Okay so I know I just finished writing a story and I know I'm still in the middle of writing one...well a few. I thought that this one needed a decent re write, I liked the idea and I know the first version was too poorly written. (I wrote it at age twelve for goodness sake.) SO I thought it would be interesting to re write it and make corrections and improve the writing. I will not delete the original 'Don't Let me Go' until this version is finished at least.
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"Can you wake up already." Amari heard the rage in her older sister's voice and her eyes immediately shot right open, she looked up and the first thing she saw was her long brunette haired older sister with a dark aura clouding around her. This was an indicater that she was probably past the point of anger, "W-what time is it?" The younger girl asked, afraid that she'd be late for her first day at the academy. Her older sister, Izumi, raised her voice to a holler, "LATE IS WHAT TIME IT IS, GET UP AND GET READY YOU'RE ALREADY BEHIND!" She held her fist in the air and her eyes went dark, Amari gulped and immediately jumped out of her highly messy bed. The sheets and blankets were sprawled out everywhere and she didn't have time to organize it right now. "Alright jeez, let me change. I'll be down in a minute." Amari sighed, she already knew her older sister was the spawn of satan but she didn't expect to wake up to such an attitude.
After Izumi left Amari's room, the younger girl quickly changed into a black t-shirt and black pants and regular shinobi sandals. She quickly tied her shoulder length medium brown hair into a high ponytail with her side bangs left out, today's the day she would finally start the academy and despite this, she didn't bother to put any effort into her appearance. She was seven for crying out loud. After finishing getting ready, the young purple haired girl raced down the hallway into the kitchen, where her seventeen year old sister was making breakfast.
"Mari, what do you want to eat? I'm making breakfast so I'm sure I can make you eggs or something, despite my below average cooking. Dad's out on a mission so it will be just me for the week." Amari thought she was gonna starve, her sister's cooking wasn't exactly the best and she often burnt everything. Which is why when their father was away on missions, the two sisters would normally eat out somewhere. "Oh...well I'm not really that hungry this morning anyway. Guess it's nerves or something." She lied, she just didn't want burnt eggs for breakfast. "Oh, that makes sense. Well your lunch is on the table." Amari looked over and saw a white lunch box sitting there, she raised a brow. "Don't worry, it's not my cooking. I went out to buy dumplings and such. Now hurry up I'm sure Temari's waiting for you already." Izumi reassured, the younger girl sighed in relief and thanked her before picking it up and making her way out. "Bye Izumi!" She shouted before running out the door, Izumi smiled as she watched her sister leave. She was honestly like a mother to Amari, considering their Mother died of illness a few years back. They have managed well, even though their father was usually on missions most of the time, Izumi stepped up to the plate and took charge. Even though cooking was clearly not her forte, she often cleaned the house and made sure her younger sister had everything she needed.
But most importantly, Izumi provided a shoulder lean for her sister. Often giving her advice and constantly being there for her when needed, considering the fact that most people frowned upon jinchuurkis. Izumi and Temari were the only friends that Amari really trusted and could have fun with, considering she was the host for the two tail cat, Matatabi.
"The academy isn't that boring, you'll have fun there." Temari reassured as she walked with her brown haired friend. Amari sighed, she wasn't too keen on having to sit in a classroom all day, she would probably make it bearable by sleeping through it or something. "I mean...I guess I'll make it through." The blonde giggled at the remark, "What do you mean you guess? Don't sweat it, it's not really that bad, plus my idiotic brother will probably be in your class." The brunette raised an eyebrow, "Idiotic brother?" Temari nodded, "Yes, his name is Gaara." Amari shrugged, she was open to make new friends so maybe her brother wouldn't be that bad, in fact, maybe her years at the academy wouldn't be that dreadful either.
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Five years later...
"Can you hurry up? It's almost three." Amari's teammate, Kyraa, bickered at her over her shoulder. Amari was indeed making no effort to pick up her pace, her focus was on the book she held her hand. She giggle softly as she read it's dirty contents. "Are you serious? You're reading 'make out paradise'? How on earth did you even obtain that? You're underage." Amari rolled her eyes at the mini lecture. "I know people." The blonde teammate was already reaching her limit with the girl, "I kNoW peOpLe." She mocked, but of course like always, Amari ignored her.
After another twenty minutes of Kyraa's constant bickering, the two girls finally reached their destination. The place where the first segment of the Chunin Exams were being held, their other teammate, Kaneto, was already inside waiting on their arrival. Entering the building they were immediately greeted by their male teammate. "You're late." He said as he rubbed a hand through his black hair. "The exam hasn't started yet." Amari answered bluntly. "Doesn't matter, you two are the last to arrive." He lectured, Kyraa didn't bother to argue with him, she knew they should've been here earlier considering the doors were already closing.
