Usually they would be together and pool skills together to figure things out while in the area. My squad was also using randoms to help them. When they found one of the red scrolls, Riku and Sora acted on their own and killed all 3 of their new allies. It was very cruel, but they had served their purpose. Now they just had to get out. When they did, they were the third team. That meant that they passed the exams automatically. Because of this, they all were brought to where we were. I was able to bring the kids in. They got their new headband cloth to mark them as chunin. I was extremely proud of them. I also pat Riku on the head. "Great job. You did not shirk away from any of your duties. Now you and your wife can relax." I told him. Kei and Sora were getting a heaping of praise from Keisuke. The other 4 teams managed to find some scrolls. That allowed them to compete in the tournament. All 4 of them got through the first round. In the second round, Masaru's team of Akaimes and randoms went up against Chihiro's team of his hand picked members and a pair of Akaimes.
Very clearly, they were all going to follow the protocol of clan seniority in the tournament. Masaru made his team forfeit to Chihiro's team. It was sad. The randoms and all the Akaimes on Masaru's team would be getting their big promotions anyway. Still, not being able to try just because they were vassals had to sting. I was not going to say anything on it. It really was not my place. Izayoi's team and the trio's team met in the semifinals. Izayoi was actually a higher rank as a shinobi. People simply valued their combatants more than espionage. That meant that Rin, Asahi and Hibiki had to yield to him. Izayoi's team unfortunately lost in the finals. That was fine. All of us that survived the battle at the train station got promoted. We got back on the train. This time, no one was in the mood to entertain the perverts. Those that did not know better than to touch were punched. I just wished that this was the attitude we had at the start. That would have saved lives. When we went back to the village, we had to make all of our reports. A pair of Akaime Clan chunin came to replace the dead.
