


[You get +15 stats for the rank-up, a free specialty and the free jutsu for genin rank. Oh yeah, and this bad boy: Hoshigakure Headband. A mod will be by to approve this in a bit.]

Ikugetsu watches as the proctor places the headband on the desk. Ikugetsu would wait for the instructor to finish speaking, before thanking him. Ikugetsu would then grab the headband from the table and puts it into his ninja pouch, while sprinting for the door. “thanks again! I’m going to go start training to be a great shinobi right away, see ya!” Ikugetsu would say as he disappears through the door. 

EXIT

Claiming 15 stats, ninjutsu specialty genin rank, free genin jutsu, and a Hoshigakure headband