After some time the group got together and was ready for more action! Though Ariama has started to lose interest in that but is turning into lke a female version of Sasuke. What is wrong with her?...
WAKING UP FOR THE DAY:
"Ariama! Sakura! Wake up!" Sakura's mother yelled.
"Yes, Mrs. Haruno!" Ariama called back.
Ariama then turned around to Sakura, who was still dreaming about Sasuke, and tried to wake her up.
"Wake up Sakura! Today we have more training!" Ariama shouted.
"Huh what? Okay I'm up." Sakura finally answered.
Ariama went into the other room and put on her shirt, leggings, tied her hair, and put o her Hidden Leaf head band.
She strolled down stairs and got some breakfast then waited for Sakura.
"Okay i'm here!" Sakura said approaching Ariama.
"Took you long enough." Ariama replied and giving her an annoying look.
"Um you ok?" Sakura asked.
"Ya whatever lets leave." She answered then took off from one tree to another.
ARRIVING AT THE BRIDGE:
When they arrived Sakura tried to get Sasuke's attention while Ariama just stood there, hands in her pockets and waiting for the sensei.
"Oh hi! So uh last night was pretty funny wasn't it?" Naruto asked quickly yet shyly noticing Ariama standing there.
"I couldn't care less." Ariama replied.
Naruto thought at first she said something funny but when noticing what she actually said he said, "What? What do you mean?"
"Don't ask me again! Or else slit your throat in half! Loser." she calmly yet alarmingly shot back.
"Uh..." Naruto was totally confused.
"Heh! That will put him back in his place." Sasuke spoke under his breath.
"Hey Naruto! You know better than messing with Ariama! She isn't your type!" Sakura argued.
"Hey you can say that just because she's your best friend!" Naruto shot back
"Not even a second has past and the fight has started.." Sasuke and Ariama both sighed.
Noticing her say that he looked over with no expression and just stared.
A few minutes had past and he was still staring until Ariama stopped it.
"Hey. Watch where you're staring." Ariama said with no tone to her voice and strolled by Sasuke.
Sasuke's eyes grew wide with curiosity and just stopped staring. Like come on it would be weird someone staring at you.
"Hey sorry for the wait. I was lost on the path for life." Kakashi sensei joked.
"Ya right." Sakura and Naruto said.
"Right so lets begin shall we? Okay we're going to learn a simple duplication jutsu the I'll teach some stuff on it. Then we'll move on." Kakashi explained.
"Pfft." Ariama had thought it would be easy since she's been practicing a lot lately.
"Anything the matter Ariama?" Kakashi asked.
"No. Lets just keep going ok?" Ariama said once again no tone to her voice.
"As you wish. We'll be heading toward the same forest we had camped out in which is near-" Kakashi began explaining but Sasuke and Ariama had already left.
Sasuke was following where Ariama was going. He was really curious at how she had changed so quickly and overnight.
AFTER EVERYONE ASSMEBLES AT THE FOREST:
"Okay each of will have a partner I will choose and then will win a prize!" Kakashi explained and cheered.
"Okay can we just begin already." Ariama said getting her black arrow heads ready.
"Okay Naruto you will be with Ariama and Sasuke with Sakura." Kakshi ordered.
"Great." Sasuke and Ariama sighed highly annoyed.
'Is she trying to get as good as me?' Sasuke thought.
'Am I too much of a burden to Ariama?" Naruto thought.
"Does she like Sasuke?" Sakura thought out loud.
Sasuke started sweating and Ariama shot her a dirty look.
"Okay your task is to get through the traps I've set and with help of your partner." Kakashi explained.
"I'm excited are you excited cause..." Naruto started blabbing on excitedly.
"I'm SO glad i'm with you and not dumb Naruto..." Sakura babbled on.
While Sakura kept talking and sort of helped Sasuke was still really confused.
'Was she trying to get like me just to impress me or is she really changing?' Sasuke thought as he swiftly moved from one tree to another.
After they had completed the course Kakashi had the kids gather around for the prize.
"What's the prize?" Naruto asked.
"You get to the next higher rank." Kakashi happily said.
"Um...What does that mean?" Naruto asked.
"In every group the sensei will have a graph that will show a student's skill, power, and chakra. And once the student gets to the highest ranks they will achieve a massive amount of power and chakra in there possession." Ariama explained.
Everyone else including Kakashi just stood there in awe and just gaping at Ariama.
"How'd you know that? Only expierenced Ninjas know it." Kakashi asked in disbelief.
"Well I stayed up last night doing some research on Jonin ranked stuff." Ariama replied leaning against a tree trunk.
Once again they stared.
"Okay then you've taken your rank to the next level. And I thought Sasuke would outrun you." Kakashi said crossing something off of his scroll and writing something else.
Sasuke just stood there half angry half curious.
Then Kakashi announced that they'll be sleeping in the forest again. But this time no one was going to take baths together, cause last time it was a disaster!
ARRIVING AT THE SAME CAMPING SPOT:
"Well who would like to go first?" Kakashi asked.
"First for what?" Sakura asked.
"To take a bath of course!" Kakashi reminded her.
"I'll go first." Ariama stepped up.
"Okay the lake is that way." Kakashi pointed west just a bit far away but the lake was visible.
Sasuke sneaked past Kakashi and went up a cliff to get a glimpse of Ariama until Kakashi noticed.
