"Hey, you know what Sakura?" said Ino lazily as she lay on the grass beside me.

"What…" I replied.

"We should enter that huge fighting tournament don't you think? It'll test our strength after 6 years of training…." She replied with a hint of drowsiness in her voice. We were both lying on the grass in a random park in Konoha. We, who were now part of ANBU and had been on many dangerous missions were now 18 and getting bored with life. We stared at the clouds passing by over our heads. I then briefly wondered if Sasuke was looking at the same sky as I. But I then thought that he was part of the past and that I'd probably never see him again. I then thought of what Ino was talking about.

"A tournament? Oh yeah, I think I heard about that…All different types of Shinobi are going to enter, it'd be a great test for our skills. It would be awesome if we won…I think I heard Naruto talking about it…" I said wearily.

"Mmm..." replied Ino. We were a bit tired, it was late in the afternoon and the sun was setting. The sunset was so beautiful, there were shades of pink, orange and red and a tinge of yellow over decreasing in size sun.

Ino had become my best friend over the past few years, just as we were younger, only now I was the more powerful of us both. Over the last three years I tried to excel through my training, forcing myself to become limitless and to not bend down willingly to others. I would fight for myself and this earned me to become a Jounin before everyone, except Neji and Shikamaru though. I was the first girl I suppose. I took that as a little incentive or motive and even a prize. I worked harder each day and tried to keep my skills in check, but I had nobody to practice on, they all refused to fight me, it actually got quite annoying after a while. I soon got bored and stopped training for like a week, and then Tsunade-sama got me back to my schedule by hitting me over the head, sending me unconscious for another week.

And so here I was, thinking about entering this competition with Ino, it sounded like a good way to see how much I've grown. Since I'm not ANBU I should have no trouble, unless they are all great fighters looking to test their skill and strength, then I thought what the hell, it'll make the victory sweeter by crushing a sense of pride.

"What do you mean it's only for males!?" shrieked Ino angrily.

"I'm sorry ladies…The tournament is strictly for males and males only" said the official.

"And why is that?!" I said, I was outraged! This is so sexist! I'm usually into anything with the word sex in it, but definitely not the word 'sexist', though the interest in the word sex is a mask! I'm saving myself for somebody special. I say those things so Ino doesn't think I'm just an innocent little girl.

"Because we are afraid that the young women who want to enter, and older women too, put simply they might get hurt.." he said matter of factly.

"Yeah 'might'!" I yelled in protest.

"Sorry girls, you can't enter the competition, it's as final as that.."

Ino was going to take a swing at the official but I caught her wrist just in time and judging from the officials face, he definitely wasn't a fighter, because 'put simply' he shat himself.

Ino and I walked away with great unhappiness in our strides. Then we stopped at a wall and leant against it.

"You know what we have to do right?" said Ino.

"What's that…Beat up the official? Pose as a man?" I said then scoffed.

"Well, I wasn't thinking of beating up the official, but that sounds good too. So yeah, I have the perfect clothes!" said Ino with much enthusiasm.

I laughed then stopped as I looked at her serious face. "You've got to be kidding!" I exclaimed, to which she shook her head.

"No way.." I said. "I'm never ever, ever, ever, ever, ever in my life going to pose as a man.." I stated.

"But, we could win and show them that women can fight at the same standard as males! Our male names could be Inu and Sakurai! We could be revolutionaries! Or reformers! Oh my god! Think of it Sakura! We'd go down in history: The two females who kicked the arses of the best male fighters!" said Ino as she peered at an imaginary heading in a text book, seeing herself as waving to the crowd as she stood over a pile of unconscious men.

I then thought about it. We'd be teaching the men that we were just as good. Then maybe we could beat up the official….Nah, I'd be wasting my skill on a simple prat…

"Alright, I'll do it…" I said confidently.

"What do you mean body examination!" yelled Ino, stating herself as Inu.

"Sorry sir but its compulsory..." said the official, the same from earlier in the day. We were so surprised that he didn't notice that it was Ino and I. Ino was wearing a short haired brown wig and a hoodie, track pants and sandals. I on the other hand wasn't as lucky; I got a big dollop of black paint on my once gorgeous short pink hair. I was also wearing bandages over my chest , so not to show my breasts, I hated wearing them because they made me feel like I was flat chested, like when I was younger, I had boobs now! I didn't want to hide them…But this was for the sake of woman kind! Anyway, over the bandages I was wearing a long robe like outfit over a tunic and long black pants and sandals. But to over our face, we both wore masks on the lower half of our face, similar to Kakashi's. Actually, days later he noticed that he was missing two…

When we walked into the examination room we walked slowly and cautiously. We found to seats and sat down. We then heard a little voice ring from behind a curtain.

"Coming.." she said. The voice sounded very similar thought Ino, sorry, Inu and I. Then when the girl made an appearance we gasped and knew that we were doomed.

"Hinata…" Inu said.

"You know my name?" Hinata had changed quite a bit since we were younger. She no longer stuttered and she was a very confident woman nowadays, that's how she earned Naruto as her boyfriend, she just confessed to him one day and asked him out, she was so surprised when he accepted her invitation. We weren't though, we always believed in her.

"Uh, we heard it round…" I said.

"You two sound very familiar…Do you have relatives here? Do you come from Konoha?" she asked as she stared at us.

"Um, yeah distant relatives..." said Inu as she tried to adjust her voice to sound lower, like a males should.

"Well…I've just read your applications and all are in order…What did you say your names were?"

"Um…Inu and…Sakurai" I said. I feel like a fool. She'll see right through us..

"Wonderful, well good luck in the competition! I'll root for you…But then again I pretty much say that to every guy that walks through that door. Well anyway, here are the times of when the sparring begins and meetings and such. Good luck, I hope for the best Inu and Sakurai. Bye" and with that Hinata turns and walks through a random door behind her.

Ino, no sorry, Inu! Well anyway, Inu and I stare at each other, unable to grasp what had just happened. We are so lucky not to be caught, I'd hate to find out that the whole village knows about Ino and me cross dressing. It sounds all perverted. Oh well, we were lucky that time. We hurriedly made our way out of the office when we're stopped by Hinata's voice.

"Oh, by the way, Ino and Sakura kick their asses! I mean, Inu and Sakurai…" then there was a little laugh and we knew instantly that Hinata knew our true identities. She's a good person, and has a sharp eye, we were stupid to think we could fool her, oh well; she wasn't going to say anything anytime soon.

Tonight we had a meeting with the officials and all the fighters from everywhere were going to be there. Probably even Naruto and Shikamaru and all the others, this was going to be one exciting tournament.

When Ino and I arrived, dressed as our alter-ego's we find our seats at the carious tables. We have names on the tables where we are meant to sit at. I read aloud our names and we sit down in our allotted place. I glance quickly at the other seats to see who we're going to sit next to for the duration of the night. I read the names Derrick, Tarho, Yetaj and…well as I'm about the read the final one the man four men appear at the table, I assume them to be the guys who are also sitting at our table. They all take their seats, and then I realise what the other name was.

A/N: Ahh! Did you like it? Should I make a second chapter? Hehe, I got the name Yetaj from Kadaj…Advent Children…Oh my god, isn't Kadaj just the hottest guy you've ever seen, it's extra hot cause he's evil! If you don't know who he is you'd better GOOGLE HIM!!

Oh and if any of you are confused about why they didn't get the body examination, it's because Hinata knows who they are, so there really would be not point at all…Well that's what I...the Author says, and…This is my God-complex so tough if you don't like it!...