The sun had barely risen, not shedding much light on the training grounds, where I stood at 4:30. The breeze brought me back to three or four years ago, how perfect the weather had been back then for my test. And also how weak I was back then.

I would give them a fair test, to satisfy Tsunade and her crazy antics of this 'rehabilitation' nonsense.

A fair test, but a hard one. The thought of Aisa softened my mind a little towards the outcome of their expected failure's, but Aisa shouldn't live this life if he wasn't prepared for the suffering and damage it would bring him.

I thought long and hard, until the soon bloomed at 5, and my genin stood in front of me.

"You didn't wait for me," Aisa accused, crossing his arms over.

I shrugged my shoulders. "I'm your sensei now kiddo, not your brother's..."

Now that I thought about it, I didn't know what Aiden and I were. Acquaintances? What kind of relationship did we have? Parasitic? Predatory? Mutualistic?

"Friend?" Aisa asked, finishing my sentence.

Friend.

"Yeah," I replied, going with it.

"Isn't that favoritism?" Red head asked, clearly irritated to be up this early in the morning. I smirked, knowing that my test would wake him up.

"Shut up," I said, not bothering to confirm or deny his nonsensical accusations.

"So what's our test?" A wide eyed Michiko asked me. I read her on the spot. She was very obviously intimidated by my presence.

I mean, I did use to be The Claw, a S ranked assasin. Not that they knew it. But it was kind of hard to tone down that intimidating presence.

"Follow me," I turned on my heels and led them to where I had prepared their test this morning.

I walked towards a cliff, where a fountain of water spewed off the edge. Then I turned to my students. "Alright, this will be your testing sight."

"Woah," Aisa murmured. "Never been here before."

The redhead snorted. "My brother used to take me here to train all the time, I have water type chakra you know," he bragged, smirking big time.

I rolled my eyes. Let's see that huge smirk on his face after this. I drew blood from my thumb, did the hand signs, and said the mandatory, "Summoning Jutsu."

A large spider appeared in front of me.

Michiko let out a squeal of surprise and terror.

"Don't worry, we're in agreement. This is my summoning, so he won't hurt you unless I tell him to."

"Uh... Did you tell it to?" Kento asked, nervousness seeping into his voice.

"As we previously discussed," I said to the spider, ignoring Kento. The spider quickly scurried through and inside the hidden cave domain that lay beyond the waterfall.

Watching the spider move so lithely, even Kento looked nervous. I had to restrain my mocks.

"Get over it," I told the three, who's faces were plastered with fear and doubt. "Either you're able to push down that fear, and get the mission done, or you're not fit to be a ninja. No one said this job was easy." I lectured, not bothering to tone down my bluntness.

"As you three saw, there is a spider in those caves that lie behind the waterfall--"

"What's with the dog?"

I glance over and see the small ninja hound Kakashi had allowed me to borrow for the day. "Ah, right on time," I nod to the dog and it jumps away, joining the spider.

"Oh, I seem to have lost my pet Fang," I say in a 'whoopsie' tone of voice. "Would you mind catching him for me?"

Kento looked at me with contempt. "This is your test? Like you can make us catch your stupid dog for you."

I drop the facade and appear behind Michiko. Stabbing her neck with a syringe, I plunge the contents into her body. She grabs at her neck and glares. "What did you do to me?" She snaps.

I boredly pick at my nails. "Don't worry, it's a slow acting poison."

All three genin gasped. "You poisoned her?!" Aisa exclaimed.

I shrug. "Just as a bit of motivation. Retrieve Fang for me and I'll give her the cure. Oh, and you probably will want to accomplish this by lunchtime. That's when the worst of the effects tend to start.

The three genin rushed forward, eager not to waste time.

Their first mistake.

***

These genin. These three genin.

I stare in complete awe at the three bedraggled genin. "My God," I whisper, looking at each of them in turn. They pant tiredly, trying to catch their breath. "My God!" I repeat, awestruck.

"You guys really are complete idiots, aren't you?"

Kento glared at me while Aisa practically wilts at my statement. Michi doesn't respond, opting instead to stare at me in terror.

"I know we didn't catch Fang, but just give Michi the cure!" Aisa shouts.

I stare him down seriously. "But you haven't passed my test. Besides, the worst that she should be experiencing at the moment is trembling hands and slight dizziness."

Right on cue her hands begin to shake.

"Oh no," she whimpers, staring at her hands. "Give me the cure! I don't wanna die!"

I have to close my eyes at her obnoxious whining. Just as I'm about to reprimand her a different voice cuts across.

"Pull yourself together, Michiko!" Kento snaps, "You're a kunoichi, not some weak girl with no backbone!"

Aisa opens his mouth to defend her, but stops when Michi takes a deep breath and nods. "You're right," she agrees. "My symptoms aren't so bad that I can't help capture Fang. What's the plan?"

