181. Rooky twelve meet again


    <span style="font-weight:400">Months have gone by and Tomoka, Nozomi and Hinata found themselves walking the academy’s hallways in search of room three hundred one. It didn’t take them long to notice the genjutsu concealing the stairs nor the one changing the number of room two hundred one into three hundred one. They also ignored the obviously henged chunins “guarding” the room.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“So what was that about?” Asked Hinata with curiosity as she made some theories while waiting for an answer.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Call it a preliminary exam. After all, if you can’t even notice this kind of basic genjutsu then you have no business taking the exam at all.” Responded Tomoka while shrugging a little.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A whileter the trio came inside the massive ssroom. Inside ninja from all over the world could be seen, from Kumo to Suna, from Konoha to Iwa and all small nations in between. Well, all except for Kusa, its hidden vige had been wiped clean of ninja.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Oh? What are a group of little girls doing here? Are you lost?” Arge man with a Taki headband approached the trio with clearly unfriendly intentions.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I do have to wonder. Do you have some kind of eyesight problem? And if so, get some sses idiot, can’t you see our headbands?” Before Tomoka could answer Nozomi did so with such a remark that made Tomoka proud.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“I will enjoy breaking you.” Said the man as he began to crack his knuckles. His teammates were doing the same in a futile attempt to intimidate them.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Hinata, be a dear please.” Tomoka would have disabled them herself but she feared she would do so permanently if she did so she asked Hinata to do so instead.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“With pleasure.” Before anyone could react Hinata moved like a wind while streaking like a cannon. The next second the offending trio found themselves writhing on the floor in pain as Hinata hadn’t just blocked their tenketsu but also struck their nerves.


    <span style="font-weight:400">With that done they left them there while looking for some empty seats. Unlike the Taki idiots, everyone else kept to themselves. After all, no one wanted to give thepetition an advantage by revealing their capabilities too early.


    <span style="font-weight:400">A few minutester Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura came looking like thest time the girls had met them a few months back, in other words, still gender bent.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Sasuke? I-is that you?” A surprised Ino couldn’t help but stutter once she saw team Kakashi or more specifically the gender bent Sasuke.


    <span style="font-weight:400">Turning around, Satsuki saw the incredulous team Asuma. Ino continued to look between Sakura and Sasuke. Shikamaru began massaging the bridge of his nose, mumbling something along the lines of troublesome. Choji even stopped eating and the chips he was holding fell to the floor.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That would be me, yes, though now I go by Satsuki.” In the past Satsuki wouldn’t have bothered to answer but things had changed now and so she had mellowed out a lot.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“W-what happened?” Ino asked, still in disbelief of what she was seeing.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Naruko happened. By the way I am going by Ouka now and Naruto is Naruko now.” Responded Sakura with a tired sigh. Thest few months had been hectic as she and her team had to exin the same thing to their acquaintances.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“That doesn’t exin much saku- I mean, Ouka.” Though it was extremely troublesome, Shikamaru was still curious.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well-” Before Naruko could start telling the story he was interrupted.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Is, is that Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura?” Asked an incredulous Kiba as he pointed towards the trio. With a sigh Ouka told team Kurenai the same thing she told team Asuma followed by Naruko’s story of the events.


    <span style="font-weight:400">“Well well well, looks like you stuck to the names I suggested. Is Kakashi going by Kagami as well now?” Turning to look at the owner of the voice the three teams were met with team Yamato. A grinning Tomoka, a smiling Nozomi and a giggling Hinata.