"Aw! Come on! You're such a party pooper!" Cho was pulling on Sasuke's arm and trying to convince him to come along, to watch her train. She took in a deep breath, as if she was going to scream, then slowly let out a long, annoying sound, "PPPPPPPLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSEEEEE! PPPPLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSS-"

Sasuke jerked his arm away, "Fine, I'll go, just shut up." He said finally. Cho smiled triumphantly as she walked down the road looking around for her best friend, Nagoshi. Cho skipped happily along the paved road, shoes clicking on the ground. A gust of wind rushed past her, and a blur passed her. She turned to see what it was, but it had already returned. Nagoshi stood in front of her, breathing quickly from her running.

Nagoshi, a red headed energetic girl, simply smiled at Cho. "Well hey there Cho" she said with another smile. She then averted her gaze to Sasuke, who had his arms crossed and his shirt blowing slightly from the breeze, "What's he doing here?" Nagoshi asked, pointing a finger at him.

Cho smiled, "He's coming to watch me train . . . Hey Nagoshi, wanna come too? I need to improve my taijutsu." Cho suggested. Nagoshi looked around and shrugged with a light grin, "I have nothing else to do."

Cho squealed with delight as she now skipped down the walk way and into the forest, just outside of Konoha. Cho walked as the bluish-green gravel crunched beneath their feet, she wore her same perky, annoying smile as they walked. Nagoshi stayed close behind, and Sasuke dragged back, obviously not as enthusiastic about the whole thing.

Cho looked around at the trees, they were thick, and it looked as if no one would be able to practice taijutsu with another easily, but both Nagoshi and Cho knew of a place, where the tall trees made a clearing; it looked as if a giant stepped down and left a hole in it's place.

SWOOP

Nagoshi took off her black kunai case and it landed by a tree, "You said you wanted to practice taijutsu, well, that mean's no weapons." She said, smirking slightly. Cho took off her matching black kunai case and placed it by Nagoshi's and stood in ready position.

Nagoshi stood perfectly still, "Hit me as hard as you can Cho" she said, in a nagging tone, but a friendly one. She nodded and ran at her, getting ready to punch her, though she knew it would be a pathetic attempt, just as she thought, Nagoshi dodged her punch at the last second. Nagoshi sidestepped and grabbed Cho's fist, she took two fingers and jammed them into her wrist, in the blink of an eye.

Cho's hand fell limp and she quickly swung her feet around without wasting a second, but Nagoshi only jumped up. She swung her legs around, to mimic Cho, but Cho couldn't dodge, and she fell on the rocky ground, cutting her hands slightly, she pressed them together until a little blood dripped down, then her hands glowed and healed themselves in a second.

Nagoshi held out a hand to Cho, "You'll have to work on dodging if you ever want to improve your taijutsu," Nagoshi mused as Cho grabbed her hand and Nagoshi lifted her to her feet.

Cho went over to the tree trunk that she set her kunai bag down and tied it back around her leg. "Can we practice hitting targets now?" she asked anxiously, noticing Sasuke finally caught up. Nagoshi rolled her shoulders around slightly and sighed, she picked up her kunai bag as well, "I suppose we could . . ." a strange sensation made her shiver, she glanced around and saw no one other than Sasuke and Cho.

Cho shivered as well, but brushed it off, it's nothing. She thought as she took out a kunai, she aimed and was about to throw it when she felt it again, it felt stronger than before, Nagoshi told her about it, blood lust.

Sasuke leaned on the tree; this should be amusing . . but what could be making this strong blood lust? He thought, looking around, he closed his eyes, but when he opened them, instead of his charcoal eyes, they were now dark red.

A dark figure with black hair, pale skin and red eyed was watching from the cover of darkness, it stood silently watching the two girls practice and the other boy look around with strange red eyes, he looks like an easy target. The figure thought as she remained silent.

Cho closed her eyes and threw the kunai, Nagoshi bent down fast and covered her head, "Cho, you don't close your eyes when you throw kunai." She reminded quickly. Amazingly enough, the kunai actually stuck to the tree.

The figure didn't move. Have I been spotted? The figure shook it's head, the black long hair moving only slightly, but enough to catch Sasuke's eye.

He looked carefully, there defiantly was someone there. Nagoshi shivered and clenched a fist, "Cho, come here!" she said quickly, motioning to Cho.

She quickly skipped to the tree and took out the kunai, the figure waited as still as the tree was, hoping not to be seen. Then Cho skipped over to Nagoshi, "Did you not feel that?" Nagoshi questioned Cho, "It's blood lust, but it's not normal, it's coming from the tree you just threw a kunai at, someone should go check it out." Nagoshi suggested, Cho nodded, though she wasn't really trusting on her senses, since it never worked out for her well, "Good idea." She agreed simply.

Nagoshi pushed Cho towards the tree, "You go." Cho dug her heels into the dirt, pushing it up slightly as Nagoshi pushed her along. After a while, Cho finally gave up on the fight and practically ran towards the figure behind the tree. She made out a silhouette, it looked like a normal girl, and she had dark long black hair, pale white skin, and dark tattered clothes.

The girl made three hand signs, she quickly disappeared, Cho reached out before she did, "Wait! We just wanted to-" the girl was gone as quickly, perhaps quicker, than she had came.

Cho rubbed the back of her head, her short hair getting even rattier than it was before, "I don't know who it was, but it looked like just a girl, no older than us." Cho said, still a little confused from what just happened.

Sasuke's eyes returned to normal and he put his hands in his pockets and started walking away. Cho saw him out of the corner of her eye and briskly but casually walked over to him and grabbed his arm, "Want to walk me home Sasuke?" she asked, he shook her arm off, "No." He walked on, but Cho stayed, she stomped a foot down, He always says no to everyone. She thought annoyed.

Nagoshi walked over to Cho, who was just rudely rejected, "I'll walk with ya . . . hey Cho, don't ya think that was a little suspicious?" Cho shook her head, still a little bummed, but not surprised, that Sasuke said no. "Anyways, I'm sure by tomorrow there will be plenty of time to go look for her." Cho's ears perked up, she smiled slightly, I should try and be friends with the girl, she didn't look like she lived anywhere, maybe she's just looking for food, or a place to stay…

Nagoshi and Cho walked through the dense forest until it eventually came to Konoha. Cho and Nagoshi both went in opposite directions. Cho walked down the stone path towards her small apartment room, she got out her little gold key and placed it into the key hole, it clicked open.

She laid out a box of crackers then sat on her bed, watching the sun go down.

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Nagoshi however went down the dirt path, That was a strange presence, I've never felt anything like that before. I'm sure Cho won't come with, I'll go looking for that girl later tonight, when it gets darker . . . She decided as she walked up to another apartment, it was similar to Cho's, but her door was unlocked, she had nothing valuable in there and felt no need to lock it, she laid on her bed until the room got dark.