I woke to someone gently nudging me. I rolled over with Kiyo and looked into the face of a man. His eyes widened for a moment before they stilled. He wore a mask over his face and his forehead protector covered his left eye. He had unruly white hair. He smiled at me, or at least I guessed he did because the corners of his eyes crinkled like that. "Hello Calista." He greeted.

I nodded my head politely, scrambling out of the bad with Kiyo at my heel. I rubbed the sleep from my eyes and he looked away for a second before looking back.

"I am Kakashi Hatake" He greeted and held out his hand. I took it and shook it nervous without Jiraiya. "I will give you a few minutes to get dressed and stuff, I will be waiting outside where we can take you to your apartment and I will get you something to eat. How does that sound?"

I nodded my head and grabbing the clothes I disappeared in the bathroom. I now understood the purpose of the long clothes and oversized hood. I buttoned it up all the way and walked out. Kiyo was wiggling happily in my arms.

He led me a mile to the gate. Right before we approached he reached over and nudged my hood. I took the cue and pulled it up over my head. Kakashi passed by the gate and led me down and to the side of town, where an apartment building was. He led us up to the top floor and opened the door to an apartment. It was large, too large in my opinion.

The walls were white and the carpet was light grayish blue. There were four rooms. A kitchen, a bathroom, a bedroom and a living room area. I widened my eyes and went to explore each room. The one we had entered into was the living room. It was empty. The kitchen was straight ahead. It held a dining table with five chairs, it was wooden and black and the chairs were white. There were all stainless steel appliances and though it was all empty it was a large fridge. There was an espresso machine and a microwave and a stove and oven as well.

I ran into the bathroom. There was a large mirror, a white sink and a toilet. What struck me as odd though was the lack of a bathtub. I noticed another door and opened it. It led to a patio outside. IT was on the top floor so I didn't have to worry about peepers. The bathtub was a large wooden one. It was an outside one. I smiled. Unless someone was on the roof they wouldn't be able to see me.

I reinterred to check out the last room. The bedroom was pretty empty, there was a king sized bed with a soft fuzzy white blanket. There was a large closet with a sliding door; the door was a big mirror. There was a dresser and a bookshelf. There was a small lamp on a nightstand. It was empty, but would work for me.

I turned around and let out a gasp when I saw Kakashi behind me. Or, I would have had I been able to. Instead air just came out. I closed my mouth and instead just smiled. This ninja seemed like a good man too.

"I am glad you like it. I am supposed to take you out today to get a few necessities and then later see what kind of Jutsu you can do. There is a very important test going on for our ninja so it is pretty empty out there." He reassured me. "We can stop and get breakfast too."

I nodded my head and ran back to get my notepad and pen. He smiled. "We will get you some of that too." He said, referring to the paper.

Thank you I held the pad up to him. He just shrugged it off. I reached down and picked up Kiyo and pulled my hood over my face, stepping into the crisp morning breeze.

The air here was full of moisture, unlike Suna. It would fit my power better.

Kakashi led me through the town. I got stares due to my weird outfit and the way that Kakashi was always so close and protective of me. I blushed.

He took me to a few stores. Together we bought seven outfits, one for every day of the week. He also bought me seven nightgowns. We got shampoo and conditioner and other hygiene products. He bought plates and silverware and bowls and pots and pans. He bought me a few books on the history of this world, and everything up to date. We went grocery shopping and bought all the groceries I could ever eat. I was smiling brightly despite the heavy load. That combined with the fact that the hood made it so that I could barely see was spelling disaster.

I struggled more and then felt my burden relieved. I looked over to see Naruto now juggling the items. I grabbed a box just as it fell of the top. I added a few more to balance out the load and give us both a load I could handle.

"Hey Calista! Hey Kakashi! I passed my test!" He grinned foolishly. "The next round of the exams starts in a few days! I can't wait! I am going to show them all what I can do!" He waited for praise.

"Be careful on the next round." Kakashi said. Naruto rolled his eyes and I lifted enough to let him see my smile. He smiled back and I noticed that he didn't stare. This kid was special, I could tell that much.

"Naruto you idiot! Don't just run off like that!" A high pitched female voice rang out, approaching us. I tensed up and looked down. Naruto looked at me and then at the two approaching figures.

"Sakura! Sasuke! You're just mad because I'm too fast for you guys to keep up with!" He shouted. I smiled under my hood. Kakashi looked down at me and then made a signal with his finger. Two masked men appeared.

"Take this stuff back to her apartment." He ordered. The masked men grabbed the items out of Naruto, Kakashi and my hands. I gladly let them relive me of the weight. Then in a flash they were gone. I looked to Kakashi for an explanation.

"Read the books I got you." He said, making me scowl. He turned to the other three. "We were just about to eat actually. Naruto, would you take her to get something to eat while I talk to Sasuke?"

Naruto nodded his head and pulled me along. I felt eyes bore into me and some whispers as we ran through the street. We stopped in front of a ramen booth. Naruto took a seat. He ordered a big helping of ramen and some egg yolk for Kiyo. He looked to me as if asking what I wanted. I took out my pad.

I don't like cooked food... Sorry.

He looked at me like I had grown another arm. I reached over and flicked him on the forehead.

Once we finished our breakfast/lunch, Naruto took me to a field. Kakashi was already there.

"Ok Calista, I want to see a list of jutsu you can do. Can you write them all down for me?"

I nodded my head and pulled out my pad. I sat down on the ground, pulled back my hood so I could see better, and began writing. Kiyo tried to get in the way by laying on the bad but a stern look from me had him retreating and chasing bugs on the ground.

