First chapter of the Naruto story that Yume no Sora and I wrote. She's my fanfic partner in crime. Enjoy.

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Some say demons bring power.
Others say they bring destruction.

Two girls who appeared to be thirteen or fourteen, a boy slightly older, and a man, all wearing ninja headbands, stood at the gate of Konohagakure. Slowly, it opened and they walked in, to be stopped by other ninjas the second they entered the gates.

"Who are you?" One of the guards demanded. The four simultaneously help up identification cards that stated that they were part of the Chunnin Exam. The guard relaxed, then let them pass. The group walked a little farther into the village together, then split up, the two girls taking off on the rooftops like it was the most natural thing in the world.

"Wow," One remarked to the other. "That was easier than expected. Do you think that they have somewhere to eat. I'm hungry." Almost on cue, her stomach rumbled loudly.

"Of course they have somewhere to eat, baka. They do need to eat, you know."

"We left the idiots back there. Anyway, lets find FOOD!!! You should eat too, Ranpu-chan."

"You already knew the answer before you said that. By the way, Tsuki, we have company." As she said that, a boy with vibrant yellow hair and a girl with annoyingly pink hair jumped on the rooftop in front of the two girls. Instead of stopping or even crashing, the two simply leapt over the Konoha ninjas and continued on their trek for food.

"C'mon Naruto, we need to catch up with them." The girl called to the yellow haired boy. Tsuki and Ranpu looked at each other and sighed in unison, then stopped short.

"What are you doing here?" The girl shouted to them as the couple ran to catch up with Tsuki and Ranpu. When the two girls remained silent, the girl frowned. "Hey, I asked you a question!"

"We're participants in the Chunnin exam starting in a few days. Or is this how your village welcomes people?" Ranpu said sarcastically as Naruto and the girl caught up with the two on the rooftop of the hospital.

"Yeah, Sakura-chan, you should be more considerate of your visitors." Tsuki pulled down her eye with her finger and stuck out her tongue. Sakura looked surprised, to say the least.

"How do you know my name?' She asked curiously.

Tsuki glanced over at Ranpu, then grinned sheepishly. "Oops."

"OK, just let us see your passes and you can go to…where ever you were going." Tsuki and Ranpu had already pulled out their passes, so she showed them and took off again, again looking for food.

"That was troublesome," Tsuki commented with a dull yawn. "Now I'm even more hungry."

Ranpu sighed and scanned the marketplace below for a food stand or restaurant. "There," she said, pointing to a shish kebab and barbeque restaurant. "Let's go there."

Tsuki grinned and nodded. "Smells good," she said, sniffing the scent that was wafting out of the building's open windows.

Ranpu nodded. "But remember, Tsuki, you're not allowed to use your powers until at least the third round of the Exam."

Tsuki made a face. "Yeah, yeah. Tell me something I don't know. But, before that, let's EAT!"

The two of them jumped off the rooftop and landed on the street, barely missing the heads of innocent bystanders and attracting a fair amount of attention as they did so. They ignored the strange stares they were getting, though, and entered the restaurant. They entered about the same time as three other ninjas, though the other group was all from Konoha.

"Choji, remember to save some for Shikmaru and me this time, okay?" one of the three said, a girl with a long blonde ponytail and a very skimpy purple-and-black outfit.

"Right, Ino," one of the two boys said, presumably the one called Chouji. The other boy, who could only be Shikamaru, looked bored and was staring mindlessly off into space.

A waiter, looking apologetic, quickly ran up to the two groups. "Uh, well, I'm sorry, but we only have one table left."

"WHAT?!" Chouji and Tsuki yelled simultaneously. Then the two turned towards each other, glaring. Without warning, they ran off towards the last open table, struggling and trying to get ahead of the other. A trail of smoke and dust was left in their wake.

Ranpu sighed tiredly, then began to walk slowly after them. Shikamaru and Ino followed close behind, apparently also used to this kind of thing.

When they finally caught up, Chouji and Tsuki were staring at each other over a grill covered with pieces of meat and vegetables. Each was holding an unbroken pair of chopsticks (A/N if you've ever gotten a new pair of the regular/cheap kind and then eaten with them, you'll know what I mean), and were clearly waiting for the other to make the first move. Ranpu, Ino, and Shikamaru had just began to ease onto the benches next to their friends when Tsuki's hand suddenly darted out and snagged a piece of meat from the grill. Chouji's hand flew out directly after and snatched up several vegetables. Their arms became blurred as they grabbed piece after piece of barbequed food and shoved it into their mouths.

Then, without warning, Tsuki shoved a large chunk of tender meat into Ranpu's mouth. The entire process only took Tsuki a second and a half, and then she was back to eating, not willing to let Chouji win the battle of the mouths, and unreasonably huge appetites. Ranpu's response was merely to pull the meat out of her mouth and place it calmly on the table.

The hunk of steak was promptly shoved back into Ranpu's mouth, this time Tsuki's movement not even being visible. Then Tsuki's hand clamped on over Ranpu's mouth to prevent her from once again removing the food. This didn't seem to slow her down in her process of eating, though, and soon her attention was once again focused on her contest with Chouji. After several more seconds, the two voracious eaters seemed to be slowing down. Soon they were down to the last piece, and the stare down had resumed, this time seemingly even more serious than the last.

Without warning, or looking away from Chouji, Tsuki's hand lashed out and she gobbled up the last piece of meat.

"You are indeed a worthy adversary," Tsuki said in a surprisingly serious voice as she chewed on her food.

"You as well," Chouji said, looking a little dazed, but apparently none the worse for eating half a mountain of food. He, too, looked solemn.

Then Tsuki swallowed the last piece of steak, and the two broke out in grins.

"We should do this again sometime," Chouji said. Tsuki looked excited, then frowned for a second. Before anyone but Ranpu could notice, though, she regained her composure and nodded cheerfully.

"Yeah, if we have time." Tsuki said happily. If we have time.

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R&R. No flames please.

Next Chapter: The Chunnin Exam begins.