Amari closed her book and took sight of her surroundings, there were Genin scattered everywhere. Some looked older and more experienced, and some others looked young and unprepared. She disregarded that part though, just because someone looked weak doesn't mean they actually are. She had experienced this first hand on one of the missions her team recently completed. Despite her being on the younger side of the participants, she was confident her team would pass this year with flying colors. She had changed over the pass couple years, she had trained constantly for hours a day and she had learned to master the chakra types, fire and lightning, she had even begun her training on learning to harness the power of the demon that lay sealed within her. She was no where near a master of that yet, so she held that off unless her life was really in danger.
She released her tailbone length hair from its high ponytail, it lightly fell and completely ran down her back. She was dressed in dark baggy black pants and a skin tight white thin jacktet. A katana layed in its black sheath that went diagonal on her back and her sand village ninja ninja headband was tied around her thigh. She pulled out two light blue hair sticks and pulled her long hair up into a high loose bun, using the hair sticks to hold it. Two loose strands hung loose on the side of her lightly tanned face. She continued scanning the room and caught the site of familiar striking red hair, she glanced over and saw that it was no other than Gaara, and his team. She didn't bother to say hello, their close friendship had faded over the years.
She sighed, she didn't want to think about that right now, especially when she felt someone glare daggers into her back. She narrowed her eyes into a glare and glanced over her shoulder, her instincts were right. A girl with long black hair was leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, sending her death glares. Amari wasn't too friendly when it came to rude strangers, and everyone that knew her knew she was ready to fight. She turned around completely, "Hey!" She yelled, the girl stood up straight and looked at her more intently. "Yeah I'm talking to you!" She yelled louder. Kyraa rushed to her side, "Amari cool it, this is no place for a fight." She argued, she looked around, and noticed that all eyes were on her raging best friend. Even Gaara took slight interest in what was about to go down.
"You seem quite mad, all I need was look. Don't start barking at someone who can easily take you out." The dark haired girl stepped forward and crossed her arms once more, she appeared a couple years older. Probably about sixteen, her headband showed that she was indeed from the sound village. "That's quite the arrogance you got." Amari shot back, she didn't come here for a fight but she would sure as hell provide one if needed. The sound ninja rested an arm on her hip and spoke out again, "I have obtained a wide variety of skills and I'm highly trained in combat, I'm used to taking out girls like yourself. You can't even touch me." The brunette rolled her eyes, "You don't intimidate me, I'm sure I can make you rethink your logic. Our fight wouldn't last five minutes." She scoffed, this girl wasn't even worth her time. The sound ninja growled, "Just who do you think you are?" Amari got into fighting stance, "Why don't you come and find out."
Kyraa jumped back as the fight broke out, the sound ninja lunged forward, ready to take out her younger opponent. All the participants looked over to see what was going down. "Geez, these people are no joke huh." Naruto said quietly to the pinkette that stood beside him, she was observing the two kunoichi that were battling it out in the middle of the hallway. She looked over at the proctors who stood in front of the door, of course they showed no signs of stepping in. Sasuke observed their movements despite the fact that he thought the whole point of the fight was meaningless.
Amari was fast, and she easily picked up the face and effortlessly dodged the attacks the older ninja was throwing at her. The black haired girl threw her right fist and aimed for her opponent's face, the brunette used her speed to catch it in her palm. She smirked and jerked her hand to the side, twisting it until the girl's wrist broke. She shrieked at the pain and Amari used the opportunity to deliver and right cross to the sound ninja's face, sending her flying back and eventually crashing to the floor. The brawl didn't even last a full three minutes. "I told you that this fight wouldn't last very long." She boasted. Kyraa rolled her eyes, this wasn't the first time she watched her teammate overreact and make a fight to prove a point before. She wouldn't lie though, she enjoyed watching the whole thing.
Gaara huffed as he watched the scene unfold, he didn't see the point in Amari overreacting like that, especially in a place where so many people were analyzing each other. There was thing even him couldn't disregard, and that was the girl's strength and skill in close combat.
"All right listen up." One of the jounin yelled. "The first exam will take place now, follow me." He waved a hand as a gesture for the genin to follow him into the large classroom. Amari sighed, she knew it was a written exam and she wasn't too excited by taking one of those. She shrugged it off though, she could always cheat off Kyraa if she needed it.