Body replacement
cloak of invisibility
Clone
Rope escape
Transformation jutsu
Body flicker jutsu
Beast wave palm
Beast wave violent Wind Palm
Beast of wind
Great sandstorm technique
Wind enhanced water wave
Great Waterfall Technique (still kind of underdeveloped)
Grudge Rain
Watercutting sword
Stormy Blockade
Tearing Torrent
Water Dragon Whip
Black Dragon Blizzard
Twin Dragon Blizzard
One horned White Whale
Swallow Snow Storm
Tearing Dragon Fierce Tiger
Wolf Fang Avalanche
Ice Spikes
Water Armor

I tried to think of more, sure there was, but it just wouldn't come to me. I handed the list to Kakashi and he looked it over with a stoic face, though his body tensed. "So you are a Wind and Water user?"

I nodded.

"I am going to have to have you demonstrate a few of these for me." He requested, handing the pad back to me. I nodded again and he led me and Naruto a few more miles out and to a small lake. It was large enough for what I needed.

"How did you learn so many techniques Calista?" Naruto asked, appearing next to me.

My best friend Gaara I wrote. Naruto gapped.

"You mean that red headed freak from the sand? That weird guy is the one who taught you these?" He asked, stopping.

Red headed freak? I felt my blood boil. Kiyo growled and the sound of a slap resonated through the forest. Kakashi turned back. Naruto was holding his read cheek with wide eyes and I was glaring with tears in my eyes. He was here? I thought he would be but… I wasn't sure. And this is what people thought about him? He got enough from that at the sand and now he comes here, to the chunnin exams and gets treated like it by guys who don't even know him?

I spun around and continued walking. Gaara was here. I might see him then right? It was a good two months that he would be there. I could see him and maybe tell him what really happened, why I left and then… well I could make up some lie about losing my voice to not make him feel guilty.

"Ok Calista, I want you to do a few simple jutsu first." Kakashi said, placing a hand on my shoulder. I nodded my head slowly, snapping out of my trance. I removed the large jacket and felt their eyes on me. I blushed and look down. Kakashi nudged Naruto and he looked away.

"Ok, fist can you perform a clone?"

I made the sign for rain, snake, and then tiger. An exact replica of me appeared to my left. Kakashi nodded his head. "Ok, Body flicker technique?"

I made the sign for the ram and then disappeared, reappearing about five feet away. Kakashi read further down the list. He raised an eyebrow.

"I am going to have you perform some wind techniques, then water, and then see how you do missing them together to make ice." He waited for my nod and then continued. "Ok, Beast Violent Wind Palm."

I closed my eyes to concentrate. Once I was done I made a series of hand signals and then opened my eyes, jutting out my hand towards the lake as to not hurt anyone. A condensed amount of sign that was mixed with my chakra formed a demonic like claw that extended from my right hand. I shot it out and picked up a tree and tried to move it. I threw it into the lake with a bit to much force and only managed to soak us all.

Silently laughing nervously at their soaked forms I cut off the jutsu. Kakashi smiled beneath his mask and Naruto started gushing on about how cool that was. I just looked down sheepishly.

"Ok, I think that that proves that you have the wind technique down. No for water… A simple Water cutting sword."

I nodded my head and made three hand signs, I mouthed the words: Water slicing blade and held out my right hand. Instantly a sharp jagged sword was in my grasp. I slashed behind me and cut into the tree. I then let go after a nod from Kakashi and it returned to water in the ground.

He rubbed the back of his head. "ok, if you have enough Chakra left I want you to try Ice release: Twin dragon blizzard. I have never seen that one."

I widened my eyes and shook my head. I pulled out my pad. It is too dangerous. I haven't fully perfected it. It could get out of control!

He nodded his head. "Then just show me the black dragon blizzard. We are a good five or six miles from the village. They might see it, but they won't be able to know what happened. Don't worry."

I nodded my head-albeit reluctantly- and made a long series of hand signs. Bird, snake, monkey, horse, dog. I then shouted with no voice: Ice release: Black dragon Blizzard Jutsu!

I took a step back Kiyo hopped up and sat on my shoulder. I targeted a group of trees on the other side of the lake. Getting my footwork in I took a step back, my fist propped and then I shot my fist forward.

A black swirling mass sot out from my fist, instantly think the form of a black dragon head with red glowing eyes and red glowing mouth. It was larger than I had meant it to be, its mouth was the size of Kakashi.

I realized fast that it was a mistake. It rose up nearly a fourth of a mile into the sky, roared and then charged back down. It went farther than I had meant for it to. In the blink of an eye it was nearly a quarter mile away, crashing through the trees with ease. When I finally cut it off by crashing it into the ground, a large strip nearly half a mile long and ten meters wide was empty, everything surrounding it frozen in ice. I fell down on my knees. It had been too long since I used that Jutsu, I had overestimated myself.

Naruto and Kakashi instantly ran to my side. I held out my hand. They helped me up. Naruto continued gushing about how cool it was. I was frowning. I got my jacket and put it back on. The water in the lake was less and I felt guilty for that. Luckily, it wouldn't last long because the ice would melt and then s.

"We can go now. We will test your hand-to-hand later ok?" Kakashi said, crinkling up his eyes. I nodded and together the three of us made out way back to the apartment. I noticed a black haired kid standing outside of it and instantly looked down, hiding my face behind my hood.

"Sasuke what are you doing here?" Kakashi asked; his voice hard and tense.