It didn't take long before students from other exam rooms arrived at the training field. The first ones to arrive were Shikamaru, then Kiba, then a few ninja course students from other classes followed them. It took roughly half an hour for most of the participants to arrive.
After waiting roughly ten more minutes a few instructors arrived to administer the next part of the tests. They decided to split the crowd into three groups, one group for all the physical tests; speed, strength, endurance, and such, another group for sparring against an instructor, and one final another group for anyone to demonstrate any special skills in order to try to get any extra bonus points.
Hinata and Tsukiyo happened to be assigned to the same group, the only other people from her class that were assigned with them were the 'mob' characters as Miku calls them.
'That's because they are.' Miku said, surprised that Hinata actually heard her earlier but decided to ignore what she said anyway.
'That's really not nice to say Miku. Why exactly are you calling them mob students anyway, they do have names you know.' Hinata chided Miku.
'It's because they don't have any remarkable features, except for Mr. Big nose over there, he is indeed a memorable person.' Miku said self righteously, 'And the more important reason is that I never bothered to actually remember their names. I know you haven't either.'
Hinata wanted to raise a point but Miku was indeed correct, she never bothered to remember their names because they never interacted with each other. The only reason she knows some of the other students names are because of the fact that they can be considered clan heirs, Sakura is considered the top student in written scores, and Tsukiyo sits right next to her. If it wasn't for those reasons, she assumed she might only know the name of one or two people in the whole class.
Hinata and Tsukiyo walked over to the section that they were assigned, the area where they will conduct physical exercises to determine their physical standards, Hinata and Tsukiyo were located more towards the back end of the line, they were testing students 10 at a time so that they can be comprehensive, but still get through the people pretty quickly.
'But it is still rude to call them, they have their own reasons for wanting to become a Shinobi, if you just call them a mob character, that's like trying to deny all the efforts that they put into this.' Hinata explained to Miku.
'Ahh, you're such a nag Hinata. What do you even think I should call them? I'm not going to remember the names of anyone that is not important to neither you nor me.' Miku said while throwing her hands up in the air in exasperation.
'You could just call them the other students, that is at least a nice way of addressing them.' Hinata explained.
Miku knew that the reason that Hinata was making such a big deal about something as minor as this is because of the fact that she didn't want her to belittle them, even though that's not what Miku was trying to do. Hinata herself has had her efforts denied and her results trampled upon one too many times for her to want another person to experience such a thing. So Miku decided that she would just do as Hinata said and no longer call them mob characters.
It was at this point that Tsukiyo decided to start talking with Hinata again, "So do you plan on showing any special skills later? Something to impress the instructors with that they will put on your file for your Jonin-Sensei to see?"
"Hmm, I will probably just list My Byakugan down as my special skill. I don't really have much else to offer at this point in time. The only other thing I could be considered decent at is Chakra control, and even then you far surpass me in that field." Hinata said in a self-deprecating way.
Tsukiyo just looked at Hinata for a while, trying to see if she could see anything underneath the exterior she normally had for people to see, such as her timidness and self doubt that had been ingrained into her. She heard rumors of how she has lived over the years and knew that even if she did have some hidden strength, she would have had to have learned how to hide it.
She could see that there was something that Hinata was hiding, but she couldn't see exactly what it was, 'Whatever,' she thought, 'Everyone is entitled to their own secrets that they don't wish to share. Though I doubt the village would agree.' She scoffed at the last part.
"Well…" She drawled out. "Even then listing a Kekkei Genkai would indeed give you an edge on others. I should also hope that my chakra control is better than yours, I am a puppet user after all, it just wouldn't do for me to not be skilled at it."
"Hmm you're, right. However it stinks that the only thing that I have going for me at the moment is something that the Hyuuga clan has given me." Hinata said, she didn't consider her new reflexes as a skill that she excelled at(even if it was), but merely the first stage of training for the Taijutsu style that Bang-Sensei is imparting to her.
Tsukiyo picked up on the repetitions that Hinata was making when saying 'at the moment', she figured that Hinata was indeed learning a new skill, but she hasn't gotten too proficient at it yet. "Then why don't you not consider it as something the Hyuuga clan gave you, and consider it as a gift from your mother instead." As she said that a look of pain crossed Tsukiyo's eyes.
