I could hear the hurried footsteps running from behind me and quickly dodged as a foot narrowly missed my head. Keeping a blank face I turned around to meet Lee's determined face.

"How could you walk off without saying hi!" His voice cried out and I kept starring at him blankly until he dashed forward again and jumped up swinging his foot down towards my head and I dodged again, my robe flowing as if a gentle breeze had blown. He kept throwing kicks left and right causing me to dodge every single one of them all while keeping that blank look on my face. He screamed out in rage as I dodged his last kick before turning to Sasuke.

"No matter! I want to fight the Uchiha!" Sighing I turned around and continued on my way to the assigned room, stopping when I saw Kakashi standing at the door.

"Kami."

"Kakashi." I nodded respectfully at my sensei and handed him my paper.

"Kami, I'd like to inform you that if your team passes this test, the next you will not be working with them. We have a separate challenge for you." I nodded once again staying silent as I began to pet Sasayaki in thought.

"Does this have anything to do with Seiichi's disappearance?"

"Most likely, I cannot tell you for sure."

"Right." Just then my teammates walked up, moving past me and up to Kakashi. I let my mind wonder to the next challenge. If it had anything to do with Seiichi then they could be using him against me. Or maybe I'm wrong and they wish test me separately without having to do anything with my adoptive brother. I didn't know the answer to either question. Before I knew it we were in the room and there were many ninjas from different places scattered throughout the room. I studied them one by one until Sasayaki tightened on my neck uncomfortably dragging my attention away from them.

"What is it?" I mumble trying to loosen her grip.

"Kabuto." That one name sent chills down my spine and I looked up from her and my eyes widened. There he was. Talking with my team and the others. I felt my throat tighten as I shuffled away slowly. If he was here, certainly Orochimaru wasn't far behind? The thought filled me with fear. His words and my teammates were muffled by my panic and I tried to swallow it.

"Kami it'll be fine. I won't let them hurt you." Sasayaki. Her voice was loud and clear to me. She couldn't do much. She couldn't protect me from them.

"Kami..? Interesting," When Kabuto said my name it felt as though my body had been plunged into icy water and it was a struggle to breathe. "Before coming to the village hidden in leaves he seemed to have completed many A and B rank missions. Four A rank and Twelve B ranks not including any missions from here.. other than that it seems I have little information on him." That lying bastard. He knew more about me than he was letting on. Focusing on my breathing I turned away from the group. It'll be time for the exam to start soon anyways. I needed to focus.