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And so here came the second portion of the practical exams: the fights. Kideme was neither excited nor intimidated by them, but in all honesty, she did want to get them over and done with. After had transpired over the last three days, she only saw this exam as a social cumbersome event that was doing more harm than good. Perhaps she was just being biased, but nobody was getting much out of this besides a possible promotion with some injuries as its crowning trophy.

There had been one small relief though as she saw that Tiatsu emerged to still proctor the fights. Heh, and here she was thinking that something terrible had happened to him when it just seemed to be that he really did wish to be left alone. That still didn't change anything for her, but at least now she knew he was okay. What was with the head full of bandages though?

Questions of that nature would, however, have to wait for now. Shien and Hayato were up to bat first, and she needed to keep her mind focused. She stood a little off center from everyone else on the western wall, just a foot from the rail. Her chin was slightly pulled in, shoulders relaxed and her feet hip distance apart while holding Winky lightly against her lower midsection. The doll's left eye flashed red momentarily, much like a wink, when the fight started. Kideme's expression was stony during the entire fight, silent and only followed their movements with her eyes. To put it simply, she hardly moved at all and did so without expressive fanfare. But that didn't mean Kideme wasn't picking apart the fight like everyone else, because it was actually quite impressive.

Hayato was a strong boy, and he knew how to utilize it too. He was a menacing phantom on the field, and she knew from firsthand experience that he could be quite cunning when he wanted to be. So when he wasted no time to clear the spaces between himself and Shien, she inwardly smirked. Hopping right to it as usual. Being the blitzer that he was, he wasted no time and initiating skin to skin with Shien, who Kideme was a much different type of fighter. With having actually fought him, Shien reminded Kideme of his father, the Shadow Man. He was a master tactician, and much in the case of like father, like son, Shien was playing on a strategic agenda. Having personally witnessed it, he was astounding at being quick on his feet and having a fast reaction rate. Bearing that in mind, Kideme was interested to see how a mostly field-based strategy would work against real time. Hayato was taking no prisoners today and started off strong while Shien tried to take a more passive aggressive approach. She saw exactly what he was trying to do too but Hayato wasn't having any of that. Soon came an uphill exchange of blows, explosives, and fire. Truthfully Kideme looked quite bored from where she stood in stark contrast to a very animated Daddy Zaiko but she was reeling on the inside. Hayato was much fiercer than she thought, and Shien had got much faster. Shien was able to come under fire and use wind chakra to save himself, however, it wouldn't last long and soon enough the fight was over.

Hayato was the victor and Shien was being hauled away to have his burns treated. She was neither upset by Hayato nor disappointed by Shien, because overall it was a great fight! But now lingered the question of who would be next?