Hinata wasn't surprised that Tsukiyo knew she was close with her mother, it was one of the few things that they talked about when they were younger, about the fact that her father was strict and harsh, and her mother was a very gentle soul, as well as the cuteness of Hanabi. And when she thought about it in the way that Tsukiyo suggested, she realized that it did indeed make her feel a lot better.
Although she was feeling better, Hinata decided that she wanted to change the subject from the Hyuuga clan, especially because she didn't want to think about the application of the caged bird seal that she will have to receive tonight. "What do you plan on showing them? Your puppeteering and your chakra control?"
As she was listening to Hinata's question, Tsukiyo pulled out a cherry flavored sucker from her pocket and offered one to Hinata who just shook her head in denial. After taking the wrapper off and rolling the sucker in her mouth for a few seconds Tsukiyo responded, "Yeah, pretty much. However since I don't have too much money, the only puppets I currently own are small hand crafted ones that I made myself. Just enough to show my skill in using them."
At that moment Miku started making a ruckus in Hinata's mind, 'I wanna see it. Hinata I want to see it. Have her show it to me.' Miku started acting like a child wanting to see a new toy.
Hinata decided to go along with Miku's wailing, not just because she wanted her to stop, but also because she was also curious of the puppet that Tsukiyo made herself. "W-would you mind showing me the puppet that you made? It's fine if you don't want to. It's probably for the best anyway. You probably wouldn't want to show me anyway."
Both Miku and Tsukiyo sighed at Hinata's attitude. It was obvious that she was uncomfortable asking for things, even if it was something as simple as asking someone to show them their 'toy'.
Tsukiyo, deciding that she didn't wish to see Hinata continue putting herself down for asking something simple, pulled the wooden figurine from her pocket, though Hinata was surprised that she even had that just sitting in her pants pocket.
Tsukiyo pulled it out and showed it off to Hinata, it was a wooden figurine of a small girl wearing a kimono with a sash. The girl had cat-like features on it and it was a little bit bigger than the size of Tsukiyo's palm. Both Hinata and Miku were surprised by the skill that Tsukiyo had in carving.
Tsukiyo seeing that Hinata was looking at the figurine in awe just smiled and began to manipulate it with her chakra strings, she made it perform a slow dance by itself and the way that it moved was so smooth, you would think that it was just a small cat-like fairy that was dancing in the air.
Hinata had never seen something like this so close up before and she was amazed by what she was seeing, Miku herself was also impressed, but mostly by the skill that Tsukiyo was displaying with that simple act. To be able to control the puppets movements to such a degree, it was obvious that a lot of effort and time went into perfecting this skill of hers.
Hinata slowly reached her hand out towards the puppet and extended a finger to it, Tsukiyo then controlled the puppet to grab Hinata's hand and give it a small shake. Just as Hinata was about to play with the puppet she heard the exam proctor call out to the next group to come up to the stage, she then realized that it was her and Tsukiyo's groups turn to go.
The area where they were being tested was actually quite simple, it started as a test where they showcased their physical strength by trying to lift a weight, but it wasn't a simple barbell that they had to lift. It was actually a rock about the size of Hinata's head, it was engraved with seals that slowly increased the weight over time, to the limit that a person could bear. It displayed the weight reached before a person dropped it, once it was no longer in a person's hands, the weight stopped increasing.
The weight that the people who went before her lifted, averaged out around 275 Kilograms(606 Pounds) with most being lower than that. Ninjas have a stronger physique than the average person as they are constantly training their bodies, they are able to lift even more if they use chakra reinforcement. The amount ranges depending on both your proficiency with chakra reinforcement, as well as your base physical strength.
Tsukiyo herself managed to do a little bit better than average, but not by much. She managed to lift 286 Kilograms(630 Pounds). Hinata was sure that if she really tried, she could lift more than that, but she was obviously trying to adjust her scores to her own liking.
