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She was the top of her class…always. Regardless of the subject, Sakura always excelled. And yet, here she was. Pissed because she had to share her glory as Tsunade-sama leaned over to examine that girl's flopping, slimy, perfectly alive fish while hers was...well it was alive too!

Glaring, Sakura seethed at the tiny, little smirk gracing their esteemed Hokage's face.

"Very nicely done, Kagome." The buxom blonde praised, a manicured hand moving to pat the preteen affectionately on the head.

'Is she…' Sakura eyed the girl, watching as those gorgeously, beautiful blue eyes shined with the praise. 'She is! She really is!" Sakura hissed mentally, her green eyes trained at the girl beside her. 'The bitch is fucking preening.' Sakura nearly growled at the light pink dusting across Kagome's cheeks.

Tsunade stopped before the pinkette, hazel eyes looking towards her fish. The only sign of life it omitted was the opening and closing of its mouth as it gaped for the oxygen it was currently lacking.

"I see." She commented, bending low to examine it closer. "Not as lively as Kagome's, but alive is alive. I suppose." Tsunade shrugged, righting herself once more. "Well done, Sakura."

There was no affectionate pat on the head, Sakura noted sourly.

"Well, congratulations to the both of you. If you're expecting rainbows and unicorns, you're in for a shitty surprise." Tsunade smirked as she settled against the couch she used to observe. "As of tomorrow, the entirety of the village will know that I will be training my two potential apprentices. Who earns the rightful title…well, that's up to you two and your performances, I guess." Tsunade's smirk took a sadistic turn. "You're both dismissed."

With that, Sakura turned on her heel and stalked out of the circular office. The soft pattering of footsteps behind her didn't deter her in the slightest.

"Sakura-san! Sakura-san!" The sickeningly sweet voice of her new rival caused her to turn. With an impassive glare, she waited for the blue-eyed beauty to speak. "You forgot this." Kagome smiled while holding out the set of books and pens Sakura had carelessly left behind.

"Oh." Sakura let out, slightly shocked at her own carelessness. "Thank you, Kagome-san."

"Just Kagome's fine, really!" She grinned, her magical hands working to readjust her shoulder pack. "This is quite exciting, isn't it?" Sakura could only nod in response. "Don't expect me to lose, okay? I'm giving it my all, Sakura-san!" And with that, the girl (one year her junior, mind you) dashed off down the hallways and all Sakura could do was stare after her, her mouth gaping like the fish she revived. Tsunade's thunderous laugh was the only thing that got her to snap her mouth back into place.

"That girl is going somewhere…and if you don't get a move on, she'll be leaving you in the dust."

The pens in Sakura's hands snapped she her fists clenched tightly around it. The binding of her textbooks crumbling beneath her hands as she watched the elder blonde and brunette make their way down that very same hallway the wretched girl had disappeared down.


"Was that really wise, Tsunade-sama. Teasing her like that?" Shizune asked worriedly, her brown eyes glancing back towards the still statuesque girl.

"Quit your worrying, Shizune." Tsunade waved a hand in her direction. "A little friendly competition never killed anyone."

But, it came pretty damn close as they would both come to learn.