Rian's walking down one of the less populated streets, chattering lightly with her teammates, Sakura and Mariko. It's a clear day in Konoha, and they're wondering if they have a new mission, since their sensei was called away to a meeting. There's some speculation over what it could be.
Mariko offhandedly insults Sakura, resulting in a brief chase between the two of them as Sakura tries to punch her teammate. Rian just snickers when Mariko tries to hide behind her.
Two strange ninja are walking down the street from the other direction towards the group. Their forehead protectors have an hourglass shaped etched on, rather than the leaf the locals have. One has a large metal case strapped to her back.
The other bears a thick bundle, heavily swaddled in cloth with a tuft of hair poking out of the top. They pause to observe the antics.
"Hidden Leaf genin? They don't look like much."
Mariko hears that, and pivots to look at him. "Hey, asshole, who're you guys?"
"Mariko, stop." She turns to the two Suna - genin? "Competitors... Are you guys here for the chunin exams?" She hadn't known they were being held in Konoha this year, but genin are often left out of the loop.
"You could try being polite you know." She's also going to take that as a 'yes'.
"Far be it from me to deny a lady's request." He raises his hands and twiddles his fingers dramatically.
Mariko frowns, then flares her chakra, carefully breaking the chakra strings connected to her - they're invisible, but she can sense them well enough, and it takes talent to make fine enough chakra strings. "You're good," she says, "but - " and she rapidly runs through the calculations then raises her hand, a spiked chakra chain shooting out from her palm, straight at her enemy.
It's knocked off course by a fist of sand, coming from out of nowhere.
"Enough, Kankurou. You waste time here."
The voice comes from a girl in the nearby tree, standing upside down on the bottom of a branch, arms folded across her chest. The sand retreats into a large gourd on her back.
And that chakra is seriously freaky, it's like she has two, and she should've been paying more attention, she didn't feel the - Suna genin? Difficult to believe with that chakra - coming.
She lowers her palm, senses on high alert.
Rian glances over at her teammate, notices her wariness, then turns to the new girl. "Elieyha, was it? Good to meet all of you." Less so this Kankurou. "Thanks for breaking up the fight."
"Who are all you guys, anyways?" the third girl demands, hands on her hips. "Foreign ninja aren't supposed to just be wandering around."
Elieyha dissolves into sand and reforms on the ground by the other two ninja.
"As your companion said, we are here for the chunin exams." She pulls out an official registration card, identifying her as Tsubasa, a genin of Sunagakure, allowed into Konoha for the purpose of taking the chunin exams.
"Well, welcome to Konoha," she says wryly. "It'll be interesting to see you all compete."
"So now that you know our names, I believe it's time for you to share yours."
Elieyha is- glaring? at Mariko. Staring intently, anyway. The dark rings around her eyes accentuate the direction of her gaze.
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