Honey! I'm home~

So here's the next installment of Friendship. That sounds whack, I might change the title…I don't know.

Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine, my lovelies…sadly.

*The Next Day*

I yawned, rubbing the sleep from my eyes as I walked in between Adam and Alex, making our way towards the building where the first Chunin exam would take place. "Hey, do you know if Sakura's going to participate?" Adam asked, his hands in his pockets.

"Why wouldn't she?" Alex asked, confused.

I turned to Adam, saying, "Alex has never worked with Sakura before," I explained before turning to speak to Alex. "Sakura has the brains that it would take to pass the exams, but, physically, she's not that strong. I think she will, if only to prove something to herself, but it might not work out the best for her."

"Oh…"

"Oh, hey! Speaking of Kakashi's squad, look who it is!" Adam exclaimed, pointing over towards the building where a familiar pinkette was helping an equally familiar knucklehead fill out his papers.

"Hey, guys!" I greeted as we approached the three fellow genin. "So, you're taking it too?"

"Aki-Chan!" Naruto cried, waving at me and the rest of my team. "Wow! It's great to see you guys here!"

"Hey, Naruto," I smiled. "Sakura, Sasuke."

"Hey~"

"Hn."

"Wanna head in? It's kind of cold…" Alex said, walking towards the entrance of the building. We followed the signs on the walls, directing us one way, then another, up the stairs, and said we were there. There was a group of people surrounding the door we were supposedly supposed to enter.

I turned to Adam, smirking as Team Seven made their way to the center of the circle. "What did you say?" one person said. "Listen, this is our kindness. The Chunin Exam isn't easy. Even we have failed it three times in a row. Those that take this exam and end up quitting as shinobi, those that die during the exam. We've seen it all. We are just thinning out those that will fail anyway. What's wrong with that?"

I snorted, walking next to Sasuke. "That's great, but," I started. "Maybe if you want to do that, you should guard the actual entrance. If you've taken this exam so many times, then wouldn't you realize that this is just a genjutsu used to make it look like the right entrance?"

The guys face fell, and he immediately glared at me. "And besides that, you'd let us pass anyways," Sasuke added. "It's obvious, since we only climbed one staircase. Isn't that right, Sakura?"

"Exactly, this is the second floor, obviously," Sakura smirked.

"Mhmm," Naruto grunted in agreement.

The 301 on the sign above the door faded into 201, and the guy smirked. "Not bad, but…all you did was…" he made to attack Sasuke. "See through it!"

"Sasuke," I warned, sliding in front of him, ready to block the kick, but a boy in a green jumpsuit with a bowl cut jumped in front of me, grabbing both my arm and the other guy's leg, stopping both of our movements, and the guy fell to the ground, his leg still in the boy's grip. I chuckled. "Fast on your feet, aren't you?" I asked. "Twinkle Toes."

He turned to me, shooting me a smile that made his teeth ting. "That is right," he nodded. "I am the handsome devil of the Leaf Village, Rock Lee."

"I'm Aki," I said, trying to come up with something witty to match his introduction. "I…like…apples?"

He nodded. "Pleased to make your acquaintance!"

Lee released my arm and the other guy's leg and back up to his team, sending a weak smile towards his teammates. "Hey," Lee's teammate said, glaring at the boy. "What happened to the plan? You're the one who said we shouldn't draw attention to ourselves."

"Well…" Lee blushed, peeking over at Sakura from the corner of his eyes. He noticed her watching him, a look of disgust on her face, so he turned to her, smiling,

"Oh, no…" Lee's female teammate said, growing a second head, I mean, shaking her head. (A/N: Stupid manga, confusing me so!).

"Hey, their injuries disappeared, "I said to Adam and Alex. "It was staged!"

"No shit Sherlock," Alex deadpanned, watching, Lee walk over to our two teams, staring at Sakura awkwardly.

"Hi…" Lee greeted, smiling warmly.

"Hi," Adam replied. I slapped his arm, telling him that Lee wasn't talking to him.

"My name is Rock Lee," Lee continued, not seeming to hear my conversation with my brother. "So yours is Sakura?"

"How did he know that?" I asked Adam. "Did we tell him our names?"

"No…" Adam muttered.

Lee smiled, his teeth tinging again, giving Sakura a thumbs up. "Please go out with me! I promise to protect you with my life!"

"No way…" Sakura replied, her voice sounding like a mixture of disgusted and bored. "You're…lame."

Rock Lee deflated sullenly as Naruto grinned widely, linking his hands behind his head.

"Hey, you," Lee's male teammate said, addressing Sasuke. "What's your name?"

Naruto's eyes burst into flames and he grit his teeth, listening to that conversation. "When you want to learn someone's name, you should give your first," Sasuke replied, smirking coolly.

"You're a rookie right? How old are you?"

"I don't have to answer to you."

With that the guy and Sasuke turned away from each other, walking in opposite directions.

"Naruto, Sasuke-kun! Triple A, come one, let's go!" Sakura prodded, grabbing one of Sasuke's and Naruto's wrists, dragging them down the hallway, the three of us following behind them.

We entered the next room over, and I noticed a similar chakra. "Hey, Lee's back," I told Alex.

"What?"

"Hey, you with the dark eyes!" Lee's voice came from above out heads. We turned around, different looks on our faces.

Naruto looked contemplative, Sakura looked angry and, once again, disgusted, while Sasuke just looked bored. "What is it?" he asked.

"Will you fight me right here and right now?" Lee asked.

"A fight? Right now?" Sasuke repeated.

"Yes," Lee replied, jumping down to be level with us. "My name is Rock Lee. When you want to learn a person's name, you first introduce yourself, am I correct?"

"Hn. Uchiha Sasuke."

"I want to fight you," Lee repeated. "I want to test my techniques against the offspring of the genius ninja clan. Plus…" he trailed off, staring at Sakura before winking at her.

"Ew!" Sakura exclaimed, revolted, shivering. "Those lower eyelashes are eeewww! Hairstyle is lame…and those thick eyebrows…"

"Mua," Lee blew Sakura a kiss. A physical hart blowing over to her. "You are an angel!"

"Kya!" Sakura did a backbend to avoid the heart. "That was close…"

I snorted, watching what was going to happen next. Sakura balled her fist threateningly. "Hey, don't throw weird things! I barely escaped with my life!"

"You do not have to be so mean…" Lee mumbled, upset.

"Challenging me knowing the Uchiha name…frankly, I think you're a fool," Sasuke replied.

"You tell him," Sakura growled.

"You're about to learn…what this name means, Bushy Brows," Sasuke said, glowering.

"I thought I nicknamed his Twinkle Toes?" I asked my teammates.

"Well, that's already been copyrighted, I suppose," Alex muttered.

"Please fight me."

"Wait!" Naruto growled. "I'll take care of Bushy Brows. Just give me five minutes."

"Who I wish to fight is not you, but Uchiha."

"Dammit! I'm sick of hearing about Sasuke!" Naruto announced, facing over towards Lee, who took a fighting stance, left arm behind his back, left leg slightly in front of his body.

Naruto aimed to kick Lee, who moved quickly, dodging the kick. "Leaf Hurricane!" he said, swinging his leg under Naruto, throwing the blonde off balance and tossing him the other direction. "I'll say this! You guys cannot defeat me because I am the strongest genin in the Leaf Village."

"Sounds fun," Sasuke smirked. "I'll do it."

Chapter 3 everyone! But, love, seriously? When does Gaara come in?! I need some redhead! What is this!?

Anyways, reviews are welcome and much appreciated.

Loves and hugs, minions.

Yours psychotically,

Vee