Around Once More; Around Again... (OPEN)

Stella made sure that she wasn't going to be cold... She had bundled up quite a bit before going out. A sweater, heavy coat, mittens, and she even disregarded her extremely short Shorts for a pair of form fitting jeans, with paper Seals below them she had bought from the Shinobi Store, ones created to produce heat. Toned down Explosive Notes if you will.

But despite all of that... she was still freezing!

She had planned to go out for the day, and find begin to train her endurance by climbing the mountain. She had been planning on this for quite some time now, and come Hell or High Water, she was going to do it dammit!!

...Well, that was what she told herself, before her deep blue eyes continued to rise up the mountain... and up... and up... and up some more.

She stared for a moment, taking in the sight. Then looked even higher to the large cloud above the lower portion of Arashigakure.

The cloud had formed due to the mountain that the village was near. Currents of Warm air, and cold air met within the valley they were located in, and due to the geographical settings around them, this Constant Storm Cloud had formed above Arashigakure no Sato.

It had constant storms, and despite today only having a rating of 6 out of 10 on Stella's Bad Storm'o'meter, it was still particularly nasty. And even more so to any visitors to the Village.

A figure appeared behind Stella, putting their hand on her shoulder. "Hello, what might you be doing today?" It was her kage, Tatsuo Kuroji. His eyes staring up the mountain as if he could see through the storm, and through the clouds to where more parts of the village lay. Sighing, he said, "Do you plan on climbing up?"

Stella let out a small squeak at the voice and the hand, before she realized who it was. She quickly turned around and gave him a bow. “(Yondime?) Sorakage-sama! I didn't realize you were there...”

She stood back up and nodded. “And yes. I know I can get up there any other way (Yer village XD Elevators?), but I wish to prove myself ready for Chuunin rank with this...” She, however, forgot to mention that this was a task that required nearly Jounin level skill to do, and most of the time, even they had trouble...

The Sorakaga smiled, what the genin was about to do was jonin level. Chuckling, he leaned down to the girl's ear and began whispering to her, his long yellowish-blond hair displayed in a mess behind him, "Why don't we make a deal? If you can make it to clouds, I'll put you in the next chuunin exams, k? I'll even go up with you!"

Stella's eyes grew wider at the prospect of being placed in the next Exams. She still had no idea where they would be (And they wont show up for another month or so out here), who would be in it, and the like, but she did know one thing...

They were only a few months away, and she was going to make damned sure she was ready. She quickly gave her Kage a bow and tried to speak in a hushed tone. “Hai! I would like that very much, Sorakage-sama!”