I watch, interest in the events spiking as I witness this new side of Michi unfold. There was something about her, a sort of focus and drive that made it where I could see just how she was in the top of her class.

These three genin were smart.

When they weren't being idiots.

The dog and the spider had both exited the caves and were now in open ground. Aisa seemed excited about this, but Kento pointed out that it would be harder to pin the dog down and easier for the spider to get behind them.

"But the spider clearly had the superior advantage with the rocky tunnel terrain," Aisa retorts. "And this way neither the dog nor the spider can just disappear from sight!

"That's true," Kento concedes.

"You're probably getting a cold sweat by now," I interject, watching Michi disinterestedly. "Muscles are going to start cramping soon."

She ignores me and begins to lay out the foundations of a plan. I have to hide the smirk. She really was interesting. Kento was the better leader, but here she was with a mediocre--if not all that creative--plan.

"So we just need a tactic that stops the spider from getting behind us while we capture Fang," Michi muses. "Kento and I should flank the dog while Aisa backs us up. Aisa, you need to make sure that the spider doesn't sneak up on us while we try and catch Fang. Got it?"

Aisa and Kento nod.

The plan almost immediately goes badly.

Aisa was pinned by the spider. To my surprise it's Kento, not Michi that hesitates and glances back towards him.

"The mission," she reminds Kento coldly. He nods, turning back to the dog and ignoring Aisa as he struggled.

Kakashi certainly wouldn't pass this team.

But I wasn't Kakashi.

And they still hadn't passed my test.

Aisa let's out a shout of terror as the spider opens it's mouth, revealing frightening long fangs. He struggles harder before sudden realization washes over him despite the terror that was obviously coursing through his body.

"Fang!" He shouts towards his teammates.

"We know what the dog is called, but thank you so much for your input!" Kento snaps tightly as the dog dodges from his grasp once again.

"No! Not the dog! The spider is Fang!"

It takes a second for it to set in, but when it does both Michi and Kento whirl around, sprinting towards the spider.

I can't hide the smirk anymore. It took them long enough, but finally they'd realized. Idiots, I grin.

Suddenly Michi collapsed into one knee, face contorted in pain. "My leg is cramping because of the poison!" She shouts through gritted teeth. "I can't move!"

"One second," Kento replies as the spider turns it's attention towards her helpless figure.

"Helllppp," she calls nervously as the spider begins it's terrifying gallop at her.

"Just a moment," Aisa calls back.

"Heeeellllppp!" Her shout slowly turns into a screech as she flinches and closes her eyes, preparing for the impact.

It never comes.

Just before the spider reaches Michiko it sprawls forward, tripping over nothing. Aisa and Kento then rush towards the spider, ninja wire in their hands as they capture the spider.

Nice. A trip wire. And using their teammate as bait no less.

The three collapse in front of me once again, exhausted. "Give her the antidote," Kento glares.

"C'mon Cashile!" Aisa begs.

"Cashile-sensei," I correct absentmindedly. "Did you hog-tie the spider?"I question incredulously.

"What, did you want your pet delivered some other way?" Kento snaps viciously.

I shrug casually. "My summoning, actually. Not a pet. And no, I just didn't think I'd ever see a spider hog-tied. So many legs!"

"Enough messing around! Give me the cure!" Michiko demanded.

"For what?"

"The poison!" They all shout.

"Poison? I would never poison one of my own students!" I gasp, mock affronted.

"We watched you do it," Kento deadpans.

"What you watched me do is deliver a harmless saline solution. No poison," I tell them.

"But... My symptoms..."

"Didn't I tell you what each of your symptoms were going to be before they appeared?" I ask. She nods slowly. "The mind is a powerful thing."

"You mean I just felt those symptoms because I thought I was going to?!" She exclaimed.

"Exactly," I smirk. "I was counting on your mind being easy to influence. Most are."

I give a nod to the spider and it disappears. "Thanks," I wave to the dog. It barks once, as if to say, That was fun! Let's do it again sometime!

"You lied to us," Kento challenged me. "You said that we had to get the dog. But the spider was actually your "pet" Fang."

"Uh uh uh," I shake my finger mockingly. "Not once did I say the dog was my "pet" Fang. You just assumed so. Learn to listen and notice every detail."

They nod grudgingly.

"So..." Aisa asks slowly.

"Yes?"

"Did we pass?" He blurts out. "We caught Fang and got him back and realized it was the spider and not the dog and you didn't even poison Michi so did we pass?"

I pinch the bridge of my nose. "Despite all the future headaches this is going to bring me, yes. Yes, you pass. I'd be an idiot not to pass you. Meet me here tomorrow at 8 am for our first mission. Team Ten, you're dismissed!"

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