Furiko's Omake Theatre~!
Scroll Heist in High Def
"There's a large tub of them under the table," Hinata says. "I suppose they wanted to be sure they had enough. They might not even notice some extras are gone until they pack up to go home, if you're lucky."
You smirk. "When am I not?"
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At the door to the hut, you pop off a quick False Surroundings genjutsu, making the primary a simple hallucination of the movements of a white cat with black facial markings, and adding in the necessary tactile element to be activated later.
"Scroll me," Kiba says, handing in your waivers.
The man reaches under the desk and hands over a Heaven scroll to Ami, who reaches over her shoulder to stick it in her backpack. As it slips into the unzipped section, an empty storage scroll with Heaven written on the outside falls out of your sleeve.
Before Ami can so much as say 'oops', Akamaru jumps off Kiba's head, barking joyfully, and snatches it up. Menka follows, and shimmies under the desk to grab an Earth scroll.
"Good boy!" Kiba says encouragingly, "Now bring it back."
Tail still wagging, Akamaru bounds off with the scroll.
"Oh, not
again..." Ami says, exasperated. "I thought nin-dogs were supposed to be intelligent."
"Shut up!" Kiba snaps, and runs off after his canine companion.
"Menka, no!" you say in dismay as an illusion of your bodyguard darts over the desk. "Crap!"
"Is it too late for me to switch teams?" Ami asks the proctors as one of them scoops up the kitty and tries to wrest an Earth scroll out of his mouth.
"I'm sorry," you tell the two chuunin behind the desk sheepishly, taking Menka from them and dislodging the scroll to slip up your sleeve. You hand the cat back, activating the touch-genjutsu as you do so. "I've trained him to bring me stuff I want and sometimes he gets carried away." You hold empty air in the shape of a cat up and say in a syrupy tone, "No, you're
not getting a treat this time, mister. You almost made us fail the exam."
The proctor drops Menka into the tub of scrolls, where he proceeds to grab the two scrolls for Team Office Lady.
"He shredded it," Kiba growls, dragging a whimpering Akamaru back into the hut, the remains of the fake Heaven scroll in his hand.
"I don't believe this," Ami says, eyes wide with anxiety as she starts to hyperventilate. "First Ino's stupid ego trip almost gets us thrown out and now your idiot dog gets us disqualified before we even get a chance to really compete!"
You stroke her on the back comfortingly. "Hey, Ami, it's okay, it's only a six month wait, we can try again next time."
"Calm down," one of the chuunin scolds, pulling out a fresh Heaven scroll from under the desk. "Have some dignity, will you? You're representing the village here."
Ami gasps at the new scroll, blinking back tears as she smiles hopefully at the proctor. "W-we can really have another chance?" she asks, biting her lip.
"W-well, yeah," he says back, suddenly slightly pink around the ears. "You can pay me back by getting to the finals. Konoha's honour is at stake with Suna sending that demon brat here to steamroll the competition."
Ami snatches up the Heaven scroll and clings to it like a drowning woman, beaming at the chuunin and bowing repeatedly. "Thank you, thank you so much!" A thought seems to strike her, and her expression becomes slightly panicked again. "Please, sir, promise me you won't tell any of the other competitors that I cried?"
"I promise," he says, embarrassed, "just please, move along."
You do so, Ami still repeating her thank yous as you pull her out the door with a fond roll of your eyes.
Menka rejoins you, and the genjutsu collapses with a wave of your hand just as a team from Amegakure enters the hut.
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The two chuunin don't see the last portion of the tape, because they spend it glaring at each other.
The assistant hits the eject button.
"I hope you know you aren't getting paid," Anko says flatly.
~owari~
but it's not just as useful as the two options I picked.