"So? Sasuke the great Uchiha is doing this? Not good." Kakashi said grabbing a hold of his shirt.
"Whatever i'm going back." Sasuke said as he had no intension what so ever about Ariama's new change.
Back at the camp everyone was bickering about her new change.
"I think she's trying to get along Sasuke. Maybe she likes him now?" Sakura said out loud.
Once again he started sweating real bad. He was definitely going to need a shower! Meanwhile Naruto shot Sasuke a dirty look.
"Okay i'm back whoever needs to use the lake next they can." Ariama said as she let loose her long hair that had natural blue and red highlights.
"Ariama?" Kakashi asked.
"Yeah." she replied.
"How did you get blue and red highlights? Did you dye it?" he asked.
"No. I had it from the start." she replied.
"Well it's better than Naruto's hair." Sakura whispered and giggled hoping it would make her laugh but no such luck.
AFTER EVERYONE WAS ASLEEP:
In the middle of the night some leaves rustled in the night path. But a phew figures flew across the sky.
Some bandits were on their way to do something sinister.
Ariama was whistfully sleeping away until some bandit put a white cover on her face causing her to faint.
Naruto woke up and yelled, "ARIAMA!"
The bandits noticed and did the same to him but left him and took Ariama instead.
The next day Sakura woke him up and asked what he was doing outside.
"I saw some bandits kidnap Ariama! We have to leave now!" he yelled.
Noticing that Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura got alarming look and left with a blink of an eye.
They were traveling for a while when Sasuke pointed north west and said, "Look! A house!"
"Maybe she's in there?" Sakura said concerned.
They had stopped by the house when a mist suddenly came out of the entrance when Kakashi opened the door.
"So. You've come." a mysterious voice asked.
"Who are you?" Naruto asked.
"Me? I'm Tazuma. Your worst fear yet!" he replied.
"Tsk. In your dreams!" Naruto bluffed.
"Why do you have Ariama here?" Kakashi asked changing the subject.
"Oh. You know why Kakashi don't be fooled. You know what secret power she has tucked away inside her!" Tazuma said pointing to a cage hanging from the ceiling.
"Secret power? Ariama? What?" Everyone, except Kakashi, wondered.
"Not the nine tails chakra..." Kakashi intensely whispered.
"NINE TAILS?! CHAKRA?!" Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke exclaimed.
"Not just her, you have the other half kid!" Tazuma pointed to Naruto.
Sasuke and Sakura backed away.
"Right under my nose!" Sasuke screeched.
"And now it's time to unleash it! Every sinister enemy is out there searching for her and that boy!" Tazuma exclaimed.
"Not on my watch!" Kakashi whispered under his breath.
He quickly teleported behind Tazuma without a trace.
"I know you're here!" Tazuma bellowed.
"Nope! It's just you and your empty mind!" Kakashi screeched before he took out a black arrow head and put it under his chin.
"NO! THIS CAN'T-" Tazuma said but before falling to the ground.
Ariama sat there still asleep with that poison that she had smelled.
"How are we gonna get up there?" Sakura thought out loud.
Without even replying as usual Sasuke jumped from object to object and finally reached the cage.
"I can't open it where are the keys?" Sasuke said hanging from one side of the cage.
"Use your wits! A ninja can do this when they're in a difficult situation!" Kakashi yelled back.
Sasuke quickly thought. Then he took a naginata that was hanging near the cage and slit the cage open in one blow.
Now there was another problem, Ariama could smash her head open if some wouldn't catch her from midair.
Naruto kept moving around to see if he could catch her.
But unfortunately for him Sasuke caught her from midair.
Naruto made a face at him and mumbled, "He always gets the glory!"
"Ariama? Ari?" Sasuke and Sakura said shaking her gently to get her to wake up.
"Here give her this." Kakashi said handing Sasuke an Anti-poison serum.
"I hope this works!" Sakura pleaded.
Sasuke got sweaty again and was hoping he wouldn't spill it anywhere.
He then gently opened her mouth, which sort of seemed weird but at a time like this it didn't matter!
Sasuke next poured it in. Then had her swallow the Anti-poison serum.
"Sasuke hold her close she might need help." Kakashi said.
Sasuke nodded.
"Eh ahem! Ow! My aching back and head!" Ariama complained.
She looked up and thought it might be Naruto again holding her. But she was shocked to see Sasuke.
"Uh...Sasuke? What are you doing here?" she asked.
"I saved you." he replied.
Her whole face turned all the shades of pink! And get this, so did his!
"Let's go back." Kakashi said jumping onto the window sill.
"Oh and Naruto and Sasuke can you help Ariama to the camp?" Kakashi said.
"Okay." Naruto nobly yet happily said.
Sasuke held one side of her body while Naruto did the other.
ONCE THEY HAD GOTTEN BACK:
"Well then that was some day." Sakura said.
"Sensei?" Sasuke said.
"Yes?" he replied.
"Are Naruto and Ariama The Nine Tails'?" he asked.
Ariama's eyes got wide and she turned around holding onto her hair.
"I...am...A JINCHURKI?!" She shrieked.
"Well that escalated." Sakura said narrowing her eyes.
"It's okay." Kakashi said putting his hand on Ariama's shoulder.
Well I hope you liked this chapter! :D I think I lost it at the ending but I have something great prepared for the next chapter! :D Keep reading! Bye!