The First Test [Team Zero]

Aerie and her new partner, Zevas, were travelling through the area and into the tight hidden area. The solid rock surface most would call a wall was cracked and crumbling, it was old and in a near ruin state. However, it was still functional. Its mechanism allowed it to shut the lever behind the two students of the Juudaime Mizukage, also known as Squad Zero. " Watch yourself, child! This area is unstable. " Her feline friend dubbed Wyte would caution, a bead of sweat sliding down her comically round head as she hovered over the duo. Aerie would smile up to her pal to let her know she was just fine. As the two stumbled into the room, two golden shines appeared on the furthest wall.

Aerie approached the golden plaques and tapped each with a single kunai, making sure not to touch the center lever. The instruction made it clear not to do that unless the right choice was chosen. Aerie would turn to her Chuunin Exams partner and gaze past his tinted shades and into his black eyes. " These riddles are difficult. I've never been good at them. I can only assume that falling and crashing aren't good and that the right answer is the better one. " She'd say, her mouth slightly gaped in puzzling thought. " What do you think? " She'd ask Wyte. The catlike being simply shrugged and they both turned to Zevas. " You? " They'd ask him in unison, both with a brow raised.

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Aerie would shoot a smile at her partner, whether he saw or not was his choice. Regardless, she would wait until his analyses was complete. He wandered around the room for a moment before gazing into one spot for the longest time. He began to feel the wall and ask the blue haired kunoichi to follow him. She would also feel the wall, but it was pretty obvious there was no normal way out. Normal meaning that there was no lever, button, plate, nothing. It was simply bare rock with a door hidden behind it. The wall seemed strong enough to make Aerie believe that no average jutsu would break through. She grabbed her chin and hummed as she thought of possible ways to get to the other side with enough force.

" Why not use your new jutsu, Aerie? " Wyte would suggest as she leaned back as if she was lounging in an invisible hover chair. Aerie bounce up as if a light bulb sprouted from her blue locks. She turned to Wyte with her mouth gaped wide open and her eyes as big and bright as ever. " You're right! Crescent Gale should be enough to break through! " Aerie would shout preparing the needed hand seals. Chakra generated air began to fill the marrow of her bones and expel through her pours. The wind circulated like typhoons that had the cutting power of a chainsaw. Aerie would begin to twist her body and look at Zevas to make sure he was out of the way. He was. She then released the wind chakra in ten [10] , two [2] foot long crescent gales that would be more than enough to cut through simple, old gray rock. Once the attack hit, the wall would surely crumble and cut through the door behind it if it didn't move by itself.

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Aerie's attempt at getting free was futile. Sure. It broke through the first layer of the obstacle in front of them, but the second wooden door was stronger than that of c-rank cutting winds. Aerie's head began to grow numb and pulse as her blood struggled to travel through her system. The air in her brain began to thin and the wind jutsu she used didn't add enough backlash air for them to live much longer. The duo only had two [2] options: live, or die. Aerie refused to give up on her dream of being the best kunoichi in Kirigakure. She also refused to fail her beloved sensei or her beloved village. No...I will not die like this! She said in her mind, even her thoughts sounding softer as if fainting was close. She struggled to stand and only had one last attack in her before all the air in the small cave would vanish.

Zevas came up with the quickest and really only plan of survival: attack. They wouldn't die without a fight. They wanted to live, but not just for them, but for everyone they loved and held dear, including their sensei. Aerie shook her head and pulled her short bladed katana from her back. Her grip shook with anxiousness and her eyes began to blur. Without hesitation, Aerie would use the last of her remaining air to form wind chakra on her blade and swipe her blade towards the already damaged wooden door. A long crescent of sharp wind would collide with the door alongside Zevas' unique neon beam. Wyte would fall from the sky like a swatted fly, her wings vanishing and her breathing low and weak. The light was the last she, Aerie, and Zevas could see. If the wind from the other side of the door didn't enter the cave, they'd surely be dead.

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Aerie's body began to twitch as the air in her lungs escaped her. Wyte would follow suit and their body would shut down: a sign of fainting. However, the dark blankness in her cranium only lasted so long for the door had let in a wondrous moist draft. Aerie and Wyte began gasping for air as they were really fish out of water. Soon, their lungs began to circulate the air properly and she opened her bright brown eyes. Wyte was right beside her, wincing because of her headache. Aerie would begin to pet her head lovingly. " I'm glad you're alive. " Aerie would say shooting a smile at the mentally wounded feline. Wyte would simply frown and look up at Aerie. " I wish I could have done more. " She'd say, her English-like accent sounding sorrowful. Aerie would raise up using her hands and pushing from the stone floor. She would sheath her blade and turn to Wtye. " No. You did what you could. " She would say, still smiling.

Wyte would slightly smile, but not completely certain on that. She would shake her comically large head and her wings would manifest. She rose from her position and hovered above Aerie. Aerie turned to Zevas to see if he was okay. It was safe to assume he was since she had exerted more chakra than him in that exchanged. Nonetheless, Aerie wouldn't wait on him to begin exiting the horrid death chamber the sick chuunin exams officials called "The First Trial". She would begin to crawl through the tight, yet gaping hole in the door. Fortunately, her quick thinking and lack for patience helped them advance. " Alright, let's have some fun. " She say, her eyes growing intense as she held onto the hilt of her blade when she wandered through the narrow cave. The wind gusts were perfect and well appreciated. Aerie was happy to breathe normally, again.

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