Soon it was Hinata's turn to hold the stone, she could feel the weight start to increase as she was holding it, it started out as barely more than the weight of a pebble, but the weight kept continuing to increase at a constant speed. She was keeping a constant eye out on the weight, not wanting it to go too high and have the Hyuuga clan find out about it. They can be pretty vindictive when things turn out to be different than what they expected as shown with her father's attitude towards her when she didn't perform according to her expectations.
"Hey Miku, since you are able to control my hand, does that mean you can control other parts of my body?" Hinata asked Miku as she was thinking of a plan.
'I can, but I generally will need to have your agreement if I wish to do so. The only exception would be your left arm. And that is because I, THE GREATEST DEMON OF ALL, have sealed myself inside of it. If the seal were ever to be unleashed, who knows what would happen to the denizens of this world. MWAHAHAHAHA!' Miku started to explain before she started to slip.
'Normal words please.' Hinata said exasperated.
'Hmm, basically I need your permission, and the only reason I can use the left side of your body as I please, is because it is technically also my body. However I generally don't act on it because it could throw your balance off.' Miku said while rubbing her forehead as Hinata managed to flick her when she told her to speak normally.
'In that case, I want you to control my body, mostly my muscles, and I want you to make me appear to be struggling to carry on when I get to around 350 Kilograms(771 Pounds) that way I demonstrate a strength higher than most of my peers, but not too much that people will start paying me special attention for my strength.' Hinata said her plan.
Miku agreed and also kept an eye on the increasing weight, she controlled Hinata's perspiration to have her start to sweat when the weight reached 320 Kilograms. Her arms started to shake slightly when reaching 335 kilograms. At 350 kilograms, the weight Hinata wanted to stop at, Miku made her arms start to shake, and her face start to turn red from 'exertion', and when the weight reached 363 kilograms(800 Pounds) she dropped the stone and bent over panting. Trying to 'regain' her breath as her arms continue to shake.
The proctor wrote down her score and had her go down and rest, and wait for her groupings turn at the obstacle course that was next so they could test both their speed, and their ability to react .
When she sat on the ground, in order to keep up the facade as they 'rested', Hinata still had Miku control her body. Hinata felt she was in a weird state, she could feel everything that happened, but she wasn't in control of it. Now, most people would feel trapped in this kind of situation, feeling that they were living in another person's body, able to see and feel, but unable to do anything else.
However Hinata didn't feel any of that, if anything she felt that it was a novel experience. She knew that she could regain control at any time, especially the right half of her body, and she knew that Miku would not resist if she wished to take back over. Not to mention she feels it's a little unfair to Miku that she never got to spend any time in the 'real' world so she decided to let Miku have a bit of free reign, but she was willing to take back over if she decided to do anything stupid, and Miku knows that. So she was just sitting there keeping up the act, just in case there were any prying eyes.
After Miku sat down, Tsukiyo made her way over and sat down next to her. Hinata felt a little worried that Tsukiyo might notice anything, however she trusted that Miku wouldn't go too far. Even if she did act too differently from Hinata usually does, she hoped Tsukiyo would probably chalk it up to the fact that Hinata was just exhausted and not think any further about it.
"So was that the actual limit that you could reach? Or are you able to go on for a little longer?" Tsukiyo asked as she looked at Miku, noticing that she was indeed a little bit different than usual. Just minute differences in things like her posture and her breathing rhythm, but not anything too different than how she usually is.
"This Great one…" Miku started before Hinata mentally punched the back of her head and Tsukiyo raised an eyebrow before she changed the way she was speaking, "*Huff* I mean, *Huff* I could probably go on and lift a little bit more, however I also drained a whole lot of energy just making it seem like that was my *Huff** limit." Miku finished as she did actually look tired from manipulating individual parts of Hinata's body, not to mention the fact that she still hasn't rested since Hinata finished her training with the old man Bang.
"Right." Tsukiyo noticed the slip up but didn't pay too much attention to it, 'She might be one of those people. Acting like a child that just started the academy with delusions of grandeur.' She thought and noted down the new fact about her weird desk mate. If Hinata were to know that Tsukiyo considered her Chuuni because of Miku's actions, well she might just hide herself in her room and never come out.