It was finally here! The day that everyone at the Academy had been anticipating for the past month or so to see who among the students were ready to graduate from this prestigious establishment and join the shinobi ranks as a fresh, new Genin. The sun was already high in the air and the air surrounding the educational facility was dry and tainted with blood as many students had already had their moment to graduate and failed to capitalize on the opportunities that were presented to them or they simply left their nerves get to them far too much. Their slip-ups, if one wanted to call it that, left many of them bleeding from their injuries while a few of them had been met with broken bones and a small handful had to be rushed to the Hospital simply because they had been left in a critical state that forced them to have to seek immediate attention.
As you would approach after receiving a letter a week in advance designating the time and the location of your exam, you would notice that there were many adults in the training ground where you were suppose to have your exam, but the majority of them were too busy trying to clean up the area that had been tainted with the life essence of the young and the old who had met one another in combat. You could see that only a few individuals had their clothing stained in blood and you could likely assume that they had been the examiners that had sent many of your fellow classmates home early with their tails between their legs. Would you prove to be another number and have to take your graduation exam again when the Academy decided to have another one or would you prove yourself worthy enough to be given your own headband that clearly marked that you were a shinobi and warrior of the Hidden Sand, the strongest village in the world depending on who you asked?
According to your letter, you had two options when you first entered the training grounds on the outskirts of the Academy's grounds. Your first option was to demand that you were given your examination immediately regardless of what the scene around you was and by choosing this option, you would begin your session promptly with an examiner entering the designated area clearly marked off for the students that wanted to begin their graduation exam. However, your other option was to wait until your designated time slot was reached, which was 3 PM for you, and then one of the shinobi that were assisting the Academy would come over to you and get you squared away in a timely fashion. Aside from these two options and when and where to meet for your examination, your letter gave you no other information that would prove helpful unless you considered the standard "good luck" to be helpful which many did not. You likely were begging and pleading when you originally read the contents of the letter to at least know what you would be doing and who was your examiner, but unfortunately, you lucked out like the rest of your classmates did.
With yourself where you needed to be and with roughly ten minutes before your scheduled time to begin your exam, what would you do? Choose wisely as your actions would likely have equal and opposite reactions depending on who decided to step up and be your examiner for the day.
The next student that would be tested today would be Aikayume Natsume, a member of the well-known and prestigious Aikayume, and a young lady that had appeared to have been doing fairly well for herself since enrolling in the Academy according to some of the reports. In the report that her examiner had been studying to prepare herself for this fateful encounter, there had been nothing negatively said about her as she had done what was asked of her and had been doing the best that she could according to the numerous individuals that had seen her growing throughout her time. However, the classroom was far different than the graduation examination that had been conducted throughout the day thus far for obvious reasons and one could only hope that she had came prepared to showcase her skills and talent or risk going back to the Academy for months until the next graduation exam opened up. Thankfully, she had shown up early and would not piss off her examiner in that regard while deciding to wait till her time slot which was the correct choice based on this examiner; if it had been Lady Kyushiko or Lord Kyuji of the Byakko Clan, that possibly would have been the incorrect choice depending on the time of day and the events that occurred to them prior to the examination.