Fuyu

John knew right away that it was his sister Fuyu who threw the kunai because it had the special seal on it for her to use Flying Thunder God Technique. when the kunai hit the wall Fuyu appeared " Listen up every, this is the second exam! And I'm it's Proctor Fuyu Doe" Fuyu said. "You're too early. I still wasn't done with my announcement.", Ibiki said beside Fuyu who pays him no attention " I bet you're all confident that you're gonna make it, but you better believe me when I tell you that I'm sure that at least half of you will not pass the next test! Heck, wouldn't even surprise me if you all died in there, huh? but enough talking about it Let me show you," Fuyu said before walking away and everyone followed her

(at the entrance to the forest of ****)

Alright, listen up, everybody!", Fuyu said standing on top of a stall next to the gate that led into the forest. "THIS! Is the Forest of ****!", Fuyu explained with a grand gesture towards the obvious forest behind her.

"hey John is that your sister" asked Sakura who was standing next to John "yes she is" John said. all of a sudden. A kunai had been flung right at John who just stood there and watched it come at him. until Fuyu used Flying Thunder God Technique to try and punch him. but she missed because John use body flicker technique, "come on sis you need to be way faster then that to catch me off gaurd" John said. "oh don't you worry i'll get you back for dodgeing my attack and for talking while i was talking" Fuyu under her breath as she returned to her previous spot on top of the stall.

"Anyways, back to topic.", she announced and held two scrolls aloft. "These two scrolls are called 'Earth scroll' and 'Heaven scroll', respectively. You will start off with one of them, and you'll have to find the other one before you come to the tower in the center of the forest. The time limit is 72 hours to do that!", she said loudly.

"So that means we'll either have to steal it or defeat a team to get their scroll... but we won't know which team has the matching scroll beforehand... man, that sucks.", Shikamaru complain .

"In other words, only half of the teams can advance to the next round?", Sakura asked loudly, Fuyu nodded. "Yup, that's right. But usually, it's far less than that. Other than your opponents, the forest isn't called the 'Forest of ****' for nothing.", she reminded the young Genin with her still unnervingly cheery voice. "also you MUST NOT look into the scroll before you enter the tower. If you open the scroll before you're inside that building, you'll automatically be disqualified. In a pretty uncomfortable manner, if I might add."..

"Good good, now each team comes here and signs up. You'll be given a scroll and each team will be led to their entrance.", Fuyu finished her explanation and jumped down from the stall. Slowly, the teams moved forward to register and receive their scroll, before being led away by the staff that stood ready there.

Some time later, it was Team sevens turn. After signing up their names, they drew a number and were handed scroll. They got an Earth Scroll. The number, so they were told, corresponded to the gate where they would be entering the forest.

So, as they were brought to the gate by a Chunin, John took control of the team as he was supposed to. "Hey guys, we have to go over our strategy!", he said.

"Yeah. Like, who's gonna carry our scroll?", Sakura chimed in. "And what are we gonna do once we're inside...", he wondered with a look at the number of the gate they were standing in front of now. Yup, this would be their starting point. A small clock over the entrance showed the countdown until the gate opened. Only five minutes, and then the second stage of the exam would begin...