I am just plain speechless
Last sunday (okay yesterday) I had a kata exam. Pretty big exam, but not lifechanging. I was so nervous, but i just passed. Then my sensei comes up to me and says he wants me to come over and talk to the panal of teachers. A bit unusual, but yeah, okay. Then he suddenly kicks me in the back of the knee, causing me to fall and land on my knees. I went to draw on him, but he caught my draw arm and gave me the "hey! hang on!" sorta look. The head sensei on the panal then comes up and says he's awarding me the rank of a chunin! I just sat there for about a minute trying to say something and failing miserablly (i kant speeell). (just to explain this for everyone, ninjutsu has three major ranks apart from your dan/kyu ranking. All ninja are either a jonin(master ninja/the head of a clan or someone who has reached the highest ranks in the style) chunin (in the fudal ages these would have been the sensei and the higher ranked soldiers) and genin (everyone else). Most ninja in modern ninjutsu are genin for most of their careers. My sensei then went on to tell me that with official records, i was the 4th youngest chunin in the history of the clan. I mean O.O . As far as i'm concerned, I certainly dont think i deserve this honour, especially since i'm not even the best in my class or anything >.> . After they told me, i just fainted partially because of the shock and partially since i had a massive cold that had caused me to hyperventilate